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Friday Geek Out: Top 10 of 2009

I enjoyed this so much last year, I decided to do a consolidated top 10 list again this year for the things the world that struck me as being the best of the year. 1) Will! He had the top spot last year and he does this year too (and wouldn’t it be wrong if he...

Friday Geek Out: Remember WENN

Remember WENN is an awesome comedy/drama that ran on AMC (back when it was known as American Movie Classics) for four seasons between 1996 and 1998. The series was set in the 40s, around the start of World War II. Based in New York, the staff of WENN worked hard to...

Friday Geek Out: 70s Sci-Fi Playsets

Things have been retro on the Friday Geek Outs the past couple weeks. Saturday cartoons led to Saturday morning educational interstitials and now Sci-Fi Playsets of the 70s, which were super cool. This seems especially appropriate since it is Black Friday and people...

Friday Geek Out: Remote Control

On Tuesday I read that Ken Ober passed away. Ober was host of one of my favorite 80s game shows, MTV’s Remote Control. It debuted in 1987 and I instantly loved it since it revolved around TV trivia, which I have way too much in my head. Some of the great...

Friday Geek Out: Saturday Morning Between the Shows

Last week got me thinking about the Saturday morning of my youth. Besides the cool fall preview shows, there were fun and educational spots between the cartoons. Here are some examples of things you just don’t see anymore. ABC taught lessons using an odd looking...

Friday Geek Out: The Saturday Morning Preview Show

Remember when Saturday morning used to mean something, not only to the kids but to the networks too? Of course this is back way before cable came along with hundreds of channels… and before most kid shows had some sort of marketing tie in. This was also back...