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The One Show I'm Embarrassed Of.
My siblings think that I’m embarrassed by watching cartoon shows. I’m not. Animation is one of the highest art forms, and the perception in the US of cartoons being a domain for children means that the shows are generally cheerful, fun, and inoffensive, a welcome escape from daily life. I proudly watch Wander Over Yonder, Milo Murphy's Law, Samurai Jack, and Over the Garden Wall.
By Laura Beth Ramsay5 years ago in Geeks
Fifty Shades of Plaid
Okay, I'll confess: I'm guilty of binge-watching all sixty-seven episodes of my favorite time travel romance between Jamie, a dashing 18th century Scots Highlander, and Claire, a saucy 'Sassenach' woman from the 20th century who is "not the meek and obedient type."
By Stephanie Dianne Kordan5 years ago in Geeks
Comfort viewing during a pandemic. Top Story - January 2021.
I've seen the entirety of Seinfeld probably four times (I came to that one late); the complete Parks & Recreation half a dozen times and I've completely lost count of the amount of re-watches I've done of The Office: An American Workplace (well, I admittedly tend to skip the less-perfect first season of The Office for the majority of my watches).
By Daniel Tuck5 years ago in Geeks
The Cringe Factor
As soon as this week’s Vocal challenge about cringey TV shows to binge watch to, the first thing that came to my head was Simon Cowell’s kingdom of talent shows that have been dominating screens for nearly twenty years. I have a serious love/hate relationship with these kind of shows. As a child, I was a big fan of Pop Idol and The X Factor.
By Chloe Gilholy5 years ago in Geeks
An Ode to Trailer Park Boys. Top Story - January 2021.
When the sepia-toned ariel footage of Nova Scotia’s most infamous trailer park begins to roll with the dreamy lilting piano chord theme carrying on through it, I feel my heart skip a beat. Trailer Park Boys, a cult classic mockumentary à la The Office but Canadian, raunchier, and subjectively better, is a nod to the working class and the antics of blue-collar buddies just getting by. But it’s also casually progressive, especially for a show born in the early aughts when being an out gay couple in a conservative-leaning proletariat class was an anomaly. And it’s where the now-famed star of such blockbuster hits as The Umbrella Academy, Juno, and Inception, Elliot Page, got their start. TPB, as it is affectionately abbreviated, has brought a sense of simplicity and comic relief to the trenches of mundanity and daily struggles of the working class.
By Aj Slepian5 years ago in Geeks
Courage The Cowardly Dog
Forthrightly, I am not so big on watching television shows like I was when I was a kid. In my younger days, I would watch television nonstop after school until bedtime. Now, as an adult with interesting goals, things have changed. When I am using the television, I normally watch informative or self-help videos on YouTube. However, I have been watching certain television shows that pique my interest.
By Leona Valentine5 years ago in Geeks
The joy of a guilty pleasure
Like so many people I have had my secret guilty pleasures, shows that I loved to watch all by myself. Shows that didn't teach me anything or bring any real substance to my life. Just things that I could put on and get lost in a world of drama and craziness. Like so many out there for so long it was reality TV. And all the ones that make no sense. You know the ones where you watch them and think what is wrong with you people, where did you come from and why am I even watching this. I loved to watch Jersey Shore and Duck Dynasty. I would watch them and somehow feel better about my own choices and my life, even though it still was not the best. Of course the real housewives would always suck me in. I would watch every season and every version religiously. For some reason I felt like I was invested in these stories and in their crazy and outrageous lives. In times when I felt lonely or bored with my own life, I knew that I still had these crazy shows that I could get my drama fill in. Even when my life seemed boring and routine. What I have learned over time is that when you are bored with your life, caught up in your day to day, sometimes you need some excitement. Unable to get some then it is nice to be able to get it from these crazy shows.
By Talara Nolan5 years ago in Geeks
What Makes NBC’s "The Good Place" so Forking Binge-able?
1. At its heart, The Good Place is a feel-good show. “Okay homies, you’re sad. I can tell ’cause you have the same looks on your faces that my teachers did whenever I raised my hand in class. But let’s be happy.” – Jason Mendoza, The Good Place (Season 4, Episode 13)
By Kelsey Aebi5 years ago in Geeks
