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Billy on the Street: Best of Season 3

July 9, 2014

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Season Analysis: Season 3 of Billy on the Street leaned a little too heavily on the excessively staged stunts for my taste, but the vast majority of it is still pop culture maestro Billy Eichner interacting with New Yorkers, and thus it is still excellent.

Season 3 Superlatives:

Best Contestant: Elena

The first non-celebrity to return, Season 2 Quizzed in the Face contender Elena is the epitome of the type of New Yorker that Billy on the Street celebrates. She played a round of “Cash Cow” against Lena Dunham (during which she misunderstood Billy’s pronunciation of “Weird Al” Yankovic) and stopped by later for a special round of “For a Dollar,” which featured this classic exchange between her and Billy:
“Annie? They’re making a new movie of it?”
“Yeah, Quvenzhané Wallis, the little girl from Beasts of the Southern Wild, is playing her.”
“Oh, I love her.”
“Yes.”
“She’s not playing Annie!”
“Yes, she is.”
“Oh, Annie! I was thinking of that, what was that Woody Allen movie…”
“Annie Hall?!”
“Yes!”
(runs away) “Elena, never, ever speak to me again!”

Most Prepared Celebrity Contestant: Lena Dunham, who cruised through a round of “Steve Harvey or Harvey Milk”

Most Challenging Celebrity Game: “John Mayer or Pepé Le Pew,” in which Olivia Wilde struggled to identify whether such quotes as “Everyone should have a hobby, don’t you think? Mine is making love” and “I really don’t want to be a hunk” were uttered by the bad boy of pop-rock or a cartoon skunk.

Best New Contestant: David, an aspiring novelist and screenwriter decked out in L.A. Kings gear who won Quizzed in the Face by correctly identifying that Charles Manson would be a fan of Family Guy. When Billy expressed bewilderment about Kristen Chenoweth having sex with Aaron Sorkin, David noted, “She’s a trouper for that.”

Best Prize: The Good Wife coloring book (I gave one to my mom for Mother’s Day!)

And some more quotables:

From a round of “Humpty Dumpty or Mary J. Blige”
“Sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.” “Humpty Dumpty.”
“Fell off a wall, unfortunately.” “Mary J. Blige.”
“Could not be reassembled, unfortunately.” “Mary J. Blige.”

“Sir, for a dollar, name a movie.” “Uh, RadioShack.”

“Do you think Miley Cyrus is on point?”
“Ummm, I don’t really like her.”
“Why?!”
“I don’t really know, there’s just something about her. I miss Hannah Montana.”
“Oh, come on!”
“I do! I do!”
“She can’t be that forever.”
“I know.”
“She’s a grown-up.”
“She could’ve done what she did so much better, though-”
“Really?!”
“-like she could have done it so much better.”
“What are you talking about? Everybody’s talking about her. How much better can you do that?”
“I don’t know. I just, I don’t know.”
“Okay. What do these bozos think? Do you like her?”
“I do like her. I feel bad for her, though, because-”
“Why?!”
“I feel like she’s going through such a hard time.”
“What do you mean?! She’s so popular! She’s completely in control, the whole thing.”
“She doesn’t have Liam anymore, and like-”
“She doesn’t need him, please. It’s the best thing that ever happened to her.”
“Okay, well, if she’s happy, then that’s all that matters.”
“She’s obviously very happy.”
“Okay.”
“It’s like, this is the most successful she’s ever been. She’s smart, she seems edgy, the music is good. What do you think, idiot?”
“I- I love her.”
“I agree.”
“I think she’s doing a great job at introducing a new style to music.”
“I absolutely agree.”
“Yeah.”
“You look a little like a duck, but I love it.”
“Thanks.”
“Okay, bye.”

