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We’ve been waiting for a show that created some controversy and passion in the studio. From the media that’s been going around HBO’s Girls, we thought we found just the thing. Have we?
Also, everybody’s favourite Ben McKenzie comes in to talk about a very merry Things You May Have Missed (pssst! It’s Maid Marian and her Merry Men)
Continue reading “Ep 306: Girls and Maid Marian” »
House of Lies airs on Showtime in the US and stars Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell and Dave Lawson’s brother, Josh. We review and try to work out why some people might not like it.
There’s an ad that involves some kind of yodelling. Brett takes a look at that in I Don’t Buy It and then there’s also a Crap TV.
That should be enough for you.
Continue reading “Ep 301: House of Lies, Yodelling” »
Yes. We finally review How to Make it in America. “About bloody time,” you all shout in a wondrous chorus.
Also, John goes through why he chose Lynda Day for his choice to include in the list of Greatest TV Characters of All Time.
We had a lot of fun putting this one together. Probably more than you’ll have listening to it, but give it a go anyway.
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Corin and Jenna, one of the geeks and one of the beauties from Channel 7′s Beauty and the Geek, join us in the studio to talk about what it’s like to be part of a reality television series.
Marc Fennell, the star of ABCTV’s Hungry Beast is on the phone discussing the controversies around the first episode.
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Continue reading “Ep 198: Beauty plus Geek, Marc Fennell” »
As we sail into our 5th year of Boxcutters ? thanks for all the cards and pressies for our birthday last week, BTW ? we take a look at the future of another show of longevity, Hey Hey it’s Saturday, as we talk to Wilbur Wilde about how things are going in the run-up to the two special reunion shows, happening on Tuesday(!) September 29 and October 6. Keep an ear out – there seemed to be a strange echo in the studio that sounded a little like some names we know.
Operation Generation Kill is launched, covering the TV series from HBO based on the reports of Evan Wright, reporting for Rolling Stone magazine.
Brett points out the rape of a cultural icon in his I Don’t Buy It.
And we’ve got your Letters, viewing advice for the week with One Thing and the News coverage we’re known and loved for.
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copy of? Generation Kill
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Continue reading “Ep 196: Wilbur Wilde, Generation Kill, I Don’t Buy It, Letters” »
This week we look at the new HBO drama, Hung, and in Before and After School there’s Parker Lewis Can’t Lose.
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose: The Complete First Season
is, of course, available on DVD.
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Continue reading “Ep 193: Hung, Parker Lewis, Hamlet!” »
Quite simply one of the best guests we’ve ever had on the show, Genevieve Lemon is honest, hilarious and an award winning actress. East Bound and Down is a new comedy from some of the people responsible for Funny or Die and we review it for your aural pleasure.
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Continue reading “Ep 187: Genevieve Lemon, East Bound and Down” »
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