Franklin & Bash (TNT) – Tonight’s episode features Jane Seymour as Bash’s mom, basically reprising her ravenous older woman role from Wedding Crashers and hitting on every non-Zack Morris male on the show. Very few things in the world make this much sense, so it’s probably best if we just move along and don’t ask questions.
NBA Finals (ABC) – The Miami Heat go to Oklahoma City for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. I don’t talk a lot about sports here because Uproxx already has a very fine sports site (live discussion here), but please know that I have a number of feelings about LeBron James’s hairline and James Harden’s beard that I would be happy to share with you if we ever meet up over a beer. You won’t get a word in. Also, you’re buying.
American Ninja Warrior/America’s Got Talent (NBC) – I vote we combine these two shows and make “America’s Most Talented Ninja.” Ninjas over-singing classic love songs, eight-member ninja dance troupes, ninjas farting into a fishbowl or whatever the hell else passes for talent on television these days, and so on. There we go. I freed up an hour of primetime programming. Now about my pitch for “Lobster Cops.” If they don’t close cases fast, they’ll all be in hot water!
House Hunters (HGTV) – FAKE. FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE.
The Brit List: 20 Sexiest (BBC) – If my beloved Pippa Middleton does not appear on this list, there will be hell to pay. You would be unwise to test me, BBC.
Tosh.0/Workaholics (Comedy Central) – So … is this where I tell you all that I don’t particularly care for Daniel Tosh? Yeah, I think this is as good a place as any.
LATE NIGHT GUESTS: Jack Hanna and Patti Smith on Letterman; Andy Garcia and Cody Horn on Ferguson; Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, and Megan McCain on Leno; Maggie Gyllenhaal and Andy Cohen on Fallon; and Andy Samberg is on Conan.
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“House Hunters” is fake? My faith in reality programming is lost forever!
Also, Tosh’s show is annoying. His stand-up, slightly less so, but not a lot.
He’s very hit or miss for me as well. He tries too hard to be the edgy asshole comic who can somehow say racist things without being considered racist.
The show has just devolved into him playing clips of people either brutally injuring themselves or people puking while occasionally saying something funny.
“The show has just devolved into him playing clips of people either brutally injuring themselves or people puking while occasionally saying something funny.”
I’d be interested to hear what you think it was BEFORE.
Anyone tuning in for comedy higher than low brow, common denominator type schtick is really just Toshing themselves
I am in this weird place where I totally expected that I would agree with you about Tosh but I find him hilarious in spite of myself.
I couldn’t bring myself to watch the show until like last year or so and now I’m just … I love it.
Agreed. I’m all for people being vulgar and mean as all hell on TV though, the world needs more of that.
The remote bits, the “Web Redemptions” are basically always terrible, though. (Aside from last week’s joke regarding Rob Dyrdek. That was one of the best things he’s ever done.)
I don’t care for Tosh because he’s a smug dick about everything. This is the same issue I have with Raphael the Ninja Turtle.
Whew. I said the same thing below. I’m just glad to see I’m not alone. We should form some kind of group with weekly meetings.
I’m the only person who like Raphael the most, huh? I considered him to be more of a sarcastic prick than a smug prick.
I liked Raphael the best in the cartoon, but he was awful in the movies
I have turned the WG comments into a Ninja Turtle flame war no fewer than three times. It might be my favorite thing to do.
It sounds like this episode of Franklin and Bash was sponsored by Hornitos Tequila.
Ninja dance troupes? I want that show immediately.
Is Pippa Kate the British equivalent of Emily Zoey?
No show should have the word “Warrior” in the title that doesn’t actually have combat. Ninja warrior should involve actual fights. Deadliest Warrior should have actual samurai fighting vikings.
Also, my opinion of Daniel Tosh is that he is indeed a douche, but that I still find him funny. I don’t like or respect him as a person, but I laugh despite myself. So… I am the problem, much like the @holes who complain about the Kardashians and then watch their show.
Bursting more bubbles, House Hunters International… also fake. From my buddy’s experience: [insearchof-oz.blogspot.com]
I like Tosh, but agree with a lot of his critiques (most of them concern his show). I think the smugness is part of his WASPiness, which he’s totally embraced as part of his schtick. I don’t get the arrogance claims, because he’s constantly embarrassing himself.
Any comic bold enough to discuss racism or make it part of their act gets my respect. Tosh tends to go the racist route in the name of comedy, not in the vein of an actual racist like Michael Richards, but like Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle before him. The only kind of racial humor can’t be self deprecating, although it’s the safest.
Still not a fan of all this Ninja Warrior bashing… gonna have to write a 1000 word post as to why its the best thing on TV (in both sports and entertainment) right now, sooner rather than later.
This is apparently what goes on at ninja talent shows.
Workaholics FTW. This might be blasphemous, but I think that their S1 was on par with Sunny’s and Archer’s.
So, what’s your beef with Tosh? Is it because people in high school watch his show or his ridiculously overdone gay schtick?
I invited DG for a beer last week. I would have paid. He didn’t show. He talks a big game, but when you’re in Philly with beers in hand, he’s all “LOL CAN’T.”
According to wikipedia, Jane Seymour was born in 1509, so I think she’s looking quite good for a five hundred year old woman.