Monday, October 11, 2010

MONDAY - TV Rundown

So it was brought to my attention yesterday by my brother-in-law that I shouldn't be presenting myself as a TV expert if I don't watch the single greatest show on TV: "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia". And he was kind enough to stream a few episodes for me over Thanksgiving - namely the episode where they find a baby in a dumpster and the episode where they try out of the Philly Eagles.

Yes. Both episodes were hilarious. And it would now seem that I'm hooked on this sitcom about terrible people leading ethically void lives in 70's styled Philadelphia. Lo & behold to my surprise as well, I discovered that Showcase has been broadcasting the reruns late at night (so as not to offend the kiddies, I'm sure) So I will start catching up then. Won't be blogging anytime soon if I can't find a regular broadcast source for the new episodes (I can't keep up with what my box records for me, let alone what I could stream).

Today we're also gonna start introducing my new rating system! Yay! Let's add some more validity to this process!

Our scale will be a simple one, running the gamut from WINNER! to winner, meh, loser and last & most certainly meant to be least, LOSER.

Let's begin.


SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Jane Lynch & Bruno Mars
Created by Lorne Michaels
Airdate: 10/9/10 - Viewdate: 10/9/10

All I can say about the Gloria Allred opener is that it wasn't a 'Presidential Address' and that in itself made it unique. If only I knew who Gloria Allred was. - loser

What does one have to do to become a regular on this show? I mean Abby Elliot gets to be a regular but Nasim Pedrad is still only a 'featuring'? If I'm not mistaken Nasim made me laugh many more times last season than Abby did, but maybe that's just me. The 'Gilly/Glee' sketch did show me that Abby Elliot can at least sing, something I didn't know.

Seems to me that when the writers don't have a clue about what makes the host funny, they write a song for them. Sure Jane Lynch carried it well, but was that really the best you could do in a week? - winner

"Damn, My Mom's on Facebook" commercial - winner

Glee/Gilly sketch. Now this is always gold, but that's because Gilly was there. I enjoy her the most because my fiance' hates it when I do my creepy Gilly impression. Score another for Kristen Wigg (who by the way, is more talented now than Molly Shannon ever was). - WINNER

"New Boyfriend Talk Show" - Surprisingly funny for one of their regularly featured 'in the home' talk shows. - winner

"Secret Word" - pretty much always a winner.

Digital short: It's great seeing Jane Lynch back in her creepy personae (a'la "The 40 Year Old Virgin" - winner

Dept store w/ Denzel Washington sketch. - Okay, I know this sketch only exists to showcaseJay Pharoah's uncanny impresonation of Denzel Washington (he eerily sounds EXACTLY like him) and that's okay. I'm hoping that this becomes a regular recurrence on par with 'What's Up With That'. - WINNER

Musical Guest: Bruno Mars - Okay, so I'm a movie,TV, Sci-Fi, discovery/national geographic channel nerd with multiclasses in comic books and WWII trivia - I am not a music nerd for anything post 2004. As this blog isn't meant for music, I will be swift: These guys sounded a Cuban doo-wop version of Maroon 5. Is that a bad thing? Well, for me, it was. - LOSER

Weekend Update: Can you say anything bad about this, ever? Well, maybe the visit from the Mexican travel official did fall a little flat. - winner

Suze Orman show - If only for Kristen Wigg's bizarre preformance - winner.

Sunday Night Foodball on NBC - this gets a pass from me for one reason and one reason only: Bill Hader's amazing Chris Collingsworth voice. - winner

Tax Masters: - Lame. Weak. - LOSER

So all around, factoring in today's scores, the Oct 9th SNL installment was an all around WINNER.

Next time: Amy Poehler & Katy Perry (YAY!)


Just came back from seeing 'The Social Network' and like everyone else, I thought it was brilliant and quite inspired. Is it the new 'Citizen Kane' as some have claimed? Of course not, but is it a contender for 'Best Adapted Screenplay', 'Best Director', & 'Best Picture next year? I do believe so. See it, if you can.

(due to being out watching said film, my updates will be behind once again. I do have a life after all. I do. Seriously.)

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