TV Eye

Not only does reality television keep on trucking, it's getting better and better.

"...in The Osbournes, "the first reality rock & roll sitcom from the first family of rock." Metal-head and former..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

The "AA-S' Chastity Patrol

"...economic prospects, but it's because they don't behave like sitcom families from the Fifties, especially when it comes to..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

New on DVD

"...(20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) In the pantheon of sitcom immortals, Henry Blake's bust is chiseled out of creamy..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Music to Chortle By

Whenever Steve Saugey and Lyova Rosanoff are at the keyboards, musical shenanigans are the natural order, especially when these two pianist-parodists are spoofing classical music through one of their Forbidden Classics programs.

"...Masters with compositions that mingle their solemn themes with sitcom tunes and commercial jingles or use them to score..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tube Temptations

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture

"...in 2002.What's New? Hank Azaria stars in his own sitcom, Imagine That. Best known for his work on The..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Moontower's Glow

Art Davis' new play The Moontower's Glow is a spiritual cousin to both The Rocky Horror Show and You Can't Take It With You, focusing on a houseful of eccentrics who have rejected the normalcy of society to live their dreams, no matter how ludicrous they may appear to the rest of the world.

"...as if they're part of some surreal Twilight Zone sitcom with a Russian modernist composer in the Ward Cleaver..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...that KEYE's newscasts "have finished an embarrassing fifth, behind sitcom reruns on KNVA." Newly appointed Station Manager J.C. Lowe..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

TV Eye

Holiday television fare

"...irreverent. And who knows what the wickedly funny freshman sitcom The Bernie Mac Show has in store for viewers?..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Pregnant on prime time: Single parenthood gets more blasé (and more bizarre) on TV.

"...no doubt put into perspective the worth of arguing sitcom morality. People are more concerned about opening their mail..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Snapshots From the Fest

Interviews and winners from the Austin Film Festival

"...Teleplay Competition/Sitcom: "Eric Cartman and Cheesy Poof Factory" for South Park,..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Smarty Pants

The phlogiston what sets your brain a'burnin'.

"...jail for publicly attacking an episode of the British sitcom Mr. Bean...."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

How to Succeed in Screenwriting

Austinite Vance Kotrla's screenplay advances in the Heart of Film Competition.

"...to several subdivisions, including Comedy Screenplay, Dramatic Teleplay, and Sitcom Teleplay.) Kotrla describes Man Unkind as "about this guy..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Serial Mom

Serial Mom allows John Waters to explore his darkest interests, but his version of a suburban mother gone haywire is striking on a few levels.

"...grin, she looks like someone out of a Fifties sitcom. And even when her mean streak materializes, it's difficult..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

TV Eye

The film version of Marion Zimmer Bradley's novel The Mists of Avalon debuts on TNT, and the Top 10 Reasons to be Mrs. Colby Donaldson.

"...Stapleton was credited with playing Edith Bunker in the sitcom All in the Family. That was incorrect. It was..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Latin Beat

"...flirt their perky way around San Francisco proved serious sitcom satiation for gente that doesn't have cable. Kinda chistoso...."

May 11, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

A Cuppa Hot Joe

On a comedy club stage, News Radio star Joe Rogan exudes a mad joy for life in all its insanity, depravity, and delicious dirt; if Henry Miller had done stand-up, it would have come out like Joe Rogan's act.

"...into stand-up in hopes of one day landing a sitcom deal, Rogan used his fame acquired on the hit..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

SXSW Film Reviews

The gags come fast and furious, and the fair amount of gross-out humor makes Super Troopers play like a cop version of Caddyshack.

"...of Caddyshack. It has all the depth of a sitcom, but the runaway pacing buoys the film over the..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW Film Reviews

One can safely assume that Herman Melville never imagined the title character of his dark tale "Bartleby the Scrivener" in an episode of The Drew Carey Show.

"...Melville's enigmatic clerk wanders into an office that's standard-issue sitcom, replete with mustard yellow walls, avocado green filing cabinets,..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

28 Days

"...ludicrous conclusion that's straight out of any "Must-See TV" sitcom...."

Nov. 17, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Bianka's Wake

The premiere production of Bianka's Wake, Blake Yelavich's farce about a badly behaved Madonna-like celeb has some solid physical comedy and pleasing physicality, but the lack of internal logic and shallow humor make it a weak evening of theatre.

"...Bianka's character when her whole schtick is bad girldom? Sitcom clichés are repeated ad nauseam: God forbid anyone should..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Coach's Corner

Ratings, schmatings! Why the big obsession about how many people are watching which sporting events on TV?

"...statistical mumbo-jumbo (of interest to a few media execs, sitcom actors, and razor blade salesmen) has found its way..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

TV Eye

For working-class people who didn't get a college education handed to them, CBS' That's Life rings true. Also, reports on the loss of UPN in Austin, the upcoming Larry David series, and Buffy & Angel season premieres.

"...fans of Moesha, The Parkers, The Hughleys, the new sitcom Girlfriends, not to mention WWF Smackdown will have to..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

If you're looking for reviews of The Nutty Professor, John Pierson's Split Screen isn't your show. If you like insightful, sometimes peculiar excursions into the independent film world, Split Screen will please you more than a stolen afternoon at a weekday matinee. Also, Olympic fever spreads -- but not without a few complaints.

"...down to a nicely crafted drama. Even a well-tuned sitcom would do me wonders. I'm craving some fiction, I..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Friday

"...father), Friday is filled with memorable faces and above-average sitcom buffoonery. Toward the film's conclusion, there is a violent..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Out and About

13th Annual Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...gay festivals. Not anymore. Gay culture boasts its own sitcom (Will & Grace), cult figures (Xena), pop singers (Melissa..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Out and About

13th Annual Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...Sitcom 9:45pm, A SUN 8/27 Paragraph 175 noon, DC..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Feature

Dog Park

"...on target) gets buried underneath a steady shift of sitcom humor (McCulloch, once a member of Kids in the..."

July 14, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Pushing Tin

"...Les Charles, Pushing Tin degenerates into an almost classic sitcom romance flushed out with slight you-can't-do-that-on-TV variations. Falzone finds..."

July 14, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Aprons: Icons of the American Home

"...To think of aprons is to recall TV sitcom moms in all their crystalline 1950s glory. True, aprons..."

June 9, 2000 Books Review by Marie Black

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...sends news that he will be screening Hicks' failed sitcom pilot, Bulba, during his phone-in/clips program The Show With..."

June 9, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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