Posts with tag video
Posted Jul 22nd 2008 2:21PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Celebrities, Reality-Free

Liquid Generation has put together the
10 Most Racist Moments in TV. While the moments were extremely racist, I was expecting some more clips from primetime television, cartoons, and soaps. Most of the moments were just evidence of how some people are idiots (idiotic to think the way they do and idiotic to think that they should say something like that on television). I had other choice words in place of "idiot," but it will have to suffice -- trying to keep it clean.
My favorite moment from the video is from
Jeopardy. Alex Trebek tells the Indian-American contestant, "Yeah, it hurts to miss that one" after he missed New Dehli as an answer. Got to love the Trebek.
Check out the video below and let me know what you think. Also, they play M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" throughout the video which is a little distracting. I'd rather just hear audio from the clips.
[via
Digg]
Continue reading Shockingly racist moments of TV - VIDEO
Posted Jul 9th 2008 7:03PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: The Shield, Video, Reality-Free

Let's get this out of the way. If you don't want to know anything about the upcoming final season of
The Shield,
then stop reading right now because this is 100% as spoiler-ish as it gets. First FX teased us with some uninformative
promos, then they threw us some
cast interviews, and they finally set a premiere date of Tuesday, September 2nd. That's not all though. Now FX has added a ton of scenes and clips from the final season to
The Shield's
website. So - I say it again - stop now if you don't want to be spoiled. But if you're weak like me, fun starts after the jump.
Continue reading Need a Shield fix? FX has you covered - VIDEO
Posted Jun 13th 2008 7:02PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Arrested Development, Video, Retro Squad, Cancellations, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

Do not adjust your web browser. You are now entering the Retro Squad, where we are reviewing past episodes of classic TV shows.
(S03E13) Originally aired February 10th, 2006 -- I could roll out about a dozen clichés when describing the series finale of Arrested Development, but I'm honestly not sure that saying "this was the end of an era" does it enough justice. For those that own the DVD sets, take a look at the cover for season two. There's a quote from Entertainment Weekly on it: "Once in the history of time comes a sitcom like Arrested Development."
Too bad FOX never saw it that way. Not only did they delay the airing of the final four AD episodes, but when it came time to show them, they got bundled together and aired 'em in a row - on a Friday night in the middle of winter! As I've said before, it sucks that Emmy wins don't dictate a show's future. But we really can't blame FOX because those Emmys are arguably why we were lucky enough to get three seasons period. Blame the people who watched Skating with Celebrities (AD's time-slot replacement) instead.
Continue reading Arrested Development: Development Arrested (series finale) - VIDEO
Posted Jun 11th 2008 5:38PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Video, Family Guy, Animation, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free

Finally, a new teaser for the much anticipated Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show. Actually, "anticipated" is probably a strong word since American Dad has already destroyed my faith in Seth MacFarlane's ability to produce another hit. Frankly, I don't see how The Cleveland Show could possibly be worse than American Dad.
"New" probably isn't the right word either since the following video looks like something that most likely aired during last month's upfronts. But hey - I hadn't seen it yet, so it's new to me. Complaining aside, I'm pumped for this show and the preview doesn't disappoint. The idea of Cleveland packing his bags and heading south to marry a woman he hasn't seen since high school is hilarious to me. Bears and British folks as neighbors? This could work. Video and full description from FOX after the jump.
Continue reading New promo for The Cleveland Show - VIDEO
Posted Jun 6th 2008 5:25PM by Jay Black
Filed under: Video, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reality-Free
Cracked,I take back everything bad I ever said about you. Sure you began life as an also-ran copycat of
Mad magazine and sure you dominate
digg with a seemingly endless string of under-written pop-culture lists, but popularizing the following video makes it all better. Put it this way, I'm Kobe Bryant's wife and this video is a $4 million purple diamond ring.
Be warned before you click through, however, this
video contains both obscene language and a
shirtless Jean-Luc Picard in bed with Q. Also, if you play it more than two or three times, there's a chance the nerd secret police will repel line right into your office.
That said, this might be the best silly internet video to come out in a long while. I'm convinced it will usher in a new world order, much like the music of Wyld Stallyns. If you're prepared for that, follow me after the jump...
Continue reading Star Trek TNG Rap (OR: The video that might bring peace to the multiverse) - VIDEO
Posted Jun 5th 2008 6:02PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Video, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
I've gotta admit - at this point, FX could greenlight a show called Watch Me Eat Poop and I'd tune in. They've earned that much respect at this point. Fortunately, they're newest show has nothing to do with fecal cuisine (again, though - I'd watch!) and instead focuses on the seedy world of motorcycle clubs.
Sons of Anarchy, which premieres in September, looks like another must-see show if you ask me. However, other than some casting news (Scott Glenn out, Ron Perlman in) there's been very little about it. Seems like FX plans to keep it that way for now.
Rather than create a page dedicated to the show on the FX website, they went ahead and buried a short promo for it in The Shield's video section. Ever since I saw those Shield cast interviews, I've been checking back each week and that's when I saw the Sons of Anarchy promo. Video is after the jump. I believe the phrase "bad ass" is appropriate here.
Continue reading Promo for FX's Sons of Anarchy - VIDEO
Posted May 30th 2008 11:22AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Lost, Video, Reality-Free

OK, let's get this out of the way: if you haven't seen the
season finale of Lost yet, stop reading this immediately. Not only will you be spoiled, but you'll be confused as hell. Get it? Got it? Good. Fun starts after the jump.
Continue reading Lost alternate endings air on GMA - VIDEO
Posted May 29th 2008 3:01PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Lost, Video, Reality-Free

