Bizarre factoid: that tremelo guitar riff at the beginning of each verse? That's LINK MOTHERFUCKING WRAY, motherfucker!
Bizarre factoid: that tremelo guitar riff at the beginning of each verse? That's LINK MOTHERFUCKING WRAY, motherfucker!
One that doesn't get the love it deserves but deserves all the love it can get: HANDLE WITH CARE (aka CITIZENS' BAND). Doomed to near-obscurity by its faddish subject matter and studio maltreatment, but it's a delight. Almost as if Preston Sturges had directed CONVOY. Seriously.
Stewart Lee (absolutely BRILLIANT English stand-up if you don't know him; there's an hour-long special and one season of his BBC program on Netflix, which I recommend whole-heartedly) had the best line about Corden: "England's loss… is America's loss as well."
STUDIO 60. Yeah, I said it. STUDIO muthafuggin' 60.
Preach. Any schmuck could rhyme "Taylor Swift" and "Oculus Rift" but only a select few can slide the word "hermeneutic" into an up-tempo pop tune and make it work.
Of course, Lorne Michaels is also the executive producer of Seth's show…
Please tell me you accidentally left the word "laugh" out of that sentence.
Best comedy line of the past 15 years: "She was like a candle in the wind. Unreliable."
Wonton's gonna be PISSED.
Indeed. And, as fact robot implied, the fact that Brooker is best known outside of this for withering media commentary (subsidized by some of the biggest media outlets in the UK) and the episode's co-writer (and CB's spouse) hosted an X FACTOR results show, gives the episode a layer of self-critique which is worthy…
It's EMERIC. EMERIC, dammit!
Agreed. And hey, THE BIG SHOT CHRONICLES just got reissued so now everyone can find out for themselves!
I guess people are too used to watching the show online or on demand nowadays, but THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. Show runs a little long sometimes, it being live and all. Myself, I prefer the rare occasions when it runs short and the host has to vamp for a minute or two. (Kirstie Alley was stuck up there for five…
Please step away from the comedy. Thank you.
Could you delineate the reasons why?
I thought that was Marc Maron. Though I wouldn't be surprised if that's happened dozens, hell, HUNDREDS of times.
The difference between David Cross and LTCG? Cross is ACTUALLY from the South.
I have a couple of follow-up questions.
Hear, hear. Just played "The Beautician" on the radio this past week. Fine group o' boys, they.
Greatest hits albums are for housewives and little girls!