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
New Girl 4.6: “Background Check”
November 5, 2014
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Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 11/4/14
November 5, 2014
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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”
November 4, 2014
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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”
November 3, 2014
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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
November 3, 2014
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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
What Won TV? – October 26-November 1, 2014
November 2, 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
November 1, 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. 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
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 – 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
The Middle 6.5: “Halloween V”
October 31, 2014
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Courtney and Debbie returned. Brad had an incredible costume. And oh yeah, the Hecks were pretty amazing, too: http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2014/10/30/the_middle_season_6_episode_5_review_t
Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 10/28/14
October 29, 2014
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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. Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
2. Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
3. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
4. Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora – “Black Widow”
5. Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
6. Tove Lo – “Habits (Stay High)”
7. Ariana Grande – “Break Free”
8. Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
9. Enrique Iglesias ft. Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, and Sean Paul – “Bailando”
10. Colplay – “A Sky Full of Stars”
11. Charli XCX – “Boom Clap”
12. Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
13. Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
14. Maroon 5 – “Animals”
15. Calvin Harris ft. John Newman – “Blame”
16. Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q – “2 On”
17. Chris Brown ft. Usher and Rick Ross – “New Flame”
18. Mr. Probz – “Waves”
19. Katy Perry – “This Is How We Do”
20. Nick Jonas – “Jealous”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Break Free
2. Bang Bang
3. Black Widow
4. Boom Clap
5. Blame
6. Jealous
7. Shake It Off
8. Stay With Me
9. Waves
10. Habits (Stay High)
11. This Is How We Do
12. Cool Kids
13. Don’t
14. Anaconda
15. All About That Bass
16. Animals
17. A Sky Full of Stars
18. 2 On
19. Bailando
20. New Flame
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