Episode 329: “You’re a loose cannon but you’re a dang good time lord.”
The Overthinkers tackle their week in pop culture.
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Pop Culture on Overthinking It
Top Gun Culture
Some pieces of culture are so memorable that they become a kind of short hand. They’re the best of the best. The elite. They are…Top Gun Culture.
We ARE out of touch with America: OTI’s POPULAR Popular Culture Survey Results
What shows are OverthinkingIt.com readers watching? Why? We didn’t know so we decided to ask them. Here are the results from our popular culture survey.
Eurovision 2011: The Swann Song
We can’t vote in Eurovision. But we know someone who can.
Eurovision 2011: The Big Five Preview
If you love to hate France, they’re not going to disappoint you.
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Eurovision 2011: Semi-Final Preview Part 2
Not one, but TWO sets of identical twins.
Eurovision 2011: Semi-Final Preview Part 1
Like the World Cup, but more fun.
The 2008 Summer Movie Mashup
Is it possible to tell a single story that incorporates every major movie that came out this summer? Let’s find out. PROLOGUE A stylish woman sits in a coffee shop, typing on her laptop. We hear a familiar voiceover: “Sometimes, … Continued
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The Immaculate Half-Century
Madonna turns 50 today. Enjoy Like a Prayer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKMHtcZ7dAQ Madonna is the paragon a kind of pop music that I enjoy (only semi-ironically) far more, I imagine, than my fellow writers on the blog. But despite the many (younger and … Continued
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The 2007 Summer Movie Mashup
I’m currently trying to come up with a plot that ties in every single summer movie this year. It’s tricky – there are a LOT of summer movies. While I’m cooking that up, here’s a similar mashup from last summer. … Continued
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