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A New Doctor for a New Generation

June 7th, 2010 No Comments

Doctor Who is the property of the BBC What a challenge! Cast a 27 year old in an iconic British role usually filled by a 35-40 year old experienced British actor. That is the challenge that Steven Moffat and the new writing team of Doctor Who have put in front of themselves. Already I’m a […]

Tags: Culture · London · TV · Video

Mystery Team Music Video w/ Childish Gambino & MC Chris

December 22nd, 2009 1 Comment

Photo Credit: Matt Carr/Getty Images What happens when you and your college roommates start a comedy troupe and bring it to the interwebs? You then go on to script, direct and produce some of the most popular and hilarious shorts to hit YouTube. To top it all off, you are so popular that YouTube pays […]

Tags: Films · TV · Video

Classic Nickelodeon Shows now on iTunes

July 30th, 2008 No Comments

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjCo3RnWtwY Remember when watching Nick involved a big orange couch, cartoons not suited for small children, and live action TV shows without snotty nosed brat kids that wanted a record deal? I do! And I bet you do too. Nickelodeon has just rolled out some pretty sweet classic shows that haven’t been on the air […]

Tags: Technology · TV

When the checks stop coming – Bunsen and Beeker

July 9th, 2008 No Comments

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MTV ENGINE ROOM

July 1st, 2008 2 Comments

  So I’m interested to see how MTV decreases the value of yet another creative outlet. I mentioned earlier that MTV is aging; it has lost touch with being the pinnacle of cool and reached an identity crisis by trying to regain the “shine” of it’s youth. I don’t remember how I ran into this, but they are currently developing a new […]

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FN MTV

July 1st, 2008 No Comments

At almost 30, MTV is no longer the new, fresh-faced kid on the block that it used to be back in the 80’s. They struggled to bring what was, at the time, underground movements to the heart, eyes and minds of young adults- they brought hip hop to suburban kids in Kansas for Christ’s sake! It was once regarded […]

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