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Big fan of underdogs, being in the minority, things out of the ordinary, and swimming against the current.Occupation: Television Promotions
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TV Tops: MST3K, NewsRadio, Community, Monty PythonMovies: Truffaut, Monty Python, Pixar
Music: Squeeze, Brian Vander Ark, Better Than Ezra
Books: Alexander McCall Smith, Ruth Rendell, Christopher Fowler.
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Defending My Guilty Pleasures
(48 items)Tv list by cal331 Published 13 years, 6 months ago
5 comments 79 votes
I'm not an American, but I play one on TV
(57 items)Tv list by cal331 Published 13 years, 6 months ago
36 comments 62 votes
Imaginary Boyfriends
(49 items)Person list by cal331 Published 13 years, 12 months ago
12 comments 14 votes
Mark Sheppard - he's in EVERYTHING!
(37 items)Tv list by cal331 Published 13 years, 6 months ago
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Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) About TV review
Posted : 13 years, 6 months ago on 22 May 2011 05:13
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A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey review
Posted : 13 years, 6 months ago on 22 May 2011 05:10
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Breaking In review
Posted : 13 years, 6 months ago on 14 May 2011 06:18
(A review of Breaking In)I have no time for the love story angle, though. It's really unnecessary and takes me out of the story every time Bret Harrison's character does something asinine in pursuit of the sole female lead. I wonder if he fell for her just because she's the only woman with any lines?
Other than that, this is a really enjoyable workplace comedy with great characters (one secondary character is named Ana Ng! TMBG reference!) and really fun performances by Slater and Rosenbaum. Of course it was recently cancelled, giving it something else in common with 'Better Off Ted.'
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Community review
Posted : 13 years, 6 months ago on 11 May 2011 01:36
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Zoboomafoo review
Posted : 13 years, 6 months ago on 11 May 2011 01:33
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 review
Posted : 13 years, 6 months ago on 11 May 2011 01:25
(A review of Mystery Science Theater 3000)At the time this came out, I worked master control at a TV station. I would have to watch some pretty terrible movies, counting down the minutes until I switched to a commercial break (blessed relief, in some cases.) This show really spoke to me - yeah, Joel and the 'bots had to watch some pretty crappy movies, but they fought back with clever quips and jabs at the movie's stars, directors, writers et al.
And the jokes were terrifically funny. The writers on this show covered everything: pop culture, literature, insular Minnesotan references, movies and movie-making, to name only a few. They could take what are literally the worst movies ever made ('Manos: Hands of Fate', for one) and turned them into super entertainment.
I was sad when the show was cancelled by the Sci-Fi network; 10 years didn't seem like nearly enough. And I never got to see them take on 'Armageddon.' But it was great while it lasted, and we still have Rifftrax. (Check out their website or see them in a local theater: some of the same guys are doing the same hilarious movie-riffing, sans robots.)
Thanks MST3K, for teaching me to laugh about love, again.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show review
Posted : 13 years, 6 months ago on 10 May 2011 02:27
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Soft Spot review
Posted : 13 years, 11 months ago on 5 December 2010 01:25
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7th Heaven review
Posted : 13 years, 11 months ago on 2 December 2010 12:24
(A review of 7th Heaven)It's not the wholesome family drama some would have you believe; despite the main character being a minister (not that you saw him do much ministering,) this show had a rather obsessive preoccupation with sex; much more discussion of that topic occurred on this show than did on, say, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I blame Brenda Hampton, as I have the same quibbles with her mysteriously popular "Secret Life of the American Teenager." Watch at your own risk!
(I do love that the dog Happy has top billing here!)
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A Room with a View review
Posted : 13 years, 12 months ago on 27 November 2010 02:57
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I'm not an American, but I play one on TV (57 tv items)"Quisma, John Oliver uses his natural accent on Community. Not that he's even on anymore. :-( JPHOLT - thank you!"
I'm not an American, but I play one on TV (57 tv items)"Lorenzo, no, I haven't, but I've been meaning to. I do enjoy the BBC Sherlock episodes with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Those are very, very good."
I'm not an American, but I play one on TV (57 tv items)"That's a good one, Opalgem. I was reading about new season shows and I have to add many more."
