Damn it's been a minuet! I'm back, Conan's back, thought it was appropriate to post a little something.
I caught Conan O'Brien's first show back/new show on TBS the other night. It was pretty good as new shows go, considering it's not REALLY a new show. He pretty much picked up right where he left off and everything went smoothly, nothing crazy new and inspiring but it was pretty good i suppose.
I somehow managed to forget about the new season of South Park, nonetheless it's up online already. Check it out, it's absolutely hilarious. I honestly haven't laughed that hard at a TV Show in a while (the monkey scene). Just Watch
I'm not going to say anything about this show other than that it's absolutely hilarious. I never heard of it until about a week ago (thanks Tommy) but if you've never seen it you're seriously missing out
I wanted to put this up last week but I forgot to. The new series on HBO "How To Make It In America" just aired on the 14th but the pilot episode has been online for about a week. I just watched it and it looks like it has some potential.
Here's a little abstract about the show:
HBO's new series "How to Make It in America" comes from the same producing team as "Entourage" -- but the thing you should know about it before anything else is that, aside from exploring the bond between guys and airing on HBO, it's not a whole lot like "Entourage."
Whereas Vinny Chase and his boys made it to the top and never really fell that far from it, "How to Make It" is about what it's like to be on the bottom of the heap and looking for a way up. "It's a street-level show," is how creator Ian Edelman puts it. "It's the beginning of a journey."
The show stars Bryan Greenberg ("October Road") and Victor Rasuk ("Stop-Loss," "Raising Victor Vargas") as Ben and Cam, long-time friends and would-be fashion moguls who have big ideas but less ability to execute them. The show follows their struggles to start a denim line -- how they luck into the fabric is part of the story in Sunday's (Feb. 14) premiere -- and make their names in the business. Luis Guzman, Lake Bell, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi also star.
Also check out the "How To Make It In America" mixtape
1. Kid Cudi & DJ Green Lantern - Intro 2. Jadakiss feat. Sheek Louch - Searchin’ 3. Dan Black feat. Kid Cudi - Symphonies (Remix) 4. Nipsey Hussle feat. Kevin Cossom - Husslas State of Mind 5. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar 6. Yacht - Psychic City (Classixx Remix) 7. Chromeo - Night by Night 8. Duck Sauce - Anyway 9. Freddie Gibbs feat. California Pudd - Playa (Capski Juke Remix) 10. Johnny Polygon - Riot Song 11. Holy Ghost! - Hold On 12. Florence & The Machine - You’ve Got The Love (The XX Remix) 13. Wave Machines - Keep the Lights On 14. Lupe Fiasco & Kenna - Resurrection 15. CyHi Da Prynce - Tired of Being Broke 16. Styles P feat. Dwayne Collins - Send a Kite 17. Phoenix - (Neighbors Remix feat. Devendra Banhart and Friends) 18. Junkie XL - Cities In Dust
Tom Green and Xhibit Freestyle. Anybody who's never seen this check it out.
Somebody also put together a mixtape of a bunch of his songs. Pretty decent, he's got pretty funny lines and there are also a few songs from his show you might remember.
Over the past year or so I have grown to absolutely love late night television. No, no I'm not talking about Infomercials or what's on HBO (real sex, taxicab confessions, is that even still on?) or that little transition when Cinemax becomes Skinemax... I think I'm digging myself a bit of a hole here, anyway I digress. I'm talking about the late night talk shows; Leno, Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Conan O'Brien, and Craig Ferguson. Sure I like some of the hosts a bit more than others but over time they have all grown on me. For example, when Jimmy Fallon first started off, I thought he was horrible, but as he has continued on over the last few months I feel he has gotten a bit more comfortable. Additionally I've realized that Craig Ferguson, who I don't get to watch all that much, is absolutely hysterical.
Sure each host has their strengths and weaknesses. I'm partial to Leno (I don't even know why) but I appreciate Letterman's wit and sarcasm . I don't watch Jimmy Kimmel all that much but he isn't too bad either and Conan is growing on me as well.
All these guys are entertaining and because they are on everyday, they are always current and on top of the "news" of the day. This is sort of lame but from seeing them so often, I feel like I actually know them, like the viewer actually sees how these hosts are in real life ( Sure I could be completely wrong) Also, they can at least give me a good laugh before I go to bed at night and for that, I'm grateful.
Last night was Conan O'Brien's debut as the host of The Tonight Show, replacing Jay Leno who was the show's host for 17 years. Don't worry though, Jay will be back soon enough with his own show that will air on weeknights at 10:00. Apparently, according to "critics" (what the hell do they know anyway?) Conan's debut was met with some mixed reviews. Personally, I thought the show was pretty good, I'm not a huge fan of Conan (I don't hate him) but I thought it was a fairly solid debut. Some of the "sketches", which were more like full montages were a bit long but they had some high points as well. Also, the show's first guest, Will Ferrell, was funny as usual. One negative thing I must say is that Pearl Jam's performance at the end of the show was HORRIBLE. They had a huge amount of energy but I thought they sounded awful (was it just me?).
Anyway, I wish Conan good luck on his new show. I'm sure he will do a good job (but in my opinion not better than Jay) and have many memorable moments on the show in the years to come. Good luck.
Check out some clips from the show HERE. Also the full episode should be up pretty soon as well.
Well, last night marked the first episode of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". It was sort of weird not seeing Conan (besides the opening skit) but the show was overall...eh, alright. I'm more of a Jay Leno fan. But anyway It was pretty cool that Robert DeNiro was the first guest but I could have definitely done without Justin Timberlake being there. I also don't know how i feel about the "lick it for 10" game in which audience members are brought onset and convinced to lick various objects for 10 bucks. Kind of hilarious actually. Despite that, some highlights for me were certainly the fact that The Roots are the house band. That in of itself made me want to watch the show. Secondly, was the musical guest which was Van Morrison. Pretty cool as well. I don't really know if I can form an opinion after just one show so I'll have to see how Jimmy progresses. He looked pretty nervous (but doesn't he always?) but hopefully after a couple weeks he get used to it. I guess we'll just have to see.
The first episode is already on NBC.com so go HERE to check it out for yourselves.
This is a place for all things "entertainment", which is essentially all things me. Music, art, movies, TV, new technologies, "everything" and (maybe) anything involved with entertainment. I put the words "entertainment" and "everything" in parenthesis for the fact that firstly some things I may find entertaining other people may not and secondly there's no way I can really cover everything out there.
Some of my entries may seem completely random but I feel as though spontaneity and randomness should be a part of life. Nonetheless, I hope this brings you some kind of enjoyment, for that's the real reason behind this whole thing.
The exact origin of the name "Danny b Funk" is unknown but it was developed years ago due to my funky bass playing and all around "funky" nature (whatever that means).
My outlook and attitude towards life, as well as inspirations are influenced greatly by:
1960's hippie culture, sounds, noise and beats, Funk, the Grateful Dead, cartoons, Les Claypool, comic books, the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, professional wrestling, "the groove", Living in the country, rhymes, The Twilight Zone Dr. Seuss,improvisation, video games, standup and improv comedy, old school hip hop, DJs, Shel Silverstein, Drum Machines, Vinyl Discs, boat shoes, electricity, mythology, Eastern religion and philosophy, acoustic instruments, Mick Foley, jazz, awkwardness, music as a whole, antics, shenanigans and tomfoolery.
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