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HIMYM: New Robin Sparkles Video!

April 17, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike Here’s a little preview of next week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, “Sandcastles in the Sand” — named after a song by our favorite fake Canadian teen pop star! The very ’80s-inspired music video features cameos by fellow Canadian icon Alan Thicke, former mall-pop princess Tiffany and, um, James Van Der Beek — which is a bit odd considering Dawson’s Creek didn’t premiere until 1998. (Update: See johnnysweeptheleg’s comment below for the explanation of JVDB’s presence in the video.) [myspace 32496725 nolink]

How I Met Your Mother: “The Chain of Screaming” Recap

April 15, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike This week’s recap is going to be kind of short because … well, this week’s episode kind of sucked. OK, that might be a little harsh; it wasn’t entirely without merit. Barney was awesome, as usual, and Bob Odenkirk guest-starred as Marshall’s boss Arthur Hobbs (a.k.a. Artillery Arthur). But the tired subplots about Lily being horny and Ted being concerned about the cleanliness of his new car? Come on, HIMYM — you’re better than that. The good news is that next week we’ll see the return of Robin Sparkles in an episode titled “Sandcastles in the Sand,” […]

“Scrubs”: My Bad Too

April 11, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by SH Undeterred by a three-month long break brought on by the writers strike, the gang at Sacred Heart returned with a pretty funny episode that introduced two notable terms into the “Scrubs” lexicon — “Amigoville,” a fantasyland J.D. conjures up where Mexican day laborers take white people who are nice enough to learn Spanish (they have guacamole lakes and HUGE churros there); and “brinner,” Turk’s idea of nirvana in which you eat breakfast food at dinner (wine with pancakes is his preferred combo). While J.D. still narrates and helps a burn victim attend his high school graduation, the […]

My Name Is Earl: Stole A Motorcycle

April 11, 2008 Ryan Berenz

Posted by Ryan Earl is still in a coma, and his mind is still playing out The Hickeys sitcom. In it, Earl mistakes Billie’s gynecologist for a gigolo, and Billie gives birth to Earl’s child — who, this time, is actually his own color and looks like him. The Hickeys will hopefully be canceled very soon. So while Earl is comatose, Randy is going to cross off some list items so Earl stays in karma’s favor. Using Earl’s drool, he selects “Stole a Motorcycle.” A while ago, while out on a “crime walk,” Earl and Randy found a motorcycle with […]

The Office: “The Dinner Party” Recap

April 11, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg You know, sometimes we don’t give Michael Scott enough credit. Not many people would go the lengths that he did in last night’s episode to trick someone into having dinner with him. Staging a special assignment from corporate for which the entire Scranton branch would have to work late, he slyly gets Jim to admit that he has no plans for the evening before “convincing” corporate to call the whole thing off — leaving Jim and Pam available to attend the most awkward dinner party ever.

My Name Is Earl: I Won't Die With A Little Help From My Friends

April 6, 2008 Ryan Berenz

Posted by Ryan After a brief reintroduction from NBC President and CEO Jeff Zucker, we get back to Earl. (Go here if you need a refresher of the previous episode that aired way back when.) When Earl was young and wanted to escape family turmoil, he used to get lost in a world of TV sitcoms. Now, unconscious on the street, he’s doing it again, dreaming that he’s married to Billie in The Hickeys idyllic sitcom land. The sitcom isn’t particularly interesting (and hardly funny), though things that happen in reality cause things to happen in the sitcom, like the […]

How I Met Your Mother: “The Bracket” Recap

April 1, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike We’re a little late this week, so let’s get on with the recap. Ted and Marshall have stolen a large chalkboard from Lily’s classroom to aid them in their quest to win their NCAA Tournament pool. Why? Because “big board equals big luck.” Unfortunately, in their case, the big luck is bad luck, because — despite their plan to turn March Madness into “March Meticulously-thought-out-ness” — they’re out of the money almost instantly.

How I Met Your Mother: “Ten Sessions” Recap

March 25, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike Hey, did you hear? Britney Spears is on this week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother. And, yeah, she’s OK in her limited role — but the real star of the episode is this week’s other guest, Sarah Chalke of Scrubs. Chalke plays Dr. Stella Zinman, a character we first heard about (but didn’t see) in the pre-strike finale “The Platinum Rule.” If you recall, Dr. Stella is the woman who is removing Ted’s butterfly tramp stamp over the course of 10 painful sessions. Ted is instantly smitten with her, and only becomes more so after […]

How I Met Your Mother Recap: “No Tomorrow”

March 18, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike How I Met Your Mother is back — that’s so Raven! It’s St. Patrick’s Day and Ted, Lily and Marshall are going to spend it holding a board game night at Lily and Marshall’s new apartment instead of drinking green beer with a green-suited-up Barney — that’s so not Raven. Neither is Ted’s assertion that Barney’s Blarney suit makes him look like an NBA player rehabbing an injury. But Barney seems to accept it and goes on his way. That is, until he calls Ted’s cell mere milliseconds later, having already procured a cab and two megahot […]

10 Items Or Less: The Ren Fair

March 5, 2008 Ryan Berenz

Here’s a little behind-the-scenes vignette on the Season 2 finale of 10 Items or Less. A pox on that! Hither with the episode recap, anon! Huzzah! It’s ye olde Renaissance Days at the G&G, and prices (and personal hygiene) are being rolled back to the time before the printing press. (Didn’t Steve Guttenberg invent the printing press?) Renaissance Days is Leslie’s best promotion ever. It’s much better than the “Cheese or Not Cheese” idea he and Carl had. The G&G crew is dressed up in their best Ren Faire attire. They look like rented costumes from a high-school production of […]