It happened to me again last night. My wife and the dog went up to bed early, leaving the TV in my custody. But after cycling through Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Paramount,
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If you were around to watch Nirvana on Saturday Night Live on January 11, 1992, you would have seen them on an old-school cathode ray tube TV with interlaced scanning at 60 Hz,
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If you were around in the early 80s, you’ll know how MTV changed the music game. It didn’t happen right away–its influence took at least two years to become visible–but once it did,
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You can’t blame the Writers Guild of America for going on strike because of how they’ve been royally screwed in the age of streaming. Unfortunately, this has meant a stoppage in production for
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I’ll admit it: I liked to watch The Jerry Springer Show. Yes, there was the constant parade of the weirdness America had to offer, but Jerry was also open to giving airtime to
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Harry Belafonte passed away this week at the age of 96. Anyone else remember the drum-off he did with Animal on The Muppet Show? (Via Rick J)
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One of the best parts of the Muppet Universe is Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the universe’s greatest all-puppet band. One problem, though: they’ve never recorded an album. Enter the new Disney+
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When MTV debuted on August 1, 1981, Canadians flocked to places with satellite dishes (remember those 12-foot things that some people–including me–once had in their backyard?) so they could watch music videos 24
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The joys of live TV. While Avril Lavigne was onstage during the JUNO broadcast, a topless woman stormed the stage. Okay, so she was wearing pasties, but she made sure we saw that
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Old-style TV and movie theme songs tend to be mostly instrumental and completely devoid of vocals. But that doesn’t mean they’re devoid of words. You just need to know how to listen. This
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Ozzy may not be in the best of health, but he’s sure busy shooting TV commercials. Here’s his latest, this time for PlayStation.
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