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Arsenio Hall Interviews Jason Voorhees\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiDNVvBnQlA]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>In anticipation of his latest film \u003cem>Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan\u003c/em>, everyone's favorite camp cook/mass murder sat down for an interview with Arsenio. Jason never uttered a word for the full 5 minute interview, he just stared blankly at Arsenio. It's creepy \u003cem>and\u003c/em> funny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5. Michael Jackson Just Shows Up Like It Ain't No Thing\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLe71rT03Gg]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>At the pinnacle of the King of Pop's popularity, Michael Jackson spontaneously and unexpectedly emerged from backstage to hand Arsenio's guest, Eddie Murphy, an award for being the best comedian ever. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SPOILER ALERT! SERIOUSLY.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/03/how-last-nights-game-of-thrones-is-bringing-us-together/got-game-of-thrones-33950932-896-504/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5522\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-5522\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/got-game-of-thrones-33950932-896-504.jpg\" alt=\"got-game-of-thrones-33950932-896-504\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/got-game-of-thrones-33950932-896-504.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/got-game-of-thrones-33950932-896-504-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Game of Thrones/HBO\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last week at a meeting, someone who has \"read the \u003cem>Game of Thrones \u003c/em>books\" (a distinction between types of viewers that didn't matter to the non-readers until last night), casually mentioned she was having a viewing party on Sunday. \"This isn't the last episode?\" I said. She replied: \"Oh no, it's the ninth episode. Something big always happens during the ninth episode.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I should have known that I wouldn't want to be alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TV watching has become so individualized. We watch shows on our own devices, alone and in separate rooms, whenever we want. So that's why when something goes down like last night's blood bath of an episode of \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>, everyone has to figure out a way to quickly band together, which is what I've been trying to do with anyone I can find since the show ended last night and I stared into the music-less credits on my laptop in complete shock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've been texting my friends and relatives who watch, emailing people and accosting any potential viewers in the halls at work. My brother is heartbroken. The girl who had the party says we can process today. And one of my bosses expressed my feelings exactly when he said: \"I mean, I'm a professional. I know it isn't REAL. But still...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is this what it takes to bring us television watchers back together? To bring this thing that has become so personalized back to what it used to be, about sharing and community and watching together? The wholesale murder of three of our favorite characters? Maybe. I'm not sure. I haven't even watched last night's \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> yet, the show that is in an emotional arms race with \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>, and now I'm not sure ready...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're feeling alone in your pain, just know we are all in this together. If you don't believe me, watch this video of people reacting to last night's final moments, filmed of course, by their cruel friends who had, you know, \"read the books.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78juOpTM3tE&w=560&h=315]\u003c/div>\n\n",
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We over here at KQED Pop were freaking out about \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em> (when \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/arresteddev/status/338104748446195712\" target=\"_blank\">they tweeted us\u003c/a> our heads almost exploded). It seemed magical that this thing we had all loved so long ago, in the early 2000s, in our youth-- this thing that we had mourned for dead-- could come back to life. It was like your lost dog returning after you had moved to a different state or finding your keys in the sand at the beach. These things don’t happen and when they do, you kinda believe in miracles. However, by Sunday afternoon, you could hear the sighs throughout the land. “It’s just not that funny,” people were saying to each other on the phone. “I haven’t laughed once,” read the text messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday at lunch a bunch of my coworkers brought it up. Out of the five of us who were watching the show, all of whom purported to be True \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em> Fans, only two of us had gotten past Episode Three. I realized right then and there that I had to do something. What follows is a message to all \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em> Fans who haven’t gotten past Episode Three of Season Four of \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stop whining.