Fiftyninth March 9, 2017 Share March 9, 2017 Oh, EHG. I missed you last week. I hate weeks off! Link to comment
Primetimer March 9, 2017 Share March 9, 2017 Making fanciful kids' cartoons from current shows. View the full article Link to comment
Sarah D. Bunting March 9, 2017 Share March 9, 2017 @messy, then we probably saw each other at "the Nauseous"! Link to comment
Kip March 9, 2017 Share March 9, 2017 I don't generally have a huge hate on for tv actors, at least not in compared to my loathing of Mark Wahlberg. Bucket of expired vanilla yogurt Brett Dalton has been a drag on every episode of Agents of Shield he's been in, and I was thrilled when the finally murdered him for real (for the what 3rd or 4th time, damn he must really be a nice guy for them to keep bringing him back, despite the suck). If I was to see he had been cast in something, I would not watch, but if it was Star Wars: Underworld (the long rumored live action SW series, about the criminal underworld starring Boba Fett), and even if he was Boba Fett, I not hesitate to watch. Otherwise unless it is in a sears catalogue trying to sell me a shirt, I don't want to see him... and he's back on Shield again. Damn it. Link to comment
Cekrypton1 March 9, 2017 Share March 9, 2017 "This is the kind of mediocrity only being delivered by network television today" is the most brutally hilarious (hilariously brutal?) thing I've heard all month. Link to comment
Kip March 9, 2017 Share March 9, 2017 (edited) Just Walking Dead - When the pre-school is over run by baby zombies, all our WD regulars re-imagined as toddlers. Michonne has two crawlers on strings tied to their pacifiers, they aren't dangerous as they hadn't started teething yet. Gilmore Girls - Set in a nebulous point in the first 3 season (Rory still in high school), in the show Luke's Super Coffee acts as a cross between Popeye's spinach and Gummiberry Juice (Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears) and is used to fix whatever physical problem they are having (cleaning up before Emily comes over, or reading a whole book in one sitting). There is also a evil corporate inn trying to put the Independence Inn out of business. Justified - Space Marshal Raylan Givens has been sent back to Starlin County, on the planet New Kentucky. Raylan once dug coalanite, one of the most dangerous jobs in the universe, and now his arch nemesis crime boss Boyd Crowder, an man he once dug coalanite with. Raylan and the Space Marshals have to bring justice to New Kentucky! Edited March 10, 2017 by Kip added to post Link to comment
Primetimer March 10, 2017 Share March 10, 2017 The characters we'd like to spin off -- and never see again. View the full article Link to comment
Primetimer March 13, 2017 Share March 13, 2017 Dave tasks us with disgusting choices and we all learn things we can't unknow. View the full article Link to comment
Primetimer March 14, 2017 Share March 14, 2017 Get a job, Dan Cortese. View the full article Link to comment
Primetimer March 15, 2017 Share March 15, 2017 Allison Lowe Huff returns to talk about VH1's game show reboot! View the full article Link to comment
Jane St. Claire March 15, 2017 Share March 15, 2017 Cheer Bear is the one with the rainbow tattoo. Friend Bear has a smiling flowers tattoo (she says, from her memories of her 30-odd-year-old Care Bear collection. Stupid brain.) Link to comment
John Potts March 15, 2017 Share March 15, 2017 It's good to know that the EHG crew (who I sometimes think are TV Savants) had no more clue than me on this week's Game Time! Link to comment
mskyle March 15, 2017 Share March 15, 2017 In spite of not being allowed to watch most of these cartoons or own the toys during my 80s childhood, I did pretty well on this Game Time. TAKE THAT MOM AND DAD!Really disappointed that Hugs and Tugs, the baby Care Bears and arguably the most inappropriately-named characters on any children's cartoon, didn't make it into Game Time. Also, when I looked Hugs and Tugs up to make sure I hadn't imagined them, I learned that there was an episode called "A Day Without Tugs." Filth! And yet my parents did let us have Care Bears. Link to comment
Primetimer March 16, 2017 Share March 16, 2017 Casting the players in forthcoming TV projects about the 2016 presidential election. View the full article Link to comment
