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Arcade Soundtrack

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:55:00 -0600

I am embarking on a new regimen of inspiration and self-help which consists solely of playing this sound before stepping out of bed every morning. intro.mp3

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Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:51:53 -0600

There may never have been a couple with better on-screen...

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:47:55 -0600

There may never have been a couple with better on-screen chemistry than Rock Hudson and Doris Day.

From clarebella:

Doris Day and Rock Hudson candid by Leo Fuchs.

That’s no zebra. That’s something MacGyver made out...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:17:00 -0600

That’s no zebra. That’s something MacGyver made out of a horse and a can of black shoe polish.

macgyvergirl:

You whanna know what’s better than MacGyver?

MacGyver and a zebra!

Nice assessment of Cheers, which is better now than it was the...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:18:49 -0600

Nice assessment of Cheers, which is better now than it was the first time around. The ability of the writers to pull comedy from the characters, instead of from jokes, is just about unmatched. I’d say this and The Andy Griffith Show are the best two character comedies of all time.

ptahole:

Started watching Cheers from the beginning on Netflix yesterday. It’s a show I’ve always loved, but I don’t think I had ever seen the pilot before. Unlike the majority of sitcom pilots, “Give Me a Ring Sometime” is pretty much Cheers, fully formed. Perhaps it’s because the basic premise of the show is pretty easy to set up, but it remains one of the best episodes of the ten I’ve gone through so far. Cheers pulls off a good balance of strong character moments and a mixture of subtle and broad comedy. It’s a classic show for a reason.

Note- Diane, who I never really cared about when I watched the show as a kid, is now pretty easily my favorite character. Shelly Long seems capable of pulling off any type of comedic acting. Also, Cheers probably has my favorite intro/theme sequence of any TV show, for whatever that’s worth.

Miracle on 34th Street

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:56:00 -0600

District Attorney: What is your name?
Kris Kringle: Kris Kringle.
District Attorney: Where do you live?
Kris Kringle: That's what this hearing will decide.
Judge Henry X. Harper: A very sound answer, Mister Kringle.
District Attorney: Do you really believe that you're Santa Claus?
Kris Kringle: Of course.
District Attorney: [long pause] The state rests, your honor.

Happy Thanksgiving from Cincinnati

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:12:25 -0600

If your kids haven’t seen WKRP, this is the time to introduce them. It doesn’t get any better than this episode.

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Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:31:05 -0600

Hitting the (Non-cranberry) Sauce

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:03:41 -0600

Sure, we want our kids to say “no” to drugs. But that doesn’t mean they need to say “no” to drunks — especially of the fictional variety.

Some of the best characters in pop culture have been on the sauce. And if your kids never learn about them, they’ll be at a disadvantage when it comes time to make fun of their drunken friends in college. So in honor of the drunken free-for-all happening this evening at family get-togethers across the country, here are Pop Literate’s Top 3 pop culture drunks.

1. Otis Campbell: he’s the only guy on this list who was ever drunk enough to ride a cow. A cow! Otis was the town drunk in Mayberry, on The Andy Griffith Show. He locked himself in jail after a bender. And he sometimes served as an emergency deputy. Hal Smith’s characterization is the quintessential “town drunk.”

2. Arthur Bach: Dudley Moore was the most likeable alcoholic millionaire ever. Everyone around him told him to grow up. But in Arthur’s own words, “That’s easy for you to say. You haven’t got 50 pairs of short pants hanging in your closet.”

3. Norm Peterson: Norm is Otis Campbell with better alcohol tolerance. The man could hang out at Cheers and drink for hours on end, and never get drunk.

Why Pop Literate?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:00:41 -0600

Every day, 350,000 babies are born at risk of not knowing that Bob Barker was the host of The Price is Right. Pop Literate is dedicated to doing something about that.

This is a place for you to find parenting tools you need to turn out healthy, well-adjusted children. Children who won’t be shunned by their peers because they believe David Copperfield is only a Charles Dickens character.