\u003c/strong> Do you remember when the show first came out? You probably don’t. Everyone was confused because the title made it sound like it was about \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/GfxvsHpTZWk\" target=\"_blank\">that band that sang \"Mr. Wendal\"\u003c/a> and the camera work was weird, not to mention that when you just tuned in and hadn’t seen every other episode, you had no clue what was happening. You probably don’t remember because when the show first came out, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\">nobody watched it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took three seasons for this show you’ve been calling your “favorite show of all time” since college to gain any momentum with viewers and then it wasn’t enough and the show got canceled. For seven years you’ve been using that cancellation as an example of what’s wrong with television and by extension, what’s wrong with the world. And now, in a truly unprecedented gift from the gods of entertainment and Netflix, the whole cast, the writers and the creator have been reunited FOR YOU, and they have created \u003ca href=\"http://movies.netflix.com/movie/Arrested-Development/70140358?mqso=81003611\" target=\"_blank\">a fourth season\u003c/a> that stays true to the tone, the spirit and the world of the show while acknowledging the passage of time and what that would mean for the characters lives. This is an amazing gift. And you’re going to stop watching because you didn’t LAUGH ENOUGH IN THE FIRST THREE EPISODES?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is like if your mom got lost at sea and then seven years later returned to you unharmed but tired and you were like, “Um, she didn’t make me a grilled cheese sandwich right away so, whatever, I’m over it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Have iPhones and a non-George W. Bush president made us this lazy? Are we a group of such ungrateful jerks that we can’t give it a second while our television idols ramp up to the laughs and set up a bunch of great jokes while giving us the back story we most definitely want? IS THIS WHO WE’VE BECOME?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends, I want to implore you to keep watching \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em> Season Four. I just finished and I can tell you without a doubt that a) it is awesome and worthy of those years we pined for it and b) it isn’t over. If you all can stop turning on everything two seconds after you say you love it (see Anne Hathaway) and develop a little patience, I think we will live to see a future with\u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/05/netflix-arrested-development-season-5/\" target=\"_blank\"> another season of your favorite show of all time\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/05/30/arrested-devlopment-season-5-or-a-movie\" target=\"_blank\">Maybe even a movie.\u003c/a> But this means you can’t give up now. You have to turn off the haterade and start watching. Tell your friends to watch. Show Netflix you love it and you don't want to lose it again. Because you don't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We will never go back again to those salad days of 2003/4/5/6 so of course this iteration of the show is different. The whole world is different now than it was then. In some ways darker, in some way lighter and in all ways older. 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Maybe she was trolling the world, riling everyone up by pretending to go down the road Lindsay Lohan and co. have paved in preparation for a big comeback? Despite all the wishful thinking of a media strategy, it's become clear that whatever she is doing is not performance art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The media is always hungry for a breakdown of this level and we are always ready to consume it. Have the entertainment shows and grocery store magazines conditioned us to want follow this kind of drama or are they just giving us what we've always wanted? That's difficult to say. The more important question is why do we as a culture thirst for this kind of display, especially when it relates to young women? Yes, Charlie Sheen's breakdown grabbed headlines too, but there's something in the way the Lindsays, Britneys and Amandas are hounded and criticized by the press at their weakest points that is a bit troubling. 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I don't know if it's Hollywood licence or changing times but they look like they have a much better budget than a public school graduation would have now. \"I'll look back on Venus, I'll look back on Mars, and I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars. And in time we will all be stars.\" By the way, whatever happened to those graduates from \u003cem>Fame\u003c/em>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best of the Worst: \u003cem>High School Musical Three Senior Year\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LauFGH_F6_o&w=420&h=315]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>The simple fact that this is not the graduation scene from the above mentioned \u003cem>Fame \u003c/em>makes me hate it on instinct. 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Joey just makes me wish the sprinklers went off two minutes earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best: \u003cem>Fame\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/tG-wl2qqD7Y'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/tG-wl2qqD7Y'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>I'm getting all verklempt just thinking about this graduation, probably because there's no terrible speech to mock. 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Watch in Costume with Strangers at the Parkway: Maeby\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/23/arrested-development-identify-your-character-by-how-you-watch-the-new-season/surely_funke/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5242\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-5242\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/Surely_Funke.png\" alt=\"Surely_Funke\" width=\"640\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/Surely_Funke.png 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/Surely_Funke-400x271.