“Sir, for a dollar, any thoughts on Kaley Cuoco’s yearly Emmy snub?”
“On whose what?”
“Kaley Cuoco’s yearly Emmy snub.”
“How can I have an opinion? I never heard of it.”
“Kaley Cuoco, she’s on, what, The Big Bang Theory?”
“I don’t have a TV set.”
“You’ve never seen The Big Bang Theory?”
(clears throat)
“BLEGHHH!”
“I wonder what you’ve missed.”
“What?”
“I wonder what you’ve missed.”
“What do you mean, ‘what I’ve missed’? I’ve missed nothing.”
“Muh muh muh muh.”
“Mi mi mi mi.”
“What do you mean, nothing?”
“I’ve missed nothing!”
“Who wrote A World Lit Only By Fire?”
“Huh?”
“Who wrote A World Lit Only By Fire?”
“2 Chainz! Boom!”
“This is- someone’s gonna watch that?”

“Who let the dogs out! Who, who!”
“Goodbye, game over. Thanks very much. Go back to Florida. I mean, I can’t.”

“Miss, I know you’re getting out of a car, but it’s the 10^th anniversary of The Passion of the Christ.”

“Miss… Vince Vaughn… What happened?”

“Sir, for a dollar, are you a Key or a Peele?”

“Sir, Meg Ryan said she would consider a return to television.” “I don’t care.”

And finally:
It’s not Pitbull – it’s Amy Poehler!

Community Guest Stars: Should They Return For Season 6?

July 8, 2014

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I had been waiting to see if Community would be picked up by some non-NBC entity before I got around to my post-Season 5, pre-Season 6 coverage, and now that Yahoo! has come through, we can speculate on whether any guest stars from Season 5 ought to be held onto, and if any of those from Seasons 1-4 should be retrieved for another go-round.

Rachel
As soon as Brie Larson first appeared in Season 4, I was leading the call for her to return and even potentially become a regular in the cast. I still feel that way, and now, it’s less a matter of her acting ability (which is still great), and more a matter of logic. Rachel and Abed are now dating, and they seem to be happy, so it just wouldn’t make sense for her not to be around very often. But apparently Brie Larson’s movie career is taking off, so her availability may remain an issue.
Verdict: Lock her down before she becomes prohibitively unavailable!

Russell Borchert
Greendale’s founder, previously presumed missing, had spent nearly 40 years hiding in a bunker underneath the school. Now that he is back aboveground and heartened to discover that the “idiots won,” he may be interested in staying involved with Greendale’s affairs.
Verdict: Chris Elliott would be a perfect eccentric fit as an occasional-to-frequent presence.

Ian Duncan
Duncan has always been a regular presence, excluding election and Dan Harmon-less years. There’s no reason that should change, though it may have to, due to John Oliver’s HBO gig. But he has expressed a desire to return if he can fit it in his schedule.
Verdict: Let’s pencil him in for at least one day at gravedigger’s biscuits.

Buzz Hickey
Like John Oliver, Jonathan Banks was a Season 5 semi-regular who now finds himself with a new full-time gig. Better Call Saul‘s premiere was pushed back to 2015, and Yahoo! apparently wants Community Season 6 to debut this fall, so he might be able to do both, or maybe those schedules will actually end up overlapping too much. This wouldn’t be the biggest loss, because now that the Save Greendale Committee has achieved its goal, Hickey wouldn’t be required to hang out with the study group. Still, it would be jarring for him to disappear completely.
Verdict: Make the time work for at least a token appearance.

Troy
A sailing trip around the world will last a while, but it won’t last forever. Surely Troy will visit his friends upon his return, won’t he? And Donald Glover has sounded at least somewhat willing to return during his recent public appearances. Although, that Easter egg of Levar Burton and his non-celebrity companion having been kidnapped by pirates could explain keeping him away indefinitely.
Verdict: Troy will be back at some point, right? If not Season 6, then the movie, right?

Pierce
Pierce Hawthorne has been known to fake his death, so a retcon of his most recent departure would have precedent. However, “Cooperative Polygraphy” was too poignant for such a switch to be a good idea.
Verdict: He shouldn’t be forgotten. If Chevy is willing to make the time, flashbacks or holograms could be employed.

Gilbert Lawson
Now that Pierce is gone, there is no clear direct purpose for his half-brother to show up. But last we saw of him, he was on good terms with Pierce’s friends, so I wouldn’t rule it out.
Verdict: There is a potential storyline here worth considering.

