The Joy of Trash — Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

Aaron Sorkin's Insane Suggestion that Democrats Nominate Mitt Romney is the Only Excuse I Need to Rerun This Piece on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

In this excerpt from The Joy of Trash we go DEEP into one of the most mortifying moments in pop culture history: the notorious “Your brother is standing in the middle of Afghanistan!” scene from Studio 60 in the Sunset Strip.

Robert Evans Got High on Himself, and also Cocaine, in the Infamous Anti-Drug Special Get High On Yourself

To promote my extremely available semi-new book The Joy of Trash, I am sharing this excerpt about Robert Evans’ fascinatingly druggy 1981 anti-drug special Get High on Yourself, which feels suspiciously like the product of people getting high on illegal drugs.

In This Exclusive Excerpt From the Extended Version of The Joy of Trash I Look Back With Sadness and Disappointment at Kelsey Grammer's Ill-Fated Gary the Rat

In this exclusive excerpt from the extended. version of Gary the Rat, the third head in the three-headed monster that was Spike TV’s Adult Animation block.

Literary excerpt, The Joy of TrashNathan RabinNovember 21, 2023Spiike TV, Kelsey Grammer, animation, adult animation

ALF's Hit Talk Show Was the Nightmare Brand Extension NO ONE Needed Or Asked For

Shout Factory! recently got into the ALF business in a big way, so it seems like the perfect time to revisit his ill-fated oughts vehicle ALF’s Hit Talk Show.

Rando!, The Joy of TrashNathan RabinApril 26, 2023

Giving Superstar Chef Emeril Lagasse His Own Sitcom Was Maybe the Worst Idea Ever

Did 9/11 sink Emeril Lagasse’s sitcom or did it fail because it was literally the worst idea ever? Read and find out!

In Its Notorious Season Season, Baywatch Nights Shamelessly and Ineptly Ripped Off The X-Files as It Pivoted Nonsensically to Supernatural Mystery

In a desperate bid to stay on the air Baywatch Nights turned into an X-Files clone in its second season.

It did not go well.

The 1981 Abomination Urban Chipmunk Exposes Alvin and the Chipmunks as Lame Posers Way Out of Their League Performing Hillbilly Music

Alvin and the Chipmunks ruined my go-to country karaoke song and I am NOT happy about it!

The Joy of Trash Is Officially Out and It is Spectacular!

The big day is finally here! The Joy of Trash: Nathan Rabin’s Happy Place’s Definitive Guide to the Very Worst of Everything is officially out and EXTREMELY available for purchase. It’s a Christmas miracle!

The Big Whoop, The Joy of TrashNathan RabinDecember 20, 2021The Joy of Trash

Why I Feel Lucky That I Get to Write About Shasta McNasty

Why I legitimately thank my lucky stars that I get to suffer through the entirety of the Shasta McNastys of the world and share them with you beautiful people.

The Joy of Trash, The Big WhoopNathan RabinJune 3, 2021Shasta McNasty, The Joy of Trash

This Looks Terrible! Baywatch Nights Season One: "Pursuit"

I had so much fun writing up the second season of Baywatch Nights for The Joy of Trash that I decided I would delve into its almost as bonkers first season as well. And I had a blast! It’s like the fourth segment of the “Simpsons Spin-Off Spectacular” except that it’s real !