Bagatelle: tv links
le 1, mai 2008
- CSS Homer, animated
- Homer created with just CSS and text. WOW.
le 30, septembre 2007
- Fowl Play
- Wired magazine looks at Robot Chicken and the studio responsible for animating the series, ShadowMachine
le 12, mai 2007
- Kosbees, episode 1
- Well, it’s no House of Cosbys, but it’ll have to do. Theo!
le 30, avril 2007
- The overlooked genius of Twin Peaks’ second season
- Twin Peaks is still in my top three TV series of all time.
le 19, avril 2007
- The mesmerizing UPS whiteboard ads
- Slate looks at these charming TV ads, directed by Errol Morris.
le 28, février 2007
- The Office’s Rainn Wilson on SNL
- Holy shit, I actually laughed at an SNL skit that wasn’t created by Chris Parnell or Andy Samberg (I think?)
le 9, février 2007
- A Bourdain Throwdown
- Anthony Bourdain waxes poetically about his past employer The Food Network. Er, well, not really.
le 4, février 2007
- Waiters Who are Nauseated by food
- Featuring a young looking Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell
le 22, janvier 2007
- EyeTV EPG Proxy
- A bunch of PHP scripts that redirect EyeTV guide requests to Zap2It so that Canadians get updated guide info.
le 30, décembre 2006
- Massive collection of online videos
- Sayonara, productivity!
le 26, décembre 2006
- Slate compiles the best of the best-of lists
- The worst commercials on television
- “Restless Leg Syndrome”?!
le 23, décembre 2006
- StumbleVideo
- A massive time sink hole and so addictive.
le 22, novembre 2006
- Stephen Colbert on John Zorn
- “I wonder how your little genius came up with that toe tapper?” Oh, snap!
le 10, novembre 2006
- Remotely Connected
- I love this - PBS has brought on some webloggers to blog about shows. Merlin Mann’s take on Animals Behaving Worse is great.
le 15, octobre 2006
- Cooking with Feminists
- Stephen Colbert, Jane Fonda, and Gloria Steinem in an “ice cream three-way”. Oh my god.
le 3, octobre 2006
- TV Dinners
- The New Yorker on the phenomenon that is the Food Network
le 22, août 2006
- Silent Library
- Very, very bizarre (and hilarious) Japanese show where players try to endure horrible fates while staying quiet.
le 13, août 2006
- Article on Justin Long, the “Mac” in Apple’s TV ads
- I’d love to hear what John Hodgman’s (the “PC”) experience has been like
le 13, juillet 2006
- Behind Family Guy
- I love this stuff, though the reality that both Cleveland and his (ex)-wife’s voices are done by white people is a surprise.
le 27, juin 2006
- Stevie Wonder performs on Sesame Street
- Not only is this super cool, but the song kicks *ass*. Check out Superstition from the same show. (via)
le 18, juin 2006
- Incredibly odd Folger’s commercial
- Disturbing, but at least it’s memorable (via)
le 17, juin 2006
- Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher
- Now this is rather neat - a web-only talk show, hosted by Amazon. It’ll be interesting to see where Amazon takes this.
le 14, juin 2006
- How to watch the World Cup on your PC for free
- I’m not a massive soccer fan, but I still enjoy the mania that descends on Toronto during the World Cup
le 11, juin 2006
- Math jokes in the Simpsons
- AKA stuff I wouldn’t have known if it wasn’t pointed out to me (via)
le 9, juin 2006
- FRONTLINE: the tank man
- Remembering Tiananmen 17 years later
- Dear news lady: blind does not equal gay
- Now that’s classic.
le 7, juin 2006
- Interview with Anthony Bourdain
- I still haven’t seen No Reservations yet - gotta add it to the TiVO
le 23, mai 2006
- Mr. Rogers goes to the Senate
- He lobbied for Nixon’s government not to cut funding to public television and soothed an testy senator in the process.
le 22, mai 2006
- The Most Offensive Show On Television
- I haven’t seen this show and damn, that’s a good thing.
le 14, mai 2006
- Cabbie mistaken for financial expert gets dragged into BBC news interview by accident
- Oh, man - his panicked expression at the beginning is just priceless
le 11, mai 2006
- David Bowie (and Klaus Nomi?!) on SNL from 1979
- What the hell? So very, very weird.
