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Date Posted: 21:00:46 12/10/05 Sat
Author: Jim Bevan
Subject: 1 review down, what are the odds we'll get another 11?
In reply to: Jim Bevan 's message, "Before I review, some sad news" on 17:39:58 12/10/05 Sat

Let's go with a rundown of yet another show featuring the most annoying Baldwin Brother (well, they're all equally annoying... ah, you know what I mean.)

A Holiday Message from Southwest Airlines: Started off pretty good, but it died as soon as the employees came on to beat up Gary Kelly. It should have ended before that spot, because Kelly's comments were quite nice.

Monologue: Sorry DRG4, this wasn't really your best. This didn't seem to have the punch of your past monologues; the dialogue was rather weak and the subject of hosts who have been on the most times wore thin a while back.

Tripperdoodle: Man, this was great. It was nice twist on charity editions of game shows by having average people competing and not getting to keep any of the money they win. Their reactions were priceless, especially Leslie's as he hit the 100,000 question. And having wealthy New Orleans residents as samples of the charity recipients was priceless. I wish I had the skills to write a game show parody half as funny as this.

Can Ya Help Me Out?: Newcomer Wintah delivers another winnah. There were some great interactions between Mr. Baxter and the clerks, and I liked how he eventually wore down Deborah into doing him. Bonus points for the "Rhea" condoms and Deb's concerns about them.

Geraldo Rivera: Special Edition: I couldn't get into this piece. The dialogue was rather flat, and the idea of trying to track down a famous person but getting ordinary people with the same name seems to have been done before. Plus, there were too many quoted song lyrics. Simply quoting song lyrics wasn't that funny. And the ending seemed rather predictable.

Holiday Hutch: I just wanted to say again that I really appreciated Jason letting me use his characters and work with him to create this piece. Hope you all like it.

Carpentry 101: Meh, I couldn't really find this funny. Sorry, but it just didn't seem to have any real humor to it. The dialogue and character interactions were pretty weak in my opinion.

All Night Library: This was a bizarre concept, and very funny. I loved how through all Steve's complaining, he's the one who meets the unfortunate end. Jacoby was an incredibly amusing character. I don't know how you manage to create such humorous personalities, Patrick, but you do it with style. Also, Drake added some good side references to the piece.

Fallbrook Manor: I found this rather reminiscent of some of the classic British humor, like Monty Python. Not a laugh-out-loud piece, but very clever and cerebral. I like that kind of humor.

Genie of the Fan: Again, this piece was great for the starting portion. Louis' harassment by the genie was incredible, and the Lamborghini wish was carried out pretty well. But this sketch, like the Southwest piece, should have ended earlier. It should have ended before it was revealed that it was all a commercial; it took a nosedive at that point.

What's the Wierdest Thing You've Ever Masturbated To?: Pretty interesting concept, a good gross-out point. If you don't mind my saying so though, Mark, I think it could have done without the celebrity contestants and references. Not that it made the piece bad, but I've just gotten tired of all the celebrity parodies. If it had been typical contestants and questions about say, historical or political figures (i.e. What did Robert Louis Stevenson masturbate to, or Alexander the Great, or Margaret Thatcher), I would have found that a little funnier. And, in my opinion, you don't need to make references to songs either. It makes no point here on the site - we can't hear them! We can only read them!

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