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Red Dwarf's Third Season Gets Off to a Rip Roaring Start With the Trippy "Backwards" and Bottle Episode "Marooned"

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinDecember 18, 2024Red Dwarf, TV, sitcom, science-fiction, cult, British

Backstrom Investigates a Murder in a Scientology-Like Cult in the Latest Episode of the Rainn Wilson Detective Vehicle

My journey through the one season non-wonder Backstrom continues with a look at an episode where he solves a murder at a Scientology-like cult.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinNovember 15, 2024Rainn Wilson, Sarah Chalke, Dennis Haysbert, TV, detective, procedurile

Season Two of the Beloved British Cult Science Fiction Sitcom Ends on an Audacious Note with "Queeg" and "Parralel Universe"

The second season of Red Dwarf ends on a high note with the audacious “Queeg” and “Parallel Universe.”

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 30, 2024Red Dwarf, TV, cult, British

This Halloween, Relive the Horrors of Louise Lasser's Disastrous Hosting Stint on Saturday Night Live

Did Louise Lasser have a nervous breakdown while hosting Saturday Night Live or was it all part of the act? Regardless, the result was one of the most excruciatingly awkward episodes in the show’s history.

Kevin Can F**k Himself is the Kevin Can Wait/Breaking Bad Hybrid We Never Knew We Needed

I finally got around to watching Kevin Can F**k Himself, a unique blend of traditional sitcom and heavy drama. I loved it!

Lukewarm TakesNathan RabinOctober 2, 2024Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek, Sean Clements, Tom Scharpling, sitcom, TV, post-modern, self-referential

The Hugh Hefner Episode of Saturday Night Live is Creepy For Reasons Beyond the Host's Enthusiastic Rendition of "Thank Heaven for Little Girls"

Noted creep Hugh Hefner hosted a third-season episode of Saturday Night Live that is a uniquely unpalatable combination of cringy, fawning, and unfunny.

Every Episode EverNathan RabinMay 29, 2024Hugh Hefner, TV, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Laraine Newman, Andy Kaufman

My Journey Through the Cult British Science Fiction Show Red Dwarf Begins with "The End" and "Future Echoes"

One of you kind souls paid for me to write up the cult British science-fiction sitcom Red Dwarf.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinApril 29, 2024TV, British, science-fiction \

"Form and Void" Ends the First Season of True Detective in a Deeply Satisfying Way

We have reached the end.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinMarch 20, 2024Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey, TV, Michelle Monaghan

When Hosting Saturday Night Live, Martin Lawrence Had a Lot to Say About Female Genital Hygiene, and it Wasn't All Appropriate Or Germane

I revisit the notorious Saturday Night Live episode that gave a grateful world the magical phrase, “Some of y’all are not washing your ass properly!”

Best of 2023: Charles Schulz Scored His Biggest Flop With It’s the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown, a Disastrous Live-Action/Animation Hybrid Starring Snoopy's Loner Brother and His Own Daughter

Charles Schulz spent four years making It’s the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown, a live-action/animation hybrid starring his own daughter Jill and Snoopy’s unpopular brother Spike. It did not go well.

My World Of FlopsNathan RabinDecember 29, 2023Snoopy, Charles Schulz, Spike, animation, live-action/animation, flops, television special, TV, Television