SNL Recap May 7, 2011: Tina Fey/Ellie Goulding

May 9, 2011

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Cold Opening – Osama bin Laden’s Video Will
Essentially mandatory.  I laughed a few times, though this was more a collection of parts instead of a significant whole. B-

Tina Fey’s Monologue
Falling back on the singing monologue format yet again?  Out of 20 monologues this year, this makes 9 (10 if you count Zach Galifianakis).  Anyway, Tina plied her usual off-putting, yet sexy style, and Maya plied her usual wildly pitchy, overly dramatic style, and the most memorable – and disturbing – moment came with Kristen and Kenan as the singing, big-headed babies. B-

GOP 2012 Undeclared Candidates’ Debate
If Tina was going to reprise Palin, it was nice that she did so in a sketch that wasn’t entirely hers.  Of course for this sketch to succeed, Darrell Hammond had to return as Trump (and when Romney was introduced, I thought, “There’s someone Darrell Hammond would probably be playing if he were still on”), and Jimmy McMillan was just an added treat.  All in all, when it comes to crazy in the GOP, Sarah Palin is still around, but she has been outshone, several times over. B+

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 5/7/11

May 8, 2011

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I did not watch any part of this episode.

Original Version
1. Hanson – “Give a Little”
2. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
3. Katy Perry ft. Kanye West – “E.T.”
4. Sara Bareilles – “Uncharted”
5. Bruno Mars – “The Lazy Song”
6. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
7. Britney Spears – “Till the World Ends”
8. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
9. Beastie Boys – “Make Some Noise”
10. Ke$ha – “Blow”
11. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
12. Colbie Caillat – “I Do”
13. Jack Johnson – “From the Clouds”
14. Rock Mafia – “The Big Bang”
15. Christina Perri – “Arms”
16. P!nk – “F****** Perfect”
17. Death Cab for Cutie – “You Are a Tourist”
18. Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”
19. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
20. Fitz and the Tantrums – “Money Grabber”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Rolling in the Deep
2. Rope
3. Make Some Noise
4. Money Grabber
5. Blow
6. F*** You
7. E.T.
8. Barton Hollow
9. Give a Little
10. What You Know
11. You Are a Tourist
12. The Big Bang
13. Uncharted
14. Arms
15. The Lazy Song
16. From the Clouds
17. Till the World Ends
18. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
19. F****** Perfect
20. I Do

Best Episodes of the 2010-2011 Television Season

May 6, 2011

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May has officially begun, which means it is the time of the year when television season finales come fast and furious (unlike Vin Diesel and company, who who now just come fast).  Thus, it also means that it is the time of the year when Jmunney’s Blog will soon be dominated by my picks for the best episodes of all the shows that I regularly watch.  My coverage for each show will appear soon after the finales air in the next few weeks, and I will also be reaching back to shows that finalized their seasons earlier in the year.

In alphabetical order, here are the shows that I will be covering: American Dad!, The Big Bang Theory, Bob’s Burgers, The Cleveland Show, Community, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Fringe, Futurama, Glee, Gossip Girl, Hannah Montana, Happy Endings, How I Met Your Mother, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Modern Family, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Perfect Couples, Portlandia, Raising Hope, Running Wilde, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Smallville, 30 Rock, V, and The Walking Dead.

The order in which I post my picks will be determined according to the order in which the shows aired their season finales, which means that The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret will be first.

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/30/11

May 1, 2011

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The early 2000’s are back!

Original Version
1. Katy Perry ft. Kanye West – “E.T.”
2. Hanson – “Give a Little”
3. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
4. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
5. Sara Bareilles – “Uncharted”
6. Bruno Mars – “The Lazy Song”
7. Britney Spears – “Till the World Ends”
8. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
9. Ke$ha – “Blow”
10. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
11. Beastie Boys – “Make Some Noise”
12. Lady GaGa – “Born This Way”
13. Colbie Caillat – “I Do”
14. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
15. P!nk – “F****** Perfect”
16. Jack Johnson – “From the Clouds”
17. Rock Mafia – “The Big Bang”
18. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
19. Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”
20. Death Cab for Cutie – “You Are a Tourist”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Rolling in the Deep
2. Rope
3. Make Some Noise
4. Blow
5. The Cave
6. F*** You
7. Barton Hollow
8. Give a Little
9. E.T.
10. What You Know
11. You Are a Tourist
12. The Big Bang
13. Born This Way
14. Uncharted
15. The Lazy Song
16. From the Clouds
17. Till the World Ends
18. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
19. F****** Perfect
20. I Do

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/23/11

April 23, 2011

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“Big Bang” reminded me of the Joe Don Baker-starring Final Justice.

Original Version
1. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
2. Sara Bareilles – “Uncharted”
3. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
4. Hanson – “Give a Little”
5. Katy Perry ft. Kanye West – “E.T.”
6. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
7. Ke$ha – “Blow”
8. Lady GaGa – “Born This Way”
9. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
10. Britney Spears – “Till the World Ends”
11. Bruno Mars – “The Lazy Song”
12. P!nk – “F****** Perfect”
13. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
14. Jennifer Hudson – “Where You At”
15. Colbie Caillat – “I Do”
16. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
17. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
18. The Script – “For the First Time”
19. Rock Mafia – “Big Bang”
20. Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Rolling in the Deep
2. Rope
3. Blow
4. The Cave
5. F*** You
6. Barton Hollow
7. Big Bang
8. Born This Way
9. What You Know
10. Give a Little
11. E.T.
12. Uncharted
13. The Lazy Song
14. Till the World Ends
15. Closer to the Edge
16. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
17. Where You At
18. F****** Perfect
19. For the First Time
20. I Do

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/16/11

April 16, 2011

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Teenage Dream is an album with four hit singles, but I hear the rest of it is crap. Also, my number 1 matches up with the original number 1.

