PopFilter Special Report: I Can’t Wait For the New Episodes of Arrested Development (Even Though They Make Me Super Nervous) Hello. Good talk. Now let’s get to it. I am nervous. I am nervous that when Arrested Development drops, in exactly four days from now, it may not live up to the hype. I am [...]
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: Ben Affleck/Kanye West 5 SKITS (3 HITS, 2 SHITS) THE HITS WEEKEND UPDATE: THE RETURN OF AMY POEHLER If there is a Best-Of-Anything, and Amy Poehler is involved, and I am in charge of who makes the list, she will make the list. – RH WEEKEND UPDATE: STEPHON Stephon is a one-note [...]
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: Kristen Wiig/Vampire Weekend 5 SKITS (3 HITS, 2 SHITS) THE HITS TARGET LADY Despite being one of the greatest cast members of all time, Kristen Wiig doesn’t have a lot of strong recurring characters (the less said about Gilly, who only makes a brief appearance in the episode, the better). For some [...]
On the 93rd episode of the PopFiler Podcast, the friends discuss Secondhand Rapture by MS MR, Zack Stone is Gonna Be Famous and Crimewave. There’s a lot of yelling. And a lot of love. But mostly yelling and screaming. Lots of the screaming.
MAY TV EXTRAVAGANZA MARON **1/2 (out of ****) As a favor to Marc, and the entire crew of Maron, this will be the first, last, and only time that Louie will be mentioned in this review. Shit. Now what do I talk about? Towards the end of the first [...]
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: Zach Galifianakis/Of Monsters and Men 5 SKITS (3 HITS, 2 SHITS) THE HITS GOOGLE GLASS ON WEEKEND UPDATE It’s about time somebody finally sticks it to google, the company that nobody has ever made fun of. This skit has a lot going for it, and it has to because google glass might [...]
On this episode of the PopFilter Podcast, the friends talk about “Everybody Loves Sausages” by The Melvins, Hemlock Grove, and “Definitely Maybe” by Oasis. They then realize how old they have gotten and stab themselves in the eyes. It doesn’t get as loud as you would expect.
APRIL TV EXTRAVAGANZA DA VINCI’S DEMONS **1/2 (out of ****) “If you thought The DaVinci Code was really cool, then maybe you should watch this” is bouncing around the brains of everyone who works at Starz, and you know what? They’re probably right. You should watch this. But I’d like to think that it’s [...]
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: VINCE VAUGHN/MIGUEL 5 SKITS (3 HITS, 2 SHITS) THE HITS ROUNDBALL ROCK How to Write an SNL Skit (High Concept Edition): “the higher the concept, the lamer the skit” is a rule with few exceptions, particularly for skits positioned earlier in the show. This concept, in which we flashback to see John [...]
APRIL TV EXTRAVAGANZA! HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS(FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE) *1/2 (out of ****) I’m never surprised when I watch a new TV show (or new anything for that matter) that seems like a composite of things that worked in other shows. This is the way of the world. [...]
PART II: Parks and Recreation Welcome to part two of this epic rivalry between the shows of two best friends that I completely made up. Last week we took a look at Tina Fey’s 30 Rock. This week, Amy Poehler’s and Parks and Recreation is under the microscope. Debuting in 2009, and now in its [...]
COMOODY CENTROODY AND THE NO-BUMMER 2013 For the last year or so, Comedy Central has been handing out TV shows to stand-up comedians like it’s the mid-nineties. The major difference is that they aren’t trying to wedge the comedian’s stand-up persona into the same family sitcom we’ve seen literally a hundred bazillion times, but [...]
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 5 SKITS (3 HITS, 2 SHITS) In which we Filter through SNL, so you never have to watch the whole thing. THE HITS 1. OPENING MONOLOGUE Sometimes SNL has a way of making me laugh that other shows don’t. You can call it unfair and you can call it stupid [...]
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: KEVIN HART 5 SKITS (3 HITS, 2 SHITS) In which we Filter through SNL, so you never have to watch the whole thing. THE HITS 1. Z-SHIRTS The beauty of this scene may be the fact that Kevin Hart doesn’t have to act live, which, after watching this episode, is apparently not [...]
FEBRUARY TV EXTRAVAGANZA CULT *1/2 (out of ****) It’s fun to sit and think about, once you have viewed the first episode of Cult, and then stared at a wall for thirty minutes trying to figure out where your life went wrong, the first time the creators of the show thought up the [...]
DO NO HARM * (out of ****) Nicely done, Do No Harm. You couldn’t even make it to when this review was due. Do No Harm this week was placed in the TV Hall of Fame for doing something few shows have ever done before: not make it to its third episode. And [...]
THE FOLLOWING **1/2 (out of ****) The Following is probably early-2013’s most anticipated new show. It’s on FOX, which knows how to promote the everliving fuck out of something, especially if you are a viewer of their sports programming. It has, for television, a major star in Kevin Bacon, and it’s about a serial [...]
On this episode, Ryan and Jason finally reveal their top 4 TV shows of 2012. And they’re really mean to Dave. Yeah!
On this episode, Ryan and Jason discuss the best shows of 2012 and make a new friend.
LEGIT ** (out of ****) Louie and Legit are two FX comedies in which their stand-up comedian stars, Louis CK and Jim Jeffries, respectively, play themselves. Aside from the fact that they both have five letter titles that begin with L, that’s pretty much where the similarities end. Not every comedy has to be [...]
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