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Author: Eric Berlin
I'm Eric Berlin, a terminally online writer, digital product guy, and pop culture nerd. Pop Thruster is my vehicle to showcase absurdly ambitious projects like the best 1,000 albums ever, ranking every Key & Peele sketch, and coverage of TV, movies, and music with weirdly obsessive passion.
Supernatural, “Adventures in Babysitting”: service with a smile
“I call it being a professional. Do it right. With a smile. Or don’t do it.” – Frank
Suits: “Errors and Omissions”: sex, drugs, and… more sex and drugs
“Is that sweat on your well-moisturized brow, Mr. Specter?”
Suits, “Pilot”: the prince and the pothead
Suits = Psych meets White Collar.
Conan O’Brien Must Go brings Conan’s need for a friend to the Max
“That’s what I do. That is my gift.”
Teddybears – Soft Machine: #239 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m a punk rocker, yes I am.
Suits, “Undefeated”: all’s fair
“This is a law office, not Lord of the Flies.” – Mike
Suits, “Tricks of the Trade”: Batman and Robin head to wall street
Needs more POW! BOP! And KABOOM!
Suits, “Rules of the Game”: dinner with the antichrist
Silence is golden… sometimes.
Suits, “Play the Man”: everybody hates Mike
“I don’t think you understand how high maintenance this place is.” – Harvey
Suits, “Inside Track”: Robin Hood: men in well-tailored slacks
Harvey is Harvey and Mike is an idiot.
The Sympathizer has great fun with post-Vietnam War spy games
“I was a man of two faces. The war was ending. And I awaited my new assignment.”
Suits, “Identity Crisis”: The Louis Litt Show
“I get along with me just fine.” – Harvey
The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed: #240 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You can’t always get what you want.
The Millionaire Matchmaker, “Jeff/Julien”: the flagpole rises
“He’s not really rocking. He’s a software guy.” – Patti
Suits, “Dirty Little Secrets”: bring on the backstory
“Isn’t she a little taller than you?” – Quentin “It’s the heels.” – Harvey
Suits, “Dog Fight”: atonement
“I’m going to tell you a story about what that man did for me.” – Mike
Suits, “Bail Out”: you’re so money and you don’t even know it
“You don’t send a puppy to clean up its own mess. Optimally you don’t even have a puppy.” – Harvey
Adventureland: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: #241 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m curious to know exactly how you are. I keep my distance, but that distance is too far.
Vanderpump Villa: Vanderpump Rules meets Below Deck on a French estate
Vanderpump Rules meets Below Deck-style conflict and hookup fest dynamics? Looks really fun.
Sublime – Second-Hand Smoke: #670 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wrapped around your finger but I think my time has come, but I never can be too sure ’cause I like to have a little fun.
Cougar Town, “Letting You Go”: morning drinking
“That makes my lady parts beep.” – Laurie
Cougar Town, “Little Girl Blues”: Cobb-stopping
“Hey it’s okay. It’s scary to meet your boyfriend’s mom.” – Jules to Kirsten
MF DOOM – Operation: Doomsday: #243 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I sell rhymes like dimes.
The Millionaire Matchmaker, “Dave/Harold”: okey dokey smokey
“I’m looking for a girl that has the compliments and the beauty of Maxim meets FHM, with a Harvard degree, who’s sweet as sugar, who got off the farm, and wouldn’t expect a thing.” – Patti
Cougar Town, “Let Yourself Go”: slap out of it
“Wine up, everybody!” – Jules
Cougar Town, “Full Moon Fever”: boundless bikers
“Your name isn’t that great, either.” – Opening credits title card Kicking off what looks to be a bit of an extended stay in Cougar Town, Sarah Chalke has hung up Elliot Reed’s scrubs in […]
Cougar Town, “Finding Out”: ultimate penny can
“Jules, in a relationship sometimes you have to do things that you don’t want to do. It’s part of being a couple.” – Grayson
Parish deploys Giancarlo Esposito in a New Orleans-based thriller
Parish is a Giancarlo Esposito showcase, and a richly deserved one.
Depeche Mode – Violator: #244 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Words are very unnecessary – they can only do harm.
Cougar Town, “Feel A Whole Lot Better”: that’s what he said
“Friends with benefits… the old F.W.B.” – Jules
Cougar Town, “Down South”: nice guys finish last
“I’m only an okay storm. I’m not a perfect storm!” – Ellie
Jimmy Cliff – Wonderful World, Beautiful People: #245 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Take a look at the world and the state that it’s in today. I am sure you’ll agree we all could make it a better way.
Cougar Town, “Counting On You”: churro holes and snuggies
“You should probably tweet about your problems.” – Laurie
Cougar Town, “Breakdown”: weird thing to pound out
“You suck at musical beers.” – Jules
The Guess Who – American Woman: #246 of best 1,000 albums ever!
No sugar tonight in my coffee, no sugar tonight in my tea.
The Millionaire Matchmaker, “The Plastic Surgeon & The Pole Dancer”: God complex
“She’s a stripper teacher. Let’s call it what it is.” – Patti
Cougar Town, “All Mixed Up”: the blue lagoonies
“I thought that our Grayson-ship was going great.” – Jules
Cougar Town, “Ain’t Love Strange”: and so it is
“Yes, it’s still called Cougar Town. We’re upset, too.” – Opening credits title card
Chef Aid: The South Park Album: #247 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Ooh baby, every time we kiss, hot lava.
Cougar Town, “A One Story Town”: operation kiss-the-girl
“No, it’s not Scrubs in Florida with lots of wine.” – Opening credits title card
Cougar Town, “A Mind with a Heart of Its Own”: people pleasing
“Titles we liked better than Cougar Town: Sunshine State, The Drinking Age, Cougar City, Mid-Life.” – Opening credits title card
Foxboro Hot Tubs – Stop Drop and Roll!!!: #248 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Goin’ down to the Ruby Room, I’m gonna meet my doom.
Misfits – Collection: #249 of best 1,000 albums ever!
They call us walking corpses, unholy living dead. They had to lock us up, put us in their British hell.
The Walking Dead: considering the “zombie guts” technique
Why don’t the veteran zombie fighters of The Walking Dead use the zombie guts technique early, often, and nearly always in fending off the undead biters?
The Walking Dead, “Welcome to the Tombs”: kill or die
We barely even got zombies.
Kourtney & Kim Take New York, “Go Get Your Man”: countdown to divorce
“The Hump is back!” – Kris
The Walking Dead, “What Lies Ahead”: second chances
“It’s all about slim chances now.” – Rick
The Walking Dead, “Wildfire”: CDC
“And we have fewer people. That makes us weaker.” – Lori
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – This Year’s Model: #250 of best 1,000 albums ever!
See her picture in a thousand places ’cause she’s this year’s girl.