Dec

Today’s awesome person

Posted by MGK Published in It's The Youtube, Politics

Bob Garon, Vietnam veteran: The bit I love is watching Mitt Romney’s dead eyes as he initially assumes that this old, crotchety, flannel-wearing gentleman is “safe” and then realizes that in fact that this is not the case.

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Dec

In your heart you know it’s true

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets

Victorians Smiling is one of Retronaut’s older posts (nearly a year and a half at this point), but I still like it greatly, because it serves as a reminder to me that history is not the cold, sterile thing we often imagine it to be. We do have a tendency to imagine the past as […]

6 comments

Dec

I bet the UK version is called “Being Myrtle”

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

4 comments

Dec

part three, page twenty-six

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full

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Dec

What It Means To Find New Episodes

Posted by John Seavey Published in Film/TV, General Nerd Crap, General Nerd Shit, TV

Recently, Rob Shearman and Toby Hadoke embarked on a marathon project, the kind of thing that is only really ambitious for Doctor Who fans: They agreed to watch the entire series. It’s amazing to think about, really; what would be the baseline for fans of most other science-fiction/fantasy show, “Have you seen every episode?”, is […]

17 comments

Dec

Litmus test

Posted by MGK Published in Flicks

Now, here’s the thing. A lot of people will be bitching mercilessly about the new Three Stooges trailer… …but the problem is that all of the comedy in this trailer is exactly like classic Three Stooges, except the Stooges live in the modern day. The performances are just as broad as old Stooges shorts were. […]

45 comments

Dec

Harry Morgan, 1915-2011

Posted by Jim Smith Published in Auf Wiedersehen Goodbye, TV

I know a lot of people will be remembering Morgan as Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H (or his guest appearance as a crazy general that earned him the role), but this episode of Dragnet (“A.I.D.: The Weekend”) perfectly encapsulates why I enjoyed his Officer Bill Gannon as much as, if not more, than Colonel Potter. […]

7 comments

Dec

Posted by MGK Published in Gaming

I’ve been meaning to do a lengthy post about train boardgames for some time, but never quite get around to it. Partially it’s because novice boardgamers equate train games to Ticket To Ride. Now, don’t get me wrong: Ticket to Ride is a fine game. But it is barely a train game. Ticket to Ride […]

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