Every year, we get a different take of either A Christmas Carol or It’s a Wonderful Life. This year, we are getting a new version of the latter, and it is getting the Horror treatment.
A year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve, Winnie Carruthers’ (Jane Widdop) life is less than wonderful — but when she wishes she’d never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe and discovers that without her, things could be much, much worse. Now the killer is back, and she must team up with the town misfit to identify the killer and get back to her own reality.
It’s A Wonderful Knife also stars Joel McHale and Justin Long.
Christmas just got a new Horriday classic, and I can’t wait to watch every kill on November 10th.
Have you ever wanted to see your hometown on a Klondike bar? Well, how far will you go to make that happen? Klondike and Joel McHale want to find out. So they are offering you a challenge to find out.
All you have to do is get at least three other people from your family, friends, or neighbors, take a creative photo or video showing the lengths y’all would go, and then post it to Instagram with #WWYDHometownContest and tag @KlondikeBar to enter. Oh, and make sure to find a way to incorporate something from Klondike’s brand identity, like the What Would You Do jingle, Klondike’s ice cream products, their brand colors, the polar bear mascot, or whatever you think represents them.
“You know what Klondike and I have in common? We’re both challengers at heart and we both love to celebrate fun, spontaneous acts of silliness,” said Joel McHale. “So, when Klondike told me they were challenging hometowns to prove who’s #1,” he continued, “I couldn’t wait to get involved and am excited to see what people all over the country will do for a Klondike. I’ve been a longtime fan of the brand and now, I get to judge the Klondike Hometown Contest! How sweet is that?!”
That’s right, he and people from Klondike are going to judge the submissions.
So what does the one winner get? They will get a personalized shoutout video from McHale for their hometown, an exclusive block party and their hometown will be featured on the packaging of a limited edition Klondike Bar. Pretty sweet deal. As sweet as their ice cream creations.
If you have what it takes, don’t wait too long to enter. They are accepting submissions until July 16th.
Joel McHale’s show Crime Scene Kitchen is back on Fox, and today he promoted it on the fourth hour of Today. Not only was he a guest, but he was also Hoda Kotb’s co-host for the day.
Part of being a co-host means that he got to try out beauty products with Amy Desai. Even though the segment was called Beauty on the Go, he thought it was a cooking segment and tasted some of the products.
Seriously that was the best talk show demonstration segment I have ever seen. So if the TV execs are watching, in between their freakouts that nothing is getting written because of the WGA strike, I hope they give him a show where he gets to try out the latest products that everyone, but him, is going to want because of the way he sells it.
However, the show cannot compromise his time on the highlarious Fox sitcom Animal Control. If you missed the series about an animal control department in Seattle, Fox is reairing it this summer.
After you watch that, you can check Jane Krakowski on Apple TV+ Schmigadoon! Why am I bringing that up out of the blue? Because she was a guest on Today’s fourth hour today too. To see her hysterical interview with McHale and Kotb, then click here!
Last week, Fox cancelled Call Me Kat. And today, the network announced that they are still calling Animal Control. The hilarious sitcom stars animals of all types, Joel McHale, Michael Rowland, Vella Lovell, Ravi Patel, and Grace Palmer.
And did I say a variety of animals that change up every week? That is because the show is about an animal control office in Seattle that rescues exotic animals and domesticated pets.
“We are thrilled our viewers have responded to Animal Control as much as we did,” said Michael Thorn, President of Scripted Programming, FOX Entertainment. “The incredibly talented ensemble cast, led by Joel McHale, along with our creative team, Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg, Dan Sterling and Tad Quill – not to mention a menagerie of wild animal method actors — have delivered a hilarious series that is sharp, witty, and warm, week after week.”
And Thorn isn’t lying! Animal Control is one of the few live-action comedies on Fox. But it feels animated because of the hijinx they get into during every call. That is what keeps me tuning it.
Well, not only the laughs but also the heart. Because not only are they co-workers, but they are also a work family who are always there for each other during the good and bad times. And they have more bad times than good. That is what makes comedies so funny.
Tonight at 9p on Fox is the season finale of Animal Control, and what a purrfect season it has been.
I wish I could say it ends on a happy note, but it doesn’t. Frank (Joel McHale), Emily (Vella Lovell), Shred (Michael Rowland), Patel (Ravi V. Patel), Victoria (Grace Palmer), Templeton (Gerry Dee), and Rick (Kevin Bigley) get together for a funeral. Sadly beloved C38 has passed away, and Frank is not taking the cougar’s death well.
He is not the only one who is not handling things well. Shred is ready to dump his girlfriend for Emily. But then he finds out that Emily is considering dating Rick. So what is he going to do?
He is not the only one who gets news he didn’t want, as does Patel. And Patel’s news will change his life.
And then there is Victoria. She doesn’t have any life-altering changes tonight. However, she does help everyone through their problems and throws them a party to say goodbye to C38.
And that is what makes Animal Control so special. It is a show about a family, a work family, but a family nonetheless. So they are there for each other through the good times and the bad. And we are there for them all. That, and the animals. Like the cute cats in tonight’s episode!
So tune in tonight and then watch the season again on Hulu or the Fox app. Because the more people that watch it, the better the chance that Fox will give it a second season. And it deserves another one over Call Me Kat and Welcome to Flatch.
