The Schloss-Blog invested a lot of time in HBO's "The Righteous Gemstones," the comedic parody of televangelist families, starring John Goodman, which concluded its four-season run last Sunday on HBO.
Excellent program but a somewhat weird fourth and final season and series-ending final episode.
"The Rehearsal," however, sucks. HBO allows this on the air. It totally sucks. I have to wait through it to get to "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" after "Righteous Gemstones," but it's so worth it for his sick twist on politics, life and ... more politics.
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No sooner did Trump name Jeanine Pirro as the D.C. prosecuting attorney for DOJ than "Saturday Night Live" called in her longtime comedic impersonator, Cecily Strong, to make a drunken mockery of her.
Deservedly so and it was freaking hysterical.
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"White Lotus." meanwhile, concluded its season as well, and was a blast to watch.
Walton Goggins (on your noggins) co-starred in that and "Righteous Gemstones" and stole almost every scoene he was in on both shows. Different storylines and totally different endings, but fun to watch. "White Lotus" ended almost predictably, although what you thought might happen to one character actually wound up happening to another.
And another.
Great fun. Great viewing.
Mike White, the "White Lotus" showrunner, has a wonderfully twisted mind. So does Danny McBride, who wrote and starred in all four of "The Rightgeous Gemstones' seasons, but did he ever screw it into the ground, so tightly that you couldn't take your eyes off it.
If you didn't see the finale of "White Lotus" and want to know what happened at the resort in Thailand to all the scheming characters, just click on the link.
If you're wondering the same about the religious televangelistas, the Gemstones, well, here's how Danny McBride wrapped that up.
So, does life imitate art? Only Mike White and Danny McBride know for sure.
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And speaking of life and art, Trump has decided to possibly go to an 80% tariff on China instead of the standing 145% he has issued. Perhaps it was because he noticed that Putin and Xi had a head-to-head in which they vowed to fight U.S. attempts to contain either or both of them.
Trump, blindsided, declared he might ease off the tariffs on China.
He's says he worships the autocratic styles of them both but he's actually scared sh_tless of them both.
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It's amazing Trump hasn't had SNL investigated yet. Gawd, they rip him to shreds and it's something beautiful.
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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Heres' to you, Cecily Strong.
More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.
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