What’s on TV
LIGHTS OUT WITH DAVID SPADE 11:30 p.m. on Comedy Central. If you were wondering, “What ever happened to David Spade after ‘Joe Dirt?’” You’re in luck. The comedy veteran debuts a new show described in a recent New York Times article by Dave Itzkoff as “a comic round-table where Spade and a rotating cast of stand-ups riff on popular culture and internet memes.” Though Spade has had a long career, this show, which will air immediately after “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” has the potential to breathe new life into a comedian who rarely got top billing. Spade also joins “a late-night landscape oversaturated with political comedy,” Itzkoff wrote. The show’s creators, he added, “believe they can further differentiate themselves by staying away from Trump-of-the-day jokes.”
THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (1995) 9 p.m. on HDNet Movies. The theme song to the 1970s sitcom based on this movie might be one of the most recognizable in American television history. The Bradys in the film adaptation of the popular series, however, are not made up of the original actors many know and love (Florence Henderson does appear in the film, though not as Carol Brady). The family members are like fish out of water as they attempt to navigate the 1990s. The movie “stresses contrasts between squeaky-clean Bradyisms and ’90s grunge, thus prompting an uneasy mix of condescension and nostalgia,” Janet Maslin wrote in a review of the film for The Times.
BOOTY CALL (1997) 9:30 p.m. on FLIX If a drama in the vein of Jamie Foxx’s Oscar-winning performance “Ray” is what you’re after, then maybe you should pass on this one. If, however, laughs and a bit of raunch is what you’re craving, then this film fits the bill. In a 1997 review for the Times, Stephen Holden called the movie “Hollywood’s first condom comedy.” An accurate description, as Bunz (Foxx) and Rushon (Tommy Davidson), who are on a double date, spend the night trying to hunt down the contraceptive in order to take things to the next level with their partners. Holden described the comedy as “custom-made” for Foxx, adding that “the movie even finds a way for the popular television star to do his parodies of famous people.”
What’s Streaming
TWELVE FOREVER Stream on Netflix. “I’m just some weird loser, who’s loud, awkward and still plays with toys,” the 12-year-old main character Reggie said in the trailer for this new animated children’s series. The show, created by Julia Vickerman, a writer and artist for “The Powerpuff Girls,” centers on the life of Reggie and her awkward entry into adolescence (think bras, body changes and lots of angst). To escape the inevitable, Reggie uses her imagination to transport herself to a world where she can stay 12 forever.
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