‘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.
Tag: Television
A Proposed Variation on ‘The Dating Game,’ Based on ‘The Prisoner’s Dilemma’
OnThe Prisoner’s Dilemma re-imagined as a Dating Game type TV Show, bringing game theory to a quasi-romantic television program
Celebrating M*A*S*H, Now 30 Years Gone
OnI grew up aware of M*A*S*H. I was just over a year old when the show ended on February 28, 1983. Thirty years ago. But it wasn’t until I was in high school that I fell in love with M*A*S*H. I honestly cannot…
Heaven & Hell
OnImage via Wikipedia I’ve pretty much always been an atheist; when I was very small, I asked my mom what religion we were, and she just said “Christian” without really clarifying which franchise (as Emo Philips calls them), and I just sort…
Kittysneezes TV
OnImage by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL) via Flickr While I know that the idea of “Appointment TV” is dying with the advent of Hulu (and BitTorrent), and a lot of folks don’t even have a TV anymore, just watching everything online,…
Book Review: Screen Burn
OnCover of Screen Burn Charlie Brooker‘s often been sort of on my periphery; he’s worked with Chris Morris before, and I’d seen the TV Go Home site of course, but what made me really like him (aside from Nathan Barley, of course)…
Things That Are Neat: Ladies With Glasses!
OnImage via Wikipedia Y’know what I like? I mean, aside from watching TV and all that stuff, but y’know, big and in general? I like ladies with glasses. Glasses are like, lady-enhancers. Like, y’know who I thought was really, really cool? Bailey…
Things That Are Neat: The Concept Of Persistence Of Vision!
OnI’m big into film, and so I sort of have to think this is neat. But even if I wasn’t, I’d still think it’s pretty cool, since it’s your brain putting together a series of stills together and presenting it to you…
Things That Are Neat: Television!
OnImage via Wikipedia Sometimes, people take for granted a lot of things; they’ve been around them so much they’re used to them and don’t see the magic in them and may even grow to hate them; TV seems to be square in…
The JOICam
OnThis article contains Spoilers for Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. So, if you’re reading it, or planning on reading it, you may wish to steer clear. (And if you haven’t read it already, you really should.)