A lot of people have been discovering Tintin recently due to the feature film, but he’s actually been around for a while. If the theater version left you hungry for more, why not check out the original animated series as well? The first season of The Adventures of Tintin was ...

Metafilter has announced their top posts of 2011, and one of the nominees was filthy light thief's amazing, sad, and memorable recounting last month of the life and death of Northern Calloway, who played David on Sesame Street. Calloway had...

I love all the classic holiday stuff you see on television each December. Even though I have most of my favorites on DVD there’s something special about seeing them when they’re actually being aired. It doesn’t count if you record them or stream them later. I’m talking about the random ...

The Creepy Kids TV series on this blog is a collection of my own observations of children's television.  I choose to feature shows that A) I watched on tv when I was a kid, B) I saw on tv today while watching with my own kid, or C) Came up ...

You’ve seen the apps drifting across the cityscape in the most recent commercial from Sprint. The one that ends with a cherubic kiddo, maybe 5 years old, playing with what we assume is his parent’s iPhone 4S as the voice over asks, “Why would anyone want to limit the iPhone?” Did ...

If you remember Voltron from your childhood, or if you and/or your kids want to watch something exciting and funny, you should turn on the Voltron Force marathon on Nicktoons starting today at noon Eastern Time. It’s a clever show that both works as an excellent sequel to, and pokes ...

After many, many years of cable TV in this GeekDad’s house, we cut the coax. There are several reasons why the GeekMom and I chose to do this – and none of them have to do with being anti-TV. We’ve started a new adventure of video streaming and do-it-yourself. I’m ...

Today's guest blogger is Brian from DadInAction.com. Please visit his site to read some great stuff, and follow him on Twitter @DadInAction Thanks Brian for filling in while I'm taking care of my wife after surgery.  She is doing well and getting...

Our deepest, darkest fears about Movember were exposed Monday night on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Plus - vote on who has the best mid-month 'stache!

According to a recent article in The Guardian, there has been a significant boom in interest in physics in the past two years. The article discusses a number of possible reasons for the increase in interest, but the most unusual reason mentioned may surprise you: The Big Bang Theory, a California-based ...