It was really uneven and although I get what they seemed to be trying to do - it just didn't work for me.
Plus - did everyone who is Jewish on the show just forget that fact? That just seemed weird to me.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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sumi - Dec 14, 2011 5:55:17 am PST #4764 of 8625
Art Crawl!!!
le nubian - Dec 14, 2011 5:58:49 am PST #4765 of 8625
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tom & Lorenzo brought up that very point.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2011 6:02:09 am PST #4766 of 8625
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Plus - did everyone who is Jewish on the show just forget that fact? That just seemed weird to me.
Yeah.
le nubian - Dec 14, 2011 6:34:19 am PST #4767 of 8625
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
They should have addressed it. For example, apparently there was a huge surge in Christmas observance in Japan recently. Not that Japan had a huge surge in Christians, they just like the secular "holiday" of Christmas.
"Glee" perhaps could have spun it like that. It would have been interesting I suppose if done well.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2011 6:36:14 am PST #4768 of 8625
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Uh huh. That's why Rachel in the Dick Van Dyke Show stuff didn't seem off. But when they went all Bible on it, I at least expected to see Puck rolling his eyes or something.
Jesse - Dec 14, 2011 6:37:01 am PST #4769 of 8625
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I can definitely see Rachel getting into Christmas for the glitter and presents, but seriously, just have a line about it.
Also, TLo reminded me of how weird/gross it was to sing "Tonight thank God it's them instead of you" to the people in the homeless shelter or whatever. I mean, seriously.
In short: Seriously.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2011 6:45:54 am PST #4770 of 8625
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Also the huge grins all through that song drove me nuts.
Amy - Dec 14, 2011 12:16:18 pm PST #4771 of 8625
Because books.
"Tonight thank God it's them instead of you"
It baffles me how anyone ever thought that line was a good idea.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2011 1:00:52 pm PST #4772 of 8625
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Really? I think that's possibly the most honest line in all of these type of songs put together.
Amy - Dec 14, 2011 1:17:51 pm PST #4773 of 8625
Because books.
It's honest, I guess, but the idea of thanking god that someone else is suffering while you're home stuffing your face full of cookies and making snowmen just strikes me as ... a weird thing to put in a song.