Dear Network Suits, Did you ever see Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels? Go with me here. There’s a scene where a bunch of the bad guys are locked in a security cage, and being shot from the rafters. The leader, finally fed up with the situation, bellows out, “Could everyone stop getting shot?!” It’s […]
(12/30 – 1/04) Christmas and New Years are now in the rearview, so we can finally start getting back to something that passes for a regular television viewing schedule. If someone could just make this damn snow stop, I’d be a happy guy. Before we rejoin some of our favorite shows for the beginning of […]
The awkward pause is a trusty tool of the comedy. If done just right, it makes the actors themselves cringe, sending viewers into hysterics. The Office is the master, but only one show has come to dominate the genre of the awkward pause, for better or worse: Family Guy. How many times can Seth MacFarlane […]
I know we’ve got a lot of Leverage fans reading us here at CliqueClack, so you’re going to want to feast your eyes on this little treat. YouTube hosts a behind-the-scenes documentary of Leverage, with insights, interviews, and tid-bits galore. Leverage is arguably one of the most enjoyable 60 minutes you can spend on TV […]
Week of December 28 through January 3 Clever, insolent, creative, irreverent; even a little twisted. I speak of the writers here at CliqueClack, and the unique posts they churn out day after day. How could we let seven days go by without highlighting some of the week’s gems? Since there actually wasn’t any new programming […]
While house-sitting for my brother over the holidays, I had the opportunity to plant my ass in front of his 50-inch high-def television and soak in the HD experience for the first time since the groundbreaking technology hit the market. Let me tell you, once you’ve watched an NHL Hockey game or Ben Hur in […]
This week’s edition of See Jane Clack features my favorite characters of the Fall 2008 TV season. While some new shows tanked out of the starting gate, a few great new characters emerged, as well. My favorites: Sookie Stackhouse. The spunky waitress in HBO’s True Blood has guts to spare! Even though you know she’s […]
