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Was watching SNL over the weekend and noticing, certainly not for the first time but for some reason it’s really smacking me around now, how flat out AWFUL this show is and continues to be. How the heck does Lorne get away with hacking out the same weak, tired junk year after year? I’m not blaming the cast so much as I’m blaming the writers for stuff like the “Bob Bummer” skit, where the joke’s telegraphed in the first half minute. The “all black guys = Kenan” thing’s dead, stop reanimating it. The cartoons and performances are the best thing about SNL at this point. These aren’t new complaints, I know, but I can’t help making them now.

And now, a dumb corollary:

SNL’s continued existence = Bush administration’s continued existence (equally contrary to sanity)

(p.s. Saturday’s episode DID have its moments, i.e. “Katrina Gone Wild”)

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

Welcome to the 90's, bitch. Let us know when you make it to the new century.

― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

God, I love ILE.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

Debbie Downer is the best recent sketch. I don't remember anything else. I do like Tina Fey and find it generally very watchable. I think people forget how many BAD sketches there were even during the "golden age".

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

i liked tina fey for the firt year or two but she's not funny anymore either.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

ipart of the problem being that by the time saturday comes around, john stewart used all the good topical news jokes

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

I like Fey's touch with the commercials: "Mom Jeans" "Lower-Back Tattoo Remover" etc.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

SNL is as funny as it was in the Golden Age. REMOVE YOUR ROSE-TINTED GLASSES.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

i only watch for maya rudolph and chris parnell

― _, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)

SNL SUCKED IN THE "GOLDEN AGE" TOO AND I WEAR CONTACTS, HIPPIE.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

I like Fey's touch with the commercials: "Mom Jeans" "Lower-Back Tattoo Remover" etc.

and the robotic deodorizer that freshens "..my business. My LADY business."

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

Is Trenchmouth and Mrs. GOB still on it?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

i don't think this show was ever very funny, now. except for the year lorne michaels wasn't involved.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

tracy morgan really blew it, didn't he

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE SHERI OTERI?
Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

I wish that Horatio Sanz would explode onstage.

― O'so Krispie (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

and the robotic deodorizer that freshens "..my business. My LADY business."

THAT HAD ME IN TEARS.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

Basically, they've got some really talented comedic actors right now (esp. Poehler, Rudolph, Parnell, and dude who plays Bush (though his Bush imitation is pretty shitty)), but the writing and choice of topics are for shit.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

i was kinda surprised by how funny the last episode i saw was! (keep in mind i probably hadn't seen a new episode for about five years.)

― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

>except for the year lorne michaels wasn't involved.<

It was a lot longer than a year; Dick Ebersol exec-produced most (or all?) of the '80s. I've seldom tuned in since Mike Myers left.

Lost its subversive nature circa 1978.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

mike myers is a fanny

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

yeah I guess I meant 80-85 actually. with the chris guest/martin short year being the highlight

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Huk-L, what are you doing calling for Cheri Oteri? I thought you knew comedy.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

God, she's the worst.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

no-one on this show bothers to even learn their lines anymore. the cue-card reading utterly destroys any hope of comedy.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

The Times had a thing last week about all the great characters Fred Armisen has done, but last time I was paying attention he hadn't moved much beyond Ferecito and the senile Vegas drummer, the one who hit the rimshot long after Chris Kattan had finished his punchline, said "I can't stand it!" or "Ooh, my prostate!" and moved on to the next joke.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

maya rudolph carries that fucking show!

dan, nbc has been airing "golden era" snls on saturday nights after the new one is over -- or at least, they were during the summer -- in their entirety, sometimes with three music numbers, and it is astonishing to see the difference in ingenuity and simple variety of acting styles/pastiches they had then. it's like people were born with better brains.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

unfortunately looks like maya is about to take a little break from the show.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)

The Times had a thing last week about all the great characters Fred Armisen has done, but last time I was paying attention he hadn't moved much beyond Ferecito and the senile Vegas drummer,

He's gone way past those. The Nuni character was pretty funny the FIRST or SECOND times it was on. His Tony Danza is quite cringe worthy, in a good sort of way. And Prince suffering from an allergy attack was pretty fucking funny.

I wish that they would pick up Darryl Hammond and throw him into the dumpster. Maybe now that they've picked up a new impressionist, they'll act on that. I think ten years is a little long to be doing the same lame Trump or Chris Matthews imitations.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

God Darryl Hammond blows. How many fucking excuses can they come up with to keep having Bill Clinton in sketches for no reason?

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)

And every single one of his newscaster imitations is EXACTLY THE SAME.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

Even Aaron Brown?

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

A good impressionist becomes his character and "fools" the audience not by repeating the same phrases and catchphrases. When Hammond does Schwarzeneggar for instance, all I see is a gap in the teeth, a fake Austrian accent and repeated use of ending each sentence with "...and all these things" or "...and things like that".

The new guy, however, was able to bring something remotely new to Al Pacino, someone who is frequently imitated. The THERE'S A SHITZU STUCK IN A CHARTER OAK TREE line was funny while Hammond would have just said HOO-AH 800 times.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

I don't know much about his SNL roles, but Fred Armisen is pretty fucking hilarious in his SXSW video

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

Amy Poehler's performances are great.

Will Forte is underrated. His appearences back I think when he wasn't even a regular castmember as Tim Calhoun were amazing. It reads funny, but it was performed even better, really slow and stilted with long pauses between sentences:

http://members.aol.com/ummmliz/home/calhoun.html

wow, this is a great website:

http://members.aol.com/ummmliz/home/forte.html

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

YES. The Tim Calhoun stuff was the funniest stuff on SNL in AGES. I think it helped that it was quiet instead of LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

Actually, Fred Armisen doing a Parrot is the funniest thing I have seen on TV in months.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

>"golden era" snls ...it is astonishing to see the difference in ingenuity and simple variety of acting styles/pastiches they had then. it's like people were born with better brains.<

It was written and staffed by Lampoon and Second City people then, after all, not careerists trying to develop lowbrow characters for spinoff movies.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

I read they're going to have those Lonely Island guys writing soon and one of them's going to be on the cast too, which sounds like a good idea.

― Dan I., Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

Actually, Fred Armisen doing a Parrot is the funniest thing I have seen on TV in months.
Did the parrot say "I'm Brian Fellowes"?

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

Mike Myers & Kanye West on SNL

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

The entire introduction of Kanye had me in TEARS. Easily the funniest thing Mike Myers has done in years.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

Kayne mouthing Mike's lines had me in TEARS of a different variety.

― kurt broder (dr g), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

oh god, how did I forget the myers/kanye thing? i'm losing my mind

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 10:50 (twenty years ago)

The “all black guys = Kenan” thing’s dead, stop reanimating it.

the noise dudes write this now?

― N_RQ, Wednesday, 5 October 2005 10:59 (twenty years ago)

I read they're going to have those Lonely Island guys writing soon and one of them's going to be on the cast too, which sounds like a good idea.

-- Dan I. (w1nt3rmut...), October 4th, 2005 3:55 PM. (later) (link)

Andy Sambourg is in the cast now. I didn't catch if the other guys were writers, though.

― a picture of a fat girl hugging Rick Perry, awesome (Matt Chesnut), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

The Short/Guest/Shearer season def was a decent one, but it also revived Billy Crystal's career, so...

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...
Alright, I gotta admit that this is pretty hilarious...

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?id=111067020
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 03:46 (nineteen years ago)

i am surprised "lazy sunday" has not been brought up until now! i am gonna marry andy samberg one of these days. mark my words.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 03:49 (nineteen years ago)

We talked about it on the Neil Young SNL thread on ILM actually! It definitely was a sketch that had me in tears. The 4 new featured players regularly outshine the rest of the entire cast, mainly because it's been so long since the show has had any new blood.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 05:24 (nineteen years ago)

Last time I saw Andy Samberg, he was renting prego p0rn.

