"The Sarah Silverman Program." Batteries (2007)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Rob Schrab

Writers:

Dan Harmon (originator)
Rob Schrab (originator)

TV Series:

"The Sarah Silverman Program." (2007)

Original Air Date:

8 March 2007 (Season 1, Episode 6)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Sarah searches for AA batteries and then sings a song about what is wrong with the world. |

Plot Keywords:

Officer | Pet | Sister Sister Relationship | Gay Couple | Period In Title

Cast

Sarah Silverman	...	Sarah Silverman
Laura Silverman	...	Laura Silverman
Brian Posehn	...	Brian Spukowski
Steve Agee	...	Steve Myron
Jay Johnston	...	Officer Jay McPherson
Candace Brown	...	Natalie
Mark Cohen	...	Dad
Larry Hankin	...	Mister Johnson
Laura Marano	...	Young Sarah
Eve Brenner	...	Mrs. Ramstack
Masi Oka	...	Clerk
Tucker Smallwood	...	God
Paul F. Tompkins	...	Police Officer #1
Rob Schrab	...	Driver
Jeff Bryan Davis	...	Waiter (as Jeff B. Davis)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Oil Factory

Trivia:

This episode was originally titled "The Pilot" and was filmed as the pilot for the show. But it aired as the finale for the first season.

Quotes:

Clerk: A girl ripped me off. She's getting away. She's a white female, kind of jewy but totally hot, not out of your league hot, just cute. Long neck, really nice skin, she could easily pass for 20.

It's Funny Because....

It's Funny Because when it comes to the laughs in "The Sarah Silverman Program", 50% of the humor comes from avoiding political correctness at every turn, while the other half comes from the uncompromising selfishness of Sarah's character. Add the two together and you have instant ha-ha's. Like in the episode where Sarah tells her friends that she has AIDS, and hilarity ensues? Well why not? It's the new millennium. AIDS is funnier now than ever and not the complete drag it was in the 1980s. The show is also supposed to be funny because of jokes about how cops assume that suspects are always black, or the fact that Sarah finds it more important to purchase batteries for her TV remote than it is to care about children dying of cancer. Ya see, as long as the children aren't actually dying of cancer, cancer can be funny. And as long as it's fake TV racism, it's even funnier than the real thing. A central source of humor in tonight's episode is the revelation that god is black with Sarah asking "Are you god's black friend?" I'd explain to you that the joke is funny because Sarah is so UN-PC that she doesn't consider the possibility that god might NOT be white, but that might insult your intelligence as a viewer. BTW, the "God is Black" joke was done first and done better on "All in the Family" way back in the 70s! Back when an audience was allowed to get a joke on their own without it being driven home with a sledge hammer. And believe it or not, there once was a time in TV land that a selfish, self absorbed character ended up getting what she deserved, but with todays brand of TV , selfishness has become a whole new brand of Teflon.