Watch out for Teddy in this episode. http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2015/03/16/bobs-burgers-season-5-episode-15-recap
Bob’s Burgers 5.15: “Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting”
March 16, 2015
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What Won TV? – March 8-March 14, 2015
March 15, 2015
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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.
Sunday – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Monday – Despite being a bit of a departure, Better Call Saul
Tuesday – Fresh Off the Boat
Wednesday – Man Seeking Woman mixed it up to meet its potential. (Honorable Mention: Broad City took it to another level.)
Thursday – Portlandia
Friday – Comedy Bang! Bang! dreamed a dream.
Saturday – SNL Vintage (#JacuzziLifeguard)
Community Episode Review: 4.13 “Advanced Introduction to Finality” Revisited
March 15, 2015
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Let’s just get this out of the way first: “Advanced Introduction to Finality” did not make paintball cool again. Granted, when Abed makes this proclamation, it is not meant to be completely sincere. This particular paintball outing is supposed to look amateur, as Jeff’s imagination is not as thorough as someone like Abed. Still, it could have been more entertaining. There is a way to portray something half-assed without doing a half-assed job at it, and this wasn’t it.
The poor action sequences are disappointing, especially considering how strong “Community” has been in that area otherwise. But the rest of this episode does have plenty worth recommending. Unusual for Season 4, “AItF” had a firm grasp of the themes it wanted to explore. It did, however, have an overabundance of matters to take care of, which was typical of that year. Although, in this case, it felt more like it was due to excitement about wanting to say so much rather than a lack of focus.
VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 3/14/15
March 15, 2015
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Each week, I check out VH1′s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. Pitbull & Ne-Yo – “Time of Our Lives”
2. Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
3. Lily Wood & Robin Schulz – “Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)”
4. Taylor Swift – “Style”
5. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
6. Maroon 5 – “Sugar”
7. Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney – “FourFiveSeconds”
8. Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
9. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “Outside”
10. Meghan Trainor – “Lips Are Movin”
11. Nick Jonas – “Chains”
12. Ella Henderson – “Ghost”
13. Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
14. Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”
15. Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
16. Tori Kelly – “Nobody Love”
17. Tove Lo – “Talking Body”
18. Sam Smith – “Lay Me Down”
19. Imagine Dragons – “I Bet My Life”
20. George Ezra – “Budapest”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Outside
2. Style
3. Take Me to Church
4. Talking Body
5. Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)
6. Ghost
7. Love Me Like You Do
8. Chains
9. FourFiveSeconds
10. Lay Me Down
11. Centuries
12. I Bet My Life
13. Time of Our Lives
14. Uptown Funk
15. Budapest
16. Nobody Love
17. Heartbeat Song
18. Sugar
19. Lips Are Movin
20. Thinking Out Loud
Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 3/10/14
March 11, 2015
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Each week, I check out FUSE’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
2. Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
3. Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
4. Sam Smith – “I’m Not the Only One”
5. Meghan Trainor – “Lips Are Moving”
6. Pitbull & Ne-Yo – “Time of Our Lives”
7. Big Sean ft. E40 – “IDFWU”
8. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “Outside”
9. Lily Wood & Robin Schulz – “Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)”
10. Ella Henderson – “Ghost”
11. One Direction – “Night Changes”
12. Ne-Yo ft. Juicy J – “She Knows”
13. Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”
14. Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
15. Nick Jonas – “Jealous”
16. Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
17. Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini and Lookas – “G.D.F.R.”
18. Beyoncé – “7/11”
19. Prince Royce ft. Snoop Dogg – “Stuck on a Feeling”
20. I LOVE MAKONNEN ft. Drake – “Tuesday (Remix)”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Outside
2. Blank Space
3. Take Me to Church
4. Jealous
5. Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)
6. Ghost
7. IDFWU
8. Centuries
9. Time of Our Lives
10. G.D.F.R.
11. Uptown Funk
12. I’m Not the Only One
13. She Knows
14. Stuck on a Feeling
15. Heartbeat Song
16. 7/11
17. Night Changes
18. Tuesday (Remix)
19. Lips Are Moving
20. Thinking Out Loud
Watch And/Or Listen to This: Carly Rae Jepsen’s “I Really Like You”
March 9, 2015
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Yep, the buzz is deserved.
Bob’s Burgers 5.14: L’il Hard Dad
March 9, 2015
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“It’s the wild, is anybody home?” http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2015/03/09/bobs-burgers-season-5-episode-14-recap
SNL Recap March 7, 2015: Chris Hemsworth/Zac Brown Band
March 9, 2015
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SNL: Chris Hemsworth March 2015 Monologue (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)
This review was originally posted on Starpulse in March 2015.
It might just be pointlessly quixotic to ascribe a thesis statement to an episode of “SNL.” Any detectable patterns may have just been accidental. When the host and musical guest do not bring in a whole lot of baggage, that truth becomes emphasized. Chris Hemsworth was host two months before the release of the next “Avengers” movie. Zac Brown Band have new music, but they are not dominating the mainstream conversation. This was certainly an episode that happened. There were highlights, there were lowlights, and it will lead to a multiplicity of opinions. Here’s one: it was cray-cray.
A Message From Hillary Clinton – Kate McKinnon made it clear that should Hillary Clinton run for president, she will not back down from the challenge of taking on this legendary impression. This sketch was essentially a character piece, when it could have focused on sharper satire about whether or not Clinton’s e-mail correspondence is a legitimate controversy. But as a character piece, it was encouraging, managing to imbue the tired “old person e-mail gag” with specific personality. B
What Won TV? – March 1-March 7, 2015
March 8, 2015
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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.
Sunday – The pilot of The Last Man on Earth is an episode of television that actually exists.
Monday – Better Call Saul
Tuesday – Kroll Show
Wednesday – The Goldbergs
Thursday – Watching an episode of Portlandia is an unspoken competition.
Friday – Comedy Bang! Bang!
Saturday – SNL, specifically the part when Kyle Mooney said, “Dude!”
VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 3/7/15
March 7, 2015
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Each week, I check out VH1′s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
2. Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
3. Pitbull & Ne-Yo – “Time of Our Lives”
4. Lily Wood & Robin Schulz – “Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)”
5. Meghan Trainor – “Lips Are Movin”
6. Taylor Swift – “Style”
7. Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney – “FourFiveSeconds”
8. Maroon 5 – “Sugar”
9. Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
10. Ella Henderson – “Ghost”
11. Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
12. Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
13. Nick Jonas – “Chains”
14. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “Outside”
15. Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”
16. Sam Smith – “Lay Me Down”
17. Tove Lo – “Talking Body”
18. Imagine Dragons – “I Bet My Life”
19. George Ezra – “Budapest”
20. Tori Kelly – “Nobody Love”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Outside
2. Style
3. Take Me to Church
4. Talking Body
5. Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)
6. Ghost
7. Love Me Like You Do
8. FourFiveSeconds
9. Chains
10. Lay Me Down
11. I Bet My Life
12. Centuries
13. Time of Our Lives
14. Uptown Funk
15. Budapest
16. Heartbeat Song
17. Nobody Love
18. Sugar
19. Lips Are Movin
20. Thinking Out Loud
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