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Season 2 of Bob’s Burgers is FINALLY available on Netflix Instant.

Season 2 of Bob’s Burgers is FINALLY available on Netflix Instant.

2 weeks ago
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Bob’s Burgers became TV’s most enjoyable show by channeling early Simpsons

Bob’s Burgers is good at so many different kinds of jokes that it sometimes seems to take on the rhythms of a night out with funny friends. It has at least one surrealistic musical sequence in nearly every episode, whether it involves Thomas Edison and an elephant singing a duet or old-person swingers sexing it up in a swimming pool. It features grand visual gags. It features elaborate movie and pop-culture references (as in the wild, weird E.T. riff “O.T.: The Outside Toilet”). It plays around with tropes of both the genre it’s in and the genres of stories it’s seen before. It even has a ridiculous number of puns, more than any television show should be able to get away with in this day and age. It takes all of this, blends it with a genius ensemble cast that rattles off the show’s weird-ass punchlines with aplomb, then builds it on a foundation of real drama and stakes. It feels so impeccably constructed that to take it apart seems as if it should ruin the magic trick of every episode, yet it all seems so easy that it almost doesn’t matter. Bob’s Burgers has always been a good show, but its third season has placed it in the rarified air of TV’s best, a near constant assault of humor, heart, and old-fashioned showmanship. (via)

Bob’s Burgers became TV’s most enjoyable show by channeling early Simpsons

Bob’s Burgers is good at so many different kinds of jokes that it sometimes seems to take on the rhythms of a night out with funny friends. It has at least one surrealistic musical sequence in nearly every episode, whether it involves Thomas Edison and an elephant singing a duet or old-person swingers sexing it up in a swimming pool. It features grand visual gags. It features elaborate movie and pop-culture references (as in the wild, weird E.T. riff “O.T.: The Outside Toilet”). It plays around with tropes of both the genre it’s in and the genres of stories it’s seen before. It even has a ridiculous number of puns, more than any television show should be able to get away with in this day and age. It takes all of this, blends it with a genius ensemble cast that rattles off the show’s weird-ass punchlines with aplomb, then builds it on a foundation of real drama and stakes. It feels so impeccably constructed that to take it apart seems as if it should ruin the magic trick of every episode, yet it all seems so easy that it almost doesn’t matter. Bob’s Burgers has always been a good show, but its third season has placed it in the rarified air of TV’s best, a near constant assault of humor, heart, and old-fashioned showmanship. (via)

1 month ago
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A continued exploration of Game of Thrones references in comedies.

A continued exploration of Game of Thrones references in comedies.

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Imagine Downton Abbey’s Dowager Countess completely stripped of even the pretense of being polite to anyone for any reason and you’ve got this delightful old cutthroat, played with deadpan panache by leather-catsuit legend Diana Rigg. In short order she insults Renly, her son, her dead husband, her female friends and relatives and handmaidens, the Lannisters, the waiter – pretty much everyone but the three women sitting at the table, talking treason about the King. Sansa’s white-knuckle terror over the very idea of saying something negative about Joffrey for others to hear is so obvious you want to reach through the screen and wrap her in a blanket or something (man, Sophie Turner rules), which only proves how fearless and confident Lady Olenna is in her own security and power. She’s rich, powerful, well-connected, intelligent, and just plain out of fucks to give. They say the graveyards of the world are full of indispensable men, but she’s not a man, is she? What a thrill to watch three females decide their own fates for a change. (via)

Lady Olenna Tyrell is scarier than the White Walkers.

Imagine Downton Abbey’s Dowager Countess completely stripped of even the pretense of being polite to anyone for any reason and you’ve got this delightful old cutthroat, played with deadpan panache by leather-catsuit legend Diana Rigg. In short order she insults Renly, her son, her dead husband, her female friends and relatives and handmaidens, the Lannisters, the waiter – pretty much everyone but the three women sitting at the table, talking treason about the King. Sansa’s white-knuckle terror over the very idea of saying something negative about Joffrey for others to hear is so obvious you want to reach through the screen and wrap her in a blanket or something (man, Sophie Turner rules), which only proves how fearless and confident Lady Olenna is in her own security and power. She’s rich, powerful, well-connected, intelligent, and just plain out of fucks to give. They say the graveyards of the world are full of indispensable men, but she’s not a man, is she? What a thrill to watch three females decide their own fates for a change. (via)

Lady Olenna Tyrell is scarier than the White Walkers.

