Posts by Tara Ariano
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Freak Show & Tell: Placenta Smoothies, Swollen Feet, and Cloned Dogs
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Pregnant in Heels (Bravo) Who Is This Now? Fritz […]
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Freak Show & Tell: Lips on Ears, Sister Wives, and Naked Joggers
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Bizarre ER (Discovery Fit & Health) Who Is This Now? […]
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Freak Show & Tell: Oozing Ears, Mangled Hands, and Homicidal Anarchists
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Embarrassing Bodies (Discovery Fit & Health) Who Is This […]
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Freak Show & Tell: Morbid Obesity, Extreme Foot Warts, and a Polar Bear Mauling
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. My Mom Is Obsessed (Discovery Fit & Health) Who […]
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Freak Show & Tell: Chinese Paranoia, Cradle Robbers, and Severed Hands
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Doomsday Preppers (NatGeo) Who Is This Now? “Mr. Wayne” […]
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The Brave New Swearing, Cage-Fighting, Science-Craving World of Amish: Out of Order
Most TV specials documenting people living in cloistered communities appeal to audiences by busting out the most shocking details of such people’s private lives. (Indeed, the very title of TLC’s upcoming Breaking Amish draws a connection from the experiences of their subjects with those of the miscreant leads of a well-known AMC series.) NatGeo’s new […]
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Freak Show & Tell: Urban Foxholes, Bodybuilding Moms, and Bloody Stumps
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Doomsday Preppers (NatGeo) Who Is This Now? Barry. Why […]
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Chris Elliott Talks Eagleheart Season 2: Dead Prostitutes, Extreme Kills, and On-Set Injuries
Chris Elliott helped define the dominant comic mode of the ’80s as a writer and featured performer on Late Night With David Letterman, headlined the ahead-of-its-time Cabin Boy in the ’90s, and played Lily’s deadbeat dad on How I Met Your Mother in the ’00s. Now, as the star of Adult Swim’s Eagleheart (produced by […]
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Freak Show and Tell: Bug Eaters, Weight-Obsessed Moms, and Cat Jewelry
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Doomsday Preppers (Nat Geo) Who Is This Now? John […]
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Betty White’s Off Their Rockers: Getting Punk’d by Gammaw
Anyone who watched a sitcom in the ’70s or ’80s was conversant with the “precocious kid” archetype. From Arnold Drummond to Punky Brewster to Rudy Huxtable to Olivia … whatever the last name was of that kid they got to replace Rudy when she wasn’t so cute anymore, a family sitcom couldn’t thrive without a […]
