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veritasnoir The King's Letters
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It’s a time for some holiday cheer, but not before the fellas read some headlines. The panel shares a couple of Smart Suggestions, then scans the ‘net for any interesting stories before remembering their favorite holiday specials. Grab your coco, your trusted local rag and settle in for a cozy chat by the fireside.
Smart Suggestions:
- Ben: Nerd Poker (Podcast)
- Ed: Pocket (App)
- Netflix/Disney Deal (via AP)
- Fiscal Cliff (Google it.)
- Obamadon (via Reuters)
An Oral History of Freaks and Geeks
Anna Peele of Esquire’s The Culture Blog, makes a succinct argument for the short run. Let’s be clear: Parks and Rec is still tops, but sometimes it’s best to let something go, before it lets itself go.
Not every show can be Seinfeld.
70,000 piece lego replica of Serenity spaceship from Firefly
(via Serenity insanity - CNET)
Web Comic Wednesday: Happy Post Election Day
I hope your candidate/proposal won. Some of mine did.
Everyone is back and the complete panel is restored. As they hit the big 4-0 episode mark, the guys call a meeting of the Editorial Board to provide the official SSpplL endorsement for the presidency. Who will it be? A world of possibilities opens up when one is not limited to the time, space and nonfiction shackles holding back our current electoral system. And as always, these fellas are chock-full of Smart Suggestions.
Smart Suggestions:
- Jordan: Hebrew National sued | Sea Wolf - Old World Romance (Spotify)
- Ben: Summer Chrome Extension
- Ed: Freaks and Geeks
- Dean: Fix-it Felix Jr App (iTunes) | Wreck-it Ralph
Best “Gloria” Moments from Modern Family
If you have to have a woman scream at you, you could do a lot worse than Sophia Vergara.
The WIRE as an RPG
College Humor has really been on their A-game lately.
Take that, kids who play outdoors!
(via Chicago Tribune)
Daenrys Targaryen: Wrong for Dragons, Wrong for the Realm. A few of these had me laughing out loud.
Six Seasons and a Movie: The “Community” Art Show
I’m so jealous that this exists and people can attend it. Ah well, at least I will get to view it vicariously whenever this documentary comes out.
This is the first in what will be a series of occasional posts highlighting character actors. That is actors who rarely lead, but instead play characters that nearly every definition Google returns calls odd or eccentric. In any case, they’re supporting roles which are essential to nearly any good work and the talented ones get lots of it, but audiences rarely know their names. So as we do here: make with the learning already!
Kathryn Joosten who passed on June 2nd, made a career of playing the fiesty old lady. Fitting as she began acting later in life at the age of 42 and worked for nearly 30 years after. I can’t remember where I first saw her, but I do remember her terrific performance in a Season 1 episode of Scrubs entitled simply “My Old Lady”. Joosten played a patient who opted out of further treatment toward the end of her life while she helped Zach Braff’s JD learn to accept that choice and live his own life. It’s one of my favorite episodes of the series, played deftly for both laughs and heart.
Most recognized for:
- Neighbor Mrs. McCluskey on Desperate Housewives
- Secretary Mrs. Landingham on The West Wing
Awards:
- 2 Primetime Emmys for Desperate Housewives
Read more:
Good clip:
- The West Wing, Season 1, Ep 10: “In Excelsis Deo”
This week the fellows ditched the comfort of video conferencing for actual human interaction and all recorded in Dean’s living room. So live in person, but not streaming live. It’s kind of echo-y, but oh the fun that was had discussing Tebowing at graduation, movies, television, twitter feeds and Jordan’s qualifications for his PhD (show off).
5 Scientific Explanations for Game of Thrones’ Messed-Up Seasons
The title is misleading, as there are really 4 separate explanations in the post. That is, unless you count “all of the above” as a separate explanation.
My bet has been on acomplex Milankovitch (or is it Malkovich?) cycle all along, but then again, what do I know?
