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10 Items Or Less: Star Trok

January 23, 2009 Ryan Berenz

Posted by Ryan Leslie wants to drum up business from geeks by having a Star Trek convention in the Greens & Grains, but he can’t get permission from Paramount Pictures. Proving that you can rip anything off as long as you change it slightly, Leslie settles for a Star Trok convention, and invites Trek cast members to attend. While in the middle of a reenactment, there’s a big explosion. The compressor for the meat freezer blew out. So while Leslie is dealing with the situation, Jolene Blalock shows up. But before she can bail out on Leslie’s faux-Trek convention, another […]

New Late-Night Landscape, Part 1

January 20, 2009 Jeff Pfeiffer

Posted By RabbitEars The countdown is on as Conan O’Brien leaves NBC’s Late Night franchise to move back an hour and take over for Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show (weeknights at 11:35pm ET) starting June 1. It was recently announced that Conan’s last Late Night show will be February 20. Jimmy Fallon (SNL) embarks on his tenure as host of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (weeknights at 12:35am ET) beginning March 2. O’Brien and Fallon recently spoke before a television critics press tour, and later to smaller groups of journalists, in separate sessions, to discuss their new […]

How I Met Your Mother: “Three Days of Snow” Recap

January 20, 2009 StayTuned Staff

[We are sorry we didn’t recap last week’s episode. As an apology, here’s Neil Patrick Harris’ monologue from Saturday Night Live. And say hi to the cast of How I Met Your Mother for me.] Synopsis: Over the years, Marshall and Lily have kept up with a number of traditions, from the always popular kissing on New Year’s Eve to lunchtime phone calls. One of their more elaborate habits is that whenever one of them comes home from a trip, they bring back a six-pack of local beer for the other, who is there to greet them at the airport […]

10 Items Or Less: Eye Can See Clearly

January 19, 2009 Ryan Berenz

Posted by Ryan Don “The Bags” Bagley is back, and he’s now practicing medicine. That’s right, “The Bags” packed groceries at SuperValueMart to pay for medical school, and now Leslie is opening Bagley’s LASIK eye surgery clinic right in the Greens & Grains. But Yolanda thinks this is a huge mistake, as she wanted to open the first Yolanda’s Tube Top Shop in that space. So Yolanda busts in the clinic just as Leslie is having laser eye surgery, and the procedure gets messed up, leaving Leslie blinded. Yolanda feels responsible, so she takes care of Leslie at her home […]

Psych – Lassie Did a Bad Bad Thing

January 19, 2009 StayTuned Staff

There are so many great things in this week’s episode, I scarcely know where to begin. Lassiter is the primary suspect when a notorious gang leader is killed inside the police station. Shawn believes Lassie didn’t do it, so I believe it. Gus is only ever 75% sure. My first thought is that McNab had something to do with it, thanks to some clever camerawork. I wondered whether he might want off the show, but then common sense prevailed. It couldn’t be McNab. That actor has it made! He has a steady job in a fickle industry without ever having […]

Psych’s Spot the Pineapple Sweepstakes

January 19, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Psych fans know about the pineapple that’s hidden in every episode of the show. Now USA Network and Psych are giving viewers an even greater incentive to play along – a chance to win a trip for two to Hawaii in their Spot the Pineapple Sweepstakes. All you have to do is identify the location of the pineapple, then enter to win. (*Choosing the wrong answer does not disqualify from entry.) There are two ways to enter – via text message or by visiting the website. The contest runs from Friday, Jan 16 to Thursday, Feb 26. In addition to […]

The Office: “The Duel” Recap

January 16, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Synopsis: It’s a new year at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, which can mean only one thing: new candy! Pam has stocked the front desk with Hot Tamales. Oh, and Andy still doesn’t know about Angela and Dwight’s affair. Angela’s still not ready to tell him about it, so that responsibility falls to Michael, who decides to spill the beans mere seconds before leaving to discuss “big picture stuff” with David Wallace in New York. That leaves Jim to deal with the inevitable fallout. A duel is scheduled, with Angela to be awarded to the winner — an arrangement she seems eerily […]

“My Name Is Earl”: Darnell Outed, Part 1

January 16, 2009 Ryan Berenz

The talent game show Estrada or Nada (featuring Erik Estrada and American Idol castoff cohost Brian Dunkleman) is doing auditions in Camden County, and Earl sees this as an opportunity to cross “ruined Joy’s chance at being on TV” off his list. It was Joy’s childhood dream to be famous, but that dream slowly died as the years went on. And it died for good when Earl used Joy’s Fear Factor audition tape for shooting skeet. So Joy gets on for the audition, performs a contortionist “Crustacean Sensation” crab walk, and gets rejected by the judges. She throws a fit […]

“Scrubs”: My Saving Grace and My Happy Place

January 14, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Posted by SH So this is how the Courteney Cox era ends on Scrubs. Not with a bang (unless you count her revelation of an affair with Dr. Mickhead — BTW, that dude’s into some kinky stuff), but a whimper. When she turns out to be more of a heartless, money-grubbing dictator than good ol’ Kelso ever dreamed of being, the gang look to find ways to oust her. Not digging Janitor’s idea of “photo shop” — which pertains not to using software to create incriminating photographs, but to a long, drawn-out plan that culminates in beating Dr. Maddox to […]

Psych “Six Feet Under the Sea”

January 11, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Dizzy Miss Lizzy The thing that makes this show so enjoyable is that it never takes itself too seriously. Friday’s new episode was no exception. Rather, the silly plot seemed determined to draw even more attention to that fact. Gus, in his infinite geekiness, grieves the death of a beloved local celebrity – Shabby, the Sea Lion – and tricks Shawn into attending the funeral. A fair amount of mocking later, they approach the casket to say goodbye. Of course, Shawn sees something not-quite-right about the body. He acknowledges the complete absurdity of it all with a sigh […]