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Even though I enjoy the silly and the whimsical, some of my favorite television shows have pushed me to my limits of acceptance. Although I love the adult cartoon “King of the Hill,” the episode in which Hank and Bobby got involved with competitive dancing with dogs sent me over the edge. I almost quit watching because it struck me as so stupid. A middle-aged woman who watches cartoons maybe shouldn’t criticize anyone for doing anything. That’s especially true if that middle-aged woman has danced with dogs in her house. But I have never danced competitively with dogs in an...

Jerry Seinfeld Calls for Major Change To Festivus Holiday for 2020 ✖ We are deep in the holiday season right now. Hanukkah recently ended, Christmas is coming up in just a couple of days as is Kwanzaa, but today, Wednesday, December 23rd, marks a different sort of holiday. We're talking, of course, about Festivus. The holiday, whose popularity was born out of a now-iconic episode of Seinfeld, is traditionally celebrated on this date each year as an alternative to pretty much everything that is Christmas complete with the "Airing of Grievances" but given the, well, 2020 of it all Jerry Sein...

Festivus: What It Is And How It Got Started ✖ It's that time of year again, and no I don't mean Christmas. Sure it is Christmas time mind you, but some might not be aware that it is also time to celebrate the hallowed tradition of Festivus! Now, those who are just super knowledgeable about holiday trivia or have watched what has become an iconic episode of Seinfeld are already well aware of what Festivus is, but those who aren't as familiar, well, you're in luck, because we've got everything you need to know to celebrate Festivus 2020 in style, which is great because today my friends is Fes...

It's that Festivus time of year again. The fictional holiday fans first learned about from the TV series "Seinfeld," on the December 1997 episode titled "The Strike" happens every Dec. 23.  In the episode, George Costanza’s (Jason Alexander) father, Frank (the late Jerry Stiller), creates Festivus as an anti-holiday after he loses out on a doll when George was little. Frank's creation consists of an "unadorned aluminum pole" and the famous "airing of grievances" at the dinner to get away with telling people off, and a "feats of strength" wrestling match between parent and child.  F...

The anti-holiday holiday made famous on "Seinfeld" is celebrated annually on Dec. 23 By Danielle Abreu • Updated on December 23, 2020 at 12:54 pm Margaret Norton/NBCU Photo Bank It's that Festivus time of year. The anti-holiday holiday made famous on "Seinfeld" is celebrated annually on Dec. 23 by those who want to embrace their inner "Bah Humbug" with a secular alternative to Christmas consumerism. In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, a tumultuous presidential election, a wave of protests over racial injustice, not to mention the loss of Jerry Stiller himself, the a...