Synopsis of 2×07: The family travels to an alien hospital to save Jerry, where Rick sets up interdimensional television in the waiting room. Jerry must decide if he’s willing to donate his penis to save an alien diplomat. Rating: ★★1/2☆☆ Alien: “What are you doing?” Rick: “A sequel.” Alien: “A sequel? I […]
Rick and Morty: Big Trouble in Little Sanchez Recap
Synopsis of 2×07: Rick transfers his brain into a younger clone, then refuses to return to his old body. Jerry and Beth attend marriage counseling on another planet. Rating: ★★★★☆ If there’s one thing that’s getting old about Rick and Morty, it’s the Beth-Jerry character dynamic. For one thing, they get stuck together […]
Podcast Spotlight: My Brother, My Brother and Me
Podcast Spotlight is a regular feature in which we showcase a podcast and explore what makes it special. Have suggestions for a future installment? Leave them in the comments. Show: My Brother, My Brother and Me Debut: April 12, 2010 Number of Episodes: 267 Network: Maximum Fun Homepage: http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/my-brother-my-brother-and-me There’s a part of […]
Rick and Morty: The Ricks Must Be Crazy Recap
Synopsis of 2×06: Rick and Morty have to travel inside Rick’s ship battery, which is actually a tiny city. The ship protects Summer in ethically questionable ways. Rating: ★★★★1/2 After sort of an off week last time, Rick and Morty is thankfully back to the fascinating, disturbing, hilarious stuff it does best. And to […]
Podcast Spotlight: This American Life
Show: This American Life Debut: November 17, 1995 Number of Episodes: 565 Network: WBEZ Homepage: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ Welcome to Podcast Spotlight, a new regular feature on Nerdophiles. In every new addition, we showcase a particular podcast, demonstrating what makes it unique and worth your time. We’ve only occasionally written about podcasts in […]
Rick and Morty: Get Schwifty Recap
Synopsis of 2×05: An enormous floating head appears orbiting Earth, causing natural disasters. While the townspeople begin to worship the head, Rick performs music for it and inadvertently enters Earth into an intergalactic talent show. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Rick and Morty is a show decisively written with a central understanding of the […]
Rick and Morty: Total Rickall Recap
Synopsis for 2×04: An ever-growing group of parasites have infested the Smith household, and the family has to figure out who’s real and who’s an impostor. Rating: ★★★★★ Over the course of these recaps, I’ve continued to praise Rick and Morty for its ability to frame extreme science fiction scenarios in ways that comment […]
Lil Dicky Weighs Down His Comedy With Misguided Ambition On Bloated “Professional Rapper”
Professional Rapper Artist(s): Lil Dicky Release Date: July 31, 2015 Label: Self-released Length: 1:29:00 Genre(s): Hip hop, comedy Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Wikipedia | Amazon “Well, I wanna be the dude that came in and made the stand up rap / With the random rap and the man like that for the people that was anti-rap / Yet, the fans of […]
Rick and Morty: Auto Erotic Assimilation Recap
Synopsis for 2×03: Rick reunites with his ex-girlfriend, the hive mind Unity, while Summer tries to convince its members to think freely. Jerry and Beth discover Rick’s secret lab under the garage. Rating: ★★★★☆ Rick lives in the present. He embraces new opportunities wherever they appear and pushes himself to new limits constantly. He […]
Rick and Morty: Mortynight Run Recap
Synopsis for 2×02: Disturbed after seeing Rick sell weapons to an assassin, Morty ventures to save the target. Jerry gets left at a daycare center for Jerrys from various dimensions. Rating: ★★★★★ When I think of my favorite episodes of Rick and Morty, I generally find myself gravitating towards those with the […]
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