Showing posts with label humour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humour. Show all posts

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Biscuits and Gravy

So the Superbowl is today, which you would only not know if you've been living under a rock.

IF you have been living under a rock, then you may also have missed this Key & Peele sketch, which is an essential must-watch for awards junkies this season.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Oscar Postmortem Pt. 2: Seth MacFarlane

Reactions from entertainment writers in the wake of last Sunday's sweet and sour Academy Awards telecast have been mostly sour. Has nobody anything sweet to say about the show or its controversial host Seth MacFarlane? I'm just searching for some sugar, man.


Not that MacFarlane needs me or anyone else to defend him. He's no martyr. The style of frat-boy humour that so annoyed people at the Oscars is that upon which he's built for himself a small TV animation empire. Having gotten away with – and actually thrived on – far grosser comedy in Family Guy and American Dad for so many years makes the 39-year-old millionaire somewhat untouchable.

So why do I feel compelled to debate the vocal masses who have been quick to deem him public enemy #1? Again, it's not because I feel he needs to be defended. Nor is it because I think he did a particularly great job; his own self-deprecating meta review of himself, “Seth MacFarlane Proves to be Mediocre Oscar Host”, is pretty accurate in my opinion. So no, this editorial is not a defence of the man, and it is not a contrarian stand for the minority opinion. Rather, it is a plea for cooler heads and less conclusion-jumping, which are becoming increasingly rare in this digital age of hasty headlines and instant reactions.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Sunday Top Ten: Leslie Nielsen line readings

I thought about doing this list after Leslie Nielsen's passing last November, but as the Oscar season was just getting started, I never got to it. Today I honour his wonderful career by highlighting my ten favourite line readings of his. I was hoping to work in something from Forbidden Planet, but nothing really stood out. Unsurprisingly, Airplane and the Naked Gun movies are healthily represented.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

If other directors had made The Social Network...

Do pardon my french, but this is too fucking hilarious!