"Mona Leaves-A" / "It Came From The Garage" / "Stannie Slickers II: The Legend Of Ollie's Gold"
"Any Given Sundance" / "Cops And Robert" / "Long John Peter" / "Office Spaceman"
Tonight’s lineup got me thinking about the use of guest voices in our FOX programs. Generally there are two big warning signs that a celebrity name in the credits presages a cringe-worthy,
Read Comments: 0"Apocalypse Cow" / "Strangeness On A Train" / "Former Life Of Brian" / "Red October Sky"
It’s been two long months, my little TV Clubbers, but finally we can all once again come together—Simpsons apologists, Family Guy haters, King...
Read Comments: 0"Papa Don't Leech" / "The Courtship Of Joseph's Father"
Favorite Simpsons episode ever, annnnnnd GO!
Okay, it’s a pretty impossible question for a die-hard fan, but if I were forced at gunpoint to name my favorite episode ever, “Colonel...
Read Comments: 0"Six Characters In Search Of A House"
Let’s get the good news out of the way first: Though many thought this season (and last season, and the season before that) would be King Of The Hill’s last one,
Read Comments: 0"Smoke On The Daughter" / "Pour Some Sugar On Kahn"
I think it speaks to my very long tenure as a Simpsons and King Of The Hill fan that I I’m starting to really enjoy new episodes whose plots retread familiar territory....
Read Comments: 0"Behind Closed Doors"
King Of The Hill has a tendency toward being formulaic, evidenced by this season in particular, which has rehashed the Hank-vs.-jackasses conflict to varying effects nearly every week....
Read Comments: 0"Dial 'N' For Nerder" / "Lady And Gentrification"
Every week before I watch these shows, I read the synopses provided by FOX about each new episode, because I take these cartoons seriously,...
Read Comments: 0"The Debarted" / "The Accdental Terrorist" / "Play It Again, Brian"
Tonight's local telecast of The Simpsons was delayed by some big Nascar event; as few things in life infuriate me more than grown men wearing jumpsuits and driving around and around and around in...
Read Comments: 0"Love, Springfieldian Style" / "Untitled" / "Back To The Woods" / "Widowmaker"
I have to admit, I did a bit of whining this week when I found out that all four FOX shows were new this week; after nearly three months with truncated schedules, I’ve gotten a bit spoiled, not having...
Read Comments: 0"Trans-Fascism"
At this point I’ve pretty much given up trying to figure out what new shows FOX will deliver unto us each Sunday night; I just sit back and let Tivo tell me what’s up. Tonight, I was happy to see...
Read Comments: 0"That 90s Show" / "Oedipal Panties"
As I watched TV tonight, I could practically hear the heads of die-hard, lifelong Simpsons fans exploding across the country. A nation of Comic Book Guys threw down their nachos in disgust over...
Read Comments: 0"McStroke" / "Tearjerker"
Okay, so I must confess that I know very little about the logistics of producing the shows I critique each week; I don’t know how long it takes to make an episode, I don’t know the steps involved, and I...
Read Comments: 0"E. Pluribus Wiggum" / "Doggone Crazy" / "Frannie 911"
Regarding tonight’s episode of The Simpsons, I think I have to refer to the words of the ever-wise Lenny Leonard: “Well, I thought every part of it was good, but overall, I hated...
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In honor of Mothers’ Day and tonight’s Simpsons, I have to start out with a little shout-out to Mama Koski (yes, she reads this, so be nice!), who watched The Simpsons every week with me from the very...
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