Studio 60 Stole from Me

The first episode of my old show contained a sketch called “Trading Cases” that contained allusions to a show I made up called “Pimp My Trike”.  That was one of the hilarious contributions that I made to sketch waaay back in 2003.  Bravo was running a marathon of “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and it caught my interest, but then I was shocked to see them reference “Pimp My Trike”!  Is it possible that Aaron Sorkin watched the first episode of “Floor 42″?  No.  I decided to Google “Pimp My Trike” and I found this video, I guess that I’m not the only person to come up with that joke but I do think I predated all of them.

On the topic, I really enjoy “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”.  I was a lukewarm fan of “Sports Night” and I felt that “West Wing” was waay too heavy handed to actually be enjoyed.  Sorkin’s try at the late night ring is light enough to be likeable but still provides opportunity for him to be unnecessarily liberal.  I particularly like the character of Harrier Hayes who is a devout Christian but not a member of the loony republican right.  Sorkin has really created some likeable “real” characters.

-Josh