le 25, avril 2006
- A Guide to Twin Peaks
- I personally think we owe some thanks for the current slate of awesome TV to this trailblazer. One of my all-time favourite shows
le 20, avril 2006
- Huge collection of Sesame Street video clips
- Oh dear lord, I’ve died and gone to heaven.
le 22, mars 2006
- Jeopardy online contestant test
- From March 28-30 you can take a 50-question test to potentially qualify as a Jeopardy contestant
le 20, mars 2006
- Dan Castellaneta and Harry Shearer on Conan
- I love this kind of thing when cartoon voices appear out of context
le 6, mars 2006
- How To Watch the Oscars - In praise of Three 6 Mafia
- Generally speaking, I agree with most of these comments. Crash, though? Gah?
le 5, mars 2006
- Natalie Portman brings down some hardcore rap on yo ass
- Another SNL / Lonely Island Dudes joint that rocks quite hard
le 4, mars 2006
- Real Life Simpsons Intro
- So awesome
le 23, février 2006
- Ill. Governor Confused by ‘Daily Show’ Bit
- I always wondered if they prep interviewees ahead of time. Looks like they don’t (which is even funnier)
le 15, février 2006
- John Kriscfalusi’s weblog
- The Ren & Stimpy creator posts illustrations and “all kinds of stuff”
le 5, février 2006
- David Cross as Russ Lieber on The Colbert Report
le 2, janvier 2006
- Josh Wheldon on the future of TV
- “Approximately 67 percent of all television will be CSI-based”
le 22, décembre 2005
- David Letterman Top Ten Archive
- Just in case you ever needed to look up an old one
le 3, décembre 2005
- Why I hate local news
- Sing it to the rafters, brother
le 23, novembre 2005
- The Sesame Street Encyclopedia
- YipYipYipYip uh-huh uh-huh
le 12, octobre 2005
- Watch NOVA Programs Online
- I need to find some time to watch these
le 5, octobre 2005
- Red Hot Riding Hood
- Ah, the politically incorrect 1940’s - You gotta love it. (via)
le 21, septembre 2005
- Collection of Mythbusters findings
- I’ve only seen the show a few times, but some of these look really entertaining
le 4, septembre 2005
- What I hate about cable TV journalism
- ahem, brother.
le 2, septembre 2005
- Great article on the infamous Press Your Luck scandal
- apparently there’s a documentary out there somewhere… anyone?
le 17, août 2005
- The now classic “Ipecac” scene from The Family Guy
- a classic example of taking something past the point of revulsion into abject hilarity
le 20, juillet 2005
- James Doohan (“Scotty”) dies
le 19, juillet 2005
- New Yorker on Stephen Colbert
le 13, juillet 2005
- Why food snobs should quit picking on FoodTV’s Rachael Ray
- personally I can’t stand all of the “talking with the hands” stuff
le 2, juillet 2005
- Freaking sweet collection of all of the Family Guy songs
- yes!
le 30, juin 2005
- J.G. Ballard looks at C.S.I.
le 24, juin 2005
- Great collection of old Canadian TV theme songs
- let’s hear it for the Friendly (and drunk) Giant!
le 22, juin 2005
- Trailer for Ricky Gervais’ new show (?) Extras
- Damn, I wish we got the BBC
le 14, juin 2005
- All of the Futurama Taglines
- you gotta love the internets
le 9, juin 2005
- A Simpsons movie is currently in production
- please don’t suck please don’t suck
le 22, avril 2005
- All the music from The Simpsons you can shake a stick at
le 7, avril 2005
- Sesame Street: 25 Of My Favorite Memories
- mine is the mind-blowing “beatnik” skit: “THE FAT CAT SAT ON THE MAT!”
le 6, avril 2005
- Social Software for Television
- but then everyone would know I watch The Amazing Race!
le 8, mars 2005
- Before The Office Ricky Gervais was in Seona Dancing
- a very, very 80’s pop group. Too funny and bizarre.
le 10, novembre 2004
- frontline: the persuaders
- Frontline strikes again (via)
le 14, août 2004
- The 2004 Olympics - why the CBC kicks ass
- while Canada, er, sucks
