Top Chef Texas Recap: Episode 17, “Finale”

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  So! That’s over, then. Moving on. No? Not yet? You’re really still expecting me to recap this thing? FINE. BUT FIRST I HAVE TO EAT SOME CADBURY CREME EGGS. *eats some Cadbury Creme Eggs* Okay, let’s get this over with. Paul and Sarah get the details on their final challenge, which is all that [...]

The Secret to ‘The Walking Dead’? Drama, Scares…and Aliens

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Most of us here at MamaPop headquarters, located on an out-of-control dirigible spiraling through Earth’s Troposphere, consider ourselves to be The Walking Dead enthusiasts.  The Walking Dead, which airs on AMC, is a dang solid show about people trying to make it in a world where zombies have very much taken over.   The show focuses [...]

The Bachelor Recap Season 16 Episode 9: The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Boinking

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Well, we’ve all been waiting for this, have we not? It’s time for FANTASY SUITES, MOFOS!!!! Get your booze and your vomit-proof pets ready. Tonight! On The Bachelor!  We go to Switzerland! Whores lie! Benny blabs! We all roll our eyes into our skulls! And someone returns! And then, it’s a “very special sneak peek” at [...]

The Walking Dead Recap: Season 2, Episode 10 – “18 Miles Out”

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It’s probably worth reminding everyone that before it was a wildly uneven TV series, The Walking Dead was (and continues to be) a wildly uneven comic book series. At one point in one issue of the comic series, Rick literally raises his head and yells up into the sky “WE ARE THE WALKING DEAD!!” I’m [...]

‘Amazing Race’ Producer Found Dead, Assistant Unconscious in Uganda

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Amazing Race producer and “adventure man” Jeff Rice was found dead next to his unconscious assistant, Katheryne Fuller, in Kampala, Uganda, where they were shooting a documentary. Ugandan investigators believe the cause of Rice’s death and Fuller’s current condition are the result of a supposed cocaine overdose via ingestion. Fuller remains unconscious in a hospital [...]

Top Chef Texas Recap: Episode 16, “Fire & Ice”

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OH MY GOD. IT’S STILL NOT OVER YET. THIS SEASON WILL NEVER END. ABANDON ALL HOPE. WEEP SOUPY TEARS OF SOUP. Every season of Top Chef, this happens. I think the finale — the final finale-finale — is a good one or two episodes sooner than it actually is. They start making such a big [...]

The Bachelor Recap: Season 16 Episode 8: Daddies, Don’t Let Your Daughters Grow Up To Be Skankarinas

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Oh christ on a bike, here we go. TONIGHT! On The Bachelor!  It’s home visits! Kissy kissy huggy huggy horses, awkwardness, and DADDIES NOT PLAYING. That makes me happy, mostly because I think if my daddy met any of my exes in a dark ally, things would…be bleak. Let’s go! Lindzi is of course with her [...]