Happy Anniversary Saved by the Bell
30 years ago today the television show Saved by the Bell aired its first episode [1. This does not include the original show Saved by the Bell was spun off from, Good Morning Miss Bliss, which aired i...
Tag: tv
The Twilight Zone
When I was a kid one of my favorite times of the year was New Years Day because the annual tradition of a The Twilight Zonemarathon. TTZ is my favorite television show of all time. When it was announc...
Conan25: The Remotes
Conan O'Brien is in the process of bringing his entire catalog of interviews, stand-up performances, sketches, and remote segments online. Over a year ago Team Coco announced that they were going to p...
Subscription Fatigue
Over the past few years we’ve entered into the world of subscription services for entertainment, among other things. It started out with a few, but media companies have found the benefits of having th...
Conan Without Borders
I was looking for something to watch on Netflix over the weekend and found a show from Conan O'Brien entitled Conan Without Borders. I've been a fan of Conan for years. He quickly became my favorite l...
Lost Episode of Saved by the Bell
The other day I was browsing YouTube and a suggested video that came up dubbed itself a lot episode of Saved by the Bell. What? An episode of SBTB that I have not seen? How could this be? So, I watche...
Saved by the Bell: The Game
No, you are not dreaming. There really is a Saved by the Bell board game and it looks amazing. Well, it looks like it would be fun to play once or twice until your friends stop playing with you becaus...
White Rabbit Project
Netflix released a trailer for their new show White Rabbit Project today. If you were a fan of Mythbusters, you'll probably want to check it out. It stars the former Mythbusters build team, Kari Byron...
Cutting the Cord (Sort of)
A couple of months ago I decided to do something I never thought I would do. I cut the cord. Sort of. In December I decided to cancel my cable. The bill was getting too high and I have been watching l...
SNL's Serial Spoof is Absolutely Brilliant
This past weekend SNL took on the popular podcast Serial with a brilliant digital short. Cecily Strong does a great impression of host Sarah Koenig. The spoof investigates the story of Kris Kringle, a...
An Oral History of Sports Night
Speaking of great Aaron Sorkin TV shows, Entertainment Weekly has a great article about Sorkin's first show, a 30 minute short-live comedy entitled Sports Night. Set in the high-stakes world of a live...
The Definitive History of The West Wing
The West Wing is one of my all time favorite shows. Every 1-2 years, usually between Thanksgiving and New Years, I will re-watch the entire series. With the exception of a few episodes (OK, maybe an e...
Ohio State Marching Band's Awesome TV-Themed Halftime Show
This performance was from a couple of weeks ago. If you haven't seen it yet, watch it. It's pretty awesome (as are all their performances). They cover everything from The Simpsons, to Dragnet to Game...
The World Can be Saved (by the Bell)
Today is the 25th anniversary of the airing of the first episode of Saved by the Bell (not Good Morning, Miss Bliss). In honor of this momentous occasion, I present to you a post I wrote in 2008. The...
Teens React to Saved by the Bell
This is hilarious... and makes me feel old. Also, is it just me or are the clothes that these kids are wearing just as bad, if not worse, than the styles in the '90s?
Go Bayside
Anyone who knows me knows I'm a huge Saved by the Bell fan. I could go toe-to-toe with anyone on SBTB trivia (impressive, I know), that's why it was a big shock that there was a podcast about Saved by...
If Doctor Who were American
A couple of weeks ago Kottke posted a video showing the American counterparts for each British actor who has played Doctor Who. The video was based on the actors chosen by Smug Mode. Each actor is a p...
Uverse to Block 20 Cardinals Games Again This Season
You would think that the two sides, Uverse and Fox Sports Midwest, would have come to some sort of agreement in the offseason. Well, if you thought that, you'd be wrong. For the second season in a row...
Replacing Politics with TV
Two of the biggest things I blog about are politics and TV. I blog about those subjects so much I started sites on the topics (the long abandoned Political Jackass, Grand Old Parody, and Let's Talk Ab...
11 People You Might Not Know Were on Saved by the Bell
Most of these I knew, but there were a few surprises, such as Scott Wolf.