Okay, the show is about to get started.
A message from the ghost of Qaddafi cold open: Sodomy joke, in reference to the corn holing that Quaddafi received in various cell phone videos. Pretty good performance by Fred Armisen in portraying him. He is probably one of the better performers on SNL at this point, although his peak level of funny is debatable. None of the newer cast members stick out to me as being really good performers, but a large part of that is just not being as familiar with them.
Charlie Day, who is he again? need to Google. Ahh, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Which means... an appearance by Danny Devito! He extols Day to "put out" for the audience, So Day sits down at the piano for a song. So far I like tonight's show. Next up: Kardashian's reality show spoof on the recent failed marriage "" Great job by Kristen Wiig as the mom Kris Jenner! Great show so far.
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Family Guy: Screams of Horror: The Story of Brenda Q (Oct 30th 2011)
9:00: Well, lets just forget we ever saw Allen Gregory. I’m sure it won’t be long for the air. Family Guy episode is about to start! I look forward to these more than The Simpsons. I hope it will be an increasingly rare “good episode”.
9:02: Nice take on the old “awkward one on one conversation with one friend who you usually hang out with in a group” situation. I like the clown cum/glitter moneyshot we see after Quagmire is discovered passed out, having choked himself out while masturbating to the clown porn. His sister Brenda and her boyfriend Jeff come to visit him in the hospital. Jeff is a woman beater… because that would be convenient for a plot device.
9:09: One of the many cutaway scenes in this episodes features an Iraq Lobster (it’s exactly what is sounds like). The manatees picked that joke. An intervention is staged for Brenda, and the cast encourages her to leave, with quagmire reading an impassioned plea to her. Jeff bursts in and breaks the news that he and Brenda are getting married, and Brenda is pregnant.
9:18: The segment with Jeff enjoying a Jay Leno monologue was pretty funny. When he didn’t like a joke, he slapped Brenda. Pretty funny and accurate send-up of the Tonight show, including a sycophantic, laughing black guitar player.
9:24 The men of Family Guy conspire to kill Jeff by taking him on a late night hunting trip and killing him. Jeff realizes what they are going to do and instead attempts to kill Quagmire by fighting him and choking him to death, and appears to succeed. Quagmire feigns death, using his daily auto erotic asphyxiation as practice to increase his choking endurance, and runs over Jeff with a car. The boys then fake a note to Brenda from Jeff telling her to move one, and also insulting her (to seem authentic). The segment ends with Peter saying that now he want to kill someone else: oooh! Mort!”. Always the Jews with FG.
Last Thoughts: Well, I said at the beginning of this episode that I hoped this would be a rare “good” episode. I don’t think this one qualifies as “good”. It definitely wasn’t terrible either. I enjoyed Family Guy more than the Simpsons; FG made me laugh a few times. This wasn’t one of the more memorable episodes of Family Guy; I can really see why Seth Macfarlane wishes that FG ended three seasons ago, it does seem to be in its twilight years. It is always sad to see once good/great things and people age and lose their edge, whether that edge be physical or comedic. 6.5/10
9:02: Nice take on the old “awkward one on one conversation with one friend who you usually hang out with in a group” situation. I like the clown cum/glitter moneyshot we see after Quagmire is discovered passed out, having choked himself out while masturbating to the clown porn. His sister Brenda and her boyfriend Jeff come to visit him in the hospital. Jeff is a woman beater… because that would be convenient for a plot device.
9:09: One of the many cutaway scenes in this episodes features an Iraq Lobster (it’s exactly what is sounds like). The manatees picked that joke. An intervention is staged for Brenda, and the cast encourages her to leave, with quagmire reading an impassioned plea to her. Jeff bursts in and breaks the news that he and Brenda are getting married, and Brenda is pregnant.
9:18: The segment with Jeff enjoying a Jay Leno monologue was pretty funny. When he didn’t like a joke, he slapped Brenda. Pretty funny and accurate send-up of the Tonight show, including a sycophantic, laughing black guitar player.
9:24 The men of Family Guy conspire to kill Jeff by taking him on a late night hunting trip and killing him. Jeff realizes what they are going to do and instead attempts to kill Quagmire by fighting him and choking him to death, and appears to succeed. Quagmire feigns death, using his daily auto erotic asphyxiation as practice to increase his choking endurance, and runs over Jeff with a car. The boys then fake a note to Brenda from Jeff telling her to move one, and also insulting her (to seem authentic). The segment ends with Peter saying that now he want to kill someone else: oooh! Mort!”. Always the Jews with FG.
