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Sadie slays at "The Big Show" on a killer Steven Universe
None of Steven Universe’s Beach City characters have had arcs as complete as Lars and Sadie. Lars, grumpy and distant…
Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, How Did This Get Made?, more coming to Onion Comedy & Arts Festival
Big news, comedy fans: Our comedy festival returns May 30-June 3 at various venues in Chicago under a new name, The…
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Steven Universe goes on a wild Lion chase
“Lion 4” has pretty big shoes to fill: The “Lion” series has produced some of the best episodes of Steven Universe, and…
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Steven Universe concludes its arc with a peek at the Diamonds’ hidden facets
When Steven and Greg are taken to the Amethysts’ quarters, it seems like “That Will Be All” is going to be a tense…
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Steven Universe starts its new arc with a good cry
As many attentive Steven fans will know, anything that appears on a TV at the beginning of an episode will come back to…
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Greg and the Gems struggle with parenting (and complexity) on a Steven Universe holiday special
Just a week after the fall special, we get another seasonal Steven Universe, this time a flashback to the winter after…
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“Greg The Babysitter” learns responsibility in a flashback Steven Universe
Who is Greg Universe? He’s a rock star, a loving father to Steven, a goofy paramour for Rose, a car wash attendant… and…
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“Mr. Greg” brings you a Steven Universe musical
The full Steven Universe musical is here, and it is delightful. Joe Johnston and Jeff Liu turn out a great series of…
Tom Scharpling destroys Billy Crystal’s cluelessly racist “old jazzman” routine
One of the weirdest mainstays of Billy Crystal’s stand-up act, something he’s been doing since the 1970s, is his…
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The Simpsons sees Marge and Lisa wonder about life on Mars
There’s nothing wrong with an outlandish Simpsons premise, and “The Marge-ian Chronicles” references one of the…
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Steven Universe catches up with Peridot in a lovely episode
One of the best things about Steven Universe is that the show is consistently from Steven’s point of view. We learn…
Tom Scharpling says Google ripped off Best Show for a Chromebook ad
Beloved curmudgeon (and voice actor, and radio host, and musician) Tom Scharpling has a new cause to grumble about,…
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Steven Universe: “We Need To Talk”
Someone in the comments yesterday suggested that the theme of this season was shaping up to be the nature of fusion and…
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Adventure Time: “Jermaine”
Who is Jermaine the Dog? Finn and Jake’s brother has been mentioned a few times on Adventure Time, but the show has…
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Steven Universe: “Story For Steven”
“Story For Steven” is the last episode produced from the first season to run late, moved past its original air date to…
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Steven Universe: “The Message”
Here we go! It seems like Steven Universe is about to get a lot more serious, because the Gems are coming. (I say…
Massive Scharpling & Wurster box set coming
Scharpling & Wurster, the comedy duo whose funny phone calls punctuated the now-dead, soon-to-be-revived Best Show,…
Tom Scharpling says The Best Show is coming back in November
Tom Scharpling, Gary The Squirrel, Philly Boy Roy, and all the wacky residents of Newbridge are coming back. Almost…
Real Estate’s new video stars Andy Daly, Nick Kroll, and some vampires
Tom Scharpling has made a number of fairly hilarious music videos, including clips for Ted Leo and The Postal Service.…