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That's why they talk about… The Weekly Static! With  respect and admiration to The New York Dolls' "Personality Crisis," a favorite song of this man – a brutal loss on so many levels: https://youtu.be/DYOiQPhkUFsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Bourdain finds change — and good rum — in Cuba (Anthony Bourdain Parts Uknown) (https://youtu.be/DYOiQPhkUFs) "An answered[...]

Open up my eager eyes, cause I'm…  The Weekly Static! With righteous amounts of love and respect to The Killers; now as I back out of the room slowly and awkwardly – Peter Griffin-style – check out this week's… https://youtu.be/k7P6Fk5PdzIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 1987 NBC Saturday morning preview special (https://youtu.be/k7P6Fk5PdzI) This week, The Weekly Static – Bleeding Cool's look[...]

Now it won't… The Weekly Static! Feeling all sorts of Better Than Ezra right about now; so while my back's turned, why not make a run for it back to the loving arms of this week's… https://youtu.be/uXaGZyzHC14 The Weekly Static is Bleeding Cool's look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and[...]

We were the kings and queens of promise, we were the victims of ourselves. Maybe the children of a lesser God between heaven and… The Weekly Static! With buckets of love and respect to Thirty Seconds to Mars, I need to make sure I stretch a little first before I go for a reach like that one next[...]

Let me get this straight, do you want me here — as I struggle through each and every year? And all these demons, they keep me… The Weekly Static! With much love and respect to the fine fellas of Blink-182… which is a lot more than Punky Brewster's (Soleil Moon Frye) friends and family got after they were[...]

She's… The Weekly Static! With all sorts of respect being thrown at professional wrestler Madison Rayne and singer Serg Salinas, here's a little reminder of the kinder, simpler (and painful to watch 25 years later) times of early '90s broadcast television in this week's edition of: https://youtu.be/UPkLMeTpvBU The Weekly Static is Bleeding Cool's look at the past week in the land[...]

So come on, let's keep doing it like we're doing…The Weekly Static! With all sorts of love for Charli XCX and Rita Ora, here's a little reminder of a comedian who was taken from us way too soon – but left us a body of work that continues to influence new generations to this day –[...]

And when our children tell their story, they'll tell the story of…The Weekly Static! With proper respect to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt, a little reminder that before there was Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story there was this week's edition of… https://youtu.be/A82NTtIzlNMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: American Gothic Teaser.avi (https://youtu.be/A82NTtIzlNM) The Weekly Static is our[...]

Ask me no questions, I will tell you no lies — but I'm not asking for a miracle. We're looking for angels in the darkest of skies — but I'm not asking for… The Weekly Static! Done with much love to Chvrches (you can check out the song 'Miracle' here) and… Whoa! Lady, I will gladly get you off[...]

Just a simple touch and it can set you free, so we don't have to rush when you're alone with… The Weekly Static! With much love and respect to The Weeknd (who just released a new EP)…I'll put it to you, Greg: isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do what you[...]

Cause it's one night and one more time, but thanks for the memories…even though they weren't so great. He tastes like…The Weekly Static! Because Fall Out Boy and the writing gods behind Moonlighting understand that imitation is the highest form of flattery…but did I happen to mention? Did I bother to disclose? That this man that we're seeking[...]

We're turning over this edition of The Weekly Static: Extras! to our good friend Margo Staten, who found herself binge-crushing the first three seasons of The CW's iZombie Not known for her geek viewing habits, we asked Staten to put fingers-to-keys and make the case for why iZombie is on her "required watching" list: I must[...]

I need light in the dark as I search for…The Weekly Static! So while I text my apologies to Jack's Mannequin and before we pull the ripcord on all of this…I'm going to need you to turn around and put your hands behind your back. You have the right to remain silent[...]

But when it comes to being De La? It's just me, myself and I…and The Weekly Static! Now while I work on a heartfelt apology to the great De La Soul, take a moment to decide because this is your last chance After this, there's no turning back You take the blue pill – The Weekly[...]

Welcome back! It's The Weekly Static, so that's what you call us That or – uh – "His Weekness", or – uh – "Weeker," or "El Weekerino," if you're not into the whole brevity thing But first? I need you to look me in the eye and put your hands on top of the table[...]

Give me some rope, I'm…The Weekly Static!* (read in a summer movie trailer voice) In a world corrupted by darkness…one man will show them the light Coming Summer 2018, it's… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2gCfwILUVcVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Bosom Buddies Opening and Closing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2gCfwILUVc) The Weekly Static is our righteously desperate-yet-endearing look at the past week in the land[...]

We'll be getting back to the regular The Weekly Static grind next week; but this week, we're wrapping up 2017 in a pretty little bow with a look back at the five biggest television screw-ups from the past year From corporate censorship and questionable career choices to really bad hair days and a disappointing Today,[...]

Welcome to the third and final act in The Weekly Static's three-part mid-season finale! As we wrap up this little shindig, make sure to check out Friday's "post-mortem" on our biggest overall disappointment of 2017: Spike's The Mist; and on Saturday, we unveiled 2017's "little engine that could" MVP: TruTV This time, we hit the[...]

Welcome back to  The Weekly Static's three-part mid-season finale! As we continue on with our little "mid-season finale," make sure to check out the "post-mortem" we performed on our biggest overall disappointment of 2017 (Spike's The Mist…though we're still looking at you, Twin Peaks); and tomorrow, we'll be making the case for 2018's "Cusack" show to[...]

Welcome to the first chunk of The Weekly Static's three-part mid-season finale, where we're going to take a look at our personal choice for 2017's "little engine that could" (truTV) and the show we've got the hots for going into 2018 (Hulu's Castle Rock). But first, it's time for a little clean-up by taking a look[...]

We want his cash so don't make us annoyed, but he can give all the toys to…The Weekly Static! Because it's not really the holidays without some Kinks, right? So mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap When out on the lawn there arose such[...]

I do magic tricks for… The Weekly Static! Whether it's "welcome" or "welcome back," it's great to have you join us as we assume squatters' rights on this patch of pop culture property. But before we get to that that — and not to freak you out or anything — but I think you've got a… …crawling on[...]

Cool? Okay, back to my one-man ego stroke… So welcome back to  The Weekly Static, my humbly sincere attempt at comedy (fingers, toes, and every other available and crossable body part crossed) thinly disguised as look-back at the week that was in the land of television The goal of The Weekly Static? Why, let me lay that[...]

Happy September, people! We're entering my favorite time of the year: September, October and a wee bit of November — after that, I pretty much check out mentally for the holidays and run on auto-pilot fumes until around, say, January 3rd? Sounds about right. But you didn't come here to talk about something best left between[...]

Welcome to The Weekly Static, a desperate attempt at comedy (fingers, toes and every other available and cross-able body part crossed) thinly disguised as look-back at the week that was in the land of television The goal of The Weekly Static? Why, that's a simple three-point answer: ●  to offer a blunt, honest perspective on a handful of[...]