J/DB’s 12 Days of Lists – Day 5 – Best of 1999
Let’s celebrate the end of the decade by looking back at the end of the last. Here’s what I consider to be the high points of the 1999 television landscape.
First up we’ve got the growth of the Whedonverse. 1999 not only saw some of the best Buffy episodes (both Dopplegangland and Hush), but also the [...]
Jerk’s Top TV Geeks IV: The Dork List
Ahhh Dorks, least common of the TV geeks. Once again, just my top five in no particular order:
1.) Sam Weir, Freaks and Geeks
The first Freaks and Geeks entry on the list. One thing that show did very well (besides fuckin’ rock) was portray geekery in a very realistic way. Sam was an incredibly Dorky character, [...]
A Salute to TV Moms!
Here for Mother’s Day is our look at some of TV’s best moms!
Sarah Connor has to qualify even if she is pretty tough on John a lot of the time. Anyone who can raise the future savior of mankind has to be an awesome mom, even if they don’t have time-travelling killer robots and the [...]
Old Dudes You Didn't Know Were Old – or not
When I sit down to a new obsession I have to know as much about it as I possibly can and every once in a while I’m surprised by what I find. Like someone perfectly normal will be from somewhere really strange or someone was actually a lion trainer before they got into acting. True [...]
Why Does Everything I Love Die?
Okay, so I may be being a tad overdramatic with that title, but it seems like over the years, far too many of the shows I’ve liked have ended with their first season. And I don’t just mean ’shows that I thought had potential.’ The following shows all range from ‘extremely good’ to ’some of [...]