Last Thoughts: Well, I said at the beginning of this episode that I hoped this would be a rare “good” episode. I don’t think this one qualifies as “good”. It definitely wasn’t terrible either. I enjoyed Family Guy more than the Simpsons; FG made me laugh a few times. This wasn’t one of the more memorable episodes of Family Guy; I can really see why Seth Macfarlane wishes that FG ended three seasons ago, it does seem to be in its twilight years. It is always sad to see once good/great things and people age and lose their edge, whether that edge be physical or comedic. 6.5/10
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXII (Oct 30th 2011)
8:00 pm: Here we go. Starting out with the parody of Hitchcock Movies. Homer seeks the kids’ haul of candy but fails to get it. Nothing gust-bustingly funny in the intro, but still entertaining. I’m just glad to see new episodes of The Simpsons after the baseball postseason concluded (although I enjoyed the World Series).
8:05: The first segment of three opens with Homer regaining consciousness for unknown reasons. He is paralyzed. He remembers that a black widow spider bit him. He learns to communicate with farts (with Lisa running through the alphabet and him farting when she reaches the right letter). I find fart humor funny, so I like this segment.
8:12: “Dial D for Diddly”. It’s always entertaining to see Ned Flanders killing (and swearing too!). Ned thinks he is killing in the name of the lord, but in reality it’s Homer’s voice that Flanders mistakes for God. When Homer’s secret is revealed, Flanders realizes he is going to Hell and unleashes a few choice swears, including “backside!”. When Ned asks “can this get any worse??” his wife appears from Hell and asks him to come back to bed as the segment ends. The second of three segments is traditionally the weakest; I think that’s the case tonight. Nice job by Harry Shearer as the voice of God.
8:22: Here comes the Avatar parody segment. An alien version of Bart has
“testicle to testicle” sex with a female alien. She is knocked up with “1000 fetuses”. We now know that even when Bart and Milhouse are aliens, Bart is still much cooler than Milhouse. Nice Portland rain joke worked into this segment. I feel like this segment didn’t hold my interest as much as The Simpsons usually does. I’m not sure why
8:29: The closing segment makes it clear that the holidays are just around the corner, as the cast asks the viewing audience to go shopping with money they don’t have to energize a stagnant economy; a plea is made to avoid homemade gifts. Marge proclaims that making a homemade sweater will cost 27 Americans their jobs, as Christmas music plays in the background.
Last Thoughts: This wasn’t a great episode, but it did make me laugh out loud a few times. In comparison to other Treehouse of Horror episodes, I don’t think this one stands out. Still, I’m always glad to see new episodes of Simpsons and Family Guy, even if they aren’t always as fresh as they were in the past. 6.5/10
8:05: The first segment of three opens with Homer regaining consciousness for unknown reasons. He is paralyzed. He remembers that a black widow spider bit him. He learns to communicate with farts (with Lisa running through the alphabet and him farting when she reaches the right letter). I find fart humor funny, so I like this segment.
8:12: “Dial D for Diddly”. It’s always entertaining to see Ned Flanders killing (and swearing too!). Ned thinks he is killing in the name of the lord, but in reality it’s Homer’s voice that Flanders mistakes for God. When Homer’s secret is revealed, Flanders realizes he is going to Hell and unleashes a few choice swears, including “backside!”. When Ned asks “can this get any worse??” his wife appears from Hell and asks him to come back to bed as the segment ends. The second of three segments is traditionally the weakest; I think that’s the case tonight. Nice job by Harry Shearer as the voice of God.
8:22: Here comes the Avatar parody segment. An alien version of Bart has
“testicle to testicle” sex with a female alien. She is knocked up with “1000 fetuses”. We now know that even when Bart and Milhouse are aliens, Bart is still much cooler than Milhouse. Nice Portland rain joke worked into this segment. I feel like this segment didn’t hold my interest as much as The Simpsons usually does. I’m not sure why
8:29: The closing segment makes it clear that the holidays are just around the corner, as the cast asks the viewing audience to go shopping with money they don’t have to energize a stagnant economy; a plea is made to avoid homemade gifts. Marge proclaims that making a homemade sweater will cost 27 Americans their jobs, as Christmas music plays in the background.
Last Thoughts: This wasn’t a great episode, but it did make me laugh out loud a few times. In comparison to other Treehouse of Horror episodes, I don’t think this one stands out. Still, I’m always glad to see new episodes of Simpsons and Family Guy, even if they aren’t always as fresh as they were in the past. 6.5/10
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