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Jersey Shore Cast Sued For Assault
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Bristol Palin To Join Dancing With The Stars
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G4: Ten Episodes Of New Series Bomb Patrol A Go


“South Park” to Facebook Users: Are You Bad Friend Stock?

On April 9, 2010 at 11:01 am

“South Park” to Facebook Users: Are You Bad Friend Stock?

Who is the “dumbest generation?” The term is usually associated with tech savvy youngsters, however, technology obsession is not limited to any age. One of the main attractions on the internet today is the social networking sites which are popular to people of all ages. It is important to note that websites like Facebook can [...]

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Say it ain’t so! Luke Wilson, a diva?

On April 5, 2010 at 7:51 am

Rumor has it that nice-guy, Luke Wilson is a [gasp] diva. The rumors are with regard to the AT&T commercials. Luke wants to make movies. Apparently, according to the entertainment blog on FoxNews.com, Wilson is annoyed that he is stuck with the commercials as his source of income, and he’s ended up making others unhappy [...]

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Ultimate Fighter 11 Episode 1: Smashed Up

On at 7:39 am

Hot on the heels of “UFC Fight Night 21” and War Machine’s impending judiciary meet-up, I begin my critique of the newest Ultimate Fighter flock. Encouraged by the powers that be after my last episodic write-up, and aided by a buttload of coffee (gotta love K-Cups), yours truly is stoked and ready to explore the [...]

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Welcome to Bill O’Reilly’s Left-Right Contortion Zone

On April 2, 2010 at 8:08 am

Welcome to Bill O'Reilly's Left-Right Contortion Zone

For a guy who prides himself on “looking out for you” and maintaining a very strict “no spin zone”, Bill O’Reilly sure can twist himself into contortions. In his never-ending quest to play it down the middle, ‘Ol Bill seems to have forgotten the concept known as standing up for one’s dearly valued principles. During [...]

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The Ladies Room: Jack Bauer, My Ideal Man

On April 1, 2010 at 7:09 am

The Ladies Room: Jack Bauer, My Ideal Man

It’s going to be the end of an era. Jack Bauer will no longer be fighting terrorists, protecting liberty and being screwed in every way by the US government. Despite the possibility of a movie, we’re looking at the end of 24. Sadly, I haven’t kept up with this season, I intend to rent the [...]

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The Revolution Will Be Televised

On March 27, 2010 at 1:30 pm

The Revolution Will Be Televised

Earlier this month, I started this article. I was going to write some piece about me being all pissed off on the latest threat by New York Nanny State: have restaurants stop adding salt to their cooking. Yep, the food police were inside of my booth at Sardi’s. The specter of Healthcare Passed was raising [...]

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Palin TV

On March 26, 2010 at 8:27 am

Palin TV

The girl everyone loves to hate is getting her own TV show. The former Vice Presidential candidate, best-selling author, and Fox News Commentator now has another opportunity to annoy her enemies. TLC has picked up her eight-episode TV series with the working title, Sarah Palin’s Alaska, after the other networks turned it down. She will reportedly [...]

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24: Out of Time?

On March 12, 2010 at 3:45 pm

24: Out of Time?

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 [...]

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Parcbench’s Oscar Picks

On March 6, 2010 at 7:10 am

Parcbench’s Oscar Picks

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), [...]

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Romney vs. Palin – no clear winner, but stark differences on display

On March 4, 2010 at 9:22 am

Romney vs. Palin – no clear winner, but stark differences on display

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 [...]

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Caprica: Episode 5 “There is Another Sky”

On March 2, 2010 at 9:07 am

Caprica:  Episode 5 “There is Another Sky”

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Andrew Koenig Goes Missing

On February 25, 2010 at 8:56 am

Andrew Koenig Goes Missing

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 [...]

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Godspeed, Captain Phil

On February 23, 2010 at 8:15 am

Godspeed, Captain Phil

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, [...]

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Why You Need to Watch ‘Caprica’

On February 22, 2010 at 9:33 am

Why You Need to Watch 'Caprica'

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.  [...]

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