Monkey See posts about Simple Pleasures
Nothing classes up a Super Bowl party as effortlessly as some high-quality cheese. And nothing goes better with cheese than beer, says brewmaster Garrett Oliver. He shares a list of beers and cheeses that taste great together.
by Mark Blankenship
An SNL writer interviews closeted guests. No, silly: guests in an actual closet, with clothes and things.
by Linda Holmes
As a rough weather weekend looms, we take a look at how to deal with the minor but wearing irritation of losing power and entertaining yourself and your family.
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by Mark Jenkins
The film that proved well-endowed at the Asian box office has arrived in America for a titillating limited release. If you like your softcore skin flicks with lots of fight scenes, phallus-mishandling and cheesy 3-D effects (of the non-perverted variety), maybe this carnal curio is for you.
In honor of one year of podcasting, we're proposing a brand-new holiday in which you say really nice things to everyone you know. But wait! Don't turn it off! Stephen Thompson makes the argument for Appreciation Day.
by Linton Weeks
Linton Weeks looks at the art of the thank-you, as seen through a new piece of commentary, an old piece of commentary, and an entire website (turned book) that focuses on saying thank you.
by Linda Holmes
Tonight, we'll be chatting live with you about the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Can you spell "hooray"? We knew you could.
by Linda Holmes
We conclude our day of Simple Pleasures with one of the very best: a magical dance from Gene Kelly.
by Linda Holmes
We suggest a great podcast starring John Hodgman, in which he judges a dispute about potluck dinners.
by Linda Holmes
A clip from the mid-'80s romantic comedy Moonlighting explains that in order to pull off a certain kind of comic timing, you've "gotta read a lot of Dr. Seuss."
by Linda Holmes
Simple pleasures have to include great singing, like this clip of a cappella women's ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock.
by Linda Holmes
While we generally support happy simple pleasures over schadenfreude, every now and then, as long as it isn't really about anything important, it's a little bit satisfying when mean people cry.
by Linda Holmes
Back when Megan Mullally had a talk show, she hosted the cast of How I Met Your Mother, and she roused a duet from Jason Segel and Neil Patrick Harris that reduced the rest of the cast to helpless giggles.
by Linda Holmes
Our next Simple Pleasure involves John Cusack in an early role as a lovestruck (okay, initially just lust-struck) college student.
by Linda Holmes
In a 1996 film about an infectious pop song, you'll find an actual infectious pop song.
