24: Out of Time?
by: GeoffBurch
In the famous and frantic words of Jack Bauer, 24 could be “running out of time!” Fox is expected to soon announce the cancellation of 24, stopping the clock of the hit television drama after its current eighth season. Also in the legendary words of Jack, my reaction is: “Damn it!”
Debuting less than two months [...]
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Parcbench’s Oscar Picks
On March 6, 2010 at 7:10 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: No one on the Parcbench staff had the cojones to go out on a limb with their Oscar picks. No one except Greg…
Thanks to an email message sent by a producer of “The Hurt Locker” (asking voters to vote for his low-budget indie film over a certain $500 million budget 3-D contender), there [...]
Romney vs. Palin – no clear winner, but stark differences on display
On March 4, 2010 at 9:22 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: We asked two of our writers to cover the ‘Conservative Late Night Wars’ – not between Jay and Dave, but between Sarah and Mitt. Armed with double espressos, here’s what happened.
By Javier E. David and Don E. Smith Jr.
DON SMITH: Greetings, we are trying a “roundtable discussion via e-mail” with Tuesday night’s Mitt [...]
Caprica: Episode 5 “There is Another Sky”
On March 2, 2010 at 9:07 am
What’s the point(s)? America is an MMORPG.
After I wrote my first article, our illustrious Editor-in-Chief suggested I continue updating on Caprica and the progression of its social commentary. I admit I was a bit under-confident that the show would continue its socio-theological commentary in earnest; that it would placate wider appeal at the expense of [...]
Woods, Toyoda Earn Olympic Medals
On February 26, 2010 at 8:16 am
Satire from The Endive…
Tiger Woods took home the silver medal for the United States, and Toyota’s Akio Toyoda earned the gold for Japan in the Men’s Downhill Apologizing event in Vancouver. Earning the bronze was Canada’s Wippy Stevens.
The Men’s Downhill Apology event is a recent addition to the Winter Olympics, testing an athlete’s ability to [...]
r.i.p. Boner 1968-2010
On at 8:08 am
A tragic end has come to Andrew Koenig, aka, Growing Pains’ “Boner.”
What was originally reported as a disappearance, has turned in to what every one was dreading. His body was found around noon today in Stanley Park, in Vancouver. As I was writing my original article, I didn’t want it to be what I feared. [...]
Andrew Koenig Goes Missing
On February 25, 2010 at 8:56 am
Andrew Koenig, best known for his role as “Boner” on the 80s sitcom Growing Pains, has disappeared.
This is particularly traumatic for me. As a middle schooler, watching Growing Pains, I remember having a crush on Boner.
Just to provide a little comic relief, in this very tragic situation, you can probably imagine the research process for [...]
Godspeed, Captain Phil
On February 23, 2010 at 8:15 am
I put off writing this all week because I try to stick to funny, happy topics, but as Parcbench’s resident Deadliest Catch fan, I can’t put off paying tribute to Captain Phil Harris any longer.
This is depressing for me, and it’s a time of year when Jews like myself are supposed to be happy, so [...]
Why You Need to Watch ‘Caprica’
On February 22, 2010 at 9:33 am
Name me one piece of popular American film in the past decade to intelligently explore the subject of religion.
Kingdom of Heaven? Nope. Expelled? No. Religulous? Heavens, no. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? Warmer, but no.
Today, theology is the last thing the entertainment industry wants to deal with in any kind of intelligent way. It’s difficult [...]
The Attack in Austin
On at 8:02 am
I have a confession to make.
When the combination of television and a certain well-known talk radio personality who describes himself as a “harmless little fuzz ball” were letting me know a plane had smacked into the Austin IRS complex at 825 East Rundberg Lane last week, casting a sheen of fiberglass and concrete into the [...]
Baiting the Mama Bear: Sarah Palin
On February 19, 2010 at 8:37 am
Sometimes it seems as though the media enjoys it when Sarah Palin goes on a rant. She tends to laugh and throw down-home quips at the tough political problems, but when somebody goes after her family, she attacks back. (Just ask David Letterman.)
The latest reckless taunting happened on “Family Guy,” a cartoon known for its [...]
Sometimes Lashing Back Doesn’t Work
On February 18, 2010 at 9:45 am
Sometimes people get a little uppity and decide to attack whether everyone else wants to listen or not.
No, I’m not talking about my article deriding this year’s lame crop of Super Bowl ads. While many of you did not want to read a public flogging of these million dollar spots, as Senior Editor I felt it was [...]
