DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Highly Recommended Andy Barker, P.I. ran for six episodes on NBC in 2007. It was a mid-season replacement and part of their blockbuster Thursday night lineup for four weeks, with the final two episodes being dumped on a Saturday night. NBC took a chance putting an odd new show on its Thursday schedule, especially one starring the always-cancelled Andy Richter ( Andy Richter Controls the Universe ,...
Politics Index (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
by Hal_10000In case you didn’t see it, genius CNN correspondent Wolf Blitzer, the epitome of MSM journalist standards, got his ass handed to him on Jeopardy! by a talk show sidekick. Does it mean anything? Not really. But it it kind o...
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Filed under: Celebrities , Game Show , Reality-Free This season, Jeopardy is doing a Million Dollar Celebrity Tournament. One episode a month will have three celebrities battling to see who gets to play for one million dollars for their charity later in the season. A lot of fans don't like the celebrity editions. It breaks up the flow of the regular champion coming back, the questions are easier than...
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
When Andy Richter left Late Night With Conan O'Brien to establish his own career in acting, nobody knew that he'd come full circle and rejoin O'Brien years later. At the same time, nobody knew that creator Victor Fresco would do much the same thing. Andy Richter Controls the Universe was one of those quirky shows that most people, who enjoy a dash of nonsense in their comedy, really dug. It was a...
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
I love Andy Richter, but he seems awfully stiff every time I watch him on The Tonight Show . I prefer to remember the guy from his early days on Late Night , his short-lived show Andy Richter Controls the Universe , and his other short-lived show, the hilarious Andy Barker, P.I . Like Danny reported back in May , Andy Barker, P.I . is finally coming to DVD. Shout! Factory will release the entire series...
Gilmore Girls News (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Television Without Pity has put together a list of the “10 Overweight TV Characters We Love,” including in their list our beloved Sookie on Gilmore Girls. Hugu "Hurley" Reyes (Lost) Sookie St. James (Gilmore Girls) Andy Richter (Andy Richter Controls the Universe) Roseanne Conner (Roseanne) Dan Conner (Roseanne) Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker (Saturday Night Live) Randy Hickey...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Though it hasn't been widely publicized, the offbeat ABC sitcom Better Off Ted --recently picked up by the network for a second season--returns tonight for a short summer run that will burn off the remaining six episodes of Season One. Created by former Andy Richter Controls The Universe writer Victor Fresco, Better Off Ted is a lightly satirical office comedy that falls somewhere between Newsradio...
BlackNerdComedy.com (Free subscription) | 05/20/2009
So I did the unthinkable… actually watched some American Idol (cough, Adam)… so I could catch the preview episode of Glee, a new and very smart FOX show that will hopefully succeed and not fall into the Andy Richter Controls the Universe abyss of gone-too-soon-shows. Glee is fresh. It’s funny. It’s quirky. The cast does [...]
andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 03/26/2009
ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE: THE COMPLETE SERIES is now on DVD! ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE was touted as “the funniest new sitcom of the spring” (2002) by TIME magazine and declared by US Magazine to have “scaled new heights.” Set in Chicago, the half hour comedy chronicles the day to day happenings of Andy [...]
Slog (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
Yesterday, I wrote about new releases on DVD for the week. In my post, I wrote: TV shows on DVD include Andy Richter Controls the Universe ( I'm really excited for this one)... Last night, I tried to watch Andy Richter Controls the Universe . Now, I'm usually pretty fond of Richter's sense of humor. He's gentler than most comedians of his generation, but he's got a good grasp of the surreal. But I...
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows , TV on DVD , Video , Web , Reality-Free As we mentioned in the New TV on DVD column this week, Andy Richter Controls the Universe: The Complete Series has been released, so all of you folks who really miss this short-lived show can watch the episodes over and over and over and get mad at FOX all over again for cancelling it so quickly. But there's another thing that...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
The cult sitcom Andy Richter Controls The Universe posited its protagonist as both a loveably doughy everyman and a Walter Mitty-esque dreamer whose overactive imagination plays out in a machine-gun barrage of goofy fantasy detours. It’s like Run Lola Run re-imagined as a workplace comedy. The show takes place on two planes: a fantasy realm of infinite possibilities (the show’s original...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
It’s all about the cult TV this week, with box sets arriving for the complete Andy Richter Controls The Universe , the third season of The Venture Brothers , the first season of In Treatment , the second (and final) season of The Riches , and the first season of Room 222 . It’s television for people who like their shows a little strange and a little off-model. There’s some fantastic...
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
The Riches season 2 has plenty to offer: lies, sex, drugs, murder, and more lies. Also on DVD: Andy Richter Controls The Universe season 1, In Treatment season 1, Room 222 season 1.
Draven99's Musings (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
Welcome back! Well, to some of you, anyway. To the rest of you, glad you decided to stop by and I hope that this humble column helps you navigate the stacks of new releases each week. My goal is to point you toward titles of interest and warn you away from those films that seek to do nothing but leech away your time and give you nothing in return. Full disclosure: I have not seen many of these titles...
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