Author: Jeff McClelland
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Szechuan Sauce from Rick and Morty
On April Fool’s Day, 2017, Adult Swim surprised Rick and Morty fans by looping the season three premiere episode, “The Rickshank Redemption”, for an entire day. The episode featured several long rants about Rick’s love for Szechuan sauce. That sauce was released by McDonald’s as a promotion for Disney’s 1998 film, “Mulan”. The reference was…
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Eggers Can’t Be Cheesers Burger from Bob’s Burgers
I never gave Bob’s Burgers (and it’s many burger puns like Eggers Can’t Be Cheesers Burger) much of a chance when it debuted as part of Fox’s “Animation Domination” lineup – is that still a thing? I mostly missed it because Fox isn’t exactly known for supporting its new and original programs. It was silly,…
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Bacon Pancakes from Adventure Time
The thing that surprises me most about Adventure Time is how it’s been able to sustain its impossibly high standard of quality over the life of the series. Over and over again, in just 12 minutes per episode, the creators of the show are able to tell stories that run the gamut of seemingly every…
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Greene Family Farm Roasted Chicken from The Walking Dead
I shouldn’t have been surprised that a Walking Dead cookbook exists, seeing as the brand is on just about everything at this point. The book consists of recipes inspired (often directly) by the AMC television show, not the comics. Overall, I was a bit underwhelmed by the recipes therein. But there are a few that…
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Four-Cheese for Four Bros Pizza – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Before we get to the Four-Cheese for Four Bros Pizza recipe, can we take a second to appreciate just how awesome the original cartoon TMNT theme is? Not only does it do everything a kids’ show opening is supposed to do (introduces the characters, explains the basic plot), but it’s also so damn upbeat that…
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Leela’s Bean Pizza from Futurama
“A Leela of Her Own” is a very uneven episode of Futurama, which starts and ends on some solid notes but is mostly under-cooked in the middle. It’s kind of like a pizza that doesn’t bake long enough, and then you put beans on it. This blernsball-themed episode riffs on a number of baseball tropes…