Welcome Back HIMYM
 

This week’s How I Met Your Mother was the best since its season premiere. Maybe that’s because it got back to the important story of Barney and Robin that the premiere so aptly navigated. Or maybe it was the delightful callbacks to previous episodes that always make loyal fans happy (college Ted, post-Natalie Ted, post-Stella […]

That’s How Funny+Meaningful is Done

After the aggravation that was Glee this week (the inconsiderate, bratty son parade and the over the top insecurity showcase mixed with super cheese and lack of funny- see Wednesday’s @mytvblog tweets to read more), I can’t tell you how happy it made me to watch the latest episode of Cougar Town. Consistently funny (um […]

BRING BACK PUCK
 

Glee‘s unparalleled best character hasn’t had a storyline in months, appeared in 2 shots of this entire episode and had only 1 line this week. He’s the most engaging, the most charming, the smartest, the most complex and hands down the hottest. Give Him Something To Do! PS: If I was supposed to come away […]

Remembering the Rules
 

This week’s episode of the always charming, usually amusing, often ignored CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement was laugh out loud funny. First of all, Rules has added former My TV Actor Obsession Adhir Kalyan to their already excellent cast of series regulars, an extremely welcome character addition, even if it does screw up the show’s […]

 

The summer will soon be upon us and that means many things. It’s baseball season, Dream in High Park starts (relatively) soon, al fresco dining is back within the realm of possibility. But most important of all, it means the start of a new season at The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, my personal favourite destination for […]

Liz Lemon Dreams Big
 

In one of the more genuine moments of the often broad comedy machine that is 30 Rock, Liz Lemon monologued last week to a poor unsuspecting dodgeball player about what she wants in a relationship. I don’t think I’ve ever loved Liz Lemon more: “I’ll tell you what I do want. I want someone who […]

Season Wrap Up: Accidentally On Purpose

The story of Accidentally on Purpose‘s first season seems to me to be that of a self-fulfilling prophecy. The critics didn’t like it right out of the gate. It was too conventional, too simple and not Modern Family in a season when comedies were neglected for the crime of being anything other than Modern Family. […]

 

Yes, that’s right kids, it’s April 23. Which means that it’s Shakespeare’s birthday! It’s also Shakespeare’s deathday (spooky, I know) but that’s depressing, so we’re going to focus on the fact that it’s his birthday. In honour of this most prestigious of days, I offer you a list of my 15 favourites from the illustrious […]