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“Green Porno” Is Back On Sundance Channel

April 20, 2009 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek Tomorrow, one of television’s more bizarre series starts up again — Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno on Sundance Channel enters Season 2. If you don’t recall, Season 1 had Rossellini presenting herself in various amusing costumes emulating the peculiar mating habits of various insects, arachnoids and annelids. This time, she’s taking things underwater, exploring reproduction of whales, starfish, anglerfish and others. Each episode lasts only a couple of minutes at best, but in those precious seconds, Rossellini does her best to succeed where biology class might have failed you. She’s not afraid to look utterly silly, and […]

“My Name Is Earl” Recap: Bullies

April 17, 2009 Ryan Berenz

Randy’s having a lot of fun getting toys from the claw machine at the Crab Shack, but Joy keeps stealing all of them — even the bird dressed up for a wedding. This reminds Earl of a scrawny, sensitive kid named Wally “Pansy” Panzer he bullied in school. Earl goes to Wally’s house to cross him off the list, and finds that Wally has grown into a hulking beast of a man. Fearing a beatdown, Earl says his name is Cliff and that he’s responding to the ad Wally placed in the Pennysaver looking for a workout buddy. So Earl […]

“Scrubs” Recap: My Soul On Fire, Part II

April 16, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Another sure sign that a show is ending: cameos from longtime crew members. I have no documented proof, other than the very visible presence of show creator Bill Lawrence as the batty Justice of the Peace — but last night’s episode featured several stiffs in walk-on roles, leading one to suspect they were filled by the good folks who have been instrumental in giving Scrubs its eight-year run. I guess the chance to put their lack of acting chops on film forever and have millions see it is considered a reward. As for the episode itself, it was pretty trifling, […]

“How I Met Your Mother” Review: Mosbius Designs

April 14, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Mike Frey Synopsis: Some jokes are not meant to be told in mixed company. Ted understands that difference between “boy funny” and “girl funny,” but apparently Barney and Marshall do not — which is why they insist on telling Lily a dirty joke that results in her disappearing for four weeks. Of course, given the recent developments in Alyson Hannigan’s real life, that’s not the real reason we won’t be seeing much of Lily for a while. In either case, her absence proves a shame for Barney, who could really use her help this week. But more on that […]

“Parks And Recreation” Recap: Pilot

April 10, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Like a lot of regular viewers of The Office, we’re excited about the new series from Greg Daniels and Michael Schur (a.k.a. Cousin Mose), Parks and Recreation. It’s got a great pedigree and an awesome cast led by Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari (Human Giant, Scrubs) and Rashida Jones (Karen Filippelli on The Office), and the ad campaign to support the series launch did nothing to dampen our enthusiasm. While our first impression after watching the pilot is that style and format of the show resemble The Office a little too much, we’ve decided to commit to watching and recapping at […]

“The Office”: The Michael Scott Paper Company Recap

April 10, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Synopsis: Michael arrives for his first day of work at the Michael Scott Paper Company’s new office, which is actually just a closet in the Scranton Business Park. Still, he’s feeling rejuvenated and ready to make a comeback just like Britney Spears, whose music he’s blasting while trying to park his car. He crashes, which puts him on the right course — Britney is a bad driver, too. [Ryan’s note: My wife tells me that the song isn’t by Britney at all, but “Just Dance” by Lady GaGa. But who the hell can tell the difference, anyway? That’s the joke.] […]

“The Office”: Dream Team Recap

April 10, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Synopsis: The first of two new episodes this week finds some of Charles Miner’s changes being implemented at Dunder Mifflin Scranton. One of which is Kevin taking over for Pam at the reception desk, and Jim thinks Kevin “is doing exactly as well as anyone might have expected someone like him to perform in a position like that.” Of course, Jim isn’t doing so great himself, since — as Dwight puts it — the new boss doesn’t find him “adorable.” Things aren’t going much better at Michael Scott Paper Company, Inc. — despite the fact that they’ve already got a […]

“Scrubs” Recap: My Soul On Fire, Part I

April 9, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison Yes, the epic story of Janitor and Lady’s tropical nuptials cannot be told in one mere episode. So the show’s first road trip — better late than never, I guess — gets extended by a week while we wait with bated breath to see whether Janitor and Lady actually go through with the ceremony, if J.D. can patch up things for the 1,039,467th time (give or take) with Elliot, how Cox and Jordan handle spending so much time together, and if Carla can ditch the mom bathing suit and instead tap into her inner hot mama. But […]

Jonas Brothers Get Funny In A New Disney Channel Series

April 2, 2009 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Barb Oates The Monkees meets Flight of the Conchords? That’s how Disney Channel president Gary Marsh is describing its latest venture with the Jonas Brothers – a scripted comedy series titled JONAS, premiering Saturdays, beginning May 2. “What we’ve tried to do with JONAS is create a fusion of a sitcom and a music video and use original Jonas Brothers songs as the foundation to glue it together,” Marsh says.

“Scrubs” Recap: My Full Moon

April 2, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison No J.D., no problem. In what I’m pretty sure is a first for the show, Zach Braff does not appear in a single shot, nor is his voice even used (a la an episode earlier this season), and there is no narration by any character. Yet the episode still has the “my” in the title for some reason. He’s not the only one missing. Cox, Carla, Janitor, Jordan, Ted and Kelso are all no-shows. Still, it’s a decent episode — one of the better ones this year — delving into some of the nitty gritty of being […]