I didn’t think Kroll Show could take the joke about Nash Rickey’s band’s reunion show being sponsored by “stamps” any further. We’d already had everything you might think of—obvious product placement within the show, annoying pop-ups, a ridiculously treacly ad where a soldier returns home to his wife. Then, before the third segment, we see the military ad again, but it’s like sponsored content on YouTube—there’s a “skip this ad in 5 seconds” button that the mouse is frantically clicking. This is what is so brilliant about Kroll Show. When it spoofs something, it spoofs everything about it, it does it perfectly, and it’s right up to the minute with it.
Nash Rickey was not one of my favorites on the first year of Kroll Show (there were a couple “halftime entertainer” sketches starring him) but this is a far better fit for him. As a Bret Michaels type, spouting propaganda for stamps as if he really believes it—but still with a crushed-soul quality to his voice—he’s perfect for a lame reunion show. In typical Kroll Show fashion, almost every line of dialogue is intercut with a ridiculous guitar lick and flashback montage, to guarantee maximum ridiculousness.
