Things That Didn’t Suck This Week: Burglaries, learning Dutch, the gays and Timberlake

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“I don’t know what that means.” – Shane tries to figure out how to rob a safe on The Shield

Unlike most dramas, The Shield doesn’t really give you a whole lot of relief from the tension. Watching an episode is kind of like being punched over and over again. So after seven seasons, it was nice to see a little levity. When Mara gave Shane the combination to the safe at her real estate office so he could steal some cashier’s checks, it seemed like an easy in and out for a guy like Shane. However, it turned out to be anything but when Shane couldn’t figure out exactly how the safe worked.

This probably wouldn’t have been so funny if it had been on any other show, but within the context of the hard-boiled world of The Shield, watching the utter confusion on Shane’s face was hilarious.

(It starts at about 3:20 in the clip).

“By Tuesday, I could describe you in Dutch.” – Crews goes shopping on Black Friday on Life

I really like how Crews and Reese have gotten more comfortable with each other this season. They’re getting comfortable as partners and Reese is more accommodating toward Crews’s oddball behavior. This hyper monologue that he gives about everything that he learned shopping on Black Friday is typical Crews, but the fact that Reese humors him for as long as she does somehow makes him talking about how he shouldn’t wash his face with soap even funnier.

“‘Soaking up’ is what you do immediately after ‘saddlebagging.'” Dan Savage explains the finer points of gay culture on The Colbert Report

It’s not often that Stephen Colbert loses control of an interview, but that’s exactly what happened when he invited Dan Savage onto The Colbert Report to discuss Proposition 8, California’s anti-gay marriage amendment that just passed.

Between taking comfort in the fact that the majority of people who voted for Prop. 8 are going to die soon, soaking up extra Mormon sons, and talking about the one or two black men who have kept him down, Dan Savage literally causes Colbert to hide behind his notecards.

“Step one: you cut a hole in the turkey…” – Justin Timberlake drops by Weekend Update on SNL

I have to mostly agree with Bob Degon when he said that this week’s SNL wasn’t very good. Maybe they were just tired of politics, but the whole thing was rather lacking. One thing that had me genuinely laughing out loud, however, was Justin Timberlake on Weekend Update. Yes, as Bob said, it was self-serving on Timberlake’s part, but come on. That’s who Justin Timberlake is — he’s kind of douchey like that.

However, the guy does have a sense of humor and I’ve got to say, does some pretty good impressions. I was impressed with his Don Pardo; giggled when he talked about putting on a tiny hat for his performance, but it was his Michael McDonald impression at the end, that for some reason, completely cracked me up.

Clacked by Kona Gallagher
on Nov 16, 2008 @ 19:34 EST5EDT