Danny Sullivan

Mad About You – The “Giblets for Murray” Thanksgiving Day episode

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One of our favorite Thanksgiving traditions is watching the classic Mad About You episode, “Giblets for Murray.” It’s the one where Jaime & Paul Buckman host Thanksgiving dinner for their family and friends. We love it. I highly encourage everyone to watch it (it was episode 8 of season 3). Below — and spoiler alert […]

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You Can’t Watch SNL’s Hilarious “Downton Abbey” Sketch Legally Online, So NBCUniversal Pirates Itself

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All I wanted to do was share a funny “Downton Abbey Meets Spike TV” skit that was on Saturday Night Live this week. Unfortunately, there’s no authorized version of the sketch online from NBCUniversal. That made me hesitate, but apparently it wasn’t a problem for iVillage, an NBCUniversal-owned site. Nor was it an issue for Time, […]

Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”

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Rupert, my son had a simple request. “Daddy, can we watch last week’s episode of The Simpsons?” No, son, we can’t. You can blame Rupert Murdoch for that. Rupert, I know you’re all upset about all those SOPA & PIPA protests last week. Why, without them, how will you keep all your shows from being […]

Lego Arrested Development

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My 11 year old loves Arrested Development. He loves Lego. I guess it was inevitable the two would collide. He’s been busy constructing scenes from Arrested Development out of Lego. Here, Gob is about to make the yacht Lucille disappear: Here, Gob is hanging out with one of the many girls of low self-esteem during […]

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Presidential Succession In 24: It’s Good To Be The VP!

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I’m a big 24 fan. Season 6 is well underway in the UK, and we’ve just had (SPOILER!) the president injured in a bomb blast. The vice president’s now in charge, which got me thinking. In the 24 world, being VP is nothing like that “pitcher of warm piss” that Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s vice president […]

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Stealing Dirk Benedict’s Cigar

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In the other room, Celebrity Big Brother is kicking off yet another run on Channel 4 here in the UK. Like most reality TV shows, I try to remain shielded from any exposure. But my wife asked me if I like Dirk Benedict, who she informed me was now entering the house as a contestant. Dirk Benedict? I […]

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Looking Back On My Melrose Place Matrix

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So it’s pretty clear that I love The OC, despite its geography flaws. But c’mon — The OC is simply Melrose Place further south in Southern California. And I loved Melrose Place. I loved it so much that it turned out to be the single most popular thing I ever did when I worked in […]

The OC’s Psycho Orange County Geography

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OK, I’ve accepted the fact that it takes hours for characters in the OC to drive from Newport Beach to Laguna Beach, when they are only 10 minutes apart. I’ve suspended disbelief over the piers in Newport Beach bearing no relation to reality. I’ve learned that one can apparently walk from Pelican Hill where the […]

Missing Battlestar Galactica? Try These Alternatives!

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Marshall Simmonds emailed me that Battlestar Galactica just ended in the US. We’re about mid-way through season three here in the UK. I wasn’t sure we’d actually flow from the Pegasus turning up at the end of season two into more episodes and so thought about doing this post then, for others in the UK who might be BG […]

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I Want Jack Bauer’s Cell Phone

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I’ve got a pretty smart cell phone. In fact, I have two smart phones, a Samsung SCH-i600 Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003 that I use with Verizon in the US and an Orange SPV C500 (AKA the Audiovox SMT 5600) Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003 Second Edition I use with Orange in the UK. I can sync […]