Thursday Night TV Open Thread
There were lots of great laffs and memorable moments last night, not to mention plenty of casual jokes about the environment because in order to save something you must tease it (Hobbes*), but the one thing that people were talking about more than any other aspect in last night's line up was Al Gore's cameo teeth on 30 Rock. Did you see those things?
Obviously, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Al Gore has done a lot of good in this world, so it might seem cheap to focus on his teeth of all things, but WHOA. What is going on in there? Enhance!
Enhance.
Enhance.
Yiiikes. People were like:
Did you see Al Gore's teeth, man?!
Looks like someone didn't sign the Kyoto Teethy!
More like an INCONVENIENT TOOTH, RIGHT, YOU GUYS?
And scene.
*Not Hobbes.
Posted by Gabe at 11:30 AM in Love-Watching
Tags: 30 Rock | Al Gore | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The League | The Office
How bout next time I'm at the drs office gettin a prostate exam you can come by and shoot me in the head.
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I didn't get that one. All the other references were to good things being interrupted by a shot to the back of the head (e.g. Super Bowl party, making it up to Ron, alone time in the men's room, etc).... and then prostate exam?
Oh, memory jog. Last week, Ron O'd to a shoe-shine.
Mystery solved!
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Maybe next time I'm in the stall taking a crap you can come in there and shoot me in the head.
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I was under the impression that pointing out someone's physical shortcomings was uncouth.
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Yeah, seeing as how I got comment-raped for suggesting that the fatties in line for the new moon were fat, this whole blog needs to be uploaded to the bad blogs that talk shit about al gore hall of fame, no?
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Huh?
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The alleged double standard doesn't apply when we're talking about a public figure who puts himself in the public eye and happens to have something weird and new going on with his teeth, while wasn't there when he made a cameo on 30 Rock last season vs. young women, who are not public figures, who are probably already filled with self-loathing and body image issues, who don't need you to pile on.
I noticed Al's teeth too, and thought it was strange.
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Yeah, cuz the twilight moms read video gum and are surely affected by my comments. I thought I was being a goof about the comments, not trying to call these people on the phone, berate them about their odd obsession with a movie about vampires (AND IT IS DUMB) and then call em fat.
This stuff is just silliness now.
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And the shit with Big Al Gore's teef aint new bossman, that grill's been gnarled since before the first Clinton administration, when he was reppin TN all hard and shit. RECOGNIZE!
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I would still download it.
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The highlights (I mean Jai-Lai-ts…. No I don’t):
Parks and Rec:
That whole rapid-fire litany to the Park Ranger:
"I got that tunnel vision that girls get."
"I let my emotions get the best of me."
"I cared too much, I guess."
"I was thinking with my lady-parts."
"I was walking and it felt icky."
"I thought there was gonna be chocolate."
"I don't even remember!"
"I'm wearing a new bra, and it closes in the front, so it popped open and it threw me off."
"All I wanna do is have babies!"
"I'm just going through a thing right now."
"I guess when my life is incomplete, I wanna just shoot someone."
"This would not happen if I had a penis!"
"Bitches be crazy."
"I'm good at tolerating pain; I'm bad at math, and... I'm stupid."
My wife now has an excuse for everything. Every. Thing. Thanks, P&R. *slightly gruntled*
30 Rock only supplemented the excuse ballot: Jenna: “Kenneth, I’m doing my Kegels.”
And I DID NOT appreciate It’s Always Sunny in Philly plaging my sex-up lines: "Pizza's good." "You're the one that's good."
Today, FML. (Qualifier: but not as effed as poor Gladys a/k/a Nanna left to the mercy of Carnies and Fair goers).
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how could Anyone Downvote this?
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How did you remember all that? That was the best part of anything. Ever. It will now play in a continuous loop in my head.
And also... you do get that those where lame excuses that men expect women to say and she was just making fun right? Not that those were actual excuses... so if your wife uses those... thats... well I wont go there.
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My particularly sorrowful attempt at jestery was what is called in the biz (that's comedy business, fyi) localizing an outlandish generalization (this is not what it is called anywhere).
So, yes.
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friends 4-eva :)
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You're a Real Slaker, Fizz. *hand shake* My thirst for online camaraderie is quenched.
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Get a room.
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It's a shame too cause that janitor's get-up really brings out his eyes.
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Can someone use the enhance [for good] to see what the 'y' stood for in the acrostic?
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So I've become so used to upvoting comments that I sometimes want to upvote lines in the actual post, and get momentarily confused when there's no green up arrow. Does this happen to anyone else? (Full disclosure: in this case, the line I wanted to upvote was "Kyoto Teethy." What is wrong with my brain???)
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what is it with older people's teeth? Seriously? Is it just that people couldn't afford braces back then? Cuz I just don't see younger people walking around with their toofs all jumbled. Old age is scary.
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You can't fault them for upbringing. The Great Depression taught them that flossing was wasteful, and all food bits should remain and be saved for a rainy day.
"Floss-less dental hygiene is so green." - Sheryl Crow.
Our grandparents set the template for modern celebrity environmentalism.
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Parks and Recreation won last night
Tom: You’re favorite kind of cake can’t be birthday cake. That’s like saying you’re favorite kind of cereal is breakfast cereal.
Donna: Mmm. I love breakfast cereal.
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Definitely. And Donna was the winner of P&R..she had me lulling all over the place.