1 month ago
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AMC Eyes ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff Toplined By Bob Odenkirk
A list of Breaking Bad spinoffs we’d rather see:
Skinny Pete and Badger trying to get their band off the ground.
The hijinks of Wendy the prostitute.
End of list.

AMC Eyes ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff Toplined By Bob Odenkirk

A list of Breaking Bad spinoffs we’d rather see:

  • Skinny Pete and Badger trying to get their band off the ground.
  • The hijinks of Wendy the prostitute.
  • End of list.
1 month ago
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21 of Sally Draper’s Best Quotes
With the season 6 premiere of Mad Men tonight, let’s take a look at quotes from Sally Draper.
You have big ones. My mommy has big ones too. And I’m going to have big ones when I grow up.
Do you lie on top of her?
I Don’t wanna wear someone else’s shoes, especially ski boots. You know that they’re sweaty. Oh, my gosh!
Are you and Daddy doing it?
We learned that they used to be fish, and he doesn’t know because he has baby science.
I know what it is. I know that the man pees inside the woman.
She doesn’t care what the truth is as long as I do what she says.
Every time I go around a corner, I keep thinking I’ll see my dad.
I hate sevens.
When I think about forever, I get upset.
I told Betty and Henry to take their ski vacation and shove it.
Who’s Dick?
…And it has a picture of her on it, holding a box. With a picture of her on it, holding a box.
I’ll save my Fritos for you.
I’m not sure that’s the way I like you.
I’m old enough that I can stay alone while you go laugh your heads off.
I want to live with you all the time.
I want to stay and I don’t know why I can’t.
I hate her so much. She’s such a phony.
We don’t go across the park. There’s bums on the other side.
And then I was floating over town. Standing straight up, not like Superman. Only it wasn’t Ossining, it was London. Like Mary Poppins.

21 of Sally Draper’s Best Quotes

With the season 6 premiere of Mad Men tonight, let’s take a look at quotes from Sally Draper.

  1. You have big ones. My mommy has big ones too. And I’m going to have big ones when I grow up.
  2. Do you lie on top of her?
  3. I Don’t wanna wear someone else’s shoes, especially ski boots. You know that they’re sweaty. Oh, my gosh!
  4. Are you and Daddy doing it?
  5. We learned that they used to be fish, and he doesn’t know because he has baby science.
  6. I know what it is. I know that the man pees inside the woman.
  7. She doesn’t care what the truth is as long as I do what she says.
  8. Every time I go around a corner, I keep thinking I’ll see my dad.
  9. I hate sevens.
  10. When I think about forever, I get upset.
  11. I told Betty and Henry to take their ski vacation and shove it.
  12. Who’s Dick?
  13. …And it has a picture of her on it, holding a box. With a picture of her on it, holding a box.
  14. I’ll save my Fritos for you.
  15. I’m not sure that’s the way I like you.
  16. I’m old enough that I can stay alone while you go laugh your heads off.
  17. I want to live with you all the time.
  18. I want to stay and I don’t know why I can’t.
  19. I hate her so much. She’s such a phony.
  20. We don’t go across the park. There’s bums on the other side.
  21. And then I was floating over town. Standing straight up, not like Superman. Only it wasn’t Ossining, it was London. Like Mary Poppins.
1 month ago
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Your ShirtPunch shirt of the day: Moss from The IT Crowd.

Your ShirtPunch shirt of the day: Moss from The IT Crowd.

1 month ago
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Awkward, an MTV comedy that is arguably the freshest and smartest high school show we’ve seen in years, is available on Netflix Instant and we highly suggest you catch up before the third season premieres on April 16th. 

Awkward, an MTV comedy that is arguably the freshest and smartest high school show we’ve seen in years, is available on Netflix Instant and we highly suggest you catch up before the third season premieres on April 16th. 

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The gang at Slacktory made this chart of all the curses in the first two seasons of Game of Thrones. And, of course, there’s a supercut to go along with it. 
Tip: While you’re over there, check out their other awesome supercuts, including ones for some of our favorite shows: 30 Rock, Bob’s Burgers, and Parks & Recreation. 

The gang at Slacktory made this chart of all the curses in the first two seasons of Game of Thrones. And, of course, there’s a supercut to go along with it

Tip: While you’re over there, check out their other awesome supercuts, including ones for some of our favorite shows: 30 Rock, Bob’s Burgers, and Parks & Recreation

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Do NOT forget that Happy Endings is back on tonight. 
Back to back episodes every Friday night for the next three weeks!

Do NOT forget that Happy Endings is back on tonight. 

Back to back episodes every Friday night for the next three weeks!

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