Television may be a relatively recent phenomenon, but the ‘relatively’ in that sentence is becoming more pertinent with every passing year. Already, there are more…
CIPC #186: Abenteuer 1900 – Leben im Gutshaus E12, Warten auf Nachwuchs
Today, we feature our first German television series. Abenteuer 1900 – Leben im Gutshaus, German for “adventure 1900 – live on a manor”, was shown…
CIPC #169: The wire S1 E3, The buys
The wire is one of the most critically acclaimed television series in history, charting at number six in IMDB’s top list at the time of…
CIPC #160: Jonny Quest E.19, Attack of the tree people
By a bit of an accident, I recently stumbled upon the existence of a franchise with three different TV-series, two made-for-TV movies, a series of…
CIPC #157: Tales of tomorrow S1 E2, Blunder
Tales of tomorrow is a sci-fi anthology show that aired in the beginning of the fifties in the USA. It doesn’t seem to be very…
CIPC #150: Saturday night live 20-01-1996, Spartan cheerleaders
From what I understand, Saturday night live is pretty much a staple of American culture but largely unknown outside of the USA. It is a…
CIPC #149: Gravity Falls, S1 E11: Little Dipper
Gravity Falls is a critically acclaimed cartoon show produced by Disney about twelve-year-old twins Mabel and Dipper, who spend the summer holidays with their great-uncle…
CIPC #138: Blackadder II E4, Money
Blackadder is a serious contender for the title of best TV-series in history. The first season was perhaps not great, but from season two to…
CIPC #136: Gode Geass S1 E1, The day a new demon was born
Lelouch. Lamperouge. That’s seriously the name of the protagonist in this anime. No, really, you can look it up: he is actually called ‘the fishy…
CIPC #132: The prisoner, Checkmate
I have written about The prisoner before; if you don’t know what it is, you should probably read the first few sentences of that post.…