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#CouchWorthy:The Circus Is Back In Town on September 19

August 27, 2021May 30, 2022 Sammy Younan

The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth returns on Sunday September 19 at 8pm on Showtime (Crave in Canada.). Woot!

Television

#SetTheVCR: January 10-16, 2021

January 14, 2021August 11, 2022 Sammy Younan

TV On…Pants off! What’s Good on TV this week.

Set The VCR

#SetTheVCR: August 08-14, 2022
by Sammy Younan
Dreams, Devils, and the Dead: ah yes welcome back to #SetTheVCR.
#SetTheVCR: August 01-07, 2022
by Sammy Younan
Taking a Quantum Leap you'll dig this week's #SetTheVCR: it's got Jokes. And if not the Sandman will come to you with dreams. All win!
#SetTheVCR: July 25-31, 2022
by Sammy Younan
Pennywise gets a Last Dance. It's that kind of #SetTheVCR week.
#SetTheVCR: July 18-24, 2022
by Sammy Younan
This is The Captain speaking: We got all kinds of Last Dances for this week's #SetTheVCR. From The Gray Man, a Last Dance from assassins, to Don McLean, to O.J. Simpson, there's something for everyone here. Let's face the music and Last Dance, shall we?
#SetTheVCR: July 11-17, 2022
by Sammy Younan
Let's have an Uncharted and Unprecedented Hart to Heart about this week's #SetTheVCR.
#SetTheVCR: July 4-10, 2022
by Sammy Younan
It's a Teen-Tastic week at #SetTheVCR: with characters struggling with Trigger Points seeking their Independence Day. Let's reach for the Moon…haven on TV this week…shall we begin?
#SetTheVCR: June 27-July 03, 2022
by Sammy Younan
Welcome to #SetTheVCR where this week it is murder most howl! We got a woman's basketball team eliminating the competition, black comics who are killing it, Chris Pratt has gone Terminal, Bond's stylish watch says it's No Time To Die and murders in a building. My "body" of work includes many puns. Let's investigate what's on TV this week.
#SetTheVCR: June 20-26, 2022
by Sammy Younan
This week starts off with revenge and ends with mindfulness and Zen. In between is a multiverse of possibilities. It's what you'd expect from the Man from Toronto who writes #SetTheVCR.
#SetTheVCR: June 13-19, 2022
by Sammy Younan
We got miracles and music, high stakes baseball and basketball...so it's either The Summer I Turned Pretty or the latest #SetTheVCR.
#SetTheVCR: June 6-12, 2022
by Sammy Younan
Netflix Geeks Hustle for stand up-comedy: it's that type of #SetTheVCR week.

MSL Space Station Oddity: Contact Photography Festival 2022 | Culture SnapMay 20, 2022
Sammy is joined by photographer Henry VanderSpek aka Culture Snap to discuss and recommend a happy handful of Contact Photography Festival exhibitions.

MSL Space Station Oddity: 2021 Induction Ceremony | Rock & Roll Hall of FameNovember 26, 2021
Sammy & Stephanie discuss their happy highlights from the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony broadcast on HBO Max on Saturday, November 20 at 8 p.m.

MSL Space Station Oddity: Top 5 Favourite ”Monsters”October 30, 2021
Sammy & Stephanie discuss their Top 5 Favourite Monsters: from vampires to They Live aliens to Hal 9000 to Annie Wilkes and much more!

MSL Space Station Oddity: Being James BondOctober 8, 2021
Recorded Live on Twitter Spaces: Sammy & Stephanie discuss Being James Bond. The 45 minute documentary TV special in anticipation of No Time To Die.

MSL Space Station Oddity: ClickbaitOctober 1, 2021
Sammy & Stephanie discuss Netflix's Clickbait. An 8 episode limited series released on August 25, 2021.

New Book Alert: January 10-14, 2022
by Sammy Younan
My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

New Book Alert: January 3-7, 2022
by Sammy Younan
My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

New Book Alert: November 8-12, 2021
by Sammy Younan
My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

New Book Alert: November 1-5, 2021
by Sammy Younan
My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

221 | Kat Rosenfield (No One Will Miss Her)
by Sammy Younan
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer Kat Rosenfield whose latest novel is No One Will Miss Her a fantastic murder mystery thriller.