Drive
Loose ends
Haven't seen "24" yet, and based on what little I've heard and my overall lack of enthusiasm for this season, I may just skip ahead to next week. Spoilers for, in order, "SNL," "Entourage" and "Drive" coming right
SNL
SNL: Step one: cut a hole in the box
Okay, so that's now three "Saturday Night Live" episodes this season that made me happy. You expect it out of Hugh Laurie or Alec Baldwin, but Justin Timberlake? The guy's enthusiastic, game for anything, and he's done it enough times that he
SNL
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, Night!
Today's column, inspired by a viewing of the bulk of the new "Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season" DVD set: This is not going to be another one of those columns complaining about how "Saturday Night Live" isn't as good as
SNL
SNL: I like things that are great
Shock of shocks: Alec Baldwin hosts, and "Saturday Night Live" delivers its best episode of the season. It wasn't a consistent masterpiece and I felt like they relied too often on surprise cameos in lieu of actual jokes (the monologue in particular was just several minutes
SNL
Very quick SNL review
There are two different primetime shows about that? Wow.
24
More this and more that
Comments about the last post reminded me of a bunch of other things I watched this week, including: "24": A friend tried to kill my rediscovered buzz for "24" by pointing out that it's a show that plays much better in DVD-style marathons than
SNL
When you ain't got nothin', you got nothin' to lose
Turns out all of Jon Stewart's self-deprecation in the weeks leading up to the Oscars wasn't an act. He was nervous and tentative throughout his monologue, afraid of doing any of the sacred cow-slaying that got Letterman and Rock into so much trouble. It was like
Battlestar Galactica
Shots, shorts and showers
After staying up late last night to file the Super Bowl ads column, I'm a little beat, so some quick thoughts on non-pigskin weekend TV: A guy at work came up to me this morning and said, re: the "Grey's Anatomy" episode, "Boy,
SNL
Lazy, but not free
Another big acquisition for the iTunes store: current and classic "Saturday Night Live" sketches for $1.99 a pop, plus a bunch of the "Best of" compilation DVDs for $9.99 apiece. There doesn't seem to be any duplication between the compilations and the
SNL
The Chronic-WHAT?-cles of Narnia
Slow, slow, slow weekend of TV. Decent "Simpsons" Christmas episode, especially the last act, which felt very "22 Short Films About Springfield," and I liked what I saw of "Family Guy" (especially Stewie's trip through the psychedelic "Sesame Street" pinball
SNL
Coughing up, catching up
If the blog's seemed like a ghost town the last few days, it's because I've been hip-deep in toddler triage, which involve such lovely Catch-22s as my daughter refusing to drink anything at all because she doesn't feel well, even though fluids
Lost
Wha happen?
I know, I know, I know... the four of you who actually read this blog have all been complaining about the tardiness of the latest entry, so I'll try to tackle Wednesday through the weekend (or what I've seen of it) as quick as I can.