Jeff "Jmunney" Malone's Self-Styled "Expert" Thoughts on Movies, TV, Music, and the Rest of Pop Culture
April 9, 2021
Entertainment To-Do List, Television BAFTAs, Dad Stop Embarrassing Me, David Alan Grier, Jamie Foxx, Kyla-Drew Leave a comment
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! (CREDIT: Saeed Adyani/Netflix)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
TV
-74th BAFTAs (April 11 on BBC America)
–Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! Season 1 (April 14 on Netflix) – Jamie Foxx plays a dad! David Alan Grier plays his dad!
April 4, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Daniel Kaluuya, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 46, SNL, SNL Season 46, St. Vincent 1 Comment
SNL: St. Vincent, Daniel Kaluuya, Aidy Bryant (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)
Holy moly, this is a review of an SNL episode hosted by Daniel Kaluuya with musical guest St. Vincent! Kaluuya was great in Get Out, and he’s great in everything else I’ve seen him in as well, and while most of those credits aren’t terribly similar to sketch comedy, I had a feeling he had it in him to deliver the funny in front of a live audience. And as for Ms. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, she always brings it without fail.
So this is an episode airing on Easter Weekend, I ran 8 miles on Saturday morning, the spring sun’s blazing in the mid-Atlantic, and I’m still freaking out over that Final Four buzzer-beater. This is all to say, a bunch of dopamine is swirling around my system, which is a perfect formula for me to laugh aplenty. Did the sketches also give me reasons to laugh? Let’s find out!
First off, we’ll check in with Britney Spears (Chloe Fineman’s impression version) with another edition of Oops, You Did It Again (Grade: 3/5 Easter Bunnies). A few guests stop by, including Pete Davidson as Congressman Matt Gaetz, who looks just like his Andrew Cuomo impression except for a more colorful tie.
April 2, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Podcasts, Television Chad, Dana Carvey, Dancing with the Devil the Art of Starting Over, Demi Lovato, Fantastic with Dana Carvey, Godzilla vs. Kong, Home Economics, Podcasts, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Sketchy, tune-yards Leave a comment
Chad (CREDIT: TBS/YouTube 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
–Godzilla vs. Kong (Theaters and Streaming on HBO Max)
TV
-27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (April 4 on TBS and TNT)
–Chad (April 6 on TBS) – A “sneak peek” (i.e., a full episode) actually already aired about a week ago, though.
–Home Economics Series Premiere (April 7 on ABC) – A new sitcom about three adult siblings.
Music
-tUnE-yArDs, sketchy – This came out last week and I had no idea how much it would be up my alley!
-Demi Lovato, Dancing with the Devil … the Art of Starting Over
Podcasts
–Fantastic! With Dana Carvey – A very funny guy doing very funny voices. (Launched back in January)
March 28, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Jack Harlow, Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 46, SNL, SNL Season 46 Leave a comment
SNL: Jack Harlow, Maya Rudolph, Chris Redd (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)
When Maya Rudolph was announced as the host of the March 27, 2021 episode of Saturday Night Live, I mentioned to my dad that this was only her second time returning to host. Then I guessed that in addition to all that, she’s also probably made approximately another dozen guest appearances. But it turned out the actual total is about double that! Musical guest Jack Harlow, meanwhile, is here for the first time. As for me and the number of times I’ve watched this show, that’s gotta be in the thousands.
If someone told you that an SNL episode would start with a pretend game show, would you believe it? Well, you’d better believe it, because that’s exactly what happened in this episode! It’s called Snatched, Vaxed, or Waxed (Grade: 2.5/5 Marches), and I laughed at the name “Cece Vuvuzela.”
March 26, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Bad Trip, Eric Andre, Evanescence, Lil Rel Howery, Pooch Perfect, Rebel Wilson, Solar Opposites, The Bitter Truth, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Tiffany Haddish Leave a comment
Pooch Perfect (CREDIT: Christopher Willard/ABC)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Bad Trip (Streaming on Netflix) – Eric Andre strings Lil Rel and Tiffany Haddish along for his shenanigans.
TV
–The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Series Premiere (March 26 on Disney+) – Ducks never say die.
–Solar Opposites Season 2 (March 26 on Hulu)
–Pooch Perfect Series Premiere (March 30 on ABC) – Rebel Wilson hosts a dog grooming competish!
