THE BATTERY'S DOWN with Kritzer, Faber, Von Essen & more

I'm surprised no one's mentioned this yet. I thought this episode was pretty good. It was certainly the most star-studded. How does he get these people?!? There were definitely some cramazing performances in this one (Leslie Kritzer, the stage manager-sorry, don't know who that is but she was hilarious, and the adorable Mary Faber & Max Von Essen to name a few). There are also 2 songs by Larry O'Keefe! As a whole, I'm not sure how exactly successful this episode was as a whole, but I really did enjoy watching it and it was definitely cool seeing all of these people who you watch onstage being completely creative in their downtime. I know there's some haters out there, and I think there were a few 'eh' moments in this one, but it's hard to deny the heart that's in this show, and considering it's FREE I have a really hard time complaining. If Jake is reading this, keep it up pardner, I really look forward to it every month.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NzhgpGFX_so&feature=user&fmt=18
part 1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RxClyFsb49k&feature=user&fmt=18
part 2

Leslie Kritzer could take any mediocre material and make it shine (LEGALLY BLONDE, anyone?)

This show just tries WAY too hard. The first episode was cute and catchy, but this is just plain bad.

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Updated On: 6/1/08 at 11:38 AM

I enjoyed it!

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I don't know, I think it sounded like a cross between "WHITE BOYYYYYYYYYS" and "BAT BOYYYYYYYYY!"

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So... is the rehearsal period for a reading really so short that they only gave him one lesson in ASL... and he didn't have time to learn his lines in ASL on his own?

The plots seem to be getting unrealistic and stupid for the sake of being funny, but it's not funny anymore. Blah blah blah. Bad stuff happens to Jake. Whatever! After five months I no longer care.

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No good

I think people need to stop bashing Jake and TBD. Before TBD, havent we all wished for a musical thing like this? I think we can all relate to it. We all get the whole "OMG! You should totally be in that!" and feeling stupid when we make a Bway reference that no one gets. Just give it some more time. :)

Although the show may not be perfect, I don't think that's really the point here. The point lies that now, because of this show, everyone in New York, and a lot of people outside of it, know who Jake Wilson is - fresh out of college. The kid is a marketing genius. I salute Wilson for getting himself and his friends out there better than anyone else i know of.

Well said, inlove.