Presented without commentary, the most absurd, comical, self-serious and/or humorless moments from the pilot episode of "Smash."
1. Megan Hilty mooning the judges.
2. "This is the real mail?"
3. "I'm happy for me, too."
4. "There's an app for the iPad now; you blow on it and the skirt goes up."
5. Debra Messing's scarf
6. "When I say Marilyn, what do you think?" "Baltimore, Maryland."
7. "We are in the middle of an adoption! [...] You said you would take the whole year off to do this!"
8. Debra Messing's entire Marilyn speech. "She glows; it reminds me of a saint."
9. "Posture is important to my dad."
10. YouLenz
11. "Michael Riedel is going to destroy us!"
12. Katharine McPhee immediately knowing all the words to a new Marilyn musical song found on YouLenz.
13. Jack Davenport's bedhead.
14. Debra Messing's awe face.
15. "HE IS A TERRIBLE HUMAN BEING!"
16. "He's working with Lionsgate. Apparently, they have a film I'd be perfect for."
17. "What about Scarlett Johansson? Why isn't she on the list?"
18. Debra Messing's surprise face when Katharine McPhee starts singing.
19. Debra Messing's rapt face.
20. "Night school. That's great."
21. "Lionsgate wanted to get me on a plane at 8 o'clock in the morning."
22. "Show me your black swan, Nina!"
22. "Happy Birthday, Mr. President."
23. Jack Davenport's blue balls face.
*Note: "Let Me Be Your Star" was actually pretty amazing and eyeroll-free.
"Smash" airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on NBC
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and they hired real writers and actors.
At least its not another reality show.
"Gee whiz gang. Let's put on a show!"
Having said all that, I must admit, the number itself was stunning and blew away any choreography I've ever seen on Glee.
Is it just that I knew too many little girls like her? The "come on everybody, watch Katharine sing/tap dance/twirl batons!!" girls whose clapping shiny-eyed parents demanded "Tots and Tiaras" kind of attention for their little princesses while the scruffy guitar banging poet in the back yard had the room all to himself.
I know, I know, I'm a curmudgeon. I wish her well. I do. I wish the show well. I loved Steven Spielberg when he did Schindler's List. But frankly I'd rather see someone build a show around that rough & tumble little folk singing dreadlocked gal, Crystal Bowersox; watch her climb her way out of the neighborhood, her Oldsmobile and that low-rent coffee house into a big league career on stage. Now THAT would keep me watching.
Miz. McPhee? She doesn't need me. She'll be a big star regardless: pretty, happy, famous, and doing duets with Celine Dion and Josh Groban. Good for her. But I'm gonna go listen to Adele and maybe a little Bowersox....