So, in yesterday’s season premiere of Mad Men, we learn that Lucky Strike makes up about 70 % of SCDP’s salary. We also learn that it is 1964, which happens to be the year of the first Surgeon General’s report on the health effects of smoking: The 1964 report on smoking and health had an [...]
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Mad Men notes
Posted in Television on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fresh-Ass, Based on the Novel “Tush” by Assfire
Posted in Television on March 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Tina Fey is reading my mind
Posted in Television on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
…Or at least reading my blog. Tonight’s episode of 30 Rock included a storyline in which Liz Lemon is encouraged to settle for the British guy she met at the dentist because “everyone settles!” This must be a reference to Lori Gottlieb, no? And then, Jack convinces the CEOs of Cabletown that they should start [...]
My first New Year’s resolution: Watch more TV
Posted in Television on December 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am completely serious about this. Much virtual ink has been spilled over the fact that this past decade has borne witness to the emergence of television as a legitimate, honest-to-goodness art form. And since I strive to have my finger on the pulse of popular culture, and because I like both art and being [...]
