This week's best TV has a lot of important lessons, from Jon Stewart taking on Fox News' coverage of the police shooting death of Michael Brown to Weird Al Yankovic advising George R. R. Martin to "type as fast as you can." But, really, there is only one takeaway here: Always be yourself. Unless you can be Beyoncé. Always be Beyoncé.
Hey, Fox News! Really?! It's sad that all this has to be said, but at least Jon Stewart says it well.
It took just under four minutes, but in that span of time Weird Al Yankovic managed to parody nearly all of TV's best theme songs, from Mad Men to Scandal. But the highlight was his take on Game of Thrones, which included Andy Samberg in full Joffrey Baratheon cosplay and someone handing George R.R. Martin a typewriter while Yankovic implored him to write "as fast as you can."
The 2014 BeyMAs started and ended with this performance. It's Yonce's world, y'all. We're all just fighting for space in the crowd.
Because, the Dude, man.
This is mostly just Weird TV. It's long, and awkward, and forced, and ends up just being ... sort of surreal. It mostly gets props for making us super uncomfortable.
This isn't about the Ice Bucket Challenge. The only Ice Bucket Challenge video you need now and ever will need belongs to your favorite and our favorite: Sir Patrick Stewart. No, this is about Idris Elba's voice, because if we could only ever hear one voice again for the rest of our lives, it would be Idris Elba's. OK, his and Sir Patrick Stewart's, but that's it!
"Right now, I'm going to widen my swathe of destruction, or, to put it in terms that the internet will respond to: What happens at the two minute mark of this video will amaze you!" And then he went H.A.M. on a piñata. Literally.
