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The Sarah Silverman Program (S02E12)
Friday, October 24, 2008
If you hate Osama Bin Laden, this is the episode of the show for you. Especially if you want to take him out by means of an automobile. Although if you do that, you may end up like Sarah, getting all of your possessions with wheels on them taken away from you.
Sarah Silverman has done something great with her show. She's perfectly matched the writing style with her own sense of humor, probably because she's taken over much of the writing reigns. I've never seen a show that literally starts out by making jokes about a woman's bush. Until today. I think that's a good thing, though. The wait makes it better.
This week's premise is this: Men who look like Osama Bin Laden face the justice of the underside of Sarah's Ford Focus. I wonder if Ford gave them that car to use. I wouldn't think a corporate giant and staple in America's history like Ford would want to stick its name on a show like The Sarah Silverman Program, which promotes the use of drugs, running people over, and kidnapping the heads of corporations. Watch out, oldest living relative of Henry Ford!
So much ridiculous stuff happens in this week's episode that I have no idea how to review it. I could just stop at the word 'awesome', but that might be a bit ambiguous. I could use a qualifier, like seriously awesome, but I think two words is a bit scant for a real review. How about an infomercial-y pitch for you to watch this week's episode?
"Do you have a huge, seventies-style bush? Do you think every man with a beard that you see while driving your Ford Focus is Osama Bin Laden, and do you have an overwhelmingly patriotic desire to run him down? Do you want to see a dramatic re-enaction of 9/11 with the twin towers played by two vaguely gay, chubby stoners? Have you ever mixed up a happy ending at a Korean Massage parlor for pooping? Well, now you can experience all this and MORE in this great episode of The Sarah Silverman Program!"
There... I think I got all the main points. To be honest, this week's episode was actually a stand-out episode. There were tons of hilarious puns and Silvermanesque jokes. There were totally hip musical references, with nods to Vampire Weekend and Wilco, two of indie music's most promising artists. There was a sneaky homage to Silverman's friend, Liam Lynch, in the name of the massage parlor that Steve goes to. There's a thinly-veiled underlying political message, but I'm pretty sure that everyone in America is so sick and tired of politics that nobody will take heed. Valiant attempt anyway, Ms. Silverman.
Two last things to mention: I hope that one day, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is changed to reflect the hilarious result of Steve's massage mixup. They could change the line to "seven shrieking asians." It would be perfect! And, lastly, The Sarah Silverman Program is extremely colorful. That's an exceedingly obvious observation that I hadn't even observed until today. Good job, me!
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October 24, 2008 2:40 PM
Vampire Weekend AND Wilco? That's so awesome it hurts, and i haven't even seen the episode.