Saturday Night Live

[mikeyboy]

I'd love to hear that story.

Yeah, seriously.

[fezident]

Hammer..... were you in 8G?

Do you know (Harry) my father??! Small world!

[hammersavage]

Well, it was definitely the drummers fault. He played the wrong backing track. When it started, everyone just looked at each other. Then the producer Beth came over the speaker and yelled 'What the fuck is going on in there?'

A lot of 'oh God's' and 'what the hell's' being thrown around. But as the show went on they started to laugh about it because it wasn't their fault. It was pretty awesome.



fezident, I don't think I recall a Harry. What did he work on? I stayed mostly to the writers side of production. But if he got a script, I probably handed it to him.

[fezident]

Hammer....
At that time, I believe he was in Post Audio in the studio 8G suite.
As you get off the main elevators (not the employee bank of elevators) his studio was off to the left ... just before going down the main/wide SNL corridor.
Think of the side hallway (where they store odd props and wardrobe racks) where the B&W tile floor turns into grey carpet. The door to his suite was kinda right there.

[hammersavage]

Hammer....
At that time, I believe he was in Post Audio in the studio 8G suite.
As you get off the main elevators (not the employee bank of elevators) his studio was off to the left ... just before going down the main/wide SNL corridor.
Think of the side hallway (where they store odd props and wardrobe racks) where the B&W tile floor turns into grey carpet. The door to his suite was kinda right there.

If that's where he was in 04-05, then I definitely was in contact with him. My buddy was in the audio room so I hung in there once Update was done or if there was a rehearsal I wanted to see on Friday or Saturday afternoon. I honestly don't remember by name but I would know if I saw him. I was just a nameless, pitiful intern who tried not to fuck up anything.


And it's great to see another quote of mine make someone's sig. Good to see my gem's go appreciated.

[fezident]

I quote you guys all the time! Whenever something strikes me just right, I immediately cut... paste... and head over to the User CP.

Mojo, GAZ, lleeder, HotTub and yourself are almost always good for a nice out-of-context quoting.


Back on topic, my father has been at NBC for yeeeears. He was the Chief Engineer for Imus back in the wNNNNbc days. Then GE bought in, and he to moved various roles in the audio dept on the TV side of things. Perhaps you know him... he looks exactly like Mr. Kotter.


Sadly... my mom looks NOTHING like Mrs. Kotter. Gross. Somebody please get Dr. Freud on the phone.

[pennington]

Tom Hanks, Norm McDonald, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Paul Rudd, Arty Lange. Not sure if I missed anyone in that sing-along at the end.

Artie Lange looked pretty good (well, for Artie anyway). He's lost weight. I hope this is because he's eating better and not through some chemical help.

[hammersavage]

I quote you guys all the time! Whenever something strikes me just right, I immediately cut... paste... and head over to the User CP.

Mojo, GAZ, lleeder, HotTub and yourself are almost always good for a nice out-of-context quoting.

Eww. Don't lump me in with those lumps

[GreatAmericanZero]

i saw that Will Forte was on Fallon last night so i DVR-ed it. He said that him and Jorma Taccone wrote the screenplay for a "MacGruber" movie that is going to film in New Mexico with him and Kirsten Wiig starring. I'd check it out since I actually liked that "Brothers Solomon" movie

EDIT: oh, heres a link http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/snls-macgruber-movie-actually-happening

[lleeder]

i saw that Will Forte was on Fallon last night so i DVR-ed it. He said that him and Jorma Taccone wrote the screenplay for a "MacGruber" movie that is going to film in New Mexico with him and Kirsten Wiig starring. I'd check it out since I actually liked that "Brothers Solomon" movie

Sounds horrible.

[Fallon]

i saw that Will Forte was on Fallon last night so i DVR-ed it. He said that him and Jorma Taccone wrote the screenplay for a "MacGruber" movie that is going to film in New Mexico with him and Kirsten Wiig starring. I'd check it out since I actually liked that "Brothers Solomon" movie

EDIT: oh, heres a link http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/snls-macgruber-movie-actually-happening

I liked Will's Late Night theme song. They should use it.

[Suspect Chin]

Casey Wilson and Michaela Watkins fired from SNL. Good riddance.

[Fallon]

Casey Wilson and Michaela Watkins fired from SNL. Good riddance.

Hooray!!!

They just signed Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate last week, both are prettier. But hopefully funnier too.

[fezident]

Jenny Slate is HILARIOUS in the dating episode of the "Honesty" series. If she can be that dry and funny all the time.... she'd be the female Bill Murray!

Looking forward to it.

[fezident]

September 26th:
Megan Fox and U2.

Hell yes.

[cougarjake13]

September 26th:
Megan Fox and U2.

Hell yes.

hells yeh to megan fox

u2 meh

[hanso]

I never tune in.
If there was a free podcast. I would get that though.
But the way all the old school videos were pulled down on the interwebs.
I doubt this would ever be offered up.

[fezident]

TONIGHT
NBC
"SNL: THURSDAY UPDATE".


8pm might be a little to primetime-y for for them this year but... fire up the DVR anyway, folks.

[fezident]

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[TheMojoPin]

Will only 75% of the sketches be terrible? Who's willing to take the higher bet?!?

[pennington]

Will only 75% of the sketches be terrible? Who's willing to take the higher bet?!?

Since they had 4 months to write the sketches, polish them, edit them and rehearse them, I'm confident tonight's season opener will be 100% hilarious.

[pennington]

Anyone think SNL will be hackey enough to have Kayne West run out on stage when Megan Fox is doing her monologue and start yelling that Beyonce should be the host?

[Enabler]

Overall, not good. The Keenan stuff (Jean K. Jean/ Grady Wilson) made me laugh but Ive always liked Keenan. Fuck the haters. The Biker Chick sketch was funny too. But anybody else notice the new girl slipped up and said "fuckin" during that sketch? The second digital short was good, but it couldnt possibly make up for the awful first one.

U2 was great
Megan Fox was hot
I'll never stop watching this stupid show.

[PapaBear]

The first digital short was pretty awful, but I liked the ending. For some reason, I only liked Fox when she was wearing wigs.

[fezident]

Bad gnus and good gnus....

BAD:
I won't be able to watch last night's episode until tomorrow because my chick did not record it on her DVR. Kinda bummed that I have to watch it on Hulu or whatever. Tryin' hard to not freak the fuck out over here, folks.

GOOD:

RYAN REYNOLDS
and
LADY GAGA!!!