Original Version
1. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
2. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
3. Sara Bareilles – “Uncharted”
4. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
5. Lady GaGa – “Born This Way”
6. Ke$ha – “Blow”
7. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
8. Jennifer Hudson – “Where You At”
9. P!nk – “F****** Perfect”
10. Hanson – “Give a Little”
11. Katy Perry ft. Kanye West – “E.T.”
12. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
13. Britney Spears – “Till the World Ends”
14. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
15. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
16. Colbie Caillat – “I Do”
17. Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”
18. Arcade Fire – “Ready to Start”
19. The Script – “For the First Time”
20. Freelance Whales – “Hannah”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Rolling in the Deep
2. Ready to Start
3. Rope
4. Blow
5. The Cave
6. F*** You
7. Barton Hollow
8. Born This Way
9. What You Know
10. Give a Little
11. E.T.
12. Uncharted
13. Hannah
14. Till the World Ends
15. Closer to the Edge
16. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
17. Where You At
18. F****** Perfect
19. For the First Time
20. I Do

SNL Recap April 9, 2011: Helen Mirren/Foo Fighters

April 11, 2011

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Cold Opening – A Message from the President of the United States
There were several jokes that worked in this opening, even if it wasn’t clear how accurate the jibes were.  (Is Dale Humphries really trapped in a loveless marriage?   Perhaps, perhaps not.  Either way, I laughed).   But then it was so short.   It was as if everyone was so pleased that a positive percentage of the jokes worked that they didn’t want to ruin it by taking a chance on having any more jokes at all. B

Helen Mirren’s Monologue
This wasn’t exactly funny, but it did perfectly capture Dame Helen’s uncanny ability to remain classy while showing off her unbelievably-sexy-for-her-age side. B

Mort Mort Feingold: Accountant for the Stars
The impressions were nothing to write home about, and the jokes were second-rate versions of those from the first Mort Mort sketch. C+

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown 4/9/11

April 9, 2011

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It’s another case of an indie band’s song debuting on the countdown a year or so after it’s been released!

Original Version
1. Lady GaGa – “Born This Way”
2. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
3. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
4. P!nk – “F****** Perfect”
5. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
6. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
7. Ke$ha – “Blow”
8. Sara Bareilles – “Uncharted”
9. Jennifer Hudson – “Where You At”
10. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
11. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
12. Avril Lavigne – “What the Hell”
13. Hanson – “Give a Little”
14. Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris and DJ Frank E – “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)”
15. The Script – “For the First Time”
16. Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”
17. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
18. Colbie Caillat – “I Do”
19. My Chemical Romance – “SING”
20. Arcade Fire – “Ready to Start”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Rolling in the Deep
2. Ready to Start
3. Rope
4. Blow
5. The Cave
6. F*** You
7. SING
8. What the Hell
9. Barton Hollow
10. Born This Way
11. What You Know
12. Give a Little
13. Uncharted
14. Closer to the Edge
15. Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)
16. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
17. Where You At
18. F****** Perfect
19. For the First Time
20. I Do

SNL Recap April 2, 2011: Elton John/…and Leon Russell

April 4, 2011

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It combines time travel with screaming.

Cold Opening – The Lawrence Welk Show
Lawrence Welk Show sketches are generally successful according to how funkily outrageous Dooneese’s confessions are, and this time, unfortunately, she flailed around a bit.  The guest can add an important element, as Will Ferrell and Betty White did particularly, but Elton did not have much to offer other than his piano skills.  But let’s not forget Lawrence himself.  With everyone else disappointing, this sketch served to emphasize that Fred is quite valuable as Mr. Welk, with his bit about seasons pulling it off this time. B-

Elton John’s Monologue
Elton talks about being a new father, and we are happy to have him show off his personality by way of his home life, and we are confident that he understands that he is responsible for putting on a show. B

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/2/11

April 2, 2011

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Hey, remember the nineties?  Remember that magical time?

Original Version
1. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
2. P!nk – “F****** Perfect”
3. Lady GaGa – “Born This Way”
4. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
5. Avril Lavigne – “What the Hell”
6. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
7. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
8. Ke$ha – “Blow”
9. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know”
10. Sara Bareilles – “Uncharted”
11. Jennifer Hudson – “Where You At”
12. The Script – “For the First Time”
13. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
14. My Chemical Romance – “SING”
15. Hanson – “Give a Little”
16. Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”
17. Britney Spears – “Hold It Against Me”
18. Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris and DJ Frank E – “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)”
19. Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
20. Colbie Caillat – “I Do”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Rolling in the Deep
2. Rope
3. Blow
4. The Cave
5. F*** You
6. SING
7. What the Hell
8. Born This Way
9. What You Know
10. Give a Little
11. Grenade
12. Uncharted
13. Hold It Against Me
14. Closer to the Edge
15. Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)
16. Never Gonna Leave This Bed
17. Where You At
18. F****** Perfect
19. For the First Time
20. I Do

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