Posts Tagged ‘TV’

LESS CELEBRITY. MORE TALENT.

Friday, July 30th, 2010
by Lizzie Wisenheimer
It seems that nowadays, you can’t go to a Broadway show without a big Hollywood name attached to it. It’s like: SEAN HAYES (in, ummm, what’s it called? Oh yeah, “Promises Promises,” starring some other people you may have heard of). Or CATHERINE ZETA JONES (in that musical written by that guy). Or, CHRISTINA APPLEGATE (in that Fosse-somebody revival). Now, “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” THAT was a fantastic show! Sutton Foster (who won a Tony for her performance) is as actor-y as they get: amazing singer, great dancer and hilarious actress. I sat in the audience with a big smile the whole time in complete awe. I was even inspired to take tap dancing lessons! And I’ve been a stalker (ahem, pardon me, a fan) of hers ever since.
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LESS LATE NIGHT TV. MORE NEW WAR ON TERROR.

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
by Dr. Nate Selection


Have you recently experienced the following sequence?

11:30 p.m. “I’m so excited! I’ve got another crappy day of  work tomorrow but geez man, it’s late and I really need to get my late night comedy ON. But such a dilemma… what should I watch tonight? Hmmm, Conan, Letterman, Kimmel? Should I wait up for Fallon or that sly bastard Carson Daly?  Wait a second here! What my luck, it’s Saturday night!  Imma gonna git me some SNL!!!  With such a diverse, heaven’s never replicated, completely original set of great comedy minds, how can I possibly go wrong, seriously.”

11:31 p.m. “Haha”

11:32 p.m. “Ha”

11:33 p.m. “What?”

11:34 p.m. “This blows, what’s on Skinemax?”

11:37 p.m. “Zzzz…”

A great man once said, “Ask not what your comedians can do for you. Ask what your comedians can do for your country!”

As you’re aware (our readers are so informed, it’s scary), in the hills of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Al Qaeda has insulated themselves from American search teams. Like Jesse the Body said in Predator, “they’re dug in up there like an Alabama tick.” Recently, the terrorist forces have hunkered down in their caves and mudhuts in defense against unmanned aerial drones and an increased number of U.S. troops.  This shift in strategy has been bolstered in part by information gathered from Al Jazeera TV, an outlet also utilized by Al Qaeda to broadcast their anti-Infidel sentiments.

However, despite our obvious philosophical differences, there is some common ground here. What person, after a long day of work (terrorist scheming and Jihad-planning for some), doesn’t want to kick off his boots, nosh on some hummus, and turn on the TV?

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LESS TV APPEARANCES. MORE GOVERNANCE.

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
by The Clever Jew


Does it bother anyone else that the Obamas seem obsessed with being on TV more often than Ryan Seacrest, Samuel L. Jackson, or the cast of Jersey Shore?  Don’t get us wrong, we really dig us some Obamas, but something feels amiss. (more…)