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The 10 Most Underrated TV Sitcoms

By Jason Bailey on

The fine folks over at Vulture are following up last spring’s Drama Derby (determining the best TV drama of the past quarter-century — The Wire, unsurprisingly) with the Sitcom Smackdown, an attempt to pin down television’s best situation comedy since 1982 (the year of Cheers’ debut). It’s the kind of project guaranteed to get people all worked up, and your Flavorwire is no exception. It’s hard to argue with too many of their Sweet 16, but man did they leave a lot of great stuff out. So, in response, we decided it was time to offer up some alternates — great sitcoms that don’t get their due, there or… Read More

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Cartoon Characters Reimagined in Haute Couture

By Alison Herman on

New York designer Jerome Lamaar, known online as Style Monk, recently brought together animation and fashion by depicting classic cartoon characters in outfits from the Spring 2013 runway shows. Lamaar isn’t the first to unite cartoons and couture — remember the Barneys-Disney collaboration last month? — but his sketches stand out for their inventiveness and spot-on pairing of characters and brands. The series, which we discovered via Style Bubble, includes all five Sailor Moon girls, Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane, and Adventure Time’s Princess Bubblegum. Read on to see Lamaar’s reinterpretations of these animated heroines. … Read More

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’90s Teen TV Characters: Where Are They Now?

By Judy Berman on

All your friends are getting married. Some of them are having kids. And now, in case you didn’t already feel like an overgrown child whose life is passing him by, Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence have a preteen daughter. Yes, for the past week, the internet has been abuzz with the news that a Boy Meets World sequel is in the works. Called Girl Meets World, it will focus on young Riley Matthews and her “edgy friend,” Maya. While we’re not sure that revisiting ABC’s TGIF lineup is the best idea, the update on Cory and Topanga has made us wonder what some of our other favorite ’90s teen TV characters might be up to in 2012. After the jump, we check in on (by which we mean, “we imagine”) what they’ve done since last we saw them. … Read More

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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Alison Nastasi on

Today at Flavorpill, we talked about sex dreams. We saw what it might look like if Disney villains had won, and then we bought t-shirts starring all the wicked characters. We read about movie studio logos and the stories behind them. We chatted with … Read More

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Classic TV Shows That Deserve a Reboot

By Emily Temple on

Wonder Woman has really been jerking us around lately — first a reboot script was passed on by everyone, then after a tentative pickup, NBC dropped the show after one pilot episode starring Friday Night Lights‘s Adrianne Palicki. But now, we just might see a reboot after all — styled as an origin story, a la Smallville. So we’re (tentatively) excited! While we’re waiting to see if anything actually materializes, we’ve put together a list of a few other classic TV shows that we think deserve a reboot. Click through to check out which shows we’d like to see again (and again), and let us know which you’d choose in the comments! … Read More

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The Reading Lists of Your Favorite Fictional Characters

By Emily Temple on

If you’ve ever seen Gilmore Girls, there’s a pretty good chance you know that Rory Gilmore is as big a bookworm as they come — maybe that’s why we’ve always liked her so much. Recently, we stumbled on this exhaustive list of all the books Rory has read, and after we caught our breath (there’s some two hundred and fifty books on there!) we decided to compile a few more of the books we’ve noticed some of our favorite fictional characters reading — so as to follow along, of course. Click through to see what books Don Draper, Margot Tenanbaum, and Daria Morgendorffer have been occupying themselves with recently, and let us know if we’ve missed your favorite fictional bookworm in the comments! … Read More

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’90s TV Characters and Their Contemporary Equivalents

By Jennifer Lewis on

Ah, ’90s TV characters. They don’t make them quite like they used to, eh? Have you ever wondered what Daria might be like ca. 2012? Or Wilson from Home Improvement? After noticing a familiar Sex and the City-type plot line in a recent episode of Girls — or, more specifically, that Hannah is as addicted to Adam as Carrie was to Mr. Big — we were inspired to seek out other current counterparts to popular ’90s TV characters. Needless to say, it was a little tough and a lot of fun. After the jump, check out our modern matches for Rachel Green, Jerry Seinfeld, Jessie Spano, and more. … Read More

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MTV’s New ‘Retro Mania’ Programming Block to Feature ‘Daria’… and ‘The Hills’

By Judy Berman on

There are a few puzzling things about MTV’s new Retro Mania block: First and foremost, we never expected a slate of MTV programming to share its title with a book of Simon Reynolds’ cultural criticism. It’s a whole lot less surprising that this news fully supports Reynolds’ argument that we’re running out of… Read More

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A Smashing Collection of ’90s Cartoon-Inspired Nail Art

By Jennifer Lewis on

Have you ever wanted Nigel Thornberry on your fingernails? What about Patti Mayonnaise? Or Heffer Wolfe? Well, we have some fun news — there’s a little slice of the Internet set aside for ’90s cartoon nail art. Who knew? We came to realize this excellent fact while compiling our earlier selection of TV nails, where we enjoyed everything from Treat Yo’ Self to Breaking Bad manicures. Before that, we brought you some incredible literary nails, then got ziggy with David Bowie and other musician-inspired nail art. Now, it’s time to get ’90s-nostalgic with some cartoons from Nickelodeon and beyond. Take a trip down memory lane with our collection of crafty cartoon nail art after the jump, and hit the comments to let us know what you think. … Read More

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10 Totally Slammin’ TV Bands from the ’90s

By Jennifer Lewis on

There’s no denying that ’90s television was chock-full of dope fictional bands, and it’s about time we cranked up our nostalgia and got jiggy with the fake musical groups of yesteryear. Some were boy bands, others were punks, but most just settled into their oversize, unwashed flannel shirts with some bangin’ alt-rock vibes. Remember that time Little Pete and meter-man Mel formed the Blowholes? Or when Doug and Skeeter ran into the Beets at the Honker Burger? What about that time Jordan Catalano, like, serenaded Angela Chase with that song written about her hair, or something? …Not! (Hold up, did we even use that right? It’s been a while.) Regardless, check out some totally fake ’90s TV bands after the jump, home-skillets. They’ve missed you. … Read More