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Episode 113: Right to the bread basket!

 
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It’s a new year which finds Kent and Michelle inventing new words, opening a dojang, undertaking behavior modifications, catching up on holiday movies — (Avatar, Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2012, The Hangover), Glee marathoning, making fun of Mike Tyson, and recovering from a kick to the Christmas testicles.
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Making rather merry last Saturday

Nothing like getting an early start on celebrating with family!  We all gathered at my Dad’s for a Dixon family Christmas which set the stage nicely for the main event this weekend.

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Episode 112: Have yourself a Couchy little Christmas

 
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What do Wookies, Criss Angel, and a clucking chicken have to do with Christmas? You’ll just have to tune in to this week’s very special Christmas 2009 edition of View From The Couch to find out. We thaw Kent and Michelle from their arctic freeze to review a more PG-er When Harry Met Sally, dissect [...]

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Episode 111: Who’s Chris Pine again?

 
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Hell itself may very well freeze over as the Dixons find themselves in the middle of a good ol’ Great White North cold snap. Huddle up close for warmth as Kent and Michelle talk nion-traditional Christmas specials and animated childhood memories. Couch Entertainment News catches up on everything from brutal and unnecessary remakes to a [...]

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The Great Toy Robbery

Thanks to some help from my big brother Tim, I was delighted to recently rediscover this National Film Board of Canada short film I remembered bits and pieces of from my childhood.  Hope you enjoy it as a short but sweet yuletide treat!

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Episode 110: Pixar pedal to the metal

 
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Still in shock that it’s less than a month until Christmas, the Dixons settle down to a diverse View From The Couch buffet. Couch Entertainment News serves up some appetizing tidbits on Spidey 4 (again!); the Sherlock Holmes franchise; the end of the line for the Harry Potter gang; Predators and Avengers [...]

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Episode 109: How many days until Christmas!?!?!

 
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Yule have a great time with this week’s episode, as Kent and Michelle come to the shocking realization that those gifts just aren’t going to buy themselves. Couch Entertainment News dishes out tidbits on the pending Steven Spielberg/Stephen King cable project; Dustin Hoffman’s no Focker; New Moon sucks $140 Million; Vampire [...]

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Episode 108: Elementary my dear Dixons!

 
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It’s an unseasonably warm November as the Dynamic Dixons talk Christmas lights, acrophobia, and beagle brush-bys. Couch Entertainment News weaves its way through changes in the Disney schedule, the passing of actor Edward Woodward, Twilight hype, online Avatar goodies, and more. To things off, Greaties of the ’80s looks back at the [...]

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Episode 106: Got the post-Halloween blahs?

 
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Get a head start on the Yuletide season with Connor and Emily as they review an educational title from Rock ‘N’ Learn and the animated Little Spirit: Christmas In New York. Kent and Michelle extol the virtues and mourn the cancellation of The Unit and Couch Entertainment News reports on The Hobbit, Sir Tony becoming [...]

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