It was kind of a tough week. The weather sucked for most of the time. All three sisters were fighting colds and\/or fevers much of the time. Especially in the hours after school, they were extra cranky. Also, we\u2019re in the midst of some renovations in the house, requiring me to be home all day.<\/p>\n
Thank goodness for Thursday night TV!<\/p>\n
NBC might suck the other six nights of the week,* but they are once again bringing the heat on Thursdays.<\/p>\n
(Sunday does not suck for the time being, with football on.)<\/p>\n
Fred Armisen\u2019s impersonation of New York governor David Patterson is one of the funniest things I\u2019ve ever seen. While this week\u2019s <em>Weekend Update Thursday<\/em> edition wasn\u2019t quite as good as last week\u2019s, Armisen more than made up for any jokes that fell flat. S.\u00a0could hear me laughing about it all the way upstairs. When you account for the randomness and provinciality of doing Patterson, it might be one of the top five political impersonations ever on <em>SNL<\/em>.*<\/p>\n
(Five, off the top of my head, favorites: Ferrell as W., both Phil Hartman and Darrell Hammond as Clinton, Tina Fey as Palin, Chevy as Ford, with Armisen knocking on the door.)<\/p>\n
I tried<em> Parks and Recreation<\/em> last year and gave up after about five episodes. It seemed like they were trying too hard and thus swinging and missing a lot. I heard some good buzz so figured I\u2019d give it another shot this season. So far, it\u2019s much funnier than last year.<\/p>\n
<em>The Office<\/em> is as good as ever, at least through two episodes. The writers do a brilliant job of juggling the many characters, so you\u2019re never sure who is going to be featured each week. This week, Andy\u2019s cheese platter spiel was the highlight of a strong episode.<\/p>\n
Finally, I\u2019ve been pleasantly surprised by <em>Community<\/em>. I didn\u2019t expect much; Chevy Chase is in it, after all. But I read an early review a few weeks back that was very positive. I added it to the DVR early last week, thinking I\u2019d give it a shot. We had family in town last weekend, so I wasn\u2019t able to watch. I debated whether to go ahead and watch or just delete and stick to the other shows, but checked <a href=”http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/”>Metacritic<\/a> just to make sure. Turns out it is getting excellent reviews. So I fired it up and wasn\u2019t disappointed. It\u2019s certainly treading on all kinds of tried and true comedic territory, but so far the writing and acting have been fine, I\u2019ve laughed a lot, and it doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s trying to be too cute, clever, etc.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s a pretty solid night. And the funniest show on TV* is still in the bullpen, warming up for a mid-October preview. I\u2019m not a Jay Leno fan to begin with, and comedy at 10 pm Eastern on a Thursday doesn\u2019t feel right after nearly 30 years of drama in that slot (<em>Hill Street Blues, LA Law, ER<\/em>), so no, I do not stay tuned in for Leno\u2019s unfortunate new show.<\/p>\n
(30 Rock.)<\/p>\n
Two hours of comedy was exactly what I needed to recharge the tanks a bit after a long week. If only TV Land hadn\u2019t messed up the times of the <em>Cosby Show<\/em> marathon so I hadn\u2019t missed the last ten minutes of two episodes, it would have been the perfect TV night. I think I have some <em>Cheers<\/em> DVDs around here somewhere…<\/p>\n
\u2756<\/p>\n
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It was kind of a tough week. The weather sucked for most of the time. All three sisters were fighting colds and\/or fevers much of the time. Especially in the hours after school, they were extra cranky. Also, we\u2019re in the midst of some renovations in the house, requiring me to be home all day. Thank goodness for Thursday night TV! NBC might suck the other six nights of the week,* but they are once again bringing the heat on Thursdays. (Sunday does not suck for the time being, with football on.) Fred Armisen\u2019s impersonation of New York governor David Patterson is one of the funniest things I\u2019ve ever seen. While this week\u2019s <em>Weekend Update Thursday<\/em> edition wasn\u2019t quite as good as last week\u2019s, Armisen more than made up for any jokes that fell flat. S.\u00a0could hear me laughing about it all the way upstairs. When you account for the randomness and provinciality of doing Patterson, it might be one of the top five political impersonations ever on <em>SNL<\/em>.* (Five, off the top of my head, favorites: Ferrell as W., both Phil Hartman and Darrell Hammond as Clinton, Tina Fey as Palin, Chevy as Ford, with Armisen knocking on the door.) I tried<em> Parks and Recreation<\/em> last year and gave up after about five episodes. It seemed like they were trying too hard and thus swinging and missing a lot. I heard some good buzz so figured I\u2019d give it another shot this season. So far, it\u2019s much funnier than last year. <em>The Office<\/em> is as good as ever, at least through two episodes. The writers do a brilliant job of juggling the many characters, so you\u2019re never sure who is going to be featured each week. This week, Andy\u2019s cheese platter spiel was the highlight of a strong episode. Finally, I\u2019ve been pleasantly surprised by <em>Community<\/em>. I didn\u2019t expect much; Chevy Chase is in it, after all. But I read an early review a few weeks back that was very positive. I added it to the DVR early last week, thinking I\u2019d give it a shot. We had family in town last weekend, so I wasn\u2019t able to watch. I debated whether to go ahead and watch or just delete and stick to the other shows, but checked <a href=”http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/”>Metacritic<\/a> just to make sure. Turns out it is getting excellent reviews. So I fired it up and wasn\u2019t disappointed. It\u2019s certainly treading on all kinds of tried and true comedic territory, but so far the writing and acting have been fine, I\u2019ve laughed a lot, and it doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s trying to be too cute, clever, etc. That\u2019s a pretty solid night. And the funniest show on TV* is still in the bullpen, warming up for a mid-October preview. I\u2019m not a Jay Leno fan to begin with, and comedy at 10 pm Eastern on a Thursday doesn\u2019t feel right after nearly 30 years of drama in that slot (<em>Hill Street Blues, LA Law, ER<\/em>), so no, I do not stay tuned in for Leno\u2019s unfortunate new show. (30 Rock.) Two hours of comedy was exactly what I needed to recharge the tanks a bit after a long week. If only TV Land hadn\u2019t messed up the times of the <em>Cosby Show<\/em> marathon so I hadn\u2019t missed the last ten minutes of two episodes, it would have been the perfect TV night. I think I have some <em>Cheers<\/em> DVDs around here somewhere… \u2756 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27,28],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-media","tag-tv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14988,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/14988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}