Michelle Slater
Slater’s return wouldn’t serve much narrative purpose, as any lingering romance she may have with Jeff wouldn’t fit with where that issue stands now. But she did kind of suddenly disappear.
Verdict: I’m interested in finding out what’s up with her, but wary about how that could fit into Season 6.

Vaughn
See Slater, minus the unexplained sudden disappearance.
Verdict: Unless the gang is attending the National Hacky Sack Championship, Vaughn’s story is finished, and it ended on good terms.

Nurse Jackie
Does Jackie still work on Greendale? I wonder what he of all people has to say about how all the times the campus has been destroyed.
Verdict: I’ve never been disappointed when Patton Oswalt is on my TV.

Koogler
Proving Mitch Hurwitz’s acting bona fides, the Koog was the funniest new character of Season 5.
Verdict: Koogler was a great one-off, but he probably wouldn’t work as well outside the context of the MeowMeowBeenz dystopia. But is there any manner by which we can see his eponymous movie?

Anthony Edison
Anthony doesn’t seem the kind of guy who hangs around for too long, though it would be nice if Annie were closer to her family, and her brother seems like the most likely place for that to start.
Verdict: We’re going to meet Annie’s parents eventually, right? Anthony could be in that episode.

William Winger
Season 4 hit one of its strongest emotional beats when Jeff confronted his dad.
Verdict: James Brolin acquitted himself well, but William Winger did not. Jeff’s life is fine without his father a major part of it.

Willy Winger, Jr.
Willy, Jr., however, is on good terms with his brother.
Verdict: Adam Devine’s vibe is a little off-kilter for Community, so I’m not overly pulling for his return, but I can see a scenario in which he could work.

Andre Bennett
Shirley announced that she and Andre were separated again in “Repilot,” which presumably was meant to set up a storyline in which they attempted to reconcile. My guess is that either time constraints or lack of Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s availability prevented this from happening.
Verdict: Andre needs to be high on the Season 6 priority list.

Bob Waite and Lapari
There was some disappointment that after all the hype, Nathan Fillion and Kumail Nanjiani’s guest spots lasted all of about 5 minutes in an episode crowded by guest stars. It’s not like their roles were designed to be huge parts, but since they are such awesome people, they left us wanting more.
Verdict: Jerry Minor and Eddie Pepitone have popped up a handful of times as the janitorial crew; why can’t the same be true of the custodians?

LeVar Burton
LeVar’s return is presumably tied to Troy’s. Hopefully the Reading Rainbow revival won’t be too time-consuming.
Verdict: Stay in touch with Donald Glover, LeVar. Make sure he’s not going too crazy.

Fred Willard
Fred Willard is just as much of a living comedy legend as Chevy Chase, but without all the grief.
Verdict: He wouldn’t even have to play Alter-Pierce again! He could play anybody! Fred Willard works in any situation!

Eustice Whitman
Accounting is an important skill in life.
Verdict: Come on, John Michael Higgins, seize the day!

Best Episode of the Season: Community Season 5

July 8, 2014

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Season Analysis: Community had a lot to accomplish in Season 5: get its narrative back on track after the unfocused Season 4, deliver fitting farewells to Troy Barnes and Pierce Hawthorne, re-orient the rhythm of its ensemble with those departures and the addition of new regulars, once again craft a potential series finale or set out a map for a future beyond Season 5, and on top of all that, continue the storylines of the characters who remained. This was a tall order for 13 episodes to fill, and it did an admirable job of nearly pulling all of it off. Perhaps 3 more episodes would have allowed Shirley an adequate storyline and resulted in a better balance of high-concept and grounded episodes. Season 5’s theme ultimately appeared to be the difficulty of moving on at a time in life when moving on should be natural. This message was not delivered quite as strongly as it could have been, but it was done strongly enough that Community resumed its rightful place as one of the most entertaining and most important shows on television.

