24 June 2008

Trio Trophy - Day Fifteen

And the quarterfinals commence!

From the Turn On bracket:

(10) The Tick v. (6) Black Sheep Squadron

HOW THEY GOT HERE:

The Tick
Round 1: defeated Stacatto, 5-3
Round 2: defeated My So Called Life, 3-0

Black Sheep Squadron
Round 1: defeated Boomtown, 7-5
Round 2: defeated Homefront, 3-1

POINTLESS CONNECTION: Nestor Carbonell, who played Batmanuel on The Tick, appeared in an episode of The John Larroquette Show. John Larroquette played Lt. Bob Anderson on Black Sheep Squadron.

From the South of Sunset bracket:

(2) Max Headroom v. (6) TV Nation

HOW THEY GOT HERE

Max Headroom
Round 1: defeated QED, 8-2
Round 2: defeated Get a Life, 3-0

TV Nation
Round 1: defeated The Associates, 11-1
Round 2: defeated The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, 4-0

POINTLESS CONNECTION: Both Max Headroom and The Awful Truth (the show created from TV Nation's "third season") aired on Bravo.

5 comments:

Greg said...

The Tick - really benefitting from an easy bracket thus far.

Max Headroom

Anonymous said...

The Tick

Agreeing with Grg

Max Headroom

When this thing started, I was afraid that nostalgia was moving me to vote for Max. But I've been reviewing old episodes and it stands ... inspite of the horribly dated techno appeal.

Anonymous said...

Ze Baron

Black Sheep Squadron

Tick is based on a cartoon

TV Nation

Yaphet Kotto with the baby trying to get a cab is brilliant sophomoric humor.

Dwight Kidder said...

Tick

Max Headroom

Brian said...

Tick

Headroom

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