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Monk

The cast of Monk

Dying of Laughter: The Small Screen’s Top 5

By Deborah Lacy

March 15, 2012

Some of us like our crime TV, and life, with a splash of humor.  This is the count down for the top five funniest crime shows. Some shows—like Get Smart—didn’t make the list because they were funny once upon a time, but when I went back to watch them they weren’t as funny to me…

Peter Falk

The Top Ten Action Mystery Clichés

By Guy Bergstrom

January 7, 2012

As a huge fan of mysteries and thrillers, I am allowed to make fun of them. Just as as a blond Swede, it’s perfectly legal for me to tell blond or Swedish jokes. NO ONE WILL ARREST ME. Mysteries always involve a murder and somebody trying to solve the case. Action mysteries pump up the…

Is That a TV Show You’re Reading?

By Laura K. Curtis

May 25, 2011

Once upon a time, in the long-distant past, movies were made from books.  You remember that, right?  Everyone would say, “Oh, sure, I saw the movie, but it was nowhere near as good as the book,” even if they didn’t necessarily believe it to be true, because that was conventional wisdom. (In fact, it still…

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