Glenn Beck had a meltdown on his call-in radio program. Good for him! It's like a blowhard conservative pundit's bar mitzvah up in here. NOW BABY GLEN BECK IS A MAN-BABY! Look, I'm not even sure what either of them... CONTINUE READING CONGRATULATIONS, GLENN BECK, ON YOUR "WE'LL DO IT LIVE!" MOMENT»
Posted on July 16, 2009 in
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Tags: Glenn Beck | Glenn Beck Program | Melt Downs | The Best Show On WFMU | Tom Scharpling
Last night's Best Show on WFMU fundraiser marathon featured Paul F. Tompkins from Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins and John Hodgman from John Hodgman's Coraline. In the words of a California Raisin in our hometown public library, "READ."... CONTINUE READING GOOD GUYS WIN»
Posted on March 11, 2009 in
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Tags: John Hodgman | Paul F. Tompkins | The Best Show On WFMU | Tom Scharpling
The internet finally has a trailer for Proud American, this really weird movie sponsored by Coca Cola and Wal Mart (for real) that opened in theaters and IMAX on September 12. It's a drama that tells four American stories about... CONTINUE READING PROUD AMERICAN: A SIMPLE MOVIE ABOUT CORPORATE DEREGULATION FOR SIMPLE FOLK WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS»
Posted on October 1, 2008 in
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Man, This American Life wasted no time going for the heartstrings in their debut episode last night, telling the story of Mike, a young man with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which has left him bed-ridden and incapable of speech. There are... CONTINUE READING THIS AMERICAN LIFE CANNOT DO IT ALONE»
Posted on May 5, 2008 in
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Tags: Ira Glass | NPR | The History Of Television | This American Life | Tom Scharpling