October 16, 2010
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
How is “Rhythm of Love” that high? I don’t think I’ve once heard that song on the radio.
Original Version
1. Daughtry – “September”
2. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
3. Usher ft. Pitbull “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
4. Katy Perry- “Teenage Dream”
5. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
6. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
7. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
8. B.o.B ft. Rives Cuomo – “Magic”
9. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
10. Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
11. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – “Club Can’t Handle Me”
12. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
13. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
14. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
15. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
16. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
17. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”
18. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
19. John Legend & the Roots ft. Common and Melanie Fiona – “Wake Up Everybody”
20. OK Go – “White Knuckles”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Teenage Dream
2. Radioactive
3. The Catalyst
4. Take It Off
5. King of Anything
6. F*** You
7. White Knuckles
8. Closer to the Edge
9. Just the Way You Are
10. Little Lion Man
11. Club Can’t Handle Me
12. Magic
13. Home
14. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
15. At or With Me
16. Rhythm of Love
17. I Run to You
18. Wake Up Everybody
19. Mine
20. September
October 10, 2010
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Bruno Mars, Jane Lynch, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 36, SNL, SNL Season 36
Cold Opening – Ask Gloria Allred
I didn’t realize that Gloria Allred has represented that many “victims” (though I assume there was some exaggeration), so it was amusing to discover that. Otherwise, this sketch was just an exercise in coming up with a bunch of ways to describe someone as the worst person alive, which proved to be bland and repetitive. C+
Jane Lynch’s Monologue
“Classically trained guitarist Fred Armisen,” eh? I like it. As for the Glee “theme song” premise, it was a little predictable and that sort of thing has been done before (see Jack Black’s King Kong theme song), but Jane Lynch did perform serviceably. B
Damn It, My Mom is on Facebook Filter
Ah, mom humor. It appears to be endless (cf. the Mom Celbrity Translator). To work, it requires solid performances, which we had with Andy as the frustrated son and Jane as the concerned and mommishly kooky mom. B+
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October 9, 2010
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
Flo Rida makes a debut, with a video that features clips from … Step Up 3D!
Original Version
1. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
2. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
3. Daughtry – “September”
4. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
5. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
6. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
7. B.o.B ft. Rivers Cuomo – “Magic”
8. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
9. Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
10. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
11. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
12. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
13. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”
14. John Legend & the Roots ft. Common and Melanie Fiona – “Wake Up Everybody”
15. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
16. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
17. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – “Club Can’t Handle Me”
18. Maroon 5 – “Misery”
19. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
20. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Teenage Dream
2. Radioactive
3. The Catalyst
4. Take It Off
5. King of Anything
6. F*** You
7. Closer to the Edge
8. Just the Way You Are
9. Little Lion Man
10. Club Can’t Handle Me
11. Misery
11. Magic
13. Home
14. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
15. At or With Me
16. Rhythm of Love
17. I Run to You
18. Wake Up Everybody
19. Mine
20. September
October 4, 2010
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Bryan Cranston, Kanye West, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 36, SNL, SNL Season 36
Live from New York, it’s 93-year old sex machine Ernest Borgnine!
Cold Opening – Rahm Emanuel Hands the Chief of Staff Reins to Peter Rouse
Andy’s Rahm Emanuel impression is fun enough, but this was o better than your standard crazy/scary person act. Bobby had little to as Peter Rouse. B-
Bryan Cranston’s Monologue
The premise of the back-up singers getting Cranston’s name wrong was a good idea, but they didn’t stick with it long enough. That is a premise that can take you far, but for some inexplicable reason, they got his name right by the end of it. B
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October 2, 2010
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
Hey, look! A Kings of Leon song making its debut around the time it is actually released!
Original Version
1. Daughtry – “September”
2. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
3. B.o.B ft. Rivers Cuomo – “Magic”
4. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
5. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
6. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
7. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
8. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
9. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
10. Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
11. Mike Posner – “Cooler Than Me”
12. Paramore – “The Only Exception”
13. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
14. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
15. Train – “If It’s Love”
16. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
17. John Legend & the Roots ft. Common and Melanie Fiona – “Wake Up Everybody”
18. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
19. Adam Lambert – “If I Had You”
20. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. The Only Exception
2. Teenage Dream
3. Radioactive
4. The Catalyst
5. Take It Off
6. King of Anything
7. Cooler Than Me
8. If I Had You
9. Closer to the Edge
10. Just the Way You Are
11. Little Lion Man
12. Magic
13. Rhythm of Love
14. At or With Me
15. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
16. I Run to You
17. If It’s Love
18. Mine
19. Wake Up Everybody
20. September
September 27, 2010
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Amy Poehler, Katy Perry, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 36, SNL, SNL Season 36
This is my first time venturing into an episode-by-episode, sketch-by-sketch breakdown of SNL, as I have only previously presented year-end wrapups. These recaps will be snappier than the season recaps, with a sentence or two of comments per sketch, followed by a letter grade, as that is my preferred system for judging entertainment. These are quick reactions, so I reserve the right to change my mind at some point down the line.
