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Happily, Garbage's sophomore album, Version 2.0 (Almo Sounds) doesn't live up--or down--to the band's name. The quartet, based in Madison, Wis., and consisting of singer Shirley Manson (originally from Edinburgh, Scotland), guitarists Steve Marker and Duke Erikson, and drummer Butch Vig (who produced Nirvana's album Nevermind), had never played outside the studio before recording their debut album, Garbage, in 1995. Their inexperience showed: while the album had its moments, it often felt indecisive and inorganic. In the past three years, Garbage has had a chance to tour, and now it sounds more like...
...takes a sad story of loss, and portray it with a big smile to get the tragic point across with just enough irony. A young and talented kid, played by B. Jason Young, journeys through Hollywood looking for a place to display his talent. In one particularly biting moment, Shirley Temple is parodied as 'da Beat (Derick K. Grant) makes a large stretchable doll dance with Uncle Huck-A-Buck (Dominique Kelley) as she asks him questions like, "Why do I get paid more than you?" Eventually, he loses "the beat," and has to conform to what everyone wants...
...existed, only 10 sitcoms have ever finished first in the ratings for a season, and Seinfeld has the distinction of being one of them. The others make a curious list: I Love Lucy, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Andy Griffith Show, All in the Family, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, The Cosby Show, Roseanne (which tied one year with Cosby) and Cheers. Seinfeld was No. 1 for a single season, 1994-95. Since then it has finished second to ER, which is where it places so far this year...
...junk did ascend to that pinnacle. As fun as it would be to go against the conventional, middlebrow wisdom and say The Beverly Hillbillies possessed a sly, Twain-like wit, recent viewings confirm that it was as crude as everyone has always said. The Happy Days-Laverne and Shirley era is another sorry one. So it could be argued on behalf of Seinfeld that it has combined quality and popularity in a way that is very impressive...
...households with television sets. Back then, 90% of the nation's households had TVs, so more than a third of America was watching Granny tangle with Mr. Drysdale. In later years, when TV ownership was more widespread, All in the Family scored in the 30s, as did Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days and The Cosby Show...