Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Palin, SNL, and comedy
The problem with Sarah Palin's SNL cameo last weekend (I call it a cameo because she did so little, unlike, say, Hillary Clinton or John McCain or Rudy Giuliani have done in their appearances on the show) isn't just that she was a prop, it's that she didn't commit to being a prop. Take, for instance, the Palin rap song Amy Poehler did during Weekend Update. A VP candidate singing a rap? Funny. A VP candidate announcing she's not singing a rap because it's inappropriate for someone in her position? Also funny. A VP candidate announcing she's not singing a rap because it's inappropriate for someone in her position, but then (and I shudder to type these words) raising the roof and doing the white man's overbite while someone else sings the rap? Not very funny.
You've got to commit. As Doctor Cox explains around 1:42 of this clip:
You've got to commit. As Doctor Cox explains around 1:42 of this clip:
Thursday, October 16, 2008
There was something familiar last night
In last night's debate, John McCain's hectoring, condescending tone kept reminding me of something. It wasn't until later that I remembered what it was:
At 0:52, Eddie Murphy makes the face that I imagine Senator Obama wanted to.
At 0:52, Eddie Murphy makes the face that I imagine Senator Obama wanted to.
Labels:
2008,
Barack Obama,
John McCain,
politics
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
That one?
I'm glad to see I'm not the only person who heard John McCain call Barack Obama "that one" and thought, what the hell?
For the record, I would not object to Scarlett Johannson calling me "that one." Or simply calling me.
For the record, I would not object to Scarlett Johannson calling me "that one." Or simply calling me.
Labels:
Barack Obama,
John McCain,
politics,
Scarlett Johannson
Sunday, October 05, 2008
SNL on Scranton
SNL's take on Joe Biden's take on Scranton:
Scranton's take on SNL's take on Joe Biden's take on Scranton:
SNL parody jokingly calls Scranton 'the absolute worst place on earth'
Some of the comments on the article are entertaining, for reasons both intentional and otherwise.
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