[GameRelatedSig]

I did enjoy the new chick dropping the F-bomb during a sketch.

[dino_electropolis]

I did enjoy the new chick dropping the F-bomb during a sketch.

Yeah.....wonder if we'll see her again.

[FrogSlayer]

you're frickin kidding

[August_West]

Watched for 40 minutes did not laugh once.
Megan Fox is kinda hot huh?

[hunnerbun]

The Biker Chick sketch was funny too. But anybody else notice the new girl slipped up and said "fuckin" during that sketch?

That was the best part of the whole show as far as I am concerned. I loved the "Oh no I am so fricken' fired" look on her face and how they immediately panned to Kristen Wiig. I am also amazed how Kristen held it together and kept from laughing out loud.

Overall a shitty premiere. Also, Digital Shorts without Andy Samberg completely blow.

[paulisded]

Worst U2 performance ever - talk about dogshit songs.

[dino_electropolis]

Worst U2 performance ever - talk about dogshit songs.


except for the last song, Ultraviolet (off of Achtung, their best album).....and they run the credits over them and cut the song short.


SNL sucks.

[Fallon]

Since they had 4 months to write the sketches, polish them, edit them and rehearse them, I'm confident tonight's season opener will be 100% hilarious.

You couldn't' have been more wrong, what a dogshit episode.

What the hell did they do all summer?

:thumbdown:

[MIKEYDAKEN]

You couldn't' have been more wrong, what a dogshit episode.

What the hell did they do all summer?

:thumbdown:

mastubate? kick puppies? piss on john belushi's grave?

[TheMojoPin]

GOOD:

RYAN REYNOLDS
and
LADY GAGA

Unless you forgot to include "...ARE DEAD!!!" after that I fail to see the good news.

[fezident]

Wow.
This episode was a letdown. A big one.

[Willmore]

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I love how she blows up like a fish after saying it.

[FrogSlayer]

I completely missed that last night when I watched.

[TheMojoPin]

She should be given a raise because even just those 18 seconds were unbearable except for the "fuck."

[hanso]

Wow this is the only part I tuned in for.
If I heard fuck it flew over my head.
As I found this to be unwatchable.
And kept hitting the remote.

[pennington]

You couldn't' have been more wrong, what a dogshit episode.

What the hell did they do all summer?

:thumbdown:

I hope you realize I was being sarcastic in my post.

Every year the first episode is horrible, it always looks like it was thrown together is a few days. Since this is their careers, you would think they would work out some skits, characters and scenarios and have a strong opening show.

[Willmore]

I hope you realize I was being sarcastic in my post.

Every year the first episode is horrible, it always looks like it was thrown together is a few days. Since this is their careers, you would think they would work out some skits, characters and scenarios and have a strong opening show.

That's the thing I don't get about SNL. Instead of working on stuff in advance, they usually throw shit together at the last minute, sometimes rewriting skits an hour before the show. That's just stupid. If the actors are looking at cue cards the entire time, they don't have the capacity to act or project the character beyond some simplistic accents.

Why not say that the guest host gets to appear in half the skits, these will be the ones that have to be thrown together during the week. But the other half, the guests have no say in, and are rehearsed in advance, polished to perfection and memorized. I don't know if that will save the shitty writing that's on the show at the moment, but the 35 year old formula has been broken for about 30 years.

[pennington]

I don't know if that will save the shitty writing that's on the show at the moment, but the 35 year old formula has been broken for about 30 years.

Jay Mohr wrote a very good book about his time at SNL. Check your library or Amazon, it's worth the time. In it he said the writing schedule was still done like in the 70's when everyone was doing drugs and wired.

[strawberrypop]

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I love how she blows up like a fish after saying it.

She really hammersavaged that sketch.

[~Katja~]

I liked the russian mail order bride, probably mostly cause Megan played a "Katja". The bit overall was ok but not hilarious.

[Willmore]

I liked the russian mail order bride, probably mostly cause Megan played a "Katja". The bit overall was ok but not hilarious.

It either didn't go long enough, or was way too long.

The theory is supposedly that an annoying comedy bit is funny the first 3 minutes, once the audience realizes what the comedian is doing. The crows is angry from minute 3 to 9, but if it gets to minute 9, it turns into another level of hilarious.

That's the thing about SNL. It's annoying bits always run between 4 and 5 minutes. It was too long for the "Oh, how cute, it's annoying" bit, and it never goes to the 9 minute level, because it always has to cram skits in there, so SNL can never do the edgy stuff that has a high chance of bombing, and a tiny chance of being the funniest thing in history.


Oh, and she played a Russian chick, so it was Katya, not Katja :-)

[fezident]

Jay Mohr wrote a very good book about his time at SNL. Check your library or Amazon, it's worth the time. In it he said the writing schedule was still done like in the 70's when everyone was doing drugs and wired.

Now THAT was a great book. Loved it.
Except for fucking 8 pages that Mohr recounts, in exacting detail, a wrestling match he and Farely had. Wow, does Jay like wrestling or WHAT?! He threw in so much wrestling jargon that I thought that the publisher crammed a chapter from some other manuscript into a book about a comedian on SNL. Christ almighty that was a boring chapter.

[fezident]

Jenny Slate, Ernie Anastos, and Sue Simmons are all here in NYC. I would love to see a "Cussers Anonymous" sketch or something like that.

[FrogSlayer]

Does anyone know who is hosting tonight?
BTW What happened to Mad TV?

[led37zep]

Does anyone know who is hosting tonight?
BTW What happened to Mad TV?

Ryan Reynolds and Lady Gaga

[Foster]

Does anyone know who is hosting tonight?
BTW What happened to Mad TV?

I think Mad TV got the axe

[PapaBear]

I think Mad TV got the axe
Many painful years too late.

[Dude!]

Many painful years too late.

no way


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[FrogSlayer]

just as funny or funnier than snl IMO

[mikeyboy]

no way


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I knew you had no taste from the Big Star thread, so this doesn't surprise me.

[FrogSlayer]

Lady ga ga ga ga god she sucks

[Dude!]

I knew you had no taste from the Big Star thread, so this doesn't surprise me.

you just hate cute children

[FrogSlayer]

Andy Samberg does it again. His shorts / songs are the best. I can't tell you how many times we rocked "on a boat" on the boat this year.

[FrogSlayer]

And a cameo by Scarlett Jo

[paulisded]

Andy Samberg does it again. His shorts / songs are the best. I can't tell you how many times we rocked "on a boat" on the boat this year.

