Had a random conversation over vacation that led to NPH talk, and reminded me of the time he got @memles.bsky.social to (technically) eat a shoe. Might’ve been the best thing Twitter ever did.

“Bells of Notre Dame” is a triumph, but can I betray Tigger so soon after I rectified my childhood failure to purchase the Giant Tigger from the Disney Store despite having both Pooh and Eeyore by buying this one off eBay?

I committed to reviewing the first episode of #TheBear on its own and they gave me a 20-minute episode, so you better believe I called it an amuse bouche. The beginning of my reviews of the show’s final season is up at Episodic Medium.

Three years ago, an amusement park outside Atlanta spent $18m on an elite rollercoaster named after the park’s founders. Today, they announced they’re closing the park permanently, which would easily make ArieForce One one of the most high-profile retired coasters ever if it isn’t relocated.

I try not to be too plead-y on here, but it would mean a lot to me if you considered subscribing to Episodes. The difference between Episodes being a side gig and a sustainable way for me to make a living doing what I love is smaller than you think, and every subscriber counts!

Clear my schedule, this is all we should be talking about. My take: Your best path of success is an artist without global overexposure. Or, like, convince Celine to do it for a full circle moment.

Do you think this Michael Jackson fan participating in the comment bombing of Netflix TikTok posts due to the recent documentary series is aware of the layers of posting this (cursed) image on Allison Williams content?

The “entry level” XBOX that was supposed to keep their console ecosystem accessible is now $500 USD.

I had to stop and write as I went through the final season of #TheBear (reviews will go up for Episodic Medium subscribers over the coming days) but for those on the fence about watching: my gut says it'll likely be a very breezy binge if you have any love left for the show and its characters.

I know that the show is way outside the cultural zeitgeist, but this week #RickAndMorty did a sequel to an episode from 2013 featuring an extended parody of a movie from 2014, and I just really need to know if this was a script from 2015 that got lost on a hard drive or something.

I'm curious, BlueSky: how cognizant are you of how long a given streaming TV episode is? Do you check before you click play? Do you register it when the episode starts?

I'm currently without screeners for #HouseOfTheDragon, but I decided that is a blessing in disguise, as it ensures my perspective aligns more closely with the median viewer who absolutely forgot 1/3 of these characters existed over the past two years. And that's FINE.

I'm currently without screeners for #HouseOfTheDragon, but I decided that is a blessing in disguise, as it ensures my perspective aligns more closely with the median viewer who absolutely forgot 1/3 of these characters existed over the past two years. And that's FINE.

#ToyStory5: The Jessie focus does 90% of the work on giving this film a soul, but the tightrope is the tech dystopia angle that ended up being more nuanced than I expected (but is still probably a bit too blunt).

I was already really taken by how effectively James Burrows played himself to sell #TheComeback's nuanced take on AI in Hollywood, but the idea it is now a tribute to his own legacy at the same time? I'm rooting for this #Emmys nomination.

So Spider-Man #BrandNewDay previews are starting at noon instead of 3pm—is this a new standard, or is it just Disney playing hardball in light of having no access to IMAX?

Are they going to divide the tribes by species? Too soon?

I’m catching up on #Rooster and I’m glad @noelmu.bsky.social wrote this instead of me because my version would just be “WHAT DO YOU EVEN THINK TENURE IS?!”

Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you. www.avclub.com/friends-with...

I’m torn, because Gen Z filming movie screens is a scourge, but also Gen Z GOING to the movies to experience films they discovered on streaming on the big screen for repertory screenings gives me hope?

Look, if Dreamworks really wants us to be nostalgic about #Shrek, they would have accepted that it simply unnatural for the character animation in a Shrek film to seem alive and interesting.

Just saw a PhD student recruiting for a study using an AI-generated poster, and I sure hope their study design section acknowledges that and admits the limitations it would place on their pool of participants. “A vocal population immediately did not take me seriously based on my choice of slop.”

Let me be as clear as I can be: when #DisclosureDay happens in our universe, I’m gonna turn my phone on ITS GOSH DARN SIDE.

Let me be as clear as I can be: when #DisclosureDay happens in our universe, I’m gonna turn my phone on ITS GOSH DARN SIDE.