“Basic Sandwich”
After my initial viewing of “Basic Sandwich,” I declared that it did a great job of hedging its bets between being a de facto series finale or just another season finale. It put a cap on saving Greendale, while leaving open plenty of storyline avenues that could easily fill out at least another whole year. But I made that statement with a fair degree of confidence in renewal. So once NBC threw down the cancellation decision, I realized just how unsatisfying “Basic Sandwich” really would have been as the absolute end. But then Yahoo! came through in the last minute, and suddenly this was an even more perfect episode. This is the show that refuses to die, the cult favorite that actually will get to end on its own terms despite all the forces that have tried to prevent that from happening, and that defiance was completely woven into the fabric of this episode. Even before the cancellation/renewal whirlwind, the crisis in “Basic Sandwich” of whether or not the study group should move on mirrored the situation that Community fans found themselves in. Annie’s fears of losing Jeff romantically led her to question the value of saving Greendale, as she realized it wasn’t quite the same place it had always been, now that it was missing certain great people and their attendant charms. But Abed proved once again that his meta, deconstructionist nature, and by extension, the meta nature of Community, has never been detached, but always a loving embrace to the people important to Abed and to the fans of the show. Yes, Greendale had changed, and yes, Community will probably continue to change. But that does not mean, as Jeff and Britta almost scared themselves into thinking, that the best option is running away from it all at the end of an era. All good things must come to an end, but they should not be abandoned. Understanding that difference is a major part of what Community is exploring in its latter years, and “Basic Sandwich” presented an episode-length dramatization of that conundrum. And it also managed to make Dave Matthews Band cool.

Runner-up: “Geothermal Escapism”
A game of “the floor is lava” as a send-off for Troy could have been a disappointing paintball knockoff, and at first it did seem to be following the beats of those classics (though with enough dystopian style of its own to make it worthwhile). But it took a third act turn that stunned with a side of Community we had not quite seen before. Abed wanted to let Troy go, but he literally could not help but seeing that as a disaster – the floor actually was lava to him. We had seen Abed’s mental breakdowns before, but never one that he had acknowledged and confronted so head-on. This crisis of wanting to let go but not quite knowing how made Troy’s departure that much more heartbreaking but also that much more satisfying.

This Is A Movie Review: Deliver Us From Evil

July 8, 2014

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Deliver Us From Evil repeats – less successfully – the beats of many possession movies that have preceded it. But that’s not what I really want to talk about. Director Scott Derrickson has proven himself capable of effective scares before, particularly with 2012’s disturbingly grisly Sinister, and Deliver Us would certainly have been better if it had delivered in this area, but those shortcomings ultimately seem to be beside the point. Eric Bana plays Ralph Sarchie, an NYPD officer who discovers a series of related crimes that might just have a demonic flavor to them. It turns out a crew of dishonorably discharged soldiers stumbled upon something supernatural while in Iraq. The demon they uncovered is using them to create doorways, presumably for the transport of evil spirits. And, as connoisseurs of the most obvious puns imaginable were hoping, this method is used to justify every possible diegetic inclusion of Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, and Robby Krieger. And as luck would have it, the Doors had a thematically appropriate hit befitting their name, as we are reminded when a possessed woman is babbling the lyrics to “Break on Through (To the Other Side).” To make it overwhelmingly clear what is going on, whenever a Doors song is playing, just about every other word spoken is “door” or “doorway.” It’s like product placement run amok, in which the product being promoted is “doors.” The only reasonable conclusion is that Deliver Us From Evil is some weird experimental tribute to the Doors.

Initially, this film seems like it intends to be more than just your typical exorcism movie. It opens as a fairly straightforward buddy cop thriller featuring Sarchie and his partner Butler (Joel McHale, who doesn’t even bother to attempt a New York accent). It has a chance to be a gritty crime/supernatural horror hybrid, but it mostly ignores the former and hews too closely to the formula of the latter: Sarchie is initially skeptical about the demonic explanation, then a priest slowly convinces him, then the demon starts threatening his family, and ultimately there is a climactic exorcism. Deliver Us is mostly disappointing, though it avoids being simply boring. It is instead weirdly fascinating, especially insofar as Sarchie and Father Mendoza (Édgar Ramirez, giving a fairly nuanced performance that doesn’t have much of an effect on the overall quality of the movie) seem to exist in a vacuum, as Sarchie’s fellow officers have essentially no idea of the supernatural truth. Also, his wife (Olivia Munn) and daughter (Lulu Wilson) are placed in peril by the demon, but with tactics that a regular human criminal could have used. McHale, meanwhile, appears to be in another movie entirely – a much better one, in which he gets to parody cop clichés and crack wise, while the characters in the movie he has stumbled onto stare stone-faced, unable to register humor. C