― Lars and Jagger (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 05:26 (nineteen years ago)

SNL is as funny as it was in the Golden Age.

wtf??

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 05:28 (nineteen years ago)

"Lazy Sunday" brings home the following:

1) There's something funny on that show at least every five years.

2) The general public doesn't know MC Paul Barman's work.

3) Quality rapping ain't THAT difficult.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

2) The general public doesn't know MC Paul Barman's work.

OTM. 'housemate troubles' is a fantastic song.

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

that show was a great one, i loved the A-Holes sketch. "when you getting those in,Tuesday huh?"

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

Forte's spelling bee meltdown made me laugh so hard that I was crying and IN PAIN.

Rudolph and Armisen = most misused SNL castmembers ever.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

"Lazy Sunday" brings home the following:

2) The general public doesn't know MC Paul Barman's work.

so what you're saying is, we should have actually cared about his work? give me a break. funny is funny.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

QQQQQ

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

FYI: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/27/arts/television/27samb.html

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, this Narnia rap pretty much epitomizes the lifespan of something on the internet:

1) email from friend telling me to check out hilarious video
2) video is available as free download on iTunes
3) think pieces on Slate and NY Times

All in less than 24 hours!!

(Hi Andy!)

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

I'm guessing there'll be a long cupcake line at Magnolia for... 2 weeks?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

i am foreseeing a huge magnolia-line smackdown between the sex and the city bus tour attendees and the 'lazy sunday' fans. frosting everywhere! oh noes!

but they'll all make up on the train back to long island, so everybody wins! YAAAAY

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

Hasn't there been a long cupcake line at Magnolia for like the past two years? The NYC cupcake fad is so ridiculous-dumb, but it totally fascinates me how there has to be some kind of thing that all New Yorkers compete to claim they know where to find. Like ooo, everyone's all excited about some cupcakes? Yeah well actually I know a hole in a fence in Inwood where the cupcakes are much better, proving that I'm way more of an out-and-about in-touch New Yorker than you could ever be, hahaha.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

Let's make up the next thing! Post-cupcakes! Some kind of beverage, maybe?

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

(magnolia is way overrated, double true)

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

nabisco clearly the next big thing is HOT CHOCOLATE

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

(or rather it is the next big thing in my little corner of nyc)

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

There really are these fancy molten-chocolate places popping up everywhere, which seem to fulfill all the criteria -- like special-event new-experience fun-food that people will word-of-mouth to everyone -- but I haven't seen it gain much momentum yet! Someone was going on to me over a year ago about how great this stuff was, but I never even bothered finding the place. But then again, I'm lazy like that. Chocolate it is!

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

I really rather like Magnolia thank you. Can we make Pink Teacup the next hip in-spot?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

I've lived here 13 years and never been to Magnolia, so once the Cupcake Media Barrage began appearing my visit was put off another decade. If it's on the S&TC bus tour tho, I'll just move to Inwood and pump Nabisco for the info!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

xpost You mean fondue?

http://htaccessory.com/Ebay/ProductImages/chocolatef6.jpg

― elmo, patron saint of nausea (allocryptic), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

a friend of mine used to work at magnolia as a decorator and would get told off for the frosting being slightly too pink or a bit darker blue than usual. between the owners and the regular clientele, it was a total type-a bitch nightmare. sugar sweet sunshine, on rivington, was founded by rogue ex-magnolia staffers and defintely has better cupcakes.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

The NYC cupcake fad is so ridiculous-dumb, but it totally fascinates me how there has to be some kind of thing that all New Yorkers compete to claim they know where to find.

but yeah, "nabisco otm."

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

I was forced to eat a Magnolia cupcake at a baby shower, once. I vomited almost instantly after swallowing the last bite, the sugar shock was so bad on my system from that disgusting so-called "frosting." Ugh. Literally like one of those cheeks-puffed-out, hand-over-mouth, run-to-sink moments. SO GROSS.

NEVER AGAIN do I eat a cupcake made by anyone besides myself. Not even my mom's. And I blame Magnolia!

A fondue redux fad >>>>>>>>> stupid fucking cupcake fad.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

cupcakes, baarf.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

I don't really get why there would be a cupcake craze. They're not really a user-friendly food -- they're messy and not something that's practical to eat on the go.

― Lars and Jagger (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

The cupcake craze has invaded Chicago, too.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

they're pretty tiny (most of magnolia's bulk comes from the frosting), so people with restricted diets can feel like they're getting a treat without having a whole piece of cake (god forbid), and they're actually fairly portable. a few bites and you're done.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah they're like frosting bombs, not cupcakes.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

cupcakes have been all over the bay area for a few years. i don't get it. they're fine I guess.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

The logic here is the same logic that gave Krispy Kreme its ridiculous boom and bust: more or less entire cities saying to one another "Omigod, have you tried these things? They're so yummy!" And then everyone makes some happy lazy-Sunday event of treating themselves to tiny sweet-bombs, or else brings them to work as special "event" treats, or else takes them to bars for friends' birthday gatherings or whatever, and they're a mini-craze and Krispy Kreme stock goes up to $400 a share or whatever, and then suddenly everyone's like "yuck, wait, I couldn't eat another one of those things," and then it's over, and Krispy investors lose their Krispy shirts.

Basically it's like if you took a slumber party of 10-year-olds and threw donuts at them -- they'd go crazy happy yay-donuts for a while, and then they'd roll over sick and not want to look at a donut again for a week. Just expand that notion to whole cities and/or states and play it out in slow, collective motion.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Krispy Kremes: yet another thing that causes near instantaneous vomit. Thanks for teh memories, nabisco, thanks.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

Why cupcakes = cupcakes are basically real-cake reduced to a dainty candy-like mostly-frosting treat, like eating a slice of cake in the form of popping a breath mint.

Yeah but see Ally super-sweetness if their whole agenda! The thing has to be so ridiculous super-sweet or super-yummy that they're like forbidden fairy-world treats. (I actually don't get this with Magnolia, though, cause their actual cupcake-cake is pretty good, good enough that I'd prefer it non-slathered in frosting.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

I think Sugar Sweet Sunshine was smack when I lived on Rivington.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

Well, a big part of the thing with cupcakes is that whole twee "I made cupcakes as a kid"/"we had cupcakes in school" thing, so a lot of the appeal is definitely nostalgic.

See also: that one grilled cheese restaurant on Ludlow Street.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't there an establishment in NYC that serves nothing but rice pudding? I think maybe it was featured in the movie "Hitch"? That's something I could totally get down with.

― ng-unit, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

It blows my mind to think that liking cupcakes is some kind of fashionable trend worthy of media coverage. It's like the world is somehow different from this point on.

― Polysix Bad Battery (cprek), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

yes, there is at least one, it's great (xpost).

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

xpost: but people love those cupcakes like McAdams loves Gosling.

― ng-unit, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

nyc loves a culinary gimmick. there's also the dessert-only restaurant in the east village - chikalicious, maybe? my magnolia-cupcake gobbling, krispy-kreme loving, serendipity frozen hot chocolate-consuming friend had her birthday party there in '04.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

i like me some grilled cheese.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

http://homepage.mac.com/dorlando/.Pictures/Blog%20Photo%20Archive3%20:C4/cereality.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

I don't see why anyone would want to get all angry about culinary gimmickry - I mean, novelty is fun and good in most cases when it comes to food.

Is there a word for the foodie equivalent of rockism?

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

...

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

I guess the parochial 'local humor' in the vid is compensated for by everybody who has a fucking clue who Rachel McAdams is. (Someone under 50 saw The Notebook?)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

krispy kremes make me angry bcz they're bad.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

Well, no, but a lot of under 50s saw Wedding Crashers...

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

Is there a word for the foodie equivalent of rockism?

Bourdainity? Beardism? Juliachildishness?

― truck-patch pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

oh, her. she's the one who really, really looks like another, much better-known actress.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

xpost lauren otm, I would never anger at novelty, as long as the novelty DOESN'T MAKE ME THROW UP ON MYSELF.isn't "forbidden fairy food".

