Oh, It Looks Goood!

Conan has been doing these "Captain America: World Police" or whatever preview skits for a while now and it's so stupid it makes me laugh every time.

Part of the humor is that they play the same "Entertainment Tonight" clip EVERY SINGLE TIME. It appears they've finally discovered the humor there. And boy, have they!

I just made a post. OH, IT LOOKS GOOD!

John Kruk on Letterman

These old clips are amazing. In just a few decades the entire nature of being a professional athlete has undergone quite a transformation as these clips will show. John Kruk comes on Letterman and talks about baseball with wit and brutal, brutal honesty. This is an interview where political correctness, pretension and ego do not exist.

It takes Krukker about 2 minutes to get warmed up but once he does, it's comedy gold.

Would it even be possible for an athlete to say these things today? I don't think so. The media would eat them alive and leave nothing but a bloody carcass.

Slightly less funny but even more insanely forthright is this interview. Going in reverse chronological order, this one's from 1992:

There's no one like this any more.

Mep Mep Mep

It's "Video Game Week" on "Late Night" which means that every night they have a demo or an early look at some eagerly anticipated video game. I really couldn't give a bit. I'm so out of touch; all the giant video game franchises are just names to me, I don't know what any of it is about.

But to mark the occasion they've created a special 8-bit opening which is awesome:

Now that's a TKO from Tokyo.

The Ambiguously Gay Duo

TAGD IS BACK!!! I don't know how or why the skit was resurrected but I don't care. It's a classic cartoon and I've loved it ever since I first saw it on The Dana Carvey Show. That's right - it started on The Dana Carvey Show. Someday I should make a post about that show.

Anyways, it's back and aired on SNL (as well as Late Night). Here it is:

Review: I don't like the changing of Ace and Gary's voices. Colbert and Carrell had the perfect voices for the pair. But it's much more onerous to play multiple parts (as they do) in live action so it's not bad. I could identify Ed Helms, Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrell as the villains but I was stumped on the Lizard Man. Turns out it's current SNL cast member Fred Armisan.

Sports Show - Roller Derby

Lately I've been enjoying "Sports Show with Norm MacDonald". It's not a talk show (which is good, they're too many of them) it's a kind of comedy show. It's basically "Weekend Update" but about sports.

A recurring segment is sending Norm's nephew Kyle out to a location to report on some event. Here's the latest one where Kyle visits the Roller Derby. I dare say "Kyle" is the master of the awkward interview.

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Bob Marley Week

Recently Late Night with Jimmy Fallon celebrated Bob Marley Week on the show. Ever day of the week, a special musical guest was on to cover a Bob Marley song.

Of all of them, this one stood out as excellent. It's Chris Cornell covering "Redemption Song":