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  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Ralphie May Talks Jews, Dancing With The Stars' Man Pumps and Being a "Filthy Fuck"

    When you look at Ralphie May, you might see big, and you'd be right. He draws big crowds, brings big talent and has the ability to cross big boarders and be loved by people worldwide. We'd say that's a big accomplishment and this weekend, you've gotta get in on the big laughs that Ralphie May will b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Davy Jones, R.I.P.: Five Best Monkees Songs

    ​Davy Jones, former lead singer of the made-for-TV band the Monkees, died today in a hospital in Florida, apparently of a heart attack. He was 66. The star of the NBC comedy series was born in Manchester, England. The Monkees, partly inspired in part by the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night, turne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Fans Say the Darndest Things--To 'Simpsons' Creators

    ​The Simpsons' 500th episode is upon us. As tempted as I am to write about my favorite minor characters, couch gags, and guest stars, I suspect you're getting your fill of bloggers' opinions. Instead, I've collected comments from the show's writers, artists, and crew (past and present) about us, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Best 'Simpsons' Moments: Castmembers Share Their Favorite Contributions to Celebrate the 500th Episode

    Fox​Behold! The Simpsons' 500th episode is upon us! The show, titled "At Long Last Leave," entails the Simpson family being evicted from Springfield. When Marge and Homer try to sneak back into town, they're shunned by former neighbors and friends. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stars as himself ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Elf on the Shelf Means You Better Watch Out ... Or He'll Sue!

    ​Elf on the Shelf, the decoration that spies on children to check if they are naughty or nice for you-know-who, has caught much attention this Christmas season, even thousands of miles away in Taiwan where Next Media Animation (NMA) creates those funky cartoon images for news organizations around ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Carlos Mencia talks South Park, Name Changes, and Family Dysfunction

    ​Carlos Mencia has been called a lot of things, but the one that sticks the most is--wait for it--hilarious. From his travails in hit TV shows and movies, to being a topic on gossip sites, Mencia has come out wiser and funnier. Carlos recently dropped 70 pounds, too. Oddly enough, with less of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2011

    Blue Man Group

    Segerstrom Center

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Huffington Post Gets Punked by Fake Ben & Jerry's Arrested Development Ice Cream Flavor

    ​It is amazing (and hella disturbing) how most people even bother to scan, let alone read a story anymore before spreading it around the Internet. Sign of the times, I guess. But when the offending organization is the Huffington Post (which carries my ¡Ask a Mexican! column), such a rush for web ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Snoop Dogg to Play TV Dad in a Sitcom: What Took Him So Long?

    ​ Snoop Dogg is reported to play a dad on a multi-camera family sitcom that's being developed by Don Reo (creator of My Wife and Kids and The John Larroquette Show), according to Deadline. The project has been set up at Warner Bros TV but hasn't been pitched to the networks, so it could be a whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Arrested Development Movie Plot Leaks Out?

    ​What's purported to be the plot to the movie based on the best-ever television show based on life in Orange County has leaked out.The source of the scoop is said to be someone very close to the production of the Arrested Development movie.Meanwhile, there's big news involving a cast member centra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    South Park's Legendary Cheesy Poofs to be Available Starting at Comic-Con!

    ​Headed to Comic Con this week? Then snag what's sure to be one of the more sought-after pieces of swag: official Cheesy Poofs from the creators of South Park.  The New York Times reports that Comedy Central and Frito-Lay have teamed up to promote 15 years of South Park by releasing Cartman's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Firoozeh Dumas Talks About the Death of ABC Sitcom Based on Her Funny in Farsi Memoir

    ​Firoozeh Dumas wrote Funny in Farsi, which was about her experiences growing up Iranian American in Newport Beach. The hugely popular book earned Dumas the distinction of being the only Iranian American nominated for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. And Funny in Farsi came within an eyelash ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2011

    David Spade

    Irvine Improv

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    The Governator is Back--With a New TV Series

    Nate Mandos/Wikimedia Commons​So maybe that whole stint in politics didn't work out quite as well as planned. Former Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger, who's used to reading lines, has decided that his next project will be a TV show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, details of the secret series ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Geeks Who Drink Present: No Touching! An Arrested Development Quiz

    FOXPageant of the Masters! Buster! George Sr.!​On Wednesday, April 6, Geeks Who Drink will host at the Auld Dubliner in Tustin a quiz centered on the greatest show to ever take place in Orange County: Arrested Development. You're telling me I can win cash monies for knowing in what city the Bluths ... More >>

  • Music

    February 17, 2011

    Yo La Tengo Watch the Wheel Go By

    The giants of geek rock are ready to play sitcoms, apology sets

  • Film

    February 10, 2011

    Man-child of the Corn

    A middle-aged naif goes wild in 'Cedar Rapids'

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    'Beavis and Butt-Head' Return to MTV This Year

    ​​It's true. Creator Mike Judge's animated series is returning to MTV later this year. The network announced on Wednesay that Beavis and Butt-Head will return with all-new episodes after a 14-year hiatus. Judge will provide the voices for both characters. Exciting, right?

