I agree a little bit about the Penelope character. I actually like the character, and think her performance is always funny, but it initially worked both because her delivery of those lines was perfect and because it was a nicely observed bit of behavior that everybody has some experience around. Now, while they occasionally come up with a funny new wrinkle (I dug her showing up in Hader’s video), the fact that they had this one pay off with a reveal that she was actually telling the truth seemed to dilute the original premise of the character a bit. Though Liza Minnelli sure did bring in a ton of energy for her appearance (I hope she pops up in the Arrested Development movie).

The Broadway sketch was a real treat, and the Digital Short was swell, and I really just liked that fact that there were a handful of sketches (the Broadway one, the “Two First Names” one, and Frost/Other People) that made use of most or all of the cast. Also, while it didn’t move beyond a couple of weird laughs and a kind of quirky observational mood, I do like to see something like the “Freba and Fran” sketch that’s a little more experimental compared to the format of some of the other bits in the show. And I pretty much loved the fake Burger King commercial.