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I always kinda liked David Spade,as he said himself,he plays snarky to a tee,so I was looking forward to seeing him get more spotlight:this show is the kind of reality check long-overdue for TV&Hollywood,but it is also consistently better written&paced than most "Hit" comedies:as funny as Dave is,he's often out shined by a great cast of correspondents,all able to hold their own&be every bit as cutting as Davey boy,especially the dry as dust Andrew Daly,the fantastically over-the-top(as Lost,Greys etc obsessed fan)Colleen Smith&the acerbic Jessi Klein as well as the rest(the web troller guy etc.).Skewering hollywoodland&crap TV should be easy,but to make it this consistently funny&original,and to give the always hilarious Nick Swardson a regular gig bespeaks of taste&genius,so it's no wonder it's probably dead&buried by average TV fans who also don't get quality comedy like Sara Silverman,Idiocracy or Arrested Development,but would prefer to watch reality shows or lame talent-shows that we all should have either outgrown in High school or kept as a guilty pleasure for our dotage (Ballroom dancing,3 card monty with suitcases&freakshow sorry "talent" shows are primetime quality???) so,I recommend getting this on DVD if possible,it's a mark of it's quality that a gossip-inspired show stays funny long after the gossip has changed,moved on or been recycled.

There seems to be a trend recently where,somehow,good to great actors wind up in god-awful films-has the price of monkey placentae gone up or somethin ?Residuals petered out?bored?In this category,two standout examples would be Harsh Times (makes Splinter look like Training Day) and this piece of crap-Forest Whittaker?Julie Delpy?Andy Garcia(Oceans series notwithstanding)?the always likable Brendan Fraser?I thought it would be at least a fun/enjoyable 90 mins:but nope,truly horrible. Based on the old Chinese saying that moody lighting,a decent soundtrack&meaningless violence will lull viewers into a false sense of entertainment,this non-sequitur of a "thriller" could have been an interesting short film,or a great music video for some European dance DJ,or even the video equivalent of the kitten-on-a-branch "hang in there,baby!"poster for aspiring actors/directors/writers,as it shows that not only do good actors do bad movies,but bad movies get made,so why won't yours?If your looking for offbeat/moody thrillers with substance,checkout Underworld(1996),Lucky Number Slevin(if you haven't seen it already)or even the half good,half funny Tarantino ripoff,Things to do in Denver When you're dead-Island drinks!