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Music and Movie Tuesdays…And TV Shows too!

Hello faithful readers! I'm sure many of you are planning to watch the Presidential debates tonight. I know I am. But I'm still smarting over the Vice Presidential debates last Thursday. Why you ask? Because two of my favorite shows, 30 Rock and The Office, were not shown that night in favor of the debates. I had to go and educate myself about politics and the issues and America's future when I could have been getting my funny on! With that in mind, this week I want to point out some TV shows and movies you can watch the next time someone tries to make you "informed" or "do your duty as citizen." The Simpsons - The Complete Eleventh Season Widely considered one of the greatest television shows of all time, The Simpsons are a great way to make you laugh whenever you need some cheering up. Although some people claim the show "jumped the shark" after the 8th season, I am compelled to disagree, as my favorite Simpsons episode ever was in the 11th season. Saddlesore ...
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Music and Movie Tuesdays…And TV Shows too! (on Wednesday)

Faithful readers, you may be wondering why Music and Movie Tuesdays has been moved to Wednesday this week. To continue the focus on debates and politics, we are posting on the day of the final presidential debate. To my mind, no TV show, or even movie, captures the excitement (and occasional non-excitement) of campaigns and debates like the West Wing did, so even though West Wing DVDs didn't come out this week, we're going to look at them anyway! (Hope I don't get in trouble for this) The West Wing - The Complete Seventh Season The final season of The West Wing was all about the presidential campaign between Matthew Santos (Jimmy Smits) and Arnold Vinick (Alan Alda). One of my favorite episodes was a live debate they aired between the two actors. Interesting side note, even though the writers wanted to make Santos look like the hero in the debate, an actual poll was commissioned of viewers, the majority of whom thought Alan Alda out performed Jimmy Smits in the ...
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Music and Movie Tuesdays … And TV Shows Too!

Hey gang, back again this fine Tuesday to let you in on some of the latest music, movie, and TV show releases. I don't know about you, but to me it seems like this week was when fall really started. The weather got colder, there was a lot more fog, and it seemed like the sun was setting a lot earlier. I know some of you will point out how this has been happening for months, but honestly, I felt like last week was when it finally stopped being an extended summer. Anywho, let's talk about some new releases. ----- Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition Mystery Science Theater 3000, hereafter known as MST3K, is not only one of the greatest Sci Fi shows of all time, it's also one of the funniest shows of all time. The thin plot, about robots and evil scientists and space stations, is really an excuse for a delicious mocking of science fiction movies spanning many decades. If you watched The Muppets as a child, and your favorite part was Statler and ...
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Comic Con Day 1: Twilight Fans Devour Comic Con

Thursday July 23rd, 2009 Comic Con Day 1: This will forever be the day Twilight attacked and ruined a lot of things for a lot of people. I was hoping to go see the Disney 3D panel for Alice in Wonderland and Tron as well as the panel after it for a 3D preview of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Hole, and Final Destination. Twilight was after that, which I wanted nothing to do with. While I was waiting in line for my badge, my friends informed me that the Twilighters had taken over Hall H, and there's no way any of us were going to get in until after that panel was over. So the consolation prize was to see a preview of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy. I never know what to expect when an old (very old in the case of Astro Boy) comic, manga to be precise, is being redone as a CG spectacle, but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The movie looks awesome! They have an excellent cast of voice actors, including Freddy Highmore as Astro Boy, Kristen Bell, Nicolas Cage ...
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