that was especially bad
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
Tom Hanks in the WU bit seemed like he was channeling Will Ferrell's Harry Caray impersonation.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 22:05 (seven years ago) link
I'm just catching up to the thread but I think Vanessa Bayer's newscasters of the future is the best Update bit since Garth and Kat
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 26 October 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link
better than Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy?
It's close.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 26 October 2016 16:28 (seven years ago) link
Nov. 12: Dave Chappelle / A Tribe Called Quest
http://www.stereogum.com/1909651/a-tribe-called-quest-confirmed-for-snl-with-host-dave-chappelle/news/
― Wozniak on Kimye's Baby (jaymc), Friday, 4 November 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
Sick!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 4 November 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
lol @ mysterious lurker
― Οὖτις, Friday, 4 November 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
Dave Chapelle is such a brilliant host idea that there's no way it will live up to my expectations </debbie downer>
seriously tho speaking of Comedy Central shows I'd love to see Key and/or Peele host at some point
― musically, Friday, 4 November 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
Maybe Paul Mooney can join the writing staff for the week like he did when Pryor hosted
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 4 November 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
Let Mooney do a digital short or something. Dude needs to be on TV more.
― Lawsonomy Domine (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 4 November 2016 23:40 (seven years ago) link
Mooney's done.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 5 November 2016 00:46 (seven years ago) link
Ugh, that's awful.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 5 November 2016 01:36 (seven years ago) link
http://observer.com/2016/11/dave-chappelle-defends-trump-rips-clinton-shes-not-right-and-we-all-know-it/
― maura, Saturday, 5 November 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
there are gonna be so many 1500 word pieces on the internet about this week's sketches
it's gonna be like an avalanche of "why you should think this was funny" or "why this was an important snl sketch" pieces
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 5 November 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
Fuuuuck.
“They should not be having that conversation in front of black people. You go ahead and feel something about your rights. But if you’re putting sexism and homophobia and transphobia in front of racism, you should be ashamed of yourself.”
Yup, every group should fight a separate little war for respect and never support each other, this is a great idea.
― Lawsonomy Domine (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 5 November 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link
yeah JCLC the real takepocalypse is next week
― maura, Saturday, 5 November 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link
That Halle Berry joke is so fucking good
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 5 November 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
“She’s going to be on a coin someday. And her behavior has not been coin-worthy,” he said.
otm
― flappy bird, Saturday, 5 November 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
maybe this is why she loves bankers so much
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 5 November 2016 20:40 (seven years ago) link
British ppl should be permanently banned from American comedy programs
― yolo mostly (sleepingbag), Sunday, 6 November 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
i bet chappelle really liked the black jeopardy sketch
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 November 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
im sure there will be a lot of ppl making the neither chappelle or snl have been funny in 10+ yrs.......half of that is def true
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 6 November 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
Looks like chappelle has entered his old-man-reactionary phase
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 November 2016 22:03 (seven years ago) link
indeed his work has lost the woke nuance of "I'm Rick James, bitch!"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 6 November 2016 22:21 (seven years ago) link
is he now the living embodiment of 'when keeping it real goes wrong'?
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 6 November 2016 23:35 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/06/saturday-night-lives-final-pre-election-take-biting-criticism-of-donald-trumps-media-coverage/
Not sure the opening last night was as biting as this guy thinks, but it was entertaining
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 November 2016 00:53 (seven years ago) link
Baldwin's Trump is freaking awful. Not only is it a poor impression on its face, but the performance is charmless, lifeless, joyless.
― rip van wanko, Monday, 7 November 2016 01:39 (seven years ago) link
the performance is charmless, lifeless, joyless
Thus perfectly capturing its subject.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 7 November 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I thought it was a pretty good Trump. Really captures the dead-eyed, rat-mouthed horror.
― Lawsonomy Domine (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 7 November 2016 04:59 (seven years ago) link
Solange, man... do people like her? She seemed really boring. But both of her songs started off like they were going to go into old school 2-step garage tracks and I admit I was a little disappointed they didn't.
― Lawsonomy Domine (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 7 November 2016 05:00 (seven years ago) link
People LOVE Solange even though she's kind of boring.
