Miss/Guided (1.2 & 1.3)

Thursday, March 20th, 2008 at 8 & 8:30 PM

ABC

Miss/Guided, Season 1 - Episode #2- "Hot Sub" & Episode #3 - "The List"

ABC

Marmot: I'll be the man who will fight for your honor, I'll be the hero that you're dreaming of... Best reuse of a cheesy 80s song goes to Miss/Guided. Sorry – TWO cheesy 80s songs!

Manatee: And cheesy 80s/Forever 21 clothing!

Marmot: That's one thing I love about this show: retro feel with a modern sensibility.

Manatee: I find myself wanting to hate this show, but I can't. I thought that the Ashton Kutcher guest role would be a cheap way of getting the audience to tune in, but I actually liked him on the show (though it was a way to draw the audience). He was pretty fun. The show overall is very delightful.

Marmot: I thought his performance was great. The character was nothing I haven't seen before, but that's pretty much all of them. Chris Parnell is growing on me a little, though.

Manatee: I was going to ask you that. I felt better about him this week too. But I could have done without the back to back Spears. First you get the terrible Jamie Lynn Spears (she's almost too "celebrity" now for that kind of role) and then the remake of the infamous Britney crotch shot.

Marmot: It's funny you say that about Jamie Lynn Spears, because I didn't know who she was. Until the credits. The shows definitely pulls a lot of inspiration from pop culture. But then some of the jokes feel really dated. I guess that's part of the Retro sensibility.

Manatee: I guess I read too many gossip rags, so I know who JL Spears is! And you're right, I did notice a lot of pop culture reference, like who gets plastic surgery in high school! I guess at least they didn't when I was a young manatee. Nor did they have blogs about HS gossip!

Marmot: But they did make reference to a slam book, which is funny because I had never heard of one before I saw Mean Girls. People were generally nice at East Marmot High.

Manatee: I still don't know what a Slam Book is! But I do love Gossip Girl, so I know all about the blogosphere, if you will. Rich Manhattan teens getting drunk and horning and having it posted on the WWW.

Marmot: Where is here school supposed to be? I know it says Glen Ellen, but that could be anywhere, including Encino, where it's shot.

Manatee: I'm going say it has to be in Cali. Who else would let their 16 year old daughter get plastic surgery?!

Marmot: Did she get plastic surgery? I wasn't clear on that. I thought she may have actually had something like a deviated septum that was operated on.

Manatee: That's possible. I thought maybe I missed it. But Chris Parnell sure had a laugh out of it! Perhaps it was just a routine nose operation.

Marmot: I feel like Chris Parnell gets a laugh out of a lot.

Manatee: Including his little butler and then the "non-gay" Village People photos!

Marmot: The only thing I worry about is where the show is going. Or where it could go. I feel like they've almost written themselves into a corner.

Manatee: Perhaps that is why they are burning up all the episodes - they have it on back to back each Thursday till April.