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‘Doctor Who’ specials and world events show ‘Seinfeld’ reunion needed more than ever

Friday, January 8th, 2010

I enjoyed the segments involving the Seinfeld reunion on recent episodes of the Larry David HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm and found Michael Richards’ panic on finding two black men at his door fall on the floor hilarious. However, I…

‘Black Friday’ list of suggested complete series DVD lists

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Complete series sets of DVDs are among my favorite gifts to give and receive. They are almost always something that the other person wants but would not buy for themselves. They also provide the proverbial hours of entertainment.
Our current…

“Its Garry Shandling’s Show’ complete series: Excellent early version of ‘Seinfeld’

Friday, October 16th, 2009

by John Stahl
Learning of the October 20 release of the DVD set of the complete series of Its Garry Shandling’s Show was a highlight of my summer and caused the catchy “This is Theme to Garry’s Show” to lodge…

‘Mother’ and ‘Sunny’ reflect raunchy nature of modern sitcoms

Friday, September 25th, 2009

by John Stahl
How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) is one of the few current sitcoms that I enjoy. Much of the good humor, as the September 29 blu-ray and DVD release of the fourth season of this show will…

The CW Remakes ‘Seinfeld’

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

…except not really. Still, Funny or Die presents a pretty funny update of the sitcom about nothing.

The CW’s Seinfeld – watch more funny videos
You’ve got texting, a black guy, a pool (seems requisite for any show involving teens…

Tropes & Props: Living Props, and Prop Recycling

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Welcome to the ninth and final installment of Tropes & Props. I can’t believe that a column I started on a whim — deconstruct every possible physical object owned or desired by characters — lasted two months! Thank you to…

Jerry Seinfeld is Jay Leno’s First Guest

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

When Jay Leno’s new talk show premieres on NBC in the fall, the first celebrities to grace his armchair will be Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, and Jerry Seinfeld.
I’m a little surprised, since honestly I had expected Leno’s people to…

‘Seinfeld Curse’ is sitcom curse

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

The Emmy nomination of Seinfeld veteran Julia Louis-Dreyfus for her role on The New Adventures of Old Christine and the rapidly approaching fall television season got me thinking about the Seinfeld curse. This theory of this curse is that, with…

Heard But Not Seen: 12 Shadowy TV Characters

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Now this is some smart stuff: Jeff and Patrick at CollegeHumor have dug through the last forty years of television to bring us twelve of the most mysterious TV characters — people you hear about but never see. From the…

Larry Charles on “Fresh Air”

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

From “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross on NPR
“Emmy-winning director and producer Larry Charles has a penchant for the ridiculous — witness his credits, which include Borat, Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Now, Charles wants to turn his latest film,…