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The Televerse #180- Informed Opinions: Educational Children’s Television
The comedies came to play this week, with two episodes likely to be in Best of 2015 discussions later this year. Needless to say, the podcast is on the long side this week. First we look at a full (and ridiculous) week in comedy, including the dramatic reveal of Sin Rostro on Jane the Virgin, […] More
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Macklemore appears on ‘Sesame Street’ to parody ‘Thrift Shop’
Macklemore recently joined Oscar and the other Grouches to perform a parody of his song “Thrift Shop” about looking for the yuckiest, muckiest, grimiest trash that they could find. They’re shopping and looking for some rubbish. This is gross and awesome! Watch the video below. Enjoy! Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a […] More
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Watch ‘Crack Master’, The Long Lost ‘Sesame Street’ Cartoon Too Scary for Kids
On Thursday 31 December, 1975, Sesame Street Episode #818, aired “The Cracks”, an animated segment, in which a girl imagines the cracks on the walls of her house as various animals (a camel, a monkey, a hen) culminating in the monstrous “Crack Master.” The short (rumoured to have been created by animator Cosmo Anzilotti) developed […] More
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Hey You Geeks!! Podcast #37: The State of Geek Culture
Last week, we attended our local comic convention, Rhode Island Comic Con, with the goal of interviewing some of the cons amazing guest lineup for Hey You Geeks. Turns out, the con was a case-study on how not to run a convention. The geeks came in force, but the con just wasn’t equipped to handle […] More
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‘Sesame Street’s’ ‘Star Wars’ Parody Is Adorable and About Self Control
Sesame Street has created an adorable, pun-filled Star Wars parody called Star S’Mores featuring a collection of brave intergalactic snack warriors including Luke Piewalker, Flan Solo (Cookie Monster!), Chewie the Cookie and Princess Parfaita. Leave it to Sesame Street to come up with the sweetest Star Wars parody yet.And as per usual, the Sesame Street […] More
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Informed Opinions: Educational Children’s Programming
Primary school teacher Maggie Kulzick returns to the podcast to discuss educational children’s television. [powerpress] More
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A Muppet Family Christmas; It’s the Meta-Muppets Show Tonight
This past week, Lady Gaga hosted a fun, somewhat psychedelic hour of television on ABC: Lady Gaga and The Muppets’ Holiday Special. In many ways, the special transported me back to the mid-80s, when a post-Muppet Show troupe of puppets were still dominating all facets of media at the time. Now that the Muppets are successfully […] More
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Watch Sesame Street’s ‘The Hungry Games: Catching Fur’
I just posted a list of twelve great movies that I think are essential viewing for fans of The Hunger Games. Now, after watching Sesame Street‘s Hunger Games parody The Hungry Games: Catching Fur, I could easily squeeze this in as a special mention. Watch the video after the jump. Enjoy! Cookieness Evereat is back […] More
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It’s Not TV: HBO, The Company That Changed Television: Greener Grass
Greener Grass The two leading recipes for success are building a better mousetrap and finding a bigger loophole. Edgar A. Shoaff For the first few decades of broadcast television, the then three major networks held a near-monopoly on the national audience. More often than not, on any given night it was likely nine out of […] More
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25 Days of Christmas: ‘A Muppet Family Christmas’ remains the best Muppet TV Speical
Throughout the month of December, TV Editor Kate Kulzick and Film Editor Ricky D will review classic Christmas adaptions, posting a total of 13 each, one a day, until the 25th of December. The catch: They will swap roles as Rick will take on reviews of classic television Christmas specials and Kate will take on […] More