A Very Special Episode

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  A Very Special Episode Eerie, Indiana, "Reality Takes A Holiday"

  When TV goes meta, viewers have to decide for themselves whether they enjoy seeing all the puppet strings laid bare.

  June 17, 2010 | 12:30pm -

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  A Very Special Episode The Andy Griffith Show, “The Sermon For Today”

  A gentle lesson about hypocrisy captures the essence of one of the all-time great sitcoms.

  June 3, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000, “City Limits”

  MST3K was designed to create a cultish in-crowd. Here’s how it did it: by congratulating them on being part of that crowd.

  May 20, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  A Very Special Episode Twin Peaks, “Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer”

  How David Lynch made television safe for weirdness.

  May 6, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Combat, “Survival”

  What Robert Altman brought to television, and what he learned from it.

  April 22, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Heat Vision And Jack, “Pilot”

  Jack Black, Ben Stiller, and Owen Wilson once teamed up for a series that never aired and never got to the pilot stage. Thus legends are born.

  April 8, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode The Simpsons, “22 Short Films About Springfield”

  An unusual Simpsons outing offers a primer on the fine, abused art of the pop-culture reference.

  March 25, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode The Honeymooners, “Better Living Through Television”

  Presenting the first installment in a new biweekly column exploring standout TV episodes that reflected their eras in particularly trenchant ways.

  March 11, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Introducing "A Very Special Episode," a new column

  March 10, 2010 | 12:00pm -