Things that didn’t suck this week – awkward moments, cursing and Keith Olbermann

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“I could have had you in my life forever, if I wanted to.” Peggy tells Pete she’s not perfect on Mad Men

How awesome is Elisabeth Moss? When I’m watching Mad Men, I’m often distracted by the utter hotness of Jon Hamm as Don Draper, but damn, Peggy Olson is a great character. Along with her genteel ambition and mousy exterior, there’s a quiet desperation that runs under everything she says and does. It’s the yearning that I notice the most when I watch Moss play Peggy, but the scene in last Sunday’s season finale in which she finally tells Pete exactly what the result of their affair was, she reveals a strength that is pretty damn impressive.

“Kathy, you know my lover, Liz.” Jack and Liz pull a Soap Opera on 30 Rock

Thank God 30 Rock is back. I’ve felt as though I were missing a limb. Everyone in that cast is amazing, but it’s the interactions between Jack and Liz that keep me coming back for every episode. Watching the two of them pretending to be lovers is a great way to acknowledge the sexual tension that is between Jack and Liz, but that Tina Fey says the show will never explore. Watching them almost kiss was equal parts exciting and horrifying — but more importantly, it was hilarious.

“So… how’d you get interested in acting?” Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman share a big heaping cup of awkward on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

I really don’t think Sarah Silverman is all that funny, and I’m totally indifferent towards Jimmy Kimmel (although I have heard that he’s a really nice guy). However, for some reason, I find myself completely invested in their relationship. It’s stupid, but I was really kind of sad when they broke up. I just want those two crazy kids to work it out! Also, I may be reading into things a bit much, but I think Silverman’s choice of words when she asked Jimmy if he had kissed anyone else “when we were split” is very telling.

“Hey idiots! I’m fuckin’ talkin’ to you!” Regis Philbin frightens the audience on Live with Regis and Kelly

Guys, I love Regis Philbin. What can I say? I just have a thing for cranky old men. Anyway, Friday was Regis and Kelly’s annual Halloween extravaganza, in which the hosts dressed in over a dozen costumes over the course of the show. One of the people he dressed as was Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares host, Gordon Ramsay. Now, while most people would have tried to at least attempt Ramsay’s British accent, Reege is a hundred years old and cannot be bothered. Instead, he used it as an opportunity to unleash all of his old man rage and unleash a string of f-bombs on an unsuspecting audience. It was delightfully terrifying.

“This sir, is a genocide. A feline genocide!” Ben Affleck hosts Saturday Night Live

Ben Affleck gets a lot of guff. I don’t know exactly when or why it happened, but sometime around the beginning of the new millennium, the country seemed to collectively decide he was a douchebag. I have always disagreed. So has Lorne Michael, apparently, as he chose Affleck to host the last SNL before the election– an episode in which Presidential nominee John McCain appeared, no less. Affleck didn’t even have anything to promote! He was just there!

The fact is, he makes a good host. Unlike most people who come on and awkwardly read lines off of cue cards, Affleck does characters. Producers even trust him to do impressions, and his Keith Olbermann one? Amazing.

Oh, by the way: I don’t care what your political affiliation is, members of the SNL audience, but booing John McCain when he comes on the show to do Weekend Update makes you a dick.

Clacked by Kona Gallagher
on Nov 02, 2008 @ 20:52 EST5EDT