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7 Degrees Celsius
Mar 30, 2014
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The Artists
With a pair of sketches on Saturday Night Live making fun of the Boy Bands which were popular at the time, 7 Degrees Celsius channeled a poor man’s N Sync with their look. Realistically, making fun of Boy Bands is like shooting fish in a barrel, and there are actually better parodies of the genre on the ballot.
The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Saturday Night Live (2000)
Actors:
Chris Kattan
Jimmy Fallon
Horatio Sanz
Chris Parnell
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Songs you might remember:
AOL
Why you should vote for him them:
Jimmy Fallon is still successful….only if you are a fan of his we suppose.
Why you should not vote for them:
As mentioned, there are better Boy Band spoofs.
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5 Neat Guys
Mar 30, 2014
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The Artists
The greatest 1950’s singing group from Melonville came back in a series of infomercials though they let us know that the 50’s weren’t so innocent after all. It was hard to believe, with their sweaters (emblazoned with letters that spelled out their group), soft harmonies and calm demeanor that they are the ones that gave us “Patsy has the Largest Breasts in Town”. That song, and the SCTV connection should get them a vote or two, though we admit there are better Second City choices.
The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
SCTV (1977-1981)
Actors:
Dave Thomas
John Candy
Eugene Levy
Joe Flaherty
Rick Moranis
Songs you might remember:
Patsy has the Largest Breast in Town
Who Made the Egg Salad Sandwiches?
I’m the Goof in the Classroom
Why you should vote for them:
How about because you watched a lot of SCTV?
Why you should not vote for him (them):
A commercial on a sketch comedy show probably should not get in.
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2ge+her
Mar 30, 2014
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The Artists
At the height of the boy band craze (although, did it ever really leave?), MTV decided to naturally capitalize by making a TV movie (their first original one), which spawned a television series. It was an intelligent parody with each “traditional” boy band role covered (the cute one, the shy one, the bad boy, and the older brother) with songs that straddled on the border of satire and cheese, and actually spawned albums that cracked the Billboard Hot 200. Had the premature death of one of the members (Michael Cuccione: The “Cute One”) not have taken place, it is conceivable that their run would have been longer, but does not a boy band have a shelf life anyway?
The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
2ge+her (1999-2001)
Actors:
Evan Farmer (Jerry O’Keefe “The Heartthrob”)
Noah Bastian (Chad Linus “The Shy One”)
Michael Cuccione (Jason “Q.T” McKnight “The Cute One”)
Kevin Farley (Doug Linus “The Older Brother”)
Alex Solowitz (Mickey Parke “The Bad Boy”)
Songs you might remember:
You + Me = Us Calculus
Say It (Don’t Spray It)
The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is Getting Your Stuff Back)
Why you should vote for him them:
For a hot minute, this was actually successful.
Why you should not vote for them:
Once that minute ended, they were quickly forgotten; much like the boy bands they spoofed.
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1 Plus 2 1/2
Mar 30, 2014
Published in
The Artists
There are two things we want to make sure people understand. The first is that we don’t hate Elvis Presley. Actually, we love a lot of his music and will even say that their aspects of his impact that might even be underrated. The second is that love doesn’t extend to his acting and choice of films, as he seemed to have the acting range of a toaster. The worse thing with Elvis is that his movies got worse as his career continued. In Spinout, he starred as Mike McCoy, the leader of 1 Plus 2 1/2, a car racer, who of course has a band. This was an awful effort all around, and best forgotten even in the pantheon of Elvis flicks.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Spinout (1966)
Actors:
Elvis Presley
….and does it matter?
Songs you might remember:
Tomorrow is a Long Time
Why you should vote for him:
Honestly you really shouldn’t.
Why you should not vote for him:
This might be one of the worse Elvis movies ever.
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