Deja Fu

That’s been the question over the last few days between Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Conan O’Brien.

It all started innocently enough, with Colbert and Conan both asserting they “made” Mike Huckabee through their mentions of him on their programs. Then Stewart stepped in with a piece of footage from his MTV show where Conan was the guest, so he “made” Conan. Then Conan showed a picture of him delivering Colbert and Stewart as babies, then announced the feud was over and demanded it never be mentioned again.

However, that wasn’t good enough for Stephen Colbert.

Then it spilled over onto the Colbert Report:

And finally, the conclusion occurred on Late Night:

Hilarious.

However, I do wonder how much of this was accomplished because the WGA is on strike. If the writers had been in residence, could they have pulled off this kind of cross-channel bit? Or would union rules and regulations interfered because the shows are on competing networks?

For whatever reason, it was a great bit and even got me to stay up and tune into Late Night without being on vacation at the same time.

-K

Oh where do we begin? Black Sheep is a movie about genetic experiments, environmental do-gooders, feuding brothers and, of course, killer sheep.

Yes, you read that right. Killer sheep.

A horror/comedy film, Black Sheep does for “mutant animal” movies what Tremors did for “giant monster” movies. Ostensibly the story of a brother who returns to the family farm, only to discover his older brother has been conducting genetic experiments upon the flock of sheep, the film does a reasonable job of lampooning not only business interests who would wreck the environment for a buck, but also the supposed “good guys” portrayed by a couple of eco-terrorists.

At no point does the film take itself seriously, and consequently even the more horrific elements wind up being funny. Funny even beyond the idea of sheep being violent, which is the true success of the film. A true “B” movie, Black Sheep is a great flick to watch while having a bunch of friends over, drinking beer and yelling back at the screen, ala Rocky Horror. The only thing missing, which makes the comparison to Tremors a bit of a stretch, is the lack of quotable dialogue. If it had that, the movie would comedy gold. However, that’s its only weak spot.

-K