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I don't know. Andy's terrible attempts at making April spit-take had me in tears: "Oh my god, I can't believe the squirrel took the nuts...from the backpack.":
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"Your gravy train is leaving the station... chaka chaka whoo whoo"
Definitely the only TV show in recent memory that could manage to fill an episode with An American Tail references. Awesome.
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HEEEERRRRRES BROWNIES!
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Community killed last night, especially with the "Somewhere Out There" finish, it was perfect. Also, gif request of Annie doing the train motion? That was way hot.
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I second that request, GREAT Call!
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Amazing
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Because of last week's episode I spent all of this one paying special attention to Annie, but I somehow managed to miss the amount of hot in that train motion.
How is it even possible for that sweater to look so good?
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Because of last week's episode I spent all of this one paying special attention to Annie, but I somehow managed to miss the amount if hot contained in that motion. That sweater is doing things to me.
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Damn.
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I and my sex drive thank you, bodie.
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This GIF is basically the best GIF. Thank you.
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Anyone else feel like they are watching The Office battle a serious and life-threatening illness? You want to be there for moral support in these difficult and trying times, but it is just hard to watch.
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I was actually into last night's Office (Community, P&R, 30 Rock all won big time for me - to be clear). I felt really disappointed that Oscar didn't take his opportunity to ask hard questions. As soon as I felt that I thought, "I'm feeling! I'm feeling something because of an Office plot point! They're leveling out!"
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I liked the Oscar storyline, but it was still subpar by the standards the show once had. I mean, I'd still much rather watch The Office than, say, Two and a Half Men, but it's just sad to see something that was so so good turn into something that is only a little bit good.
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Mos def the weakest show last night (gave up on The League, so not counting that one) but it was interesting to finally get some insight on how horrendously run Dunder-Mifflin is. I mean, it explains sooo much.
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Agreed, It went from the bast show on TV to the 5th best show on Thursday nights (Sorry, The League just hasn't put me into a LOLma yet.)
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Is it odd that I thought "The Office" won the night? Or at least came in second to P&R. I had that "life-threatening illness" feeling during most of Season 5 (especially the whole Andy/Dwight/Angela deal).
Anything approaching the bleakness of Seasons 1 & 2 or the British version makes this show great for me... the final shot of them celebrating out the limo's sunroof as the camera pans to the stock ticker was kind of amazing, IMO
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Dis-GEISS...Pun on "Disgrace".
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The League had some serious LOL's last night. I think it was the funniest one yet.
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"I just wanted to watch Benjamin Button."
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Highly agreed! It's been quality all the way through...thanks in large part to, of course, Paul Scheer - "Can I ask you why you're dressed like a Russian house DJ?" - "First of all, just so you know, this is the exact same thing Vin Diesel wore in XXX and he's the extreme James Bond."
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Ronnie Brown for Plaxico: "He told me it wasn't the same guy!"
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Videogum debate. Better Doctor: Dr. Leo Spaceman or Dr. Mantis Toboggan?
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I'm afraid Al Gore is slowly turning into Frances Bavier.
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I can't remember which show it was on, probably P&R, but I think someone was watching one of those "Human Horse" youtube videos.
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It was the dean on Community.
"I hope this doesn't awaken something in me."
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I did not appreciate Chris Parnell enough when he was on SNL.
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I laffed in half when Dot Com played Liz's angry black boyfriend.
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"I will be all the time! I will be taking things out of context..."
That was amazing.
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last night 30 rock made a joke identical to one from a spongebob episode I saw when I was 13. I WILL LEAVE IT TO YOU GUYS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS.
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While I don't know the Sponge Bob joke, I did see a Sesame Street Joke.
Last night, Kenneth reminded us of our "best and brightest" kid television show, and how it failed to educate properly, dropping the lyrical ball, so-to-speak. "Conserve electricity. Don't be a zero, be a good guy." - Masi Oka via Kenneth. Cf: Mad Men via Sesame Street: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgvKCfZqxrQ …. How could you not say “Glad Men”?
They are toying with our children!!!
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"Not now, Kenneth, I'm doing my Kegels"?
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Shark Police
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I'm looking forward to trying out the D.E.N.N.I.S. method of seduction this weekend - though anyhow have any idea on where I can purchase one of those handy voice-scramblers for the step where I'm tasked with calling the girl from a pay phone?
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Someone got paid to make that suit. Teddy Ruxpin never had a suit.
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Shit. I thought that was pedobear. The internet, it's in my head.
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Tickle Me - And Rub My Belly!
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Am I the only nerd who noticed the "I like turtles" reference in "It's Always Sunny"?
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Of course not
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Hate to burst your bubble, but the current count of other people "in" on this joke is 13,971,278.
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I think we all noticed it but you would be the sole nerd.
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"Men really like it when you are better than them at something the love." Leslie killed it last night!
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I think Aziz's legs were the real winners of the night. They look like Cow Tails.
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You're listening to turkey calls!
Is this not rap?
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I wanna say to the writers of Parks & Rec (cuz they totes read this thread every week I'm SURE), I'm LOVING seeing April more engaged and engaging. The whole "whatever, I'm bored" *eye roll* teenager-thing is so one-note/not-funny. But she definitely became a human being this week and I had teh lolz to prove it.
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Best performance of the night however goes to Oscar in the Office (I get to hand out awards because I am an expert). He did some serious acting in last nights episode.
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I really like this April and Andy angle they're taking. MORE GOOD CHOICES PARKS AND RECREATION!!!
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