"How Greg Gutfeld’s Success Exposes The Media’s Cultural Blindspots"
June 29, 2019
I hope he gets the weekday slot.
Television
"Reflections on The Sopranos"
June 05, 2019
Economist Bryan Caplan's "top social science insights" from the show. (But he's wrong about the ending.) (Link via Marginal Revolution.)
And here again, I think--I believe I've already linked to it but I didn't find it looking quickly--is probably the show's single best scene: Carmela gets what she richly deserves.
"Broken Cigarette Box"
May 18, 2019
One of the very best five-minute sequences from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.
"Soul, electrified. – The Porsche Taycan is coming."
April 05, 2019
Just on the edge of corny, but still far better than the other car ads I see these days. (1:30 minute video.)
"Jim Carrey Speech At The Golden Globe Awards 2016"
March 15, 2019
Carrey at his very best. (2 minute video.)
Garry Marshall, Archive of American Television Interview
March 08, 2019
An interesting interview with the creator of Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy.
"The 5 greatest Super Bowl commercials of modern times"
February 02, 2019
Not much to nitpick here.
"Cult-classic ‘The White Shadow’ still resonates 40 years later"
December 20, 2018
It ran for just three seasons. Just like the original Star Trek. Coincidence? You decide.
"Why Jerry Seinfeld is driven"
November 29, 2018
9-minute video with the co-creator of the greatest TV comedy I've ever watched.
Related: "60 Minutes Australia: Much Ado About Nothing | Jerry Seinfeld" and "Jerry Seinfeld Interview: How to Write a Joke".
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"The Soup Nazi"
November 16, 2018
4.5 minutes of highlights from probably the greatest Seinfeld episode.