The idea for this came from an email my mom sent me about our movie collection while cleaning our house. For some reason I thought it’d be funny to have a film studies professor review them and give tons of incorrect information – and to only approve of the movie Hancock. I’d written some notes on each movie for Morgan Ann (like Richard Gere not having enough suits in Chicago), but this was one of the first long-form improvised bits we did, and one to involve Will so prominently. My voice was completely gone through all of this – which almost adds to the humor, because I’m trying to keep everything from going off the rails when clearly I have no control. The truly great part, though, is Will’s admittance that he hasn’t seen the movies: “To get to the point, I haven’t seen it.” And then once he started calling them “flicks” I really couldn’t keep it together. You can tell we’re all on the verge bursting for this whole segment, but are trying so desperately to keep from laughing. This character would eventually transition into Ayyo Scott, the film critic who uses a DJ while reviewing movies. I thought punning on A.O. Scott – noted New York Times writer – was a true piece of brilliance.
