February 10, 2025
jmunney
Commercials, Sports, Super Bowl Commercials, Television
Booking.com, Chazmo, Little Caesars, Mountain Dew Baja Blast, Novartis, Pringles, Red Bull, RIP Chazmo, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Commercials, Super Bowl LIX, Totino's
Rest in Power, King (CREDIT: Totino’s Pizza Rolls/Screenshot)
Well, here we go, this is the space where I’m going to talk about the commercials that aired during the American broadcast of Super Bowl LIX. I’ve been doing this sort of roundup for a while now, but I don’t know if I’m going to keep doing it forever. It’s kind of overwhelming! Or maybe I just feel that way right now because I’m getting over a cold. We’ll see what I’m thinking a year from now. In the meantime, here’s what I have to say about 2025’s Big Game crop:
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February 7, 2025
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television
Armand, Becoming Led Zeppelin, Critics Choice Awards, Dream Theater, Heart Eyes, Parasomnia, Puppy Bowl, Sharon Van Etten, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Super Bowl, Super Bowl LIX, The Floor, The Masked Singer, The Simpsons
CREDIT: FOX/Screenshot
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Armand (Theaters) – Starring the Worst Person in the World
–Becoming Led Zeppelin (Theaters)
–Heart Eyes (Theaters)
TV
-Critics Choice Awards (February 7 on E!) – Hosted by Chelsea Handler; rescheduled from both January 12 and January 26.
–The Floor Season 3 Premiere (February 9 on FOX) – The post-Super Bowl slot.
–Puppy Bowl XXI (February 9 on Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, Max and discovery+)
–The Masked Singer Season 13 Premiere (February 12 on FOX)
–The Simpsons: “The Past and the Furious” (February 12 on Disney+) – Another streaming exclusive.
Music
-Dream Theater, Parasomnia
-Sharon Van Etten, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Sports
-Super Bowl LIX (February 9 on FOX and Tubi) – Eagles v. Chiefs, again.
January 31, 2025
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
A Shaw Deal, Companion, Dog Man, Geologist & D.S., Grammys, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Love Me, Saturn Awards, The Weeknd
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Companion (Theaters)
–Dog Man (Theaters)
–Love Me (Theaters) – An experimental flick starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun.
TV
-67th Grammys (February 2 on CBS) – Trevor Noah hosts again.
-52nd Saturn Awards (February 2 on ElectricNOW and The Roku Channel – Hosted by Joel McHale for the third year in a row.
Music
-Geologist & D.S., A Shaw Deal – I think this is a super-duo.
-The Weeknd, Hurry Up Tomorrow
January 26, 2025
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 50, SNL, SNL Season 50, Timothée Chalamet
Chal-a-met & Squirm-a-shay! (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
Well, here’s something. Timothée Chalamet is known for being an actor, and he’s also known for occasionally hosting Saturday Night Live. One thing he’s not really known for, though, is singing songs. But he’s nevertheless been booked as the host and musical guest of the latest episode of SNL. He recently played a famous singer-songwriter on the big screen, and I guess he enjoyed that experience, because now he’s performing Robert Zimmerman songs on the Studio 8H stage.
For my review of this episode, I’m going to take a cue from Nikki Glaser and adopt an Adam Sandler voice.
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January 24, 2025
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Eusexua, FKA Twigs, Flight Risk, Jeopardy!, Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music, Mogwai, Presence, Saturday Night Live, SNL, The Bad Fire, The Colors Within, You're Cordially Invited
Thanx for the invite! (CREDIT: Prime Video/Screenshot)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–The Colors Within (Theaters)
–Flight Risk (Theaters)
–Presence (Theaters)
–You’re Cordially Invited (January 30 on Prime Video) – Starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon; directed by Nicholas Stoller.
TV
–Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions (Begins January 27; check local listings)
–Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music (January 27 on NBC) – Directed by Questlove.
