Category: Television
Culture of Pop
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Lewis Black, Ricky Gervais
Image courtesy of the "Lewis Black insists The Rant is Due" video posted on YouTube. 14. Lewis Black Not since Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark has there been a more perfect casting than Lewis...
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Review: 'Supergirl' S1 E9
After having spent the past four days at Disney World, I was excited to return to the real world and my regularly scheduled programming. Around the same time that I was watching fireworks set to...
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Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Maria Bamford, Mitch Hedberg
Image courtesy of the "Maria Bamford - Opening a Pot Clinic" video posted on YouTube. 16. Maria Bamford Maria Bamford is … weird. She is so strange, in fact, that one of the voices she...
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3 Ways 'Oz' Influenced Television Dramas
Oz debuted its six-season run on HBO in 1997 - the first one-hour episode drama series the network ever had. While 2016 now makes some of the previously thought to be intricate details of Oz...
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Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Steven Wright, Dana Carvey
Image courtesy of the "Inside Joke interviews Steven Wright" video posted on YouTube. 18. Steven Wright The original dry-wit, deadpanning joke-teller, Steven Wright creates storms of laughter without ever raising his heart rate. His monotonous...
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Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Patton Oswalt, Brian Regan
Image courtesy of the 'Patton Oswalt on Die Hard' video posted on YouTube. 20. Patton Oswalt I mentioned earlier in this series that Aziz Ansari was my “spirit animal” but alluded to another. That “other”...
Television
2015 Year in Review for Pop Culture Spin
Selecting an image for an article with this much ranging material was difficult. I figured going with Bunk Moreland and Omar Little was a fair selection. Enjoy. Pop Culture Spin experienced a great 2015 year....
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The Best Characters from Superhero Shows in 2015
2015 was a great time to be a fan of superheroes, with more superhero TV shows than ever. Here are my picks for the best characters from superhero shows in 2015. 15. Peggy Carter (Agent...
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The Best Animated TV Episodes of 2015
There were some truly great animated episodes of television this year. It was tough choosing only 15, but here are my choices for the best animated TV episodes of 2015. 15. "Vision Quest" (Archer) It...
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The Best LGBT Characters on TV in 2015
2015 was a better year than most for quality LGBT characters on TV. There were a variety of complex and interesting characters, including more transgender characters than ever. (Although still not nearly enough). Here are...
