family matters – VoVatia (original) (raw)

I’m Crossing Over TV Lines

Between reading Full House Reviewed and Beth watching a lot of Norman Lear programs recently, I’ve been thinking about spin-offs, crossovers, and shared universes. I’m sure most of you are aware that The Jeffersons and Maude are both spin-offs of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Television, The Simpsons | Tagged all in the family, carl winslow, family matters, Florida Evans, full house, full house reviewed, good times, harriette winslow, mark linn-baker, maude, norman lear, perfect strangers, steve urkel, the critic, the jeffersons, the x-files |

The World Accordion to Nerd Culture

The accordion is one of those instruments that has a reputation for being annoying, but seems to have grown in acceptance as of late. One major point in its favor is its versatility. I seem to recall hearing on NPR … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged accordion, christina hendricks, family matters, frankie yankovic, graceland, ira glass, john flansburgh, john linnell, paul simon, polka, steve urkel, they might be giants, weird al yankovic |