"Hall & Simon" (Series Premiere Review)

A few weeks ago I watched the sneak preview of "Garfunkel & Oats", a new series on IFC.  It was hilarious (hilar to some of you)!  Also, it was the only thing onDemand that I had not watched all summer, other than Please Like Me on Pivot.  It was a sunny day in the middle of my rainy summer.  The show gives me hope for my dark Fall nights of the near future.  The almost best part was the tribute to Saved By The Bell's "Hot Sundae" music video.

Now, since we are talking SBTB, I of course have some praises and several critiques:

1.  I LOVE that they geared their series premier directly to me by references SBTB! The scene-by-scene recreation shows that at least someone else out there had (has) the same sick obsession that I had (have) for Kelly, Jessie and Lisa.

2.  The song in the series premiere of Garfunkel & Oats is NO WHERE as well written as the lyrics; "...put your mind to it, go for it, Get down and break a sweat, Rock and roll, You ain't seen nothin' yet".  But, I am still honored at the sentiment.

 

3.  WHAT THE HELL??!!! Lisa Turtle is replaced with three unknown, non-cast member, black women!  You might have even been able to get Lark in there to reprise her roll.  I don't want to come off as some obsessed SBTB fan-boy.  I know they probably could not have gotten Lark Voorhies to show her face.  But, it is very upsetting that the show used three random black women to replace Lisa Turtle in the video re-make.  This implies that "Lisa" was less than a supporting character on the show.

 

I really did enjoy the show.  However, this episode is just asking to be mentioned in a thesis paper by a student majoring in African-American Studies.

Just so you know - Sean Daly