The world wouldn't be the same without Seinfeld, the American comedy that is known as a show about nothing. The success of the show cemented it within the America cultural consciousness to the point … [Read more...] about Collegiate Lenses: Curb Your Enthusiasm Drinking Game
Television
Words You Don’t Know: Misunderestimated
Everyone knows about the 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and current Vice President Richard Nixon. Onscreen for the first time, the debate brought characters out of the impersonal … [Read more...] about Words You Don’t Know: Misunderestimated
Collegiate Lenses: A Sister Wendy Drinking Game
We've already discussed a different success story in public broadcasting with our Ken Burns drinking game alongside his classic Civil War series, so it's not surprising that this week we're looking … [Read more...] about Collegiate Lenses: A Sister Wendy Drinking Game
Collegiate Lenses: a Police Squad! Drinking Game
Few comedies surpass the timelessness of Airplane! (1980) . The iconic disaster-themed film broke into the spoof genre, and remains one of the biggest comedy film hits in history. After this genre … [Read more...] about Collegiate Lenses: a Police Squad! Drinking Game
A Line in the Sand: Aziz Ansari’s “Bad Date” and What It Means for the #MeToo Movement
With the dawn of the #MeToo movement and the outing of an ever growing number of sexual misconducts carried out by those in even the highest positions of power, it would seem that it’s never been … [Read more...] about A Line in the Sand: Aziz Ansari’s “Bad Date” and What It Means for the #MeToo Movement
Ill-Conceived Cavemen TV Show Stands Tall as Cautionary Tale on Satire a Decade Later
Shortly after Y2K, Geico Auto Insurance found themselves at the forefront of the insurance industry. They’d secured backing from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway a few years prior, and even more … [Read more...] about Ill-Conceived Cavemen TV Show Stands Tall as Cautionary Tale on Satire a Decade Later