Meh...I've never understood the love for Samberg.

[PapaBear]

What in Ga God's name is this crap?:help:

[paulisded]

I thought lip-syncing wasn't allowed?

[NickyL0885]

2 big cameos tonight. Scarlett and Madonna.

[hunnerbun]

At least its funnier then last weeks fiasco.

[FrogSlayer]

That is a fact

[TheGameHHH]

Andy Samberg does it again. His shorts / songs are the best. I can't tell you how many times we rocked "on a boat" on the boat this year.

i cant tell you how big of douche bags you guys must have looked like. how many of you were wearing ed hardy shirts?

[FrogSlayer]

If I look like a douchebag on a 30 ft. boat I restored myself then so be it douchebag

[TheGameHHH]

If I look like a douchebag on a 30 ft. boat I restored myself then so be it douchebag

oh my god, 30 feet? it was a 30 foot boat?!?! thats easily gotta be the biggest boat ive ever heard of in my life. i cant even comprehend what that looks like in reality. have you called guinness to get that certified as a world record?

dont be mad that i called you out on your ed hardy shirts and tacky music choice. i was only kidding. im sure it was a blast

[spoon]

Andy Samberg does it again. His shorts / songs are the best. I can't tell you how many times we rocked "on a boat" on the boat this year.

I threw it to the ground! HA! I wasn't a fan of the boat song or the other shit, but this one cracked me up for some reason. Especially the hotdog, phone and cake parts!

Fuck, tie in the eyore suicide and arod rip I'm actually doing something I haven't done in years, laugh at snl.

[hanso]

Is her disco stick showing?

[PapaBear]

Her trying to sit down at the piano with that hoop thing was funny as shit.

[FrogSlayer]

We were havin a time. Your post didnt read like 'only kidding' It read like someone trying to be a dick for no good reason.
I dont even Know who Ed hardy is. I was wearing a swimsuit. I have tired of cyber jerks.... goodnight

[PapaBear]

Poke her face.

[spoon]

We were havin a time. Your post didnt read like 'only kidding' It read like someone trying to be a dick for no good reason.
I dont even Know who Ed hardy is. I was wearing a swimsuit. I have tired of cyber jerks.... goodnight

you nailed it, H is a cunt

good for you

[benjamin]

Poke her face.

i would.
lady gaga isnt exactly beautiful but everytime i see her i know she is a "GOER"...
and thats hot

[TheMojoPin]

i would.
lady gaga isnt exactly beautiful but everytime i see her i know she is a "GOER"...
and thats hot

The sight of her hard cock gets you going?

[cougarjake13]

The sight of her hard cock gets you going?

i'd let her fuck me in the ass sure why not ??

[fezident]

I enjoyed this episode.

It had some genuinely funny material but also some unintentionally funny segments. The skit with Madonna and Lady Ga seemed awkward and unrehearsed... and cringe worthy.

I especially liked the PBS masterpiece "mastery of the english language" theatre bit. Good stuff.


Next week;
DREW BARRYMORE
and
REGINA SPEKTOR.

[hammersavage]

Then they tased my butthole

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[strawberrypop]

Tased or teased?

[FrogSlayer]

hoping for a good episode with Drew Barrymore

[PapaBear]

So far, so bad.

[RhinoinMN]

So far, so bad.


no shit. what was the point of that gilly bit?

[FrogSlayer]

I will have to agree I was 'nonplussed' by the music. Was she related to Phil Spectre?

[hunnerbun]

...and who the hell was the musical guest...shitty all around.

[PapaBear]

It's spelled Spektor. She's a Russian Jew.

[Doctor Z]

I haven't watched SNL in about 8 years... Just sitting at home tonight with nothing to do, so I tuned in to see what's going on with this show nowadays. I saw the "Gilly" skit and remembered why I stopped watching... This show is no better than MadTV now. That skit was an absolute piece of unwatchable shit.

[PapaBear]

Finally. One giggle.

"Tampax. Helps you relax when Mother Nature attacks your slacks."

[FrogSlayer]

definately the highlight so far

[pennington]

I finally watched the episode yesterday. Gilly? Again? Really?

Now, in fairness maybe I fast-forwarded through some funny material. Maybe all the good skits will be on next week's show.

[Enabler]

Bill Hader's James Carville impression was the only thing that made me laugh. I thought that was great.

[fezident]

I hope they bring back Will Forte's creepy halloween guy this year. That was one of my favorite sketches in SNL history.

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Next week
GERARD BUTLER
and
SHAKIRA

[TheMojoPin]

Next week
GERARD BUTLER
and
SHAKIRA

My GOD. The parade of utter dreck will not cease.

The sooner everyone realizes how awful Butler is the better.

[FrogSlayer]

I forsee the highlight will Shakiras ass

[PapaBear]

I forsee the highlight will Shakiras ass
Not so much. She looks like a spaz.

[FrogSlayer]

what is going on with this episode? It is more of a flashback episode. Maybe they realized Gerard wasnt too funny and they dumped out to the best of.

[PapaBear]

3000 Spartans. Very topical.:thumbdown:

[PapaBear]

I never thought I'd see the day that Shakira would totally turn me off.

[Fallon]

what is going on with this episode? It is more of a flashback episode. Maybe they realized Gerard wasnt too funny and they dumped out to the best of.

Bud Light Wheat bought a lot of ad time and those dress reheasal clips were brought to use instead of other commercials.

I really liked tonight episode, thought it was pretty solid and even though I like Kristen Wiig a lot it's time to let some of the other women get bigger parts.

I forgot how awesome Perspectives was.

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[~Katja~]

did I see that right that Megan Fox and U2 are on on Oct 24? Just a replay I assume but why?

[paulisded]

did I see that right that Megan Fox and U2 are on on Oct 24? Just a replay I assume but why?

It's a replay of the season opener. A typical SNL schedule is 4 new eps followed by a rerun.

[JimBeam]

A buddy of mine that bartends at Turtle Bay said they filmed a skits from there yesterday.

I haven't seen it yet.

[dino_electropolis]

I never thought I'd see the day that Shakira would totally turn me off.

She was styled like a latin Beyonce.

Dont get me wrong, beyonce is smokin, but Shakira always had her own latin flava thing happening, and now it just looks like she's tryin to mimic beyonce

[pennington]

I see in the opening sketch they're back to problems are George Bush's fault and the Republicans in Congress. That sketch last week where Obama was doing nothing got a lot of attention but I guess we're not going to see things like that again.

