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Posted Jun 27th 2009 12:21PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Children, Reality-Free
This installment of
Sketch Comedy Saturday holds a very specific goal. On one hand, it's to serve as a minor aid in the quest to overcome
Saturday Night Live withdrawal. It's also a very effective excuse to feel nostalgic for the 90s. Believe it or not, the 90s were almost 20 years ago. Take a moment and let that sink in to your old, old brain, dinosaur.
This week, we will be touching upon a little show called
All That, which some of you may remember as Nickelodeon's attempt at a kid version of
SNL. Also, the theme song is by TLC, so you know it's 90s-crazy.
Continue reading Sketch Comedy Saturday: All That
Posted Jul 11th 2006 11:31PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, NBC, OpEd, Last Comic Standing
(S04E06) One thing you can say about Season Four of
Last Comic Standing is that it's full of surprises. The comics may not be all that funny, the editing may be choppy, the preliminary selections of comics may have been suspicious, and Anthony Clark may look like he's embalmed. But you can't deny that the comics being eliminated aren't the ones anyone expected to go so early. Unfortunately, the by-product of these surprises is a set of finalists (the set of comics that will perform live and have the viewing audience vote by phone, text, and web) that is a pretty uncompelling set of personalities and, for the most part, not very funny.
Continue reading Last Comic Standing: A roast and an ejection
Posted Jun 27th 2006 10:52PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, NBC, Talent, Programming, OpEd, Last Comic Standing
(S04E05) What the hell? I used to think that once the choice of who stays and who goes is put in the hands of the audience and not the producers -- who, let's face it, used other factors besides talent to see who made it in -- the choices would make more sense. I mean, everyone's tastes are different, but the audience in that "Last Comic Theater" can clearly tell who's funny and who's not, right?
I guess not.
Continue reading Last Comic Standing: Adam Carolla and a surprise
Posted Jun 13th 2006 11:05PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, NBC, Talent, Programming, OpEd, Last Comic Standing
(S04E03) I've got to say,
Last Comic Standing really makes me scratch my head sometimes. Yes, I know that the finalists aren't always the funniest people in their grouping. And, yes, I know that they need to put varied character types in the house so it's not all just twelve of the same type of people trying to out yuk-yuk each other. But the selections that are made to go into the house really make me think the producers think the audience is a bunch of drooling idiots. Why? Because some of the picks you could see coming from the first time they popped on the screen during the audition episode, and the rest are so comically inferior to the some of the ones that didn't get picked, it's obvious that they're being picked for reasons other than being... freaking... funny.
Continue reading Last Comic Standing: The final five finalists are chosen
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