Jeff "Jmunney" Malone's Self-Styled "Expert" Thoughts on Movies, TV, Music, and the Rest of Pop Culture
November 12, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Ed Sheeran, Kieran Culkin, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 47, SNL, SNL Season 47 1 Comment
SNL: Heidi Gardner, Kieran Culkin, Chris Redd (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
I ran the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 7, 2021, which made it a little difficult to post my review of the 11/6/21 SNL on Sunday as I normally do. Sorry, Kieran Culkin and Ed Sheeran! (They were the guests of this episode.) So I decided instead to write this review over the course of the week, at a rate of a few sketches per day. Anyway, maybe it was the post-marathon glow, but I really enjoyed this episode!
November 12, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Belfast, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Courtney Barnett, Damon Albarn, Gov't Mule, Heavy Load Blues, Julia, RIverdale, Snoopy in Space, The Nearer the Fountain More Pure the Stream Flows, The Shrink Next Door, The World According to Jeff Goldblum, Things Take Time Take Time Leave a comment
The Shrink Next Door (CREDIT: Apple TV+)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Belfast (Theaters) – This takes place in Belfast.
–Clifford the Big Red Dog (Theaters and Paramount+) – I love dogs.
–Julia (Theaters) – Documentary about Julia Child.
TV
–The Shrink Next Door Series Premiere (November 12 on Apple TV+) – Starring Will Ferrell and newly minted Sexiest Man Alive Paul Rudd.
–Snoopy in Space Season 2 (November 12 on Apple TV+)
–The World According to Jeff Goldblum Season 2 Premiere (November 12 on Disney+)
–Riverdale Season 6 Premiere (November 16 on The CW)
Music
-Damon Albarn, The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
-Courtney Barnett, Things Take Time, Take Time
-Gov’t Mule, Heavy Load Blues
November 5, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Aimee Mann, Animaniacs, Big Mouth, Diana Ross, Dickinson, Eternals, Joe Pera Talks with You, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Queens of the Summer Hotel, Thank You, The Beta Test, The Future Leave a comment
(CREDIT: Apple TV+)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–The Beta Test (Theaters)
–Eternals (Theaters)
TV
–Animaniacs Season 2 (November 5 on Hulu)
–Big Mouth Season 5 (November 5 on Netflix) – Looks like November is Animat-vember.
–Dickinson Season 3 Premiere (November 5 on Apple TV+) – Final Season Alert!
–Joe Pera Talks With You Season 3 Premiere (November 7 on Adult Swim)
Music
-Aimee Mann, Queens of the Summer Hotel
-Diana Ross, Thank You
-Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, The Future
October 29, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Antlers, Doctor Who, Hushed and Grim, I Don't Live Here Anymore, Last Night in Soho, Mastodon, Ocean to Ocean, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, Passing, The War on Drugs, Tori Amos Leave a comment
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (CREDIT: Courtesy Paramount Players)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Antlers (Theaters)
–Last Night in Soho (Theaters)
–Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (Paramount+) – Still active after all these years.
–Passing (Theaters October 27 and Netflix November 10)
TV
–Doctor Who Season 13 Premiere (October 31 on BBC America) – This season is subtitled “Flux.”
Music
-Tori Amos, Ocean to Ocean
-Mastodon, Hushed and Grim
-The War on Drugs, I Don’t Live Here Anymore
October 24, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Brandi Carlile, Jason Sudeikis, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 47, SNL, SNL Season 47 1 Comment
SNL: Alex Moffat, Brandi Carlile, Jason Sudeikis, Chloe Fineman (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jason Sudeikis used to be a cast member on Saturday Night Live, but now he’s the host. Not permanently, just for this episode (although possibly also future episodes as well). Brandi Carlile is the musical guest. Rock ‘n’ roll!
This time, I’m assembling my review in order of the birthdays of the first person to speak in each sketch. Just the dates and not the years, though. So, for example, someone born January 1, 1980 will go ahead of someone born on January 2, 1970. (For the musical performances, I’ll organize them according to the introducing person’s birthday.)
October 22, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television Blue Banisters, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dune, Duran Duran, Elton John, Future Past, Lana del Rey, My Morning Jacket, Ron's Gone Wrong, The French Dispatch, The Last O.G., The Lockdown Sessions, World Series Leave a comment
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Dune (Theaters and HBO Max)
–The French Dispatch (Theaters)
–Ron’s Gone Wrong (Theaters) – Starring Zach Galifianakis as Ron.
