‘Psych’, ‘White Collar’, ‘SpongeBob’, and ‘Saving Grace’ make for a solid collection of current shows this week. ‘MST3k’, ‘Selling Hitler’, ‘Street Hawk’, ‘Lucy’, and ‘Sesame Street’ carry the weight for the classics.
Another slow week for the current big network shows, but there are a number of interesting packages hitting the store shelves this week. First up — complete with some very cool packaging — is the complete collector’s set from G.I. Joe. You’ll also see complete series sets from Dawson’s Creek, Justice League, and Show Me Yours. My […]
Welcome to part three of my four-part retrospective of Sesame Street on the occasion of it hitting the big 4-0. If you missed it, be sure to also check out part one and part two. As I’ve mentioned before, Sesame Street is everywhere on television and in pop culture (Scrubs, The West Wing, Angel… need […]
Welcome to part two of my four-part retrospective of Sesame Street on the occasion of it hitting the big 4-0. If you missed it, be sure to also check out part one. I think, and you may disagree with me on this, that the absolute best part of Sesame Street are the songs. Yeah, the […]
When I learned that Sesame Street was turning forty, my reactions were roughly as follows: I love Sesame Street! Holy crap, I’ve only been alive for half of that and I still feel old. I’ve got to clack about this. And then, of course, I went about doing so. But it’s a bit more complicated […]
By most standards, Ricky Gervais‘s comedy isn’t exactly kid-friendly, so who in the hell let him hang out with Elmo? While on the set of Sesame Street, filming his appearance for a November episode, Gervais steered his interview with the red Muppet into different territory and, of course, some less than appropriate words came up. […]
Morgan Freeman. Rita Moreno. Bill Cosby. Separately, these three personalities have contributed hours of entertainment to film, theater and television for decades. Combined, they put something quite wonderful together during the earliest days of children’s programming on public television. It was these three stars, along with many more talented actors, writers and directors, that gave us […]
