I’ve noticed a trend since I’ve started doing standup comedy. Female comedians sure do talk about sex a lot. Before anyone says I’m being sexist, I know men do it as well, but it seems like 9/10 female comedians rely on it. Granted that could be compounded because there are like 90% more male comedians, but now I’m off point. That point being; I completely and unfairly blame it all on Sarah Silverman. I know it’s been going on since Sarah guess spotted on “Seinfeld” back in the day but I still blame her. “Sure she talks about aids and says cunt but look at her cute horse face.” Her program was like her stage show in the fact that I could sit through but I wasn’t happy. “The Sarah Silverman Program” proves that just because I show does okay numbers airing after “South Park” doesn’t mean it’s a great show. Then again this beat the pants off of “Halfway Home”.
Eh maybe not.
My somewhat sexist and nonsensical rant aside, I dug this show for the first season. The buildup and quick trigger pull on Sarah’s sister Laura falling in love with the cop that arrested Sarah was nice. Poor Jay the cop though is in for a life of almost killing his dark haired in law. They were both so sweet to each other. I almost couldn’t believe anyone named Laura could be so nice.
Get it?
Would you like to meet the real stars of the show?
These two giant furry gay men are Brian and Steve. They live next to Sarah. They are her “gaybers”. I assume the joke is that they don’t act gay, but that opens up a whole new conversation about gender issues that I don’t want to get into. They were funny. This is a comedy. They weren’t heteronormative or whatever the kids say now.
Correction. This little guy is the star of the show:
I know I don’t have to say correction. I could type that he’s the star first. But this was just a writing tool. RIP Doug
The 36 episode run was marred by that pesky writer’s strike (when’s the last time you heard about that?) Season two was delayed and that hurt the ratings a bit. Season 3 was almost scrapped because of budget squabbling and finally the plug was pulled when ratings slid further. Throughout her adventures Sarah had cookie parties, slept with god and hung out with a homeless guy. Her neighbors had the absolute best fight about drinking TAB that could ever happen. Seriously if you’re still reading go watch episode 5 “Muffin Man”. It’s really the only episode I remember clearly.
And I just want this in here.
I’m going to stop now. I used to write 1,000 plus words in these but that’s when people read them. This is a review not an overview. Don’t expect so much guy. I was going above and beyond before. Go watch the show. God will thank you.
Yeah. God's black.