Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 2/20/14

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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. Pharrell – “Happy”
2. Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – “Talk Dirty”
3. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
4. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
5. Bastille – “Pompeii”
6. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
7. Lorde – “Team”
8. Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z – “Drunk in Love”
9. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
10. Miley Cyrus – “Adore You”
11. One Direction – “Story of My Life”
12. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
13. John Newman – “Love Me Again”
14. Shakira ft. Rihanna – “Can’t Remember to Forget You”
15. Avicii – “Hey Brother”
16. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
17. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
18. Sara Bareilles – “Brave”
19. Kid Ink ft. Chris Brown – “Show Me”
20. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Happy
2. Team
3. The Monster
4. Demons
5. Pompeii
6. Hey Brother
7. Love Me Again
8. Can’t Remember to Forget You
9. Drunk in Love
10. Timber
11. Burn
12. Counting Stars
13. Let Her Go
14. Adore You
15. Brave
16. Talk Dirty
17. Best Day of My Life
18. Show Me
19. Say Something
20. Story of My Life

What Won TV? – February 9-February 15, 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 – True Detective
Monday – Almost Human
Tuesday – I’ve locked down Kroll Show. (L-A! DE-LI!)
Wednesday – Syracuse-Pittsburgh
Thursday – Jeopardy!
Friday – Jeopardy! (even though nobody got the clue about Community)
Saturday – A lot of great finishes: Duke over Maryland, St. Louis holding on against VCU, UConn over Memphis in OT, UNC over Pitt

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 2/15/14

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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. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
2. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
3. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
4. Lorde – “Team”
5. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
6. Bastille – “Pompeii”
7. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
8. John Newman – “Love Me Again”
9. The Fray – “Love Don’t Die”
10. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
11. One Direction – “Story of My Life”
12. Pharrell – “Happy”
13. Miley Cyrus – “Adore You”
14. Christina Perri – “Human”
15. Beyoncé – “XO”
16. John Legend – “All of Me”
17. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
18. Daughtry – “Waiting for Superman”
19. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
20. Demi Lovato – “Neon Lights”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Happy
2. Team
3. The Monster
4. Pompeii
5. XO
6. Love Me Again
7. Timber
8. Burn
9. Counting Stars
10. Let Her Go
11. Adore You
12. Love Don’t Die
13. Stay the Night
14. Best Day of My Life
15. All of Me
16. Say Something
17. Neon Lights
18. Human
19. Waiting for Superman
20. Story of My Life

Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 2/11/14

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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. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
2. Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – “Talk Dirty”
3. Lorde – “Team”
4. Bastille – “Pompeii”
5. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
6. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
7. Pharrell – “Happy”
8. Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z – “Drunk in Love”
9. One Direction – “Story of My Life”
10. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
11. Miley Cyrus – “Adore You”
12. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
13. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
14. Avicii – “Hey Brother”
15. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
16. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. ScHoolboy Q and Hollis – “White Walls”
17. John Newman – “Love Me Again”
18. Kid Ink ft. Chris Brown – “Show Me”
19. Zendaya – “Replay”
20. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Happy
2. Team
3. The Monster
4. Demons
5. Pompeii
6. Hey Brother
7. Love Me Again
8. Drunk in Love
9. Burn
10. Counting Stars
11. Let Her Go
12. Adore You
13. Stay the Night
14. Talk Dirty
15. Replay
16. White Walls
17. Best Day of My Life
18. Show Me
19. Say Something
20. Story of My Life

What Won TV? – February 2-February 8, 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 – AXE – “Make Love, Not War”
Monday – How I Met Your Mother (Rick and Morty wasn’t new.)
Tuesday – Kroll Show
Wednesday – Tie: Suburgatory/Broad City
Thursday – The Big Bang Theory
Friday – 3-Way Tie: Opening Ceremony/Enlisted/Raising Hope
Saturday – I didn’t watch anything in its entirety, but the first 10 minutes of Wichita St.-Northern Iowa were pretty good.

