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Goodbye, Glee
Somewhere in the transition between the first and second hour of Glee‘s two-hour finale I had a C. S. Lewis thought, a thought that was confirmed when the show’s second hour started with Will Schuester’s high school glee club coach … Continue reading
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Barry Allen: Time Lord
This week’s episode of The Flash was a doozy. Over the course of two or three scenes, it moved the story of Barry Allen forward dramatically. Cisco shot. A tsunami poised to smash Central City. Barry and Iris making peace … Continue reading
Rebuilding Community
Community is a tricky thing, both fictitious and real. Just ask the makers of NBC-now-Yahoo’s Community, starting its sixth season today with Yahoo’s Screen service. If it happened to still be on NBC, it would be the final remnant of it’s … Continue reading
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Parks and Remembrance: Final Shots
NBC’s Parks & Recreation came to a heartfelt ending this past Tuesday evening. It had everything a fan of such a show could hope for. The episode took good risks while also working in the (literal) framing sequence format from … Continue reading
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Parks and Remembrance: 5,000 Candles
In honor of tonight’s finale to NBC’s Parks & Recreation, here’s the big finale to the show’s sixth season. It was a perfect ending to the series, bringing together lots of little things from the show’s history: in this case, … Continue reading
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Parks and Remembrance: At Its Commercial Best
This last week’s “Johnny Karate” episode of Parks & Recreation was a nice opportunity to take a different route with the cast and storyline. One of the nice touches were the commercials used as “nods” to the show’s deeper bench … Continue reading
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Parks and Remembrance: Catching Your Dream
Leslie Knopes’ 2012 campaign was one of the storyline highlights for Parks & Recreation. Thankfully, Andy’s band, Mouse Rat, was there to write and perform the campaign anthem. Here’s the video for the song, which includes some nice moments from … Continue reading
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Parks and Remembrance: Relational at the Core
A few weeks ago I mentioned a moment from this season of Parks & Recreation that captured something vital to understanding culture, community, and relationships. NBC made that particular scene available on YouTube. I thought I’d share it in light … Continue reading
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Your Friday Afternoon Moment of Culinary Zen
I’m a sucker for the Muppets and things connected with Jim Henson, so I was intrigued by a recent post to Relevant Magazine concerning Cookie Monster and “food epiphanies.” It was put together with Mashable and reddit. As the title … Continue reading
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Get On Your Feet, Leslie Knope
In honor of the final season of Parks & Recreation (Tuesday nights on NBC), I’ve taken to revisiting some of my favorite earlier episodes. I especially like the episode where Leslie, ever the optimist, relies on her friends to help … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 