VH1 Top 20 Countdown You Oughta Know Takeover – 11/8/14

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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. Adele – “Chasing Pavements” (Class of 2008)
2. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are” (Class of 2010)
3. Amy Winehouse – “You Know I’m No Good” (Class of 2007)
4. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man” (Class of 2010)
5. Lorde – “Royals” (Class of 2013)
6. Ed Sheeran – “The A-Team” (Class of 2012)
7. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know” (Class of 2012)
8. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey” (Class of 2012)
9. Sara Bareilles – “Love Song” (Class of 2007)
10. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow” (Class of 2011)
11. James Blunt – “You’re Beautiful” (Class of 2005)
12. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks” (Class of 2011)
13. The Fray – “Over My Head (Cable Car)” (Class of 2006)
14. Emeli Sandé – “Next to Me” (Class of 2012)
15. Sia – “I’m in Here” (Class of 2011)
16. The Script – “Breakeven” (Class of 2009)
17. Christina Perri – “Jar of Hearts” (Class of 2010)
18. Colbie Caillat – “Bubbly” (Class of 2007)
19. Ingrid Michaelson – “The Way I Am” (Class of 2007)
20. Fitz and the Tantrums – “Moneygrabber” (Class of 2011)

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Royals
3. Pumped Up Kicks
4. You Know I’m No Good
5. Chasing Pavements
6. I’m in Here
7. Barton Hollow
8. Ho Hey
9. Over My Head (Cable Car)
10. Moneygrabber
11. Just the Way You Are
12. Little Lion Man
13. Jar of Hearts
14. Breakeven
15. You’re Beautiful
16. Love Song
17. Next to Me
18. Bubbly
19. The Way I Am
20. The A-Team

New Girl 4.6: “Background Check”

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The best episode of New Girl Season 4 thus far was, naturally, Winston-centric: http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2014/11/05/new_girl_season_4_episode_6_review_the

Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 11/4/14

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

Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
2. Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
3. Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora – “Black Widow”
4. Tove Lo – “Habits (Stay High)”
5. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
6. Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
7. Maroon 5 – “Animals”
8. Ariana Grande – “Break Free”
9. Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
10. Coldplay – “A Sky Full of Stars”
11. Charli XCX – “Boom Clap”
12. Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
13. Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
14. Calvin Harris ft. John Newman – “Blame”
15. Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q – “2 On”
16. Chris Brown ft. Usher and Rick Ross – “New Flame”
17. Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
18. Mr. Probz – “Waves”
19. Sam Smith – “I’m Not the Only One”
20. Jason Derulo – “Trumpets”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Take Me to Church
2. Break Free
3. Bang Bang
4. Boom Clap
5. Black Widow
6. Blame
7. Shake It Off
8. Waves
9. Habits (Stay High)
10. Cool Kids
11. Don’t
12. Centuries
13. I’m Not the Only One
14. Anaconda
15. All About That Bass
16. Animals
17. A Sky Full of Stars
18. 2 On
19. Trumpets
20. New Flame

Mulaney 6.4: “Sweet Jane”

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Mulaney went ahead and acknowledged its Seinfeld similarities in-episode, which probably wasn’t the best idea: http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2014/11/03/mulaney_season_1_episod_4_review_i_did

Bob’s Burgers 5.2: “Tina and the Real Girl”

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“Why is everyone looking at a box? What am I missing?! I’m bored! Somebody explain it to me quick!” http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2014/11/03/bobs_burgers_season_5_episode_2_review

SNL Recap November 1, 2014: Chris Rock/Prince

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SNL: Chris Rock Monologue (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)

This review was originally posted on Starpulse in November 2014.

In the past year, “SNL” was widely criticized for its lack of diversity, hired a new black cast member following that public pressure, debuted its first black Weekend Update cast member, and from the writer’s room brought on another black cast member.  So an episode hosted by Chris Rock seemed poised to be the most head-on examination of race on “SNL” in years, or even decades.  While that element was present, it was not really any more so than it has been in the past couple of years.  Overall, in fact, this edition ended up like most episodes of the past couple of years: consisting of mostly new material that was mostly more interesting than fully successful and at its best when it got weird.  Let’s take a closer look at each of the sketches.

The Kelly File – There was no particular need for “SNL” to parody this particular Fox News talk show to cover the Kaci Hickox Ebola story.  This sketch did not break apart the form of “The Kelly File,” nor did Cecily Strong offer that strong of an impression.  Thus, the whole thing was rather formless.  Bobby Moynihan continued to play Chris Christie as loud and obnoxious, which is fine, while Kate McKinnon played Kaci Hickox as a typical Kate McKinnon character who won’t take any guff from someone like Chris Christie, which is also fine.  But ultimately, this sketch didn’t really say anything. C

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What Won TV? – October 26-November 1, 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 – Mr. Pickles
Monday – Gravity Falls
Tuesday – Benched
Wednesday – The Middle
Thursday – You give me a Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories taco, I’m gonna eat it!
Friday – I like to have my Comedy Bang! Bang!, not hear tubular bells clang clang.
Saturday – Doctor Who

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 11/1/14

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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. Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora – “Black Widow”
2. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
3. Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
4. Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
5. Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
6. Tove Lo – “Habits”
7. Calvin Harris ft. John Newman – “Blame”
8. Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
9. Jason Derulo – “Trumpets”
10. Nick Jonas – “Jealous”
11. Mr. Probz – “Waves”
12. Coldplay – “A Sky Full of Stars”
13. Maroon 5 – “Animals”
14. Sam Smith – “I’m Not the Only One”
15. The Script – “Superheroes”
16. Mary Lambert – “Secrets”
17. Nico & Vinz – “In Your Arms”
18. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – “Rather Be”
19. Vance Joy – “Riptide”
20. The Madden Brothers – “We Are Done”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Bang Bang
2. Black Widow
3. Blame
4. Jealous
5. Riptide
6. Shake It Off
7. Waves
8. Rather Be
9. Habits
10. Secrets
11. Cool Kids
12. Don’t
13. I’m Not the Only One
14. All About That Bass
15. Animals
16. We Are Done
17. In Your Arms
18. A Sky Full of Stars
19. Trumpets
20. Superheroes

What Won TV? – October 19-October 25, 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 – The Simpsons, as scarifying and intimidato as ever
Monday – American Dad!
Tuesday – Selfie
Wednesday – The Middle/The Goldbergs/Modern Family
Thursday – Parenthood
Friday – Comedy Bang! Bang!
Saturday – This

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