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  • Where Sheeee-it Came From

    I know EXACTLY where Shee-it came from. Please go back and watch the original ''Airplane'' movie. The 2 soul brother characters that can only speak jive say ''Sheee-it'' multiple times and what's even better is that they are subtitled. Sheee-it in jive apparently translates to ''Golly.''
    Posted to TV Club by triedel on February 26, 2008

  • Re: Bring Back James and Kotlowitz

    Snooze guys. I used to love this slate feature but you are letting us down here. Please beg off of the journalist on journalist porn and maybe just take in the context of a story, which is what it is. Just because the media (wink) decided to make The Wire a messianic deliverer of urban truths doesn't mean it isn't, in the end, just a beautifully ...
    Posted to TV Club by apucious on January 23, 2008

  • Media on media porn

    I guess I should have seen this coming given that the new season deals with the media but i'm getting bored with media folks hijacking this new season to claim defense of, nobility for their profession. I'm sure the cops, dealers, teachers, and even long shoremen have complaints too but since those worlds are infinitely different and more foreign ...
    Posted to Press Box by apucious on January 23, 2008

  • there's more--

    Romenesko pointed to this story from David Simon on his Baltimore Sun experience: http://www.esquire.com/print-this/essay/david-simon-0308
    Posted to TV Club by sjj72 on January 11, 2008

  • Re: The resurgence of some cities and the collapse of others

    I find the argument that Baltimore ''isn't doing as well'' as say, New York or Boston because it doesn't have as much to offer to be pretty weak. I grew up in New York and there was a time when it was a lot scarier than it is now, but it still had similar offerings (if not better ones, since artists could actually afford to live there). Why did ...
    Posted to TV Club by Mulligan on January 9, 2008