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Date Posted: 09:53:04 08/07/05 Sun
Author: Jim Bevan
Subject: Reviews, Thanks, and Apologies (not necessarily in that order)
In reply to: Patrick Lonergan 's message, "REVIEWS: Morgan Freeman 08/06/05" on 23:03:13 08/06/05 Sat

First off, I want to thank Prateek for suggesting the flag bit for my "Bitter Regrets" sketch. I greatly appreciated it, and thought it added quite a bit of humor. You rock, Prateek.

Secondly, my apologies. If after reading my sketch, anyone now has the image of Morgan Freeman having sex with a cow stuck in their brains, I am truly sorry. I did not mean for you to have that image haunting your mind.

Finally, le reviews!

- Summer on the Road: Great CO. The dialogue about the heat at the beginning was hilarious - I especially loved Rob and Finesse's quasi-racial comments, and Finesse's use of "Woah". The clips showing what would happen in the new filming locations were great. Very nice Grand Theft Auto parody, by the way. Killer opening. Hopefully in a future show we'll see a sketch featuring "Face on Fire Guy"

- Monologue: Dynamite monologue, Brian. You captured Morgan's dignified demeanor excellently, and you wrote that "letter" brilliantly. In the past, a lot of monologues that try to poke fun at SNL's material have fallen short, but this was a welcome change. Each build-up of a gay-themed sketch just added to the humor, and including David Spade and Jim Brewer was a nice touch as well. My only complaint, though, is that you didn't mention the "Gay Dracula" skit from John Travolta's show. Ah well, it was still funny.

- Minstrel Show: It's been a while since we've had a Jesse/Sharpton parody sketch, thanks for bringing one back. This was a great "Simple misunderstanding/bad choice of words" skit with incredible results. The Renaissance Fair administrators reminded me of the guys from my Hitler Coffee sketch, in that they couldn't see what was obviously wrong, and kept changing things but made it more offensive. Awesome stuff. I loved the "Black Guy's" unwilling participation in the press meetings.

Cop Patrol - Another funny cop sketch, we've had a lot of good police bits this season. The perp's excuses were quite clever, and Ramsey's stupidity provided for a great conflict between him and Huffcut. In addition, "Never stop a fat, hungry Mexican," and "Jesus Tittie-F***ing Christ!" are two of the funniest lines of all time, in my opinion. I just wish Huffcut hadn't died, but then again, it did provide an action-packed ending and set up a humorous VO from the narrator about "next week's episode".

- Help is on the Way: This was a rather interesting skit. It seems reminiscent of the one that features a hit-man going after a suicidal guy who's ready to jump. The woman's dialogue wasn't all that interesting, but you made up for it by giving Russell Taylor some very good lines. This was another great build-up sketch, with his trying to keep her calm while gathering information on the valuables in the building. The surprise at the end didn't have as good a payoff as expected, sorry to say, but it was still a good piece.

- Real Celebrity Moment IV: Please God, please, I can't take anymore. (Sorry Mark, but I just don't think these are your best work)

- Safety: The second installment from Newbie Newberson Caterpillar Adams. Another funny build-up sketch, the third so far in this show. We've got a good trend going here. The opening wasn't all that funny, but as Jill kept pointing out absurd ways Rob could get injured, the humor grew. Again, though, the ending didn't have the best payoff. It would have been better had the meteor vaporized Rob, and Jill could have commented by saying he could have done something else to keep him safe.

- Casual Converstation: So-so. It didn't need the use of "Fucked-up shit", and I didn't really find a lot of the lines that clever. But then again, as I've said, I'm not much of a fan of celebrity parodies. Sorry again, Mark, but this just didn't appeal to me.

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