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 7 November 2016 13:20 (seven years ago) link
"cranes in the sky" is the best song of the year, latest LP is fire
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Monday, 7 November 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
I liked that Solange performance, appreciated the mannered minimalism
never really dug into her stuff though
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 November 2016 17:33 (seven years ago) link
I pulled up a youtube of her performance, got bored, skipped ahead, and caught her doing jazz hands partway through. Then I bailed out.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 7 November 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
People I know seeing and hearing her for the first time on SNL did not find her charismatic. She was ok I thought. On twitter she got grief for the jazz hands and the hat she wore on the first song
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 November 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
RIP former US attorney general Janet Reno, onetime guest on Will Ferrell's "Janet Reno Dance Party" on SNL
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 November 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
I approve of jazz hands and headgear
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 November 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
I view Solange kind of the same way I view Carly Rae Jeppson, only CRJ did have one massive song that I really, really liked that made me see how people could transfer its shine onto her other material, which I find competent but uninspiring. Solange doesn't have that massive gateway song that appeals to me so I don't get the devotion. Like... she's okay. I'm not mad people like her, I just don't understand why people as so into her.
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 7 November 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
i think alec baldwin's trump is really good, the facial expressions aren't great, but the mannerisms and the voice are decent.
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Monday, 7 November 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
this fucked me up. i feel so bad for kate mckinnon. after hillary lost i thought about her and vaughn meader after JFK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG-_ZDrypec
― flappy bird, Sunday, 13 November 2016 06:57 (seven years ago) link
Front to back this was the best episode of SNL I've seen in a very, very long time. The bulk of that was due to Chappelle and ATCQ, but everything was laser focused tonight.
Oddly, I think the loudest I laughed was during the bar sketch when the frog dropped.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 13 November 2016 07:08 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, the end of her performance fuckin' got to me.
How many more seasons does Kate have on her contract? She's going to split to Hollywood after this season, isn't she?
― (rocketcat) 🚀🐱 👑🐟 (kingfish), Sunday, 13 November 2016 07:59 (seven years ago) link
is five years a long run for an SNL cast member? i figure she had at least 2-3 years left. didn't realize she'd been on since 2012.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 13 November 2016 08:06 (seven years ago) link
that opening bit is horrific
as a non-American, it astonishes me that this show is still a going concern
― Number None, Sunday, 13 November 2016 12:16 (seven years ago) link
I didn't know so many of my friends still watch my show. It wouldn't even occur to me to turn it on.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 November 2016 12:32 (seven years ago) link
Hadn't watched it live in eons, watched a bunch of it last night, thought it actually was notably *not* laser focused. The timing was off (flubbed punchlines and gags in the election night skit and elsewhere, sometimes unintentionally funny; even the Kids on Trump bit seemed off and easy), relied too much on gross-out gags (eating the vitamin powder, spraying milk, spraying fountains of bar drink while they tangle tongues). I guess I liked some of the weirder things, like the Kyle Mooney/Leslie Jones bit, but even that was played for OMG shock a lot. Ironically, the flubbed skit-skit might have been my favorite, and even that was seemed off.
Impressed how much Chapelle was smoking. - during skits, between skits ...
Loved Tribe Called Quest. I actually expected them to do something even more confrontational, because what do they care? One of their founding members is dead, and they're old enough that they're not getting back on live TV any time soon. Even so, the right act for the right week.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 November 2016 14:33 (seven years ago) link
i feel so bad for kate mckinnon.
You might consider reordering your priorities. (i assumed she was not performing this in character, bcz "I told the truth.")
Number None otm. Can we shoot Lorne Michaels and his fucking pandering into space with Bill and Hil please?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 13 November 2016 14:51 (seven years ago) link
Really makes you wonder what skits didn't make it. There is talent among the players, but there is absolute zilch material. How do they get away with it? Lone must not give one single fuck anymore.
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 13 November 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
that cold open was uncomf and cringey as fuck imo
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 November 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
yeah heard what it was and was like nope. not even going to attempt to watch that. /innocuous things that make you irrationally embarrassed
― acerbic (sic)s (will), Sunday, 13 November 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link