CliqueClack’s recent poll about our Wednesday night television preferences got me to thinking about the variety we’re offered on other nights of the week. Inevitably, my mind wandered to NBC’s Thursday night lineup. As much as that night has declined in quality, I still find myself recording almost the entire three hour block (Kath & […]
Um, in the news of the weird, it seems that last week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy terrified enough men that now two of the top three current Google search terms are “broken penis” and “penile fracture.” Is this news, or not? Anytime a TV show inspires fear or controversy, it tends to be talked about. […]
Week of January 18 to January 24 Clever, insolent, creative, irreverent; even a little twisted. I speak of the writers here at CliqueClack, and the unique posts they churn out day after day. How could we let seven days go by without highlighting some of the week’s gems? (If you’d like to receive this in […]
Dunder Mifflin Scranton’s riding high. While all other DM branches have been hit hard by the current economic storm, the team from Scranton, PA is going strong. CFO David Wallace said it best when he asked Michael Scott, “What are you doing right?” While Michael stumbled out of the gate, a memo has finally been […]
“Marshall’s getting ready to read a big ol’ magazine in the bathroom you share with him!” –Spencer Pratt taunts Marshall from the cover of a magazine on How I Met Your Mother. The subplot on this week’s HIMYM of Marshall not being able to poop at work wasn’t really all that funny to me. However, […]
The last British invasion not to involve Francis Scott Key or Hessians took place in the late seventies and was led by the likes of Johnny Rotten and Elvis Costello. It was called “punk” and it would change music for the better at a time when the medium needed it most. MTV helped champion the […]
The awkward pause is a trusty tool of the comedy. If done just right, it makes the actors themselves cringe, sending viewers into hysterics. The Office is the master, but only one show has come to dominate the genre of the awkward pause, for better or worse: Family Guy. How many times can Seth MacFarlane […]