What Won TV? – June 29-July 5, 2014

July 6, 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 – Last Week with John Oliver, with an important guest appearance from Pepe Julian Onziema
Monday – Jeopardy!
Tuesday – Nathan For You, no polygraph necessary to check me on that
Wednesday – Jeopardy!
Thursday – Alison Brie wore a black mesh top and a mini-skirt (actually a skort), so, uh … Comedy Bang! Bang!
Friday – 2014 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, with Matt Stonie coming in a close second behind Joey Chestnut
Saturday – Petra Kvitová playing the match of her life at the 2014 Wimbledon Ladies’ Final

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 7/5/13

July 5, 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. Nico & Vinz – “Am I Wrong”
2. Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
3. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
4. Calvin Harris – “Summer”
5. Sia – “Chandelier”
6. Magic! – “Rude”
7. Katy Perry – “Birtday”
8. Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea – “Problem”
9. Rixton – “Me and My Broken Heart”
10. Paramore – “Ain’t It Fun”
11. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Latch”
12. Ed Sheeran ft. Pharrell – “Sing”
13. Lorde – “Tennis Court”
14. MKTO – “Classic”
15. Maroon 5 – “Maps”
16. Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake – “Love Never Felt So Good”
17. OneRepublic – “Love Runs Out”
18. Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd – “Really Don’t Care”
19. Kongos – “Come With Me Now”
20. Ingrid Michaelson – “Girls Chase Boys”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Chandelier
2. Summer
3. Fancy
4. Come With Me Now
5. Latch
6. Stay With Me
7. Tennis Court
8. Am I Wrong
9. Ain’t It Fun
10. Birthday
11. Love Never Felt So Good
12. Problem
13. Love Runs Out
14. Sing
15. Really Don’t Care
16. Maps
17. Girls Chase Boys
18. Rude
19. Classic
20. Me and My Broken Heart

Best Episode of the Season: Masters of Sex Season 1

July 3, 2014

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Season Analysis: Masters of Sex proved to be quite sexy in its first season, despite taking the most clinical approach to orgasms and the like. The thing is, when you are interested and as passionate about the boudoir as Dr. William Masters is, there is no way to not be sexy. Also adding to the sex appeal were some sensational actors bringing fascinating historical characters to life.

“Phallic Victories”
Julianne Nicholson was the secret weapon of Masters of Sex Season 1. The show could have very easily worked as only scenes of Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan sparring and making verbal and physical love, but it needed a solid supporting cast to take it to the next level. And Nicholson’s character, Dr. Lillian DePaul, could have easily just been an antagonist, serving as a roadblock to Bill Masters’ research because she couldn’t see the big picture. She would have been a sympathetic antagonist, as she had a legitimate beef over not being taken as seriously as her male colleagues. But “Phallic Victories” kicked things into high gear by having Caplan’s Virginia Johnson declare, to hell with double standards! Lillian, woman or no, favoritism or no, needed to present her research with the same zeal and attention-grabbing as Bill Masters. This revelation led only to a small victory initially, but it was satisfactory, thus setting up the perfect narrative occasion to fully humanize Lillian, as she revealed that the cervical cancer she had previously fought off had now returned beyond the point of treatment. This critical moment put a huge personal face on the stakes of the subject matter that Masters of Sex insists be taken seriously by everyone.

Best Episode of the Season: Hello Ladies Season 1

July 3, 2014

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Season Analysis: Stephen Merchant’s semi-autobiographical take on the single life in L.A. struggled with its tone in its first and only season, but it was quite lovely when it embraced its heart, and whenever Kyle Mooney was on screen.

