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Dec. 22nd, 2009
SNL: Week 10
Dec. 22nd, 2009 10:28 amJames Franco helped nail down a damned good show to close out the decade. There were a few misses, but most skits were worth watching.
The Lawrence Welk Show: Of all of Kristen Wiig's characters, this one's one of my favorites. And having the sisters as the back-up singers was a nice twist on the typical skit.
Franco's monologue: A funny monologue with some straight-up jokes (and I loved the comment about SNL not having an election this year). It's always good to see this much enthusiasm from a host, as well as a willingness to make fun of himself.
What Up With That: My favorite recurring skit of the year. I hate Mike Tyson with a flaming passion, of course, but the rest of the skit was as brilliant as always. And hey, John Stockton!
The overly-affectionate family. I think this one debuted when Franco hosted last year. It's insanely over-the-top, and might have featured the longest male-on-male kiss I've ever seen on network TV. Abby did a great job as the straight woman here.
The Tizzle Wizzle Show: Wow. This was so wonderfully wrong. On every level. I adored this, especially Franco's reactions to every odd change.
The Manuel Ortiz Show: It's a one-joke skit, but it worked well enough.
Weekend Update: Seth was on his a-game, as always. Bobby as Snooki was a brilliant bit. The unprepared singers wasn't quite as brilliant, but was still cute.
Illiterate frathouse: Funny, even if it was obvious where it was headed.
Vincent Price's Holiday Special: As always, great imitations. The Liberace/James Dean bit went way further than I'd expected it to go. Come to think of it, so did the Kate Hepburn bits.
Christmas Tree shopping: Silly, but Franco made it work.
Dildos: Meh. One joke, and it barely worked.
Mark Wahlberg Talks to Christmas Animals: Cute, but nothing we haven't seen before.
Overall, a great show, with the only subpar bits occurring after the second musical bit, where they belong.
The Lawrence Welk Show: Of all of Kristen Wiig's characters, this one's one of my favorites. And having the sisters as the back-up singers was a nice twist on the typical skit.
Franco's monologue: A funny monologue with some straight-up jokes (and I loved the comment about SNL not having an election this year). It's always good to see this much enthusiasm from a host, as well as a willingness to make fun of himself.
What Up With That: My favorite recurring skit of the year. I hate Mike Tyson with a flaming passion, of course, but the rest of the skit was as brilliant as always. And hey, John Stockton!
The overly-affectionate family. I think this one debuted when Franco hosted last year. It's insanely over-the-top, and might have featured the longest male-on-male kiss I've ever seen on network TV. Abby did a great job as the straight woman here.
The Tizzle Wizzle Show: Wow. This was so wonderfully wrong. On every level. I adored this, especially Franco's reactions to every odd change.
The Manuel Ortiz Show: It's a one-joke skit, but it worked well enough.
Weekend Update: Seth was on his a-game, as always. Bobby as Snooki was a brilliant bit. The unprepared singers wasn't quite as brilliant, but was still cute.
Illiterate frathouse: Funny, even if it was obvious where it was headed.
Vincent Price's Holiday Special: As always, great imitations. The Liberace/James Dean bit went way further than I'd expected it to go. Come to think of it, so did the Kate Hepburn bits.
Christmas Tree shopping: Silly, but Franco made it work.
Dildos: Meh. One joke, and it barely worked.
Mark Wahlberg Talks to Christmas Animals: Cute, but nothing we haven't seen before.
Overall, a great show, with the only subpar bits occurring after the second musical bit, where they belong.
30 Senators who support rape
Dec. 22nd, 2009 05:57 pmThe Franken Amendment -- about as common sense and humane an amendment that exists, one that punishes contractors that explicitly "restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court" -- is now a law.
In case you're wondering what sort of alleged human beings could possibly oppose this, here are the thirty folks who did. Note the presence of a man who almost became president. Also note that, although all thirty assholes are male and Republican, it is clearly possible to be a male Republican and not be a complete asshole, as folks like Richard Lugar, Judd Gregg, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, and George LeMieux were able to support this bill and not protect rapists.
The list of shame:
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)
In case you're wondering what sort of alleged human beings could possibly oppose this, here are the thirty folks who did. Note the presence of a man who almost became president. Also note that, although all thirty assholes are male and Republican, it is clearly possible to be a male Republican and not be a complete asshole, as folks like Richard Lugar, Judd Gregg, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, and George LeMieux were able to support this bill and not protect rapists.
The list of shame:
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)