Celebrity Sighting #Sketchfest 2016

(Note: This post was started on February 21, 2016 and was finished on April 25, 2016.)

I almost cried this year. I laughed a lot, of course but this year was something a bit more.

Naturally, I immensely enjoyed myself while watching The Walhberg Solution unfold before my lucky eyes. Solving the world's problems with Mark were Tom Leykis (James Adomian), Macklemore (Jon Daly), Erica Rhodes, and Michael Caine (Kenny Stevenson).

You're welcome.

Watching SklarBro Country(County) with again a slew of personalities, mainly Nicolas Cage (Kenny Stevenson) working up the crowd was a sight to behold. I recommend you subscribe and get access to these two podcasts immediately.

And a bonus Moshe Kasher.

The big deal this is year was seeing Dr. Katz live. When sitting in the front row of this show I was able to pinpoint my love of comedy came from this man and his animated show. The introduction of so many brilliant comedic minds and their hilarious bits was the beginning for me. And to see live the banter between him and his son (H John Benjamin) and his patients brought in my his assistant Laura(Laura Silverman) was such a treat.

Then there were the actual patients: Janeane Garofalo, Andy Kindler, Maria Bamford, The Sklar Brothers, and surprise guest Zach Galifianakis. It was an amazing moment and I was truly sad when his trademark music came to tell us that time was up. Thank you Dr. Katz.

And thank you Twitter.

Don't Go Breaking My Darcy

I have been stuck in bed with a back problem. I am grateful I can make it to and from the bathroom by my own power. Most people would consider days in bed with a phone a vacation, but all I could think was this was going to make the rest of my body suck as much as my back.

I have no new ideas and do not like to venture out into finding new entertainment that could potentially be a waste of my time. That said, I went back into the realm of the 1995 BBC mini series Pride and Prejudice on a tiny screen on YouTube. That was followed by clips galore of the 2005 movie version. I did brave the theater months ago to be one of the five people that saw Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I also happen to have a parallel obsession with the movie Austenland. 

Yes, I have a non back problem as well. I refer to this as my Lady Porn. You see the slow burn of a blossoming romance and like Jaws, your imagination fills in the blanks better than the production can. Granted, I hated this book in high school because I missed the point. I was angry feminist chick and any of this crap about marriage and a woman's place needed to be shut down. Now I am a card carrying member of the Darcy Fan Club. I just happen to like Matthew Macfadyen's portray the best. 

Don't get me wrong, he's hot too.

The marketing of this version is not the best and my first viewing did not give me a good impression. They watered down the asshole aspects of Mr. Darcy and instead made him just quiet but misunderstood. If he existed in modern high school, his only flaw would be resting bitch face. I related to that whole-heartily.

I did find some other Austen knock offs and managed to get through a Mormon infused version. You'd think it would work given it's Austen translated to modern times, but it was pretty terrible. Don't get me started on the Hallmark flavor taking place in the backdrop of dog shows. 

Here is the most important lesson: putting together YouTube clips and saying you watched a movie is no way to go through life. Also, if you are over thirty, don't sleep on an air mattress.