Tag Archives: The Sarah Silverman Program

“Trouble With A Capital ‘S’!”

[Contains numerous dropped napkins and SPOILERS!!!] For no apparent reason, the second season of The Sarah Silverman Program (2007) was released in Australia as a region-free boxset… which is also waaay cheaper (and slimmer) than the American R1-only release. Hurrah! … Continue reading

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“Hugs Are For Winners”

Sadly my old DVD player has finally packed up after ten years of loyal service, and since the-powers-that-be have cunningly decided to encourage internet piracy by making it impossible to buy region-free players off the shelf, I’ve had to start … Continue reading

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The “Ew” In “Super”

Considering how much I admire Michael Cera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, it seems a little odd that it’s taken me so long to get around to watching Superbad (2007)… until you factor in how irritating I find Jonah Hill, and how … Continue reading

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Too cute to fail?

Apparently not. Comedy Central has officially cancelled The Sarah Silverman Program, after three seasons. Hopefully they’ll get around to releasing them all on DVD, so I can actually see the bloody things… eventually… on import. Otherwise I’ll just have to … Continue reading

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Women in Hollywood

While doing my weekly Big S picture-trawl, I came across this interesting article in Jezebel, about the absence of female writers on the staff of big TV shows and movies. Now, as noted further down the article, when they claim that … Continue reading

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Hollie Andrew as “Tara”

“Are you fist worthy?” Not the sort of question one should ask of strangers (unless one happens to be in that particular sort of nightclub at the time), but it is a tag-line for the Series 2 DVD of Double … Continue reading

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Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!

I can vaguely remember watching a Brady Bunch Christmas special as a child, but my first real exposure to them came in the form of a Lunachicks song called “Jan Brady”, from the album Babysitters On Acid (1990), which chronicles … Continue reading

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