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arrested Development/Fox\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So you have daddy issues and you hate your mother, which has led you to experiment with different identities and take risks like visiting Oakland. For you, the best way to watch the newest season of \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em> is amongst a crowd of people you are DEFINITELY not related to, who don’t know your real name, age or whether you are in fact confined to a wheelchair. Luckily \u003ca href=\"http://www.thenewparkway.com/index.php?date=05/26/2013\" target=\"_blank\">the Parkway is marathoning the season\u003c/a> in two sittings and costumes are encouraged. Possible costumes include: Leather Daughter, Studio Executive or Victim of BS Disease\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Marathon Alone in Your Apartment: George Michael\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/23/arrested-development-identify-your-character-by-how-you-watch-the-new-season/tumblr_m2tfcfwzjr1rorhjdo1_400/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5243\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_m2tfcfWZJr1rorhjdo1_400.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m2tfcfWZJr1rorhjdo1_400\" width=\"262\" height=\"207\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bad things are always happening to you. First off, you’re in love with your (maybe) cousin, everyone hates your actual girlfriend (\u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh1z5lMNBj1qceaxvo1_500.gif\" target=\"_blank\">her?\u003c/a>), and you spend your days shilling fruit at the beach. Because of these factors and your general goodie two shoes-ness, no one wants to hang out with you and you end up spending a lot of time face down on your carpet…alone. So there’s really only one way you can watch the new season of \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>: in your bed, under the covers, all at once, eating mayoneggs. You’ll be gone for days but don’t worry, no one will call the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. 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Yes, they want you around to zip up their dresses and participate in mother/son beauty pageants but who’s to say they won’t trade you in for a younger model (“Annyong!”)? Who’s to say they won’t murder you when they go off their meds? Here’s a way to find out if they REALLY love you: make them watch the new season of \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em> with you on a schedule, one episode a night. That way you will know where they are every night and if they start speaking along with lines at any point, you will know they’ve been cheating!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Throw a Theme Party: Lindsay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZuvuZXkg84&w=560&h=315]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>We know you’re great at throwing a fundraiser, whether it’s to end circumcision or your cause is TBD. 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And we’re cool for thinking that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJlVirycg-0&w=420&h=315]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>If \u003cem>Freaks and Geeks\u003c/em> would have continued beyond its ridiculously short one-season run, Sam Weir might have went on battling the bullies of his high school with mild success. He might have had that life-changing \u003ca href=\"http://entimg.s-msn.com/i/realitytv/TheVoiceMentors_626x319.jpg\">mentor\u003c/a> who recognized his genuine artistic talent or his extraordinary computer coding skills and encouraged him to apply to NYU or Stanford. His family, from the fictional town of Chippewa, Michigan, might not have had the money to pay his tuition and so Sam might take out loans for college and graduate with \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/business/economy/student-loan-debt-weighing-down-younger-us-workers.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0\">big time debt\u003c/a>. But it would have been worth it. It was in college that he found like-minded individuals. It was in his theater troupe or his D&D club that he found he didn’t need Greek life or football to boost his popularity, that he could be himself, his totally uncool self. And that’s pretty cool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At some point in our lives, we have all experienced the feeling of being uncool, or of being the underdog, the person in society or a situation with little influence and even littler chance of succeeding. Of course, underdogs are often fan favorites. Fans who pay $250 for a ticket to see Roger Federer take on an unseeded 19-year-old from Japan do not want it to end in three sets. They want major tension, they want a game. As a spectator, rooting for the underdog is easy and fun. As the underdog, life is anything but.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5155\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 840px\">\u003ca href=\"http://robotsinmasquerade.blogspot.com/2011/03/glees-fatal-flaw-being-loser-makes-you.html\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-5155\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/glee_slushie_1.jpeg\" alt=\"robotsinmasquerade.blogspot.com\" width=\"840\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/glee_slushie_1.jpeg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/glee_slushie_1-400x255.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/glee_slushie_1-800x511.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">robotsinmasquerade.blogspot.