Thursday, November 30, 2023

Twelfth Night in Annika

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“Episode #6.1.” By Nick Walker. Perf. Nicola Walker, Jamie Sives,  and Katie Leung. Dir. Fiona Walton.  Annika . Season 1, episode 6. Alibi ...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Lewis Mirrors Hamlet

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“Reputation.” By Russell Lewis and Stephen Churchett. Perf. Charlie Cox, Sophie Winkleman, and Colin Starkey. Dir. Bill Anderson.  Lewis . ...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Shakespeare in FoxTrot's Think iFruity

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Amend, Bill. Think iFruity . Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2000. Moving one book forward in our push to cover all the Shakespeare in FoxTrot,...
Monday, November 20, 2023

Shakespearean Deep Cuts from The Office

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"Broke." By Charlie Grandy. Perf. Steve Carell. Dir. PSteve Carell. The Office . Season 5, episode 23. NBC. 23 April 2009. Deleted...
Friday, November 17, 2023

Shakespeare in FoxTrot's I'm Flying, Jack . . . I Mean, Roger

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Amend, Bill. I'm Flying, Jack . . . I Mean, Roger . Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1997. The next FoxTrot chronologically in our trip ...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Book Note: Shakespeare's First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book

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Smith, Emma. Shakespeare's First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. This year marks the fo...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

A Tiny Bit of Shakespeare in a Friends Subplot

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"The One with the Fake Monica." By Adam Chase and Ira Ungerleider. Perf. Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, and Philip Rayburn Smith. Di...
Monday, October 30, 2023

A Brief Quote from Hamlet in a Sherlock Holmes–Related Episode of Star Trek (and it's Not the Quote You're Thinking of)

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“Elementary, Dear Data.” By Brian Alan Lane. Perf. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Diana Muldaur, and Brent ...
Friday, October 6, 2023

Shakespeare in Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man

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Bradbury, Ray. The Illustrated Man . New York:  William Morrow Paperbacks, 2011. Since this summer, I've been re-reading (or reading, in...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Shakespeare in FoxTrot's Welcome to Jasorassic Park

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Amend, Bill. Welcome to Jasorassic Park . Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1992. Note: I'm backdating this post from its actual composition ...
Friday, September 29, 2023

Shakespeare in FoxTrot's Come Closer, Roger, There's a Mosquito on your Nose

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Amend, Bill. Come Closer, Roger, There's a Mosquito on your Nose . Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1997. Even though it doesn't hav...
Friday, September 22, 2023

Shakespeare in FoxTrot's At Least This Place Sells T-Shirts

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Amend, Bill. At Least This Place Sells T-Shirts . Kansas City: Andrews and McMell, 1996. The quest to track down all the Shakespeare in FoxT...
Thursday, September 21, 2023

A Shakespeare Allusion in Season Eight of The Office

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"Special Project." By Amelie Gillette. Perf. Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling, Ed Helms, Leslie David Baker, Kate Flannery, Lindsey Bro...
Friday, September 15, 2023

Shakespeare in FoxTrot's The Return of the Lone Iguana

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Amend, Bill. The Return of the Lone Iguana . Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996. As we continue on our quest to track down all the Shakes...