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#SetTheVCR: August 10-16, 2026
Author: Sammy Younan
Sammy Younan is the affable host of My Summer Lair: think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.
#SetTheVCR: August 03-09, 2026
Shard of TV Recommendations make watching TV feel like Moral Kombat. No worries I got dope #SetTheVCR recommendations for all kinds of Family Ties.
Happy National Pinball Day! Buying Bold Dreams with Quarters
Celebrating National Pinball Day: a salute to tactile storytelling, analog chaos, and buying bold dreams with quarters in neon-lit arcades.
#CouchWorthy: Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2
Batman: Caped Crusader is a hard-boiled animated series that follows the fearsome vigilante in his early years.
#SetTheVCR: July 27 – August 02, 2026
TV You can be Furious about these TV Recommendations from The Devil’s Mouth. Or you can just #SetTheVCR.
#SetTheVCR: July 20-26, 2026
Lots of Nouvelle Vague TV Recommendations this week: 72 Hours will be just Gone watching TV. #SetTheVCR is just as rare as a Blue Heron.
#CouchWorthy: 10 Years of Stranger Things Is Strange…Hype Is For Heathens
10 years later is Stranger Things world-building or just nostalgic hype? A retrospective look at the Duffer Brothers’ pop culture legacy.
#CouchWorthy: Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown vs Cold War Wigs
Reviewing CNN’s Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown—where Cold War CIA spycraft, satellite delays and 80s wig collections collide.
#SetTheVCR: July 13-19, 2026
You got Lucky…have I got TV Sweetness for you. Your next TV Obsession awaits like a patient Hawk. You won’t put this week’s #SetTheVCR in Cold Storage.
Pennywise with a Promotion: Is AI Your New Co-Worker or a Cosmic Predator?
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan explores humanizing artificial intelligence—from Pennywise to Rick Deckard.