A bunch of us here at the Clique have taken to watching classic TV shows for the first time, starting with season one. We’re calling it “The Virgin Diaries,” as we do mini-reviews of each episode as we go along. Right now we’re doing The Wire, Supernatural and Gossip Girl. I was feeling left out, so I’ve decided to take on The Prisoner, starting later this month.

Lucky for me, AMC has taken to putting all 17 episodes of the original series online, including some 1-minute recaps, all free-like! So, if you’re new to the series like I am — or even if you’ve caught the show before and want to watch it again — hop on over to their website, then come back and chime in on my reviews later. I can’t wait to see what all the fuss is about, especially the controversial finale (usually I hear a lot of “can someone tell me what the hell happened in the finale?!”)

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CBS

It’s that time of year once again. The witches, goblins, ghosts and undead will soon be roaming our neighborhoods. I’ll have to lock myself inside with my wooden stakes, silver bullets, garlic and crosses while I watch television. But I have to wonder … what if?

What if some basically good folks on my television screen were to go vampire? It could happen, y’know. But where would it get its start? How could this happen? What evil influence could have set the sordid affair in motion?

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Nullriver

I switched from Microsoft Windows to Mac OS for my primary system a bit over a year ago now, and other than what I have to do for my full-time job, I rarely look back. And because I don’t use Windows anymore, I’ve switched to console-only gaming with my Xbox 360. The thing is, Windows and Xbox work so nicely together, so how was I going to get the same thing using a Mac?

Luckily, I found a kick-ass piece of software that has changed everything: Nullriver’s Connect360.

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Sears / YouTube

Commercials are the great equalizer, aren’t they? You may like a particular actor, for instance, and think that they’re having a great career. Then they pop up in an ad, and you realize that most of them are struggling along just like the rest of us.

Take the case of our favorite Twitterer, Felicia Day. By most standards, she’s doing quite well as an actress; geeks everywhere swooned at her turn as Penny on Joss Whedon’s internet sensation Dr. Horrible. She also had a meaty patient-of-the-week role on House. But if you’ve been watching commercials lately (and that’s fewer and fewer of you, thanks to DVRs), you might have noticed Day hawking washing machines for Sears, as part of their “Blue Appliance Crew.” Video is after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

www.vw.com

I just love it when ads are odd. Not so odd that you don’t know what’s being sold, mind you. But odd enough that the first couple of half-assed times you’re watching a commercial, you have no idea what’s going on, but are intrigued enough to pay attention the next time it comes on. Then, when you finally watch the commercial in full-assed fashion, you’re amazed, fascinated, or repulsed. But by that time, you’re hooked.

That’s what happened when I saw VW’s new Routan campaign the first few times. In it, Brooke Shields talks in somber tones about how people are having babies just to “get German engineering.” The couple standing by the new VW minivan would bellow back “We wanted to have kids anyway!” or something else that completely refutes what Brooke was saying. I was wondering what the hell Brooke was getting at; is it just another quirky VW ad? Sure, but one with a theme. Video after the jump.

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