SNL Recap May 10, 2014: Charlize Theron/The Black Keys

May 11, 2014

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Do you know where Arbalato Street is?

A Mother’s Day Message from Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton
Vanessa has got Hillary’s vibe down, but the voice isn’t really close.  Sasheer’s Michelle was decent.  The back and forth of the tension was solid.  Hillary having not yet decided if she will run for mother of the year was a clever way to do an obvious joke. B-

Charlize Theron’s Monologue
I thought this was aiming to be a meta takedown of how so many SNL monologues are singing bits, and maybe it was, but it didn’t really work that way, instead being just another singing SNL monologue that kind of joked about how it was a bad idea to do that yet again.  Charlize’s line about men still liking her despite her height was worth a laugh, though, with Beck playing that moment well. C+

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 5/10/14

May 10, 2014

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Each week, I check out VH1′s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. John Legend – “All of Me”
2. Demi Lovato – “Neon Lights”
3. Paramore – “Ain’t It Fun”
4. Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – “Talk Dirty”
5. Phillip Phillips – “Raging Fire”
6. Avicii ft. Dan Tyminski – “Hey Brother”
7. Neon Trees – “Sleeping With a Friend”
8. Ingrid Michaelson – “Girls Chase Boys”
9. Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – “Dark Horse”
10. Pharrell – “Happy”
11. Fitz and the Tantrums – “The Walker”
12. Coldplay – “Magic”
13. Chvrches – “The Mother We Share”
14. Calvin Harris – “Summer”
15. Nico & Vinz – “Am I Wrong”
16. Aloe Blacc – “The Man”
17. Bastille – “Pompeii”
18. Katy Perry – “Birthday”
19. Lady GaGa – “G.U.Y.”
20. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Dark Horse
2. Summer
3. The Mother We Share
4. Happy
5. Fancy
6. The Man
7. Pompeii
8. Hey Brother
9. Sleeping With a Friend
10. Am I Wrong
11. Birthday
12. Magic
13. G.U.Y.
14. The Walker
15. Ain’t It Fun
16. Talk Dirty
17. All of Me
18. Girls Chase Boys
19. Neon Lights
20. Raging Fire

What Won TV? – April 27-May 3, 2014

May 4, 2014

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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Mad Men (Honorable Mention: American Dad!, thanks to a D’Angelo homage)
Monday – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Tuesday – Fargo
Wednesday – Billy on the Street (even though it established that Shakira doesn’t know about Community)
Thursday – Review, wrapping up yet another one of 2014’s excellent debut seasons
Friday – Hannibal
Saturday – Orphan Black (partially because SNL cut the latest Good Neighbor short after dress rehearsal)

SNL Recap May 3, 2014: Andrew Garfield/Coldplay

May 4, 2014

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If someone was like, “Hey, come live in this house, there’s only nine of us,” I would say, “You got it dude!”

Donald Sterling Press Conference
A typical run-through-the-people-in-a-current-event cold opening, but with a little more relevance and finesse than usual.  Still, this was mostly filled with obvious gags.  Confusing Roots the miniseries with the Roots that have Questlove did get me to laugh, though. B-

Andrew Garfield’s Monologue
At least this wasn’t a tired monologue format, but on the other hand, I had no idea what it was.  Apparently the joke was, the audience is overly antagonistic to Andrew Garfield.  What up with that?  Aidy got a lot of applause.  She deserves it; she’s been having a great season. B-

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 5/3/14

May 3, 2014

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Each week, I check out VH1′s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. John Legend – “All of Me”
2. Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – “Talk Dirty”
3. Demi Lovato – “Neon Lights”
4. Avicii ft. Dan Tyminski – “Hey Brother”
5. Paramore – “Ain’t It Fun”
6. Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – “Dark Horse”
7. Phillip Phillips – “Raging Fire”
8. Pharrell – “Happy”
9. Neon Trees – “Sleeping With a Friend”
10. Fitz and the Tantrums – “The Walker”
11. Aloe Blacc – “The Man”
12. Ingrid Michaelson – “Girls Chase Boys”
13. Bastille – “Pompeii”
14. Chvrches – “The Mother We Share”
15. Calvin Harris – “Summer”
16. Coldplay – “Magic”
17. Nico & Vinz – “Am I Wrong”
18. Lorde – “Team”
19. Christina Perri – “Human”
20. Lady GaGa – “G.U.Y.”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Dark Horse
2. Summer
3. The Mother We Share
4. Happy
5. Team
6. The Man
7. Pompeii
8. Hey Brother
9. Sleeping With a Friend
10. Am I Wrong
11. Magic
12. G.U.Y.
13. The Walker
14. Ain’t It Fun
15. Talk Dirty
16. Girls Chase Boys
17. Neon Lights
18. All of Me
19. Raging Fire
20. Human

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