I’ve watched the past few weeks. The short quick news summaries are SNL Weekend Update quality (some funny, some not) but the skits with “experts” are routinely lame. They really need more video segments to liven it up (perhaps a reporter trying to get a “live” interview with one of the whales stuck in the river to ask him how he “feels” about being stuck, whether he’s stupid because of No Child Left Behind didn’t include whales, etc.). The funniest thing so far has been the Laura Ingraham ad for Oxyclinton.
Oh, and the Miller segment almost doesn’t seem like part of the show but he does typically turn in his Miller-esque rant in fine style.
Your suggestions are excellent. If it stays weekly it can stay more topical too. I agree that the skits with “experts” should not be every week.
Dennis’s references are fast and furious and for once you don’t feel talked down to from a commentator. I love it. To make it feel more part of the show, maybe he should do his bit “live” on the news set... if he can. It LOOKS like a one-take effort but who knows?
...Laura Ingraham ad for Oxyclinton.
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That was brilliant. And Laura was very good. I almost did not recognize her, though, because her voice was so much softer. I wish she would use that same voice on her radio show because sometimes her voice is really grating.
I agree with you about the interivews with experts. Those parts must be written by the second stringers. I have yet to see a “commercial” that was not excellent.