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Category Archives: Television

Not under “the arts” because it’s rarely appropriate to call what’s on it, “art.”

List Of Problems Solved By MacGyver

Oh Wikipedia, you treasure trove of useless yet entertaining knowledge. You have surprised and delighted us again with your exhaustive list of problems solved by MacGyver.
Some serious gems:
While being pursued by dirty CIA operatives at a strip club, MacGyver loads a confetti cannon with make-up powder and fires it at them as they enter [...]

Death By Chocolate

I guess Ashton Kutcher CAN be funny…when he keeps his mouth shut.

London Live

If you happen to have access to high definition television and ALSO have Mojo, you should check out London Live.
London Live is a concert series that explores what’s heating up in the British music scene. Each episode consists of a few single-song performances from different acts with interviews peppered in between. It seems [...]

Al Roker: Personal Hero

I know what you’re thinking. He’s on Today. He’s almost as hyperactive as Robin Williams. Cheese-ball.
But Al Roker will always hold a special place in my heart. He’s told me about the weather from WNBC in New York ever since I was a child in the ’80s. His jolly disposition [...]

“I have hair here, but not here…”

Hilarious new-ish commercial from Old Spice:

Behind the Huckabrawl

I just discovered that Late Night Underground has a video showing some of the hilarious behind-the-scenes action from the “fight” over who made Mike Huckabee.

How many episodes are left?

I found this fantastic page (albeit late in the game) that summarizes the affects of the WGA strike on popular television shows. It indicates the number of episodes to be produced, the number aired, and the number remaining. Pretty convenient!

Clayed Out

Okay, so today seems to have been YouTube day on my site, but I have yet MORE clips before the day is done…
I know that advertising isn’t typically the most original creative media, but I’ve noticed a more obvious pattern lately. First this one from Aflac using some classic characters in an all animated [...]

The Daily Show: Full Archives

Sweet Mother of Chocolate Sauce!!!
The Daily Show has a new website, and it contains a full archive of the show (at least the Stewart era so far), searchable, tagable, embeddable, incredible! The episodes are broken into nice, bite-sized nuggets with a short ad either before, after, or both - generally a tolerable 7 seconds. [...]

Best Jeopardy Category EVER

A real category on Jeopardy’s Tournament of Champions this evening:
“Baby got Bach.”