[FrogSlayer]

I enjoyed "the rock obama". Dwayne Johnson always turns out a little funnier than I expect.

[Fallon]

She was styled like a latin Beyonce.

Dont get me wrong, beyonce is smokin, but Shakira always had her own latin flava thing happening, and now it just looks like she's tryin to mimic beyonce

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:thumbup:

[fezident]

This was a good episode for Jason Sudekis. That guy is good. He's funny.... he's a good straight man... he can ACT.... and he's a team player. Good stuff. (I especially liked his pretty-fly-for-a-white-guy shtick during that Keenan sketch)

Next week is a repeat.
That gives them two whole weeks to make TAYLOR SWIFT seem funny when she hosts and musical guests in two weeks. Uh oh.

[paulisded]

Next week is a repeat.
That gives them two whole weeks to make TAYLOR SWIFT seem funny when she hosts and musical guests in two weeks. Uh oh.

She's HOSTING too?

Oh God.

[fezident]

"uh oh" indeed.
There's about 50 seconds of funny material built into the Kayne thing.... then... a whoooole bunch o' nuthin'.

I hate that chick.

[brettmojo]

Taylor Swift rules.

[biggirl]

she just sang a little song on saturday night live.

[biggirl]

hahaha....oops i forgot I was posting in a SNL thread...silly me. I went to school with a girl that looks a lot like her.

[PapaBear]

Swine fever reminds me of the old AYDS Diet Plan.

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[biggirl]

firelight preview looks good....maybe I will go see it.

[paulisded]

Ugh, this is awful. Even Fran Tarkenton was a better actor.

[Reephdweller]

firelight preview looks good....maybe I will go see it.


Agreed, I would actually go see that.

[biggirl]

Agreed, I would actually go see that.

doesn't it look soooooooooooooooooo good?

[Suspect Chin]

Taylor Swift is beautiful but wow she is not a great performer. The arm flailing and hip thrusting looks too rehearsed and forced.

[paulisded]

Taylor Swift is beautiful but wow she is not a great performer. The arm flailing and hip thrusting looks too rehearsed and forced.

Ugh, that was horrendous. There's nothing I hate more than when these fluff acts think they have to act out the song with hand movements (ala Backstreet Boys holding their hands on their heart whenever the lyrics have the word "heart"). And while she's a cute girl, that was the least sexy hip thrusting I've ever seen.

[Suspect Chin]

Ugh, that was horrendous. There's nothing I hate more than when these fluff acts think they have to act out the song with hand movements (ala Backstreet Boys holding their hands on their heart whenever the lyrics have the word "heart"). And while she's a cute girl, that was the least sexy hip thrusting I've ever seen.

She should stick with the innocent act and not try the sexy thing.

[thepaulo]

I laughed

[Suspect Chin]

I didn't know the guy from fall out boy played in Taylor Swift's band.

[Enabler]

Considering how bad most of this season has been, last nights episode was pretty strong. The frankenstein twilight digital short was funny. And Kenan doing "McIntosh" is by far my favorite sketch/character in years. That skit would have been even funnier but they threw Taylor Swift in there which made it slightly uncomfortable. I also love anytime they do The View and Armisen gets to do his Joy Behar impression. Solid C+ show.

[brettmojo]

Just to be clear, she can't sing worth a shit... But she was funny as hell.

[pennington]

I finally watched Saturday's episode. Taylor Swift was surprisingly good.

I didn't laugh once through the entire episode, usually I get at least one chuckle during the news. I had to fast-forward through the Kristin Wiig sketch where she pulls on her hair and has to top everything people say. I like her but I don't know where these awful characters come from.

[Reephdweller]

The first sketch on SNL tonight, could be the absolute worst I've ever seen. Wow was that bad.

[Willmore]

The first sketch on SNL tonight, could be the absolute worst I've ever seen. Wow was that bad.

Not to mention that January Jones can't act.

[Slumbag]

I think I'm done with SNL until they get new writers.
This show is the absolute worst it has ever been.

It's the same thing every week.
The skit starts. They establish the joke in the first 10 seconds. A good example is the Kristen Wiig Lesbian news reporter skit. It's starts, and she's clearly attracted to the girl she's interviewing. Then, for the next five minutes, it's the same joke over and over. EVERY skit is the same way. They don't build to a funny ending, or switch it up. It's just the same joke over and over, and it stops being funny around the one minute mark.

It's sucks that they have a really really talented cast, and can't write a sketch for shit. It's insulting to comedy.

[pennington]

Today I watched the Joseph Gordon-Levitt episode. It was neither good nor bad, somewhere in the middle. The Al Gore love fest was nauseating, though. There isn't that much ass-kissing in Scat films.

[fezident]

I am three episodes behind on my SNL viewing. I have a new girlfriend, and all we do is fuck.

Thank god for DVR. And lube.


That is all.

[Stuft]

I am three episodes behind on my SNL viewing. I have a new girlfriend, and all we do is fuck.

Thank god for DVR. And lube.


That is all.

Congrats? :thumbup:

I don't think i've watched an episode of SNL in 20 years, cuz i hadn't laughed at anything i glanced at in the prior 10 years and im only 31!

[fezident]

SNL. December 19th.
The musical guest will be MUSE.

Set your DVRs accordingly.

[TheMojoPin]

SNL. December 19th.
The musical guest will be MUSE.

Set your DVRs accordingly.

*Smashes all recording devices*

Done.

Thanks for the warning.

[Furtherman]

A Highly Positive Review from a Test Screening of MACGRUBER (http://www.collider.com/2009/12/08/a-highly-positive-review-from-a-test-screening-of-macgruber/)

After learning that it was going to be a hard-R comedy that played on 80s-action movie tropes, the complete and utter disdain for the film adaptation of the SNL sketch MacGruber has turned into cautious excitement. That cautious excitement has built as a review from a recent test screening says, “MacGruber is the best SNL movie since Wayne’s World in 1992.” The review, posted on The Vertex, provides a plot synopsis that lines up with the one Universal provided back in October:

In the 10 years since his fiancée was killed, special op MacGruber has sworn off a life of fighting crime with his bare hands. But when he learns that his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that’s been stolen by his sworn enemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer), MacGruber figures he’s the only one tough enough for the job.

