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The Sarah Silverman Program (S02E08)
Friday, October 10, 2008
What more could you ask from the universe than two nights in a row of The Sarah Silverman Program? I think the only thing left to ask for would be some jellybeans. 'Cause really, what else could you ask the universe for? A mop? No, my friends.
Good old Comedy Central has graced us with two consecutive nights of The Sarah Silverman Program, this episode being titled "The Mongolian Beef". But she means beef like problem. Get it?? Anyway, this episode's plot is a classic example of a Sarah Silverman idea: Sarah sues the country of Mongolia.
Sarah comes to terms with some memories she's blocked after meeting for lunch with her sister, where a Chinese man spoke to Laura, apparently believing her to be Chinese. When Sarah begins to wonder why this occurred, Laura tells her that she has "vaguely asian features" because their ancestors were raped by Mongolians. Meanwhile, Brian walks in on Steve making a short film, sitting in a box with a helmet on like some sort of race car driver. Steve reluctantly admits that he has all these ideas for short films, so he just started making them. He shows one to Brian, who thinks they're amazing and wants Steve to put them on Youtube after showing him a crappy short film by someone else. Elsewhere, Sarah takes her sister to see a surprise for her. When she opens her eyes, there is an enormous billboard on the side of the road with Laura's face on it, proclaiming she is a product of Mongolian rape. The country of Mongolia sues Sarah for defamation amongst other charges, and Sarah countersues.
I can't say enough about the cast of this show. Not everyone on it is an unbelievable actor (actually, a lot of them are kinda unbelievable), but they all have such an ingrained style and attitude, and they all mesh together really well. Each person's humor mixes together to form some sort of monstrous SUPER humor. Then again, if you aren't already fans of most of the actors, you might not feel that way. Then again again, if you aren't already fans of most of the actors, go out of your way to become one. Also, Jay Johnston is too good at playing a straight-laced loser cop.
Instead of the entire episode being funny in general, 'The Mongolian Beef's humor came more in the form of individual moments and lines. For example, at the beginning of the episode, when Sarah walks into her building's hallway with her dog, Doug, her landlord points out how cute Doug is, to which Sarah responds "Sometimes, most of the time Doug is dead inside." She proceeds to smile and walk away. Or the part in Steve's short video, hilarious entitled "Steve Racer", where he uses the "ideas" bong from the last episode as a gun against an evil version of Steve. Or the part where the Mongolians describe their country to the court cameras, which I won't detail 'cause it's perfect.
One thing I've noticed about this show that makes me enjoy it a lot more is that the plot is always inconsistent. One minute she's seriously suing a whole country, the next minute she's partying with them. It harkens back to Mr. Show in that way, because you absolutely never know what's going to happen next, and the plot-line meanders like an old lady with Alzheimer's. I definitely enjoyed this episode more than the previous because it was funnier in general, and Mongolian beef sounds amazing right now.
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October 10, 2008 3:35 PM
candy beans?