Can The Greatest Event In Television History Fulfill Its Title Once Again?
Last fall, Jon Hamm and Adam Scott treated us to some of the most inspired, ridiculous, brilliant stupidity Adult Swim has ever seen. The Greatest Event In Television History was, obviously, a shot-for-shot remake of the opening-credits sequence for Simon & Simon, a PI procedural of yesteryear, starring Scott and Hamm in place of Jameson Parker and Gerald McRaney, respectively. How did that fill a fifteen-minute slot in the Adult Swim programming block, when your average opening-credits sequence is around a minute long? With a making-of movie, of course. It breaks my heart to think you didn't watch it, but in case you didn't, here it is.
Then in April, in an interview on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Scott revealed that he would be reprising TGEITH, with Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz, though he didn't say which show they'd be tackling this time. Except he didn't have to, because you know who guessed it right immediately? THIS GUY.
Remember THIS? http://t.co/YHZy1bxeTI CALLED IT IN ONE: http://t.co/ASLii2SqhI
— Tara Ariano (@TaraAriano) May 14, 2013
It hardly needs to be said that we all wish they could have cast someone other than Horatio Sanz as Max the Butler, the part originated by Lionel Stander; Sanz was barely ever funny on SNL, he was a shitty improviser every time I saw him at ASSSSCAT shows at the UCB in New York, and his recent appearance on Comedy Bang Bang shows he hasn't improved since then. Sanz's lack of comedy chops aside, Max is supposed to be quite a bit older than Jennifer (the role originally played by Stefanie Powers) and Jonathan (originally Robert Wagner): why wouldn't you cast Eddie Pepitone?!
Regardless, this will probably still be great, even if not as great as it could have been if anyone had asked me for my input, so we should all watch in order to make sure the ratings are high enough to get us a Magnum P.I. opening-credits remake in another six months.
The Greatest Event In Television History airs at midnight on Thursday (so technically Friday, if you want to be pedantic about it) on the Cartoon Network.