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The Romance Movie Cliches (spoilers) (51 movies items)"The fourth one is otherwise known as the "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" syndrome. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManicPixieDreamGirl I like your lists!"
Men in Black
Listal's 100 Best TV Shows (126 tv items)"Raeji - LOL! 1. Community 2. Homeland 3. Downton Abbey 4. Dr. Who 5. Blackadder 6. Mystery Science Theater 3000 7. Monty Python's Flying Circus 8. Supernatural 9. Fawlty Towers 10. NewsRadio"
My Definitive Hot List (In No Particular Order) (51 person items)"Wow, that picture of Adam Levine is something! I am changing my mind about him. Also, Dave Grohl has gotten better looking over the years, hasn't he? We have a lot of the same guys on our lists. I'm "
You Make TV Interesting (69 tv items)"Great list! I agree with most every character you've chosen from those shows that I watch. (Daryl on "The Walking Dead" pretty much saves that show every week!) Plus, you gave props to "Community" whi"
Defending My Guilty Pleasures (48 tv items)"Good for you, CK! We should all band together and proclaim our love of cheesy TV goodness."
TV Shows (2011 - 2012) (72 tv items)"Thanks for the list. I was just trying to remember all the new shows this season. However, you have the cast list for Revenge wrong...it looks like the list from "I Hate My Teenage Daughter.""
Imaginary Boyfriends (49 person items)"CK, I love BTE too! They're in my top three favorite bands, and Kevin Griffin is terribly handsome in person - I got to stand directly in front of him during a concert."
I'm not an American, but I play one on TV (57 tv items)"Thanks..I need to update it for the new TV season. I was recently surprised to hear 'Faye' from The Secret Circle speak with an Aussie accent, so I added her, but there are probably more. UPDATE: mor"
Proof God is Female *updated 3/3/2013
Why do cats always play the Villain? (39 movies items)"I love cats, but they are rather more selfish than dogs, for example. When they get that evil gleam in their kitty eyes, watch out!"
TV Couples and Dynamic Duos (27 tv items)"I'll give you a vote just for Troy and Abed! I can't imagine one without the other. Love for the Winchesters too!"
Brilliant but Cancelled (62 tv items)"Thanks for the vote and comment, Sam! Ashes to Ashes had some of the same characters as LoM, but took place nearly a decade later, so I would call it a sequel but not a continuation."
The evolution of Rowan Atkinson (27 movies items)"This list is excellent! One of the few where I had already rated every item on it. I love RA so much. Blackadder II may be my favorite show of his. Now you have to find The Thin Blue Line, which he d"
I'm not an American, but I play one on TV (57 tv items)"No, Anthony Stewart Head did not play an American on Buffy. "
I'm not an American, but I play one on TV (57 tv items)"Fixed names and stuff. Thanks for finding all the little mistakes."
I miss The WB! (53 tv items)"He was the best part of it! I liked Michelle Williams character, too, but Dawson and Joey could be really annoying."
Imaginary Boyfriends (49 person items)"I kind of wish I had started watching Parks & Rec for Chris Pratt, but I didn't find out he was in it till the 2nd season. (I hate picking up series in the middle.) But I think it was really Bright I "
I'm not an American, but I play one on TV (57 tv items)"Eh, this list is kind of a loose collection of people not necessarily born or raised American, playing one on TV. I corrected the note under Prison Break with your info."
I'm not an American, but I play one on TV (57 tv items)"I know! If Hugh Laurie got to keep his real accent, I might still be watching."
Top 10 Jennifer (10 person items)"Couldn't you come up with 27 Jennifers? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nN_5kkYR6k"
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www.listal.com/list/breaking-the-4th-wall
Acutally, i have done 4 parts of this list (Best vehicles part 1, 2 so on...) and i've added Monkeemobile in one of the other lists but i will upload them later..
Anyways, thnx for the vote & comment!
Thanks also for the heads-up on Rifftrax. I haven't checked it out yet, but I'd heard that some of the MST3K guys were still up to their old tricks somewhere. I'll have to look into it! Here in Austin we've got a similar deal at the Alamo Drafthouse chain called Master Pancake Theater, which I also still need to check out. Methinks I need more free time.
--Scott
Hope you have a great week!