the best snl skits are the absurd ones that aren't really making fun of anything in particular. my favorite this year was kevin roberts, "can a bitch get a doughnut?"
― Treeship, Monday, 28 March 2016 05:30 (eight years ago) link
Maine Justice was one of my favorites ever, though it wasn't quite as good when they tried to repeat it (and I think it was just two and done with that one).
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 28 March 2016 12:43 (eight years ago) link
If anyone's interested, Sasheer Zamata was on This American Life having a conversation with her mother this week. That might sound boring, but it totally wasn't.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 28 March 2016 12:44 (eight years ago) link
Maine Justice is the one my brother and I quote the most mostly due to how ridiculous it was.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 28 March 2016 13:15 (eight years ago) link
That and the potato chip sketch.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 March 2016 13:51 (eight years ago) link
If it were still April 1 I'd honestly think tonight's entire show was a prank.
― fappy bird (rip van wanko), Sunday, 3 April 2016 04:27 (eight years ago) link
Waste of Peter Dinklage IMO. He sold Space Pants, which was pretty lazy but at least entertaining. None of the other sketches had, like, endings.
At least I can report, with relief, that none of Gwen Stefani's new songs will be relentlessly stuck in my head this time around.
― a spate of non-fatal hammer attacks (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 3 April 2016 07:51 (eight years ago) link
When have snl sketches ever had endings
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 3 April 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
Space...Pants?
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 3 April 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
I think I always have the same conversation with my wife after the first episode after a break. She'll say "why isn't this episode better they had weeks to write it!" and I'll say "I think the point is they haven't been working for a few weeks."
Not a good episode but some ok moments. Glory Hole skit was unbelievably stupid but I laughed. Underwater honeymoon was probably my favorite, really sold by Taran's amazing oscar worthy performance as corpse floating underwater.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 3 April 2016 15:31 (eight years ago) link
just watched Space Pants. felt like two disparate sketches merged into one. Mafia dudes felt like they were in a holding pattern. as an actor I felt awkward watching it. just a mob boss sitting there asking the same questions w/ a gun pointed at two dudes w/ them giving filler answers.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 3 April 2016 20:24 (eight years ago) link
Dan otm the floating corpse was amazing
― fappy bird (rip van wanko), Sunday, 3 April 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
never saw maine justice before but it's great, lol
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 April 2016 20:57 (eight years ago) link
me and my bro used to do the Jason Sudeikis "Dey got some good schoos up there, das troo, das troo" thing for a solid month
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 3 April 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link
When Sudeikis gets up on his desk and starts shaking his feet, the best!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 3 April 2016 21:17 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh75XWRaugg
― schwantz, Tuesday, 10 May 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link
I'm not sure why I like this cast so much when the writing is generally so terrible. it's like they just don't know how to write sketches or characters.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 May 2016 23:17 (eight years ago) link
I like quite a few of the current cast but, yeah, I've been finding a lot of the sketches woeful for quite some time now, and often a whole episode won't contain a single good sketch, just funny moments within the sketches, generally based on the delivery of lines. real fallow period in that respect for sure.
― the unbearable jimmy smits (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 23:26 (eight years ago) link
so true! the cast seems so likeable and talented, with the right collective sensibility, but where's the beef?? are they lazy? on drugs? wtf
― always be charging (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 23:34 (eight years ago) link
maybe having that total dud colin jost as head writer muddies the waters
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 10 May 2016 23:35 (eight years ago) link
lorne probably going senile too
― always be charging (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 23:36 (eight years ago) link
the church lady opener was godawful, otherwise i laughed a bit @ this last 1 idk; that mom hair sketch was fine
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 00:09 (eight years ago) link
This may have made the whole season worth it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie6LpKOJVf0
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 22 May 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
...
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 May 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
Like the Drake as Hulk Hogan sketch last week, I just...don't know what to say or feel.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 22 May 2016 16:22 (eight years ago) link
Was that a ten to one bit?
I just saw Second City perform last week for the first time in, oh, 20 years? Let's say 20 years. Anyway, hit or miss as usual, but I know they've been making efforts to move improv away from the usual white male default, and this cast included two African-American women and a Korean-American man. The last got me thinking and doing some lazy research, and I was shocked to learn that not only has SNL never had an Asian-American cast member (actually, that's not that shocking) but has only twice had an Asian host, once with Jackie Chan and the other Lucy Liu (who I think cohosted). There have been over 800 episodes!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 22 May 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
http://uproxx.com/tv/snl-potato-chip/
― You say tomato, Isao Tomita (RIP) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 28 May 2016 23:21 (eight years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/taran-killam-jay-pharoah-to-leave-saturday-night-live-w433408
― Don't boo, vote (DJP), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:07 (eight years ago) link
That's wild, Killan is like their Phil Hartman/Darrell Hammond utility player, you'd think he'd be on the show for a decade
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:32 (eight years ago) link
Also, shout out to Kenan, who's gonna tie Hammond's record if he sticks around this season
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:36 (eight years ago) link
I haven't been watching for awhile but I assumed Killan was one of the more popular cast members?