In preparation for tonight's
Lost season four finale, this counts as a good thing. The Tube Junkie over at
New York Magazine stumbled on to this YouTube gem:
all of the the flash-forwards shown in order. I've definitely found myself confused more than once over the course of this season as I've tried to decide which scenes came first, second, and so on. Seeing it all neatly laid out in only eight minutes certainly clears a few things up. Here's my question...
Continue reading Every Lost flash-forward, in order - VIDEO
Posted Apr 29th 2008 5:22PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: The Shield, Video, Reality-Free

Remember this scene? It's from the season six finale of The Shield. Mackey is showing Aceveda all the dirt he's got on Cruz Pezuela and the Mexican mob. Seems like forever ago ... and it was. It's been almost a year and we're still waiting for a resolution. FX has been scant with news regarding the seventh season of its trademark show. Supposedly, it's returning in September so that its final thirteen episodes are not competing with the Olympics. It should be coming back sooner if you ask me. I don't really see too much audience intersection between fans of The Shield and fans of floor gymnastics routines.
Continue reading Promo for final season of The Shield - VIDEO
Posted Apr 15th 2008 5:42PM by Jay Black
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Reality-Free

Hot on the heels of
yesterday's "what" collection from Lost comes the natural follow up: all the
"he's dead, Jim"s uttered by Bones on
Star Trek. If you're a
Star Trek super-geek like me, this might be the perfect video to watch before your nightly ritual of looking through your high school yearbook while crying.
By the way, I know that this is a trend that could continue indefinitely (a lot of you have posted your own favorite compilation videos on the
Lost post), but I promise I won't post another one of these until it's something
really good. (I'm still rooting for all the "Bro's" on
Beverly Hills 90210, but I'd like to really open the floor to discussion on this thread: what over-used word or phrase from a television show needs to be turned into a viral video?)
The video after the jump...
Continue reading Star Trek: a compilation of "He's dead, Jim"s - VIDEO
Posted Apr 14th 2008 9:01AM by Jay Black
Filed under: Lost, Video, Web, Reality-Free

God, I love living in the early 21st century. We are at an unprecedented nexus of high-powered video-editing software, an amazing distribution medium for amateur videos, and the highest virgin nerd numbers since Oxford's math department circa 1885. You put all these factors together and you wind up with videos like the one that follows after the jump.
What is it? Just as the title tells you, it's two minutes of all the "what's" ever uttered on
Lost. Maybe the writers of
Lost rely too heavily on that particular interrogative or maybe any show deep into its fourth season will have accumulated that many "what's", but either way the video you're about to see is strangely entertaining. I use the word "strangely" because it's not really funny, or clever, or, actually, you know,
entertaining, but you still enjoy watching it anyway. Check it out for yourself...
Continue reading Lost: Two minutes of "what's" - VIDEO
Posted Mar 20th 2008 12:02AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Video

I'm curious to know how many people are newcomers to the current
Battlestar Galactica series on Sci Fi. Seeing as this is the final season coming up, are there people more inclined to try to catch up (or have been catching up) so they can enjoy the end of the show in real time?
Sci Fi has put together a short special called
Battlestar Galactica Revealed, featuring scenes from past seasons and interviews with the cast and creators of the series. These videos, along with the
eight minute "recap" video (shown over on the right of the site as of this writing), should help get those not interested in picking up past seasons on DVD caught up with things (though shame on you for your intolerable disinterest!) Check out the videos after the jump.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica Revealed - VIDEOS
Posted Feb 24th 2008 12:29PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Video, Animation
I'm a sucker for cartoons of the 40s and 50s, whether it's Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, or those two squirrels that just wanted to have a nice life where everyone left them alone (their names escape me at the moment). I also like the great pseudo-documentary cartoons that you often saw, like the one after the jump.
It's Television From Tomorrow from MGM and Tex Avery. It shows what the typical household is going to look like in the future (the future meaning now - this was released in 1953). Specifically, it shows what the television of the future was going to look like. It's not serious, of course, but it's very clever and really fun. I like the big guns that pop out of the top of the television, and I think that complicated knob on the front of that one TV accurately predicts the complicated remote controls we have today. Oh, and the 4 out of 5 people who own TV sets? That could have been drawn today.
Can you guess who the narrator is?
[via Boing Boing Gadgets]
Continue reading Tex Avery predicts the Television of Tomorrow (in 1953) - VIDEO
Posted Dec 29th 2007 12:19PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Video, Jericho

First, let me admit that I did not watch CBS'
Jericho beyond the first episode. I had various reasons not to watch it beyond the premiere, one being that I simply can't make time for all TV series in my schedule, even if said series are gems. That out of the way, I just watched the preview for
Jericho's second season and let me tell you that it piqued my interest enough to put a note on my calendar to watch the show's season premiere on February 12.
Continue reading Jericho: The Return - VIDEO
Posted Dec 25th 2007 9:05AM by Jay Black
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Web

I'm sure that someone, somewhere is annoyed that, with the release of the new
Knight Rider, NBC is completely ignoring the
Knight Rider continuity established in
Knight Rider 2000 and
Knight Rider 2010. If you're that person, I'd highly suggest a) not following the link and b) finding the help you so desperately need.
For the rest of us, enjoy
this teaser trailer for the new Knight Rider series. There's not much to be gleaned from it except the obvious: KITT is no longer a TransAM, but rather a Ford Mustang. The other big news that might come as a shocker (
Spoiler Warning): it's no longer
Michael driving KITT, it's
Mike. That's right,
Knight Rider, welcome to the name-shortening 21st century!
There are other questions that we can only guess at until the show premiers in February...
Continue reading NBC releases teaser-trailer for the new Knight Rider series
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