which of these women would you most like to see host snl? (based on this list posted by al ship on his blog)

jane lynch would be awesome

maria bamford but realistically jane lynch

Toni Collette would be cool

jane lynch would obv be amazing, but i can't tell if a. they would pigeon hole her like they do the megan fox/january jones types by having her do her raunchy schtick in a bunch of skits and b. if that happened, would it even be a bad thing

i think portia de rossi would prob turn in the best episode -- she might be the most versatile

Colette would be cool and obviously Lynch but I voted Caplan.

yeah portia imo

ha I narrowed it down to:

Jane Lynch
Wanda Sykes
Meryl Streep
Toni Collette
Isla Fisher
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Chalke
Portia de Rossi
Aisha Tyler
Jane Krakowski
Alyson Hannigan
Elizabeth Banks

haha thanks sarge, i kinda thought "it'd be interesting to see the results if this were a poll" but i wasn't about to plug my own shit on here

i think portia de rossi would prob turn in the best episode -- she might be the most versatile

i think she kills generally but i can see her getting pigeonholed into playing vapid/bitchy in every skit. i mean i guess thats better than the just standing around type of shit megan fox does but

there really isnt anyone on here that i ~wouldnt~ want 2 watch think they are all appealing & charming & funny but bell or fisher might the best at str8 carrying a show.

Maria Bamford is probably more realistic as a possible cast member, even if she'd have to reign in some of her craziness and might feel redundant unless Wiig already left by then.

i would probably watch everyone except heigl

people hate on Scrubs and all but Sarah Chalke went ham on that show often enough in terms of sacrificing vanity for the sake of a laugh that i think she might have the most sketch comedy potential here

^^^ real talk

xcept she kinda sucked on himym

well they made her character kind of a drag, it's not like they gave her Barney-type jokes and she fell on her face

Krakowski would def be good, hopefully by the end of 30 Rock's run NBC will give her a turn...kind of surprised McBrayer hasn't hosted already really.

man i confused sarah chalke and sarah michelle gellar for the longest time -- like, i don't think i knew that it was sarah chalke or who sarah chalke even was until like 2008

well they made her character kind of a drag, it's not like they gave her Barney-type jokes and she fell on her face

yeah true but i mean its a lot more likely they give her boring str8 man roles for than she gets 2 portray the kind of nuanced mania that made her scrubs character funny/interesting *shrug*

the last female host that i thought they used well was lohan & thats cuz she invests the bystander/this is where im hot skits with charm & ease. not watching the show on the reg or anything but thats y i think bell/fisher/greer wld be gr8 hosts.

but really dude that sd any1 but heigl is otm

or get heigl-lohan co-host 4 gab tribute

well in the actual post i explain the Heigl suggestion as making her put her money where her mouth is after complaining that only the guys were funny in Knocked Up

oh lol I was thinking Lizzy Caplan was the annoying scatterbrained female correspondent who showed up on The Daily Show a couple of times

the flight of the conchords girl? ugh.

btw i'd like to file a write-in vote for this woman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvvvIm6OhHc

well in the actual post i explain the Heigl suggestion as making her put her money where her mouth is after complaining that only the guys were funny in Knocked Up

That reminds me, has Leslie Mann ever hosted?

haha when would she have hosted? after the runaway popularity of her 5th-billed performance in Big Daddy?

It's hard to say -- I think some of the best hosts end up not having that much of a comedy background on their resume. Like Alec Baldwin before 30 Rock.

yeah it's all guesswork, you never know. but the list was inspired by the annoyance how many proven funny women who've been in popular shows/movies have never hosted when friggin January Jones gets the gig.

xp Definitely true! Great list as it is though.

Portia de Rossi

in the end, the honest of the show matters a lot less than the writing / supporting cast imo ...a good host can make a so-so sketch sorta funny, but a great SNL episode needs great writing. I can't imagine any person in the world hosting a fantastic episode w/ SNL's current set-up, so I guess my real answer is "it doesn't matter, the episode would still prolly suck"

'honest' = 'host'

and I'd still watch it, god only knows why

Kristen Bell, but mostly because I have a huge crush on her. Jane Lynch would be funnier though.

this season has definitely been weaker than the last couple before it, and i think it's probably the writing since the cast is more or less the same, but i think there have still been strong episodes this season that you can give the host ample credit for.

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this season has definitely been weaker than the last couple before it, and i think it's probably the writing since the cast is more or less the same, but i think there have still been strong episodes this season that you can give the host ample credit for.

yeah but I still think that's the 'turning so-so sketch into sorta funny' thing. I know "SNL ain't what it used to be" is a pretty tired complaint, but I rate late 90s/early 00s SNL pretty highly

haha I italicized the wrong thing

I'm ridiculously tired today

also the key difference between 2010-snl and the last few years: amy poehler, who could carry basically any sketch.

the best parts of the season this year imo are: kenan's continued dominance, the emergence of bobby moynohan & Tina Tina Cheneuse

Elizabeth Banks or Judy Greer. One of those two.

I'm still disappointed they got rid of Casey Wilson for being fat, I think she would have really developed into a strong cast member.

Katherine Heigl, because i wonder what she's been up to lately.

Aisha Tyler why because she look intersting

yeah Casey and Michaela Watkins both showed a lot of potential imo, at the very least more than Jenny Slate

^ otm

jenny slate's tina tina character is better than anything michaela or casey ever did, but her & nasim pedrad are pretty much the same person

michaela watkins forever.

apropos of nothing, but wiig's suze orman sketch was seriously like being raked over the coals

So sick of Wiig at this point. All of her recurring characters this season suck.

i'd vote for any of the black females because i was thinking when gabourey was on how great it was to see a black female on the show who wasn't just the musical guest. aisha tyler is hella funny, so if i have to pick one... her.

can i write in a vote for rupaul?

jenny slate's tina tina character is better than anything michaela or casey ever did, but her & nasim pedrad are pretty much the same person

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they definitely look/sound similar but pedrad has actual comedy chops and a pretty versatile bag of impressions whereas slate is, that one character aside, pretty much worthless

I'm still disappointed they got rid of Casey Wilson for being fat

Wait, is this actually true?

Rupaul is a great idea. Coulda plugged the drag race finale!

Wait, is this actually true?

I've yet to see it confirmed by a completely reliable source, but it has popped up quite a few times in gossip rags and blogs. Here's one place I saw it.

And even that comes from a source that the writer calls "unreliable", but still I've seen the rumor enough to wonder if there isn't some truth behind it.

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I'm still disappointed they got rid of Casey Wilson for being fat

cuz it's not like kenan thompson or bobby moynihan are carrying any extra pounds.

although i think kenan has lost some weight since last season? maybe the only black guy in the cast is tired of not being able to play the black president.

You mean an institution like SNL would dare to hold women to a different set of body type expectations than their male counterparts? Shocking!

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lol i don't think i ever got around to voting

Jane Lynch hosting next week! Emma Stone in a few weeks should be good, too.