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Billy Penn

Texting, emojis and meerkats at the zoo = Always Sunny’s funniest episode this year

There’s even a rare happy ending.

1 year ago

Episode 4 of Season 14 doesn’t have a lot of local Philly flavor, but displays plenty of the city’s sardonic wit. (Fxx/Youtube)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

When you won’t save a choking friend: ‘Always Sunny’ gets dark as the Gang toys with death

Episode 4 of Season 14 doesn’t have a lot of local Philly flavor, but displays plenty of the city’s sardonic wit.

1 year ago

Airing Wednesdays on Adult Swim, TruthPoint features Dril and a cohost examining modern society in the context of the “dark web.” (Adult Swim/Youtube)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philly’s most infamous Weird Twitter star has a new TV show. Here’s what it’s like.

Airing Wednesdays on Adult Swim, TruthPoint features Dril and a cohost examining modern society in the context of the “dark web.”

1 year ago

A life size cut out of Bob Ross stands up against the wall where the historical tree of the Franklin Park Arts Center is painted. Bob Ross Inc. is located in Herndon, Va., which is only 27 miles from the exhibit. According to managing director, Elizabeth Bracey, the exhibit was intentionally kept close to headquarters. (Mhari Shaw/NPR)
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Arts & Entertainment

The lasting legacy of Bob Ross and his colorful world of ‘happy accidents’

Over 31 seasons and more than 400 episodes, Ross became known for his hushed, soothing tones, big bushy hair, vivid landscapes and "happy little trees."

1 year ago

ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
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Billy Penn

Airbnbs, a meet-cute and meta feminism: ‘Always Sunny’ returns for Season 14

Welcome to our weekly recaps of the show that’s kinda, sorta, somewhat about Philadelphia.

1 year ago

In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 photo, Esme Goldman, 13, streams an episode of the '90s sitcom
Arts & Entertainment

25 years later, a new generation gets immersed in ‘Friends’

In an era when everyone assumed they would move on to YouTube and Instagram video, young girls have embraced the series old-fashioned, sitcom format.

1 year ago

Magic Johnson seen on the set of ESPN's
Arts & Entertainment

Wilmington hosts ’Magic’ show for historically black colleges

ESPN’s `First Take’ broadcast from the new 76ers Fieldhouse with guest star Magic Johnson, to attract students to historically black colleges

1 year ago

Marty Moss-Coane talking with Downton Abbey film actors Jim Carter, Imelda Staunton, Kevin Doyle on Wednesday, September 18th, for a Radio Times WHYY member  event. (photo/Tristan Hoban
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Returning to Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey actors Jim Carter (Mr. Carson), Kevin Doyle (Mr. Molesley) and Imelda Staunton, (Lady Bagshaw) talk about the series, the film, and the Downton phenomenon.

Air Date: September 20, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 48:57
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

How television made Donald Trump

New York Times television critic James Poniewozik discusses his book, "Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America."

Air Date: September 19, 2019 10:00 am

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Shane Gillis (Phil Provencio/NBC via AP) and NBC Studios (Golden Brown/BigStock)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Edgy’ or offensive? Shane Gillis controversy fans fierce debate among Philly comedians

Four Philly comedians told WHYY this was the most divided the community had been in recent years.

1 year ago

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Democratic presidential hopefuls (from left): Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., onstage before the July debate. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Your guide to the 3rd Democratic debate

The spotlight is on the 10 candidates who made the cut for Thursday's debate in Houston.

1 year ago

Action Bronson and Angelo's owner Danny DiGiampietro (Instagram / @angelos_pizzeria_south_philly)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

South Philly pizzeria to make national splash on Action Bronson’s Vice TV show

More capacity is being added, because Angelo’s Pizzeria already sells out regularly.

1 year ago

Miss America contestants wave during the traditional Miss America welcoming ceremony on the Atlantic City, N.J., Boardwalk on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015.  (Edward Lea/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
Arts & Entertainment

‘It’s our pageant:’ As Miss America leaves Atlantic City, residents get territorial

A day after the pageant said it was leaving for Connecticut, people in the resort town said they weren’t ready to see it go.

2 years ago

Librarian Marion Stokes recorded more than 30 years of television on 70,000 VHS tapes. (Courtesy of Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project)
The Why
Community

The Philly woman who videotaped a million hours of TV

Decades before YouTube, Marion Stokes taped everything on TV — nearly a million hours of it. Was she a hoarder or an archivist?

Air Date: July 3, 2019

Listen 12:32
(Jordan Gunselman)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Where to watch the Democratic 2020 presidential debates in Philly

The first will be held Wednesday, June 26, and the second on Thursday, June 27. Both run two hours from 9 to 11 p.m.

2 years ago

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