LOLocaust
After a mediocre season premiere last week, The Simpsons was back in top form Sunday night with an episode about Homer becoming an Opera singer – a storyline they haven’t done yet. A cameo by famed tenor Placido Domingo, or P. Dingo as he prefers, was put to good use and not contrived like most of their celebrity cameos in recent years. Maya Rudolph also had a cameo as an opera fan obsessed with Homer.
Family Guy on the other hand is barely tolerable these days. I constantly find myself staring at the screen for 22 minutes realizing that I’m not laughing. Everything they do has been done before. By them. The random jokes unrelated to the plot, and drawn out, endless routines just aren’t enough anymore. Last week’s Star Wars episode stirred up a few laughs but not enough for the hour-long running time. At least half of the episode was lifted directly from the film. It was quite the let down. Sunday night’s episode was a slight improvement but was still overflowing with the usual been there, done that. When Family Guy is funny, it’s a treat. But when they fail, it’s rather painful to watch.
SNL on the other hand was quite refreshing Saturday night. Lebron James was the host. While he can’t act worth a damn they did put him to good use in most of the sketches. He played himself at least half of the time. The opening of Hillary Clinton, with Bill peaking around the corner, was classic, and not one of the rest of the sketches induced boredom. Weekend Update though seems more irrelevant than irreverent these days. Seth and Amy are great together but with The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and the Onion News Network do we really need Weekend Update anymore?
The Simpsons B
Family Guy C-
Saturday Night Live B-
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:31 am
I think you actually loved all three episodes and were just looking for an excuse to use the word “LOLocaust.”
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Who me?