
TV: Flight of the Conchords (Seasons 1–2)
Had I had watched Flight of the Conchords in real time, it might have reminded me of the original…
July 15, 2022Had I had watched Flight of the Conchords in real time, it might have reminded me of the original…
July 15, 2022Apple+’s The Afterparty joins a burgeoning, newish subgenre of mystery-comedies. Like the shows it resembles (The Flight Attendant and…
March 24, 2022There’s a long and storied history of “competence porn” in television story-telling; by comparison, “incompetence porn” is so new…
September 25, 2021Apple+’s Schmigadoon! begins with an appealing, wry mission: to both execute and subvert the tropes of the musical genre.…
August 15, 2021The real world isn’t all that hilarious these days, but at least we still have comedy. Comedy is…
May 2, 2019Any doubts as to Aubrey Plaza’s acting chops should go out the window with Ingrid Goes West (2017), a…
March 18, 2018Oh, Rebecca Bunch, what have you gotten yourself — and everyone else — into this time? Crazy Ex-Girlfriend just…
February 20, 2018Crazy Ex-Girlfriend set the bar pretty high in season one, and while its sophomore year doesn’t always clear that…
February 13, 2017It took some convincing for me to watch the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, but after plying me with hilarious YouTube…
November 7, 2016