
POP CULTURE
While new playthings flooded the marketplace in the late '80s and early '90s, there was one decidedly lo-fi toy that every youngster wanted—without realizing that they weren’t the first cool kids to demand brightly-colored milk bottle caps for their amuse
Tonight, Community returns for its fifth season, with Dan Harmon back on board as showrunner after he was fired in 2012. Prepare with a look back at the show's many self-referential and pop culture jokes, Easter eggs, and callbacks.
Eagle-eyed viewers of primetime television know that even the grittiest cop dramas and silliest sitcoms aren’t immune to recycling the casting director’s favorite actors.
Marvel's god of thunder returns to the big screen this weekend in Thor: The Dark World. Here are a few facts about the Silver Age superhero.
When Sesame Street debuted in 1969, many producers, teachers, and government officials from different countries contacted the Children’s Television Workshop about airing versions of Sesame Street within their own countries.
Ron Burgundy isn't the first pop culture icon to get the Ben & Jerry's treatment.
What happens when well-known movie directors don’t do any directing at all, and star in other directors’ films in major roles that are more than simple cameos? Here are a few examples.
Remember Rickrolling? It was all the rage five years ago, but it eventually went the way of all internet memes, to the vault of staleness. If you’ve been looking for a way to freshen up your Rickrolling, you now have reason to rejoice. A new Klingon trans
Some of our Sesame Street favorites have stepped up to deal with major social issues. Here's a collection of Muppets who taught kids about the issues facing our world today.
Long before these stars were even a twinkle in a tabloid editor's eye, they built their resumes by guest starring in '80s crime shows.
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr are remembered for their instrumental roles in launching the British invasion and bringing the aesthetic of rock and roll to new frontiers with everything from electronic effects to sitars.
Most Hollywood movies go by a different name—also known as a working title—until the film is released in theaters. These cinematic pseudonyms can be used to hide a film’s production from rampant fans or to keep costs low.
There was a time when it seemed like a good idea to create animated spin-offs for hit live-action TV shows. That time has passed.
'The X-Files' covered a lot of ground, pitting its stars against all manner of extraterrestrial enemy, cryptozoological creature, and mythological monster.
Here's what went on behind the scenes, as uncovered by Matthew Klickstein in his oral history of Nickelodeon's golden age.
Throwing a fictional universe's characters together into one film (here's looking at you, The Avengers and Man of Steel: Superman Vs. Batman!) is a popular new trend in movies, but TV crossovers have been happening for decades. Here are 11 TV crossovers
From beer to bowling, here are some of the more interesting subjects you can major in at dozens of colleges across America.