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Game Shows

The Million-Dollar Question(s)

By RabbitEars Man, I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since the original, primetime version of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, hosted by Regis Philbin, aired. (And 10 years later it still bothers me that they don’t end the title with a question mark.) Although a version of the show has continued in syndication with host Meredith Vieira, it doesn’t have quite the same panache without Regis. But that is changing this summer. To celebrate the show’s anniversary, ABC is creating new Regis-hosted shows for primetime in a special two-week event this August. So phone your friends and let […]

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Comedy

“Scrubs” Recap: My Cuz

By Stacey Harrison Well, looky here. There’s Elizabeth Banks. Nice to see that despite having roles in every other movie that came out last year, she found time to come back as Kim, J.D.’s baby mama. They get along just fine, and J.D. has even learned how to turn their brief encounters to his advantage. He makes sure Kim has a reason to touch him, e.g. a bit of lint in his hair, or maybe a ruffled collar that needs straightening, because Elliot gets insanely jealous and demands sex almost instantly. Sometimes she even takes her underwear off while still […]

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Comedy

“Scrubs” Recap: My Soul On Fire, Part II

Another sure sign that a show is ending: cameos from longtime crew members. I have no documented proof, other than the very visible presence of show creator Bill Lawrence as the batty Justice of the Peace — but last night’s episode featured several stiffs in walk-on roles, leading one to suspect they were filled by the good folks who have been instrumental in giving Scrubs its eight-year run. I guess the chance to put their lack of acting chops on film forever and have millions see it is considered a reward. As for the episode itself, it was pretty trifling, […]

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Drama

Getting “Lost”: Some Like It Hoth Review

By johnnysweeptheleg and Mike Frey Last night’s episode worked like a game of chess, as the island lost some pawns and more pieces were moved into place for a future battle. We seem to be getting closer and closer to that war we’ve heard so much about. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait two weeks until we get a new episode and, hopefully, the answers to more questions. Next week’s episode is one of those “clips” shows. Enough about the future, let’s flashback to yesterday … johnnysweeptheleg’s Lost in a Moment: After three years, Miles finally makes his way into the “Circle of […]

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Comedy

“Scrubs” Recap: My Soul On Fire, Part I

By Stacey Harrison Yes, the epic story of Janitor and Lady’s tropical nuptials cannot be told in one mere episode. So the show’s first road trip — better late than never, I guess — gets extended by a week while we wait with bated breath to see whether Janitor and Lady actually go through with the ceremony, if J.D. can patch up things for the 1,039,467th time (give or take) with Elliot, how Cox and Jordan handle spending so much time together, and if Carla can ditch the mom bathing suit and instead tap into her inner hot mama. But […]

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Comedy

“Scrubs” Recap: My Full Moon

By Stacey Harrison No J.D., no problem. In what I’m pretty sure is a first for the show, Zach Braff does not appear in a single shot, nor is his voice even used (a la an episode earlier this season), and there is no narration by any character. Yet the episode still has the “my” in the title for some reason. He’s not the only one missing. Cox, Carla, Janitor, Jordan, Ted and Kelso are all no-shows. Still, it’s a decent episode — one of the better ones this year — delving into some of the nitty gritty of being […]

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Drama

Getting “Lost”: Whatever Happened, Happened Review

Posted by johnnysweeptheleg and Mike Well how about that? Finally, more answers than questions! Of course, that doesn’t mean we weren’t given our fair share of headscratchers throughout. But at least we now know how Young Ben crossed over to become the diabolical man we’ve come to love to hate. And the Hurley/Miles debate rivaled that of Kennedy/Nixon back in 1960. johnnysweeptheleg’s Lost in a Moment: So with the arrival of Kate on the island, Roger sure seems to have gotten over the death of his wife, huh? In typical island fare, just as Roger begins running game on Kate, […]

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Drama

Getting “Lost”: Whatever Happened, Happened Preview

The “Lost” writers love to go out with a bang at the end of each episode.  Last week, literally. In “Whatever Happened, Happened,” it will be a Dharma shame if we don’t learn the outcome of the shot heard ’round the world.  Is Young Ben really dead?  If so, this blows Faraday’s theory of, well, whatever originally happened will happen, out of the water. From the previews, it looks like everyone’s a suspect after Sayid’s jail break.  And that means house arrest for the Lostees.  Tensions mount within the camp as Sawyer attempts to keep the charade from being revealed, […]

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Comedy

“Scrubs” Recap: Their Story II

By Stacey Harrison The interns are back this week, but the show still seems to be suffering a severe case of the not-badsies. Nothing too memorable, and if this is indeed the final season, why are we spending so much time meeting the new guys? I get the whole idea of wanting to instill that Sacred Heart will go on long after the show is over, but seriously, is there no end to how many interns they can bring in? If we insist on hearing the thoughts of minor characters, I’d really like to know what’s going on in Snoop […]

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Comedy

“Scrubs”: My Nah Nah Nah Recap

By Stacey Harrison Gee, that’s not a good sign, is it? The weakest episode of the season, and it’s the only one so far that has had no trace of the interns. Nope, strictly principal cast members this week, wandering through an unfocused plot about experimental treatment and relationship anxiety. We start off with Turk watching SportsCenter in the break room, listening to the true news account of NFL player Kevin Everett, who avoided almost certain paralysis through a relatively untested and controversial technique called cold therapy. Seems random at the time, but of course it comes into play later. […]