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The Best Of A Bad Year: 2008

December 30th, 2008 10:50am EST Post a comment

(Truth Justice and Gordon Shumway - weekly column) I'm not going to lie to you, 2008 was a pretty terrible year. But, over here at "TJAGS" we're not going to focus on the bad; instead, let's focus

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Tue Dec 30 2008 11:02:45 By: Guy Nacolojist (

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"If you are not fortunate enough to have yet heard of American Aquarium yet"
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Pulitzer.

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Tue Dec 30 2008 11:07:26 By: Alter-Ego (

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I haven't seen The Wrestler yet, but I've seen plenty of screen caps of Marisa Tomei as a stripper, and from those alone I can agree that this is definitely the best film of 2008, CGI nipples or not!

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Tue Dec 30 2008 11:07:51 By: BikerChick (

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I did not see The Wrestler, Mad Men, Frost/Nixon, or How I Met Your Mother and I never heard of American Aquarium. Guess I missed out.

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Tue Dec 30 2008 11:14:15 By: delinan (

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Me too BikerChick, oh well never mind!

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Tue Dec 30 2008 12:03:30 By: Mike Ryan (

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@Guy Nacolojist: If you feel there is a typo or error, you could always shoot an email.

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Tue Dec 30 2008 12:46:50 By: rob who had a broken foot (

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american aquarium's bible and the bottle pick is a plea from mike to get you to listen to their debut album antique heart. i say skip the bottle and go straight for the heart.

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Tue Dec 30 2008 12:53:14 By: Mike Ryan (

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@Rob: I disagree. I think "Antique Heart" is fantastic, but I actually think "The Bible and the Bottle" is better.

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Tue Dec 30 2008 18:14:39 By: Sinbad (

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I think that there are some good thoughts here. I've not seen everything on here, but plan to. Definitely like the Letterman and American Aquarium selections.

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Tue Dec 30 2008 18:43:03 By: Mike Ryan (

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@Sinbad: Thanks. If I could go back and write this again I would probably make ita toptwelve and add "Wall-E" and the Swedish language horror film (kind of) "Let The Right One In." A movie I was pretty much dragged to, but was one of the most compelling movies I have ever seen. Plus it had vampires.

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Tue Dec 30 2008 20:16:19 By: TarHeel1999 (

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Finally! I have been telling all my family and friends about American Aquarium for a couple of years, it's nice to see them get some recognition.
Okay list overall, but was shocked to see the love for AA. How long have you been a fan?
Peace, Luv & Michael Jordan...
TarHeel1999

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Wed Dec 31 2008 06:41:44 By: Stewart172 (

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American Aquarium rocks. I saw them play live most recently in St. Louis, the audience was tiny but their sound was tight. I recommend all of their stuff, check them out on iTunes. And Nicholas Fehn is the funniest character on television. Glad to see that Armisen is starting to gain some traction. Great list.

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Wed Dec 31 2008 11:02:14 By: Mike Ryan (

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@Stewart172: Funny, I think people either love Fehn or hate Fehn. I wish that character had his own 30 minute variety show.

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Thu Jan 1 2009 13:23:54 By: Blues_Lover (

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I don't watch a lot of current sitcoms but I loved That 70's Show. But I am a Mom so How I Met Your Mother really amused me.
Thank you for all your reviews. The writers who contribute to this site do an excellent job.

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Fri Jan 2 2009 15:23:00 By: mizzb87 (

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was this all the entertainment for 08...guess it was a bad year

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Sun Jan 4 2009 09:22:06 By: Dee Doyle (

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Hiiii Mike, yay for having Heath Ledger on there!

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