Was the Asian guy in the Star Trek sketch the dude that played Sulu back in the 1970s?
― mutual interest in technology, the ocean & rap music (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 7 May 2017 09:13 (seven years ago) link
90s? 80s?
― mutual interest in technology, the ocean & rap music (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 7 May 2017 09:14 (seven years ago) link
Ah, yeah, he was in "The Last Voyage" sketch in '76 - Akira Yoshimura, SNL production designer. Nice cameo.
― mutual interest in technology, the ocean & rap music (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 7 May 2017 09:18 (seven years ago) link
haha, i wondered who he was!
this episode was alright. Not amazing, but alright. LCD were great.
― akm, Sunday, 7 May 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
digging the Roxy vibes
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Sunday, 7 May 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
One thing about LCD that is odd to me, and maybe becaues I live in CA, is that they never seemed like the huge deal some people made them out to be. their albums are really good, but a film and a big to-do about breaking up? were they that important to some people? Was this self-mythologizing?
― akm, Sunday, 7 May 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
the surveillance sketch made me irrationally happy
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Sunday, 7 May 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, that was a night's winner.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 7 May 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
i didn't get the slavic rap video at all, sorry.
― akm, Sunday, 7 May 2017 16:16 (seven years ago) link
Yoshimura also played Sulu when Shatner hosted in the 80s, and apparently also played Sulu when Patrick Stewart hosted in the 90s!
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Sunday, 7 May 2017 16:36 (seven years ago) link
- Patrick Stewart/Salt-N-Pepa (1994) ... Sulu (uncredited)- Jimmy Smits/World Party (1990) ... Scientist (uncredited)- Kyle MacLachlan/Sinéad O'Connor (1990) ... 2 Live Crew Member (uncredited)- Woody Harrelson/David Byrne (1989) ... Connie Chung (uncredited)- Garry Shandling/Los Lobos (1987) ... Senator Daniel Inouye (uncredited)- Mark Harmon/Suzanne Vega (1987) ... Senator (uncredited)- William Shatner/Lone Justice (1986) ... Sulu (uncredited)- Oprah Winfrey/Joe Jackson (1986) ... Professor Chin (uncredited)- George Wendt and Francis Ford Coppola/Philip Glass (1986) ... Eskimo (uncredited)- Olivia Newton-John (1982) ... Barbarian (uncredited)- Johnny Cash/Elton John (1982) ... Kenjo Yoshimura (uncredited)- Daniel J. Travanti/John Cougar (1982) ... Prince Andrew impersonator / Disguised police officer (uncredited)- Buck Henry/Andrew Gold/Andrae Crouch & Voices of Unity (1980) ... Prince Amanawahu (uncredited)- Steve Martin/Paul & Linda McCartney/3-D (1980) ... Incredible Person (uncredited)- Elliott Gould/Gary Numan (1980) ... Godzilla's Lawyer (uncredited)- Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull (1980) ... Tribesman (uncredited)- Teri Garr/The B-52's (1980) ... Guard (uncredited)- Martin Sheen/David Bowie (1979) ... Vietnamese Soldier (uncredited)- Maureen Stapleton/Linda Ronstadt/Phoebe Snow (1979) ... Josh (uncredited)- Michael Palin/Eugene Record (1978) ... Tongsun Park Impersonator (uncredited)- Steve Martin/Jackson Browne (1977) ... Contestant (uncredited)- Elliott Gould/Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson (1976) ... Sulu / Student (uncredited)- Peter Boyle/Al Jarreau (1976) ... Chinese Food Delivery Boy (uncredited)- Candice Bergen/Martha Reeves/The Stylistics (1975) ... Bee (uncredited)- George Carlin/Billy Preston/Janis Ian (1975) ... Student (uncredited)
they never seemed like the huge deal some people made them out to be. their albums are really good, but a film and a big to-do about breaking up? were they that important to some people?
no idea, perhaps they are mediocre enough to be huge. to me they will always be tied to the early 00s electroclash and i preferred the Rapture and Fischerspooner back then.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 7 May 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
were they that important to some people?
They were that important to music critics living in NYC (and, by extension, music critics who wished they lived in NYC).
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 7 May 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
Maybe because they were an electronica group that broke somewhat into the mainstream?
I remember people raving about the Stone Roses as if they were the next Beatles ("No really, forget those other groups I said were the next Beatles, this is the real deal!") but they seem to be treated now as just another group from that era.
― nickn, Sunday, 7 May 2017 17:10 (seven years ago) link
anyway if anyone can explain the significance or what was funny about the slavic rap video I'd appreciate it
― akm, Sunday, 7 May 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
this ep was not that good but chris pine is a gd host
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 7 May 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link
he slightly resembles bill hader a bit? also is good at being a dumb bro, snl needs that
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 7 May 2017 21:33 (seven years ago) link
he sang in every single skit. i get that he can actually sing but did he need to do it in every skit he was in?
get the feeling they're saving some material for the finale with Melissa McCarthy next week. How have ratings been now that they're going live in the West Coast? I went back and read an article from last year about this show needed a save and soon; it does seem like Baldwin and Trump honestly saved this show this year. Ensemble cast is good but McKinnon aside they still don't seem to have a single break out star; but maybe that's for the best.
