Jeff "Jmunney" Malone's Self-Styled "Expert" Thoughts on Movies, TV, Music, and the Rest of Pop Culture
January 22, 2023
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Aubrey Plaza, Kim Petras, Sam Smith, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 48, Sharon Stone, SNL, SNL Season 48 Leave a comment
Aubrey the SNL Host (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
THIS! IS! A! REVIEW! OF! THE! FIRST! NEW! SNL! OF! 2023! Now, as you may be aware, during the month of January, we often say “Happy New Year!” to each other. So, with that in mind, I’m going to review each sketch of this episode according to the format “Happy (Fill in the Blank).” All right, let’s get to it!
Happy New Aubrey Plaza!
Happy New Sam Smith!
January 20, 2023
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television American Auto, How I Met Your Father, Måneskin, Missing, Poker Face, Rush! Leave a comment
How do you wake up Lady Gaga? (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
–Missing (Theaters)
TV
–American Auto Season 2 Premiere (January 24 on NBC)
–How I Met Your Father Season 2 Premiere (January 24 on Hulu)
–Poker Face Series Premiere (January 26 on Peacock) – Courtesy of Rian Johnson and starring Natasha Lyonne.
Music
-Måneskin, Rush!
January 20, 2023
Best of 2022, Best of TV 2022, Television Abbott Elementary, American Dad!, Atlanta, Beavis and Butt-Head, Best of 2022, Better Call Saul, Bob's Burgers, Ghosts, MST3K, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Norm MacDonald: Nothing Special, Pickled, Rick and Morty, The Orville, The Simpsons, TV, Ziwe Leave a comment
I’m a Chocoholic (CREDIT: FX/Screenshot)
When so many modern TV shows feel like amorphous blobs, I cherish those programs that know how to craft well-oiled episodes more than ever. Here’s a mighty fine selection that I might just want to keep watching over and over.
January 18, 2023
Best of 2022, Best of TV 2022, Television Abbott Elementary, American Dad!, Atlanta, Beavis and Butt-Head, Best of 2022, Better Call Saul, Bob's Burgers, Chucky, Dicktown, Doctor Who, Girls5eva, High School, Jeopardy!, Mr. Mayor, Ms. Marvel, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Never Have I Ever, Not Top 10, Rick and Morty, RuPaul's Drag Race, Severance, Sherman's Showcase, Single Drunk Female, South Park, SportsCenter, The Orville, The Rehearsal, The Sex Lives of College Girls, TV, Undone, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Young Sheldon, Ziwe Leave a comment
CREDIT (Clockwise from Top Left): AMC/Screenshot; ABC/Screenshot; Paramount+/Screenshot; Hulu/Screenshot)
To demonstrate how great TV can be found pretty much everywhere these days, I’ve decided to pick the best show on each network and streaming service on which I regularly watched at least one show that aired in 2022. However you’re getting your fill of TV nowadays, you’re bound to find something enjoyable. If you and your remote ever find yourself hopelessly adrift, I can vouch that the following are all great places to find your way back to safety.
January 13, 2023
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Sports, Television Australian Open, Break Point, Critics Choice Awards, Night Court, Skinamarink, Tennis, That 90s Show Leave a comment
Netflix, anyone?
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Skinamarink (Theaters) – Here’s the premise: “Two children, Kevin and Kaylee, wake up in the middle of the night to find that their father has disappeared, along with all the windows and doors in the house.”
TV
–Break Point Series Premiere (January 13 on Netflix) – Tennis docuseries.
-Critics Choice Awards (January 15 on The CW)
–Night Court Reboot Series Premiere (January 17 on NBC) – Melissa Rauch takes the gavel.
–That ’90s Show Series Premiere (January 19 on Netflix)
Sports
-Australian Open (January 16-29 on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN+) – American TV coverage will actually begin on the night of the 15th, because it will already be the 16th in Australia then.
January 6, 2023
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television A Man Called Otto, Celebrity Name That Tune, Every Loser, Golden Globes, Iggy Pop, Lingo, M3GAN, Mayfair Witches, Name That Tune, RuPaul's Drag Race Leave a comment
R-U-P-A-U … wait a minute, there’s a sixth letter! (CREDIT: CBS/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
–A Man Called Otto – This had an awards-qualifying run at the end of 2022, and now it’s expanding a bit.
–MEGAN (Theaters)
TV
–RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 Premiere (January 6 on MTV) – Moving to MTV.
–Mayfair Witches Series Premiere (January 8 on AMC and AMC+) – Alexandra Daddario stars in an Anne Rice adaptation.
-Golden Globes (January 10 on NBC) – On a Tuesday?!
–Celebrity Name That Tune Season Premiere (January 11 on FOX)
–Lingo Reboot Premiere (January 11 on CBS) – More RuPaul.
Music
-Iggy Pop, Every Loser
December 31, 2022
Community, Television Community, Community episode rankings, episode rankings, Six seasons and a movie Leave a comment
They still haven’t faded away! (CREDIT: Screenshot)
Six seasons, a movie, and an infinite amount of time spent thinking about every single episode.
Community is famously my favorite show of all time, which is to say I spend a lot of mental energy on the folks at Greendale. And specifically, right now, I’m thinking a lot about ranking the episodes. I’ve thought about that in the past, and here I continue to do so today.
Some podcasts dedicated to rewatching Community have recently finished their runs and presented their episode rankings, and it is the end of another year, so why not reveal my own personal rankings as well at this very moment? Why not indeed.
I may update this list at some point in the future. In fact, I probably will. (Indeed, I’ve already done it before.)
I’ve divided this list into sections called “tiers.” Let me know if you’d like any further explanation about this feature. (Thank you for the idea, Tiermaker.com!)
What’s wonderful about this show is that every single episode has at least one moment (usually more than one, in fact) that makes me laugh and warms my heart.
And finally I say to you, my fellow Human Beings, please let me know any thoughts you may have. Maybe you can share YOUR rankings with me and the rest of the Community Community.
December 30, 2022
Entertainment To-Do List, Television Fantasy Island, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, The Twilight Zone Leave a comment
CREDIT: Selfie
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
TV
–The Twilight Zone Marathon (December 31-January 3 on SYFY) – A New Year’s Eve/Day tradition!
–Fantasy Island Season 2 Premiere (January 2 on FOX)
–Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 Premiere (January 4 on Disney+)
December 23, 2022
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Corsage, Kennedy Center Honors, Living, SZNZ, SZNZ: Winter, Weezer, Weezer SZNZ, Women Talking Leave a comment
Kennedy Center for Make Benefit (CREDIT: CBS/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
–Corsage (Theaters) – Looks irreverent.
–Living (Theaters) – A remake of the Japanese movie Ikiru.
–Women Talking
TV
-45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (December 28 on CBS)
Music
-Weezer, SZNZ: Winter
December 18, 2022
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Austin Butler, Cecily Strong, Lizzo, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 48, SNL, SNL Season 48 1 Comment
It’s Bad Christmas O’Clock (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
But the truth is, Austin Butler was the host of the last new episode of Saturday Night Live of 2022. (Because “But” is part of his name.) And incidentally, Lizzo joins the “Musical Guest Twice in a Calendar Year” Club.
For this episode, since it is the Christmas show, I will be reviewing each sketch by answering the question “Would Santa Clause like this?” in the vein of the Billy on the Street game “Would Drew Barrymore Like That?”
An Announcement from Donald Trump: I don’t think Santa Claus would like this very much. I’m pretty sure he sees a lot of naughtiness in NFTs and the rest of the digital financial space.
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