0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 6/5/2015
When I was in middle school, a classmate let me borrow a VHS he had recently bought, or possibly stolen, from the local video store. Blood Lake — not to be confused with the Shannen Doherty lamprey movie of the same name that aired on Animal Planet last year — was a 1980’s, Z-grade horror film that some friends […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 6/1/2015
When Jurassic Park was released in 1993, it began the slow decline of practical effects as the go-to source for special effects in films. In the years preceding Jurassic Park, several films — most notably The Last Starfighter, The Abyss, and Terminator 2 — had broken barriers in regards to computer generated imagery (CGI), but […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 5/21/2015
Saturday Night Live just finished its 40th season on television. It is the longest running variety show in American history, and the touchstone by which almost every American sketch comedy show is now measured. After a less than stellar 39th season, a lot of pressure was placed upon Lorne Michaels, the cast, and the writers […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 5/18/2015
It doesn’t seem all that long ago that my first recap for the 40th season of Saturday Night Live was posted here, but 21 episodes later — and one 40th anniversary special — we’ve reached the end of the season. Unfortunately, SNL limped into the summer with an uneven, and at times, very awkward episode […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 5/11/2015
Saturday Night Live seems to have a bit of “senioritis” as we near the end of season 40. Last week featured several sketches that seemed like ideas which weren’t fully formed, or just extremely rough ideas that somehow were given the green light, and this week was no different. Host Reese Witherspoon was actually very […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 5/6/2015
In the days following Kurt Cobain’s suicide in 1994, I don’t remember candlelight vigils, black armbands, or crying classmates at my high school. I remember my mom vacuuming. Specifically, vacuuming while I was trying to watch MTV for updates from Kurt Loder and Tabitha Soren in between airings of Nirvana’s appearance on Unplugged. I also […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 5/4/2015
Sometimes I really want to like an episode of Saturday Night Live solely because of the host, and that usually gets me into trouble because my expectations are rarely reached in those instances. This week was no exception with Scarlett Johansson hosting. I will admit to a slight crush on Johansson, and my wife will […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 5/1/2015
My family went to Target last weekend to buy sandals and underwear. Specifically, sandals and underwear for my four-year-old son, who doesn’t seem to want to stop growing. After some negotiations with our son, we were able to decide on some plain brown sandals — and Star Wars underwear — which were the compromise for […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 4/17/2015
Last year, around the time of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, I wrote about German music pioneers Kraftwerk, and dubbed them the “rock hall’s greatest omission.” I based this on their influence on not only electronica and techno music, but on music as a whole since their debut in the early […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 4/13/2015
These recaps are the hardest to write when Saturday Night Live has a middle-of-the-road episode. If it’s a great show from start to finish, then I end up with too much to write about, and if it’s terrible then I can make wisecracks about it for an entire post. Those episodes that are uneventful, one […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 4/6/2015
One of the nice things about my Saturday Night Live recaps not being posted until Monday morning is that it gives me a chance to watch each episode again before writing the recap. I usually don’t sway too far from my initial impression, but occasionally I will see a sketch or a performance differently after watching it […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 3/30/2015
Saturday Night Live returned to form after two weeks away with an extremely entertaining episode. A lot of that can be attributed to the great work done by host Dwayne Johnson, but also a nice, diverse set of sketches that poked fun at Disney, the WWE, fraternities, and Robert Durst. The show is at its best […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 3/26/2015
This Sunday, the biggest event of the year for the WWE, Wrestlemania 31, takes place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. A lot of wrestling writers and fans are predicting a lackluster event this year, with a main event no one wants — WWE champion Brock Lesnar versus Roman Reigns — to matches involving wrestling relics […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 3/20/2015
Last October, Adult Swim aired a dark, weird, and seemingly endless credits sequence for a fake sitcom called Too Many Cooks at 4 A.M. on a Tuesday morning. The 11-minute video quickly became a viral hit that has been viewed over seven million times on YouTube. Fast forward five months, and CNN has created a […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 3/16/2015
On the surface, the March 7 episode of Saturday Night Live was fairly uneventful. The highlight for many was most likely any time hunky host Chris Hemsworth made an appearance on-screen, but this episode also marked the first official appearance of Kate McKinnon as probable 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. What was strange about this […]
