I love Frasier. Obviously I do. It’s great. So I held myself to a challenge. I’m on furlough from work this week. I’m challenging myself to create something unique and different every day of this furlough week. So, as my first task, I looked at the world around me and decided the only way toContinue reading “I got bored. Here’s a script I wrote for a coronavirus-themed episode of Frasier”
Author Archives: Nick Suss
6 lessons about video calls from Modern Family’s best episode
This feels like a pretty weird time to be worrying about a TV show ending. But, whatever. Here we are. After 11 years and 250 episodes on the air, Modern Family is wrapping up Wednesday night. Initially, I wanted to write a big, long retrospective about Modern Family’s staying power and all the awards itContinue reading “6 lessons about video calls from Modern Family’s best episode”
New Show Showdown: High Fidelity vs. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
Sometimes a show comes around that hits all the right chords. Sometimes two shows come around that hit all the right chords. And sometimes two shows that are about hitting all the right chords come around in the same weekend to hit all the right chords together. I guess what I’m saying is I wantContinue reading “New Show Showdown: High Fidelity vs. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”
20 Years Later: My Theory on How Malcolm in the Middle predicted millennial attitudes
If there’s one hill I’m willing to die on, it’s that I’m 100 percent not a “90s Kid.” I was born in 1994. I remember parts of 1998 and most of 1999. But by no means does that make me a “90s Kid.” For the most part, people who call themselves “90s Kids” annoy me.Continue reading “20 Years Later: My Theory on How Malcolm in the Middle predicted millennial attitudes”
MyMusic: The Show That Should’ve Been The Future of Sitcoms
Let’s talk about the best sitcom of this decade that you probably haven’t heard of. Back in 2012, Google spent $100 million to fund the “YouTube Original Channel Initiative.” Almost a full year before Netflix got into the production game with House of Cards and Orange Is The New Black, Google spent more money thanContinue reading “MyMusic: The Show That Should’ve Been The Future of Sitcoms”
Try Real Hard: The Enduring, Heartbreaking Brilliance of You’re The Worst, My Favorite TV Show Ever
The two defining episodes of FX’s romantic comedy series You’re The Worst are mirrors of one another. First, in Season 2, there’s LCD Soundsystem, a heart-rending portrait of fighting a losing battle against depression. Then there’s season five’s Zero Eggplants, a topsy-turvy romp about inclusion, forgiveness and the inherent selfishness built into chasing happiness. AtContinue reading “Try Real Hard: The Enduring, Heartbreaking Brilliance of You’re The Worst, My Favorite TV Show Ever”
Greatest Hits: A Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Retrospective
Nothing makes me laugh more than a silly song. The relationship between comedy and music has always been my favorite one, and the one that has defined my life more than any other. My favorite piece of media ever filmed is Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, the 2008 musical superhero mini-movie written and directed by JossContinue reading “Greatest Hits: A Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Retrospective”
Please Don’t Yell At Me: A Defense of the How I Met Your Mother Finale
“I don’t spend a lot of time thinking ‘What if?’ I guess that’s happiness.” That’s a line that didn’t make it into Last Forever Part 2, the final episode of How I Met Your Mother. There’s a deleted scene that takes place about six or seven years in the future. Ted and Robin are havingContinue reading “Please Don’t Yell At Me: A Defense of the How I Met Your Mother Finale”
Into the Schurniverse: How The Office, Parks and Rec, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Good Place Changed My Perceptions About Humanity
Chapter 1 I have a complicated relationship with The Office. I started watching The Office back in 2008. The show was in the middle of its fifth season on NBC. Around that time, the show started airing in syndication on TBS. For the life of me, I’ll never be able to forget the lame commercialsContinue reading “Into the Schurniverse: How The Office, Parks and Rec, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Good Place Changed My Perceptions About Humanity”
The End: How A Decade of Iconic Television Ended In One Spectacular Season
The funny thing about dividing cultural touchstones into 10-year groups is that sometimes culture doesn’t divide neatly. Take music, for example. Let It Be and Bridge Over Troubled Water are quintessentially 1960s-sounding albums that were both released in 1970. The 70s were the decade of groovy disco and funk, but Funkytown by Lipps Inc., didn’tContinue reading “The End: How A Decade of Iconic Television Ended In One Spectacular Season”
The Sitcomologist 