Dan Liebke’s Astonishing Tales

Y’know what’s tasteless? When people force Michael J Fox to sing karaoke versions of The Beach Boys’ Good Vibrations. I wish they’d stop doing that (if they are). Also, tofu.

In a stunning display of directorial foresight, the first scene of the episode was shot ten years ago. It’s Lil’ Sinead and Young Green Arrow (or ‘Speedy’ as he inexplicably preferred to be known back then) back at Degrassi High.
The pair don’t like one another much. In fact, Lil’ Sinead has only one friend at [...]

Of all the reality TV shows for the morbidly obese, surely the one most deserving of further strategic analysis is The Biggest Loser. After all, Survivor: Coronary Bypass and The Amazing Waist both seem to be played out, from a pure game theoretical perspective. But The Biggest Loser? Much more room for scheming innovation.
Here, for [...]

We open at one of Porthos’s infamous dinner parties for the wealthy and corrupt. By dangling a sparkling diamond necklace in front of Senator Boring Old Ma, he has managed to lead her all the way from the farm kitchen down the highway to Metropolis where she is now his special guest.
Also making an appearance [...]

Keith Urban’s battle with the bottle has been an open secret in certain circles for some time now. Ever since he attempted to exchange wedding vows with one of the specially commissioned garden ice sculptures back in June, rumours have spread about his unfortunate alcohol problems.

Most guests were originally prepared to explain away the gaff [...]

A Tale Of Two Cities
The Glass Ballerina
Further Instructions
Every Man For Himself
The Cost Of Living
I Do
Not In Portland
Flashes Before Your Eyes
Stranger In A Strange Land
Tricia Tanaka Is Dead
Enter 77
Par Avion
The Man From Tallahassee
Expose
Left Behind
One Of Us
Catch 22
D.O.C.
The Brig
The Man Behind The Curtain
Greatest Hits
Through The Looking Glass (1)
Through The Looking Glass (2)

A Tale Of Two Cities
It’s a [...]

Every now and then, people who have decoded the acronym TIAC, ask me why? Why, they say, do you call Chloe ‘Increasingly Annoying’? I always invite these less-observant Smallvillean viewers to choose an older episode at random and compare her earlier antics to her antics in the most recent episode. Invariably, she is more annoying [...]

Ben
AKA

King of the Others
Henry Gale
Michael Emerson

Strengths

Leader of the Others
Fashion-savvy

Weaknesses

Tends to get captured while flying balloons
Tends to use aliases from The Wizard of Oz
Tends to be tortured by Crazy Arab

Highlight

Breakfast with Freckles

Table of Contents

#127 - Of Living And Dying
#128 - New Worlds
#129 - Fantomex
#130 - Weapon Twelve
#131 - Some Angels Falling
#132 - Ambient Magnetic Fields
#133 - Dust

Issue One Hundred And Twenty-Seven - Of Living And Dying
Okay. So the Professor’s back in town. Which can only mean one thing. Endless pontificating. Today’s unlucky recipient: Xorn. There are [...]

I like dogs. I like cheaply made reality television. Neither of these facts are in dispute. But the thing I like most about smash hit UK television show It’s Me Or The Dog?
It has finally given me good reason to use the phrase ‘doginatrix’. At last! Thanks Madame Victoria. I’d felt such the fool until now.