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June 9, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

I Love This For Vanessa Bayer!

I started watching I Love That For You, a Showtime original comedy that beams through to New Zealand weekly via Neon. (I had to renew my Neon subscription for this – and of course one or two other shows…) I’ve been looking forward to I Love That For You. The show stars and was co-created […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged America, Blog, Comedian, Comedy, Home Shopping, Home Shopping Network, I Love That For You, I Love This For Vanessa Bayer!, Neon, Showtime, SNL, Television, TV, Vanessa Bayer, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 17, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Odenkirk: Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama Bob Odenkirk Penguin Random House I love Bob Odenkirk. Have done since before I knew his name. He just kept popping up on things. That same face in everything. A mild smirk. A guy who had some sadness, some trauma etched onto him and laced all through his comedy. A guy […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Autobiography, Bob Odenkirk, Bob Odenkirk: Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, Book, Book Review, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, David Cross, Director, Get A Life, Memoir, Movie, Mr. Show, Penguin Random House, SNL, Stage, Star, The Ben Stiller Show, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, TV, Writer, Writing ·

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March 7, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Visceral Thrill of Eddie Murphy’s Early Stand-Up

Beverly Hills Cop was one of the first video tapes we rented as a family. My mum checked with the guy at the counter to make sure it was okay for us all to watch and his suggestion was that the first few minutes contained a few swears so maybe fast-forward that… After dinner that […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beverly Hills Cop, Blog, Comedian, Comedy, Delirious, DVD, Eddie Murphy, RAW, SNL, Stand-up Comedy, The Visceral Thrill of Eddie Murphy’s Early Stand-Up, VHS ·

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September 15, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Norm Macdonald

Norm Macdonald had died. He was 61. He was diagnosed with cancer nearly a decade ago. He kept it quiet – telling only a few close friends. He wanted privacy. He wanted the comedy to continue when and as it did. He wanted that untainted. Norm Macdonald was a comedy genius, a comedian’s comedian – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Comedian, Comedy, Eulogy, Norm Macdonald, R.I.P., R.I.P. Norm Macdonald, SNL ·

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March 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Friends Just Can’t Be Found

Here’s the key thing about Bridge Over Troubled Water: when Paul Simon wrote it – he had just two verses. He took it to Art Garfunkel and asked what he thought. Artie told him to go away and write a third verse – told him he had half a good song but it needed finishing. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Friends Just Can’t Be Found, Paul Simon, Poem, Poem: Friends Just Can’t Be Found, Reunion, Saturday Night Live, Simon & Garfunkel, SNL ·

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December 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ana Gasteyer: sugar & booze

Ana Gasteyer sugar & booze Henry’s Girl, Inc. The multi-talented Ana Gasteyer was one of SNL’s star-players across the late 1990s. Often music was a focus too, either with her original characters (Bobbie Mohan-Culp the opera-singing high school teacher) and in her brilliant impressions (Barbra Streisand and the best Celine Dion ever).
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ana Gasteyer, Ana Gasteyer: sugar & booze, Christmas Album, Christmas Music, Maya Rudolph, SNL, sugar & booe, Xmas, Yuletide ·

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December 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Jenny Slate: Little Weirds

Little Weirds Jenny Slate Little, Brown and Company Jenny Slate’s had a busy year of recalibration – a Netflix special of so-so comedy mixed with her charming kookiness and some deep-cut home videos to soften the blow of mistimed punchlines. And now this book of “essays” – and the accompanying promotional book-tour. A few bit-part […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Actor, Book, Book Review, Comedian, Comedy, Essays, Jenny Slate, Jenny Slate: Little Weirds, Little Weirds, Movies, Netflix, SNL, Stage Fright, TV ·

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March 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Box Brown: Is This Guy For Real? – The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman

Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman Box Brown  First Second A graphic novel about Andy Kaufman written and drawn by the guy that paid tribute to Andre The Giant using the same form – I’m in!  
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Andy Kaufman, Bob Zmuda, Book, Book Review, Box Brown, Box Brown: Is This Guy For Real? - The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, Brian "Box" Brown, Brian Brown, Cartoon, Comedian, Comedy, Comic, Graphic Novel, Is This Guy For Real?, Is This Guy For Real? - The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, Jerry Lawler, Letterman, Pro-Wrestling, SNL, Taxi, The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, Troll, Vince McMahon, Wrestling, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Brigsby Bear: Film

Brigsby Bear Director: Dave McCary 3311 Productions/Sony Pictures Classics Brigsby Bear is one of the best films I’ve seen in years. Let’s start right there, like this. Because I don’t want to spoil the magic of the film – instead I want to talk about what it meant to me, how it made me feel, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Brigsby Bear, Brigsby Bear: Film, Dave McCary, Film Review, Kyle Mooney, Movie, Movie Review, SNL ·

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January 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 14: The Blues Brothers

I have had the double-pack DVD of The Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 on my shelf for quite a few years. I didn’t need Blues Brothers 2000 but it was cheaper to buy the double-pack than just the original movie… The Blues Brothers had a profound influence on me. It is possibly the movie […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aretha Franklin, Blues, Blues Brothers, Blues Brothers 2000, Comedy, DVD, Film, Movie, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 14, Movies of My Life # 14 – The Blues Brothers, Musical, Phantom Billstickers, Ray Charles, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Soundtrack, The Blues Brothers ·

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April 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Steve Martin & Edie Brickell: So Familiar

Steve Martin & Edie Brickell So Familiar Rounder Here is the second collaborative album from Martin and Brickell, accurately named since the pair work so well together and here particularly it feels seamless – in fact Martin is essentially the sideman, could have gone unnamed; why then is it Steve Martin and Edie Brickell not […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alison Krauss, Americana, Bonnie Raitt, Dixie Chicks, Edie Brickell, Lorne Michaels, Love Has Come For You, Patty Griffin, Paul Simon, Rickie Lee Jones, Shooting Rubberbands at The Moon, SNL, So Familiar, Steve Martin, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell ·

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January 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sisters: Film

Sisters Director: Jason Moore Little Stranger/Everyman Pictures/Universal Pictures It would be easy, I’m sure, for someone to tell you that Sisters – a vehicle built entirely for the dazzling but effortless chemistry between and individual talents of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler – was lazy, crude, cheap, silly. But it’s still fun – and importantly […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 30 Rock, Amy Poehler, Anchorman, Bridesmaids, Comedy, Film, Film Review, Film: Sisters, Funny, Jason Moore, John Cena, Maya Rudolph, Movie, Movie Review, Parks & Recreation, Paula Pell, Rachel Dratch, Sisters, Sisters: Film, SNL, Tina Fey, Trainwreck ·
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