Thursday Night TV

Sick as a dog, so I'm crashing before Sarah Silverman. Highlight for spoilers:

• My Name is Earl: Tivo cut off the beginning, so I missed the reason for the flashback to Earl Jr.'s birth. Quality moments though:
  
  
  • "For a second there we were gonna all get to dress up like clowns!"
  • "Merlin. We meet again."
  • "That, or she's banging an Asian doctor, trying to get one of everything."
  
  And c'mon, what's funnier than Beau Bridges chucking gerbils out a window? Other than possibly hanging a "Kids, do not touch!" note on an outlet. Excellent episode.


• The Office: Pam is hilariously unconvincing as her new assertive self. Best parts:
  
  
  • Michael the Magic
  • "It's been sitting in my car all day with the sun beating down on the mayonnaise."
  • "Why is this so hard? That's what she said. Oh my god."
  • Creed's fake ID company.
  • Dwight inspecting the house.
  • Toby instantly going for the duck, winning it, and getting no points with Pam for it. This show loves screwing him over.
  • Jim's look of terror when Karen is playing with that guy's tie.
  • "Hey Jan." "Not too good."
  • Dwight popping out of the back seat at the end
  
  Now... what the F was up with Roy's reaction to the news that Pam kissed Jim? Sitcoms and murderous rage don't mix. Like the Joss episode, everyone's going to blame JJ Abrams for all the successes and failures of this episode, but I still think it's 99% everyone else. Anyway, I liked the episode, but I'm completely freaked out about the direction Roy's heading. I don't really see how that can be good for a show like this.


• Scrubs: Continuing with the best parts theme:
  
  
  • I'd love to put my ear on her butt to see if I could hear the ocean.
  • Oh, how I love the Sarah Chalke semi-nudity.
  • I'm a genius, I totally knew the lupus question that Turk didn't know.
  • Mutton chops.
  
  I liked the fake relationship with Ann, the most pathetic attempt at asking someone out in the history of everything, and the "fainting when he poos" jokes are still excellent.


• 30 Rock: More best moments:
  
  
  • "I would like to be Michelle Pfeiffer to your angry black kid who learns that poetry is just another way to rap."
  • Cerie's (sweet sassy molassey, she's hot) iPod sunglasses.
  • "I love this cornbread so much I want to take it behind a middle school and get it pregnant."
  • "I hate the troops!"
  • "Does my vulva look swollen?"
  • "You're marrying my mom, aren't you?"
  • "Lemon, what happened in your childhood to make you believe that people are good?"
  • "...and that lady you European kissed last night was actually a gentleman."
  • "Television on! Pornography!"
  • The non-spinning pinwheels.
  
  
  The agent guy was kinda funny, but the cutting words short bit got old fairly quickly. Chris Matthews looked like he was about to bust out laughing all the way through his cameo, while Tucker Carlson was showing off his range by playing a dick.
  

On the Tivo: Sarah Silverman Program.

I get Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen, and John Travolta embarrassing themselves in Wild Hogs, but why would William H. Macy do it too?