Cold Opening – Christine O’Donnell at the RNC Headquarters
K-Wiig is given yet another character, and … she nails the impression of the latest Tea Party sensation. But, like many cold openings these days, the sketch overall was excessively dry, oddly enough considering the main topic was masturbation. B
Opening Montage
Was there any reason why Nasim came before Taran Killam?
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September 26, 2010
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
A Taylor Swift song at Number 1? That gets two “Gahhhh!’s” and one “Oh, brother!”
Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
2. B.o.B ft. Rivers Cuomo – “Magic”
3. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
4. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
5. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
6. Daughtry – “September”
7. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “Love the Way You Lie”
8. Paramore – “The Only Exception”
9. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
10. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
11. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
12. Train – “If It’s Love”
13. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
14. Adam Lambert – “If I Had You”
15. Mike Posner – “Cooler Than Me”
16. Maroon 5 – “Misery”
17. Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
18. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
19. John Legend & the Roots ft. Common and Melanie Fiona – “Wake Up Everybody”
20. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. The Only Exception
2. Teenage Dream
3. The Catalyst
4. Take It Off
5. King of Anything
6. Cooler Than Me
7. If I Had You
8. Love the Way You Lie
9. Just the Way You Are
10. Misery
11. Little Lion Man
12. Magic
13. Rhythm of Love
14. Home
15. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
16. I Run to You
17. If It’s Love
18. Mine
19. Wake Up Everybody
20. September
September 18, 2010
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
The show has expanded to 2 and a half hours. Say what?!
Original Version
1. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
2. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
3. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “Love the Way You Lie”
4. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
5. B.o.B ft. Rivers Cuomo – “Magic”
6. Paramore – “The Only Exception”
7. Daughtry – “September”
8. Train – “If It’s Love”
9. Kris Allen ft. Pat Monahan – “The Truth”
10. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
11. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
12. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
13. Maroon 5 – “Misery”
14. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
15. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
16. Adam Lambert – “If I Had You”
17. Mike Posner – “Cooler Than Me”
18. Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
19. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
20. The Script – “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. The Only Exception
2. Teenage Dream
3. The Catalyst
4. Take It Off
5. King of Anything
6. Cooler Than Me
7. Love the Way You Lie
8. If I Had You
9. Misery
10. Magic
11. Little Lion Man
12. The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
13. Rhythm of Love
14. Just the Way You Are
15. Home
16. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
17. If It’s Love
18. Mine
19. The Truth
20. September
September 12, 2010
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
“Tighten Up” is off the list, so it’s time for a new number 1.
Original Version
1. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
2. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “Love the Way You Lie”
3. Train – “If It’s Love”
4. Paramore – “The Only Exception”
5. Kris Allen ft. Pat Monahan – “The Truth”
6. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
7. Daughtry – “September”
8. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
9. John Mayer – “Half of My Heart”
10. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
11. B.o.B ft. Rivers Cuomo – “Magic”
12. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
13. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
14. Mike Posner – “Cooler Than Me”
15. The Script – “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved”
16. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
17. Adam Lambert – “If I Had You”
18. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
19. Maroon 5 – “Misery”
20. Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. The Only Exception
2. King of Anything
3. Teenage Dream
4. Take It Off
5. The Catalyst
6. Cooler Than Me
7. Love the Way You Lie
8. Misery
9. Magic
10. Little Lion Man
11. If I Had You
12. Half of My Heart
13. The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
14. Rhythm of Love
15. Home
16. If It’s Love
17. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
18. Mine
19. The Truth
20. September
September 4, 2010
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
Every week, I watch VH1’s Top 20 Video Countdown, to keep up with the latest videos and check out what songs are supposedly currently popular. And then I inevitably conclude that the voters on VH1.com screwed up the correct order of these songs and I start reordering them in my head. So, starting this week, I will post the top 20 as it appeared on the program, followed by my own revision.
9/4/10 Original Version
1. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “Love the Way You Lie”
2. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
3. Paramore – “The Only Exception”
4. Train – “If It’s Love”
5. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
6. Daughtry – “September”
7. John Mayer – “Half of My Heart”
8. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
9. Mike Posner – “Cooler Than Me”
10. Usher – “There Goes My Baby”
11. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
12. Kris Allen ft. Pat Monahan – “The Truth”
13. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
14. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
15. Adam Lambert – “If I Had You”
16. The Script – “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved”
17. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
18. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
19. John Legend & the Roots ft. Common and Melanie Fiona – “Wake Up Everybody”
20. The Black Keys – “Tighten Up”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Tighten Up
2. The Only Exception
3. King of Anything
4. Teenage Dream
5. Take It Off
6. Cooler Than Me
7. Love the Way You Lie
8. Little Lion Man
9. If I Had You
10. Half of My Heart
11. The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
12. There Goes My Baby
13. If It’s Love
14. Rhythm of Love
15. I Run to You
16. Home
17. Mine
18. Wake Up Everybody
19. The Truth
20. September
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