Though the sitcom's ratings had fallen well out of the top-30 programs, during the last few weeks of its third season, the series was more than holding its own against its chief competitor, The Monkees, which aired at the same time on NBC-TV. Therefore, CBS assured Sherwood Schwartz ...
The TV Max is little more than a silly accent and ghoulish make-up. He looks like he should be hosting a horror movie block on TV. That this TV version lacks the depth and glamor of Wilder’s film is to be expected though, and honestly for a curio, it’s a pretty fascinating one....
Fans will always remember Carell as Michael Scott in the NBC sitcom The Office, but he also had other notable works such as Foxcatcher, The 40-Year-Old-Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine, and The Big Short.Steve Carell Wasn’t Initially a Fan of the Comedy GenreSteve Carell made a name for ...
Grief-stricken Avenger Wanda Maximoff retreats to New Jersey to deal with the loss of her lover Vision. This results in her conjuring a fake reality where everyone in her town starts acting like sitcom stars. (There is not a lot of good ways to explain the premise). Where to watch: Disn...
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion(1997)– This apocalyptic anime feature, serving as an alternate ending toHideaki Anno‘s popular TV series, is basically Jungian psychoanalysis acted out by giant robots Never Give a Sucker an Even Break(1941)– The “Great Man” (W.C. Fields)...
It's a regular sitcom, but The Great Gildersleeve does start to move into Soap Opera territory in the way that storylines take place for over several episodes. David Reply What about the Goldbergs? There's no laughter or music on that one. Hope you like soap commercials! Shannon Repl...
(Big Bang Theory and its ilk look more to Friends.) From its plethora of characters to its intricate, absurdist plots, Seinfeld set the mold for the modern sitcom. 2. The Simpsons What it proved: Being animated has its advantages The Flintstones and The Jetsons proved that cartoons can...
In its fourth season, the sitcom Arrested Development riffed on The Graduate’s use of “The Sounds of Silence.” On the show, the first line or two of the song, including its signature hello darkness, my old friend, frequently played as the character Gob Bluth (and occasionally characters...
The result was nine seasons of groundbreaking and original comedy; a sitcom that Rolling Stone ranked 48th on its “100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time” list, despite NBC’s initial pessimism about the success of the series. Those looking to binge can stream the entire show on Netflix. ...
Crossingham: I literally just finished signing not one, but two different release forms for the use of that song in a TV show or film or whatever. It’s funny too, I posted something on my Instagram about how I was gonna finally play this banjo on stage for the 20th ann...