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'Joe Corey’s Party Favors'

Party Favors: Turkey Talk

Posted Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 at 2:44am

Joe drops a column just in time for Thanksgiving, as he mourns the loss of old fashioned customer service, celebrates DVDs in threes, has enough of the Osmonds, wonders where all of Trump’s celebrities are, bitch slaps TV Land, and more…

Party Favors: Block-Balled

Posted Friday, November 9th, 2007 at 3:57am

Joe throws stones at a video giant keen on crushing him, spotlights viewing alternatives during the writer’s strike, ignores Prince, corrects errata, and more…

Party Favors: Turning Over A New Leif

Posted Thursday, October 25th, 2007 at 1:33am

Joe recounts his chance encounters with a Bay City Roller and Leif Garret, remembers MY SO-CALLED LIFE, decries the retail combination of Halloween and Christmas, takes a shot at SHOT AT LOVE, and more…

Party Favors: Like A Tarheel Cowboy

Posted Friday, October 12th, 2007 at 1:04am

Joe locks down The Village People’s Randy Jones (aka “The Cowboy), bemoans the Hall of Shame, knocks HBO upside the head, and more…

Party Favors: Dumb Dora No More

Posted Monday, October 1st, 2007 at 0:03am

Joe remembers the late doyenne of MATCH GAME, gets a Boston brushoff, has a McLovin moment, reveals a lost Bourdain episode, hopes Gordon Ramsay loses his Fox production staff, cringes at Lego Fun Snacks, and goes Retro…

Party Favors: Blockbusted

Posted Monday, September 10th, 2007 at 0:06am

Joe socks it to Blockbuster, praises R. Kelly and The Film Crew, decries TVLand’s hatred of classic TV, wonders where the boys of rock ‘n’ roll are, and more…

Party Favors: Living & Dying In A Kid Nation

Posted Friday, August 31st, 2007 at 2:30am

Joe bitch slaps CBS over their unbelievably ill-conceived reality show, KID NATION…

Party Favors: Mayberry Joe

Posted Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 at 0:02am

Joe practically stalks Andy Griffith at the Piggly Wiggly, barely mourns JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, checks out Bravo, flicks Glick, uncovers the term “taint lift”, becomes MySpace’s bitch, and more…

Party Favors: Pay Cable Evil

Posted Monday, August 6th, 2007 at 0:05am

Joe lists The Top Ten of HBO’s Diabolical Decade, chugs Vitamin Water, visits Dan Marino’s restaurant, and more…

Party Favors: The Epic of Vegas

Posted Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 at 0:05am

Joe takes a trip to Sin City, and returns with a a few desert tales to tell…

Party Favors: Frank Vincent

Posted Thursday, July 12th, 2007 at 0:59am

Joe Corey chats with the SOPRANOS alum about his latest project now hitting DVD, A TALE OF TWO PIZZAS…

Party Favors: 100 Years – 100 Beers… Beer Run For The Missing 12 Pack

Posted Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 at 0:06am

As the buzz of making “100 Years – 100 Beers” died down, our eyes adjusted to the light and we realized that a few titles were on various lists that became stuffed between the sofa cushions, so we’re going to do what every good party requires – A Beer Run for one more 12 Pack of Cinematic Joy…

Party Favors: 100 Years – 100 Beers… The 100 Greatest Films to Watch While Wasted!

Posted Monday, July 2nd, 2007 at 0:08am

After reading way too many 100 Greatest movie lists from AFI, it’s time to come up with a list that truly reflects how a majority of people enjoy their cinema: Drunk on the sofa…

Party Favors: Corin Nemec & More

Posted Thursday, June 14th, 2007 at 1:53am

Joe Corey chats with actor Corin Nemec about his turn as a serial killer in CHICAGO MASSACRE: RICHARD SPECK in this special edition of “Party Favors”…

Party Favors: Remembering Charles Nelson Reilly

Posted Thursday, May 31st, 2007 at 0:16am

In a very special edition of “Party Favors”, Joe pays tribute to the late, great actor and game show fixture, Charles Nelson Reilly…

Party Favors: Pharm Rockin’

Posted Friday, May 25th, 2007 at 0:15am

Joe finds the next big “bigger than emo” movement, slaps VH1, wonders where Bourdain’s gone, ponders tattoo time, selects his “Booze of the Year”, damn’s Timberlake, and chooses the Top 10 women who no longer rule his fantasies…

Party Favors: Dennis Hof returns to the Party Favors!

Posted Friday, May 11th, 2007 at 4:24am

Dennis Hof is America’s Pimpmaster General. In the course of five years he’s captivated America by inviting us to get a peek inside his Bunny Ranch brothel thanks to HBO’s CATHOUSE, directed by Patti Kaplan, America’s most influential filmmaker. Just in time to promote the fresh batch of episodes coming up, the “Party Favors” got a phone call from Dennis Hof, Brooke Taylor and Bunny Love…

Party Favors: TIME 100

Posted Friday, May 4th, 2007 at 0:13am

Joe Corey goes off on TIME MAGAZINE’s list of the “100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world”…

Interview: Chuck McCann

Posted Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 at 0:20am

Joe Corey interviews the “stealth superstar of showbiz,” in a career that’s spanned 50 years in movies, television, records, and just about every other medium you can name…

Party Favors: Worshipping The Giant Acorn

Posted Monday, April 30th, 2007 at 0:12am

Taking in Durham’s Full Frame documentary festival, talking Ghostbusters and Larry Storch, looking for the next Pussycat Doll, understanding Imus, turning Japanese, and more…

Party Favors: Grinding The Night Away

Posted Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 at 1:30am

The Weinstein company drop the ball on a summer franchise for Tarantino & Rodriguez, praise for THIS AMERICAN LIFE, re-branding CourtTV, lamenting junk food kids, searching for Ice Cube, and much more in the newest edition of PARTY FAVORS…

Party Favors: Tubbs With A Beard

Posted Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 at 3:23am

Joe starts his own private charity, mourns the passing of Bob Groves and the Starlite Theater (unless you can help!), finds out a funny Secret, demands crimefighter postage stamps, and more…

Party Favors: Guinness Record Place-Holder

Posted Monday, March 5th, 2007 at 1:06am

Joe ponders just how green Al Gore is, congratulates Jackie Earle Haley, mourns the death of Rolling Rock, muses on “Weird Al Idol,” and more…

Party Favors: An Interview with Cathouse‘s Dennis Hof

Posted Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 at 1:27am

Dennis Hof is America’s Pimpmaster General. In the course of five years he’s captivated America by inviting us to get a peek inside his Bunny Ranch brothel thanks to HBO’s CATHOUSE, directed by Patti Kaplan, America’s most influential filmmaker. In order to promote the fresh batch of episodes now airing, the “Party Favors” was given a chance to phone up Dennis Hof, Brooke Taylor and Bunny Love’s luxurious hotel suite in Manhattan…

Party Favors: Jackie Earle Haley Appreciation Society

Posted Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 at 0:28am

Joe continues to beat the drum for Quick Stop’s favorite comeback kid, Jackie Earl Haley, talks Oscar hopefuls and rehab victory laps, Bill Gates, CATHOUSE, and more…