September 29, 2009

One Line TV Thoughts

- "Mad Men": Duck Phillips, unlikely sex symbol! What, did Matthew Weiner tell him "Bad news is, you're not a regular anymore, but hey- you get to nail Elizabeth Moss!"

- "Curb Your Enthusiasm"- I don't know what's a bigger surprise in this year's "Curb" season- the reunion of the "Seinfeld" cast, or that they managed to wring an entire episode out of road-head jokes. Still, brilliant resolution of the getting-rid-of-Loretta problem, and Leon gets to stay, too!

- "Entourage" - This remains an awful, awful show, but I must admit the Nikki Finke joke was gold, and everything always improves with more Malcolm McDowell.

- "How I Met Your Mother"- Not the best episode tonight, I admit. But did you hear the big news?

- "Glee"- Oh, how I love this show in so many different ways. My favorite thing is the character of Rachel- the sort of talented, hot-but-self-conscious, theatrically-inclined Jewish girl of whom I've come across dozens throughout my various travels. There's one in every synagogue youth group production of "West Side Story." Not to mention, I hope Andy Reid didn't see the "Single Ladies"/trick play thing in last week's episode- it might give him ideas.

- "Saturday Night Live"- Well, Megan Fox wasn't quite as bad as I feared, but it was still a horrendous first episode, full of horrible sketch ideas that seemed to go on forever. Even U2 wasn't all that great- rapping through guitar solos is something Bono should never, ever do again. Of course, the only thing anyone's talking about is Jenny Slate's accidental F-bomb. Oh, who cares- it was at midnight! I was more offended that that sketch friggin' sucked.

Posted by Stephen Silver at September 29, 2009 02:12 AM
Comments

Last week's SNL should stick a knife in the idea that Megan Fox is a badass chick with no limits. Any admiration for her on this front should be transferred to Jenny Slate, who dropped an F-bomb on national TV while Fox stuck to the script like a wuss.

Fox will now be required to sink or swim based on her acting talent, which should hasten the day we see her pretty much excusively in low-budget direct to Cinemax movies.

Posted by: Gib at September 29, 2009 09:36 AM

I thought all the good snl writers went to work for 30 rock?

Posted by: Jeff S at September 29, 2009 10:23 PM
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