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Wonder of wonders, Candace and Toni somehow managed to keep their business afloat for a decade, despite…

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It’s difficult to read Ben Marcus’ new novel, The Flame Alphabet, without being reminded of his well-publicized Harpe…

Like the crafty hobbyists it spoofs, Portlandia excels at taking the barest scrap of a concept and developing the…

‪QUOTES OF THE WEEK

I'm a little self-conscious reviewing this, my least favorite episode so far of season two, because I feel if I had…

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If Wikipedia serves, Portlandia wrapped season two production the exact same weekend that Wall Street got itself…

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‪QUOTES OF THE WEEK

"Cool Wedding" is not a particularly good or particularly bad episode of Portlandia, but I think it is a…

‪QUOTES OF THE WEEK‬

There's something incredibly optimistic about Portlandia and its vision of a world where the problems aren't…

Portlandia limped across the finish line at the end of last season with a pair of weaker episodes ("Baseball" and…

“Maturity” might not be the word that springs to mind when listening to Ty Segall’s Melted and Goodbye Bread, but…

‪We assembled our top-10 list in the usual way. All of the regular contributors to The A.V. Club’s game section made…

‪Programming note: Podmass is taking the next two weeks off and will return Friday, Jan. 6. But look for our best…

Timing gets all the credit, but good comedy is equally indebted to good word choice. In his collection of short-form…

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