On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 2:42 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't disagree (well, you might be a bit harsh, but in the right > direction), and was thinking the same thing when I was watching it > this morning. After about 6 episodes of using her more judiciously, > they decided to gratuitously throw her into almost everything last > night. I liked the kind of absurdist skits at the end (Funeral and > Goodnight Saigon) and even if they did not work completely I would > rather seem them fail in this direction than in some of the other > things they try to do.
I'm a sucker for the "Jeopardy!" bits, but the biggest problem I had with last night's was the person at the center lectern (not spoiling, just in case); part of the fun of those sketches is the impersonations and mocking of these celebrities, and seeing (person) there just didn't work for me. And it was fun to see (the other person) appear at a fourth lectern, complete with his name from a prior appearance on the front of it. But, again--I'm a sucker for those bits, even when I can see the category name gag coming from a mile away. And I'm with PGage here--going into the "Funeral" sketch, I expected to really hate it, and while I didn't love the bit outright, I did enjoy it. But the "Goodnight Saigon" sketch was, IMHO, the best thing I've seen all season...and in all honesty, in the past few seasons. It seemed like the sort of off-the-wall, makes-no-sense bit they would've done back in the early years. I'm glad they kept it in the bag until Ferrell was there to do it--I don't know that it would have worked with anyone else in the lead role. Really a great way to end the season. -- -- Ben Scripps [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
