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Convention coverage, holiday greetings, and other topics that aren't so easily categorized.

Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso and the Missing Christmas Mustache

Posted on Dec 24, 2022Dec 24, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Ted Lasso sheds toxic masculinity and brings positivity to Apple TV+ — and to a Christmas special about a missing mustache.

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Star Wars Rogue One

Rogue One is a one-hit wonder

Posted on Dec 24, 2016Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

This holiday season marks several milestones, including the first standalone Star Wars movie. Rogue One debuted this month and is set immediately before the events of 1977's Episode IV: A New Hope, answering several of the questions raised by that movie. In many ways, Rogue One defies what we've come to expect from a Star…

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Darth Vader

Darth Santa

Posted on Dec 24, 2015Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Corridor Digital brings us this video showing what would happen if Star Wars' Darth Vader subbed for Santa Claus one Christmas Eve.

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A Muppet Family Christmas

A Muppet Family Christmas for all of us

Posted on Dec 24, 2014Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The most magical element of A Muppet Family Christmas is how it finally unites the Muppets with Sesame Street.

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Super Megafest 2013: Celebrating celebrities young & old

Posted on Jan 2, 2014Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Super Megafest 2013 introduced me to Eliza Dushku, Tom Felton, Barbara Eden, and Bill Daily — and reintroduced me to Carroll Spinney, aka Big Bird.

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Super Megafest 2012: Superman, Hercules & TRON

Posted on Dec 31, 2013Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Super Megafest 2012 in Framingham, Massachusetts, starred Dean Cain, Kevin Sorbo, Bruce Boxleitner, John Wesley Shipp, and Stan Lee.

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Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas, Chorally Yours

Posted on Dec 24, 2013Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

MST3K show creator Joel Hodgson & reddit teamed up to offer a choral rendition of MST3K's holiday classic, 'Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas'.

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All the Muppets Need Is Love

Posted on Dec 24, 2012Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The Muppets team up with CeeLo Green and Craig Robinson this holiday season to remind you: All you need is love!

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