Monthly Archives: September 2009
Farewell to My Favorite Top Chef
Spoiler ahead if you didn’t yet watch last week’s Top Chef!!! As we count down the hours until episode 7 of Top Chef: Las Vegas let us take a moment to look back and honor its most recent exile, Chef … Continue reading
Filed under Must See TV, TGIF, Top Scallop
SNL (and SNL Related) Round Up: F-Bombs, Fieri and Fallon
Continuing with the ‘F’ theme, first let me apologize for a little bit of a hiatus, following a period of unprecedented output. I will (hopefully) be returning to regular updates now. Moving on! After the tease that is Weekend Update … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Good Humor, Saturday Night Live, Tex Wasabi's, Yvonne Hudson
Parks and Recreation: Another Look
Like many of you, I was both skeptical and curious when Parks and Recreation premiered last spring. From the minds behind The Office, and at one time referred to as the Office spin-off, the pressure was immense, as would be … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Good Humor, Lists, Must See TV
Jay Leno Still Jay Leno. Why is Anyone Surprised?
So when the critics say that The Jay Leno Show is too similar to Leno on The Tonight Show, they really just mean that it’s also not funny, right? Who cares if it’s the same format (minus a desk during … Continue reading
Filed under Count Bleh, Good Humor
Big Week for Yvonne Hudson (And Other Forgotten SNL Cast Members)
In a feature I’ve been meaning to link to for days, NY Mag’s Vulture blog slideshowed “The Michaela Watkins Club,” a gallery of other not yet ready for prime time players who had blink and you missed it stints on … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Saturday Night Live, Yvonne Hudson
My Favorite VMA Moment: 15-Year Old Defends Taylor Swift, Starts Beef?
I returned home late last night after absorbing a brutal pub trivia loss, compounded (or alleviated) by the fact that the winning team included Thom Yorke. Yes, that Thom Yorke. I mean, I don’t see how we could have won … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Muppets, Tyranasaurus Sex
What, Lorne Michaels Worry?
And SNL week continues: In yesterday’s Washington Post columnist Tom Shales previews the trepidation that is coming with the soon to arrive 35th season of Saturday Night Live. He is right on when he asserts that SNL “…has been up … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Saturday Night Live, Who's the Boss?
The Edge is Really Serious About Being The Edge
This past week’s Entertainment Weekly included a Q&A with U2′s The Edge about the new documentary It Might Get Loud, in which he appears with Jack Black and Jimmy Page. When asked if he has a favorite White Stripes song … Continue reading
Filed under Count Bleh, Makes You Think, Tyranasaurus Sex
Whew. Crisis Averted. Kristen Wiig Not Joining Weekend Update
I was just about to write a post expressing my disappointment with the news/rumors that Kristen Wiig would be taking Amy Poehler’s place at the Weekend Update desk alongside Seth Meyers. To me, that’s a mistake. The idea is to … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Saturday Night Live
Lorne Michaels Dismisses Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson & It Makes Sense: SNL Past, Present and Future
The news broke late on Friday that Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson were not asked back for Saturday Night Live’s 35th season. This development came on the heels of the announcement earlier in the week that comediennes Jenny Slate and … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Saturday Night Live
