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Parks and Recreation has for some time been the best and most hilarious comedy on TV. It is now also the most tasty. In last week’s “Soulmates,” Ron Swanson, asked by Chris if he had ever had a turkey burger, replied: “Is that a fried turkey leg inside a grilled hamburger? If so, yes. …
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I’m back from vacation! And just in time—sigh—to catch a week’s worth of buildup to the wedding of two highly privileged people who hold no actual power in my country. (Nor, really, in their own.) The wedding of Bonnie Prince Smiley and Commoner Kate, the Best Person in the World, …
Forty years ago, a crew of cameras parked itself in the living room of a California family—the Louds of Santa Barbara—to record their lives. Forty years ago, this was still considered an unusual situation in America. An American Family, which ultimately aired in 1973, may have been on PBS and had serious documentary ambitions, but …
I interviewed George R. R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels on which HBO’s Game of Thrones is based, in Santa Fe last month. Parts 1, 2 and 3 posted here earlier. This last excerpt didn’t really fit anywhere in my piece on Game of Thrones, because it digresses into GRRM’s personal biography and how it influenced his …
I interviewed George R. R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels on which HBO’s Game of Thrones is based, in Santa Fe last month. Parts 1 and 2 posted here earlier. In this excerpt, GRRM talks about the learning experience of working for a decade in TV, and, yes, about his opinion of the ending of a certain other …
I interviewed George R. R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels on which HBO’s Game of Thrones is based, in Santa Fe last month. Part one of the interview posted here Friday. Below, GRRM talks about what he loves (and hates) about fantasy and historical fiction, how he sought to combine the two in his books and how he …
I’m going to be away next week (the Tuned In Jrs. are on spring break). But I will continue to haunt you through posts on this blog, run through the kindly ministrations of Robo-James. (Who, in honor of Passover, is now Golem-James.) Continuing this week’s theme, there will be more Game of Thrones-related material: a Game of Thrones …
If you ever eat a meal with George R. R. Martin, have what he’s having. Martin’s fantasy novels, the source material for HBO’s new Game of Thrones (see a scene from the pilot above), are known for moral ambiguity, complexity and cruelly brilliant plot twists. But they also have fantastic descriptions of food—all that honeyed fowl, …
Spoilers for last night’s The Office:
Sigh. I feel obligated, since we’re in the final stretch to Steve Carell’s departure from The Office in two weeks, to say something about “Training Day.” But God, I found Will Ferrell’s guest spot disappointing. My problem was not so much with Ferrell himself as with Deangelo Vickers, whose name …
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Spoilers for last night’s Parks and Recreation:
A note to anyone planning to throw me a surprise party: I can pretty much be fooled about anything. Yeah, I remembered the kerfuffle several weeks back when NBC mistakenly ran a promo referencing an April-Andy wedding, then said it should have …
Over 80 years of cumultive soap-opera story will be ending on ABC, as the network has announced it will cancel both All My Children and One Life to Live, as of September 2011 and January 2012 respectively. The network announced the axings by way of announcing the shows’ replacements, a food show called The Chew and a self-improvement …
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Last night’s return of Modern Family was dominated by two gags whose setups you probably saw coming like a… well, like a minivan plastered with an unintentionally inappropriate real-estate ad. (The “I Can’t Be Satisfied” tagline and the knowledge that a big letter F would drop onstage in Cam’s …
Quick spoilers for last night’s Justified:
FX originally intended to call Justified by the title “Lawman.” Circumstances and Steven Seagal interposed to change that, but a couple of things happened in “Debts and Accounts” that reminded me of it. The first was Art’s comment to Raylan that he’s a lousy marshal but a great lawman, an …
