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The Best of the Electric Company (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Best of the Electric Company (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Electric Company The Best of the Electric Company (Shout! Factory-2006) HEY, YOU GUYS! Just when you thought you couldn’t recapture any more of your TV-watching childhood, The Electric Company has surprisingly and blessedly come to DVD. Nowhere near as good as you remember it – with crude graphics, cheesy synthesizers and overlong segments (it’s stuffed to the … Continue reading →

I Love Lucy – The Complete Fourth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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I Love Lucy – The Complete Fourth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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I Love Lucy The Complete Fourth Season (1954-1955) (Paramount-2005) Do we really love Lucy, or have we been brainwashed to think we do, like in The Manchurian Candidate? When the laughter subsides, is Lucy truly deserving of our love? Is she as overwhelmingly funny as we are led to believe? Does the Empress have no clown … Continue reading →

Music Scene – The Best of 1969-1970 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Music Scene – The Best of 1969-1970 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Music Scene The Best of 1969-1970 (Volumes 1 & 2) (MPI Home Video-2000) The train wreck that is Music Scene – an uncomfortable, pre-Saturday Night Live mix of youthful comedy and popular music – is worth watching if only for its noble attempt to do what it did before what it did was done right. This ABC variety … Continue reading →

Gilmore Girls – The Complete Fifth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Gilmore Girls – The Complete Fifth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Gilmore Girls The Complete Fifth Season (2004-2005) (Warner Brothers-2005) Cleverness is not a term that you often hear used for television series.  You find shows that are quirky, or intelligent, or strive for importance.  It’s sadly rare that you run across a show that is truly whip-smart.  Gilmore Girls is one of those special shows.  It is … Continue reading →

Linda Cardellini – Miss Versatality
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Linda Cardellini – Miss Versatality

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Linda Cardellini Miss Versatility by Jay S. Jacobs Most actors have a very specific zone in which they are comfortable. There are wonderful dramatic actors, for example, who could not deliver a punch line to save their lives. On the other hand, many comic actors have trouble projecting pathos and tragedy.  Linda Cardellini does not … Continue reading →

Miami Vice – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Miami Vice – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Miami Vice Season One (1984-1985) (Universal-2005) There is nothing funnier than the party people of the 80s, so get ready for this freakazoid on the dance floor. Taking a second look at Miami Vice all these years later will make you wonder what all the popping and locking was about. We’re told that this series — almost like a … Continue reading →

The Bob Newhart Show – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Bob Newhart Show – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Bob Newhart Show The Complete First Season (1971-1972) (MTM-2005) Just what the doctor ordered for the touchy-feely seventies, The Bob Newhart Show was a powerful cog in the MTM Productions machine that cranked out hit after hit (Mary Tyler Moore, for whom it was named, lead the way for Bob). Part of the golden-goose Saturday night … Continue reading →

Barbra Streisand – The Television Specials (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Barbra Streisand – The Television Specials (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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Barbra Streisand The Television Specials (Rhino-2005) Your patience with this DVD depends on your Babs tolerance level. However, truth be told, this collection is, well, fabulous. Even if you are not a fan, the music and the voice is so dazzling that, even if you don’t convert, you’ll at the very least question your sexuality. Here … Continue reading →

Rainn Wilson – Trying Harder in The Office
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Rainn Wilson – Trying Harder in The Office

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Rainn Wilson Trying Harder in The Office by Ken Sharp Whoever said it doesn’t rain in Southern California is an idiot. It’s an atypically dismal day in Los Angeles; overcast, chilly and raining just enough to make driving a miserable experience. But it all makes perfect sense, because today I’m driving to the set of The … Continue reading →