'Brain Filler' Articles
6 total- Saturday, May 31 2008
- Friday, May 9 2008
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Article:A Brief History Of Cars Crashing Through Walls On Sitcoms
One of the defining characteristics of the traditional sitcom is the presence of three walls, which means driving a car through one of those walls is one of the most exciting things that can possibly happen. Here, collected for the first time...
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- Monday, Apr 14 2008
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Article:10 Films Not Good Enough For DVD
When "Waterworld" and "Showgirls" can claim DVDs of their own, it takes an especially bad movie to remain stuck on VHS in 2008. The following 10 films are not on DVD... and should probably remain that way.Howard the Duck (1986)Casual Star Wars...
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- Saturday, Apr 5 2008
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Article:Seven Jokes That Came True
Some jokes are funny because they're true. Here are seven jokes that were funny because they weren't true, yet. Joke: The Chris Rock Show (1997) Reality: OJ Simpson's "If I Did It, Here's How It Happened" (2006) In...
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- Saturday, Mar 29 2008
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Article:Seven Cinematic Sub-Sub-Genres
"Mr. Mom" ComediesIt's easy to see why producers are attracted to stories of souls swapping bodies. It's like two fish-out-of-water comedies for the price of one. The old guy's trying to skateboard! The woman is burping and scratching herself! The...
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- Wednesday, Dec 31 1969
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Article:9 (Very) Short-Lived Celebrity Talk Shows
The Magic Hour with Magic JohnsonHow long did it last?: Eight weeks.Just because someone is good at something, doesn't mean they are good at everything. You wouldn't ask David Letterman to play point guard. Yet someone at Fox decided Magic Johnson...
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