When SNL hired Jay Pharoah, one of the first things I heard was how great his Obama impression was, so it makes total sense that they still have Armisen doing his garbage Obama impression.
SNL episodes are like Weezer albums. They're not that good, and people know the next one won't be that good either, but are still disappointed when it inevitably disappoints them (even though you EXPECT to be disappointed). Just enjoy the one or two decent sketches (or songs) in each mediocre episode (or album) and get on with life.
Interesting. Though I liked Asthmatic Kitty more when they adopted the trailblazing critc-based price structure.
http://asthmatickitty.com/news.php?newsID=372
I find Louie to be the most honestly thought-provoking show on TV right now. I tend to think of it as more of a drama costumed as a sitcom, and thus your assessment that it isn't funny isn't something I would necessarily disagree with. I honestly feel like Louis CK makes an effort to sacrifice laughs for elements of truth that aren't depicted elsewhere on television.
The homophobic poker game, his fight with DiPaolo about Obama, Louie dealing with the heckler - they all confront the awkwardness and uncomfortable aspects of life in a way completely different from the "awkward" comedy of Curb Your Enthusiasm or The BBC Office. It's basically a series of dramatic vignettes surrounded by stand-up jokes, and every week when the credits run I always wish it lasted an hour instead of 30 minutes.
My favorite part of the video is Tom Green coming out (presumably to calm the masses?) and dancing, then realizing that garbage is being thrown at him, and leaving the stage like any normal person would do. A nice counter-balance from Tila Tequila's idea to actually take her top off in the same situation.
Tom Green: Voice of reason!
It's just as much a leap to state that Jeremy London concocted (probably) an elaborate lie involving guns and crack because the person he bought drugs from/with was black, when a more likely scenario is that Jeremy London concocted (probably) an elaborate lie involving guns and crack because JEREMY LONDON IS A DRUG ADDICT, regardless of the race of whoever he bought drugs from.
I don't mind the volume of his tweets, but I don't understand why he tweets the same thing so many times. A couple days ago he brought up the "videogames as art" argument, which at this point he's been going on about for MONTHS. We get it, Rog. Can we move on now?
It's been widely reported that all the money from the tour was going directly to the writers/crew.
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/12/conan-obriens-tour-employs-former-tonight-show-crew/
The answer to this question asked in 2007 is still "No."
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HxK8VXU8TWI/StVaK8KrozI/AAAAAAAAAPs/y64aAKNQk-Y/s1600-h/PASTECoverTheNational.jpg
I had the same frustration, so I just set a weekly manual recording to record each Thursday as an interrupted block from 7p-9:03p. That way you don't mess with overlaps between each show.
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