#sitcom-nostalgia

#sitcom-nostalgia

James Burrows' role on The Comeback, where he plays a thinly veiled version of himself, isn't a big one. Over the course of the HBO sitcom's three seasons, he's only appeared in eight episodes, sometimes for no more than a single scene. And yet he serves a critical function in its overarching story about the travails of an aging TV actress, one that's made his brief appearances both memorable and often surprisingly moving.

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Lisa and I would meet every couple of weeks for lunch - quote, unquote - and then we'd get around to, 'What do you think Valerie would be doing right now?' King said at SXSW, where the first two episodes of the third and final season of what they're now calling 'a trilogy' screened to a rapt audience of The Comeback die-hards.

Bryan Cranston's performance in the Malcolm in the Middle revival, especially a scene where he experiences a drug-induced ego death, may be his greatest work.

It's tough ... I didn't think that I'd have quite an emotional reaction. It's what you have to hold on to, is the memories of it all.

Peter Tork from the Monkees had a strange little quirk. Sometimes, when other actors were delivering their lines Tork would unthinkingly mouth their dialogue along with them, as seen in this YouTube compilation. Once you spot it, it makes the show (which was already kinda weird) weird in a whole new way.

Via tentative rebel student Agnes Mackenzie, the drama meticulously illustrates the ways disempowered people hoard what little agency they have in Gilead's oppressive environment.

We obviously grew up together and spent a lot of time on camera together, she said. To not have that for 20 years and work with different people and have all these different experiences, and then come back together? Oh my god, I remember how much I know you on camera and you know me on camera.' It's so special, and it was so much fun because we work really well together.

There's so much going on in the world, in our country, and hell, in our own work and family lives. Just because the headlines are straight out of a dystopian novel doesn't mean your kids stopped needing you to help with their homework. When our days are full of so many demands, no wonder we feel hyped up and anxious by the time the kids are in bed.

Last week, I caught myself starting The Office for what must be the fifteenth time. My partner walked in, saw Jim pranking Dwight with the stapler in Jell-O, and just shook his head. "Again?" he asked. And honestly? I couldn't explain why I kept going back to the same show when there's literally endless content available at my fingertips. But here's the thing: I'm not alone in this.

hitting a big red reset button, which turns out to be just what the franchise needed. Executive-produced by Seth Rogen, this Muppet Show plays like an episode of the classic variety series, which premiered 50 years ago, right down to the theme song, the practical effects, and Statler and Waldorf heckling about its very faithful rebootiness: "If it ain't broke -" "They are broke! That's why they're doing it!" Har har har!

It was a Stranger Things spinoff showcase on Saturday Night Livelast night. In the pre-taped sketch, the Duffer Brothers had some success getting the cast back together to film an internet-demanded ninth episode.

If you woke up too early on a Saturday, you'd turn on the TV to find... nothing. Just a test pattern or static. Television stations actually signed off at night and didn't start broadcasting again until morning. Can you imagine explaining this to kids today? That there was literally nothing to watch? No Netflix library, no YouTube, no endless content.

If you miss the days of Saturday morning cartoons, you might want to go ahead and download the free Tubi app. In a recent announcement, the ad-supported streaming service said it is kicking off its "cartoon era" on March 1, adding more than 100 classic cartoons you can watch for free. The service already has an extensive collection of retro cartoons, but it's about to get a lot bigger.