While we put together some thoughts on The Office and SNL, let’s start off the new week with an old favorite:
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Before Pizza Hut Hit the Jackpot with Jim Bruer They Made Commericals Like This
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Sesame Street Socialism
Normally I will not stand for any kind of besmirching of the Muppet or Sesame Street legacy. They’ve done far too much good and earned too much respect to be the target of an easy joke (I feel the same way about Billy Joel, incidentally another big influence during my youth). However, with the 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street upon us, they had some fun with our (apparently left-wing) furry friends on The Colbert Report. Of course, their in-depth knowledge of the show and its characters shows true admiration and reverence, and clearly only devoted fans would be able to develop an argument for Grover as a proponent of same-sex marriage (however, I think the jury is still out on Bert & Ernie. Just because they lived together, sleeping in the same room all these years doesn’t mean they’re gay. I mean, do you know how much it costs to rent on Sesame Street? It’s pure economics. Also, Kip and Henry shared a room and no one said they were gay. And they were cross-dressers to boot).
Vodpod videos no longer available.And while we’re talking about Sesame Street, check out our friend Kieran Walsh’s thoughts on 40 years of Big Bird, Cookie Monster and the gang.
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Dana Carvey, I Just Don’t Know Anymore
Dana Carvey on The Jay Leno Show attempting to break the record for most impressions in a minute. Unfortunately, this brand of humor is a perfect match for Leno’s graveyard. I wish I could get behind this, but it seems like Carvey is just doing impressions of his impressions, and most of which we’ve been seeing for decades. Sadder still is that he has nothing to promote so he just plugged a hair salon instead (sadder still is I’m not sure if this was a joke or it’s actually where he gets his hair cut). I still maintain that Carvey was one of the most talented SNL cast members of all time, but lately he hasn’t been doing much to prove it. Still waiting for your comeback, Dana. Still waiting.
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SNL Week 2: Better, but Lady Gaga Can’t Be On Every Week
Quick reaction to the second outing of the 35th season of SNL: Generally an improvement over the premiere, although still not firing on all cylinders. There’s a lot of talent there, but it just seems like at this point this sum is less than the parts.
The Good: Jenny Slate did not utter the F word or any other obscenity (although, she didn’t get a big sketch like “Biker Chick Chat,” but my hunch is that’s unrelated).
The Bad(?): Lady Gaga did slip in a swear word during her performance of Paparazzi. But like Slate’s transgression, don’t expect many consequences from this. If it happens a third straight week though…well, we know how baseball works. But then again, this is TV and not baseball, so who knows.
The Okay: Ryan Reynolds turned in a perfectly fine performance, but one that was probably overshadowed by Gaga’s two musical performances as well as her appearances in two sketches (including her awkward cat-fight with Lady Madonna in the latest installment of the abominable “Deep House Dish”). So instead of a Ryan Reynolds sketch, let’s take this opportunity to check him out as a young boy on Nickelodeon’s forgotten gem Fifteen:
The Old: Scarlett Johansson (Mrs. Ryan Reynolds) reprised her role as a Grecian Long Island princess, this time helping her dad hawk porcelain fountains. However, I prefer, the original, Mike’s Marbleopolis (You gotta get yourself some marble columns!):
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The Eh: The Family Feud sketch featuring the John Phillips clan vs. the Osmond siblings fell a little flat, but I’m all for anything that includes Richard “The Kissing Fool” Dawson.
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Jumped The Snark 