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike \u003cem>Freaks and Geeks\u003c/em>, when \u003cem>Glee \u003c/em>first premiered in 2009, it was not only one of the most hyped up shows of the season, it was one of the most controversial. From creator \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Murphy_(writer)\">Ryan Murphy\u003c/a> (\u003cem>Nip/Tuck, Popular, American Horror Story\u003c/em>) came a high school dramedy centered around mostly underdogs: a group of students with gifted vocal cords, trying to make it in their glee club. How uncool is that? The original promos featured our core group of kids getting Slurpee-like drinks, known on the show as “Big Quench,” thrown in their faces. The producers even went so far as to use “Big Quench” as one of their major icons as though to say, We Are The Kids You Pick On. And you were either with them or against them. And if you were against them, well, good luck to you. The show helped to give even more rise to the geek, the gay, the freak, the underdog. It tackled your typical high school topics: gun control, suicide, sexual identity, teen pregnancy, and above all, bullying. But something began resonating with actual kids in actual American high schools. And after a slew of actual teen suicides, foundations and organizations (\u003ca href=\"http://www.thetrevorproject.org/\">The Trevor Project\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://bornthiswayfoundation.org/\">Born this Way Foundation\u003c/a>) shot into the limelight, and rightfully so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most well-known and well-documented was the \u003ca href=\"http://www.itgetsbetter.org/\">It Gets Better Project\u003c/a>, started by author Dan Savage whose goal was to help prevent LGBT youth suicide through messages of encouragement, assuring the viewer that life will get better beyond their lowest of low points. And what a hit it was! From Tom Hanks to \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLs4NCgvNU\">Google\u003c/a>, from the San Francisco Giants to \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/DEoCyLQgdCU\">Kermit the Frog\u003c/a>, celebrities jumped at this chance to help. It was (and still sort of is) an inspiring campaign and because of the Internet and YouTube, unlike any that preceded it. If you helped out with this cause or any like it, you were pretty much the coolest. If you didn’t, wow, totally uncool man for realz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uphjOgJwLHU&w=560&h=315]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>However you label it, the outcast, the underdog, the other, have always been a part of popular culture, be it in movies, television, books, or real life. The underdog creates tension and makes for a great story. It gives us as the spectators someone to root for and gives the actual underdog something to strive for, a shot at living the cool life, not matter how uncool they are. 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It was (and still sort of is) an inspiring campaign and because of the Internet and YouTube, unlike any that preceded it. If you helped out with this cause or any like it, you were pretty much the coolest. If you didn’t, wow, totally uncool man for realz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/uphjOgJwLHU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/uphjOgJwLHU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>However you label it, the outcast, the underdog, the other, have always been a part of popular culture, be it in movies, television, books, or real life. 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"content": "\u003cp>By Jessica Saia and Don Wu from \u003ca href=\"http://www.thebolditalic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>The Bold Italic\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/22/whilst-in-sf-arrested-development-edition/biad/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5224\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5224\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/biad.jpg\" alt=\"biad\" width=\"642\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/biad.jpg 642w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/biad-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven't used at least three different highlighters in your calendar to mark the release of Arrested Development's fourth season this Sunday, you've made a huge mistake. To celebrate, Don and I collaborated on an exclusive, special edition of \"Whilst in SF\" featuring the Bluth family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taste the happy, readers!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>WHEN I CHECK THE WEATHER AND REALIZE IT'S GOING TO BE OVER 80 DEGREES\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/22/whilst-in-sf-arrested-development-edition/tumblr_llbic1ydnx1qgoi9lo1_250/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5225\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-5225 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_llbic1Ydnx1qgoi9lo1_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_llbic1Ydnx1qgoi9lo1_250\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>VISITING NORTH BEACH ESTABLISHMENTS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/22/whilst-in-sf-arrested-development-edition/tumblr_mjip31amsh1s89cr7o1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5227\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-5227 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_mjip31aMsH1s89cr7o1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_mjip31aMsH1s89cr7o1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"233\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ANYTIME ANYTHING HAPPENS ON MUNI, IT'S JUST LIKE:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/22/whilst-in-sf-arrested-development-edition/tumblr_lpr47w57vc1qgoi9lo1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5229\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-5229 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_lpr47w57vc1qgoi9lo1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_lpr47w57vc1qgoi9lo1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"289\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>WHEN I VISIT A PACKED DOLORES PARK AT 2:00 P.M. ON A WEEKDAY\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/22/whilst-in-sf-arrested-development-edition/tumblr_m4lppvez8r1r52l9s/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5231\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5231\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_m4lppvEZ8R1r52l9s.