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Monkey Business

by Bill Gibron

[8.Sep.06] :. Performers in monkey suits hitting each other with mallets? Is that all that's left of Ernie Kovacs' television legacy? It's the subject up for debate during this overview of the more or less forgotten funnyman.

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Sunday School

by Bill Gibron

[28.Jun.06] :. By exposing children to titles they may have otherwise never seen before, Family Classics started many a future sci-fi and fantasy geek on their way to full-blown nerdom.

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Monster Mash-Up

by Bill Gibron

[15.May.06] :. With the connection between tots and terror as tenuous as ever, it's time to celebrate a pair of shows that meld the minor to the macabre with equal amounts of horror... and hilarity.

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Faith’s Freak Show

by Bill Gibron

[29.Mar.06] :. Religious programming has produced a lot of laughable content. But none more hilariously horrible than PTL's House Party; a no-talent treat starring the station's indomitable drag drone, Tammy Faye Bakker.

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Cable Carnal-val

by Bill Gibron

[8.Feb.06] :. Exercise or S-exercise? This month's Lost Signal taps into cable's promise of the scandalous and sexy, and comes up with Ron Harris's classic calisthenics as come-on.

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Monochrome Christmas

by Bill Gibron

[21.Dec.05] :. With the holidays rapidly approaching, it's time to tap into the true spirit of the Season: the black and white stop motion melancholy of Suzy Snowflake and her devious elfin pals Hardrock, Coco and Joe.

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Duck…Duck…Duck…GOOSE!

by Bill Gibron

[21.Nov.05] :. Think the castaways of Survivor are tough? Does Fear Factor represent the ultimate endurance test to you? Well, according to Gibron, they're nothing compared to one of Spain's most celebrated '90s game shows.

Food for Naught

by Bill Gibron

[4.Nov.05] :. In this initial look back at some of television's forgotten programming and people, Gibron 'elucidates the citizenry' as to the 'epicurean unusualness' of one of the medium's most 'egregiously erudite' cook show hosts: David Wade.