Category: Television

  • “Trapped in the Closet” trapped in the vault

    Tom Cruise kills South Park episode People in the UK will not be able to see the notorious South Park episode in which Tom Cruise is hiding in a closet because Stan, who Tom believes to be the reincarnation of Scientology leader L. Ron Hubbard, says that Tom’s acting is only OK, though he’s no…

  • Return of the Zinc Saucier

    I’m just so jazzed to hear that Futurama is coming back (as earlier reported by Chaim Keller). I’ve missed Bender so much. There’s nobody else like him. Who else could, upon winning a cooking contest, declare: “I decline the title of Iron Cook and accept only the lesser title of Zinc Saucier, which I just…

  • Syndrome shows symptoms

    Chicken Pox Shuts Down ‘My Name Is Earl’

  • Dr. Katz on DVD, finally?

    Wikipedia has some new information about Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: In a recent interview on “The Sound of young America”, H. Jon Benjamin mentioned he recorded a commentary track for the first season of Dr. Katz . Although nothing has been offically confirmed, its projected that the DVD is scheduled for a Fall 2006 release.…

  • Science of Superheroes on CCO

    WCCO-TV’s Video Library now features an interview with U of M Professor James Kakalios, author of “The Physics of Superheroes.” I talked about his book in my 2005 FallCon article. His book is thick, but a great read and it’s clear he knows his stuff. He has a mindboggling explanation as to how Superman could…

  • Frank J’s funny recap of “24”

    This was my laugh for the day (and well done!): CTU Agent Samwise Gamgee

  • Kirk passed it…and now he passes it on to you

    William Shatner Sells Kidney Stone for Charity Get a piece of the rock!

  • My public service for the day: 24 recap

    I’m sure there are some of you who set your VCRs to tape “24” last night and forgot to set it to go over the hour, and thus you missed the last 10 minutes due to the football game running over. (And for some of you, your local TV news may have cut it off!)…

  • Well, that only took a year

    SCI FI To Air New Doctor Who SCI FI Channel announced Jan. 12 that it will air the first season of the BBC’s hit SF series Doctor Who, starting in March. The 13 episodes, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, will air as part of SCI FI Fridays at…

  • Teen Titans New episodes

    I was in error earlier when I thought that the last season of Teen Titans had ended without resolving the Brotherhood of Evil storyline. It ontinues tonight with a new episode called Titans together.