Friday, December 22, 2023

Best of Television 2023

1. The Bear

You know that rule about bears that says "If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back"? The problem is black bears can be more brown in color and brown bears can get into tar pits so I've come up with something better. Since black bears have less concave skull profiles I propose, "if it's concave, give it a wave, if it's convex, start to flex (your muscles)". The one problem is their skulls aren't actually convex but concave to a lesser degree. To clear this up, since you're already thinking of bears and caves, you may naturally turn to Clan of the Cave Bear, turned into a movie with Daryl Hannah in 1986. Hannah's breakout was Splash, directed by Ron Howard. Ron Howard is the narrator of Arrested Development and provides exposition along with news anchor John Beard, playing himself. Of course, in real life John Beard is most known for taking the gun away from a man who forced David Horowitz to read a statement on air. You remember Horowitz mostly as the consumer advocate host of Fight Back! with David Horowitz. 

Fishes and Forks are stand out episodes.

2. Dave

You know how the movie Dave has a lookalike taking the job of president and in one scene the first lady seems to clock that his penis is different? That's weird.

3. Reservation Dogs

Since this is the holidays I just watched Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! which, first, adds to my list of movies I've seen with an exclamation point in the title:

Airplane! 

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 

Top Secret! 

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! 

¡Three Amigos! 

Mars Attacks! 

That Thing You Do! 

Baadasssss! 

Saved! 

Anvil! The Story of Anvil 

The Informant! 

SLC Punk! 

Viva Knievel! 

Zero Hour! 

Return of the Killer Tomatoes! 

Foodfight!

Gotcha!

Great Balls of Fire!

Machete Maidens Unleashed! 

Zapped!

Eaten Alive!

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Everybody Wants Some!!

Hail, Caesar!

Mother!

Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!

Maybe I watched one of those Oh, God! movies, I don't know. Second, I was reading how the director read a script during the filming of SN, DN 3: BWO! that he really wanted to direct. Unfortunately, the screenwriter was determined to direct and that script was Reservoir Dogs. He produced though. 

4. Fargo

You know how no one in Spanish speaking countries bought the Chevy Nova because it means "doesn't go"? Similarly, no one has been to Fargo because it's too much of a trek.

5. Poker Face

I just learned that Lady Gaga is singing something very rude in her hit song and no one noticed so it just played on the radio uncensored.

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