Posts by Tess Lynch
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The Brief and Wondrous Life of ‘Flappy Bird’
‘Flappy Bird’ was both restrictively challenging and laughably simple: Direct your bird, which resembles a fish wearing earmuffs, through a set of pipes by tapping on the screen to make it flap its wings. Its aesthetic was reminiscent of early Nintendo, which was either charming or unoriginal, depending on whom you asked.
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We Went There: The Dumb Buzz of Dumb Starbucks
Whoever is behind Dumb Starbucks isn’t driving any of its publicity; we are. Because it’s not asking for anything in return, it maintains its mystery and can get away with more — both as a store and as a joke.
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Girls in Hoodies
Molly, Tess and Emily invite Max Silvestri to the pod to talk about Super Bowl ads and the reality show ‘Wahlburgers.’
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‘The Biggest Loser’ Champ Rachel Frederickson and the Spectacle of Health
The rules are that you must undergo such a change as to become nearly unrecognizable. Otherwise, why are we here? We want to see something dramatic. It’s television.
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Arthur Chu, the Richard Hatch of ‘Jeopardy!’: What’s Not to Love?
Reigning ‘Jeopardy!’ champion Arthur Chu, whose four-game winning streak will be resumed on February 24, has won more than $100,000. And yet, apparently, some of you don’t like him very much.
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People Still Want to Surgically Alter Their Faces to Look Like Jennifer Aniston
For almost a decade, people have been paying doctors to make them all look like one woman — which also means you may one day find yourself sandwiched in the Starbucks line between two different generations of Jennifer Anistons.
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‘SNL’: Melissa McCarthy Gets an Off Night As the Cast Bids Farewell to Seth Meyers
The problem may have been that the writers thought they knew more about where McCarthy fit, and what she could do, than they actually did. But Meyers’s good-bye was dignified and worthy, especially if you consider that his last joke on the show was about a guy in a weed hat.
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Anchor, Aweigh: A Good-bye to (and the Best of) Seth Meyers
Meyers is best as a straight man (which may be why his impressions have been overshadowed by his anchorship), but not the kind of straight man who throws up his hands and furrows his brows at the insanity of his company. He’s welcoming and seems perennially amused by the world and its characters.
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Girls in Hoodies
Tess, Molly, and Emily chat about ‘Broad City,’ HBO’s ‘Looking,’ and the new Mitt Romney documentary.
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The Kid Stays on TV: Robert Evans’s Cable Series About the ’70s Hollywood Renaissance
The show will hark back to the grubby old days, smack-dab in the middle of the Hollywood Renaissance. That means Mafia ties, drugs, sex and all of that good pay-cable stuff.
