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Date Posted: 07:30:52 03/13/04 Sat
Author: Jim Bevan
Subject: Time for Reviews - Part Uno
In reply to: a pointer 's message, "Not a review, just a note...in the monologue, Jay of Jay & Silent Bob is played by..." on 06:47:56 03/13/04 Sat

Okay, here's my opinion on the show:

ADDRESS FROM THE PRESIDENT: Mark let me see this last week, and I loved it. The man is great at satirizing our commander in chief. If Kerry gets elected, I can't wait to see what he has in store for him.

MONOLOGUE: It was so-so. Jay and Silent Bob had a few funny lines (The A-Rod Zelda seemed to be the most clever), but it fell short in a few areas. The excessive f-bombs weren't necessary, no stage direction to indicate Silent Bob's actions, no real humorous lines from Ben Affleck (his set up to attack Steinbrenner when it seemed he'd go after J.Lo was lame), and the J.Hole pun was rather foolish. There was room for improvement.

JAYSON BLAIR HOUR: Blair's back in the news again, so he's ripe for being made fun of. There were a lot of interesting lines, but it did seem to be nothing more than a rip-off of Tommy Flanagan. And yet they won't let me cast Megan Mullaly as Emily Litella's daughter... bitch.

POOL HUSTLERS: Takes a while to get started, but the end payoff is well worth it. I saw Matchstick Men last week, and the twist at the end reminded me of it. OK, but needs a more humorous opening.

ZECHTINOXOPHIN: Didn't do a thing for me. It just seemed to fall flat, there wasn't any comedy in it.

DOLLAR BILLS: Opens with a good FCC joke, and continues with Nick-at-Nike attacks that overshadow the phone calls. Not to say the calls aren't that funny, but they were reminiscent of the hotel scene from Colin Firth's show last week. Thomas' reactions are quite good, and the show actually teaches a very valuable lesson about the perils of leaving your number on money. Best line was the full house one, "I'm not that gay." Amen, I hate that dreck show.

WU: Very witty jokes for this installment. It takes a true wit to get the message for the opening joke about the candidates. Parnell's commentary was good as well, though maybe at the end, he could have complained about the show's producers phasing him out of the role of W.

I'll be back with the rest later.

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Re: Time for Reviews - Part Uno - The Monologue -- CCS, 13:32:55 03/13/04 Sat