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 2/8/14

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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. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
2. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
3. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
4. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
5. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
6. Lorde – “Team”
7. Bastille – “Pompeii”
8. John Newman – “Love Me Again”
9. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
10. The Fray – “Love Don’t Die”
11. Beyoncé – “XO”
12. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
13. Miley Cyrus – “Adore You”
14. Christina Perri – “Human”
15. Pharrell – “Happy”
16. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
17. One Direction – “Story of My Life”
18. Colbie Caillat – “Hold On”
19. Daughtry – “Waiting for Superman”
20. John Legend – “All of Me”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Happy
2. Team
3. The Monster
4. Pompeii
5. XO
6. Love Me Again
7. Timber
8. Burn
9. Counting Stars
10. Let Her Go
11. Adore You
12. Love Don’t Die
13. Stay the Night
14. Best Day of My Life
15. All of Me
16. Human
17. Say Something
18. Hold On
19. Waiting for Superman
20. Story of My Life

Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 2/4/14

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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. A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
2. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
3. Pharrell – “Happy”
4. Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – “Talk Dirty”
5. Bastille – “Pompeii”
6. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
7. Lorde – “Team”
8. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
9. One Direction – “Story of My Life”
10. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
11. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
12. Katy Perry – “Roar”
13. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
14. Miley Cyrus – “Adore You”
15. American Authors – “Best Day of My Life”
16. Avicii – “Hey Brother”
17. Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z – “Drunk in Love”
18. John Newman – “Love Me Again”
19. Sara Bareilles – “Brave”
20. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. ScHoolboy Q and Hollis – “White Walls”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Happy
2. Team
3. The Monster
4. Demons
5. Pompeii
6. Hey Brother
7. Love Me Again
8. Timber
9. Drunk in Love
10. Burn
11. Roar
12. Counting Stars
13. Let Her Go
14. Adore You
15. Talk Dirty
16. Brave
17. White Walls
18. Best Day of My Life
19. Say Something
20. Story of My Life

Best 2014 Super Bowl Commercials

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I am just about 100% positive that halftime commercials did not use to be included in the USA Today Ad Meter.  Now, it appears they are included (at least for the most part).  Well, regardless, I did consider the halftime commercials.  I pretty much had to this year.

EDIT: I’m sorry, I meant to put the ironic, yet sincere “Make Love, Not War” by Axe at Number 1.  Please place everything else down one slot.

1. Honda – “Hugfest” – Don’t ever stop hugging, Fred.

2. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee – I’ll just quote @Seinfeld2000: “Honestly was that a dream or was sienfeld realy just on TV”

3. Radio Shack – “Phone Call” – The perfect dramatization of a classic joke.

4. Budweiser – “Puppy Love” – Not particularly clever, but there was a puppy.

5. H&M – “Beckham” – This one speaks for itself

Honorable Mention: The Bud Light “Epic Night” spots felt like a missed opportunity for such a cool idea, but at least Reggie Watts was in them.

SNL Recap February 1, 2014: Melissa McCarthy/Imagine Dragons

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Melissa McCarthy SNL 2-1-14 Big

PASS! THE! MASH!

Super Bowl Halftime
Last year’s Super Bowl halftime sketch was amusing, but that came after the actual Super Bowl, so by default, it wasn’t too imaginative.  So it was nice to see SNL imagining an unusual scenario ahead of time this year.  They could have gone for stereotypical broad theater geek gags here, and they did, but only a little.  This felt like a Broadway production from Broadway people who actually were able to get the Super Bowl facts straight.  Plus the singing and dancing was awesome in and of itself.  Aidy popping in just to say “Oh my!” was delicious. B+

Melissa McCarthy’s Monologue
This was absolutely an unusual monologue, and it was performed with supreme confidence.  The pre-taped flashback was quite a whirlwind.  The fight itself wasn’t all that much, but it was certainly well-directed. B

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What Won TV? – January 26-February 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 – True Detective
Monday – Rick and Morty – simply stunning
Tuesday – Kroll Show
Wednesday – Arrow
Thursday – Community really fat dogged it.
Friday – The Neighbors and Enlisted were about even.
Saturday – Girls, I guess, but Kyle Mooney did debut his interviewing on SNL.

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