I look at the faces in this page who have given their all to this website and I say:
perpare to take a great leap forward
perpare to swim The English Channel and then drown in champagne
there are seven days between now and the next Monsters’ Ball
we are going to spend them all here
we will celebrate memorial day here we will barbecue next to the computer together
and in the end We will represent Videogum and it will be worth it
every monster is defined by the moment they got their first upvote
when we land lols next week, the world will now we’ve arrived.

What about a little show called Lost? I know it’s done and such but there are a bunch of unrecapped episodes just sitting there to be taken apart.

Bookgum’s book of the summer is going to be Gabriel Delahaye’s Detroit and The Kid. http://gabedelahaye.com/2011/02/detroit-and-the-kid/
So read it and we’ll meet over at MOBFD in a few weeks to discuss it. More info coming soon.

There was a trailer to the long waited male answer to Showgirls.

I don’t know why but I loved this episode. I agree that this show is becoming a little too on the nose but this is why I’m OK with this:

1. We can call Betty The Smog Monster. Everyone loves puns. Smog Monster it is.

2. Sally. This is the character that is most in your face and her content is ripped from the headlines of Duh Aficionado, but isn’t that what it’s like to be a kid of her age? No other character can be disillusioned by the contradictions of Roger’s life altering realizations and the reality of his lifestyle. That dirty old man.

3. The good mother figure vs. bad mother figure thing was hoaky * but it was so worth it for the last scene when Sally handles the confrontation with her mother in a calm and rational way and we all realize Sally IS an adult and then Betty throws a tantrum. (Sportsgum: Sally is Aaron Rodgers. Betty is Favre.)

As far as Greensberg goes I think it has to do with his father issues. He’s not a complete selfish dick like classic Campbell who just wants anything he can’t have. Greensberg wants to please Don for the sake of pleasing him but doesn’t realize Don would respect him more if he would instead just be honest with him the way Peggy is. When complementing Don about his devil idea backfired he took it personally because most of the office looks to Don like a father figure, much the same way Sally looks at Megan as a mother figure.

*as alluded to by the Dark Shadows thing, which I think was the only real reason to have the friend scene because maybe Dark Shadows wasn’t on the air yet so they couldn’t just show Megan commenting on it while watching it on TV but they really wanted to use dark shadows because they are really trying to hammer in the era this season but I don’t know maybe I’m just trying to read to much into that.

I feel like a big part of his followers are people like us who follow him ironically. What do you say, guys, #UnfollowChetHaze?

I think this season the show has been more about using the characters to tell a story of the times as opposed to used the time to tell a story about the characters. I’m not saying it’s a worse show for it, just different.

Full disclosure: I may or may not have bought the Megan single on vinyl.

Woah, Steve say it isn’t so. I’ll miss you, buddy.

Steve, you do realize that all the comedies in the Thursday night block use drama to keep the story lines going, right? I mean I guess Whitney doesn’t but when you make a plot so prominent that it requires a cliffhanger and then you make the ending a 20 minute sketch… why? Why?

“Glee, but for Simpsons fans.” You sir are correct, although I gotta admit I think they pulled it off and I enjoyed pretty much all of it.

I didn’t expect much from the tired court troupe. The Ken Burns episode was super annoying because it completely removes all the drama, at least the Law & Order structure is built with suspense, even if-as the pointed out- there are no stakes. Also, I enjoyed the 30 Rock. It was an A+ decision to have Kenneth give a history of live TV and have the cast act it out instead of just making a regular episode live like last time.

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