― akm, Sunday, 7 May 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
my friend ted's dad. ted runs feeding tube records here where i live. great story. every show!
http://www.villagevoice.com/2017/05/19/meet-snls-78-year-old-heart-of-the-show/
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 May 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
Moynahan and Vanessa Bayer both leaving after this season. Sorry to see her go, him not so much
― akm, Saturday, 20 May 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link
i used to dislike moynahan a lot but i've heard him a few times on comedy bang bang somewhat recently and he's v funny there
― Mordy, Saturday, 20 May 2017 22:53 (seven years ago) link
I like Bobby. I'll miss drunk uncle, even though he hasn't done it in a while iirc.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 20 May 2017 23:07 (seven years ago) link
Scott that story rules. And Ted's label is mighty fine.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 May 2017 23:12 (seven years ago) link
I love both of them. Great on comedy bang bang as Fiveal
― dan selzer, Sunday, 21 May 2017 00:57 (seven years ago) link
Holy shit, Katy Perry literally has no idea how to do this kind of song, huh?
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 21 May 2017 04:14 (seven years ago) link
White Castle sketch was pretty nuts.
― DJI, Sunday, 21 May 2017 05:02 (seven years ago) link
Early-mid 90s: Tune out after "Weekend Update"Late 90s-Early 00s: Tune out after sketch following the first musical guest appearanceNow: Tune out after cold open/monologue Don't bother; catch the one decent part on streaming somewhere the following morning
― naus, Sunday, 21 May 2017 08:13 (seven years ago) link
white castle sketch was the best one in the show and the first shocking thing it feels like SNL has done in years and years
I liked Katy Perry's performance.
― akm, Sunday, 21 May 2017 14:51 (seven years ago) link
Halleluja should be banned
― Max-Headroom-drops-a-deuce-while-shredding (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 21 May 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
otm
― flappy bird, Sunday, 21 May 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, May 20, 2017 6:07 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh hey, he came back
― meekseeks mill (voodoo chili), Sunday, 21 May 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
The erectile dysfunction and "most evil invention" bits were great.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 21 May 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
the farting sketch was funny. farting is always funny, I don't know why. I think th efact that half the sounds were more like animals than farts made it work.
the jurassic park ride sketch wasn't funny at all but it had an adorable baby pig
― akm, Sunday, 21 May 2017 19:17 (seven years ago) link
apparently sasheer is gone now too?! wtf :( not that they ever used her super well, but she's incredible
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Sunday, 21 May 2017 23:31 (seven years ago) link
She's gonna get her own vehicle and become a minor star
― meekseeks mill (voodoo chili), Sunday, 21 May 2017 23:40 (seven years ago) link
She's too good for this iteration of SNL
Bayer is a big loss. She's one of the most reliable players.
― Max-Headroom-drops-a-deuce-while-shredding (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 22 May 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link
apparently sasheer is gone now too?! wtf :(
Noooooooooooooooooooooo
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 22 May 2017 02:08 (seven years ago) link
Beck Bennett is the show's anchor now.
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 May 2017 02:23 (seven years ago) link
And McKinnon, obvs.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 22 May 2017 02:28 (seven years ago) link
At this point, I wanted Kenan to stay there for 30 years just to see if it can be done.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 22 May 2017 02:29 (seven years ago) link
otm x2
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 May 2017 03:14 (seven years ago) link
Hallelujah cold open was horrible the first time, unimaginably worse the second. Such a waste. I almost always like Weekend Update, but this one felt really weak, low on jokes.
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 May 2017 03:16 (seven years ago) link
wait, they did another Hallelujah?
― sexualing healing (crüt), Monday, 22 May 2017 03:17 (seven years ago) link
i'm never watching this show again
― sexualing healing (crüt), Monday, 22 May 2017 03:18 (seven years ago) link
xp yeah but it was at least a joke this time
― Are you Thurston Moore (but enjoying it less) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 22 May 2017 04:50 (seven years ago) link
waste of space, as if they ran out of ideas
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 May 2017 04:52 (seven years ago) link
on SNL get ouuttta here
― Are you Thurston Moore (but enjoying it less) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 22 May 2017 04:54 (seven years ago) link
what was this Hallelujah about? there had to be some sort of rhetorical thrust there, right? (Sadly, I suspect not)
― rip van wanko, Monday, 22 May 2017 12:30 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d2/e3/be/d2e3be7ef7e38f0431a5bff402425ff0.jpg
― calstars, Monday, 29 May 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link