1. 29 July 2006

    895 days ago

    Monk

    I’ve mentioned it before, but as far as TV shows go, Monk is in the top 2. Just watch this.

    Kjell Olsen895 days ago

  2. 29 March 2006

    1016 days ago

    R.I.P., 'Arrested Development'

    RIP indeed.

    via Kjell Olsen1016 days ago

  3. 26 February 2006

    1048 days ago

    I've made a huge mistake...

    Rehashing Arrested Development, 25 Best Moments.

    via Kjell Olsen1048 days ago

  4. 11 February 2006

    Oh, come on!

    1063 days ago

    I’ll sure miss Arrested Development. Best TV show ever.

    I remember that I caught onto the first episode of the first season mostly by chance, but I’ve been more then hooked ever since.

    I watched episodes 10, 11, and 12, and it sounds like there’s an episode 13 out there – but the copy I downloaded was identical to 12.

    And please dear god, I hope Ron Howard was hinting at an AD movie at the end of episode 12. Maeby was discussing the TV series that her family had just signed the rights away to, with Ron Howard, and Howard said it wouldn’t make much of a TV show, but that he wanted to see it as a movie.

  5. 08 February 2006

    1065 days ago

    Squidoo : Arrested Development

    Please God, let AD live.

    In fact, new viewers may find themselves overwhelmed by the constant barrage of jokes, particularly if, having watched more conventional comedies on network TV, they are unaccustomed to finding such a high level of quality and quantity of humor.

    I found two interviews with Mitch Hurwitz, the guy behind the show. And of course instead of working I’m going to be doing them for the next hour.

    via Kjell Olsen1065 days ago

  6. 1065 days ago

    Chicken Dance

    Greatness. Remember that awesome Mr. Roboto VW commercial from way back? It was Buster.

    Sadly, it looks like this friday will mark the end of Arrested Development. I see 4 episodes set to air though, so they’ll be going out with a bang.

    Kjell Olsen1065 days ago

  7. 20 October 2005

    1177 days ago

    Tape It Off The Internet

    Streamline the finding and obtaining of tv show torrents. Not that it was ever all that hard…

    via Kjell Olsen1177 days ago

  8. 06 October 2005

    1191 days ago

    Text of Gore Speech at Media Conference

    I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse . I know that I am not the only one who feels that something has gone basically and badly wrong in the way America’s fabled “marketplace of ideas” now functions.

    Gore alludes our age to that of the founding fathers – then it was the printing press, now it’s the internet. Before media stagnated due to the strong hand of the ruling elite, now it’s strangled by corporations. What could our situation lead to, if theirs led to such great things?

    But some extremely important elements of American Democracy have been pushed to the sidelines . And the most prominent casualty has been the “marketplace of ideas” that was so beloved and so carefully protected by our Founders. It effectively no longer exists.

    I have sworn upon the alter of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. Thomas Jefferson

    Television brought on the “refeudalism of the public sphere” (??Jurgen Habermas??), reducing average citizens to the level of peasants and serfs, manipulated to serve interests not of their own. One way street.

    I don’t like the direction in which America is headed. Hate it, even. To the point that I’m becoming ashamed of being American.

    It seriously embarrasses me that my peers watch four and a half hours of TV a day. People don’t think! People hate reading! And I can’t ignore the educated demographic – but without encouraging the entire population to be privy to it more and more people just don’t care.

    Our democracy has been hallowed out. The opinions of the voters are, in effect, purchased, just as demand for new products is artificially created. Decades ago Walter Lippman wrote, “the manufacture of consent…was supposed to have died out with the appearance of democracy…but it has not died out. It has, in fact, improved enormously in technique…under the impact of propaganda, it is no longer plausible to believe in the original dogma of democracy.”

    via Kjell Olsen1191 days ago

  9. 28 September 2005

    1199 days ago

    Pancake Mountain

    My new favorite tv show: as explained by Ted Leo in a recent kexp live performance (I can’t find it on the web, but got it as a podcast through iTunes) it’s a bunch of old punk rockers who make a show for their kids to watch and bring on bands they like for a quick rocking segment with three year olds.

    via Kjell Olsen1199 days ago

  10. 26 August 2005

    1232 days ago

    glitch art - a photoset on Flickr

    Reception errors on satellite TV. My satellite tv turns the screen black and gives an error message.

    via Kjell Olsen1232 days ago

  11. 20 July 2005

    1268 days ago

    Minnesota Stories: Daily Videoblog

    I need a vlog.

    Kjell Olsen1268 days ago

  12. 30 June 2005

    Monk

    1289 days ago

    I heartily recommend Monk, the t.v. show, for a little summer relaxation. I just heard about it a month or two ago, but have been compulsively working my way through the first three seasons. They’re great, and I finished them just a week before season four will start, next friday. Can’t wait!

  13. 25 April 2005

    1355 days ago

    Welcome to TV Turnoff Network

    Why not do this? I’ve been tiring of the daily show lately, and the other other TV show I care for is Arrested Development, which met an unfortunately early demise this season. Now only if my family didn’t have two different TV’s on all evening every day..

    via Kjell Olsen1355 days ago

  14. 09 April 2005

    1371 days ago

    The Mike Matas Blog: Save Arrested Development

    NO fucking way can they cancel this show: I’ve watched every episode since it started and it just keeps getting funnier and more absurd. Normally anything I watch on tv I get tired of before the season finale, and I just quit watching it.

    Fox setup a site, get arrested, where you can pledge your support to the show and sign up for an announcements list (I need to stop giving my email away) – and do it.

    More importantly, watch the show – it’s on sunday night in fox’s last good time slot (I put it on the recorder so I don’t actually know) and simply put, its the greatest show ever. Bar none, really. If this gets cancelled there will be some serious family guy ressurection happening down the road.

    Kjell Olsen1371 days ago

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