Fall 2023
A Native comic
Joey Clift expands his comedy career to the TV show Spirit Rangers. » More ...
TV shows
Winter 2022
Cooking up a show
Doneen Arquines keeps the pot boiling as producer of Top Chef. » More ...
Fall 2022
Bringing you up to date
Marcus Lathan had quite the experience on The Bachelorette. » More ...
Fall 2022
The Genius of Bob’s Burgers: Comedy, Culture and Onion-Tended Consequences
Review of book The Genius of Bob’s Burgers by Margaret France » More ...
Fall 2022
Reality round-up
On reality TV, you can be a Survivor, Top Chef, or The Biggest Loser.
You can Say Yes to the Dress, go Below Deck, learn What Not to Wear, get Punk’d or Chopped, and hang out with an eligible Bachelor in Paradise while Keeping up with the Kardashians or Making the Cut in Laguna Beach, The Hills, or The Real World.
Reality TV lets us focus on other people’s drama, distracting us from the routine or disorder of our own daily lives and proving, yet again, that truth is often stranger than fiction. It’s a guilty pleasure—being Alone or Naked and Afraid, hanging out … » More …
Fall 2022
Q&A with Margaret France
Margaret France (’02 MA English) wrote the book on Bob’s Burgers.
Here, she talks about the show’s beloved characters, her favorite season, her top ten reasons to love Bob’s Burgers, and more.
What are your top 10 reasons to love Bob’s Burgers?
Its characters are weird and sad, but the show posits that they are still worthy of love, a message I appreciate hearing on a regular basis.
Routinely excellent original songs.
The shifting dynamic between family as employees and family as family.
A fancy toilet speaks like Jon Hamm.
The siblings act like siblings.
Young … » More …