Huffington Post | by Art Brodsky | Tue, Oct 21
Tue, Oct 21
ABC a couple of weeks debuted a new show, "Life on Mars." The conceit of the show is that a detective in 2008 is somehow (never explained) transported back to 1973. It's a foreign world to him, with dialog straight from the first "Back to the Future" movie. His mention of "cell phones" is receive...
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