There's was a not so vague racist "joke" in both episodes that have aired so far (I think both were uttered by Elijah Wood's annoying sister). Completely out of left field, completely unnecessary and completely loathsome.
As a "dog person", I enjoyed the pilot which featured some pretty great dog behavior jokes (such as Wilfred turning in circles before sitting on the couch). I was disappointed that the second episode seemed to have dropped much of the dog stuff in favor of plot development. Let's see how episode three turns out...
One of the weirdest experiences of my life: Hired by TNT to do the press junket for Bonfire of the Vanities. All of us were brought to a screening the night before and all of us left the theater absolutely miserable. Then, the next day we were escorted to the hotel suite where we had to individually interview Brian DePalma, Bruce Willis and Tom Hanks. Time to work on our acting chops: "Loved the movie Brian." "Terrific casting!" "You were wonderful Bruce." etc. DePalma looked suicidal. Willis was a total dick. And Tom Hanks was the nicest, warmest, most genial person I had ever met. It felt completely genuine. But, yeah, most of his movies have sucked since Splash and Big.
Wow, Gabe must have watched this show in an alternate universe. This is the first time in years that I've actually watched the show in real time and it was painful. With the exception of the Ambiguously Gay Duo (not live), the Corn Syrup spot (not live and already used) and the Ann-Margret "sketch", this show was dead on arrival. The cold open was cold as usual (we get it Lorne: you're a Republican). I actually like Ed Helms but he muffed every single scene he was in. His monologue was full of crickets and didn't click until the payoff (which is a pretty tired concept -- who in the audience didn't think he had a goofy outfit on under his shirt and pants?). In fairness to Ed, I think he was underused (but maybe because he kept muffing everything up in rehearsal?) -- I actually felt sorry for him. I think he went into witness protection for half of the show after What's Up With That (which is seriously played out). And finally, I'm pretty sure that Weekend Update didn't contain a single joke. Back to watching Sundays on the DVR!
It's nice to see that the majority of monsters refused to take Gabe's cynical bait. Is it just me or has Gabe become even more cynical since returning from L.A.?
"...when I finished the last page, I returned to the first and felt my mind fall out" - That's exactly what I did when I finished the book on a beach in Jamaica and that's exactly what happened to my mind. Thanks for posting this Mans.
A new "high" for Glee recaps. A question for Soft Gabe: How cum you never talked about this:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/a73c447356/nuthin-but-a-glee-thang-with-heather-morris-matthew-morrison-sofia-vergara
Is it because of Hard Gabe's movement to end fake rap?
Lynch was already "kind of contracted to do Glee. But they had not yet started shooting, so (Party Down) worked out an agreement where she would do the show for as long as she was able, until Fox called her up and said, 'You're on.' " (I never am quite sure what to do about quotation marks in this situation. All Apologies.)
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Can we talk at all about how out of Tim & Eric's league Conan O'Brien is when it comes to comedy? Conan is so painful to watch as a performer. Good writer though...
And Happy Holidays right back at you: Go to
http://krupsjustsayin.blogspot.com/2010/12/do-jews-hear-what-goys-hear-said-night.html
for 80 brand spanking new minutes of holiday music (plus 5 years of past Krupmas Mixes). Enjoy monsters and have a great Xmas.
I've seen things you canines wouldn't believe. Attack kittens on fire off the shoulder of Pluto. I've watched squeaky toys glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Dog Run Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like milkbones in the rain. Time to bark.
No, I love late night comedy. Especially when it contains actually comedy. Being twice as old as Gabe, I grew up watching Carson. Solid stuff when I was a kid but by the time I was a teenager it just felt meh. Then, I had my late night comedy world rocked when Letterman started Late Night. Conan, at first, kept up the tradition of shaking things up but now he seems like he just wants to be loved. Obviously this is working for the majority of the gummers but it all feels pretty generic and sad to me.
How many months did he have to prepare for this night? It reminds me of SNL -- they have most of the Spring, all of the Summer and part of the Fall off and they come back with...What's Up With That, Gilly, Maternity Matters, Governor Patterson, Bronx Beat, Secret Word, etc. L.A.Z.Y.
For starters, I was expecting something funny. However, his monologue was dead on arrival. Masturbating bear is back? Oh, hooray. It all felt lazy and conventional. I switched back after The Daily Show just in time to catch an extremely uncomfortable interview with the slutty Barbara Streisand from Glee. You would think that after 200 years of hosting a talk show, Conan would finally learn how to actually talk to his guests.
I think Conan once again has blown an opportunity to shake up the concept of The Talk Show. His first show ("Late Night") was clearly the spawn of Letterman; he added some new schtick (dancing!) and a bunch of new segments ("In the Year 2000", the Smigel interviews, etc.) but ultimately it owed an enormous debt to the great changes that Letterman made to The Talk Show format. His second show ("The Tonight Show") was a sad amalgam of Conan's Late Night and Jay's Tonight Show (sad because it made the actual Conan stuff seem bland in its new surroundings). This new show just seems like a slightly edgier extension of what he was doing on "The Tonight Show" but it still feels aimed at the 50+ crowd who grew up on Johnny and Dave. I would have thought that the combination of cable and Conan's new-found power ("Team Coco!") would have given birth to something new and fresh (you know, for kids). Instead, it felt tiresome once the cold open was over. Thankfully, TimeWarner has a function that allows you to restart shows from the beginning so I was able to watch The Daily Show in its entirety after wasting 15 minutes with Conan.
I was there (FRIDAY night, btw). Lou literally sucked the air out of the place. Those should have been boos, not "Lou"s. What a cranky old fart (and I'm 50 so I'm not saying this as some young fan of a cartoon band).
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