expateliz March 16, 2017 Share March 16, 2017 Every time I see one of those bro-y pictures of Paul Ryan & his backwards baseball hat at the gym, I think it's a Ken Marino character. EVERY TIME. So I think there's a real opportunity there. Link to comment
sacrebleu March 16, 2017 Share March 16, 2017 I'm thinking Beau Bridges as Trump, and I'm seeing Hope Davis as Hillary with Zeljko Ivanek as John Podesta. Link to comment
Primetimer March 17, 2017 Share March 17, 2017 Basing children's TV spinoffs on Buffy characters. View the full article Link to comment
andipandi March 17, 2017 Share March 17, 2017 I would so watch the Adventures of Young Giles. Link to comment
Kip March 17, 2017 Share March 17, 2017 (edited) I think that the Muppets are the way to go. Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) ... Donald Trump Animal ... Bernie Sanders Miss Piggy .... Hilary Clinton Link Hogthrob ... Bill Clinton Camilla the Chicken ... Jill Stein George the Janitor .... Gary Johnson Beaker ... Paul Ryan Crazy Harry ... Ted Cruz Chip ... Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump '80s Robot ... Baron Trump Janice .... Huma Abedin The Great Gonzo ... Anthony Weiner Fozzie Bear ... Ken Bone Dr. Bunson Honeydew ... Jeb Beauregard ... Ben Carson Sweetums ... Chris Christie Uncle Deadly … Steve Bannon Statler & Waldorf … The Voters Sam Eagle … Barack Obama Edited March 20, 2017 by Kip Added Link to comment
Monty March 17, 2017 Share March 17, 2017 The Adventures of Anya the Friendly Demon vs. The Evil Bunnies. Basically the same show as the Smurfs, but Gargamel is the good guy. Link to comment
wales260 March 19, 2017 Share March 19, 2017 (edited) Just as a warning: if you watch the Blu-Ray version of the flashback scene discussed in The Doctor is Sin, there is no black box covering Dr. Jonas Venture's penis. It really is just flopping there until it transforms into Killinger (man, this sentence needs context). Edited March 19, 2017 by wales260 Link to comment
David T. Cole March 20, 2017 Author Share March 20, 2017 20 hours ago, wales260 said: Just as a warning: if you watch the Blu-Ray version of the flashback scene discussed in The Doctor is Sin, there is no black box covering Dr. Jonas Venture's penis. It really is just flopping there until it transforms into Killinger (man, this sentence needs context). Thank you! I really thought I saw an uncensored version at some point (I did have the DVDs a long time ago) but then convinced myself I imagined it. Link to comment
Primetimer March 20, 2017 Share March 20, 2017 Giving old Bond stars new TV gigs. View the full article Link to comment
Kip March 20, 2017 Share March 20, 2017 Spike and Dru 4everAnimated by studio Mir (Legend of Korra). Spike and Dru murder their way through the 19th and 20th century. All the stories take place before arriving in Sunnydale. When Spike and Dru got bored with the olds (Angelus and Darla) find out who they sire to keep themselves entertained, see the great adventures when Spike killed 2 slayers (that's Spike 2, Slayer 0), and see what was it like dealing with a guy who calls himself "The Master" (it's not easy, I promise you). Link to comment
Primetimer March 21, 2017 Share March 21, 2017 Creating new friends for Strawberry Shortcake. View the full article Link to comment
Cekrypton1 March 21, 2017 Share March 21, 2017 I can't believe the Game Time Smurfs question that ends with a description of Smurftopia being pre-industrial is then followed by a question about clockwork Smurf. Evil. Link to comment
Cekrypton1 March 21, 2017 Share March 21, 2017 I would so watch the Adventures of Young Giles. Call it Ripper Street. Link to comment
David T. Cole March 21, 2017 Author Share March 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Cekrypton1 said: I can't believe the Game Time Smurfs question that ends with a description of Smurftopia being pre-industrial is then followed by a question about clockwork Smurf. Evil. Pure. Evil. Link to comment
vendredi3 March 21, 2017 Share March 21, 2017 I might disagree with a few of the "Stake It" nominees, but Sarah's Vulture ranking of BVS seasons is pretty spot on. Link to comment
purist March 22, 2017 Share March 22, 2017 The non-stop 'WRONG!' buzzer sounding in Game Time was hilarious and made me giggle so hard. Thank you! Link to comment
