On Friday, NBC announced that it plans to air the six remaining episodes of Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, Aaron Sorkin's drama about comedy that is so labored not only can you see the writer's hand but you can actually feel it tightening around your throat with every importance of comedy monologue, three-part episode about a dinner party, or old comedy writer with amnesia who shuffles into the studio to talk about blacklisting.
But the return of
Studio 60 to the walking-and-talking deprived airwaves means two things: 1. This Conan parody just became slightly more topical, and 2. More ridiculous plotlines that are covered with a shiny, sheer coat of pretension.
In celebration of the latter here are a few possible future Studio 60 plotlines:
—Nate Corrdry's parents stop by again for some more seamless Afghanistan rhetoric.
—The coyote that they sent in after the snakes was pregnant! There are now several coyotes roaming beneath the studio–a fact that the stage manager must keep secret from Matthew Perry, leading to a hilarious, "No, uh, that was me howling like a litter of baby coyotes" scene.
—A four-episode cliffhanger anchored by Harriet's dental appointment/Christian hypocrisy.
—Three old comedy writers wander into the studio, and over the course of the six remaining episodes, they teach Matthew Perry and Timothy Busfield important lessons about the Rule of Three, and its significant impact on Civil Rights legislation. Also, coincidentally, their names are all anagrams for Harriet Hayes!
—Matthew Perry remembers four of his old collegues, and their ridiculous, ridiculous sketch ideas. But it turns out all four of those collegues were actually Matthew Perry, and it was all just a hallucination brought on by staring at the giant countdown clock in his office.