Yeah, "Make 'Em Laugh" was just copying the singing and dancing of the original almost exactly, but the original was better. Didn't add anything, just subtracted. I'd never realized how much of what makes the original great is Donald O'Connor's facial expressions, but it really is, and neither of those guys could get even close.
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
This thread is for comedy TV, including network and cable shows. [NAFDA]
Hil R. - Nov 17, 2010 5:30:42 am PST #3405 of 8624
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Vonnie K - Nov 17, 2010 5:33:13 am PST #3406 of 8624
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I haven't watched The Office in ages but Kelly sums up how I feel about Glee fairly succinctly: [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 17, 2010 5:37:32 am PST #3407 of 8624
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I liked the Journey joke, and Becky, and was enjoying Will and Mike Chang's "Make 'Em Laugh" number until I remembered I'd seen Joseph Gordon Levitt do it better only a couple of years ago. But about 90% of the episode left me cold. Usually I at least enjoy the music, but there was only one song I liked tonight.
megan walker - Nov 17, 2010 6:21:45 am PST #3408 of 8624
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, I didn't like the song selection at all. I thought the idea of having a "substitute" plotline was great, but they tried to do too much with it. And none of the subplots were interesting (although Becky was great).
askye - Nov 17, 2010 12:54:40 pm PST #3409 of 8624
Thrive to spite them
I haven't been watching Glee regularly, I think I've decided I like watching the numbers more than watching the show.
I liked Gwyneth, she wasn't horrible. Becky was great and the Journey jokes.
I didn't like Make 'Em Laugh, I think I would have if they hadn't tried to redo the original -- like if it was set in the school and they still did some of the gags in context of the school.
I liked the Cee Lo Number and the Singin in the Rain Mash up, I didn't like the song from Chicago - it was more dance than song and just eh.
I HATED the whole "bipolar rant" thing at the end but that's my pet peeve.
Laga - Nov 18, 2010 7:16:13 pm PST #3410 of 8624
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Is that HRG on The Office?
le nubian - Nov 18, 2010 7:33:32 pm PST #3411 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
YES. I screamed. Angela doesn't deserve him, tho.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 19, 2010 7:15:24 am PST #3412 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Is that HRG on The Office?
He's getting around. He turned up on House the other week.
Tom Scola - Nov 22, 2010 3:07:56 pm PST #3413 of 8624
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Venture Bros.: Best use of bleeping ever.
DavidS - Nov 22, 2010 3:14:49 pm PST #3414 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Venture Bros. really had a bounce back season for me.
Much funnier than the last season and way less pedophile jokes.