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    Megan Mullally

    Orange County Performing Art Center

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Matthew Morrison of Glee and OCHSA Fame May Not Be a Top Earner, But He's a Giver

    ​Here's a depressing revelation: Matthew Morrison, the Orange County High School for the Arts alum who sings, dances and acts his ass off as teacher Will Schuester on Fox's hit high school musical-comedy Glee, earns the same per episode as Snooki.Morrison and Jersey Shore's Nicole Polizzi each tak ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2010
  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Top Five Songs Used In Futurama

    ​If you don't have Comedy Central, you're lucky. Sort of. On the one hand, you haven't been bombarded by grinding repetition of commercials featuring the classic Futurama character hypnotoad. The wonky-eyed frog drones incessantly while a voice commands viewers to  watch the new episodes that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Tustin Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off This Sunday

    ​It seems like yesterday I wrote a post reminding people of the 25th Annual Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-Off. But that was last year. This year's event (um, so, like it's the 26th Annual Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-Off) will be held this Sunday, June 6, 2010 - 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    The Simpsons Weighs in on Comic-Con Moving to Anaheim

    ​We've spilled a good amount of digital ink on what a truly terrible idea Comic-Con International moving from San Diego to Anaheim (or Los Angeles) is, even if there are still about 3,000 people on Facebook who think otherwise. Luckily, our side has gotten some noteworthy support, as the vastly in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Identical Social Security Cheater Cousins?

    ​From the Wow, That's Really Random File comes word that the cast of the 1963-66 ABC sitcom The Patty Duke Show is reuniting today so Commissioner of Social Security Michael J. Astrue can discuss his federal agency's campaign "to let America's nearly 80 million baby boomers know about Social Secur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Top Five Food Scenes In TV Sitcoms

    Food as a theme is pervasive on TV these days, and not just the obvious examples of Food Network and all those shows from Ramsay to Richman. I'm talking about sitcoms that have also used food as either a main story arc or just an amusing aside about our love, obsession, and need to eat. And no, I do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    TONIGHT: Steve Aoki and DJ Mom Jeans at Detroit Bar

    ​You know something big is going down when both of Detroit Bar's most recognized DJ nights (Busywork and La Boite Funk) have to join forces to host an event. And really, what could be bigger that Steve Aoki performing in mom jeans. Oh wait, correction... playing WITH Mom Jeans. Tonight Steve Aoki, ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 30, 2009

    A Few Bones to Pick With 'Cannibal! The Musical'

    ​You know something big is going down when both of Detroit Bar's most recognized DJ nights (Busywork and La Boite Funk) have to join forces to host an event. And really, what could be bigger that Steve Aoki performing in mom jeans. Oh wait, correction... playing WITH Mom Jeans. Tonight Steve Aoki, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009

    Method Man

    ​You know something big is going down when both of Detroit Bar's most recognized DJ nights (Busywork and La Boite Funk) have to join forces to host an event. And really, what could be bigger that Steve Aoki performing in mom jeans. Oh wait, correction... playing WITH Mom Jeans. Tonight Steve Aoki, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    'Til Death Do Us Part

    Laguna Playhouse

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2009

    A Family Divided

    Seth MacFarlane

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009

    Go for Broke

    Greg Giraldo

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2009

    Purl of a Girl

    Linda Purl

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2008

    Winona Ryder?

    South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut

  • Culture

    February 21, 2008
  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Dat Phan Begins

    Dat Phan and Friends

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Blue-Doo

    Blue Man Group

  • Film

    March 15, 2007

    Franchise Players

    OnDVD: Casino Royale

  • Film

    June 9, 2005

    Pop Will Eat Itself

    The movies that stopped living and became mixed-up zombies

  • Culture

    August 12, 2004

    Mohr is Less

    Fan turns on flat-faced weasel

  • Film

    August 5, 2004

    Lithium Overdose

    Zach Braffs Garden State

  • Culture

    January 30, 2003

    Only 20 Minutes

    Joel Beers theater notes

  • Film

    September 27, 2001

    Tunnel Vision

    Kornbluths film debut undercooked

  • Culture

    May 3, 2001

    False Commitment

    Kornbluths film debut undercooked

  • Culture

    April 12, 2001

    Barefoot, Ugly, Boring

    Sometimes love aint poerful enough

  • Culture

    March 15, 2001

    Fuel Crisis

    Three new low-octane, star-driven vehicles

  • Culture

    June 22, 2000

    Love Goddess

    Judy Tenuta makes you buff her toes

  • Culture

    June 8, 2000

    Love Stinks, or Am I Just Smelling This Play?

    Judy Tenuta makes you buff her toes

  • Culture

    August 12, 1999

    A Very Funny Thing

    Slaves, whores and eunuchs are hilarious

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