Primetimer March 22, 2017 Share March 22, 2017 Chris Huff joins us to talk Marvel's dud, Love, and more! View the full article Link to comment
Kip March 22, 2017 Share March 22, 2017 (edited) I would like to see Daniel Craig in "The Umbrella Academy" TV show, based on the trippy comic by Gerard Way (yep, from My Chemical Romance). I had no idea who Way was (and really still don't as far as music), but he is an amazing comic writer. Craig would play Spaceboy (Luther Hargreeves), who is the stoic leader of the Umbrella Academy, who's head has been transplanted on a part mechanical/mostly ape body . Edited March 22, 2017 by Kip added picture Link to comment
Kip March 22, 2017 Share March 22, 2017 Red Velvet and her pet Dwarf bunny Jos Louis. Link to comment
Kerfuffler March 22, 2017 Share March 22, 2017 I am SO happy about Little House on the Podcast! Great game time, as usual, Rob Hartmann! Link to comment
J0nas3 March 22, 2017 Share March 22, 2017 I realize that I'm inured to the rhythms of the sitcoms of today, and maybe studio audiences in the '80s laughed at everything, but MAN, was that GG laugh track heavy handed. Link to comment
Trip March 23, 2017 Share March 23, 2017 Was anyone else hoping for Remington Beatrice Steele? Link to comment
Sarah D. Bunting March 23, 2017 Share March 23, 2017 Gotta be better than the current one. Link to comment
gpgurl50 March 23, 2017 Share March 23, 2017 Great game time. I liked the canon submission. The conversations between the ladies were truly the best part of the show.I feel like we missed the chance of having Sarah do a marathon diary for Happy Endings but she's got enough on her plate with what I feel is now 3 different podcasts? I'm listening to at least 3. And I can't wait for the Little House podcast. You guys are making my commute easier. Link to comment
Primetimer March 23, 2017 Share March 23, 2017 Everyone's favorite capitalist vampire reviews a show. View the full article Link to comment
Jesse March 23, 2017 Share March 23, 2017 Tara -- John McWhorter has a Slate podcast about words and language, and he has a whole thing about how the emphasis shifts when something goes from being a descriptive phrase to being A Thing, just like what you noticed in the "after shave" commercial! It's pretty interesting. (If you're a nerd like me?) You can hear the difference if you're talking about a board that's been painted black, a black board, versus a blackboard in a classroom. Link to comment
Portia March 24, 2017 Share March 24, 2017 3 hours ago, Jesse said: Tara -- John McWhorter has a Slate podcast about words and language, and he has a whole thing about how the emphasis shifts when something goes from being a descriptive phrase to being A Thing, just like what you noticed in the "after shave" commercial! It's pretty interesting. (If you're a nerd like me?) You can hear the difference if you're talking about a board that's been painted black, a black board, versus a blackboard in a classroom. Jesse, I thought the same thing when Tara mentioned the weird emphasis in the old ad! John McWhorter is like a god to me, and I love Lexicon Valley nearly as much as I love Extra Hot Great, which is saying a lot. Link to comment
Primetimer March 24, 2017 Share March 24, 2017 Finding new jobs for late-night comedy stars. View the full article Link to comment
April Bloodgate March 24, 2017 Share March 24, 2017 21 hours ago, Jesse said: Tara -- John McWhorter has a Slate podcast about words and language, and he has a whole thing about how the emphasis shifts when something goes from being a descriptive phrase to being A Thing, just like what you noticed in the "after shave" commercial! It's pretty interesting. (If you're a nerd like me?) You can hear the difference if you're talking about a board that's been painted black, a black board, versus a blackboard in a classroom. Thank you for mentioning this! I will definitely be looking it up. Link to comment
Jesse March 24, 2017 Share March 24, 2017 And here's the actual episode! http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley/2016/08/how_pronunciation_changes_as_terms_go_from_new_to_mainstream.html Link to comment
David T. Cole March 25, 2017 Author Share March 25, 2017 If you really want to get in the weeds on this I recommend The History Of English Podcast. It is excellent. Link to comment
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