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The No Show arrives on FRED with a special series recreating indelible images of cinematic history through the medium of his young daughter’s toys. Enjoy!
It’s time once again for the FRED Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week featuring Peter Serafinowicz, Brian Butterfield, The Doctor, David Tennant, Marlon Brando, The Godfather, Mary Tyler Moore, Hulk, Wanda Sykes, Mister Ed, Bob Barker, Richard Dawson, Robert Preston, Terry Gilliam, Groucho Marx, Clint Eastwood, and more…
Matt Cohen takes in the stage revival of THE PEE WEE HERMAN SHOW and BROKEN LIZARD LIVE. Did he love ‘em or hate ‘em? Take a gander to find out…
Ken & Dana return with a somewhat truncated cast due to scheduling conflicts which leave Dana stuck on his cell phone, on the way to a hot tub date. True!
In this episode, Ken Plume chats with a very funny writer/producer who traces her career from THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN through THE ROSIE O’DONNELL SHOW to THE BEST WEEK EVER (and its Paul F. Tompkins-helmed successor). There are plenty of other stops along the way, and plenty of irons in the fire, so sit back & listen to Ken chat w/ a very funny lady…
Christopher Stipp watches a documentary on Showbiz Pizza’s Rock-afire Explosion and remembers what it was like to covet tokens, watch large animatronic beasts play instruments and is transported to another time…
Comics historian extraordinaire Peter Sanderson looks back on the animation voiceover career of the late Arnold Stang - voice of Top Cat and Herman - focusing on the HERMAN & KATNIP cartoons…
Aaron and Brian go through their Top 10 albums of the last 10 years. Stories are shared and conspiracies dissected as they try to figure out why some bands went bad and why others just keep getting better. Super bonus extra long episode!
Will talks about the season premiere of LOST (SPOILERS!) in order to comprehend exactly what it was he just watched…
Heya fanboys! Here’s that long-awaited VENTURE BROS. toy announcement full of details… “Bif Bang Pow! to Produce ’70s Style Action Figures Based on
Some of the World’s Most Popular Properties”… Go. Read…
In this episode, Ken Plume chats with the UK writing trio - Andrew Dawson, Steve Dawson, & Tim Inman - who’ve toiled in obscurity behind the scenes of THE PETER SERAFINOWICZ SHOW, TOTAL WIPEOUT, Funny Or Die UK (and much more), and are about to unleash their sketch pilot, HAPPY FINISH, in the near future…
In which Matt and Jesse take a look at the current state of technology, the definition of “Sports”, and whether or not we live in the fourth dimension. Hint: We don’t…
Aaron Poole returns with his unique music review column, in which he dives headfirst into the maelstrom that is MySpace’s music scene, looking for gems amongst the stones… This week, it’s Los Fahina, Powerage, The Sheaves, Jenni Schick, & Ben Peel…
Will finally shares his opinion on the whole late night fiasco after the LENO OPRAH interview before examining the TV viewing options for the week…
The entries are in, the Challengers have been selected, and now the Round 1 Challenge is announced! Who will prevail? Only you can decide…
It’s time once again for the FRED Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week featuring Armando Iannucci, Parker Lewis, Charlie Brown, Drew Barrymore, Jonathan Creek, John F. Kennedy, Abbott & Costello, Tim Conway, Robert Pattinson, The Jonas Brothers, and more…
Christopher Stipp jam packs this week’s column with reviews of WWII IN HD, SMALL WONDER: SEASON ONE, PONTYPOOL, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL and, in anticipation of next month’s THE WOLFMAN, an essay about the evolution of cinema’s greatest lupine…
Ken & Dana return with the obligatory discussion about Apple’s latest life-saving device, then change subjects and talk fast food for far too long, and wind up on pretty ladies…
Comics historian extraordinaire Peter Sanderson makes his triumphant return to FRED with an article delving into the history of kiddie comics as featured in ComicArts’ THE TOON TREASURY OF CLASSIC CHILDREN’S COMICS, this week looking John Stanley’s comic book tales of Marge Henderson Buell’s LITTLE LULU…
Aaron and Brian return from their winter holiday to… complain about their winter holiday. It’s the first episode of Cabin Fever in the era of FRED but unfortunately it’s the same old rubbish you’ve come to expect…
In this week’s round up, we’re giving away DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPLETE SPECIALS, NEW TRICKS: SEASON 2, JONATHAN CREEK: SEASON 4, an ARCHER poster, and THE QI: BOOK OF THE DEAD…
Will talks briefly about the end of DOLLHOUSE and goes off on a major geek tangent over LOST before taking a look at this week’s viewing potential…
Jacob Michael on the art of telling a joke to “the younger generation”, with their spikes and leather and piercings and eyeliner and gah! Kids!
We’ve launched the sixth edition of MASTERS OF SONG FU, so here’s your chance to be one of the brave souls who will enter the ring and see if you have what it takes to be a Master of Song Fu…
It’s time once again for the FRED Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week featuring Ricky Gervais, William Shatner, Aziz Ansari, Gerard Butler, Paul Thomas Anderson, Dominick Dunne, Matt Damon, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Glenn Close, Gobo Fraggle, Kate Beckinsdale, Cloris Leachman, Dabney Coleman, Ned Beatty, and more…