In addition to having high praise for Forte, Ryan Phillipe (who plays “Special Agent Piper, a young rookie whose tendency to follow the rules clashes with MacGruber’s no-holds-barred attitude”), and Kristen Wiig (”MacGruber’s new love interest, the impressionable and naïve Vicki St. Elmo’), the reviewer provides some examples of the humor like MacGruber driving everywhere in a red Miata and a joke where Cunth asks his henchmen why they didn’t capture MacGruber and it was because they didn’t think he was a threat because they thought he was retarded. While this was just a test screening and the film has a long way to go to its April 16, 2010 release date, we may have to start accepting that a MacGruber movie may actually be good.

[Enabler]

Im actually going to the MacG screening Thursday in Paramus. I have no life.

[Furtherman]

Im actually going to the MacG screening Thursday in Paramus. I have no life. If anybody else is bored heres the info...

http://www.movietickets.com/pdf/MacGruberDec10NJ.pdf

Nothing wrong with going to a free screening.

Please report back here with your analysis.

Good day.

[cougarjake13]

ill check it out


at least its not a remake or a reimagining or a 4th sequel to the prequel to the trilogy that started it all

[Fallon]

Finally, what everyone has been asking for.


SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/12/09/gilly-snl-christmas-special-kristen-wiig/)

http://i50.tinypic.com/2wovv2o.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

Oh Lord.

She really is the worst.

[Fallon]

Oh Lord.

She really is the worst.

Gilly?

Gilllllllllllllllllllllllllly?

[Enabler]

MacGruber was actually pretty damn funny! The screening started 15mins late so Lorne Michaels could get seated. No shit. Lorne fucking Michaels waddled into the AMC 16 at the Garden State Plaza 15 mins late and the movie started. I thought that was pretty crazy, but it was even crazier when I found myself laughing hard at several scenes in this movie. The audience erupted in laughter probably 6-7 times. Big big laughs.

The cut I saw last nite will def need to be rated R but I feel like the audience for the movie will be teenage boys. The movie didnt hold back AT ALL, and they kept coming back to the raunchiest jokes. Almost like what makes SNL bad most times (setting up a premise...then repeating that premise ad nauseum) but MacGruber seems to get it right. They stick with a joke just long enough to get the most out of it, and the jokes keep building on themselves to a point where I was actually surprised a few times that they went that far. Will Forte and Val Kilmer were very good and believable. I forgot how good Val Kilmer could be and it was good seeing him as a bad guy.

I dont want to gush over this movie because there were plenty of times where I rolled my eyes and felt like they went for a cheap joke, but I think MacGruber will be a word of mouth hit. It feels like a big budget action film and its obvious they spent some money on this. Way more than any other SNL movie I can think of right now. I was very surprised.

My only wish was that I was more familiar with the actual show MacGyver. I know he made bombs out of toothpicks or whatever, but I feel like this movie went a little deeper in spoofing the show. I might have enjoyed some of the jokes/imagery more if I had ever actually seen an episode of MacGyver.

[pennington]

Finally, what everyone has been asking for.


SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/12/09/gilly-snl-christmas-special-kristen-wiig/)

It is really time for Lorne Michaels to retire and drink champagne cocktails all day. Gilly has got to be one of the worst historic all-time SNL characters. I won't be watching.

[pennington]

The cut I saw last nite will def need to be rated R but I feel like the audience for the movie will be teenage boys. The movie didnt hold back AT ALL, and they kept coming back to the raunchiest jokes.

I hope they don't tone it down to get a PG-13 rating. One of the things that made late 70's/early 80's comedies great was the gratuitous nudity (Animal House, Porky's, even the original Police Academy, etc.).

[booster11373]

I think I'm done with SNL until they get new writers.
This show is the absolute worst it has ever been.

It's the same thing every week.
The skit starts. They establish the joke in the first 10 seconds. A good example is the Kristen Wiig Lesbian news reporter skit. It's starts, and she's clearly attracted to the girl she's interviewing. Then, for the next five minutes, it's the same joke over and over. EVERY skit is the same way. They don't build to a funny ending, or switch it up. It's just the same joke over and over, and it stops being funny around the one minute mark.

It's sucks that they have a really really talented cast, and can't write a sketch for shit. It's insulting to comedy.

Lorne Micheals will have to go before I ever give it a chance again

[TheMojoPin]

I hope they don't tone it down to get a PG-13 rating. One of the things that made late 70's/early 80's comedies great was the gratuitous nudity (Animal House, Porky's, even the original Police Academy, etc.).

Lotsa R-rated comedies these days with gratuitous nudity.

[Enabler]

Sadly, the nudity in MacGruber was limited strictly to Will Forte's bare ass. But the language and non-nude sex scenes will warrant the R rating. But Pennington is right, if they water this thing down and make it PG-13 it will be way less funny.

[lleeder]

Sadly, the nudity in MacGruber was limited strictly to Will Forte's bare ass. But the language and non-nude sex scenes will warrant the R rating. But Pennington is right, if they water this thing down and make it PG-13 it will be way less funny.

Do they bring up mouth fucking?

[Enabler]

Do they bring up mouth fucking?

Actually, they do. There's one scene where MacGruber has lost his team and he's on his knees begging Ryan Phillipe to help him form a new team and it gets pretty wild. Wont spoil it but the scene winds up with MacGruber screaming and sobbing, "Just tell me what you want me to fuck!"

[Suspect Chin]

I never knew man on man kissing could be so hilarious.

"What up with dat?"

[Suspect Chin]

Snooki on weekend update right now.

[led37zep]

Snooki on weekend update right now.

Big fan of the Garfield Joke.

[Suspect Chin]

What is the light up screen on his guitar?

[PapaBear]

What is the light up screen on his guitar?
Cheesy gimmick?

[Suspect Chin]

Cheesy gimmick?

I thought so too, but it was on a different guitar that he played on their first song as well. Maybe it is a touch control for his pedal effects?

[hunnerbun]

I thought so too, but it was on a different guitar that he played on their first song as well. Maybe it is a touch control for his pedal effects?

Its like a touch screen. He uses it for feedback and other funky sounds. He sometimes strums it with his guitar pick.

[PapaBear]

Its like a touch screen. He uses it for feedback and other funky sounds. He sometimes strums it with his guitar pick.
You are CORRECT!

Kaoss Pad Guitar Mods (http://kaosspad.blogspot.com/2007/03/touch-pad-connections-another-big.html)

[tele7]

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[Suspect Chin]

Pretty damn hilarious tonight. I knew Chuck would come through.

