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The 12 Days of Christmas Episodes: Dragnet - The Christmas Story
Today, we're setting the WABAC machine all the way to 1967 for our earliest Christmas episode yet. Yes, we're checking in with Sgt. Joe Friday for the case of a plundered nativity scene. And remember: The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. And now, Dragnet. Dragnet - "The Christmas Story" Original airdate: December 21, 1967 Jack Webb liked this story so much that he did it three ...
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Half-Drunk with a White Board
All right; here, at the mid-season break, I think I've figured out my personal issue with this show. It doesn't feel like it takes place in the Marvel Universe. I mean, referencing> Thor, or Cap, or Iron Man just doesn't do it. My kid and I talk about the helicarrier and Uncle Ben and Doc Samson and all the Squaddies we have all the time but that doesn't mean we're actually in the Marvel Universe, you know? ...
The 12 Days of Christmas Episodes: Wonder Woman - The Deadly Toys
In today's installment of our Christmas countdown, we're going back to my own childhood to see Wonder Woman save Christmas. It turns out, not everything holds up. And it's not just that it's a TV show from thirty-five years ago; I've been watching a lot of Rockford Files lately, and it's great. Wonder Woman, though? Not so much. Lynda Carter is still the best, but it's just... everything else. Wonder Woman - "The Deadly Toys" Original airdate: ...
The 12 Days of Christmas Episodes: The O.C. - The Chrismukkah That Almost Wasn't
And so it begins. The Twelve Days of Christmas Episodes. Every weekday through Christmas, I'll be watching and reviewing a Christmas episode and evaluating their level of holiday cheer. It's our fourth year of this tradition, though year one was actually 25 Days, and that was just crazy. Besides, that's not even the song! Nobody would ever get to the end if there were 25 days and you'd start getting to twenty-three plumbers plumbing, twenty-two ...
What to Watch on TV - The Clown Prince of Schedule (December 9-15)
Hi all! We've got a hefty TV week ahead of us, as everybody prepares to shut down for Christmas. You can tell from all the holiday-themed episodes this week that they're all getting ready to go on break. So savor what you have, my friends. For next week, we'll be scrambling for entertainment. But for now, we've got the Sons of Anarchy season finale, the Survivor season finale, and a surprising amount of singing. Starting tomorrow, spunkybean ...