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m4lppvEZ8R1r52l9s\" width=\"245\" height=\"150\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>TRYING TO ORDER A COSMO AT ZEITGEIST\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/22/whilst-in-sf-arrested-development-edition/tumblr_lojf4oqiw01qljd2yo1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5233\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5233\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_lojf4oQiw01qljd2yo1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_lojf4oQiw01qljd2yo1_500\" width=\"450\" height=\"248\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THE FIRST TIME I VISITED FISHERMAN'S WHARF\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/22/whilst-in-sf-arrested-development-edition/tumblr_m3eek8fohx1r5414t/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5234\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5234\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_m3eek8foHx1r5414t.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m3eek8foHx1r5414t\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MOVING TO THE PRESIDIO\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/22/whilst-in-sf-arrested-development-edition/tumblr_m6mdizaznx1qfo3ndo2_250/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5236\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5236\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_m6mdizAznX1qfo3ndo2_250.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m6mdizAznX1qfo3ndo2_250\" width=\"245\" height=\"220\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Want more? Lucky you! See the rest of the GIFs (including some that aren't KQED appropriate!) over at\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thebolditalic.com/Jessica_Saia/stories/3222-whilst-in-sf-arrested-development-edition\" target=\"_blank\"> The Bold Italic\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The book is so filled with weird, jaw-dropping revelations about the over-the-top celebrity lifestyle Thorson shared with Liberace (matching fur capes and gold plated Rolls Royces to start... have I piqued your interest?) it's almost not to be believed. Thankfully, our celebrity culture has evolved since the death of Liberace in 1987 to the point where we'll believe just about anything (thank you, TMZ). Thorson met Liberace when he was 17 and was quickly brought into the 47 year-old entertainer's entourage and personal life. Thorson quotes Liberace as saying he wanted to be \"Father, brother and lover\" to the younger man... guess which one took precedent? Here are some of the things we're most looking forward to Sunday night when Soderbergh's film premiers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. 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I fear that for an entire generation of women over 80 this movie will be a rude awakening about the private life of a man they may still be holding torches for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Making an Entrance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dioRwB4RvrQ&w=420&h=315]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Liberace was just as famous for his elaborate entrances (like the one above where he's driven onstage by the real Scott Thorson in a rhinestone studded Rolls Royce) as he was for his befurred and bejeweled wardrobe. Also, we hear he played the piano! We've never exactly been sure what all this has to do with Chopin and Beethoven but we're excited to find out!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. 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For proof of the talent behind the tacky, listen to Liberace playing the \"14th Hungarian Rhapsody\" by Liszt; he never would have had the opportunity to get that tacky if he hadn't been that talented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. 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Terrible to live through (I can only imagine) but fabulous to read about and hopefully see on screen! How fame and wealth corrupt and pervert even the gentlest of souls; and how the scorned heart seeks vengance, especially when the scorned is half of a celebrity coupling. Let's just hope that Soderbergh's film takes us on as wild a ride as its source material. 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As Thorson says of Mrs. Liberace: \"when she died, Lee (Liberace) didn't shed a single tear but went to pieces a few months later at the death of one of his many poodles.\" Don't even bother chewing, Debbie: just swallow the scenery whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Speaking of Sequins\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Rk7Tj55bGEg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Rk7Tj55bGEg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>No movie about Liberace would be complete without recreations of some of those famously understated costumes from his stage wardrobe (see also his collection of hairpieces). Beads, ruffles, feathers, velvet, satin, sequins, furs, jewels: the man made Cher look like a Shinto nun by comparison. Also, apparently the rule for men wearing capes is as follows: capes are only allowable if you are a superhero \u003cem>or\u003c/em> a world famous concert pianist. Here's the best part of the Liberace wardrobe: in a head-to-toe white satin and ermine ensemble bedecked with more mirrors than the a NASA telescope, the man insisted on publicly playing it straight until the day he died from AIDS complications. I fear that for an entire generation of women over 80 this movie will be a rude awakening about the private life of a man they may still be holding torches for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. 