― Jody Beth Rosen, Thursday, 10 October 2002 01:25 (10 years ago) Permalink
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― simon trife (simon_tr), Thursday, 10 October 2002 04:06 (10 years ago) Permalink
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― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:01 (10 years ago) Permalink
D: Jaret's Room, Mango, Adam Sa...I mean, Jimmy Fallon's guitar parodies
I think Jimmy Fallon is rather funny, but not nearly as funny (nor original) as he seems to think he is.
Actually, I think the plight of SNL is that they have some extremely talented cast members, but don't have the solid writing to back it up like in some days of yore. There are sporadic bits of amazingly funny stuff ("I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!"), but it's just not SOLID.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:20 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:22 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:27 (10 years ago) Permalink
Weekend Update is awful, sorry. There's no bite to the jokes. they seem happily surprised if a joke does well, and if it doesn't they lean reaaaal hard on the "it's not funny; isn't that funny!?" thing that is the death-knell of television comedy (cf Johnny Carson, Conan's monologue)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:41 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:42 (10 years ago) Permalink
Everyone keeps banging on about SNL and I've never seen it - indeed, living in the UK with no Sky means I probably never will. Is there like a SNL Best Of DVD around? Or should I not bother - is it over-hyped rubbish?
― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 14 April 2004 12:12 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Magic City (ano ano), Wednesday, 14 April 2004 13:48 (9 years ago) Permalink
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 14 April 2004 14:46 (9 years ago) Permalink
I liked the bit about Larry David. The part with him and Dick Ebersol standing by the elevator sounded just like something out of "Curb Your Enthusiasm".
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 11 April 2005 19:52 (8 years ago) Permalink
make talk about the old snl. converse about the dim bulb sketch.
― foolhardy, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 01:01 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 02:29 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― teen challenge (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 03:54 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 13:05 (7 years ago) Permalink
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 14:55 (7 years ago) Permalink
The M'OD bio "Mr Mike" is worth a read. He bitched when the original cast started to do recurring characters, cuz he thought that was too much like Carol Burnett etc.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 15:01 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Allyzay is not appropriate for freedom (allyzay), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 15:11 (7 years ago) Permalink
― herbert hebert (herbert hebert), Thursday, 26 May 2005 02:15 (7 years ago) Permalink
the writers' terror of offending anyone makes most of the sketches heavily dependent on unfunny gimmicks and repetition, much like conan o'brien's show these days.
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Thursday, 26 May 2005 03:03 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― _, Monday, 17 October 2005 16:04 (7 years ago) Permalink
(i ACTUALLY roffled the first time i saw this sketch)
-- joseph (joseph), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 04:22 (2 years ago) Link
― and what, Sunday, 24 February 2008 06:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
was actually bumping thread to say i have a crush of shame on kristin wiig
why shame?
― remy bean, Sunday, 24 February 2008 06:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
maybe shame bc she's totally annoying?
― tehresa, Sunday, 24 February 2008 06:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
yeah, that
― and what, Sunday, 24 February 2008 06:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
shes kinda horsey too
i dunno i used to get real madtv vibes & think she was really untalented but now i kinda think shes the funniest person on the show
she never tina fey
― tehresa, Sunday, 24 February 2008 06:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
the hot air balloon thing sealed it for me
she def. cracks me up with the penelope skits.
― remy bean, Sunday, 24 February 2008 07:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
the hot air balloon was totally a rip-off of Tim and Eric style bad TV. Tonight wasn't so funny. Cold open was pretty weak and the game show too. Steve Martin and Tina were good in the intro. I also liked Tina's Hillary rant. What's the story on the new girl?
― dan selzer, Sunday, 24 February 2008 07:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
i watched snl tonight for the first time in a while!! it was not that good but when is it ever. tina fey was only really good in the monologue.
the there will be blood thing cracked me up tho.
and ya what IS up with that new chick?> is she secretly fergie
― s1ocki, Sunday, 24 February 2008 07:36 (5 years ago) Permalink
bret michaels sketch was awesome. the girls on snl roxxor.
― tremendoid, Sunday, 24 February 2008 07:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
so's maya rudolph gone?
― circles, Sunday, 24 February 2008 08:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
I couldn't remember seeing new girl in the earlier episodes this season and then noticed half way through the show that maya hadn't shown up at all.
