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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 12

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still clawing our way out of the creative black hole that was the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #164: We begin with talk about how Sue’s … Continue reading

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21 Jump Street rewatch: “La Bizca”

Rewatching 21 Jump Street! Hey, remember a couple of episodes back when Penhall got married? Then his wife was deported to her native El Salvador? The writers finally remembered that happened, because now here’s the follow-up — season four, episode … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 11

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still in the horribly mediocre “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Maybe this is the week we’ll find that elusive hidden gem. (Spoiler: We won’t.) Issue #158: Ben … Continue reading

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21 Jump Street rewatch: “Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb”

Rewatching 21 Jump Street! After so many deadly serious episodes, it’s time to have some fun again. It’s time for… Spring Break! It’s season four, episode nineteen, awkwardly titled “Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom.” What’s goin’ down: It’s the dead of winter, … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 10

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Time for more mediocrity from the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #150: This “anniversary” issue is a double-sized one, with two stories. The first is a continuation … Continue reading

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21 Jump Street rewatch: “Hi Mom”

Rewatching 21 Jump Street! Corruption in college athletics? You don’t say! It’s season four, episode eighteen, “Hi Mom.”  What’s goin’ down: A college basketball star dies in a drug-related car crash, so the Jump Street cops go undercover at his … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 9

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still suffering our way through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby and before John Byrne. These ‘70s FF comics are dreadful, but I remain hopeful we can discover some sort of … Continue reading

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21 Jump Street rewatch: “2245”

Rewatching 21 Jump Street! Hope you like morbidity, because there’s a lot of it in this one — season four, episode sixteen, “2245.” What’s goin’ down: Ronnie Seebok, the drug dealer we saw in the season two episode “Besieged,” is … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 8

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re trudging our way through the slog that is the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #138: Johnny’s pal Wyatt Wingfoot shows up at the Baxter Building, announcing … Continue reading

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21 Jump Street rewatch: “Back From the Future”

Rewatching 21 Jump Street! This is the crazy, futuristic sci-fi episode! Unfortunately, the cyberpunk-y setting merely masks the fact that this is a clip show. Freakin’ clip shows. It’s season four, episode fifteen, “Back From the Future.” What’s goin’ down: … Continue reading

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