Fred watches - and gripes - about this year’s Emmy Awards. Was EARL shafted by the voters?

Fresh from vacation, M.C. checks in with the new ones from Gin Blossoms and Rose Hill Drive, gets an “Idle”-update from Double A and watches in horror as his Grandpa gets down and dirrrty with Xtina. PLUS. . .super hot pictures of the ULTIMATE Trailer Park girl!!! Not to be missed!!!!

D. K. Holm cleanses his conscience with an emersion in Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales.

This week, advancement doesn’t come easy in martial arts, but luckily, Hod has some friends helping him out… at least, he thought they were friends.

What’s more fun than an evil monkey? Particularly when it’s the one from FAMILY GUY? Nothing. Nothing is more fun.

Widgett discusses the demise of the superstar and the encroaching lack of things that won’t wait for the DVD. He then talks about Google vs. Yahoo and then, just when you think he’s about to start making sense, he throws down a flash bomb and escapes down the dumbwaiter shaft in the ensuing confusion.

This week, the design team sits down to discuss personalizing the look for Dr. Frankenstein and Igor’s bedrooms.

Ian Bonds is back again, with fan service galore with his looks at SUPER DRAGON BALL Z and FINAL FANTASY VII: DIRGE OF CERBERUS, as well as the racer FLATOUT 2…

With Summer drawing to a close, this can only mean one thing… a musical number!

There was a time not long ago when vicious gangs of dancers would challenge one another to no-holds-barred dance battles with the words YOU GOT SERVED. Fortunately, those days are behind us, but won’t you join ATB for a loving look back?

Exactly how far have we removed ourselves from one another? Director/Actor Sam Jaeger ponders the history of isolation. Bring your latte.

It’s time once again for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week featuring Neil Cicierega, VERONICA MARS, Disneyland, Fry & Laurie, Dickens, Transformers, and more…

How about a bunch of behind-the-scenes pics?

Christopher Stipp comes correct this week with half-cocked looks at HALF NELSON, BEERFEST, FLYBOYS and ROCKY BALBOA.

Peter’s in-depth look at Comic-Con 2006 continues with a Singer surprise…

Paul Dini’s Monkey Talk (co-hosted by his irrepressible sock monkey son, Rashy) returns with a a little slice of life examining a summer day, ice cream, and kids that grow up way too fast.

What lurks in Fred’s belfry? What evil creature stalks his abode? Well?

D. K. Holm gives a look to a new truly indie film, KISSES AND CAROMS

This week, some of the students at Hod’s new school have a little surprise for him.

Are you a Potter fan, looking for the best collectible for your money these days? Then look no further than the Gentle Giant series of busts. Join Michael as he checks out the new Nearly Headless Nick, Lucius Malfoy, and Deatheater mini-busts!

D. K. Holm goes up river once again with Martin Sheen, F.F. Coppola and the rest with the latest release of APOCALYPSE NOW.

Widge rants about the fall of SNAKES ON A PLANE, praises Universal for something (no, really), and then gives out a homework assignment. He mentioned something about a pop quiz for next week, too. Man, I hate him as a substitute teacher!

How about a monday morning APOCALYPSE NOW quiz? Do you love the smell of prizes in the morning?

This week, the clock’s ticking, a house needs to be built, and Jay-Jay’s ready for a little digging.

Game On! makes its switch from Fridays to Saturdays with this week’s look at games based on THE ANT BULLY and BARNYARD, as well as next-gen offerings CHROMEHOUNDS and DEAD RISING…

We chat with SCRUBS creator Bill Lawrence about the future of the show, the future of this blog, and the internet resurrection of his pilot NOBODY’S WATCHING.

Submitted for your approval: An alien and his dog take a seemingly insignificant airplane voyage to a destination known… as the Twilight Zone… or is it?

What does Mel Gibson’s meltdown say about the American Dream? Director/Actor Sam Jaeger discusses.

It’s time once again for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week featuring 3rd ROCK, KIDS IN THE HALL, Weird Al, THE SIMPSONS, APOCALYPSE NOW, and more…

D.K. Holm examines the case for the endangered status of the almighty film critic…

Christopher Stipp presents audio direct from Samuel L. Jackson and Kenan Thompson regarding SNAKES and even has the time to look at the trailers for EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, CHILDREN OF MEN, THE FOUNTAIN and, the remarkably sharp, BABEL.

Peter takes in a panel on the Disney elegy DREAM ON SILLY DREAMER and comes face-to-face with a Stormtrooper.

MC is out on vacation leaving Double A to pick of the slack. Kick back and take a ride down memory lane as we detail the carreer of one of the greatest groups in rap history: The Fat Boys.

Gee, is it nearly election time already? Fred must think so, since that’s the focus of this week’s Hembeckian missive…

It’s a new year with a new crop of young writers on staff, and here’s their journal of the experience…

This week, Hod’s unintentionally charming ways earn him the ire of one of his classmates.

Sideshow Collectibles has teamed up with Quick Stop to offer our readers a chance to win their very own Premium Format Princess Leia.

Let’s pop some wheelies with our favorite Bedrock bad boy, Fred Flintstone! Don’t remember him in a race car? Well, neither does Michael, but that doesn’t stop him from checking out the new deluxe set from Mcfarlane.