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

Ally, I totally wasn't busting on you not liking cupcakes!

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

Or those cupcakes in specific, whatever.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

I know dude but you open yourself up, seriously. Who even says rockism?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't the thing with The Notebook that it's this huge movie mainly among kinda-square women in their 20s right now?

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

there was a thread on cereality, if i'm not mistaken, in which people did get angry. i think that place just crosses a line for most people. rice pudding, ok. grilled cheese, ok. but cereal? going out and paying over the odds for cereal? it really brings out one's inner andy rooney.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

Oh btw that Lazy Sunday thing is very unfunny, I didn't even smile during it! I'm completely out of touch and I hate everything that everyone likes, apparently. :(

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

bomb new york now for a better tomorrow.

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

I think I will make some rice pudding, and some cupcakes. Not all today. Or either of them today. Just in general, I will do this, in a week or two.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

Rachel McAdams does not look like some better-known actor. Rachel McAdams does not look like anything at all. I find it terrifically scary and have probably posted about this before. She has a face, yes, and there seem to be features on it, but it doesn't look like anything except maybe an unfinished mannequin. No, a prototype of an unfinished mannequin. No, a rough drawing of the prototype for an unfinished mannequin. It creeps me out a little, and I actually hope she becomes a major paparazzi-stalked star so that one day I can see candid pictures of her on the street looking all tired and scuzzy and Spearsish so that maybe then I can say: aha! That is what she looks like! I have spotted some feature she possesses that is more specifically identifying than "I am pretty sure she has a nose!"

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

i am failing to see how rachel "cheekbones" mcadams looks different from any of the other "sensetive" looking waifs you ilm indie movie dorks are always messing yr bvd's over.

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

http://teemix.aufeminin.com/imworld2/stars/fan/D20050717/1983_966636299_rachel_mcadams_notebookpremiere_H160219_L.jpg

"McAdams seen here at the premier of Lonely Tuscon, the new Wes Anderson film co-starring the actress and Bill Murray."

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

No dice!

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4108/871/1600/normal_06.jpg

And it was only in this googling-session just now that I realized I've seen her in several different movies, including one I've seen twice, and I didn't even realize it because SHE HAS NO FACE! She's like some kind of weird doll where you dress her up however you want and her face just melts into whatever shape it's supposed to be to fit the outfit.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

she could still get it.

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

When she first came out and had that blonde hair, I used to get her confused with Jaime Pressley, because they both have huge horse mouths and coke noses, but now they are like two different people to me.

One has brown hair, for example.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

The other is southern, for another example. Totally different.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

i love her

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, I'm not saying she's not pretty, or anything, and I'm sure if I saw her on the street I'd be all like "ooo, pretty girl," but geez, the face thing weirds me out! Like for instance you couldn't date her, because she'd show up every time and you'd be like "Excuse me, miss, could you quit bothering me? I'm waiting for my girlfriend Rachel."

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

i couldn't date her because i'm a bald fat dude with no money

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

Could it be her nose? I have a hard time distinguishing pretty people with perfect teeth and very small noses. She has both of those things.

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

Better than dating someone who has only one face though, like James Spader. Think of how dull that would be.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

what's wrong with her showing up as a new hot chick every time you see her?

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

http://annika.mu.nu/odo.jpg

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:51 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008K7AM.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

i was thinking of jennifer garner. or maybe jamie king, in the blonde phase. i don't know. nabisco's right - she's got that everyface thing.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah see is that her on the left in that Hot Chick poster, making some kind of Parker Posey face? Because if I saw that outside the context of this thread I would never, ever, ever, guess!

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

Dare I mention Seattle's Cupcake Royale and Portland's Voodoo Doughnut?

http://www.cupcakeroyale.com/
http://www.voodoodoughnut.com/

― dali madison's nut (donut), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

Jamie King is the classy Jaime Pressley.

xpost wtf does "some kind of Parker Posey face" mean?

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

She is making a Parker Posey face, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

I don't mean to be contrarian about this, but compared to most young actresses, I find Rachel McAdams to be pretty recognizable! It's a lot to do with the horsiness that Ally mentions, but also there's something that's sorta strange about her eyes.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

Well I'll be damned

http://images.contactmusic.com/images/artist/parkerposeyap.jpg

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

Well after this thread I think I will have no trouble recognizing her, so I guess thanks, guys: she is the one who looks like a cross between an evil doll and an alcoholic aerobics instructor and in some parallel universe probably got Ann Hathaway's role in Brokeback Mountain. Sorted.

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mo/redeye250.jpg

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

oh, god. anne hathaway is another one.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

don't act like you're better than her, nitsuh

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

Dude I would totally kill to look like a cross between an evil doll and an alcoholic aerobics instructor! The cards we're dealt, etc.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

Your search - evil ethiopian aerobics instructor doll - did not match any documents.

Suggestions:
Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
Try different keywords.
Try more general keywords.
Try fewer keywords.

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

when did Anne Hathaway start making real movies anyway??

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

how did you confuse "alcoholic" with "ethiopian"?

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

ETHANP666: evil ethiopian aerobics instructors was my favorite tmnt b&w parody comic

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

rachel mcadams is great!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 23:31 (nineteen years ago)

man, i totally love McAdams, Gosling, The Notebook, and Rice to Riches. I CRY DURING THE NOTEBOOK, OLD PEOPLE IN LOVE MAKE ME CRY OK!!! And i totally want to hump Gosling's leg. I do not love Magnolia cupcakes. I felt like someone was going to yell at me one day for tossing all the frosting at pigeons in Washington Sq. Park.

― ShawShank Rambo Connection (Carey), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 00:42 (nineteen years ago)

I love McAdams because she went to the Keanu and Martin Donovan school of acting.

― ShawShank Rambo Connection (Carey), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 00:43 (nineteen years ago)

Your search - evil ethiopian aerobics instructor doll - did not match any documents.

Try "Tyra Banks".

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 02:47 (nineteen years ago)

tyra banks was born in ghana, you racist.

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

(possible fabrication.)

― u saved me (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

shaddup, whitey

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 02:54 (nineteen years ago)

I mean that in a nice way :)

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 03:05 (nineteen years ago)

Let's make up the next thing! Post-cupcakes! Some kind of beverage, maybe?

My idea, of course, is already a New Yorker cartoon

I have been to Magnolia exactly once. While on the Sex and the City tour. It was gross. Anyway, us uptowners are immune to your fancy trends, and.instead content ourselves with soda bread and the occasional treat of peppermint sticks.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 03:34 (nineteen years ago)

re hot chocolate: there's a newish cafe on court street (i forget the name, but it's the one with all the french film posters inside) that makes k-yummy cocoa with steamed milk and good-quality chocolate.

― born-again christians in the old corral (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't there an establishment in NYC that serves nothing but rice pudding?

the cops shut it down when they discovered it was a mob front! i don't think it ever reopened...anyone know?

― born-again christians in the old corral (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 03:56 (nineteen years ago)

i think we're ready for a cheese fondue revolution

― kingfish holiday travesty (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 07:15 (nineteen years ago)

also, t/s: Anne Hathaway vs Linda Cardellini

― kingfish holiday travesty (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 07:16 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2005/02/03/rice_to_riches_racketeering_ring.php

I found this:
http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2005/02/03/rice_to_riches_racketeering_ring.php

I've walked by it a number of times since Feb. and it appears to be open.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 07:44 (nineteen years ago)

I Am Old Part 3542: never heard of Mr. Pibb or Red Vines.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

Mr. Pibb = off brand Dr Pepper

Red Vines = off brand Twizzlers

Mr. Pibb isn't all that common in the northeast. It is a fountain drink at some fast food places, but I don't think I've ever seen it in a supermarket, deli, or bodega in NYC.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 14:55 (nineteen years ago)

it's also been around since the 70s

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

arby's serves mr. pibb.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

Pibb is Coke's version of Dr Pepper, i think.

