I loved his use of links, his running gags ("a bumble in the jungle!" "a grumble in the jungle!" "a fumble in the jungle!"), his dedication to recreating Shannon's crossword puzzle, the use of a table to display Michael's Good Dad Points. I didn't always agree with him, but he was both funny and creative.
I thought he was funnier in the first couple of recaps, but the running gags didn't hold up well to me, and although I appreciated the Good Dad Points and the crossword puzzle and such, overall he just wasn't making me laugh.
Was is Jessica who did the X-files recaps? Those were a thing of beauty, and, for the later seasons, constitutes taking one repeatedly for the team so that others didn't have to suffer. Plus, action figure theater!
I did like Jessica's Jack and Bobby recaps while they existed.
Oh! You have to check out Jessica's later-season X-Files recaps. They are gut-bustingly funny. She was funny and snarky and bitter about the cracktastic direction the show took, but she still had enormous affection for what the show used to be. Also, she used to guest-recap for Buffy, and I liked her writing a lot better than those of the regular recappers. I remember, with particular fondness, the part in her The Replacement recap that vividly telescoped her future as the builder of The Fug Blog.
Who did the Dawson's Creek recaps? Wing Chun? I used to read them long after I stopped watching the show.
hee, Vonnie, I totally remember that part of "The replacement" recap.
My heart is large with love for Miss Alli, but I think she only does reality TV. I watched "Married By America" to keep up with her recaps of that show.
Hee, Steph. I never did watch the show, but I totally read those recaps. That was back in the day of Too Much Time On My Hands.
That was back in the day of Too Much Time On My Hands.
Ack. Totally earwormed for a song I haven't even THOUGHT of in years. Styx, I think it was. Blech!
Just thought I would share the pain.
Heh. Sorry 'bout that.
Also? We are working our travel plans for tomorrow around the rewatch of OMGWTFPOLARBEAR! The joys of fandom.
We are working our travel plans for tomorrow around the rewatch of OMGWTFPOLARBEAR! The joys of fandom.
When I told my parents the last day of class was today, their obvious reaction was, "Well, then you can fly home on the fifteenth!" But I didn't want to miss
Lost,
so I convinced them to let me fly home on the sixteenth, knowing my brother would tape
The O.C.
for me. Thank God I did, because when we booked that ticket, I hadn't known my test in cardio pharm was a take-home. Which I got four hours ago.
I never read any of Jessica's recaps, so Shack, Aaron, and Miss Ali have been my favorite recappers. I stopped reading Strega's Angel recaps to avoid influencing my own, but we have very similar critical takes on the show (just with 33% less Wesley hate in my case).
Demian is probably the most likely candidate for the slot since he's been following the show all along, but I think I best enjoy the bitterness of his recaps when leveled at shows that are badly done. I don't ever feel defensive about slams against Alyssa Milano, y'know?
Dan Kwa started off strong, but I think like SNL writers he has no sense of when his own jokes stop being funny. And so they do, with increasing frequency.