Music
-Evanescence, The Bitter Truth
March 19, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Doctor Who, Happily, Lana del Rey, Ringo Starr, Superstore, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Zoom In Leave a comment
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (CREDIT: Marvel Entertainment/YouTube 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
–Happily (Theaters and On Demand) – I always got to stump for my Community alums.
TV
–The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Series Premiere (March 19 on Disney+) – More MCU on Disney+!
–Doctor Who: Fury From the Deep (March 21 on BBC America) – Another set of lost Who episodes reconstituted in animated form.
–Superstore Series Finale (March 25 on NBC)
Music
-Lana Del Rey, Chemtrails over the Country Club
-Ringo Starr, Zoom In
March 12, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Podcasts, Sports, Television Assembled, Grammys, Kesha, Kesha and the Creepies, kid 90, March Madness, Podcasts, Rob Zombie, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy, WandaVision Leave a comment
kid 90 (CREDIT: Hulu/YouTube 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
–kid 90 (March 12 on Hulu) – 90s videotape footage courtesy of Soleil Moon Frye.
TV
–Assembled: The Making of WandaVision (March 12 on Disney+)
Music on TV
-63rd Annual Grammy Awards (March 14 on CBS) – Hosted by Trevor Noah.
Music
-Rob Zombie, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy
Sports on TV
-March Madness (March 18-April 5 on CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV)
Podcasts
–Kesha and the Creepies – This podcast premiered back in November, but I’m just discovering it now. It features talented musician Kesha discussing the supernatural with guests like Alice Cooper, Dana Carvey, and Insane Clown Posse.
March 5, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Coming 2 America, Critics Choice Awards, Game of Talents, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, Kings of Leon, Raya and the Last Dragon, South Park, Stray, The Masked Singer, Wayne Brady, When You See Yourself Leave a comment
Kamp Koral (CREDIT: Paramount Plus/YouTube 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
–Coming 2 America (March 5 on Amazon) – “2,” not “to.”
–Raya and the Last Dragon (Theaters and Premier Access on Disney+)
–Stray (Theaters and On Demand) – Dog documentary.
TV
–Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years (Premiered March 4 on Paramount+)
-2021 Critics Choice Awards (March 7 on The CW)
–The Masked Singer Season 5 Premiere (March 10 on FOX)
–Game of Talents Series Premiere (March 10 on FOX) – Hosted by Wayne Brady!
–South ParQ: Vaccination Special (March 10 on Comedy Central)
Music
-Kings of Leon, When You See Yourself
February 28, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Azuzel, Nick Jonas, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 46, Shannon Delgado, SNL, SNL Season 46 Leave a comment
SNL: Bowen Yang, Nick Jonas, Ego Nwodim (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)
Hellooooooooooooooooooooooo to my readers! I am about to review the February 27, 2021 episode of Saturday Night Live, which featured Nick Jonas as host and musical guest. He’s previously appeared before as musical guest once on his own and twice with his brothers, but this time, it’s something different, and my review should reflect that.
I had eggs and some side dishes for breakfast Sunday morning.
The opening sketch is A Message From Dr. Fauci (Grade: Pfizer Visor Consolation Prize), which promptly turns into a game show entitled “So You Think You Can Get the Vaccine,” with a trio of current American governors serving as the judges. I was most amused by Pete’s Andrew Cuomo inexplicably mentioning Five Guys.
February 26, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Alice Cooper, Anthony Hopkins, Colin Jost, Corona Can't Keep a Good Queen Down, Detroit Stories, Golden Globes, Olivia Colman, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Father, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Vigil, Tom & Jerry Leave a comment
Tom & Jerry (CREDIT: Warner Bros/YouTube 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
–The Father (Theaters) – Olivia Colman plays Anthony Hopkins’ father
–The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (March 4 on Paramount+) – This is the day CBS All Access rebrands as Paramount+.
–Tom & Jerry (Theaters and HBO Max) – Colin Jost in the Wedding of the Century!
–The Vigil (Theaters and On Demand)
TV
–RuPaul’s Drag Race: Corona Can’t Keep a Good Queen Down (February 26 on VH1)
-78th Golden Globe Awards (February 28 on NBC)
Music
-Alice Cooper, Detroit Stories – Loved him on The Muppet Show; glad to see he’s still making music.
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