― kingfish holiday travesty (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

Er, Dr. Pepper is a Coca Cola brand.

― Lars and Jagger (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

xpost

Well good, I'm just parochial and not old, then.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, Mr. Pibb is Coke's knockoff of Dr Pepper. You can even buy fake-retro Pibb tshirts at Coke's website, should you so wish.

According to the wiki, Mr Pibb was introduced in 1972. It is now "Pibb Xtra" for extra extremeness.

Apparently, Coke's relationship with Dr Pepper is only a licensing/distro deal. (like A&W)

― kingfish holiday travesty (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

How special.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.lobablanca.com/images/churchlady.jpg

― Polysix Bad Battery (cprek), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

hey, if we can't be pedantic on a wednesday morning, then the terrorists have won

― kingfish holiday travesty (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to go into business making cakes.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

and there is NO prune juice in Dr. Pepper. That's an urban myth.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

rice to riches is definitely open although it is more expensive now. isn't a baker's dozen 13?

― ShawShank Rambo Connection (Carey), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

my sugar addict friend told me that she's kind of done with cupcakes now. she's moved on to some place that only makes cream puffs.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

FUCK EVERY ONE OF YOU MR PIBB IS NOT A "KNOCK-OFF" OF DR PEPPER IT IS AN EVOLUTION OF COLA TO NEW AND HERETOEFORE UNTAPPED HEIGHTS OF TOTAL KNEEBUCKLING NECTAROUSNESS

SERIOUSLY FUCK YOU

FOUNTAIN MR PIBB BITCH

MIKE JONES

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU FAUX-CANADIAN KELLY CLARKSON HATERS

― nabiscothingy, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

some place that only makes cream puffs

Beard Papa? Japanese cream puff chain that's slowly taking over the city?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

yes! that's it. can you guess who i'm talking about?

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

better cupcakes

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

The secret origin of Mr. Pibb:

Bolder taste to match your lifestyle
Mr. Pibb was launched in Texas and quickly expanded through much of the U.S. Mr. Pibb appeals to 12-to-15 year olds who are just gaining independence from home and looking for things to call their own. Mr. Pibb enables them to have an uninhibited, fun and unconventional attitude because it has the sweet, refreshing bold taste they need to express their independence.

In 2001, Pibb Xtra was introduced in Houston and Dallas with an intense flavor kick -- a bolder version of the original taste. Its bold taste and graphics appeal to young adults who are looking to get the most out of life and the most out of their soft drink. Based on its tremendous success in Texas, Pibb Xtra will replace Mr Pibb across the U.S. in 2002.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

that is fucking fake perpetua

here is why

no serial commas

mr pibb is the second best thing in the universe

serial commas are third best

mr pibb is too awesome to not use serial commas in its promotional materials

unless maybe it's just trying to put extra distance between itself and serial commas in terms of universe-ruling awesomeness

in which case take that, serial comma

know your place

― nabiscothingy, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

...

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

The first best thing better be pussy and not cupcakes.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

four weeks pass...
That Sarsgaard show was so fucking awful. He almost saved that motel TV sketch by accidentally killing the image when he hit the set.

Julian Stroke's naval uniform was funnier than any of the comedy.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

the steve martin/prince show was the worst, slowest SNL ive seen in a long time. why does steve martin insist on doing that thing with his shoulders? why do a recurring prince sketch if prince isnt going to bust in? why was jimmy fallon there? for like 2 seconds? will maya rudolph ever stop writing sketches that scream 'please tell me im sexy!....please!?!'

thank god for weekend update.

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 February 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

you had me until you bagged on rudolph.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 February 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

it just SEEMS that all maya rudolph sketches are written that way. she is sex on toast, people.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

Courtest of Chaki on ILM:

http://www.npgmusicclub.com/members/forum/viewtopic.php?
p=1212282#1212282

(As a lot of u know, Fred is a huge fan and a Music Club member and
he shared this with the club 2day.-j7)

Hello! This is Fred from SNL. I tried to post earlier today and it
didn't come up, so apologies if this is a repeat. I just wanted to
share my experience from this week. I was so psyched that Prince was
the musical guest as was the whole cast. Watching him do his sound
check and rehearsal up close was unbelieveable. That band is
amazing. I approached him and told him how great I think he is and
he was super kind. He made me feel like it was okay that I do an
impression of him. I couldn't believe I was standing there talking
to him. I have wanted to meet him since forever (who am I talking
to? YOU know what I mean!). He is charismatic in person. It's pretty
powerful. I don't think it's just because I am such a huge fan.
After he left, his guitars (the blue Strat and that Telecaster) were
left on stage on stands. I just stood there about a foot away
staring at them for ages. THOSE are the ones he plays!!! Right
there! Everyone in his group (musicians, singers, crew, assistants)
were really sweet. Very positive and happy to be at the show. I even
got to meet the NPGMC site people! I always wondered what they
looked like. They were super cool too and I bombarded them with
questions about the site. In case anyone is wondering about him
appearing on the "Prince Show" sketch...
We did ask him early on, and the answer was that he wanted to focus
on the musical performance. His people were nice about it and they
had no problem with us doing it. We wrote a version that didn't have
him in it and a version where he made an appearance, just in case.
When I saw him rehearsing with his band, I realized "oh yeah, he's a
musician and wants to give the best possible performance!" Why would
he want to focus on something else? I understood and was happy just
to be in the same room with him.
Fred


― Dan (More Musicians Should Do This) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

fred armisen is so funny. i thought that "digital short" was pretty good!

and SO glad to see maya rudolph back. LUV her.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

It wasn't worse than the Sarsgaard show. The Oprah voice and the Maya Angelou ref were satisfying.

Prince Is On SNL Tonight

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

yeah. the biggest laugh i got sat night was prince playing a strat.

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

This Andy Samberg cat is awesome.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

oh man, maya rudolph's post-baby tits are HUGE! i couldn't stop staring at them.

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

pt anderson 1, the rest of us 0.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

also, she's minnie riperton's daughter! how can you not like her.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

how can you not like her

cuz I just found out she's married to PT (Barnum) Anderson?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

I knew about Rudolph and Anderson but had no idea until now she's Minnie Riperton's daughter!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

one for the file.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

also, apparently she was in the rentals?!

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

I think I knew that.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

Our old pal Alex in NYC certainly knew it, and didn't find either one entertaining in the slightest, IIRC. I disagree, of course.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

Alex weighs in (It starts with Eisbar)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:28 (nineteen years ago)

shockah

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

...a sickly dixie cup of tepid, vomit-scented mush that makes Karen Carpenter sound like Lemmy...

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

I found myself reminiscing about something yesterday ... does anyone else remember the cocktail-party musical they did during the invasion of Afghanistan? The way I remember it, it was really one of the best things I've ever seen on television, not for humor but for ... something else. Bunch of people milling around on a house-party set, chattering, trading rumors about how far the invasion has gotten, in goofy musical voices: "Say, I heard they've got Mazar-E-Sharif!" -- "I heard it was Herat!" All culminating in this big song-and-dance road-movie number, like "We're going to KANDAHAR!" It was really something, not laugh-out-loud "funny" but just -- perfectly capturing the ridiculous of the moment, everyone memorizing the names of new cities they know nothing about, enraptured by the progress along the map, and all with this weird blankness ... like we're singing and dancing, but does anyone know exactly why?

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

The amazing part was the kind of universalness of it -- it wasn't making fun of anything. It seemed to realize that just about everyone felt that way, and just about everyone was doing that -- and that it was kind of just weird and beyond us. It didn't seem to have much agenda beyond this kind of hold-your-breath "OMGWTF this is weird" thing.

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

I vaguely remember that, because I remember seeing it and then for a while afterwards singing "KAN-DA-HAR!" to myself whenever I heard the city's name on NPR or whatever.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah -- the Steve Martin Plays Hamas Party skit ... as Dumbass Liberal Centrist as Bob Hope's '70s Dumbass Reactionary.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

What? I think you're thinking of something else?

