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Divorcing the Marriage Ref

By David W. Boles on March 2, 2010 10:09 AM | 2 Comments
The Olympic Gold medal for the worst TV series of 2010 goes to Jerry Seinfeld's horror of a new show, "The Marriage Ref."  How did such a cruel and nasty show make it out of production and on broadcast television?

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Saving American Soaps from a Grisly Death

By Gordon Davidescu on January 14, 2010 8:30 AM | 3 Comments
An article in the recent issue of Entertainment Weekly lamented the possibility that American television would soon be without soap operas if the trend toward canceling them continued much longer. A sad image lurked above of tombstones of shows canceled in the last twenty or so years. The entire article is devoted to describing the path that the shows have taken to getting canceled, starting in the early 1990s and ending with Guiding Light and As the World Turns getting canceled.

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James Cameron's Avatar Bombs

By David W. Boles on November 2, 2009 8:37 AM | 2 Comments
James Cameron -- director of "Titanic" -- is finally back with his neck blockbuster movie:  "Avatar."  The second trailer preview was released last week and we were left gasping in dismay at the longitudinal dismay of the attempt.

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The Meaning of Eid Ma Clack Shaw

By Gordon Davidescu on August 13, 2009 4:55 PM | 9 Comments

Music serves many purposes in life. It can sooth us, heal us, and sometimes just distract us or put us in a better mood by bringing us to think about situations in life with a different perspective. I have recently been listening to a musician named Bill Callahan and wanted to bring a song called "Eid Ma Clack Shaw" to your attention.

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White Room is the Scariest Song Ever

By David W. Boles on June 15, 2009 7:10 AM | 4 Comments
How is it possible for a song to terrify you?  There is something unnerving, ethereal and uncanny about Cream's masterpiece -- White Room -- that still chills me over 40 years after its creation.

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Grey's Gets it Dramatically Wrong

By David W. Boles on May 19, 2009 9:20 AM | 4 Comments
Do medical television shows owe us a correct diagnosis and treatment of the ill and infirm -- or does anything go as entertainment in the unwinding drama?

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How Doogie Howser Healed Me

By Gordon Davidescu on December 12, 2008 3:15 PM | 10 Comments
As a teenager, I loved watching the television show Doogie Howser, M.D. One of the best parts of the show was at the very end when he would type out thoughts that he had on his computer on an electronic journal titled "The Personal Journal of Doogie Howser, M.D." - I just discovered that the journals have been meticulously recreated online. There are so many profound lessons and simple lessons that can be learned from a television show about a teenage genius that became a doctor.

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