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fall smackdown, zombified edition: watching “the walking dead” vs. wearing a zombie costume

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Now that Tivli has AMC (the channel of Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Walking Dead, and tons of other awesome stuff), I thought it would be a good idea to figure out what’s better: dressing up as a zombie for Halloween, or watching Season 3 of The AwesomeWalking Dead.  Sure, you could do both at the same time, but here on the Tivli blog we like to arbitrarily rank things for no reason, sometimes with Fake TV Math.
Let’s do this.
Danger of becoming a zombie:
  • Dressing up: 8
    Look, Halloween is serious business.  It’s basically Method acting, where you must “become” your character.  After ripping up your clothes, dabbing on that fake blood, and practicing your best undead growl, your roommate’s brains might start to look pretty tasty… why risk it?
  • TWD: 3
    The Walking Dead has no shortage of scary moments (there’s still parts of the pilot episode that haunt my nightmares) and you should always check with your doctor to make sure your heart can handle the screaming and jumping out of your seat that may occur.  Still, the HD gore will keep you far away from any desire to snack on human craniums.
  • Winner:  TWD.

#the walking dead #amc #halloween #twd #walking dead #tivli blogs tv #michonne #fall smackdown 2012 #zombies

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fall smackdown, 9pm edition: supernatural vs. the presidential debate

TONIGHT

SHOWDOWN AT 9PM

Will you be watching Obama and Romney battle it out with buzzwords and statistics?

Or will you tune in for Sam and Dean’s battles with, like, actual knives and guns and holy water and Borax and stuff?

Why don’t you let us help you decide with a good old-fashioned FALL TV SMACKDOWN…

(grr)

The main players: Well, this is a matter of taste, I suppose.  Do you like heroes who…

  • …wear suits and American flag lapel pins, or plaid shirts and blood spatter?
  • …live in fear of Lovecraftian monsters, or stay up at night thinking about tax codes?
  • …have the statutes of Obama care memorized, or can recite the exorcism ritual by heart?
  • Do you want to see an angel helping out, or a lady from CNN?

#barack obama #cnn #cw #election 2012 #fall smackdown 2012 #mitt romney #supernatural #tivli blogs tv #tivli #tivli recaps supernatural

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fall smackdown, rifftastic edition: the voice vs. x factor

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There’s this singing competition.  It airs on a major network, two nights a week.  There are four judges, and each will coach and guide a team of contestants in the hopes that one of “theirs” will win the big prize.  One of the judges is a former 90s teen pop star.

Get it?  It’s both shows!  Whaaat?

But which should you be watching?  Read on to find out…

#fall smackdown 2012 #the voice #x factor #cee lo green #adam levine #christina aguilera #blake shelton #demi lovato #la reid #simon cowell #britney spears #nbc #fox #stuff we wrote #jannel garcia #collin mclaughlin #tivli blogs tv #tivli

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fall smackdown, nfl edition pt2: referees vs. rookie QBs

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“How big of a disaster is this?”

Um… if that’s the first line of your segment on the NFL referee situation, it’s probably a pretty big disaster.  This edition of Fall Smackdown 2012 is all about the newcomers on the field: in this corner, we have the replacement referees, who are stepping in during the continued lockout of the NFL Referees Association!  Aaand in this corner, the five rookie QBs who will be starting this season!

Who will SURVIVE [insert obligatory Hunger Games joke here]?  Let’s match them up…

#andrew luck #brandon weeden #fall smackdown 2012 #football is a dangerous game guys #nfl #quarterbacks #replacement referees #robert griffin iii #rookies #russell wilson #ryan tannehill #stuff we wrote #tivli blogs tv #tivli

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fall smackdown, nfl edition: manning vs. tebow

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Perhaps the biggest stories of this NFL preseason are Tim Tebow’s move to the Jets and Peyton Manning’s return to the game with the Broncos.  These are two of the biggest QBs in the game, so it’s only right that we force them to compete here too, before the Broncos play the Steelers this Sunday (if your school has Tivli, you can watch on NBC this Sunday).

Do we, Peyton?  Let’s use science to find out!

And by science, I mean arbitrary opinions.

#fall smackdown 2012 #peyton manning #stuff we wrote #tim tebow #broncos #jets #nfl #nfl 2012 #tivli blogs tv #tivli

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