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

The ubiquitous Weekend Update love is unfathomable to me. Maya Rudolph, on the other hand...

― Collardio Gelatinous (collardio), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

exactly

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

Weekend Update is consistently the funniest part of the show! Tina Fey has exactly my sense of humor, I think.

― Dan (Hooray) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I didn't see the Afghanistan sketch you were referencing above, nabisco -- my thought about this week's show just came out independently.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

dan you smug pampered bastard

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

Dan sorry but you're consistently funnier than Tina Fey.

― Collardio Gelatinous (collardio), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

Maya Rudolph sucks.

― shadeball (chaki), Monday, 6 February 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

I really really loved the STOP BUYING THINGS YOU CAN'T AFFORD commercial. Just because so many people I know complain about debt, YET THEY KEEP BUYING STUFF.

― ShawShank Rambo Connection (Carey), Monday, 6 February 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

yeah actually, that was amazing

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 February 2006 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

yah i cracked up at that too.

― shadeball (chaki), Monday, 6 February 2006 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

seven months pass...
oh, man, dane cook is so unfunny.

dane cook:"negative people"::martin lawrence:women

desperate, flop-sweaty, YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING shit.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 1 October 2006 02:56 (nineteen years ago)

i forgot he was on tonight! damn, i love a trainwreck. he could never beat diceman's death on snl though. now i'm too sleepy to watch.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 1 October 2006 03:15 (nineteen years ago)

why the fuck is this clown back? Imean I know why (popularity and all ) but his episode from last year was the worst thing I'd ever seen.

― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 1 October 2006 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

rivers cuomo is now the singer for the killers

― La Monte (La Monte), Sunday, 1 October 2006 03:56 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, it looks like rivers cuomo beat up colonel sanders for that outfit.

― molly d (mollyd), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:10 (nineteen years ago)

and the drummer looks like meathead.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

double ouch

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

i figured it out:

the drummer was t. rex, masquerading as gene simmons.

the drummer was my name is earl.

― molly d (mollyd), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:32 (nineteen years ago)

shit. not drummer. guitar player. frizzy hair = tom bolan

― molly d (mollyd), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

ok, iPod piqueno made me lol for a sec. i have to admit it.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:34 (nineteen years ago)

oh, i missed that bit. i was outside, trying to decide if i want to adopt a stray cat who's been hanging around my house.

so, now that tina fey has left, is that why the writing seemed so crappy?

― molly d (mollyd), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:36 (nineteen years ago)

frizzy hair = tom bolan

you mean marc bolin.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:41 (nineteen years ago)

shit. yes. thank you. t. rex. they were so shitty, they melted part of my brain.

― molly d (mollyd), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:44 (nineteen years ago)

you mean marc bolan!

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Sunday, 1 October 2006 05:02 (nineteen years ago)

theya re rerunning one right now and i swear to god the announcer just said "musical guest: a smashing pumpkin!"

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Sunday, 1 October 2006 05:09 (nineteen years ago)

you mean marc bolan!

no one appreciates tommy bolin/marc bolan jokes anymore. because they're not funny, i guess.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 1 October 2006 05:12 (nineteen years ago)

they fired chris parnell :-( :-( :-(

and horatio sanz :-(

and finesse mitchel :-|

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 1 October 2006 10:27 (nineteen years ago)

Can't say I'm kicking myself for missing Dane Cook. I'm sure there were better jokes in the PS2 game I was playing while this was on.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 1 October 2006 11:11 (nineteen years ago)

they should have fired themselves long ago! give yourself what, two season three max and just JET, good god man!! i will harsh no one for grabbing SNL's golden ring but if you can't springboard yourself into something else after two years, disappearing completely for awhile would be the better choice career PR-wise (not to mention the effects on one's soul); i.e. "the interminable lifespans of things that aren't really working out, pt. 39992871"

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Sunday, 1 October 2006 11:59 (nineteen years ago)

i'm talkin to you, maya rudolph!!

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Sunday, 1 October 2006 11:59 (nineteen years ago)

parnell was gonna be the next steve carrell!!

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 1 October 2006 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

sanz is the only one ive partied with, unfortunately

im talkin to you maya rudolph

― and what (ooo), Sunday, 1 October 2006 12:02 (nineteen years ago)

tim meadows, man. they need to put a poster of him backstage at SNL as a warning.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 1 October 2006 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

Darrell Hammond has been on the show 11 years, breaking Meadows' record I believe.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 1 October 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

yeah parnell was on for a long time but only really came into his own in the last few years.

the alternative is pulling a tracy morgan!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 1 October 2006 13:40 (nineteen years ago)

parnell was gone for at least one year though, he got fired and then hired back. anyway I never liked him

― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 1 October 2006 14:00 (nineteen years ago)

They should have fired Horatio Sanz about 5 years ago.

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Sunday, 1 October 2006 14:03 (nineteen years ago)

He was like a one man excelsior thread.

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Sunday, 1 October 2006 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

Hammond needs to go...the same old impressions are really stale.

Parnell was way underrated I think. Funnier then Seth Meyers.

Horatio Sanz was occasionally very funny.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 1 October 2006 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

I thought Parnell was behind their two most-watched skits of the last year (Narnia and Portman)? I haven't seen an episode in so long I only know them by Youtube hits.

― milo z (mlp), Sunday, 1 October 2006 14:58 (nineteen years ago)

those had to be written by Samberg and his internet pals...Chris was in them probably because he's alwasy had that "look at me I'm a nerdy white guy rapping" schtick.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 1 October 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

I kind of liked the Geico commercial skit, especially because I turned to it immediately after watching a Geico commercial on another channel.

― Sundar (sundar), Sunday, 1 October 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

They had a joke about Chingo Bling! That was the only part I watched. PBS here has good counter-programming: reruns of The Office and Monty Python. I can't remember the last time I watched a full SNL.

― Orgy of Pragmatism (Charles McCain), Monday, 2 October 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

I just suddenly remembered how funny the Christopher Walken Trival Psychic sketch was. "You ...will drink a cup of coffee. It will be very hot."

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

The Dead Zone thing?

― Ruud Comes to Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 01:19 (nineteen years ago)

yeah damn they finally have chingo on the show and it's to make fun of his name, quite revolutionary

my brother and i laughed at the poland spring bottle avalanche, but we were drunkened.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 01:23 (nineteen years ago)


Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic

Ed Glosser.....Christopher Walken
Female Employee.....Julia Sweeney
Male Employee #1.....Phil Hartman
New Employee.....Rob Schneider
Male Employee #2.....Adam Sandler
Delivery Boy.....Chris Rock


[ Female Employee drops her styrofoam cup while pouring some spring water. Ed Glosser picks it up for her, then accidentally grabs her hand, falling into a trance ]

Female Employee: Are you alright?

Ed Glosser: [ pause ] You have a daughter..

Female Employee: Yes?

Ed Glosser: She's at home with the housekeeper..

Female Employee: Yes?

Ed Glosser: The housekeeper just waxed the kitchen floor..

Female Employee: Yes?

Ed Glosser: Your daughter's running.. on the wet kitchen floor..

Female Employee: [ panicking ] And?

Ed Glosser: She's leaving footprints..

Female Employee: Yeah?

Ed Glosser: The housekeeper's annoyed.. she has to do that part of the floor over again..

Female Employee: Really?

Ed Glosser: It's not too late! You can call her.. and save her!

Female Employee: Um.. I have some work to do, but I'll call her later. Okay? Say, how did you get these powers, anyway?

Ed Glosser: [ looks into the camera ] I.. don't.. know..

Announcer: Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic. During a brief power outage, Ed Glosser's tanning booth experiences a slight malfunction. Forfeiting a darker base, he instead gains the mildly impressive ability to foretell insignificant events of the immediate future. This is his story..

