Posts Tagged ‘Amy Poehler’
There are so many things to love about Parks and Recreation - whip-smart writing, making mundane local politics hilarious, opening the second season with earnest (and super-square) heroine Leslie Knope giving a passionate rendition of the classic Fresh Prince song “Parents Just Don’t Understand” - but the crown jewels of the show are its each-one-more-hilarious-than-the-next cast of characters. I credit the writers and producers [...]
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Tags: Amy Poehler, Andy Dwyer, Aziz Ansari, Chris Pratt, Emmys, Leslie Knope, NBC, Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation, Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford
As stated in a post regarding last year’s Emmys, me and awards show have a love/hate relationship – I love them and they seem to hate me, or rather me and the collective viewing audience. Uninspired would best describe them of late, but Academy of Television you actually kept my rapt attention this year. It might be because I didn’t watch [...]
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Tags: Aaron Paul, Amy Poehler, Breaking Bad, Emmys, Eric Stonestreet, Glee, Jane Lynch, Jimmy Fallon, Joel McHale, Jon Hamm, Julianna Margulies, Mad Men, Modern Family, Ryan Murphy, Saturday Night Live, Stephen Cobert, Tina Fey
This is the face of post-ageist Hollywood, gentlereaders! After months of love for the golden girl of comedy have been flying all over the interwebs, it’s now officially confirmed that Betty White will host a special Mother’s Day edition of Saturday Night Live on May 8th. The show’s creator-producer, Lorne Michaels, told USA Today that the Facebook campaign, which [...]
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Tags: Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Betty White, Lorne Michaels, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon, Rachel Dratch, Saturday Night Live, The Golden Girls, Tina Fey
Repeat Doldrums, or How I Spent My Holiday Vacation Evaluating 2009 and Sizing Up 2010 – NBC
Hello again gentlereaders. No, I didn’t forget about you these past two months, please blame my absence on the most hectic (wonderful?) time of the year. Now that the holiday season has passed, including the glut of repeats that come with it, I am back and focused as ever to comment, critique and celebrate the [...]
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Tags: 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Amy Poehler, Community, Conan O'Brien, Jack Black, James Franco, NBC, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Will Arnett
Not that I’d go so far as to call its first season a total disappointment, NBC’s Parks and Recreation did come out of the gate rather weak earlier this year with only a pedigree of being led by the minds behind fellow Comedy Night Done Right hit The Office and lead Amy Poehler to keep me hopeful that the excellent creative potential [...]
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Tags: Amy Poehler, Megan Mullally, Michael Schur, NBC, Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Will & Grace
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