Carrie Coon is one of the greatest actresses in the world, and “Guest” is when she really proves it. The earlier scene where she yells at the self-help author who approaches her…
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The Scrapped Twilight Zone Episode That Was Deemed Too ‘Grotesque’ For TV – SlashFilm
Froug’s episode was to be called “Many, Many Monkeys,” and was meant to be an allusion to the Three Wise Monkeys maxim that finds its origins in 8th-century China. Of the three…
A Joke From Futurama’s Proposition Infinity Episode Fell Victim To Fox Censors – SlashFilm
In a 2017 “Ask Me Anything” thread on Reddit, co-creator David X. Cohen was asked about any jokes they wrote that the “higher ups” made them cut. Cohen gave an example of…
A Sue-Happy Scriptwriter Buried This Twilight Zone Episode For Over Two Decades – SlashFilm
As explained in “The Twilight Zone Companion,” the supposedly plagiarized script was called “The Thirteenth Mannequin,” and it did cover some of the same general themes: “The script concerned an old man…
David X. Cohen Pinpoints A Biblical Futurama Episode That ‘Didn’t Age Well’ – SlashFilm
There are a lot of beloved episodes of the show’s first full season back from cancellation, but “In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela” wasn’t one of them. It’s often ranked among the worst “Futurama” episodes, mainly because of how…
The Story Behind The Best Episode Of The Simpsons, A Conan O’Brien Masterpiece – SlashFilm
Where did this weird idea come from? The idea of a con man bilking Springfield out of millions of dollars seems like a fine idea for a “Simpsons” story, but why a…
Seth MacFarlane’s TV Career Started With A Homemade Episode Of Star Trek – /Film
MacFarlane was about 16 or 17 when he appeared in his fan film, a movie that resourceful internet dwellers should be able to find easily enough. The film uses Gustav Holst’s “Mars,…
True Detective: Night Country’s Third Episode Features A Classic Silence Of The Lambs Reference – /Film
Episode 3 deepens the show’s mystery surrounding the frozen researchers found in the ice, as Danvers and Nararro realize that researcher Raymond Clark is unaccounted for among the bodies. Further investigation points…
Bones’ David Boreanaz Got Fitted For A Prosthetic For An Episode That Never Happened – /Film
When asked by interviewer Paulette Cohn what he wishes he had been able to do on “Bones,” Boreanaz replied: “I wanted to do an old man episode really bad. I actually went…
Saturday Night Live Spent An Entire Episode Thirsting After Jacob Elordi – /Film
The horniness continued with “Women’s AA Meeting,” where the entire female cast is at an AA meeting that’s strictly for women — that is, until Jacob Elordi’s character walks in by mistake….