‘The Box’ Tells the History of Television From Creation to Vast Wasteland
OnA review of Jeff Kisseloff’s “The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1928-1961,” which describes the early day of everyone’s favorite medium.
‘Shadow Weaver’ Locks You up Inside the Head of a Neurotic Psychonaut
OnOn 1992’s Shadow Weaver, the Legendary Pink Dots make a fine, doubting record, taking psychedelia forwards, if not with much optimism.
Beautiful Nightmares: PFFR’s ‘The Shivering Truth’ Is Gorgeously Animated Grotesquerie
OnThe latest show from Vernon Chatman and PFFR, ‘The Shivering Truth’ tells linked comedic horror stories via the medium of gorgeous stop-motion animation.
The UK’s ‘Public Information Films’ Are Basically PSAs From Hell
OnThe United Kingdom calls ‘Public Service Announcements’ ‘Public Information Films,’ and they tell you how to be safe. But unlike most PSAs, PFIs are scary.
Ben Passmore’s ‘Your Black Friend and Other Strangers’ Is a Must-Read Collection
OnThe new collection ‘Your Black Friend and Other Strangers’ by Ben Passmore is deeply political without being preachy, and occasionally pretty dang funny.
‘Vic and Bob’s Big Night Out’ Doesn’t Have Much to Do With the Original Series, But It’s Still Great
OnIf you’re a Reeves & Mortimer fan of a certain age, you might not remember Big Night Out, but thankfully, Vic and Bob’s first series has returned.
What, Me Funny?: The National Lampoon Mad Parody Deftly Skewers Alfred E. Neuman (Mostly)
OnAn analysis of the long National Lampoon MAD Parody that appeared as an article in a 1971 issue, looking at what they got right and what they got wrong.
Forget Flying Cars, It’s 2018 — Where Are Our Sinus Doors?!
OnIf there’s a thing that I want in the future, it’s not flying cars or robot butlers — it’s the ability to immediately empty my sinuses with sinus doors.
The New MST3K Season Hammers Out the Few Kinks of the Return For a Wonderful Experience
OnComing out on Thanksgiving, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet fixes the few issues with Season 11, and gives us six great cinematic turkeys.
The Totally True Time of When I Found a VHS of a Lost ‘Brady Bunch’ Episode
OnAt that flea market I found another VHS tape with a lost ‘Brady Bunch’ episode featuring Cousin Oliver, but I didn’t know that at the time.