[PapaBear]

Pretty damn hilarious tonight. I knew Chuck would come through.
The movie quotes bit was pretty funny. I liked what he said at the end of the monologue, too. "We have a great show tonight. Some of it's great. The rest we did anyway."

[Suspect Chin]

They tend to use the 'go down the line zooming in on each person while they make a funny face' gimmick a lot nowadays.

[Suspect Chin]

Was that Nick Cage or Keanu Reeves?

[Suspect Chin]

How is Charles' swing possibly that bad. Just swing the damn thing.

[hunnerbun]

OK...I thought i couldn't possibly hate a sketch as bad as I hate Gilly, but then tonight there was RILEY....fuck...

[led37zep]

Really thought they'd kill with the Late Night wars.


guess not.

[CruelCircus]

So watching/listening to the Ting Tings, the only thing I could think was "Where's the rest of Blondie?"

And yeah, they bombed on the late night stuff, too.

[pennington]

OK...I thought i couldn't possibly hate a sketch as bad as I hate Gilly, but then tonight there was RILEY....fuck...

Awful.

An overall bland episode. I usually get at least one chuckle out of Weekend Update. Nothing this week.

[lleeder]

Awful.

An overall bland episode. I usually get at least one chuckle out of Weekend Update. Nothing this week.

You didnt like the whole how Jay impacts Weekend Update bit. That was about all I saw of the show and it wasn't so bad.

[pennington]

You didnt like the whole how Jay impacts Weekend Update bit. That was about all I saw of the show and it wasn't so bad.

I have to admit, you're right on this point. As best as I remember Seth Myers:

So Jay Leno takes back the Tonight Show from Conan O'Brien. Does that mean Conan can then take back Late Night from Jimmy Fallon, who can then come back here? I'm not going back to being in one sketch every three weeks.

[Suspect Chin]

Jon Hamm one of the best hosts I've seen in a while.

[PapaBear]

Dammit! I got snowed out of working tonight, so I forgot it was Saturday.

[Suspect Chin]

Dammit! I got snowed out of working tonight, so I forgot it was Saturday.

It was a pretty good episode relatively speaking.

[Souter Fell]

yeah, it's actually not bad when he shows up. My sister works for nbc and took me to 30rock the first time he hosted. didn't know who he was but was actually good. the sergio bit was chuckle-able.

[Suspect Chin]

I thought the Sergio bit was the 2nd weakest of them all, next to the court room stenographer garbage.

[Enabler]

Maybe Im in a bad mood, but not one laugh tonight. Slight smile at the Snooki bit. Bobby Moynihan could be great if he ever finds his groove. I guess these days its difficult to "get it" when you havent heard of the host or musical guest. I honestly thought the host was the gymnast dude from last Olympics. I dont watch Madmen.

[Suspect Chin]

The musical guest was pretty bad. Especially when he tried to make his duet with the old overweight black chick sexy.

[PapaBear]

Who was the "living legend" that was referred to at the end of the show? At first, I thought it was a skinnier Harvey Keitel.

[Servo]

Who was the "living legend" that was referred to at the end of the show? At first, I thought it was a skinnier Harvey Keitel.

John Paul Jones, bassist for Led Zep.

[PapaBear]

John Paul Jones, bassist for Led Zep.
Wow! I never knew he was so short.

[Suspect Chin]

The drummer was Dave Grohl right?

I try to give SNL the benefit of the doubt, but that was the weakest episode I've seen in a while.

[mikeyboy]

The drummer was Dave Grohl right?



Yes. Also, Joshe Homme from Queens of the Stone Age on vocals.

[Doctor Manhattan]

I try to give SNL the benefit of the doubt, but that was the weakest episode I've seen in a while.

Was Ashton really trying to do a Mel Gibson impression (during the View sketch)? What the fuck was that?

[mikeyboy]

Was Ashton really trying to do a Mel Gibson impression (during the View sketch)? What the fuck was that?

Yeah, that was awful.

[Servo]

The last sketch of the night was great. They nailed that early 80s hardcore stuff... "you hear that, Alexander Haig?!?!"

[PapaBear]

The last sketch of the night was great. They nailed that early 80s hardcore stuff... "you hear that, Alexander Haig?!?!"
And they sounded pretty damn good. It didn't hurt that they had Grohl on drums.

[Doctor Z]

Did anyone else witness this awfulness? If you fell asleep before it aired, you were probably awakened by dogs howling...

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/02/28/jennifer-lopez-saturday-night-live-after-party

I think it's safe to officially pronounce her musical career dead.

[pennington]

There was a new SNL last night? I didn't record it because I thought it was preempted for the Olympics.

Who was the host? Was it any good? Wow, I can't believe I just typed that, and I haven't even had anything to drink. I guess I could catch it on line or just wait a few weeks for the inevitable repeat.

[whorehay]

i thought the show was one of the better ones they've had in a while.
Not counting the musical parts, since i fast forwarded through those.

[Enabler]

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Not from SNL, but SNL fans may appreciate. Kinda funny.

[Aggie]

Zach Galifianakis and Vampire Weekend on Saturday!

[robot artist]

Zach Galifianakis hosted the entire show with his usual full beard - then came on for the last sketch with it shaved off - but leaving a moustache - and then returned for the closing group goodnight wearing a fake beard. If you weren't paying attention you completely missed it. Kinda subtle and cool.

[keithy_19]

My brother was at tonights show. Went to the after party with the cast too.

I was out and didn't see the episode, but I heard it was just awful. Zach was the only thing making it enjoyable.

[Kublakhan61]

I was out and didn't see the episode, but I heard it was just awful. Zach was the only thing making it enjoyable.

I just watched the Hulu highlights this morning and found myself thinking 'this is the strongest cast SNL has had in awhile'. I don't care for the 'Kissing Family' skit but there were some very skits last night.

Soon the tides will shift and saying 'SNL is awful' as a reaction will fade away.

[Fallon]

Zach Galifianakis hosted the entire show with his usual full beard - then came on for the last sketch with it shaved off - but leaving a moustache - and then returned for the closing group goodnight wearing a fake beard. If you weren't paying attention you completely missed it. Kinda subtle and cool.

I NOTICED!!!

Solid show, though I didn't care for the band and was disappointed when it wasn't Hoobastank like Zach said.

