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Last Comic Standing: And Then There Were 4

July 26, 2006 /

Last night’s “Last Comic Standing” episode featured the first elimination at the start of the show. Thankfully, they didn’t burden us with a full half hour like “American Idol,” and instead waited a full week to announce the contestant going home at the start of the show.

But first, after host Unfunny Clark got things started, former LCS contestant Gary Gulman got to perform. I remember this guy to be really funny when he was on the show, but last night he didn’t bring his A-game. In fact, I would say that almost al l of the finalists this season could have beat him in a head to head.

So then they brought all five remaining contestants out, and the one voted off was Roz. I think she got robbed. She is way funnier than Ty Barnett and a bit funnier than Michelle Balan. But that’s how these things go.

Then each comic got to perform for about 5 minutes. Yes, 5 minutes. How they stretch this show into a full hour is beyond comprehension. Oh wait, maybe it’s the 30 minutes of commercials. Thank goodness for TiVo.

Michelle went first, followed by Josh Blue. Both did well but I’d have to grade them both as B-plus for their performance. Josh’s best came when he talked about how he was in the para-olympics a few years ago and did his impersonation of a drunk Scottish soccer player with a disability.

Ty Barnett went third and was okay but I’d only give him a B grade….that means he’s my vote for elimination this week, just as he was last week. Chris Porter batted cleanup and in my mind was better than everyone else. He definitely was funnier than last week and should no doubt be sticking around for a while.

So here are the Vandalay Power Rankings for this week:

1. Chris Porter
2. Josh Blue
3. Michelle Balan
4. Ty Barnett

Though I have to admit it was strange that Chris was in the bottom two at the close of the show last night, there is no way he was there when the phone lines were shut down. Ty, you’re funny but you’re not in the elite here. Neither is Michelle, but anything is certainly possible.

Is my blog boring you? It’s boring me a bit, that’s why I ask. But at least i’m funnier than Unfunny Clark. Dude, I sure hope they renew you for “Yes, Dear” because you do the acting thing much better.

Till next week, Art Vandalay is OUT (and going to sell some latex).

Stand-Up Comics, TV

A change will do you good

July 25, 2006 /

Probie’s a hero. At least for one week, though the previews for the next episode don’t look as promising. Still, not only did he manage to courageously rescue two trapped firefighters within the opening minutes of the show, but he also won the firehouse $15,000 by accidentally betting the wrong horse from Jerry’s “hot tip.” It’s good to see the newbie getting some face time after playing a background character in the first half of the season. Of course, it’s only going to get worse from here if he really is gay. Just look at the way Jerry treats his gay son, and that’s his own blood. And to add to everything else, Tommy finds out that Probie has put in for a transfer. Bad time, really, since he’s the top dog in the firehouse until the next big rescue.

He’s not the only one making some changes, either. After uncovering a two-page news spread about Con Artist Hooker Girl getting nabbed by the cops for dealing drugs, Lou has an epiphany: treat my body better and enjoy life. And in celebration of his Depression Emancipation, Lou’s decided to start a whole new-age health program that includes yoga classes with an instructor named (get this) Epiphany. Oh, and did I mention Sean and Maggie are getting married? Yeah, well, he was pretty much tricked into proposing to her, but something tells me this isn’t going to last. I mean, does Maggie really look like the kind of girl that wants to settle down anytime soon?

Meanwhile, Uncle Teddy actually does get married to Psycho Prison Chick (she has a name now, and it’s Ellie), and Franco picks up a hot chick (with brains, too) at the bar. Unfortunately, while it’s nice to see the guy finally moving on after the whole Alicia disaster, shouldn’t he be more worried about when he’s going to see his daughter again? This is probably something they should be addressing in the near future, if not already. Maybe they’re just waiting for him to get a little closer to this new girl, and then they can use that against him as a means of forcing her out of his life. Hey, we’ve seen it happen before.

External Entertainment, External TV, Rescue Me, TV

The State rescored and coming to your home

July 25, 2006 /

Score one for the fans and one for the lowly music business who keeps good shit from flowing through. The State, MTV’s sketch comedy which featured the likes of Michael Ian Black, Thomas Lennon, Keri Kinney, and Ben Garant will finally be available either on DVD or iTunes later this year.

What was keeping it from being released all this time? The music used in the episodes, of course!

“They just rescored and we’re all doing ADR,” Garrant continued.
“The thing that was preventing it was the music clearances,” Lennon explained, “because at the time, MTV had a deal that anything with a video you could just use. No longer the deal.”

“All our sketches that were built around a Breeders or a Lenny Kravitz song, which was a lot of them,” said Garrant, “so we had to rescore everything, but finally, MTV put up the money to rescore it, and I guess it’s coming out.”

How generous of MTV! They’ll easily make all their money back on this one. Blah…gotta love legalities.

Gossip, News, TV, TV DVDs

Are you checking in with “The Office”?

July 24, 2006 /

Just because you’re on summer vacation doesn’t mean those hard-working drones at “The Office” are.

Okay, well, boss Michael Scott is MIA — but is that really anything new? Even when he’s in the office, he’s not exactly all there.

And, fine, Jim and Pam happen to be off shooting movies over the summer. We’ll allow that, because, frankly, we’re not yet ready to see what happens after that season-ending cliffhanger kiss of theirs. We can wait until September for that.

The important thing is, you can still get your fix of “The Office,” in a tasty three-minute bite, every Thursday on NBC.com. As reported previously in Premium Hollywood, NBC has produced ten original webisodes of its hit comedy, focusing on the efforts of the accounting team to locate $3,000 in missing Dunder Mifflin funds.

Three of the ten have been posted so far, and each has revealed at least one priceless comic moment for the characters involved. Watch for Kevin’s subtle condolence to Oscar, Phyllis’s lazy exit from her interview, and Meredith’s complaint that her ex-husband got “the good kid” in their divorce. At last, the second-string players get their moment in the sun.

External Entertainment, External TV, The Office, TV

Actually, it’s more like a bad pedophile running a day care center

July 24, 2006 /

At the recent TV Critics Association panel introducing the new fall primetime season, recovering addict Aaron Sorkin compared the influence of television in America to “bad crack in the schoolyard:”

As the audience of journalists erupted into laughter, Sorkin playfully asked, “Why did I use that word?”

Actor Bradley Whitford replied, “I have no clue.”

At first, Sorkin simply added, “Everything is fine,” but later joked, “I will go person to person giving each $100 if we can just get the crack quote out of the papers tomorrow.”

Clearly, Sorkin’s pockets weren’t deep enough to get the cover-up job done.

And, worse, his slip may also have unintentionally shed some light on a larger issue: Sorkin’s mistaken yet firmly-held belief that there is such a thing as good crack in the schoolyard…

Gossip, Humor, News, TV

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