Male Employee #1: Ed, I want you to meet Bob. He just joined us over in Accounting.

New Employee: Nice to meet you! [ shakes Ed's hand ]

Ed Glosser: [ falls into his trance ] Tomorrow.. on the way to work.. you're gonna buy a cup of coffee..

New Employee: [ anxious ] Yeah?

Ed Glosser: Then you're gonna hail a cab..

New Employee: Uh huh! Does the cab crash?!

Ed Glosser: No.. you're gonna leave the coffee in the cab!

New Employee: Okay.. I guess I'll just have to get another cup when I get here.

Ed Glosser: Look! you don't get it! You're wasting coffee!

Male Employee #1: Ed, Ed, Ed.. what's the big deal? It's just a cup of coffee! Look, we've got a whole pot of it over there.

Ed Glosser: accidentally touches the male employee's arm and falls back into his trance ] At lunch.. you're gonna treat yourself to a vanilla ice cream.. you're gonna eat it too fast.. you're gonna get an ice cream headache.. it's gonna hurt.. real bad.. right.. [ touches the middle of his forehead ] ..here.. for eight, nine seconds..

Male Employee #1: Ed, I don't want you to take this the wrong way. But you're giving everybody the creeps.

Ed Glosser: I didn't ask for these powers! They just came to me!

Male Employee #1: Well, I see a large stack of papers on your desk.. and I see you finishing them all by five o'clock! [ laughs and turns to leave ]

New Employee: Hey, uh.. nice meeting you. [ starts to shake Ed's hand again, but retreats and leaves ]

Male Employee #2: [ enters ] Hey! Psychic Man! What do you see happening in the World Series - Toronto or Atlanta?

Ed Glosser: [ upset ] I can't believe you're asking me to use my powers in that way! [ turns to leave, but Male Employee #2 grabs Ed's arm and sends into another trance ] You're eating a bag of pistachios.. you will find that one is very difficult to open..

Male Employee #2: Yeah?

Ed Glosser: You're not going to be able to open it with your fingers.. you're gonna have to use your teeth.. it's gonna taste very bad..

Male Employee #2: Just the one nut?

Ed Glosser: Yes!

Male Employee #2: Alright.. well, thanks for that tip. I'm going to go call my bookie now. [ leaves ]

[ Ed sits in the office, annoyed ]

Delivery Boy: [ enters carrying a bag ] Excuse me, did you order a tuna fish sandwich?

Ed Glosser: Yeah.. [ pulls out some money and places it in the Delivery Boy's hand, falling into another trance ] You have a car..

Delivery Boy: Yeah?

Ed Glosser: [ pause ] Could you give me a lift home? Nobody around here likes me.

Delivery Boy: Sure. Why not?

Ed Glosser: [ still in trance ] There's going to be traffic.

[ the two exit the office, to fade ]

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 14:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/pics/92dpsychic1.jpg

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

yeah damn they finally have chingo on the show and it's to make fun of his name, quite revolutionary

The dumb thing about it is that it's supposed to be silly how a rapper is going to give financial advice, but he has a BA in business administration. NOT SO CLEVER NOW, SETH MEYERS.

I also laughed at the many many water jugs, but I am easy to please.

― Dionne Warrick Dunn football psychic hotline (Matt Chesnut), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

The high point of last week's was totally the moment where the two airport security guys both start saying "Maybe if you had your jaw wired shut..." at the same time.

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6503

!!!!!!

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

Surprised it took so long! And I'm sure they could pump out at least ten other years that people would want to buy.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 01:55 (nineteen years ago)

i would buy the jean doumanian season on dvd!

― your daughter is one (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

LOL @ replacements + Charelton Heston

― Jimmy Mod is COMPLETELY MISERABLE SAN DIEGO (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 02:42 (nineteen years ago)

It was just Paul Westerberg with Charleton Heston. Harry Dean Stanton hosted the show with The Replacements.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 02:46 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry. That's like the only time me knowing that has ever helped anything.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 02:47 (nineteen years ago)

I sure didn't have to wait long to catch that Dane Cook episode. WTF is up with rerunning a two week old show? Everyone OTM re: the looks of the Killers, anyway.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 02:57 (nineteen years ago)

(Oh man I am totally buying that DVD set. ABBA!)

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

DID YOU NOTICE: cover of a cambodian rocks song was used as the intro to the kim jung-il sketch?

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 22 October 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

sure it was a cover? I was in a vietnamese restaurant years ago and heard some of the same songs, but well produced pop versions, they may just be standards.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 22 October 2006 03:50 (nineteen years ago)

was it dengue fever?

― martha gives letterman the 'lick' (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 22 October 2006 03:58 (nineteen years ago)

i can't say for sure, dan. but it sounded somewhat more modern and rock-ish, i figured it was either dengue fever or neung phak.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 22 October 2006 07:20 (nineteen years ago)

DAMMIT I MISSED BORAT

Tuned in just in time to hear him say "Live from New York, home of the Jew..."

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 29 October 2006 06:39 (nineteen years ago)

don't worry they'll probably rerun it in two weeks. then again two weeks later. and twice more before summer.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 29 October 2006 06:42 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, huh.
OTOH they'll probably just run Dane Cook again and again. DANE = RATINGS

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 29 October 2006 06:44 (nineteen years ago)

did Hugh Laurie get the opportunity to wipe the floor with the cast in any decent sketches?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 October 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

nbc has the monologue on their website, marmot: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/videos/.
the diminishing returns are definitely starting to kick in. still want to see the movie though.

― A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Monday, 30 October 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

"Follow the yellow line to Roman's warehouse."

― Mordy, Sunday, 11 May 2008 04:21 (seventeen years ago)

Complete Third Season just came out.

..which has the live Sun Ra and Elvis Costello performances.

― Mackro Mackro, Sunday, 11 May 2008 05:07 (seventeen years ago)

Every now and then I'm surprised by by hearing a certain performer makes it on SNL. Sun Ra, Captain Beefheart, Fear... any other surprising (or semi-surprising) musical guests?

― RabiesAngentleman, Sunday, 11 May 2008 14:36 (seventeen years ago)

tonight had more actual laughs than most episodes this season. like, over 5.

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Sunday, 11 May 2008 14:43 (seventeen years ago)

everythhing from all the ones ive seen this year has been atrocious but i missed this one, was it the season finale?

― deeznuts, Sunday, 11 May 2008 14:45 (seventeen years ago)

yeah, out of nowhere it was actually pretty good. Labeouf helped. think finale is next week.

― bnw, Sunday, 11 May 2008 14:46 (seventeen years ago)

any other surprising (or semi-surprising) musical guests?

philip glass?

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Sunday, 11 May 2008 14:55 (seventeen years ago)

THE BEST LOOK IN THE WORRLLLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDD

― get bent, Sunday, 11 May 2008 18:33 (seventeen years ago)

Every now and then I'm surprised by by hearing a certain performer makes it on SNL. Sun Ra, Captain Beefheart, Fear... any other surprising (or semi-surprising) musical guests?

-- RabiesAngentleman, Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:36 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

December 13, 1975 - Richard Pryor/Gil Scott-Heron

― and what, Sunday, 11 May 2008 18:59 (seventeen years ago)

February 24, 1990 - Fred Savage/Technotronic

― and what, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:12 (seventeen years ago)

Technotronic had an enormous hit. Gil-Scott Heron was a condition of Pryor's agreeing to do the show.

― gabbneb, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:18 (seventeen years ago)

so?

