Thursday Night Comedy

So last night there were a couple highly publicized episodes. 30 Rock made "history" with their live episode which they performed twice, once for the East coast and the other for the West. The Office brought back all of his ex girlfriends because he had to warn them they might have herpes, or as Michael spells this sexually transmitted disease: "H... I.... .... R. P. E. E. S. Hirpees." Before either of these two though Community aired another classic episode where the gang gets trapped in a space launch.... simulator.

Community: I hate that I ever doubted this show. I'll admit that initially I figured it had T minus half a season to go before it was cancelled. It totes grew on me though. After the characters finally settled into their places and became more established, the show really started to take off for me. Initially I thought it took itself too seriously, but wow was I wrong. The episode that really launched the show was easily the paintball war episode. Community is going to have to work extra hard to come up with an episode as good as that one, and they were definitely close with this weeks.

The dichotomy in this episode, and really throughout the entire series, of placing events that could potentially have a huge significance in any other setting (say, a real college or institution) into a less impressive and prestigious setting (Community College...)  just makes it that much more hilarious. The crew in this episode must correctly simulate a space launching before another community college does live on TV giving that COMMUNITY college more prestige than another COMMUNITY college. It had all the classic Armageddon and all those other great space launch films references with Abed getting left behind but having to save the ship to Pierce getting some cabin fever. Twas a tale of epic proportions based in scenery of minute relevance. Priceless.

30 Rock (East) (West): So, I haven't watched the West coast feed yet, but I'm guessing it wasn't toooooo different. It looks like the white guy on the show sings at the beginning instead of Jenna, and I'm sure a few other things were different too. Overall though I wasn't overly impressed. It was a nice change of pace at first, but I found myself missing the higher quality version of the show. The episode really made me realize just how important the cinematography and editing are to the show. Of course everyone performed excellently, it just fell a little short comically from the rest of the series. But, whatever. It was a great idea and was executed well. Although did you notice that Tina Fey had a script in her hand the entire time? I wonder if that was her "character" holding that, which could easily be the case since she is a writer on a show, or if perhaps it was there to save her in case she ever forgot a line, or just needed to see what was coming next. Either way it doesn't matter. I'll still watch it again as the West coast feed.

*edit* While watching the West coast feed. I realized what threw me off was the audience laughing. Gives the show a completely different feel. Also, Julia Louis Dreyfus makes the show playing Liz Lemon in flash backs. Perfection. 30 Rock also needs to have Cheyenne Jackson in way more. He's so damn attractive.

The Office:  Okay. So, there really isn't much else to talk about this show besides the hilarious Michael Scott quote above, but this picture is too good to not post right now. I'm still curious as to what they're going to do once Steve (yeah, first name basis. We're tight. My freshman roommate's friend is like, Steve's nephew or something, so we're pretty much besties.) leaves. I mean, it is definitely a smart choice for him to leave. You wanna go out with a bang, and not drag on like the last 3 seasons of Friends. There are enough characters in the show to work without Michael, but it just won't be the same, so they'll have to reinvent the show somewhat and somehow. I'll probably still watch just like I did with Scrubs even though everyone saw that it wasn't going to work.

Outsourced: I'm not even going to give you a link to this show because it just isn't worth it. I couldn't manage to watch this show with commercials. Least compelling thing ever. Clearly my two hours playing Mass Effect 2 was easily more productive than watching this show (yeah, that's right, watching TV can be productive...).  It is unfortunate this show won't work out (Parks and Rec is easily way better than this show, and has an established audience) because there are a few positive elements to it. Rebecca Hazlewood, for example, is so. damn. hot. Not just hot, but gorgeous. Flawless skin, stunning face, rockin bod. She's a triple threat. Sacha Dhawan and Parvesh Cheena are the only funny parts of this show. They could probably make a show succeed if they took these three characters and put them in their own show without any of the other cast. Overall, I just want this show to end so I can see Amy Poehler every week again.

Otherwise, Thursday night comedy was... pretty cool.

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