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Have you experienced Snake 'N' Bacon?

Snake N BaconOn Sunday night/Monday morning, [adult swim] premiered something called Snake 'N' Bacon. What is Snake 'N' Bacon? Well, I'm not entirely sure, actually. But I liked it. I think. Yes. Actually, I really liked it.

Like most [as] shows, Snake 'N' Bacon is a fifteen minute program with its own distinct aesthetic, presenting an interesting mix of animated sequences with live-action bits. I never thought there would be a way to translate creator Michael Kupperman's stuff on the small screen, but there we go. Weird, extra-funny, weird.

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How do people live without television?

Like Andy Rooney, I'm not impressed when someone tells me that they don't watch television. They're not smarter or happier or "better off." They just don't own a television, for some reason I'm not really clear on. Do they think they'll get addicted to it? Do they think there's nothing good on TV? Did a television attack them when they were a kid?

William Hamilton (who used to write the cool Shaken & Stirred column for The New York Times), has an essay where he describes buying a television for the first time in 32 years. The last one he had was a black and white portable in 1974. He just bought a 40 inch Sony Bravia flatscreen.

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