― and what, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:32 (seventeen years ago)

belgian house djs and a countercultural proto-rapper are pretty "semi-surprising" snl guests for someone who grew up with ricky martin and backstreet boys on every late 90s show

― and what, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:34 (seventeen years ago)

March 8, 2003 - Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite

― and what, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:35 (seventeen years ago)

575 January 22, 2005 Paul Giamatti Ludacris featuring Sum 41

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:35 (seventeen years ago)

October 28, 1989 - James Woods/Ultramagnetic MC's

― and what, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:37 (seventeen years ago)

544 May 10, 2003 Adrien Brody Sean Paul/Wayne Wonder
^^this one was probably pretty cool

512 December 1, 2001 Derek Jeter Shakira/Bubba Sparxxx
UH

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:38 (seventeen years ago)

mine are actually real, tho james woods did actually host oct 28, 1989

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:40 (seventeen years ago)

February 8, 1997 - Neve Campbell/Capone-N-Noreaga

― and what, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:43 (seventeen years ago)

January 12, 2002 - Josh Hartnett/Project Pat

― and what, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:45 (seventeen years ago)

October 31, 1981 - Donald Pleasence/Fear
April 19, 1997 - Pamela Anderson/Rollins Band
April 12, 2003 - Ray Romano/Zwan
May 15, 2004 - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen/J-Kwon
December 11, 2004 - Colin Farrell/Scissor Sisters

― iiiijjjj, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:46 (seventeen years ago)

October 2, 1976 - Eric Idle/ Neu!
November 14, 1987 - Robert Mitchum/Fat Boys & Beach Boys
February 11, 1989 - Ted Danson/Lil Louis
March 12, 1994 - Nancy Kerrigan/Organized Konfusion

― and what, Sunday, 11 May 2008 19:57 (seventeen years ago)

June 15th, 1992 - Boris Yeltsin/Jordy
April 9th, 1990 - John Gotti/DAS-EFX

― Savannah Smiles, Monday, 12 May 2008 13:10 (seventeen years ago)

SNL lineups never make sense to me.

as for this season, im kind of in love with lasercats.

― sunny successor, Monday, 12 May 2008 15:33 (seventeen years ago)

April 19, 1986 Tony Danza/Laurie Anderson

― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 16:34 (seventeen years ago)

May 15, 1982 Danny DeVito/Sparks

― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 16:38 (seventeen years ago)

November 15, 1980 Elliott Gould/Kid Creole & the Coconuts

― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 16:40 (seventeen years ago)

April 14, 1979 Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman

― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 16:40 (seventeen years ago)

544 May 10, 2003 Adrien Brody Sean Paul/Wayne Wonder
^^this one was probably pretty cool

512 December 1, 2001 Derek Jeter Shakira/Bubba Sparxxx
UH

-- J0rdan S., Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:38 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

ARDIAN BRODY: HOW MUCH DO YOU HATE HIM ???

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 16:46 (seventeen years ago)

seven months pass...

Kristen Wiig has sneakily become one of my favorite cast members.

― Mordy, Sunday, 11 January 2009 04:44 (sixteen years ago)

My panic attack is having a panic attack. It's called a pananickananickattak

― Mordy, Sunday, 11 January 2009 05:03 (sixteen years ago)

wiig is like the only one on the show who tries to have good ideas

― you down with challo.p.p.? (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 11 January 2009 05:11 (sixteen years ago)

i spent my new years with a plate full of mini cannolis, thinking about the 80s

― i am in the kitchen with the ghost dad blues (donna rouge), Sunday, 11 January 2009 06:15 (sixteen years ago)

Wiig never stinks it up.

― Kyle Clewett (bassace), Sunday, 11 January 2009 07:52 (sixteen years ago)

I dunno, I'm getting kind of sick of her. She's in like every single sketch, and her characters are all really mannered.

― xhuxk e. xheese (jaymc), Sunday, 11 January 2009 16:42 (sixteen years ago)

last night was so bad, though. that sketch was the only decent one. i really liked the idea of the broadway sketch because i have had this conversation with like 300 people in the past year, but it really did not come through with anything funny (aside from the chandelier).

― tehresa, Sunday, 11 January 2009 16:58 (sixteen years ago)

that episode was like they added a bunch of new cast members who aren't really integrated yet and don't have any characters or ideas so they basically just wrote a bunch of sketches to let everyone do impressions of famous people. like seriously every sketch was just lots and lots of impressions. it's just going to be weak for a while until everyone figures out what they're doing

i <3 wiig too though

― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 11 January 2009 17:53 (sixteen years ago)

NPH's list of fitness clients, both the writing and delivery, cracked me up.

― dan selzer, Sunday, 11 January 2009 18:37 (sixteen years ago)

i forgot about the traditional SNL january slump. "where did we put those cards with the ideas that were too dumb to use in the last ten shows? somebodt get kristin wiig in here stat."

― HELPING CHILDREN THROUGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 January 2009 08:56 (sixteen years ago)

also, that depressed America cover band suckkked.

― HELPING CHILDREN THROUGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 January 2009 08:58 (sixteen years ago)

the NPH episode was good. tonight's was absolutely miserable.

― THE DWIGHT BRAXTON (jeff), Sunday, 18 January 2009 10:00 (sixteen years ago)

i thought the skit in spanish 'written by fourth graders' was pretty funny

― jordy (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 18 January 2009 10:02 (sixteen years ago)

skit w/ the wiig character in the classroom was one of the most dreadful things ive ever seen. i wonder if kenan had flashbacks from his all that days

― jordy (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 18 January 2009 10:03 (sixteen years ago)

btw andy samberg needs to be banned from tv. his career is like when a backup qb randomly has an insane performance in one game, is made the starter and then sux it up for the next two games and is benched/booed off the field by the fans. except it's been three years

― jordy (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 18 January 2009 10:05 (sixteen years ago)

i laughed pretty hard at shark bite girls diminished ability to sit through other peoples anecdotes.

― tacos, fettucini, linguini, martini, bikini. (sunny successor), Sunday, 18 January 2009 13:43 (sixteen years ago)

I have been watching this on our DVR this morning and I think it was a fine episode because I laughed a few times for free. I'm not sure what more some of you guys want.

― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:09 (sixteen years ago)

OTM

― wkiwpedia (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 18 January 2009 17:11 (sixteen years ago)

but dvrs cost money but whatever

― wkiwpedia (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 18 January 2009 17:11 (sixteen years ago)

eight months pass...

its a thursday night and yet they've seen fit to air some painfully unfunny 'weekend update special edition'. like sub-sub-sub-mad tv. which begs the question why is snl still allowed to run in any shape or form?

― am0n, Friday, 25 September 2009 00:20 (sixteen years ago)

classic reruns being the exception

― am0n, Friday, 25 September 2009 00:24 (sixteen years ago)

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/7/20/128926089220702448.jpg

― Please Don't Take My Air JordanS. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 September 2009 00:24 (sixteen years ago)

sub-wayne tv

― Cousin Larry Soetoro (jeff), Friday, 25 September 2009 00:25 (sixteen years ago)

yeah it sucks

― omar little, Friday, 25 September 2009 00:26 (sixteen years ago)

why is snl still allowed to run in any shape or form?

Said it before. Saying it again. If it's funny or not just doesn't matter to NBC. It's a franchise like Today; it's cheap to produce and it makes money. /mr.obvious

― Aimless, Friday, 25 September 2009 00:35 (sixteen years ago)

:)

― am0n, Friday, 25 September 2009 00:38 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

worst target girl sketch yet

― Mordy, Sunday, 15 January 2012 04:46 (thirteen years ago)

fuck SNL

― billstevejim, Sunday, 15 January 2012 04:49 (thirteen years ago)

jason sudeikis as ricky gervais is so perfect

― occupy mobb deep (some dude), Sunday, 15 January 2012 04:51 (thirteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Brittain out

― Nicole, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:20 (thirteen years ago)

Thats too bad, he was really growing on me this season. I loved his Little Lord sketches. But something doesn't scan between "effective immediately" and "parted amicably".

― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:21 (thirteen years ago)

It seems like cast members only "leave" mid-season if they seriously fuck up on the air or otherwise piss off Lorne Michaels (I believe Norm MacDonald did both). Theoretically, Brittain could've gotten offered something he couldn't turn down, but realistically, what're the odds that Paul Brittain is getting insane unturndownable offers?

