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My girlfriend and I watch it every Tuesday on CW and we just keep on wondering what will be on the next weekend. I sure hope it doesn't get cancelled before the 1st season is over I want to see it all!
Love it. Very mysterious. Robert Knepper is a great actor. All across the internet, from comedy to advertising to politics, the uncomfortable style of Awesome Show reigns supreme.
David Lynch and Mark Frost's detective series is often credited with instilling television with artful potential. And yet, the show's dreamy, saturated look is really a cherry on top.
Your weird friends love this show. You should, too. It's finally time to understand those Log Lady Halloween costumes, and to catch the strangest Billy Zane performance ever in Season 2. Judd Apatow followed up his short-lived high school cult comedy, Freaks and Geeks , with an equally short-lived college comedy, Undeclared. Despite the fact that it's set in the present day, Undeclared works almost as a sequel to Freaks and Geeks , starring several members of the latter's cast and focusing on similarly awkward, torturous, and funny moments most people who have grown up in America can relate to.
Like all of Apatow's projects, Undeclared bounces effortlessly between dick jokes and profound moments of humanity, and in a single season it makes you feel like you're in your freshman hall again, wondering why that one kid's divorced dad keeps hanging around.
Whenever the fans of a show have a special moniker to describe themselves in this case, Marshmallows , it pretty much automatically qualifies as a cult hit.
The early s SoCal detective series lasted only three seasons, and years later was made into a low-budget film funded by crowd-sourced donations—but the fervor among fans who wanted its return grew so great that Hulu picked it back up more than 10 years later for a long-awaited fourth season. Parodying children's programming can feel cheap and easy: How hard is it to make fun of something that's designed to be consumed and enjoyed by literal babies?
There's very little risk involved in most "dirty" puppet humor, but Wonder Showzen , which aired for two brief seasons on MTV2, is the glorious exception, a show that pushed its limited concept to the breaking point in almost every episode, playing like a frenzied mash-up of Sesame Street and Jackass. Clips like the Beat Kidz segment " Who did you exploit today? Need help finding something to watch?
Sign up here for our weekly Streamail newsletter to get streaming recommendations delivered straight to your inbox. Skip to main content Entertainment Tv. The Ben Stiller Show — Cowboy Bebop — Daria — Dark — Difficult People — The Expanse —present.
Firefly — Freaks and Geeks — Fringe — Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Halt and Catch Fire — Hannibal — Happy Endings — The IT Crowd — The Life and Times of Tim — Lodge 49 — The Mighty Boosh — Show with Bob and David — My So-Called Life — Mystery Science Theater — Neon Genesis Evangelion — The OA — Orphan Black — Party Down — Peep Show — Pushing Daisies — Sailor Moon — Spaced — Twin Peaks — Undeclared — Veronica Mars — What's even more impressive is that anyone who watched the show back in the '90s, when angst and Manic Panic felt totally of the moment, can now enjoy it on a very different level.
Suddenly, Angela's parents are relatable. Dammit, we're old. Secret Handshake: ''Where's Tino? Kudrow and co-creator Michael Patrick King captured the predatory nature of reality TV, the desperation of middle-aged female stardom, and the pampered but threatening Hollywood-bubble life.
Why It's Cult: Both painfully uncomfortable and deadpan hilarious, The Comeback was spot-on in its inside-showbiz look at the making of a sitcom — while featuring one of the decade's biggest sitcom stars, no less. But it was so inside, it was too inaccessible to a mass audience, or even an audience that might have returned for a second season on HBO.
Secret Handshake: ''I don't want to see that! Why It's Cult: The original Star Trek was cult TV before cult TV was even a thing, but its younger, sleeker offspring brought, yes, a new generation into the Trekker fold, and reignited the promise of sci-fi on television. Over seven seasons, fans devoured story lines both poignant Data's rights as a sentient being are put on trial and action-packed the Borg, a race of relentless cyborgs, kidnap and transform Picard.
Secret Handshake: Who's the better captain, Kirk or Picard? Obviously, it's Picard. Made for less than a third of a typical network sitcom's budget, and created by Rob McElhenney — who cast his real-life friends Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day and now wife Kaitlin Olson and continued to wait tables throughout the first season — the show served as a financial model for other cult favorites like Louie and The League.
If it sounds too dark for you, consider that there's an episode about making mittens for kittens, and it's adorable. Why It's Cult: Dense in the number of its characters, its dialogue, and its interconnected story lines, The Wire was one of the most highly praised series in HBO history, but never one of its hits. The stellar ensemble yielded several cult-favorite characters, most notably the eerily omnipresent Omar Little Michael K.
Williams , a Robin Hood-like figure who robbed drug dealers but never harmed an ordinary citizen. The show's vaunted reportorial critiques of various Baltimore institutions occasionally gave it a near-documentary feel. Secret Handshake: '' Sheeeeeeeit. You know, parasitic monsters, alien abductions, murderous inbred hillbilly families — the usual overflow. Why It's Cult: The X-Files was a paean to oddballs, sci-fi fans, conspiracy theorists, and Area 51 pilgrims everywhere.
Ratings improved every year for the first five seasons, while Mulder and Scully's believer-versus-skeptic dynamic created a TV template that's still in heavy use today. They survive by heckling their way through the screenings ''Cruelty to small animals is one of little Bobby's few outlets'' and spawning endless catchphrases.
Why It's Cult: MST3K taught us that snarky commentary about media can be way more entertaining than the actual media — a lesson that was subsequently taken to heart by Beavis and Butt-head , Talk Soup , Tosh.
Secret Handshake: '' Deep Hurting. Why It's Cult: The critically acclaimed comedy jacked up the bar on what to expect from a network show: fast, delirious, interlocking jokes that don't pander to the masses; winky gags e.
The legend grew so powerful in cancellation, AD was revived as a TV show on Netflix — and possibly as a movie as well. Secret Handshake: '' Illusion , Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money Or Joss Whedon's witty dialogue ''Didn't anyone ever warn you about playing with pointy sticks? Or the lovable ensemble. Or the attractive, broody vampires with whom Buffy kept company. In truth, all of the above inspired the show's fierce following, as did the fact that every one of Buffy's adventures — though filled with monsters and Big Bads — was totally relatable.
For example: Buffy sleeps with Angel, then wakes up to discover he's turned evil. Raise your hand if you haven't been there. Secret Handshake: ''Grr! This book provides a thorough reference guide and an opportunity to revisit beloved series that helped changed the way viewers engaged with television. A fun read, with interesting background and analysis.
With a mix of old classics and fascinating surprises, it not only covers key touchstones but also provides new ideas and new programs for our consideration. It is particularly nice to see the collection move beyond the usual fantasy genres. So, turn off the television; silence the phone; and settle back for an engaging read! Crossing genre and national boundaries as well as covering television from the s to the present, this book offers a fresh approach to Cult TV and will reinvigorate our understanding of these much-love series, their creators and, most importantly, their fans.
It is a must-have for the cult-TV fan.
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