[Willmore]

Zach Galifianakis hosted the entire show with his usual full beard - then came on for the last sketch with it shaved off - but leaving a moustache - and then returned for the closing group goodnight wearing a fake beard. If you weren't paying attention you completely missed it. Kinda subtle and cool.

Yeah, saw it, pretty cool.

They should do this more often. I hate it when actors or athletes or musicians without a comedic bone in their body try to do this and fail. They should invite more comedians, and by comedians I means actual comedians, not Dane Cook.

[Doctor Manhattan]

Zach Galifianakis hosted the entire show with his usual full beard - then came on for the last sketch with it shaved off - but leaving a moustache - and then returned for the closing group goodnight wearing a fake beard. If you weren't paying attention you completely missed it. Kinda subtle and cool.

I am not sure how you could not notice, you could see how irritated his skin was from the quick shave during the commercials and then his beard looked like Jack Shephard's beard from that first FlashForward on LOST (It's the best show on TV but they have the worst fake hair ever!) I don't think that last skit was worth shaving the beard (unless it was for a role in a movie or something that he is about to start filming)

[Pestz4Evah]

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[fezident]

Anybody up in this bitch have an MP3 of Ronnie B (Unmasked)interviewing T. Davis ?

I must hear it.

[Enabler]

Anybody up in this bitch have an MP3 of Ronnie B (Unmasked)interviewing T. Davis ?

I must hear it.

I need to hear that too. Btw, Gabourey Sidibe confirmed as an upcoming host. Cant wait to see Keenan portray Monique.

[KnoxHarrington]

I need to hear that too. Btw, Gabourey Sidibe confirmed as an upcoming host. Cant wait to see Keenan portray Monique.

I bet she's sassy!

[Enabler]

I bet she's sassy!

http://www.retrojunk.com/img/art-images/I%20Just%20Stepped%20in%20a%20Big%20pile%20of%20SA SSY!.jpg

[Sue_Bender]

Anybody up in this bitch have an MP3 of Ronnie B (Unmasked)interviewing T. Davis ?

I must hear it.


I believe that the Unmasked w/ Tom Davis runs this Saturday on Raw Dog at 8pm.

[fezident]

Sue B,
Thanks but... I'm anxious to get a simple mp3 copy.
(I'm an Audible guy)

I just bought Davis' book. Can't wait to lock myself in a room and read it in one sitting. Dying to hear his interview with Mr. B.

[paulisded]

Sue B,
Thanks but... I'm anxious to get a simple mp3 copy.
(I'm an Audible guy)

I just bought Davis' book. Can't wait to lock myself in a room and read it in one sitting. Dying to hear his interview with Mr. B.

The book is pretty good, and not just for the SNL stuff. It is humorous, though, that he has Franken comment on things that he just doesn't quite remember.

[PapaBear]

When that Kesha chick first came on, I thought it was an SNL skit.

[Fallon]

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[pennington]

When that Kesha chick first came on, I thought it was an SNL skit.

I have to admit, I liked her (and I always FF trough the SNL musical acts)

[Willmore]

99% was worthless, but Human Fire Hydrants should be mandatory in every nightclub and bar.

[Enabler]

MGMT was awesome! Such dbags but their music is incredible. Precious was awful. For an "actress" she really fucked up a lot. I think she flubbed something in every skit she was in.

[pennington]

Precious was awful. For an "actress" she really fucked up a lot. I think she flubbed something in every skit she was in.

I watched it after reading your comment. You're right, an incredible amount of blown lines (even with the way she was staring at those cue-cards). I like how at the closing credits she said "My first Saturday Night Live". I don't think there'll be a second.

If anyone recorded it and hasn't watched it yet or plans to watch it when it is replayed, this would be a good one to skip.

[WampusCrandle]

MGMT was awesome! Such dbags but their music is incredible.

They were great. I am seeing them live Saturday at Fordham University. I'm buying some mushrooms for the occasion.

[PapaBear]

It's good to see Delicious Dish again.

[epo]

How MacGruber got a movie is beyond comprehension.

[Suspect Chin]

How MacGruber got a movie is beyond comprehension.

Its worse now that the movie exists because they have to show 4-5 skits per show now just to promote the movie.

[epo]

I'm impressed with level of supporting cast they brought in tonight, especially the number of female alum.

[PapaBear]

I'm impressed with level of supporting cast they brought in tonight, especially the number of female alum.
I'm liking that, too. I just hope they bring in Gilda.

[Tenbatsuzen]

I'm impressed with level of supporting cast they brought in tonight, especially the number of female alum.

Well, is Molly Shannon really doing anything nowadays? Tina

[epo]

Well, is Molly Shannon really doing anything nowadays? Tina

Isn't Molly Shannon on Glee?

[KnoxHarrington]

Isn't Molly Shannon on Glee?

I'm not a homosexual so I wouldn't know.

[hunnerbun]

I think she is going to be in a couple of episodes of Glee but I am not sure if it is a full role.
Last season she was in Kath & Kim (which I loved) but it didn't get renewed.

[epo]

I'm not a homosexual so I wouldn't know.

Don't discount yourself; you're plenty homosexual.

[KnoxHarrington]

Someone needs to use "Wizard of Ass" as their board name here.

[PapaBear]

I wasn't really expecting much out of Betty White. Even Ron said she'd probably only do the monologue, and maybe one skit. I was surprised. She did pretty much every skit, and she was fairly physical for an 88 year old.

Then again, I think she's fairly active in her daily life. She's on TMZ constantly. Always looking energetic, and happy to talk to them.

[Suspect Chin]

I wasn't really expecting much out of Betty White. Even Ron said she'd probably only do the monologue, and maybe one skit. I was surprised. She did pretty much every skit, and she was fairly physical for an 88 year old.

Then again, I think she's fairly active in her daily life. She's on TMZ constantly. Always looking energetic, and happy to talk to them.

Yep I thought she was pretty funny, especially the last skit (Lee Smith pronounced Blaarfinghar Blaarfinghar).

[PapaBear]

Yep I thought she was pretty funny, especially the last skit (Lee Smith pronounced Blaarfinghar Blaarfinghar).
That skit was almost Mel Brooks-ish.

[MagillaGorillaz]

Tina Fey talking in Greek got me turned on.

[pennington]

One of the best SNL's in a very long time. Betty White was in practically every sketch and was a pro (even for someone who was 28, much less 88).

[pennington]

That skit was almost Mel Brooks-ish.

Or Monty Python-ish:

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[TripleSkeet]

One of the best SNL's in a very long time. Betty White was in practically every sketch and was a pro (even for someone who was 28, much less 88).

