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Glenn McDonaldAbout Glenn McDonald Glenn McDonald writes about popular culture from his home in lovely Chapel Hill, NC. His humor essays have been described as "grammatically consistent" and "remarkably frequent". He is editor of the Wait, Wait … Don't Tell Me daily news quiz at NPR.org, and a freelance contributor to many quality radio programs, magazines, websites, and forbidden tomes of chthonic lore. He lives virtually at www.glenn-mcdonald.com. Columns PopShotsWebsurfing, Digital Shorts and Lateral Drift[19.Mar.08] :. Premium beer + long winter months + national health care = fertile breeding ground for resourceful science.  PopShotsDear Lost: Lose the Guns[27.Feb.08] :. The gunplay in Lost shot past the ken of lessons-not-learned in Screenwriting 101 and blasted into an over-the-top Marx Brothers routine.  PopShotsIn Defense of the Popcorn Movie[22.Jan.08] :. Wanna get me off my DVD-lovin' couch and into a movie theater? Then gimme the movies that make me feel like a 14-year-old.  PopShotsWriters – Who Needs 'em? A Solution to the Writer's Strike[19.Nov.07] :. A bold proposal regarding our massive backlog of pop culture artifacts and the potential recycling thereof, ad infinitum.  PopShotsLast-Minute Halloween Costume Ideas[26.Oct.07] :. Time again for everyone's favorite corporately co-opted Judeo-Christian pagan demon holiday! A public service for procrastinating party-goers. PopShots A Chronicle of Higher EducationPopShots Archeological Discovery!PopShots Pop Culture in 17 SyllablesPopShots Summer Must-ReadsPopShots American Family VacationPopShots An Ugly Trend in FilmmakersPopShots Nobody Likes a QuitterPopShots Send/Receive: The Instantly Regretted E-MailPopShots Gadgets Gone WildPopShots If You Can't Say Something Nice...PopShots The Situational EthicistPopShots Kids' TV: A Vast Stygian WastelandPopShots When Harry Googled SallyPopShots Discovery: Internet!PopShots The Lighter Side of Artificial IntelligencePopShots Snakes, Planes and the Triumph of Ironic AppreciationPopShots The Trouble with (Net)Time TravelPopShots You Almost Saw It TVPopShots Love the Sport, Not the Sports StarPopShots The Movie Blurb GamePopShots The (P)Art of the PrankPopShots SupraDeluxe Interactive Reader EditionPopShots All I Want for Christmas...PopShots Jung and the RestlessPopShots The Underrated/Overrated ListPopShots Friendless, Hostile, and Afraid of Soil ErosionPopShots The Last Action HeroPopShots We Came! We Game! Get Used to It!PopShots Grand Theft AutoeroticPopShots I Don't Feel TardyPopShots Impending Drastic InevitablesPopShots Discovery: Hollywood!PopShots Orthodontia: A Generation LamentsReviews DVDsAl Franken - God Spoke (2005)[24.Apr.07] :. Franken is a smart and engaging companion, pleasant enough to be around for an hour-and-a-half.  DVDsCracker, Camper Van Beethoven: First Annual Camp Out Live[22.Feb.07] :. Adequately filmed, badly edited, and indifferently packaged, this DVD is still a goldmine for hardcore fans  DVDsPenn & Teller: Off the Deep End[15.Aug.06] :. With Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End, the duo once again showcase their ability to update and reframe old-school magic with lateral thinking and hipster showmanship. Featured Article DVDsButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)[25.Jul.06] :. Historians and pulp comic fans knew their story, but most didn't. The enduring image of the affable outlaws was born in this classic 1969 film. That the story is fairly true to life is even more remarkable.  BooksSan Francisco Noir by Peter Maravelis[6.Dec.05] :. Out there on the foggy edge on the continent, with its outlaw history, mad riot of architecture and strangely cold sun, San Francisco casts some long, weird shadows. TV WantedTV Master BlastersBooks MirrorMask: The Illustrated Film Script of the Motion Picture from The Jim Henson Company by Neil GaTV Lost |
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