I was impressed and surprised by the Nationals episode, 3rd season.

Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Brilliant.

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“Pinball Wizard”, by Unique and Vocal Adrenaline, insanely great.

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I could end this TV series right now.

The beautiful losers. Are winners.

Lawyer / lobbyists sell their souls for money.

Everybody knows it. … So why does anyone believe a word they say?

Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.

Rob Reid is a humor author and the founder of the company that created the music subscription service Rhapsody.

TED Talks – Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod

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(via Michael Geist)

Here’s an excerpt of that performance.

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Everyone was charmed. Good luck in T.O.

Personally, I’m less interested in T.V. than ever before. But some reality TV does capture my interest.

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It was great to see Jeff Goldblum on this episode.

This is one of the few shows on TV I can watch enthusiastically. The plots are goofball, obviously. But they manage a few terrific one liners every episode. And the music is terrific.

B-52s Love Shack remake was KILLER.

I didn’t realize until tonight that Naya Rivera and Heather Morris are best friends in real life.

… note I didn’t link to the obvious Glee Valentines song.

The Emmy award-winning team at Brainstorm Digital has put together the before and after shots from season 2 of HBO’s hit series “Boardwalk Empire”.

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… Says Glenn Allen, visual effects producer for Boardwalk Empire and co-founder of Brainstorm, “It’s our most complex job to date. Everything is HD now, so we have to treat it like a feature film. …

Thanks Ron.

Four Six (Dana had to correct me.) good looking white people whining about their lives. 63 Emmy Awards. That’s my definition of over-rated.

Glee, in contrast, tries to tackle important issues. They did a terrific job on Rachel’s nose.

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Glee doesn’t always hit the right note. But when they do, it’s awesome.

… less Hebraic and more Fabrayic …

That mash-up was voted Best Glee Song of All Time by TV Line readers in a July 2011 poll.

I don’t know why I like An Idiot Abroad. It’s absurd. But there are little moments of brilliance.

Karl almost liked Zen Buddhist meditation. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Almost.

It’s another in the series where Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant make fun of their friend Karl Pilkington. In general, I don’t like their mean humour.

But in this program, Karl is the star. One of those genuinely hilarious characters that don’t even know they are funny.

…An Idiot Abroad charts Pilkington’s reactions when visiting the New Seven Wonders of the World, as well as the situations he’s placed in and cultural differences and idiosyncrasies in the countries he visits. …

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First stop for Karl was chaotic China. His befuddlement was somewhat familiar to me, too, having come directly from polite, strict and orderly Japan.

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A second year (the show renewed) has Karl doing his “Bucket List” (things to do before he dies).