― circles, Sunday, 24 February 2008 08:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
new girl is not funny
― remy bean, Sunday, 24 February 2008 08:19 (5 years ago) Permalink
two of these are new to me, i know dratch and wiig basically.
― tremendoid, Sunday, 24 February 2008 08:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
goddamnit darrell hammond is going to outlive us all
― tremendoid, Sunday, 24 February 2008 08:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
I love Fred Armisen, and I understand that they're kind of in a pinch, but his Obama is horrible.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 24 February 2008 08:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
darrell fucking hammond.
― tremendoid, Sunday, 24 February 2008 08:36 (5 years ago) Permalink
I like Stefon as much as the next person, I guess, but what I'm really hoping for on Hader's last episode is a Herb Welch sketch.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 18:13 (1 week ago) Permalink
Aidy Bryant has not done even one thing that I've liked to date, but to be fair they do give her a lot of the straight, unglamorous parts. But she doesn't do that well with them? Robinson also gets a lot of those kind of parts but I think he elevates them more than Bryant does.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 18:16 (1 week ago) Permalink
overall this show is losing its way something terrible
Welcome to 1980 and/or 1995, eh?
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 21:21 (1 week ago) Permalink
why does anybody watch this show― 乒乓, Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:30 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink3 hours for half a laugh― 乒乓, Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:31 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinki guess you get 2 vampire weekend songs tho― 乒乓, Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:31 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 乒乓, Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:30 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
3 hours for half a laugh
― 乒乓, Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:31 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i guess you get 2 vampire weekend songs tho
乒乓 otm
― Oral Sex in Sharp’s Ridge Park (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 21:44 (1 week ago) Permalink
boy you guys sure do love some vampire weekend
― balls, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 21:50 (1 week ago) Permalink
Armisen out. Sudeikis maybe too.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/16/fred-armisen-jason-sudeikis-snl/
― pplains, Thursday, 16 May 2013 15:30 (6 days ago) Permalink
That same source tells the Post that SNL veteran Jason Sudeikis will “probably” leave the show as well this year.
dude shit or get off the pot already
― goole, Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:36 (6 days ago) Permalink
ha ha what do you care?
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:46 (6 days ago) Permalink
Nice send-off for them tonight. cool that they gave the solo to J. out of the 6+ guitarists onstage
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/05/18/snl-kim-gordon-j-mascis-steve-jones-fred-armisen-ian-rubbish/
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:15 (3 days ago) Permalink
If Sudeikis leaves, I will miss his dancing in the What Up With That sketches and will lament the missed opportunity for future Maine Justice sketches.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:19 (3 days ago) Permalink
Seth really looks like he means business here
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 19 May 2013 08:28 (3 days ago) Permalink
Stefon thing where they actually show you some of the crazy stuff he's been describing all these years was so lame and missing the point of the whole bit. kinda bummer that that character became Hader's SNL legacy, he was so much more than that.
― yeeznuts (some dude), Sunday, 19 May 2013 12:30 (3 days ago) Permalink
He'll always be Herb Welch to me, and 100 other characters. I always find the Stefon bits funny, but I have no idea why people get obsessed with them.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 19 May 2013 16:16 (3 days ago) Permalink
When it started it seemed like such a New York joke. LIke for people who remember reading Details before it was a "men's" magazine. I thought it was hilarious but didn't think anybody would get the joke.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 19 May 2013 16:21 (3 days ago) Permalink
So is Sudekis out or what?
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 19 May 2013 18:11 (3 days ago) Permalink
Overall this episode was solid, surprisingly so.
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:01 (3 days ago) Permalink
Last 10 minutes: crazy emotional, more than expected
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:07 (3 days ago) Permalink
Vh1 was marathoning Ben Affleck's other hosting turns, and I'd totally forgotten that Seth Meyers was SNL's John Kerry. And he wasn't too bad at it, either. Also, he was the host the weekend before the 2008 election when Tina Fey came back to do Palin with John McCain for the QVC sketch.
All of the ones I watched this afternoon were better than the one from last night.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:56 (3 days ago) Permalink
been pretty blase about the last few of this season. I'll miss Hader but honestly kind of psyched for a season where Thompson is top dog so I kinda hope sudeikis splits too
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:59 (3 days ago) Permalink
if thompson stays and sudeikis splits, then they've got one guy who's been there a decade and the second longest running is Bobby Moynihan!
