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SCTV Half Wits

SCTV nails the Canadian game show of the early 1980s.
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Archer-y

If you aren’t watching Archer  yet, you should be.  It’s by the creators of the equally hilarious and equally insane Frisky Dingo, and is more laugh-a-minute than any show I’ve seen lately, especially when you consider all the background gags they insert for eagle-eyed and pop-cultured types.  Exhibit A, check out the work/jokes involved in [...]
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Ali Baba Bunny

A friend mentioned she was relaxing on Pismo Beach, so of course I recited pretty much this entire cartoon on her Facebook page. (I feel justified, after all, “Heyyyy… Since when is Pismo Beach inside a CAVE?!” is far too good a line to pass up when the circumstances allow it.) via Bugs Bunny – [...]
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Sterling Archer Draper Pryce

You have to be a pretty big fan of two very underwatched series to get these jokes, but luckily I am.  You got Archer in my Mad Men! You got Mad Men in my Archer! Sterling Archer Draper Pryce.
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Wayne and Wanda

These guys popped into my head tonight, complete with enthusiastic Sam the Eagle intro.  Oh ye gods, I miss the Muppets. Wayne and Wanda are a singing duo who performed regularly during the first season of The Muppet Show, often introduced by Sam the Eagle, who approved of their “wholesome, uplifting, and decent” act but [...]
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Dame Edna to Retire

Barry Humphries is hanging up the rhinestone specs. I used to love staying up late to howl at the Dame Edna shows, so I find this sad news, but as Barry is almost 80 I suppose we can grant him some rest. This is just one of Everage’s comedic techniques, which have occasionally spurred controversy, [...]
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Homeland

After it showed up on a bunch of AV Club writers’ end of year best-ofs, I gave Homeland a try. HOLY CRAP. I’m not a TV viewer who can resist spoilers, usually, but I held off with this show until the last episode, when I was so wracked with tension I had to surrender to [...]
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Walter Cronkite – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_CronkiteReports of Walter Cronkite’s poor health led me to think about how much he reminds me of David Attenborough: Both are national treasures in an avuncular mold – trustworthy and humane, but with a moral streak that they’re not afraid to show when someone needs a good talking to. And they’re both irreplaceable. The world [...]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRrk3zZmksEAnother diaspora Scots phenomenon: The inability of North Americans to understand the accent. I’ve got friends who’ve had lengthy conversations with my parents only to reveal afterwards that they only understood about 50% of it. (This despite the fact that my parents have been here for nearly 40 years, and no longer sound anything like [...]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHz2eUdMyCATwo very funny, very charming boys illustrate the accent-recovery phenomenon that occurs when diaspora Scots sit down for a wee blether.
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