Talking up the good work that Jimmy Fallon and the Late Night crew have been doing is nothing new on this blog. In fact, we’ve been complimenting their efforts as far back as last Fall. But with the show celebrating its one year anniversary last week, and with the program demonstrating as much creativity and [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Good Humor’
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 what [...]
2010/01/27
‘The Inbetweeners:’ It’s like ‘Skins’ Meets ‘Torchwood’ Meets ‘The Office’ Meets ‘Mr. Bean’ Meets Other BBC Programmes
Okay, so above the comparisons were mostly lies, but, as already been oft-said, British import The Inbetweeners is a like a sitcom version of Skins. It’s to Skins as Undeclared was to Freaks & Geeks. Which means it’s good, if a little lacking on dramatic depth. The quick cuts and camera work also evoke shades [...]
2010/01/14
Something Funny Happened on the Way to Five Thursday’s Ago
(This a post I intended to compose a month ago, but then the holidays hit, and then the Thursday night comedies went on winter vacation so there was no real rush to write this. But with the comedy block returning tonight, save for The Office, this seemed like the right time to finally record these [...]
2010/01/12
In Defense Of: Jimmy Fallon
I was planning to write this post a couple weeks ago, before the tornado of Leno-Conan-Local Affiliates-gate threw the entire late night landscape into a tumult (and what of George Lopez?), but this takes on even greater significance now. At this very moment, with the future of NBC’s late night schedule hanging in the balance, [...]
2009/12/25
Christmas: The Final Clipdown
SNL might not have always been funny. In fact, it might have never really been funny. But it’s always been topical.
Just try to watch the first few minutes of the Community Christmas episode and not get into some (non-denomination) holiday spirit.
And before Dwight was Recyclops he would just come into the office with the Christmas [...]
2009/12/23
Christmas Clipdown: ‘Lil Pete & Rite-Aid Have the Same Goal
Was there a show more ahead of its time, more under-appreciated, than Nickelodeon’s Adventures of Pete & Pete? Freaks and Geeks, you say? Okay, maybe. But Pete & Pete is surely up there, and growing from a string of one-minute shorts aired on Nickelodeon during commercial breaks into a full-fledged 22-min series, it featured some [...]