Not only was she in EVERY sketch (including Weekend Update) she was in 3 others they had to cut out.

The Blarfinghar one had me cracking up.

[KnoxHarrington]

Netflix has put the full-season DVD sets of Saturday Night Live out on Instant Streaming, so I watched the very first episode in its entirety, as it originally aired, for the first time ever. It's pretty rough, and it's clear they haven't worked out what the show will be yet, but I think I kind of like the format they used back then better, in a way. For example, here's how the first break went:

--Opening sketch: "The Wolverines" ("I would like"..."I would like"..."to feed your fingertips"..."to feed your fingertips"..."to the wolverines."..."to the wolverines.")

--Opening credits (in which the show's title is given as "NBC's Saturday Night" instead of "Saturday Night Live" because, bizarrely, Howard Cosell had a show called "Saturday Night Live" at the time, and in which the cast is introduced collectively as "The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players" and not individually called out.)

--Monologue by George Carlin

--A commercial parody

--A short sketch with the players

--A song by Billy Preston

--An Andy Kaufmann bit (the "Mighty Mouse" bit)

And then commercial. I kind of think that short, fast-moving format might work better now than the current format of stringing together a bunch of extended sketches that just flog the same tired lines over and over.

Later in the show, George Carlin comes back to do more bits, there's a second musical guest (Janis Ian), and, bizarrely, the Muppets. Yes, the Muppets.

OK, some parts of that first show shouldn't be repeated.

[PapaBear]

I think I remember hearing about how Carlin did so bad because he was TOTALLY fucked up, and almost couldn't go on.

If they have them all, you should make sure you check out the one with the Band, just before their Last Waltz show. I remember seeing that one live. I think it's also the same episode with one of the Belushi Samaria skits, when he accidentally hit Buck Henry in the head with the sword. Henry had a band-aid on his head for the rest of the show. I think they also did a thing where all of the other players put band-aids on their heads as the show progressed. It may not be the same episode, though. Henry was on quite a few.

[fezident]

SNL didn't become the show as we know it until the 4th episode. Candace Bergen was the host.
After that episode, they embraced the format that you all know & pretend to hate.

[sailor]

Netflix has put the full-season DVD sets of Saturday Night Live out on Instant Streaming, so I watched the very first episode in its entirety, as it originally aired, for the first time ever. It's pretty rough, and it's clear they haven't worked out what the show will be yet, but I think I kind of like the format they used back then better, in a way. For example, here's how the first break went:

--Opening sketch: "The Wolverines" ("I would like"..."I would like"..."to feed your fingertips"..."to feed your fingertips"..."to the wolverines."..."to the wolverines.")

--Opening credits (in which the show's title is given as "NBC's Saturday Night" instead of "Saturday Night Live" because, bizarrely, Howard Cosell had a show called "Saturday Night Live" at the time, and in which the cast is introduced collectively as "The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players" and not individually called out.)

--Monologue by George Carlin

--A commercial parody

--A short sketch with the players

--A song by Billy Preston

--An Andy Kaufmann bit (the "Mighty Mouse" bit)

And then commercial. I kind of think that short, fast-moving format might work better now than the current format of stringing together a bunch of extended sketches that just flog the same tired lines over and over.

Later in the show, George Carlin comes back to do more bits, there's a second musical guest (Janis Ian), and, bizarrely, the Muppets. Yes, the Muppets.

OK, some parts of that first show shouldn't be repeated.

yeah, carlin stinks now.

[Doctor Manhattan]

I think they got rid of the girl who said "Fucking" last year. So they will need to get a 3rd person to play Hoda Kotb if they continue with that stupid Kathy Lee Gifford sketch.

[Willmore]

I think they got rid of the girl who said "Fucking" last year. So they will need to get a 3rd person to play Hoda Kotb if they continue with that stupid Kathy Lee Gifford sketch.

I liked Ms. Blowfish.

[KnoxHarrington]

Before it gets pulled down, here it is, quite possibly the most controversial sketch ever aired on SNL, supposedly costing NBC more than $2 million in ad revenue.

And it's written by Conan O'Brien

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[Barnaby Jones]

Didn't the nude beach and Canteen Boy sketches cause similar trouble?

[PapaBear]

Didn't the nude beach and Canteen Boy sketches cause similar trouble?
I know Canteen Boy did. I don't remember nude beach.

[KnoxHarrington]

I know Canteen Boy did. I don't remember nude beach.

"Nude Beach" is probably better known as "Penis Beach" because the word "penis" is used in it something like 42 times.

[pennington]

Before it gets pulled down, here it is, quite possibly the most controversial sketch ever aired on SNL, supposedly costing NBC more than $2 million in ad revenue.

Wow, I forgot how cute Jan Hooks used to be. Apparently she discovered an interest in food after this sketch.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080320142624/simpsons/images/thumb/a/ab/Jan_Hooks.jpg/180px-Jan_Hooks.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UURsFGI0ahk/S2VBLGx-gnI/AAAAAAAASLg/bsckGkgziGM/s400/111.jpg

[Fallon]

:wub::wub::wub:

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[MIKEYDAKEN]

:wub::wub::wub:

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thank you fallon for post of the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PapaBear]

Double D? More like THREE D!

[Willmore]

Another shitty episode. I don't think I laughed once.

[KnoxHarrington]

thank you fallon for post of the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd honestly just jack to the stills of that clip, because it's painfully unfunny. Especially since the first 2 minutes are a blatant rip off of the old Mike Myers "Coffee Talk" sketches.

[MagillaGorillaz]

I like the new black guy they got on the show. If Fred Armisan ever leaves he might be able to pull off Obama.

[Servo]

I like the new black guy they got on the show. If Fred Armisan ever leaves he might be able to pull off Obama.

Jay Pharaoh. The guy does killer impressions... his Denzel is spot on.

http://www.funnyordie.com/topic/jay-pharoah

[PapaBear]

The new guy's Denzel Washington is awesome!

[Sue_Bender]

The new guy's Denzel Washington is awesome!

That was the ONLY thing I enjoyed.


Although, I thought the sketch was insipid.

[cougarjake13]

Jay Pharaoh. The guy does killer impressions... his Denzel is spot on.

http://www.funnyordie.com/topic/jay-pharoah




damn hes dead on with all of those

[pennington]

That was the ONLY thing I enjoyed.

C'mon, admit it, you were excited to see Gilly back.