As usual, your hosts are Nigel, Mary, Shankman, and the empty chair labeled “Paula Abdul.” (Nigel continues to be the only person in the world who thinks Paula Abdul would add anything to this show.) New stage: still sucks. Russell and Noelle: hip-hop. Obviously a difficult routine (fast hip-hop, plus using props in unison? Ow), […]

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(from Personal Love #1)

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Rintrah’s death was a bad one – both in the actual nature of the death (it looked rather unpleasant) and in the writing of it. Those unfamiliar with Strange’s most recent disciple (who was a friendly big green minotaur from another dimension, which is par for the course when it comes to the life of […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Exhibit A: the poster for Pirate Radio. First, consider the original poster for The Boat That Rocked, when it was released in Britain with its original (superior) title. This is a pretty clever poster. Obviously, it’s a reference to the cover of the Beatles’ Abbey Road, but smartly combined with the walking-off-a-plank motif which both […]

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Serious question: does anybody actually like Major Force? I mean, yes, I get he’s a villain, but everybody has their favorite villains. Mine is Lex Luthor. Lots of people love the Joker or Dr. Doom. And there’s always going to be one or two holdouts for the lesser lights, somebody who really loves the Gambler […]

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People talk about Golden Age Wonder Woman panels being disturbing, but really, those are nothing. This just makes me feel unclean. (from Dixie Dugan #2)

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Your guest judge is an empty chair with “Paula Abdul” on it. The new stage sucks. There’s no voting this week. HOW MANY MORE WAYS CAN THEY FIND TO BE WRONG? Channing and Philip: jive. This was mediocre leaning towards bad, particularly in the case of Philip, who frankly should be better at jive: he […]

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I don’t generally go posting pictures of myself on this blog, but I am making an exception in this case because Karen gives good photo.

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ME: What now? FLAPJACKS: Did you see this? Some crazy guy put together a replica of a vintage first class airplane cabin in his garage. ME: Because he’s crazy? FLAPJACKS: You just spent actual money on old board games from the 1960s like, last week. ME: You can play those. FLAPJACKS: And he can play […]

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THREE EXAMPLES OF SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE‘S BRILLIANT “FIX WHAT ISN”T BROKEN” STRATEGY 1.) The new stage, which is large, impersonal, with a dark background so the dancers tend to fade into the background if not lit exactly right (and it’s hard to light constantly moving people exactly right) and difficult for the […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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