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 May 2013 21:00 (3 days ago) Permalink
Moynihan has been such a low key power player
― yeeznuts (some dude), Sunday, 19 May 2013 21:03 (3 days ago) Permalink
im super sick of sudeikis, hope hes gone for good + hope his movie career goes full piscopo too
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 19 May 2013 21:04 (3 days ago) Permalink
Moynihan was a total sleeper. He's a genius.
The stefon send-off skit was funny because it's been so long since seeing Seth Meyers "act".
― dan selzer, Sunday, 19 May 2013 21:13 (3 days ago) Permalink
meyers on bs report said moynihan was his prediction for breakout season before this season started (i'll leave it to you guys if that happened or not). i'm guessing (hoping tbh) next season will be the killiam and mckinnon show. i'm guessing lorne will bring in a bunch of new ppl also, all the strong impressionists at second city, uccb, etc have to be drooling right now w/ hader gone. trying to remember the last bit snl beat into the ground as much as stefon that i was nevertheless not remotely tired of, i think i'd have to go back to wayne's world or something (there were alot of will farrell bits i never got tired of, bill brassky etc, but they only did those three or four times which does not come close to counting as beating into the ground on snl). curious who's gonna get that update chair, i'd predict cecily strong except her breakout character is an update character.
― balls, Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:29 (3 days ago) Permalink
curious who's gonna get that update chair
if lorne likes mulaney enough to have produced his pilot i wonder if he'll have him on the update desk
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:35 (3 days ago) Permalink
Tough crowd
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:36 (3 days ago) Permalink
i think mulaney is really funny - his standup from last year (?) was excellent
― Mordy , Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:46 (3 days ago) Permalink
i keep forgetting that after all the hype the mulaney pilot actually didn't get picked up (which w/ nbc's current state of mind re: sitcoms probably means it really was as good as it was reputed to be). yeah i'd figure that's his seat if he wants it.
― balls, Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:52 (3 days ago) Permalink
i keep forgetting that after all the hype the mulaney pilot actually didn't get picked up
i said this earlier in this thread but a sensible conspiracy theory is that lorne had the pilot dropped so he could keep mulaney for seth's job
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:55 (3 days ago) Permalink
he was funny/charming on jeselnik's panel this season too
― Mordy , Sunday, 19 May 2013 23:55 (3 days ago) Permalink
bobby moynihan is fantastic. i hope he sticks around at least a few more seasons.
― leno dunham (get bent), Monday, 20 May 2013 01:00 (2 days ago) Permalink
totally ok with more moynihan, drunk uncle is a great oft-repeated sketch, the fox and freinds sketch is stupid but hes great on it, lest we forget RIP ASS DAN
― one if by lamp, two if by deeznuts (m bison), Monday, 20 May 2013 03:16 (2 days ago) Permalink
also kenan must have the all-time record for most years doing televised sketch comedy, right?
― one if by lamp, two if by deeznuts (m bison), Monday, 20 May 2013 03:17 (2 days ago) Permalink
must have the record for most years of being bad at it too
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 20 May 2013 03:25 (2 days ago) Permalink
I think last night actually subtracted from Kenan's overall time. Was he in the opening, I missed that?
Was kind of hoping Moynihan's mic-drop dude would pop up in that funeral sketch.
― benedict crumbsnatcher (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 20 May 2013 03:28 (2 days ago) Permalink
jan hooks looks like she might be in the running w/ tush, not necessarily the news, snl, and apparently the dana carvey show (though i'm guessing this is one or two appearances tops as probably hillary) and primetime glick which i've blocked all memories of but seems to have been a sketch show of sorts also (you do commercial parodies = you're a sketch show right?).
― balls, Monday, 20 May 2013 03:29 (2 days ago) Permalink
i could see portlandia running long enough (esp if he's focusing on it or whatever now) for armisen to get it as well.
― balls, Monday, 20 May 2013 03:31 (2 days ago) Permalink
gotta say that "kitty cat" space sketch has staying power
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Monday, 20 May 2013 03:51 (2 days ago) Permalink