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link
I don't think he's that popular. Like he's great and dependable and has his moments to shine, but you don't see him jumping out and leading a movie or sitcom you know?
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:02 (eight years ago) link
he's the lead in an upcoming lorne michaels produced movie!
― mizzell, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:09 (eight years ago) link
as the straight man for bobby moynihan to go nuts around but still kinda surprising they didn't pick up his contract.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:14 (eight years ago) link
he was one of like 3 people on the cast who can actually act
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:17 (eight years ago) link
huh, he's also the writer-director of a movie with arnold schwarzeneggerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We%27re_Killing_Gunther
― mizzell, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:18 (eight years ago) link
killam was really becoming almost a will ferrell-like figure as far as amount of screen time vs. the rest of the cast was concerned. he was in like half of the sketches! i was burning out on him a little bit but he will definitely be missed. jay pharaoh i always felt was never really used as well as he could be (i.e. get him to learn like 3 new impressions a year and let him loose every ep)
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:24 (eight years ago) link
snl really getting to the point now where it's like "who's on this show again?"
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:25 (eight years ago) link
It's just because we're olds. But yeah. It's been like four years since I consistently watched so I have no idea who half of these whippersnappers are.
― Lyle Lovitz (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:27 (eight years ago) link
if by whippersnappers you mean comedic genisuses like Kyle and Beck you should pay more attention!
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:29 (eight years ago) link
i dunno about that, there's just a remarkable lack of old faces rn. Only four of the current cast have 5 years under their belt! (i couldn't believe it when I saw that Cecily has only had 4 year, feels liek she's been there longer, which I think is a testament to how great she is consistently. she feels like such a key part of the show imo)
side note: arguably still has the strongest female ensemble in SNL history right now assuming they don't lose anyone, and maybe the weakest male ensemble in SNL history (love kyle mooney but he is not a cleanup hitter. killam was the closest thing)
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:30 (eight years ago) link
beck is fantastic too, hopefully he can develop more awesome characters and maybe do a fucking voice or two, and please for the love of god no more thna like 2 baby man sketches next year pleaaaaase
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:31 (eight years ago) link
― dan selzer, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 9:29 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I admit that I'm totally at fault here. My lifelong SNL obsession just tapered off a few years back for no apparent reason. I'll get on a kick and marathon everything I've missed at some point.
― Lyle Lovitz (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 14:35 (eight years ago) link
I guess there was a moment a few years ago (2012) when they had a LOT of vets on the roster at once. Samberg, Hader, Armisen, Kenan, Wiig, Sudeikis and Meyers had all been there at least 8 years, Abby Elliott/Bobby Moynihan/Nasim Pedrad were approaching "vet" status (about 4 years each), and the new people felt like an injection of young talent vs. filling the void (McKinnon, Cecily, Aidy, Pharaoh, Brittain, Killam, Bayer, Tim Robinson).
It was one of the biggest casts @ 20 (and I think I remember complaining that it was too big lol) but it had the right blend of "people who have been doing this a while" and "new people to keep it fresh."
It's also the smallest cast it's been in a while right now, at 14, so they'll have to make that work (or add people). Aidy, Kate, Cecily, Vanessa, Bobby and Kenan as the vets, Leslie/Pete/Sasheer/Kyle/Beck entering their "shit or get off the pot" seasons, some guy named Jon Rudnitsky still whose face I will hopefully be able to conjure on command by seasons end (seriously, this guy is entering his third year and I can't remember what he looks like).
Seriously this cast would be perfect if they added two more solid dudes. One who could ground a scene (a Sudeikis or Forte) and one who is just absurdly likeable and not alienating (a Horatio Sanz type) and I am now fantasy booking SNL someone stop me
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 15:48 (eight years ago) link
Rudnitsky is not coming back this season
― mizzell, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 15:49 (eight years ago) link
i guess i will never remember his face! wow so that's a cast of 13... hasn't been that small in a while! (2007)
why yes i did make a spreadsheet that shows me these fact why do you ask
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
I have a spreadsheet, too! Not updated in a while but still.
This is the one time I wish I were still plugged into the improv scene and could make some predictions/suggestions of new SNL cast members.
― Lyle Lovitz (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link
(Although more people went to SNL from Chicago during the period that I was plugged in than I expect to see happen again anytime soon.)
― Lyle Lovitz (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
they're bringing back darrell hammond
― esempiu (crüt), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
Did he ever actually leave? I picture him skulking around like the Phantom of Studio 8H for the past several decades.
― Lyle Lovitz (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 16:12 (eight years ago) link