Saturday Night Live

SNL did kind of break Adele in the US, though, so who knows what will happen. Tina Fey's a good lure to get people watching a particular episode.

Phoenix were also on a good 3 months before Wolfgang came out.

Huh, I didn't realize that the performance antedated the album release, though it looks like it was only about six weeks (early April to late May), so the singles were already in circulation. Also, the reason I didn't realize that is b/c the album leaked in March, IIRC.

Ah, you're right. I just remember the album actually being released happening a dog's age after it leaked.

Ellie Goulding was every bit the dud I expected.

Bring back out Kristen Wiig as Tina Fey's singing fetus!

Stefon, still hilarious. Now it's obvious the point is to make him break, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N24fVEJyQKM

this had me lol'ing & i dont want to start a separate thread for it atm

i like 'your song' ok but ellie has abt 5 songs better than that & 'lights' on her album imo

stefon is the best bit in years imo

OH YES

Lindsey Buckingham cameo on What's Up With That!

Star. Studded.

Would see an Ambiguously Gay Duo movie with Jon Hamm and Jimmy Fallon (and Colbert and Ed Helms and whoever that was playing Big Head).

ROFL @ the live action Ambigulously Gay Duo... hahahhahaha

colbert

I would sooo pay to see that made into a real movie

i thought it was just some lame rerun filler at first

that was pretty choice

i thought 'what's up w/ that' was too much meta & not enough sudeikis dancing

jon hamm is just the best, that's all there is to it

big head was carrell

perfect!

omg first buckingham and then this amibuously gay duo wow

paul simon kinda boring

idk i think this is kinda cool/based

at least listen-able, which is better then most of this season

There should just be a rotating Hamm, Alec Baldwin and Timberlake slot.

i endorse this idea

i'm just going to choose to believe that will smith set up his massive trailer in order to create a controversy so he could pull even w/ denzel washington in the "times impersonated by jay pharaoh on snl in 2011" race

i believe they are both tied at 34

Odds on Jay Pharaoh having a second season? Low, methinks.

is it me or has there not been much Ed Helms in this episode?

i would hope that they'd keep jay pharaoh around considering how young he is -- i mean i know he was famous mostly for impressions, otoh i would like to see them use him for more than just impressions of the same ppl that black comics have been impersonating since he was a child

I don't know if he's just not writing anything else, or if all his non-impression stuff is just getting cut at rehearsal, but he's a one dimensional castmember so far. Disappointing, certainly.

I hope they keep Jay around, he's really talented he's just being underutilized... they ought to actually write some sketches for him!

Paul Brittain is kind of invisible too. Vanessa Bayer and Taran Killam are the only new ones who really made an impact this year.

it's still weird to me that they fire ppl after one season

yeah i don't remember anything paul brittain's done except that one character that jaymc said he did at improv

they really need to hire some new writers... and get rid of Seth Meyers...

On the whole, this season's been funnier than SNL has been in a while imo. I'm sure a few new writers would be a good thing, but no matter who you bring in they all still have to answer to Lorne.

well they chewed up & spit out hannibal burress xp

yeah i think this season has been the best in a while

They should end more sketches with Kenan as Louis Armstrong in a little circle in the corner.

They should end more sketches with Kenan as Louis Armstrong in a little circle in the corner.

That too.

I don't know if I've ever seen a host used less than Ed Helms. granted, I watched the show on demand, where they cut out the monologue and a few sketches, but that small role in the Ambiguously Gay Duo sketch was literally the only time I saw him until after Weekend Update, well into the 2nd half of the show.

Yeah. I was looking forward to it, since I went to college with him, but couldn't believe how little he was in it. Maybe they spent all week filming Ambiguously Gay Duo. I have a theory that whenever they cut to a commercial they've already shown, it's going to be a thin episode.

Helms played the banjo in "What Up with That."

GAGA.

and timberlake

but GAGA!!

they're gonna give her a big ten minute block like they did jay-z right?

gaga's on? i guess i have to go figure out how to get this to appear on my tv

shit, that's one of the best lonely island songs ever

the melody in the hook is just the shit