Inside Amy Schumer: Last Fuckable Day
With assistance from Hollywood heavyweights Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tina Fey, and Patricia Arquette, Amy Schumer dissects the beauty standards of the entertainment industry and the extols the freedom that comes when an actress is no longer deemed “fuckable” by the establishment.
Key & Peele: Negrotown
Whoever thought a Busby Berkley-style musical number was just what we needed to illustrate how bad racism is in America? Leave it to Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele to invert a genre for laughs and painful insight.
The Kroll Show: Liz G’s New Look
Here’s something that can be both frightening and wonderful: bangs. In this parody of just about every Bravo reality show, Nick Kroll’s recurring sketch about the reality show based on a PR firm called PubLIZity tackles just what happens when a new haircut causes an existential crisis.
Portlandia: Toni and Candace’s Dance-Off
The fifth season of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s Portlandia expanded the sketches to encompass an entire 30-minute episode. The season premiere featured the origin story of feminist bookstore owners Toni and Candace and how their rivalry turned into Women and Women First. This none-more-90s dance-off was one of the highlights of an incredibly strong episode.
Saturday Night Live: Guns
Throughout its 40-year history, Saturday Night Live has sometimes just gotten it so right. This mock commercial for America’s favorite consumer good, Guns, gets right to the bottom of the national obsession and how ludicrous it is. And, of course, having Amy Schumer around makes every sketch better.
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