Comedy

Exploding Kittens – Shane & Chugger’s

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Exploding Kittens - Shane & Chugger's

Devilcat (Sasheer Zamata) makes a new friend in the constantly complaining Karen while Godcat (Tom Ellis) attempts to help Abbie (Suzy Nakamura) and Marv (Mark Proksch) throw Travis (Kenny Yates) a half-birthday wild enough to convince a pair of cherubs he’s ready to return to Heaven. Swinging at some pretty low-hanging fruit, but still managing some laughs, the episode goes hard at Karen, who the family basically frame for the death of the cherub’s unicorn, and also at the Dave & Buster’s style restaurant which Travis is obsessed with. Despite his hatred of the place, even Godcat finds a way to have some fun getting lost in whackamole which triggers both his cat-reflexes and his need to vent some aggression.

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Can’t Hardly Wait

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Can't Hardly Wait

1998’s Can’t Hardly Wait is more charming than it has any right to be. Filled with a number of young actors, several of whom would go on to have success in Hollywood in the years to come, Ethan Embry plays all-around good guy Preston Meyers who at the graduation party plans to proclaim his love to recently dumped it girl Amanda Beckett (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who he’s been crushing on since Freshman year. Meanwhile, Amanda is attempting to discover who she is outside of being Mike Dexter’s (Peter Facinelli) ex-girlfriend.

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Guilty Pleasure – Side Out

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Side Out

For Throwback Thursday we turn our attention to some Beach Volleyball. While not Olympic quality, Side Out manages to highlight the sport in its own way. Working his way to law school, and staying with his uncle (Terry Kiser) for the summer, Monroe Clark (C. Thomas Howell) is ill-prepared for the world he’s walking into. While attempting to evict people from their homes, Monroe runs across degenerate gambler and beach bum Zack Barnes (Peter Horton). Despite his uncle needing Barnes evicted for a lucrative land deal, Monroe strikes up a friendship with the former beach volleyball player and a pair of other locals (Courtney Thorne-Smith and Christopher Rydell) leading him to reassess what he wants out of his life.

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Wizards of Waverly Place – New Employee

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Wizards of Waverly Place - New Employee

Wayback Wednesday takes us back to a family of wizards living in Waverly Place. “New Employee” sees two characters entering the job market for the first time. Hoping to spend more time with her best-friend, Alex (Selena Gomez) convinces her parents to hire Harper (Jennifer Stone) only to discover she’s the worst waitress who ever lived. However, a quick bit of magic fixes that. Although the new Harper is less interested in spending time with her friend than being amazing at her job. The B-story involves Justin (David Henrie) starting a tutoring business only to draw the ire of a little kid who attempts to bully him into sharing his profits.

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Spread

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Spread

After losing yet another job, being cut-off from her father (Diedrich Bader), breaking up with her boyfriend (Jonah Platt), and having no marketable skills, Ruby (Elizabeth Gillies) takes a short-term job as a temp for a struggling pornographic publishing house where her aggressive personality catches notice of the magazine’s owner (Harvey Keitel) in need of a major gamechanger to save the company. Tasked with creating an app while struggling to work in an industry she doesn’t respect or understand, Ruby eventually becomes invested in helping the magazine and preventing a corporate douchebag (Tim Rozon) determined to shut it down.

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