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We've never exactly been sure what all this has to do with Chopin and Beethoven but we're excited to find out!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Michael Douglas As We've Never Seen Him Before\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Academy Award winning actor hasn't had a role this good in years (thanks for trying, team behind \u003cem>Wall Street\u003c/em> sequel but no thanks) and has never played so far against type. Over-the-top antics aside, Liberace was an enormously talented musician and captivating personality and we're looking forward to seeing how Douglass channels his own brand of charisma into the role. We're also seriously hoping his wife, fellow Academy Award winner Catherine Zeta Jones, gave him some pointers on just how to do that diva strut across the stage to his piano bench.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/15/the-end-of-the-office-era/the-office-cast-1024x768/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4904\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-4904\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/the-office-cast-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"the-office-cast-1024x768\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/the-office-cast-1024x768.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/the-office-cast-1024x768-400x227.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Office/NBC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Time is basically irrelevant without markers to let you know it's passing. You go along, day to to day, doing jobs, eating dinner and then suddenly, BOOM! something happens to remind you that you are getting old and that someday, you are going to die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it is with \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc.com/the-office/\" target=\"_blank\">tomorrow's series finale of \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a show that has been on since my last semester of undergrad, April 2005--so in a way, my whole adult life. That's nine seasons and eight years. In Lizzy-time, that's five baby cousins born into my family who aren't babies anymore. Three states, six bedrooms, two degrees, two surfboards, eight roommates, five bikes, one book, six jobs, one real-life boyfriend and three pairs of glasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The American Version of \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>,\" which those of us just returning from abroad trips in Britain in 2005 continued to call it for at least the first four seasons, never really reached the insanely painful heights of its British predecessor. \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/U1PHpkdvNOs\" target=\"_blank\">The genius of Ricky Gervais\u003c/a> in his original production of \u003cem>The Office \u003c/em>on BBC 2 was that he was able to create characters just on the edge of believable, that made you so uncomfortable you almost had to turn away, precisely because you knew they could be real people. The America \u003cem>Office \u003c/em>could never quite achieve that; its characters were always just a bit too silly. But after awhile, the show became its own thing. As apposed to sitcoms that defined previous eras, filled with leisure time and absurd apartments, it was about the daily grind, spending the majority of your hours with people you didn't choose, in front of computers and trying to work the copy machine. \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/EV4Cn8sziS4\" target=\"_blank\">The Pam and Jim romance\u003c/a> kept us hopeful; \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/KWrXZzzq1B0\" target=\"_blank\">the antics of the various bosses\u003c/a> made us feel like our bosses weren't so bad and also weren't so good. I don't know if this is necessarily a good thing, but \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em> helped a whole generation of us Millennials romanticize normalcy and lowered expectations. And it helped goofy tall guys everywhere get some action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone who cares at all about TV will tell you that in the last few years, (last handful of years?), \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em> has lost some of its original magic. New shows like \u003cem>Parks and Recreation\u003c/em> took its mockumentary style and did it better, with more laughs and a more purpose. It's characters, especially Dwight, became too ridiculous. Pam and Jim proved that no one wants to actually see the happily ever after. But in this final season, it has come back to being meaningful. Pam and Jim hit the rocks, like all married couples (I am told) and the characters final became aware of the fact that they were in a documentary, which feels strangely satisfying. Tomorrow, the whole story will get wrapped up. Maybe Pam and Jim will leave \u003ca href=\"http://www.dundermifflin.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Dunder Mifflin\u003c/a>. Maybe they won't. Either way, it will be a little bittersweet but not so bad. Everything has its time and maybe tomorrow the people who will really be quitting the paper company will be us. Time marches on. And now it is time to find another job--something a little more interesting maybe?-- and a new TV show to define the next stage of our lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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