Music
-FKA Twigs, Eusexua
-Mogwai, The Bad Fire
January 22, 2025
jmunney
Best of 2024, Best of TV 2024, Television
Abbott Elementary, American Dad!, Bob's Burgers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Elsbeth, Family Guy, Fantasmas, Fargo, Girls5eva, John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A., Matlock, Solar Opposites, Superman & Lois, The Curse, The Simpsons, What We Do in the Shadows, Young Sheldon
Celebrating the Best Episodes (CREDIT: FOX/Screenshot)
If you get Conan O’Brien to guest star, and go cleverly meta, chances are good that you’ll end up pretty high on my Best Episodes list.
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January 21, 2025
jmunney
Best of 2024, Best of TV 2024, Television
@fter Midnight, American Dad!, Best of 2024, Bob's Burgers, Conan O'Brien Must Go, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Elsbeth, Evil, Evil Superman, High Potential, John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A., Last Week Tonight, Mr. Bates vs the Post Office, Pop Culture Jeopardy!, Solar Opposites, St. Denis Medical, The Floor, What We Do in the Shadows, Whose Line is it Anyway?, X-Men '97, Young Sheldon
CREDIT (Clockwise from Top Left): FX/Screenshot; FOX/Screenshot; HBO/Screenshot; CBS/Screenshot
Television offers both the thrill of the new and the comfort of the familiar. So with that in mind, I’ve decided to split my Best TV of 2024 roundup into two lists: one for the Debutantes, and another for the Returning Champions.
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January 19, 2025
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Dave Chappelle, GloRilla, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 50, SNL, SNL Season 50
Glo Up (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
OMG, it’s 2025 already? Indeed, we’re more than halfway through January. Well, with that in mind, I’m gonna go ahead and talk about the first new SNL of the calendar year, which undeniably had the guest lineup of Dave Chappelle and GloRilla.
For the theme of this review, I’m going to A to B to C things. As you may know, another famous guy with a similar name as our host is photographer-director David LaChapelle, who has his own connection to this late night institution, having recently shot the recent SNL-centric cover story for New York Magazine. So I’ll analyze each sketch and segment by asking the question: Would David LaChapelle Like This? (For reference, LaChappelle is known for his colorful music videos like Christina Aguilera’s “Dirrty,” as well as the krumping documentary Rize.)
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January 17, 2025
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Podcasts, Television
Balloonerism, Casuals, Jasmine.4.T, Katie Nolan, Mac Miller, One of Them Days, Podcasts, Severance, Wolf Man, You Are the Morning
CREDIT: Katie Nolan/Screenshot
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–One of Them Days (Theaters)
–Wolf Man (Theaters)
TV
–Severance Season 2 Premiere (January 17 on Apple TV+)
Music
-Jasmine.4.T, You Are the Morning – I’ve never heard of her until this week, but her Wikipedia page mentions that she has a single produced by boygenius.
-Mac Miller, Balloonerism – Second posthumous album
Podcasts
–Casuals (Debuts January 21) – Hosted by Katie Nolan
January 10, 2025
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television
Australian Open, Better Man, Franz Ferdinand, Goosebumps, Hard Truths, Hollywood Squares, Look Up, Ringo Starr, Saturday Night Live, SNL, SNL50, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, The Human Fear, The Last Showgirl
You’re traveling through another sketch show dimension… (CREDIT: Peacock/Screenshot)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Better Man (Theaters)
–Hard Truths (Theaters)
–The Last Showgirl (Theaters)
TV
–Goosebumps Season 2 (January 10 on Disney+ and Hulu) – David Schwimmer leads the cast this time.
–SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (January 16 on NBC) – Docuseries coinciding with the show’s 50th Season; Morgan Neville directs.
–Hollywood Squares Reboot Series Premiere (January 16 on CBS) – Rescheduled from 1/9.
Music
-Franz Ferdinand, The Human Fear
-Ringo Starr, Look Up
Sports
-Australian Open (January 11-26 on the ESPN Family of Networks) – Although in Australia, it will already be January 12 by the time it starts.
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