“The Drive”
I tend to be wary about unresolved sexual tension that is present right at the start of a new show. It is not that I don’t like romance on my sitcoms, nor that I don’t think it should be drawn out. I like both of those things – when done well. But when there is a mildly combative platonic relationship in a pilot episode, it just screams, “These two are going to end up together, and that is that!” Inevitability – entertaining inevitability – cannot be forced. Luckily, Stephen Merchant and Christine Woods (as Stuart and his roommate/tenant Jessica) had plenty of chemistry right from the start, with a mildly teasing repartee serving as a feature of a real friendship. The problem with Hello Ladies was that Stuart’s shallow ladykilling attempts always felt like an act forced in to ramp up the cringeworthiness. There was clearly a sweet guy underneath all that bluster, and “The Drive” finally allowed that sweetness to shine through. Instead of pursuing a model who was legitimately into him, Stuart chose instead to comfort Jessica after she was devastated by the news that her role on NCIS was being recast, because he simply knew how important it was to be a good friend at that moment. The pathos shined through as Merchant let Hello Ladies settle down and allowed Stuart to just be who he really was.

Best Episode of the Season: The Eric André Show Season 2

July 3, 2014

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Season Analysis: I didn’t watch Season 1 of The Eric André Show, mostly because I wasn’t aware it existed. From what I know of it, Season 2 was more accessible, though not by much. After watching one episode, I wasn’t quite sure how to process it, but soon enough, its insane blend of nihilist television felt just like home.

“Scott Porter; Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake”
Every episode of The Eric André Show begins with André screaming like a lunatic as he destroys his own set. While this orgy of chaos lasts longer than rationality would dictate, he does eventually settle down and sit at his replacement desk. But in the Season 2 finale, the destruction lasts the entire episode, allowing the show to ramp its incomprehensibility up to 11. While André remains “busy” with his anarchy, an earlier episode from the season is fast-forwarded and overlaid on top of the video of the current episode. Ultimately, what is achieved is nothing less than the fullest realization of Eric André’s pure comedic unpredictability in the barest of structures.

Segment of the Season: “Ranch It Up”
Eric André, dressed in a green tank top, plaid shorts, and a backwards pink hat, confronts random people with a series of made-up, college campus-based slang terms, such as “Oriental background actresses,” “Cherokee chicks on the Trail of Beers,” “’Sup Mello,” and “buzz me, mulatto,” delivering it with the conviction of the fearless lunatic that he is.

Interview of the Year: James Van Der Beek
Joining Eric, Hannibal, and Eric’s former Bitch 23 co-star are lookalikes brought on to mirror their every move.

Best Episode of the Season: High School USA! Season 1

July 2, 2014

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Season Analysis: Dino Stamatopoulos’ animated high school sitcom satire by way of Archie was the perfect atonal mix of taboo issues tackled with a straight face.

“Adoption”
Maybe the major reason High School USA! never really captured a sizable audience (besides the fact that it aired in the 11 o’clock hour on Saturday night and was often preempted by sports) was its cognitive dissonance. When Mandy Moore-voiced Cassandra, who is clearly Asian, is shocked to discover that her white and quite old parents adopted her, it is obviously nonsensical, which can work in mainstream comedy, but nonsense tends to confuse when a nonsensical reaction is accepted as a perfectly understandable reaction. So when the rest of the gang are only mildly surprised that their friend doesn’t realize she looks quite different than her parents, it is a strange viewing experience. A world that operates by insane logic isn’t for everybody, but for those who like it, High School USA! hit its insane sweet spot with “Adoption.” A trip to China to find Cassandra’s birth parents results in the gang essentially being treated as visiting dignitaries. That is because in the type of clean-cut shows that HSUSA! takes aim at, the main characters are super-famous and conveniently talented whenever the plot calls for it. To that end, Cassandra and the rest of the gang are, of course, the members of a band. And just for good measure, even though they clearly are wielding instruments like a guitar and a tambourine, the music they play is inexplicably dubstep.

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