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The Axis of Ego Podcast: Mick Foley, Survivor Series, and UCBW
Tom recapped the trip to New York City for Survivor Series here, but Mike stopped by for a more thorough discussion of the events of that weekend. They go about an hour on the podcast this time around, covering … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, Comedy, Mick Foley, Podcasts, Pro Wrestling, Professional Wrestling, Reviews, Sports, Survivor Series, Television, Travel, UCBW, Upright Citizen's Brigade, Vacation, WWE
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Star Wars Revisited: The Extras
The final three discs of the Star Wars blu-ray set consist entirely of extras. Disc seven includes extras from Episodes I-III, disc eight covers the original trilogy, and disc nine has “documentaries and spoofs” spanning the entire series. Rather than … Continue reading
The Axis of Ego Podcast: Breaking Bad Finale
With the finale of the fourth season of the amazing Breaking Bad now history, Chicago improviser and comedy actor Joey Bland stops by again to talk about the episode, Jason Whitlock‘s complaints about the B. B. finale, where the final season … Continue reading
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Tagged Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Giancarlo Esposito, Gus Fring, Jason Whitlock, Jesse Pinkman, Netflix, Podcasts, Qwickster, Reviews, Television, Walter White
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Star Wars Revisited: The Original Trilogy
Discs four, five, and six of the Star Wars Complete Saga blu-ray set correspond to the so-numbered episodes. As with the prequels, the picture and audio quality are very good. The movies look noticeably better even than the high-quality DVD … Continue reading
Star Wars Revisited: The Prequels
The recent release of the complete Star Wars film franchise on blu-ray serves as a good reason to revisit the films. Appropriately, this will actually be a trilogy of reviews, as there’s so much material with this set that trying … Continue reading
SitCombat: 5/12/11
Akin to age-old queries concerning the sound of one hand clapping or a tree falling in a wood devoid of an audience, we now find ourselves faced with an edition of SitCombat without any actual combat. Well, let me re-phrase: … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Reviews, Television
Tagged Commentary, Dwight Schrute, Rainn Wilson, Reviews, SitCombat, Sitcoms, Television, The Office, TV
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SitCombat: 5/5/11
It’s the dawn of an exciting and frightening new era on The Office, as we’re treated to our first post-Michael Scott episode (although, as I said last week, the real test won’t come until the beginning of the 2011-12 season). … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Rock, Commentary, Deangelo Vickers, Reviews, SitCombat, Sitcoms, Television, The Office, TV, Will Ferrell
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SitCombat: 4/28/11 (Or: On the Narrative Integrity of The Office)
Archer wrapped up last week after nearly winning four straight to end its season. We’re therefore down to two: 30 Rock, and the (crying) elephant in the (melancholy) room—The Office. I have a feeling picking a victor in tonight’s SitCombat … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Commentary, Narrative Integrity, Reviews, SitCombat, Sitcoms, Steve Carell, Television, The Office, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, TV
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The Axis of Ego 
The Return of SitCombat
I figured the season premiere of 30 Rock was as good a time as any to renew the weekly comedy showdown known as “SitCombat.” Archer comes back next week, so the opening contest of the year will be a one-on-one … Continue reading →