Not long ago, I wrote a piece on how I thought the brilliant desert-noir show Better Call Saul could turn out to be even better than its parent series Breaking Bad. When I made that argument, the second season hadn’t yet released. Now, we’re almost halfway through Season Two, and things are still looking good for […]
The Four Best Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul Spinoffs You’ll Never See Read More »
During a certain time of the week, if a television viewer sits down in hopes of catching the most recent episode of a favorite quirky sitcom or engaging police procedural, that person may be surprised at the actual lack of quality comic and crime fighting options. What that unsuspecting viewer will find, however, is a reality
The Prime Time Karaoke Fest: For the Musician Who No Longer Toils in Obscurity Read More »
British comedies (Britcoms) have been a part of my life now for around thirty years. Not only are most of them insanely funny, but they offered me something akin to the volumes of books I was reading in my teen years, a look into worlds populated by people who seemed similar to me but who
I don’t know what you’re doing this Valentine’s Day weekend, but chances are good it will involve swanky restaurant reservations, watching Love Actually or The Princess Bride, and ingesting startling amounts of chocolate, all of which are among life’s finest pursuits. Those things are most likely in my future, too, but another thing I’ll be
Five Ways Better Call Saul Could Become Even Better than Breaking Bad Read More »
It was 1993, and I was twenty-eight years old, still single, and living in student housing in southern Alabama. I was about to complete a bachelor’s degree in psychology with no real plans of what to do once that came to pass. One option was to keep working at the local airport and pursue my
The Truth is Somewhere: The Continuing Adventures of an X-Files Junkie Read More »
As the end of January approaches, and New Year’s Day shrinks in the rearview, a question lingers in my mind. What is it about holidays that inspires “educational” cable channel producers to air every apocalyptic documentary in their catalog? Even if you think you don’t know what I’m talking about, you probably do. Flip through
The End is Always Near, and Hell is the History Channel Read More »