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Friday, September 8 2006

Monkey Business

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.


Wednesday, June 28 2006

Sunday School

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.


Monday, May 15 2006

Monster Mash-Up

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.


Wednesday, March 29 2006

Faith’s Freak Show

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.


Wednesday, February 8 2006

Cable Carnal-val

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.


Wednesday, December 21 2005

Monochrome Christmas

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.


Monday, November 21 2005

Duck…Duck…Duck…GOOSE!

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.


Friday, November 4 2005

Food for Naught

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.


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  2. Beach House: Bloom (Reviews)
  3. Tea with 'Sherlock': Investigating the Investigators (Features)
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  5. Top Ten Lost Midwest Punk Singles (Sound Affects)
  6. Tenacious D: Rize of the Fenix (Reviews)
  7. 20 Questions: Kate Bornstein (Features)
  8. 10 Pieces of Cinematic Art That Require Revisiting (Short Ends and Leader)
  9. Like 'Doom', In Heels (Moving Pixels)
  10. Punk Rock's Pet Sounds: An Interview with Bomb the Music Industry! (Features)
  11. Counterbalance No. 82: U2's 'Achtung Baby' (Sound Affects)
  12. She's a Rainbow: A Tribute to Donna Summer (Features)
  13. 'Albatross': A Not-So-Weighty Coming-of-Age Meets Mid-Life-Crisis Film (Reviews)
  14. This Is All There Is: The Boredom of Lessened Expectations (Short Ends and Leader)
  15. Go Goth!: Ranking the Burton/Depp Collaborations (Short Ends and Leader)
  16. We Will Avenge Them Or… Be Avenged?: The Individual in the US Experience (Features)
  17. The Queen and Her Crayons: An Interview With Donna Summer (Features)
  18. Best Coast: The Only Place (Reviews)
  19. The Best Canadian Records of the Year? The Fun Agony of Voting for the Polaris Prize Long List (Sound Affects)
  20. Something’s Wrong with the Black Widow! (Graphic Novelties)
  21. Flash Points: Mommy's Breast, Marriage Equality and Why Chipotle Is King (Features)
  22. Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death (Columns)
  23. Counterbalance No. 83: The Stooges' 'Fun House' (Sound Affects)
  24. Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music (Reviews)
  25. Willie Nelson: Heroes (Reviews)
  26. Like a Jack London Story on Steroids: 'The Grey' (Reviews)
  27. The Cult: Choice of Weapon (Reviews)
  28. 'People's Pornography': The Mundanities of Pornography and Surveillance Culture (Reviews)
  29. Various Artists: Occupy This Album (Reviews)
  30. Feeling '80s Spirit: Post-Hardcore Punk for the Plastic Generation (Columns)
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