TV
–Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 11 Premiere (October 24 on HBO)
–The Last O.G. Season 4 Premiere (October 26 on TBS)
Music
-Duran Duran, Future Past
-Elton John, The Lockdown Sessions
-Lana Del Rey, Blue Banisters
-My Morning Jacket, My Morning Jacket
Sports
-World Series (Begins October 26 on FOX)
October 17, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Rami Malek, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 47, SNL, SNL Season 47, Young Thug Leave a comment
SNL: Bowen Yang, Young Thug, Rami Malek, Ego Nwodim (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
This is a review of a very special episode of Saturday Night Live, because all SNL episodes are special, because they’re put together by special people, because all people are special. The particular special people this time are host Rami Malek and Young Thug.
This season, I’ve been playing around with the order of the sketches in my reviews, and this time, I’m going to list them in order of length of what I’ve written (in terms of number of lines and the length of the last line, as written in Times New Roman on Google Docs), from shortest to longest. Here we go!
October 15, 2021
Cinema, Comedy, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Blessings and Miracles, Finneas, Good Timing with Jo Firestone, Halloween Kills, Jo Firestone, Optimist, Santana, Succession, The Last Duel Leave a comment
Good Timing with Jo Firestone (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
–Halloween Kills (Theaters and Peacock) – I also plan on watching every other Halloween movie in the near future.
–The Last Duel (Theaters) – Matt Damon and Ben Affleck finally wrote another screenplay (along with Nicole Holofcener this time).
TV
–Succession Season 3 Premiere (October 17 on HBO)
Music
-Finneas, Optimist
-Santana, Blessings and Miracles
Comedy
–Good Timing with Jo Firestone (October 15 on Peacock) – Jo Firestone teaches senior citizens stand-up comedy.
October 10, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Halsey, Kim Kardashian, Kim Kardashian West, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 47, SNL, SNL Season 47 1 Comment
SNL: Halsey, Kim Kardashian West, Cecily Strong (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
For last week’s premiere episode, I reviewed the sketches in backwards order, and now this time I’m going to review them in alphabetical order. This can potentially be a little tricky, because sometimes I think certain sketches should have a different name than what’s listed on SNL‘s YouTube page. So I’ll say this to make sure that we’re all on the same page: I’m going with the sketch names that I think make the most sense.
But first, a first word on a couple of the new cast members: the “h” in “Aristotle Athari” is silent, so his last name sounds like a certain video game system, and I think that’s pretty cool. And there’s also Sarah Sherman, whose name sounds VERY similar to “Sarah Silverman,” who was also once upon a time a brunette SNL cast member.
October 8, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Sports, Television A Night in the Academy Museum, B Positive, Chucky, Lamb, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Muppets, Muppets Haunted Mansion, Nancy Drew, No Time to Die, The Baby-Sitters Club, The Kids Tonight Show, The Rescue, Whose Line is it Anyway?, WNBA Leave a comment
Muppets Haunted Mansion (CREDIT: Mitch Haaseth/Disney)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Lamb (Theaters)
–No Time to Die (Theaters) – Daniel Craig is so happy that this is finally coming out.
–The Rescue (Theaters)
TV
–Muppets Haunted Mansion (October 8 on Disney+) – Ed Asner has passed away, but he was not murdered or scared to death on the set of this.
–Nancy Drew Season 3 Premiere (October 8 on The CW)
–Whose Line is it Anyway? Season 18 Premiere (October 9 on The CW)
–Legends of the Hidden Temple Reboot Premiere (October 10 on The CW) – Formerly of Nickelodeon.
–The Baby-Sitters Club Season 2 (October 11 on Netflix)
–Chucky Series Premiere (October 12 on SyFy) – Chucky the Doll, that is.
–A Night in the Academy Museum (October 12 on ABC) – Hosted by Laura Dern and Tom Hanks.
–B Positive Season 2 Premiere (October 14 on CBS)
–The Kids Tonight Show Series Premiere (October 14 on Peacock)
Sports
-WNBA Finals (Begins October 10, ABC and ESPN)
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