If you have a copy of my eighth grade yearbook, flip through until you find a collage page where you’ll see a picture of yours truly in the bleachers of a girls volleyball game. I’m photographed in a blue knit sweater, trimmed with old gold (although the picture is in black & white, of course), …
A pattern has developed. Girl Talk releases an album, and I doubt it. In 2006, I put Night Ripper on my top ten albums of the year, but I cushioned that move by remarking that I might look back in embarrassment. When Feed the Animals dropped in ’08, I knew Girl Talk would be able …
While it’s not among my favorite episodes, iDo is an appropriate end to my week of writing about iCarly. After all, it focuses on a couple of 30-something (possibly 20-something) iCarly fanatics. Obviously, this resonates with me a great deal, and lets me know that the writers believe that I exist. On the other hand, …
One one hand, to call any episode of iCarly either “dark” or “political” would probably be overdoing it a little. On the other hand, it’s all relative, and iSell Penny Tees is probably both the darkest and most political episode of iCarly. The set-up is that the iCarly crew auctions off some of the items …
iGet Pranky is my favorite iCarly episode. I will take a closer look at the episode’s theme (and it is very rich with metaphor), but I want you to know that it’s my favorite episode because it cracks me up. The executive producer, Dan Schneider, and the iCarly writers have a unique ear (it’s a …
Besides sporting what must be either the worst or the best title in the show’s run, iSam’s Mom also features iCarly’s best ever guest appearance in Jane Lynch, who plays, as the title suggests, Sam’s mom. As always, Jane Lynch is incredible. She has great on-screen chemistry with Jennette McCurdy (“Sam”), and manages to deliver …
Part of the appeal of iCarly to me, as an adult fan (a good 15 years, give or take a couple years, from the oldest of the target demographic) is that it can be enjoyed at various levels. At its most basic, iCarly has some of the best jokes on television, some of the best …