Before we get started with all the shit jokes, vaginas, and censor-baiting that dresses up as The Sarah Silverman Program, every week, a theory, postulated here for the first time anywhere:
“I Thought My Dad Was Dead, But It Turns Out He’s Not”
In episode seven, the SSP continued its most ambitious season yet, at least when it comes to production values. The two preceding episodes were layered with animation—CGI in one and cell in the other—and this one continued the... Read Comments: 0
Last week’s SSP and Thursday’s were almost a set: Both had lively animation sequences, both had silly plots free from the show’s typical button-pushing, and both involved Brian or Steve injuring parts of their bodies. Although instead of... Read Comments: 0
There are four general axioms for The Sarah Silverman Program here at TV Club:
1) The SSP’s B-stories are typically funnier than the A-stories.
2) The SSP feels labored when it tackles ostensibly taboo subject... Read Comments: 0
In the past, I’ve hypothesized that Sarah Silverman and her show’s writers have a list of hot-button or otherwise controversial issues that they... Read Comments: 0
As season 2B of The Sarah Silverman Program takes shape, the show is following precedent: The first episodes are characteristically uneven, but it begins to cohere after a few weeks. Thursday night we saw the first solid episode of... Read Comments: 0
Sarah and Laura Silverman, they’re a funny duo. They probably have all sorts of inside jokes from the nearly 38 years they’ve spent together. You know, like how Laura looks vaguely Asian and Sarah doesn’t? Wait a second… what if... Read Comments: 0
There’s something odd about the soon-to-be released DVD set for The Sarah Silverman Program:... Read Comments: 0
There’s been an ongoing debate here in the SSP sub-squad of TV Club about the show's calculated button-pushing. That actually speaks to a larger criticism of Silverman as a comic, which Noel brought up here last week: She’s not nearly as... Read Comments: 0
(Obligatory substitute teacher warning: Kyle is off today, so I’ll be breaking it... Read Comments: 0
So, a recap of The Sarah Silverman Program’s second season, thus far:
Episode 1: Abortion
Episode 2: Sexual deviance
Episode 3: Racism
Last week, I mentioned the second episode felt a little too by-the-numbers, and #3 continues down... Read Comments: 0
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So this is how the “second” season of the SSP goes out: with a fart joke. Hey, I like fart jokes. And yeah, maybe I’m being unfair, as episode 10 specifically goes out with Laura singing with a gospel choir. But the mundanity of fart... Read Comments: 0