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 interviews), the important thing is to produce an entertaining 60 minutes. And that didn’t happen. [...]
2009/09/15
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 SNL. When researching for my post analyzing the dismissal of Watkins and Casey Wilson, I [...]
2009/09/15
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 when out of three categories one was a music round and we were competing against [...]
