Big Bang Theory defies age
As some of you may know, It’s Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend and for the first time in all the years of my life I wouldn’t be spending it with my family. No, I finally decided to bite the bullet and spend it with my boyfriend’s family. Okay, so this doesn’t sound very TV related, but [...]
Jerk’s Show Return Spectacular!
I found after watching a couple of the season premieres this season that I had a few words to say about them, but not enough that I thought they warranted a post of their own. But now that I’ve watched all of the premieres (well, almost. Season five sucked enough that I haven’t worked up [...]
Congrats BBT!
Big Bang Theory began its third season on Monday, and I was very happy with what we got. I’ve said many times now that the show has the potential to break out of the generic sitcom mold, and in the second season we saw a few episodes that did just that. They were great! Unfortunately [...]
Jerk’s TV Geeks V: The Ones That Didn’t Make It
To finish off this week of geekitude, here’s a look at some of the names that almost graced my list(s) but didn’t.
First up, the Lone Gunmen. I’m sure some of you were wondering how none of my lists could feature Langly, Byers, or Frohike. Unlike Jonathan, who I saw as separate and geekier than the [...]
Jerk’s Top TV Geeks II: The Geek List
A quick note before we start: these lists aren’t in any particular order, they’re just the five people I felt best fit my Geek definition. It took long enough to whittle down these lists, actually figuring out who is geekier than who would have been a bit much, I think.
1.) Dwight Schrute, The Office
Now some [...]
Poor Big Bang Theory
I see in Big Bang Theory the potential for a really awesome sitcom, but I’ve found that very few episodes have lived up to that potential. It has been walking a weird line with it’s geekiness, often you’re amazed at how accurate they are, only to be stunned by a glaring, insanely obvious misstep. I [...]
I want to go to there.
I think this week’s 30 Rock was a perfect example of how the show works best: Take a standard sitcom setup (take an office full of zany characters, throw in the conflict-causing plot du jour), then pump it full of manic energy and film it all through an extra thick lens of surreality. When it [...]
Is it just me or did last week rock?
Last week really stood out to me as one of the best single weeks of TV that I’ve ever experienced. If you go by Sunday as the start of the week (I normally start with Mondays), then it’s even better as it included the awesome Superbowl episode of The Office. But for this post, let’s [...]
Jerk's 10 Favourite Themesongs
It’s been a while since we’ve had a nice numbered list thread here on J/DB, so I decided to share what I consider to be the best themesongs ever. I have to point out though, it quickly became apparent that I could make a second list based solely on cartoon themes, so I didn’t put [...]
Intoxivision
We’d like to take some time to combine two things we love: alcohol and television! So here are some of our favourite drinks from TV, or preferred by TV characters.
J: I’m going to start with the Purple Nurple, a shot Dean loved on SPN. A quick Google search shows that nobody agrees how to make [...]