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:25 (thirteen years ago)

Exactly.

― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:26 (thirteen years ago)

First time I saw his Ron Paul, I wasn't sure which cast member it was. That's how underutilized he was.

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls2ncysXrA1qz79iao1_500.png

― Hawaiian mime montage (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:48 (thirteen years ago)

“Sex” Ed Vincent nooooooooo

― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:51 (thirteen years ago)

Aw, too bad -- there goes my one degree of separation from SNL.

― jaymc, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:58 (thirteen years ago)

every once in a while i check in on this thread just to make sure snl is still not funny

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:35 (thirteen years ago)

Well, whatever relieves you of the burden of forming your own opinions.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:47 (thirteen years ago)

also, every once in a while i watch 5 minutes of snl just to make sure snl is still not funny

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 20:05 (thirteen years ago)

Too bad. It seemed like he was finally starting to get more screen time, as well as a couple leads in sketches. I wonder if this means Jay will get some more screen time. Taran and Vanessa seem to be heading straight to full-time cast members by next year.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:18 (thirteen years ago)

It seems like cast members only "leave" mid-season if they seriously fuck up on the air or otherwise piss off Lorne Michaels (I believe Norm MacDonald did both).

it's extremely common knowledge that he did neither!

― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:32 (thirteen years ago)

Norm? Yeah, he didn't piss off Lorne, rather one of the NBC execs that was friends with OJ Simpson and got sick of the jabs on Weekend Update. But that may have been in reference to the F-bomb Norm dropped on air that a lot of people still seem to think he got fired for.

― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:50 (thirteen years ago)

have we ever done a weekend updater poll? and did someone who wasn't norm mcdonald win? if so, FUCK YOU.

― hhhhhh Bill I juste like ertronic thinges (NZA), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 02:51 (thirteen years ago)

how do you get so preemptively angry about something that doesn't exist

― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 02:53 (thirteen years ago)

i was trying to imitate norm mcdonald's voice

― hhhhhh Bill I juste like ertronic thinges (NZA), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 02:55 (thirteen years ago)

Norm? Yeah, he didn't piss off Lorne, rather one of the NBC execs that was friends with OJ Simpson and got sick of the jabs on Weekend Update. But that may have been in reference to the F-bomb Norm dropped on air that a lot of people still seem to think he got fired for.

I stand corrected on Lorne/Norm, but yeah, I was also thinking of when he said "fuck" on the air, which probably didn't help.

― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 03:00 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

!

https://twitter.com/SteveMartinToGo/status/310161621832056832/photo/1

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 March 2013 23:32 (twelve years ago)

six months pass...

that picture is amazing

i was just coming here to post that very early 80s SNL is sooo terrible. why have i never heard about this era as a dark age for the show? it's srsly painful to watch. during update, people in the audience laughed at almost none of the jokes! i'm surprised that the show didn't die around that time.

― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 26 September 2013 10:10 (twelve years ago)

though obv i's not like i've heard about it as a golden age, either. just never heard people talking about how bad it was. apparently it was nearly cancelled in 81?

gilbert gottfried talking in a normal voice, tho

― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 26 September 2013 10:19 (twelve years ago)

that's the piscopo years i guess?

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 26 September 2013 10:35 (twelve years ago)

yeah. murphy too, but he's not really being used yet

― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 26 September 2013 10:44 (twelve years ago)

Jean doumain iirc. There was at least one time in the 80s (and a second time either in the 80s or 90s) where almost all of the cast was scrapped except maybe one or two people

The time when Janeane Garofalo was on was also notoriously unfunny; there's a Wizard of Oz sketch w SJP floating around, maybe on YouTube, that might actually be the most awkwardly unfunny thing they have ever aired

― Tetsu: The Inoue Man (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 26 September 2013 11:12 (twelve years ago)

Though otoh the season where almost everyone got fired has one of the show's best episodes where Francis Ford Coppola "directs" it and keeps trying to call "CUT!!" in the middle of sketches and there's a lot of self reference abt how bad their own show is and then everyone dies in a fire at the end, not jk

― Tetsu: The Inoue Man (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 26 September 2013 11:14 (twelve years ago)

Also Oprah hosted an episode in the 80's!!

― Tetsu: The Inoue Man (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 26 September 2013 11:15 (twelve years ago)

The final sketch of the 11th season: "... in the final sketch, Billy Martin is shown dumping gasoline around the studio and then setting it on fire. The entire cast is shown to be trapped in a room as a parody of TV show cliffhangers. Credits rolled with question marks on each name, signaling that the viewer didn't know which cast members would be returning the next season. Cast members were angered by an ending added to the sketch, in which Michaels has the opportunity to rescue the cast from the fire, but chooses to save only Lovitz."

Lovitz, Nora Dunn and Dennis Miller actually returned for the 12th season.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 26 September 2013 15:22 (twelve years ago)

it seems like a lot of the 1980 stuff was self-referential about how much they sucked. like, a majority of it! the very first sketch of the season does that. it gets pretty old.

nearly everyone was fired from the 1980 cast when charlie rocket let "fuck" slip, apparently. i didn't know that he killed himself until i was looking stuff up about this incident.

― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 26 September 2013 18:52 (twelve years ago)

Saturday Night Live

― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 September 2013 19:28 (twelve years ago)

oops

― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 26 September 2013 19:37 (twelve years ago)

five years pass...

Thirty years ago today, the great Gilda Radner died. She was beautiful and gifted and funny. Eternal love. pic.twitter.com/CiXniXilSd

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) May 20, 2019

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 May 2019 15:54 (six years ago)

Love Gilda is fantastic. I wept.

― Tiltin' My Lens Photography (stevie), Monday, 20 May 2019 15:56 (six years ago)

As I get older it gets clearer she was the best of the original cast. That sketch where she plays the little kid who keeps jumping off the bed into her wall is just so perfect.

― Tiltin' My Lens Photography (stevie), Monday, 20 May 2019 15:57 (six years ago)

three years pass...

is sarah squirm funny or not? i'm confused by her.

― treeship., Tuesday, 15 November 2022 01:47 (three years ago)

she seems to enjoy her own humor immensely which signals to audiences that it must be incredibly amusing and they respond positively to that because they want very much to participate in the good time she's obviously having. that's probably a lot of what's confusing you.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 01:55 (three years ago)

the body horror comedy she did before snl was pretty out there -- a little too off-putting for me, but i am wondering if anyone on ilx is a fan

― treeship., Tuesday, 15 November 2022 02:12 (three years ago)

I was a fan pre snl and and was astonished that she made it into the cast. I don’t watch regularly but have enjoyed a lot of the snl stuff of hers that I’ve seen. Anything that makes the show weirder is good for the show imo, as is anyone outside the mode of “forgettable milquetoast standup” types that seem to dominate the cast these days

― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 02:39 (three years ago)

I HATE don’t stop believing or whatever they’re called

― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 02:56 (three years ago)

The video skit crew

― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 02:56 (three years ago)

The video skit crew

― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 02:56 (three years ago)

^^Please Don't Destroy

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 03:28 (three years ago)

yeah they are fine, and sarah sherman is the funniest person in the cast. IMO she is a future legend.

― akm, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 04:59 (three years ago)

don't care for her. she insists upon herself.

― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 19 November 2022 10:31 (three years ago)

She just says stuff really loud?

― kurt schwitterz, Saturday, 19 November 2022 10:32 (three years ago)

one year passes...

lol, this has you guys written all over it. you can't wait, admit it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ9O_tl5Npk

― scott seward, Thursday, 8 August 2024 19:17 (one year ago)

and by you guys i mean everyone except me. these things make me cringe. its mrs. parker and the vicious circle all over again.

― scott seward, Thursday, 8 August 2024 19:18 (one year ago)

Dude: Saturday Night Live

― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 August 2024 19:22 (one year ago)

i searched for that i forgot it wasn't shortened.

― scott seward, Thursday, 8 August 2024 20:29 (one year ago)


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