#HeatedRivalry can't win #Emmys, but it's competing for multiple TCA Awards, including the prestigious (but confusing) Program of the Year focused on "impact on the medium and culture." Here's my argument for why it's the only show that unequivocally fits the criteria this year.

#HeatedRivalry can't win #Emmys, but it's competing for multiple TCA Awards, including the prestigious (but confusing) Program of the Year focused on "impact on the medium and culture." Here's my argument for why it's the only show that unequivocally fits the criteria this year.

I can’t claim Episodic Medium is ALWAYS this crystal ball like, but my “At least #HeatedRivalry could get a Peabody and a bunch of TCA nominations” newsletter said what it said, eh?

I never miss a “comment section on a TikTok Shop video selling bootleg Calvin and Hobbes merch.”

In case you're wondering how Disney venturing into "Live-action remake of a film only Gen Alpha is nostalgic for" is going: tickets for the live-action #Moana went on sale yesterday. Did a quick scan of the opening weekend Dolby screenings at my local AMC and they've sold...very, very few tickets.

I wonder if ABC has chosen to sit on the fence about making more #TheMuppets because they had advance knowledge of what happened with the Muppets category on #TheFloor.

*Checks the NBA score* Um, well…bright side, at least Knicks in Six already rhymes?

#1 on your fourth Monday is just nutty.

You: How annoying when TikTok opens with an ad every time. Me: Finally an app becomes an Instant Grimace Delivery System just like I’m always asking for.

I saw all this coverage of #TheVampireLestat and NONE of it was about how they had Montreal children trick or treating requesting Mounds, a candy not available in Canada?!

Here’s my only objection to this John Oliver look at the attacks on higher ed in Florida: its sensational narrative gives the impression that the dissolution of core principles of higher ed isn’t a bipartisan effort.

I doubt this is new, but my TikTok FYP has only recently recalibrated into showing me fan edits based not on the IP in question, but based on the newly released pop song trending on the platform that they’re all using. I’m curious how this ends up exposing fans of the artist to new fandoms.

Beyond thrilled to be covering The Vampire Lestat for Episodic Medium and the season begins with a doozy www.episodicmedium.tv/review-the-v...

The second season of #Schmigadoon wasn’t as coherent, and probably wouldn’t make a great stage show, but Jane Krakowski did do THIS.

Hilariously, she’s doing this right as she’s ALSO auditioning to take over Kelly Clarkson’s talk show, and doing both seems like…a lot.

Myles let me read this in advance, knowing my MANY opinions on the show. His piece is both insightful AND perhaps even a bit too kind towards some of the truly galaxy-brained questions and categories the show has come up with in its second season.

Finally made it out to VCW. Not pictured: the gaggle of children SCREAMING for their faves for the first 90 minutes until they ran out of energy.

Bless Myles for creating the content I would be assigning/commissioning if I was still in an editorial role. Is this niche? Maybe. Is it important? YES.

#PopCultureJeopardy concluded its 2nd season on Netflix today, and it remains a thrilling celebration of the knowledge I've dedicated my life to. It's also threatening the logics of #Jeopardy in ways that reveal the unavoidable challenge of harnessing the vastness of that knowledge.

#PopCultureJeopardy concluded its 2nd season on Netflix today, and it remains a thrilling celebration of the knowledge I've dedicated my life to. It's also threatening the logics of #Jeopardy in ways that reveal the unavoidable challenge of harnessing the vastness of that knowledge.

I listened to Taylor Swift's Toy Story 5 song (it's fine) but I mostly went to Spotify to answer my question of who would be producing it among her trio of recent collaborators (it's Antonoff channeling his production approach to "Forever Winter").

What if I went to law school just to create a boutique law firm to represent contestants on #TheFloor when the game’s complete lack of clarity costs them a round? Ngozi on Greek Life has a strong case IMO.

Spending my afternoon cross-referencing DMs across three platforms with the episodes of #PopCultureJeopardy I was complaining about so I could take screenshots of the offending clues? Brand strong.

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Okay, I refuse to believe that #PopCultureJeopardy actually believes “knowing which Mowry twin is older” is a piece of pop culture knowledge a person can be expected to know.

My take on #Backrooms is that it's a movie directed by a 19-year-old and written by a 40-something who was given clear instructions to "expand its appeal" but who also realized that the film would only be interesting if the 19-year-old was still driving the bus. A fun time at the movies!