First Post: Friday, June 21, 2013

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Dr. Huxtable, Mr. Peepersz

ASPIRE TV. A channel for the striver-class. Ask for it by name. They show the original Cosby. This was humor at its driest, drollest and least snide — as well as at its best-natured. For example, the episode in this still was pure genius. Wally Cox was the guest star, and of course the whole 24 mins. focuses, literally, on — what else? — “eye contact” so that the lonely Cox character could find a date. They need to make more TV like this nowadays. Continue reading →

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First Post: Thursday, June 20, 2013

Never ever saw even one episode of this show. But if you play enough clicker-roulette in your life, you’re bound to stumble upon some meaningful clips. Like that time we saw Paul Simon singing that line about “I’m an ordinary player in the TOC”, except that that was a Mondegreen; the actual lyric is “I’m an ordinary player in the Key of C”. So it was with today’s video selection, which we serendipitously landed on a few years back during a prolonged depression of the up-channel button on the remote. Now is as good a time as any to trot it out. Never saw even one episode of this show. Nonetheless, R.I.P., Tony Walnutsz! Continue reading →

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First Post: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

All right, all right, ya Geo. Zimmer-loversz! There’s plenty of other places for you to get your wardrobe. Anderson-Little plus Robt. Hall & Richman Bros. Take it easy! Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Gratutious Edition

Zzzzz… Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Relax Edition

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And now for your moment of Zen…

Elisha Goldstein, PhD., #1 alwayszzzz. Way better than Howie Sartinez, pseudo-PhD. Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Female Chauvinist Edition

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Sisters doing it for themselves!

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Monday Boxing: Generic Edition

No branding. Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, June 16, 2013

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Regarding the Lincoln Assassination…

Bloomsday and, of course, Father’s Day. To all our five or six followers out there, at least one or two of whom have got to be Dads, good job. Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, June 15, 2013

As always, Joshua M. Brown has the proper perspective…

http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/06/15/explaining-explaining-explaining/ Continue reading →

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First Post: Friday, June 14, 2013

Ironical. On Flag Day 2013, the United States Open Golf Competition is being contested on a course where there are baskets atop the pins. Main Linersz! Snobsz! Agnes Irwin! Haverford! Episcopal! Continue reading →

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