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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Maya and Marty Had a Party... And It Was Weird

     I am quite sure critics have not liked the first two episodes of Maya and Marty. It might have nothing to do with the two stars and just with the idea that nobody cares for variety shows anymore. Much like the bygone era of vaudeville, variety shows are a little odd. To quote The Atlantic,
"But at its best, it feels like a copy of a copy: Tuesday Night Live, if you will."
     That's precisely the problem. It's got the casts (Maya Rudolph and Martin Short both came from SNL a did their co-stars and special guests, Keenan Thompson, Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon, and Steve Martin.

In honor of tonight's third episode, I'm reviewing last week's sketches.

- A Day With Anna Wintour 9/10
This PBS-style show followed Maya as Anna Wintour as she put together a new issue of VOGUE. This was actually pretty funny. She Devil Wears Prada's a few employees and showed us her favorite spot in New York, a grubby deli Karl Largerfeld frequents.

- Oprah Loves Bread 8/10
It was funny the first time when Maya played Oprah and yelled about how she are bread all day. After the third or so installment, she had statues of bread, then it got too much.

- Tina and Maya Sing 70's Love Songs 7/10
It was cute, but it went on for about 5 minutes too long.

- Kidnapping Video 6/10
Nathan lane tortured Marty with stage directions while being filmed for a kidnapping ransom. This also went along way too long.

- Birthday With the Parents 5/10
Maya and Marty played self-involved parents celebrating their 30-year old son's birthday. Guests Tina Fey and Shawn Hayes  played another couple.

- Martin and Steve's Duet 3/10
All of Marty's lines insulted himself and praised Steve.

- British Manners Instruction 2/10
This was downright terrible. Martin played a butler that yelled at one kid in particular for not following his manners instruction. This was like 1900's Gordon Ramsay in MasterChef Junior.

- Jimmny Glick Interviews Drake 1/10
I skipped through this. Watching him interview Larry David in the first episode took my last nerve.

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