About 3/4 of the way through the Survivor finale I turned to my viewing companion and said “If Sandra wins it might just ruin the whole season for me.” A season, that up to that point, had been arguably the greatest in Survivor history. But he calmed my fears, assuring me she wouldn’t win, and [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Analysis’
2010/04/17
‘SNL’: Say Fey Kid
(Title allusion here) Unless you’ve been living under a rock you probably know that Tina Fey has a new movie out. Between her appearances on Oprah, Live!, and Late Night (leaving behind a wake of Jamie Foxx-Oprah rumors and charades losses), she’s been pounding the pavement drumming up excitement for Date Night. The last stop [...]
2010/04/01
LOST: “The Package”
Randy Jackson and I had a similar reaction to this week’s episode of LOST:
2010/03/08
“Presidential Reunion”; Or Will Funny or Die Kill ‘SNL’?
By now you’ve all seen this Funny or Die sketch (because it was uploaded almost a week ago, which this day in age classifies it as old) that brings together the all time team of SNL presidential imitators. It’s great, right? Totally awesome (especially Chevy, doing what Chevy does best). However, what concerns me is [...]
2010/03/05
The Office: Labor Pains
Back in October The Office invited us to Pam and Jim’s wedding, an hour-long special event that had been hyped on NBC and in our hearts, and against unlikely odds that episode actually mostly succeeded. It wasn’t a runaway success, but considering the expectations and the level of difficulty, it was generally a victory. That [...]
2010/01/22
Dear ‘The Office:’ You’re Making it Harder and Harder to Keep Defending You
First reaction to last night’s “episode:” What the fuck was that? A clip show? Really? Really??? Perhaps I would not have be so indignant if the episode had was a celebration of a milestone number of episodes. Or if it arrived in conjunction with another episode wholly comprised of wholly original content. But for this [...]
2010/01/21
In Defense of: Jim Halpert
One of the thorniest arcs on this uneven season of The Office has been the promotion of Jim to co-manager, a move that has seemed more like a demotion, as he has seemed to have lost the respect of his co-workers (and possibly his wife) as well as misplaced his charm. Where there was once [...]
