television
Jack’s Random Reviews: ‘TomBob Outdoors Friends in Wild Places’
In the first installment of my new monthly column for the website Antenna Free TV, I use a random number generator to select a program I’ve never seen before. And I watch it. And report back. This month: TomBob Outdoors Friends in Wild Places on the Destination America network.
One Man’s ‘Cheese Fries’ Approach to DVR Management
For my first piece on the Antenna Free TV website, I explain how the method I use to decide which recorded shows to watch is similar to the method I use to eat a plate of cheese fries.
Movie Review: Local Commercial
4 stars out of 5 You know the drill: You go to the movie theater and then have to sit through a ton of commercials. Well, I purposely went to see a movie about a commercial, and I’m totally glad I did. The live-action short Local Commercial was screening as part of the 2013 Manhattan […]
Thank You, Siskel & Ebert
It must’ve been 4th grade. Mr. Skadden asked the class if we watched anything on PBS. Ooh, me. I watch Sneak Previews. I recall being the only one who chimed in with that response. (I was already a bit of an oddball.) And I have no idea why I was watching. Basically all of I […]
Separated at Birth XXII
Creature-community royalty who cannot be trusted and some guy from the TV show Grimm
My Internet Radio Playlist, 9/18/12
EPISODE #42: TELEVISION The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Black Flag — “T.V. Party” Jimmy Donley — “Radio, Jukebox, and TV” Big Joe Turner (w/ Elmore James) — “TV Mama” Beat Happening — “T.V. Girl” Joey Scarbury — “Theme From The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)” M. Ward — “Watch the Show” The […]
Separated at Birth XIX
Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov and Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels
Jack Silbert, curator