Who Am I? Week #794
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Congratulations, Listener!
This week's subject was The Critic, the short-lived, but critically-acclaimed animated sitcom starring SNL alumnus Jon Lovitz as Jay Sherman, a movie critic whose catchphrase is "It stinks!" The show also dealt with Sherman's adoptive family and his tyrannical, Ted Turner-esque boss, Duke Phillips.
The show was famous for its parodies of of hit films, which were transformed into laughable bad films like "Howard Stern's End". Many real film critics appeared on the show, such as Siskel and Ebert and the recently-departed Gene Shalit.
It was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, former writers and showrunners of The Simpsons. It debuted in 1994 on ABC, but was canceled due to poor ratings. Fox picked up the rest of the show's run. It was canceled after two seasons, but reappeared as an internet show in 2000.
New game next week!
I loved The Critic. I have the series on DVD. The movie parodies are hilarious. Congratulations, Listener! Vlogger and video creator Dakota Sargent put together a 19-minute montage of highlights. "Husky, extra large."
It wasn't a one clue wonder, but Listener got it on the first guess of the clue, which is impressive! Congrats! Fun game King!