Jennifer's Home for Christmas

Everyone at the station seems to have big plans for Christmas, except for Jennifer. So, after she gets upset when the Christmas party is cut short, they all decide to go down to her apartment to cheer her up. Warm, festive comedy ensues. I watched a lot of WKRP in Cincinnati reruns when I was a kid. I think it holds up pretty well to this day, if you can get past the theatrical style of older sitcoms. The cast is great and they play off of each other very well. It's a classic workplace sitcom filled with wacky characters. What's not to like?

Rating: Another TV%

Fun Fact: George Gaynes, who played Commandant Lassard in all of the Police Academy movies, appears in the episode as one of the many people dropping gifts off at Jennifer's apartment.

Pump Up the Volume

Mark Hunter. By day, he's a painfully shy high school student. By night, he's Happy Harry Hard-on. An obscene pirate radio DJ entertaining the youth and exasperating the administration of Hubert Humphrey High. Much like Heathers, Pump Up the Volume is a perfect vehicle for Christian Slater's talents. It gives him an opportunity to portray a wide range of emotions, from shy sensitivity to snarky bravado. He gets long, ranting monologues and a shirtless scene where he makes out with Samantha Mathis. Pump Up the Volume also has a great soundtrack: Pixies, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Leonard Cohen, Richard Hell, Ice-T, and so on and so on and so on. If they remade this movie today, Mark would probably be a podcaster.

Rating: 72%

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