Saturday Night Live

well that ruins everything

i could have sworn there were two sketches that had all five singers chewing on garbage

(do you see)

lol Sia is weird and terrible

I mean her stage shows specifically, which I guess are designed to distract you from the fact that she doesn't want to be on stage

Spoiler: there's a mime doing sign language.

I watched that. Sia with the visor or something hanging down so you couldn't see her face. I don't get her appeal, but she seems like the type of singer that Lady Gaga fans would like.

I liked the Bushwick Brooklyn sketch with Kevin Hart, Jay Pharoah and Keenan. Kate Mckinnon doing Justin Bieber's Calvin Klein ad also was kinda funny

Sure was a lot of death by gunfire in this episode.

Was hoping that the monitor would have never started working again in the Instagram show sketch. That would have been a delicious disaster considering that the whole premise rode on being able to see the photos.

Yea, that mayo portion of the ending for the Bushwick Brooklyn sketch was a little unsettling.

JK Simmons and D'Angelo on 1/31

Wow! That should be amazing. Or amazing for SNL, anyway.

Spoiler: there's a mime doing sign language.

― pelvic slang (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ)

I cannot imagine a universe where what that mime is doing is language

http://www.avclub.com/article/heres-incredibly-awkward-sketch-cut-weekends-snl-214103

i didn't think it was so awkward, i like mooney's shtick

Was cracking up this week at how serious Kate & Aidy were on the "The Wishing Boot" song this week.

Michael Che seems to be settling into update pretty well. The Riblet bit with Bobby this week was great.

I've had that goddamn song stuck in my head for a couple of days now.

It is quite an earworm!

Whoa

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/234286/eddie-murphy-returning-to-snl-for-first-time-in-30-years/

He must have found a rare open date in his engagement calendar.

open date in calendar and empty wallet.

moynihan was great this last ep btw, riblet & the shawshank sketch had me loling

i don't think hosting SNL represents a financial windfall, or that a guy who did 4 Shrek movies needs one

He's not hosting afaik. He's just coming back for the anniversary special.

kind of a relief tbh dude hasn't been funny in 25 years

Despite which, how long do you figure his standing ovation will be?

If you've enjoyed the show in the last 30, he deserves one for being the first proof anything can come of it after the first five

Like yeah yeah norbit but he's easily one of the most important performers to come out of it

According to Uproxx, the last time Murphy set foot on the “SNL” stage was February 25, 1984, with host Edwin Newman and musical guest Kool & the Gang

Not true; Eddie hosted on December 15, 1984 (with musical guest Robert Plant and the Honeydrippers). Probably the best episode that season, with one of Eddie's (and SNL's) all-time career highlights, the "White Like Me" short film.

Like yeah yeah norbit but he's easily one of the most important performers to come out of it

― da croupier, Friday, January 30, 2015 9:32 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Uh, probably THE?

Trying to think of others on his level and it's arguably:

Bill Murray
Tina Fey
Jimmy Fallon
Al Franken
Ben Stiller?
Robert Downey Jr?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus?

(possibly also Chris Rock?)

well i'm talking about importance to the survival of the show, not just fame or worthiness for the mark twain prize

oh well then, Tim Kazurinsky no question

C'mon, guys. Gottfried.

jeepers creepers, i just said eddie deserves the standing o

haha how do you make a short list of the biggest stars to come out of SNL and Al Franken and Jimmy Fallon are on it but not Will Ferrell, Chevy Chase, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, ::trails off::

Al Franken is probably the only competition Eddie has in terms of "importance" because he literally shapes American policy these days

Jon Lovitz and Norm MacDonald are another couple of tethers that helped to barely hold the show together over chasms of near-cancellation.

yeah i guess the word could mean that. i was just thinking in terms of Stuart Smalley's box office record. (xp)

lovitz yes but wasn't norm's biggest accomplishment behind-the-scenes pissing off don ohlemeyer?

I just mean that he was one of the only holdovers when the the show was floundering and the cast was rebuilt from the ground up, and also arguably the main reason why a lot of people were still watching at that particular time.

Trying to think of others on his level and it's arguably:

Bill Murray
Tina Fey
Jimmy Fallon
Al Franken
Ben Stiller?
Robert Downey Jr?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus?

― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Friday, January 30, 2015 11:32 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

purely in terms of popularity, i would guess that adam sandler has even murphy beat. and slightly below that level, there's will ferrell.

and chris kattan. let's not forget chris kattan.

yeah but they also kept david spade and mark mckinney, and i don't know what the argument is that norm is the reason many people stayed - dude was not america's sweetheart

people i'd consider important to the show's survival

chevy chase - first breakout star
john belushi - first america's sweetheart
bill murray - first breakout star not from original cast
eddie murphy - only breakout star of the lorneless period
jon lovitz - only guy from 85 anyone liked
mike myers - got the kids into it
adam sandler - ran with that kids ball something fierece
will ferrell - first breakout star after the show resurrected from kids ball hell
tina fey - possibly more important as a head-writer, but largely erased kids ball from the show
andy samberg - viral pioneer

bill murray might be the SNL alum with the longest period of relevance, no?

yeah but they also kept david spade and mark mckinney, and i don't know what the argument is that norm is the reason many people stayed - dude was not america's sweetheart

Don't know how long it's been since you've seen the 93-94 or 94-95 seasons, but that last stretch with the previous cast is largely dire and the new cast were slow growers. Spade was only doing his little Snark Talk segment during his last season and McKinney wasn't much of a draw. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that Weekend Update was the diamond in that rough patch at least until Ferrell, Shannon, et al built up a decent head of steam.

i'm not saying norm wasn't good and doesn't have his fans, i've just never heard any commentary from the snl folks along the lines of "thank god we had norm mcdonald"

where lovitz gets a lot of praise for being a glimmer of hope

i think you're conflating "norm was the only reason i was watching" with "norm was the only reason the network didn't cancel it"

Well, the former is certainly true, but while I wouldn't say the latter is explicitly true, they sure didn't have much else going on for about a year there.

phil hartman biggest SNL mvp

He might still be my favorite performer overall but he unfortunately didn't make much of a splash outside of the show. I'm so glad he went out still doing quality work on Newsradio and The Simpsons, though.