Is Joe truly a slacker with no shame, as the TODAY SHOW branded him? Is it harsh, or brutally accurate? The latest Party Favors may have a clue…

We go in-depth with the legendary voice behind The Brain (of PINKY & THE BRAIN fame), as well as more characters than you can shake a stick at, on everything from FUTURAMA to THE CRITIC.

In the wake of a major setback for his film, Sam discusses his faltering self-worth. Yee-ha!!

Widge hatches an insidious plot to bring the humiliation of SUPERMAN RETURNS to diabolical fruition, then tries to help you out when it comes to the Legion of Doom…sorry, we mean the RIAA. The fact their HQ is shaped like a Vader head and rises up out of a swamp is purely coincidental. So is the fact that every time you download a song they make a sound like Solomon Grundy. All coincidence.

This week, the design team has a few more tricks up their sleeves for bringing down that house.

This week, Britt Schramm does some investigative reporting and gives you his fair and balanced opinion on an officially Marvel-licensed product. And his results just might surprise you. All that plus the PftL Inbox and more.

Peter’s back with a look at Mark Evanier’s mini-con, Jerry Robinson, and what it could take to get Fred Hembeck to go to Comic-Con…

Michael takes on WTC, TALLEDEGA NIGHTS, BARNYARD, and even tries out a STEP or two…

So the last movie only made $200 million at the box office. That’s no reason to believe in a “SUPERMAN Curse,” right? Right? This week’s ATB dares to ask if there are other comic book movie curses out there…

It’s time once again for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week featuring ELK’S RUN, [adult swim], SIMPSONS toys, Steve Allen, FARSCAPE, The Rolling Stones, and more…

Distributing audio from the SNAKES ON A PLANE panel is just one stop on the Hershey Highway as Christopher Stipp also checks out trailers for CRANK, THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL, RUNNING WITH SCISSORS and the not-so-dazzling THE PRESTIGE.

Mayberry chats with Eisner Award winners Scott Kurtz (”PVP”, “Truth, Justin, and the American Way”) and Doug TenNapel (”Iron West”, “Earthworm Jim”), as well as Internet staple Stephen Notley (”Bob the Angry Flower”) in another round of interviews at the San Diego Comic-Con.

This week, we continue our week of intermissions with a never-before-seen Tyr story from days past.

Our multi-part series of Quick Stop podcast interviews with filmmaker and Python Terry Gilliam. Rest assured, tho, that this isn’t the last you’ll see (or hear) of Terry on Quick Stop Entertainment…

Everyone loves a cute, fuzzy little critter - except when they’re carrying a chainsaw. Rocket World has some excellent designer toys in their I.W.G. line up, and Michael checks out the Sasquatch this week!

In this week’s episode, Widge waxes nostalgic about Valiant Comics and Valiant Comics 2: Die Harder, advises you on the Transformers movie hullaballoo, discusses the pointlessness of suing Limewire, then snorts some Folgers and takes a nap. Not necessarily in that order, either.

This week, a little intermission with a visit back to one of the pre-QuickStopEntertainment and pre-MoviePoopShoot Spook’d stories.

This week in Game On! it’s a gaggle of games based on movies…and movies based on games! DVDs based on Comic books! Games based on…well, previous games! What’s going on here?

Ralph and Mayberry reflect on San Diego Comic-Con and Ralph’s quest to meet the star of “Superman Returns.”

The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…

Sam Jaeger speaks candidly about the pitfalls of film financing, or lack thereof.

Take a look at the cast signing a very special scooter for charity, and find out how you can win it by contributing to a good cause.

Fresh from his stupor at the Comic-Con Christopher Stipp reflects on his travels for a moment while critiquing trailer goodness from the likes of I’M REED FISH, THE LAST KISS, AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM (It’s a love story…) and THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP.

Catching up with Mike, we take a look at some of last week’s releases.

D.K. takes on a tale of one director’s pathetically immense sense of self-importance.

Peter’s back from Comic-Con, and the reports begin…

Hey! Mr. Colbert! We commemorate your conquering of this here internet with the gift of a brand new word…

Did Joe really tape a segment for NBC’s TODAY SHOW about how lazy he is? Does K-Fed have competition?

Fresh from the sights and smells of Comic Con, M.C. hits the highway with Tom Petty and heads down to Cabo to party it up with Sammy Hagar. Unfortunately, this leaves Double A to hold down the fort with a Dead Prez and some Outlawz.

Paul Dini’s Monkey Talk (co-hosted by his irrepressible sock monkey son, Rashy) returns with a preview of the Comic-Con 2006 interviews to come.

This week… deja-vu.

Do you prefer your pedophiles animated? And by ‘animated’ I don’t mean ‘jumping around after you lit them on fire’ but rather animated as in ‘cartoon’. Then old Herbert from FAMILY GUY might just be for you, released by Mezco as a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive this year. Sit back and read what Michael thinks about the old geezer!

Call him No. 7: D.K. Holm has just spent the last few days a prisoner of that great old show THE PRISONER, now re-released in a new DVD set.

This week, Britt Schramm looks towards the upcoming WizWorld convention by remembering a very controversial panel two years ago given by one Brian Michael Bendis. What results is Britt giving out a list of DC/Marvel crossovers that never will happen in his lifetime. Makes for some exciting wordplay.

Christopher Mills is back with a bounty of boob-tube box sets – everything from THE INCREDIBLE HULK and HE-MAN to THE ROCKFORD FILES and the WILD WILD WEST! (And he even manages to squeeze in another MASTERS OF HORROR review, too!)