{"id":9128,"date":"2014-06-13T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=9128"},"modified":"2016-03-25T23:31:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T04:31:03","slug":"television-watched-2014-in-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/9128","title":{"rendered":"Television Watched 2014 in Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mystery Science Theater 3000<\/em> season 2 (1990)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This season included three episodes of Bela Lugosi in The Phantom Creeps<\/em>, and the first appearance of Mothra. Favorites: Sidehackers<\/em>, Jungle Goddess<\/em> and First Spaceship on Venus<\/em>. Also great: Wild Rebels<\/em> & Hellcats<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Sports Night<\/em> season 2 (2000)<\/strong><\/p>\n

We finally made it. Katy was not romantically satisfied with the ending, except of course for Sabrina Lloyd and Joshua Malina ending up together again. The \u201cshow\u201d is saved last-minute by Agent Coulson, but the show was not saved, and Sorkin moved on quickly to West Wing. Of the Sports Night<\/em> directors, Don Scardino did a lot of 30 Rock<\/em>, Marc Buckland made TV movies with Ken Marino and Jane Lynch, Dennie Gordon made Joe Dirt<\/em>, Alex Graves works on Game of Thrones<\/em>, Robert Berlinger made a Dukes of Hazzard<\/em> prequel and Thomas Schlamme made So I Married an Axe Murderer<\/em> and Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Man to Man with Dean Learner<\/em> (2006)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The laugh track wrecks the deadpan comedy, but as with most laugh tracks, you learn to ignore it after a while. Dean’s first guest is, of course, author Garth Marenghi<\/a>, followed by a racecar driver, a prolific sci-fi actor, a folk guitarist, and a psychic, all played by Matthew Holness. The final episode reminds of Look Around You<\/em> s2, bringing back the whole cast (all the Matthew Holnesses) for a memorial to the would-be-sixth guest, downward-spiralling star of the film Bitch Killer<\/em>. I love how Dean blatantly mistreats his guests, sometimes to disfigurement and ruination, through flashbacks and insinuation and even live on the show.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The Day Today<\/em> (1994)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on a radio show called On The Hour<\/em>, this show saw the brilliant debuts of Christopher Morris (Jam<\/em>, Brass Eye<\/em>, Nathan Barley<\/em>, Four Lions<\/a><\/em>), Armando Iannucci (Time Trumpet<\/em>, The Thick of It<\/em>, Veep<\/em>), Steve Coogan’s Alan Partridge character, Rebecca Front (Big Train<\/em>, Nighty Night<\/em>), producer Peter Fincham (Ali G<\/em>, Look Around You<\/em>, Smack the Pony<\/em>), and weirdly, writer Patrick Marber (Closer<\/em>). And I’m going to assume it inspired Charlie Brooker as well, since it’s a fake news show, but instead of making fun of current events, it’s mocking the manner in which they’re generally presented – so it’s still relevant and hilarious twenty years later.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

My Life in Film<\/em> (2004)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring the blond guy from Love Actually<\/a><\/em> (the one who picks up American girls with his cute British accent) as a self-described “independent low-budget filmmaker”. He never gets around to making any films, but each episode is in the style of a different classic (I loved the driving-school homage to Top Gun<\/em>). Fake-hitchcock cameo in the Rear Window<\/em> ep by Ron Burrage (Double Take<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The Sarah Silverman Program<\/em> season 1 (2007)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hadn’t watched this in a while.
\nCo-created by Sarah and the guys behind Community<\/em> and Heat Vision & Jack<\/em>
\nIt costars Brian and Jay from Mr. Show<\/em>, Sarah’s sister Laura (of Dr. Katz<\/em>\/Home Movies<\/em>) and Steve Agee (Cyberslut Killers in the Hollywood Hills<\/em>) with guest spots by Zach Galifianakis (as Sarah’s homeless ex-classmate), Jill Talley (as a ghost), Doug Benson, Jimmy Kimmel, Ron Lynch, Rachael Harris, Scott Aukerman, Tig Notaro, Paul F. Tompkins, and Tucker Smallwood as God.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Important Things With Demetri Martin<\/em> season 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Man this was such a brilliant show.
\nAnd Jon Benjamin!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Metalocalypse<\/em> season 2 (2008)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can never keep straight which ones Malcolm McDowell and Mark Hamill play.
\nThe other thing I can’t keep straight: the entire plot, or any non-band-member characters.
\nBut is that so wrong? I’m enjoying myself.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Revenge of the Subtitle<\/em> (1992)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Short public-access series in which comedians take clips from foreign films and maliciously re-subtitle them. Hoy!<\/p>\n

AD\/BC: A Rock Opera<\/em> (2004)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 1970’s-style nativity musical from the innkeeper’s perspective, mashing up the casts of Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace<\/em> and The Mighty Boosh<\/em>. Not a lost masterpiece, but cute enough. Next Christmas I will see if Katy will sit through it.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

more shows to find: Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle<\/em> and Horrificata Illuminata<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mystery Science Theater 3000 season 2 (1990) This season included three episodes of Bela Lugosi in The Phantom Creeps, and the first appearance of Mothra. Favorites: Sidehackers, Jungle Goddess and First Spaceship on Venus. Also great: Wild Rebels & Hellcats Sports Night season 2 (2000) We finally made it. Katy was not romantically satisfied with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[920,1790,654,422,848,1426,1789,197,52],"class_list":["post-9128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie","tag-armando-iannucci","tag-christopher-morris","tag-malcolm-mcdowell","tag-mr-show","tag-mst3k","tag-richard-ayoade","tag-sarah-silverman","tag-steve-coogan","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10939,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128\/revisions\/10939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}