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SpongeBob SquarePants: “WhoBob WhatPants”
Nickelodeon
Starring Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown
Special Guest Star: Ray Liotta
Running Time = 30 minutes
On Nickelodeon (Check Local Listings)
Oh, that wacky resident of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob SquarePants, loves to get into crazy predicaments. And that’s just what happens in the SpongeBob SquarePants Special: “WhoBob WhatPants.” A timeless tale Continue reading “SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Who?”
You’re (Not) Elected Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition (1972)
Warner Bros.
Written by Charles M. Schulz
Directed by Bill Melendez
Running Time = 25 minutes
Available Now
Perhaps Al Gore watched this election-themed Peanuts cartoon the night of the 2000 election. Perhaps it had a negative effect on the outcome of the voting. Or perhaps President Bush was elected illegally. Whatever the reason, Continue reading “You’re Not Elected Charlie Brown: Still Timely 36 Years Later”
If StuffWeLike.com were a sitcom, it would be The Big Bang Theory, the endearing comedy about hopelessly nerdy physicists who pretty much like everything that we like.
Johnny Galecki’s Leonard is the emotional center of the show. When Penny (Kaley Cuoco), an attractive young woman, moves into the apartment across the hall, Leonard is instantly smitten. His pursuit of the girl of his dreams forms the spine of the first season.
Producing for television is a grueling endeavor dictated by merciless deadlines and limited budgets. Therefore, I’m always amazed when a program comes along that pushes the boundaries of the medium and approaches the production values normally reserved for the movies.
Pushing Daisies is just such a series. Inventively written, beautifully shot and wonderfully acted, the show is something of a minor miracle. How did something this special make it to the small screen?
Continue reading “Review: Pushing Daisies – The Complete First Season”
Granted, when it was in the pilot stage Chuck was hated by pretty much all PC guys. The idea of making a cool spy series based around a PC guy was laughable. The critics were proved wrong and Chuck has become one of the greatest shows from last season. Season 2 begins in the US on NBC this Monday and while you might feel like waiting to see it in great high quality on TV there is the option to watch it online now on various streaming services for free from NBC. The only criticism we can find with season two so far is that it appears to be filled with people who are in it just because they worked with the behind-the-scenes people on other shows. Not down to their acting talents but a “people I know” situation. Plus the constant adverts for Call of Duty 4 in every single episode of the first season got a bit annoying.
Anyway, with Chuck having a full second season order already before even a single episode is aired it’s safe to say Chuck should be around until the off-season.
Scooby-Doo and the Goblin KingWarner Bros.
Starring: Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Mindy Cohn, Hayden Panettiere, Wayne Knight, Wallace Shawn, Jay Leno, and Lauren Bacall
75 minutes
Scooby-Doo has a lot in common with James Bond: both franchises have been around for 40 years; both use the same characters but at times different actors to portray them; both have had a younger version of the character portrayed on TV (see James Bond Jr. and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo); and both utilize the same catchphrases, characterizations, and template in each adventure taken. Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King is the twelfth direct-to-DVD Scooby-Doo movie, which comes after a string of TV series utilizing Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma. I found myself Continue reading “Zoinks! Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King: All-Star Cast in Halloween Hilarity!”
