I can't think of anything bad to say about this episode. As many of you know from reading my other reviews, I will tear into an episode. I loved every minute and didn't find too many moments where my attention drifted. It left me with renewed energy and an interest in the show.
I loved the walk and talks, how characters play off each other, the developing conflicts, etc. I loved how the show is willing to discuss standing up to those many people fear. Remember "we have nothing to fear but fear itself." The 20% coward fee is priceless. I can't wait till the episode next week.
The episode sparked my imagination in an impossible way. It would be cool if there was a real comedy show on the weekends that followed the shows discussed on this series. I found myself wanting to see the episode they were planning. Think about it! An entire comedy show done as an opera / musical show.
As I said, my imagination in this case isn't possible. After all we have Saturday Night Live a tired old show, oops, maybe. Well anyway, maybe a skit about Studio 60 replacing SNL or from a different perspective a skit about a SNL make-over. On the other hand, a SNL show all in song would be very cool to watch - especially to Gilbert and Sullivan (though not necessarily).moreless
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Episode Summary
Now that they're on board, Matt and Danny try not to crumble under the pressure of putting on their first big show, where the stakes are outrageously high. Also high are the number of complaints the network is getting over the "Crazy Christians" sketch, which Jordan defends to Jack.moreless
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Amanda Peet
Jordan McDeere
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Timothy Busfield
Cal Shanley
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Steven Weber
Jack Rudolph
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ADD TRIVIA- Harriet said that Matt dated Marlo Thomas. She and Matthew Perry had worked together in "Friends". Edit
- The lyrics for the song are as follows: Studio 60 Cast: We'll be the very model of a modern network tv show Each time that we walk into this august and famous studio We're starting out from scratch after a run of 20 years and so We hope that you don't mind that our producer was caught doing blow. Chorus: They hope that you don't mind that their producer was caught doing blow They hope that you don't mind that their producer was caught doing blow They hope that you don't mind that their producer was caught doing lots of blow! Studio 60 Men: Yes it's hard to be a player when at heart you've always had a hunch To bite the hand that feeds you is a scary way of doing much But still when we walk into this august and famous studio We'll be the very model of a modern network TV show! Chorus: But still when they walk into this august and famous studio They'll be the very model of a modern network TV show! Harriet: I am a Christian, tried and true, baptized at age eleven so Unlike the lib'rals, gays and Jews, I'm going straight to heaven. Studio 60 Ladies: But if you feel you've been cheated and our sordid content lets you down We'll happ'ly do the favor of an intellectual reach around! Chorus: They'll happ'ly do the favor of an intellectual reach around They'll happ'ly do the favor of an intellectual reach around They'll happ'ly do the favor of a hundred-dollar hooker's reach around! Harriet (whispers): That wasn't the same thing we said. Chorus: They'll happ'ly do the favor of a verbal euphamistic reach around! Studio 60 Cast: We know the evangelicals are lining up to tag our toe And then the corporations will not hesitate to pull their dough But still when we walk into this august and famous studio We'll be the very model of a modern network TV show! Chorus: But still when they walk into this august and famous studio They'll be the very model of a modern network TV show! But still when they walk into this august and famous studio They'll be the very model of a modern network TV show! Edit
- When Matt and Danny search for an office, they mention that Lorne Michaels works in New York. This, along with a later explicit reference to "Saturday Night Live", make it clear that SNL still exists in the Studio 60 universe. Edit
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ADD QUOTES- (Danny phones the control booth) Danny: How's it lookin' back there? Cal: We got a problem. Danny: What? Cal: We blew a circuit and there was a small fire. The fire's out, but I'm only gonna have one camera for awhile. Danny: What the hell are you talking about; I was just -- Cal: Nah! I'm just kidding; we're all set. Danny: You scared the hell out of me. Cal: Well it's a comedy show, dude; welcome back. Edit
- Matt: (to the writer's room) We're going to act, dress, talk, write and behave professionally. Harriet: (Bursting through the door) You are an adolescent, oversexed, whore monger with the sensitivity of a head of cabbage. Matt: (to the writer's room) And all that will begin in just a few minutes. Edit
- Matt: I'd rather sit in Lorne Michaels' office. Danny: Well... Lorne's office is in New York, and he's still using it. So you're gonna use this one. Edit
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Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS- The backwards-counting clock on Matt's office wall is labelled with the line, "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." This is a quote from Groucho Marx. Edit
- Jack: Jordan, I'm not sure that following Danny's rigorous honesty with a joke about being high was the way William Paley would've handled it. William S. Paley (1901-1990) was the head of CBS during its greatest years. Edit
- Matt: The man wrote for the Smothers Brothers. He wrote with Pryor, and he wrote with Cosby. The Smothers Brothers, Tom and Dick, were a humorous folk-singing duo who hosted a comedy variety hour in the 1960's. Richard Pryor was a stand-up comic, recording artist, actor and writer, who also wrote for movies and television. Bill Cosby also had a stand-up and recording career before becoming most famous for his successful TV sitcom The Cosby Show (1984-1992). Edit
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