LAN.gnome
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« Reply #40 on: 11-17-2003 14:59 »
« Last Edit on: 11-17-2003 14:59 »
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Thanks to tiredness, I managed to forget the funniest sketch that Alec was in all night: the one about Prince Charles and his alleged homosexuality. It was like euphemism overload: "Would you say it was true that Prince Charles prefers to give rather than receive?" "Indeed, although were a young man to show up at his back door with a sizable package, he would certainly be received warmly." "Is it true that Prince Charles cannot exceed 68 miles per hour when driving?" "I had not heard anything of that rumor, no." "I was told that once he reaches 69, he immediately blows a rod." Good stuff. EDIT: The sketch with Rachel Dratch as the aging, senile movie producer was good too. "I told him I liked a white guy doing kung-fu better the first time -- in Karate Kid!" "It was the Matrix. We passed on the Matrix!"
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LAN.gnome
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Originally posted by evan: Good God, this Al Sharpton episode is bombing horribly. Sharpton could be one of the worst hosts ever on SNL. And none of the supporting players really do much to help him (see the "cabdriver" sketch.) Remember when only actors or comedians could host SNL? I could not believe that cabdriver sketch you mentiond. It was OK humor-wise, but the audience was completely silent. I don't think I heard a single laugh. Sharpton didn't seem willing to throw himself into his little roles and take the risk of making a fool out of himself, like he should have. The only really good sketch he was in was the 3 wise men one, and that was pretty tame. Al Gore's a bigger political figure, and he made so much fun of himself I couldn't believe it. I thought the joke that ended with the "we can't tell the punchline to this joke until next week, because Al Sharpton's here" was very telling. It seemed like everyone was holding back, and the show suffered.
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LAN.gnome
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Apologies in advance for a double post, but whatever. I created this thread and I'll double post if I damn well please. Last night's SNL was worlds better than the previous week's. The host was Elijah Wood, and since he's actually an actor, instead of a two-bit politician, his timing was good. He didn't seem to find making a fool out of himself and having some fun -- the "Frodo & Gollum" sitcom feature was a good indication of that. For the first time in a long while, I think they underused their guest host. Wood did a great job in all his roles -- as one of the Fab 5 from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", as a middle school choir soprano, or as a young (and painfully bad) comedian in the Buddy Mills sketch. Speaking of Buddy Mills, they brought Kattan back to reprise his role as Gollum, and he did an awesome job. Last thought: Jimmy Fallon's impression of John Mayer was dead on. "Blahblahblah, blabittyblahayah, doooo, dooooo, doooooooo..." Just great.
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Mr. Potter
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I agree with LAN.gnome. Elijah was pretty good and very underused. And Chris Kattan was great.
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LAN.gnome
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BUMPHooray! SNL returns from reruns with what I thought was a really good epsiode, featuring host Jennifer Aniston and musical guest the Black-Eyed Peas. My favorite sketch was the Saddam/Osama phone conversation. You can tell they're ad-libbing a lot in these things, but it's hilarious. Regular phone calls aren't scripted, so it makes sense that the calls come off and random and tangential. Also, this comment from Jimmy Fallon/Osama to Horatio Sanz/Saddam was priceless: "You look like Ron Jeremy in an orange jumpsuit, man. Not that I can see you or anything, because this isn't a videophone." Weekend Update was really strong too, though I don't know why they just had Finesse Mitchell say he was OJ Simpson and not have any makeup or anything to actually look like him. My favorite WU joke was the one about the kid stuck in a stuffed animal vending machine: ".. and so begins Michael Jackson's letter to this month's issue of Penthouse."What Tina Fey did with her face as the audience laughed (nodding her head and grinning maniacally) was hysterical. The Anti-Dean DNC commercial was also awesome. Overall, an A-. Second only to the Jack Black ep, methinks (from this season, anyway).
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boingo2000
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I saw about half of this episode, and didn't mind it. After Office Space & The Good Girl, Jennifer Aniston strikes me as the only Friend with any actual talent, ie, the only one who won't have trouble finding work after Friends ends and everyone stops caring. Speaking of which, I thought that "Friends ending" was hysterical. Originally posted by LAN.gname: My favorite WU joke was the one about the kid stuck in a stuffed animal vending machine: ".. and so begins Michael Jackson's letter to this month's issue of Penthouse." What Tina Fey did with her face as the audience laughed (nodding her head and grinning maniacally) was hysterical. It really, really was. But again, LAN, I have to disagree with you about the Jimmy Fallon/Horatio Sanz sketch. The two of them just making things up just isn't funny, or at least not funny enough to justify the time they're allowed to improv sketches in any given episode. These two seem to be treated like people think they're the next Billy Crystal and Robin Williams, and they're not. I don't mind them in small doses, but they go on forever. It wasn't a bad episode, but halfway through I turned it off and played on my Xbox instead. Of what I saw, I give it a B. Best part of the evening though, was after I was done with the Xbox, I turned Global back on and they were running a clasic SNL with Frank Zappa (whom I love) as the musical guest, and I got to see him perform I Am The Slime with Don Pardo.
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Dr. Morberg
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I wish they wouldn't repeat things that just happened a month ago. It was funny, but do they think we'll just forget what we saw a month ago? They should play repeats that happened at least a year ago. Some of the jokes would be outdated, but most would still be funny.
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NibblerJr
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Originally posted by OC_James: Dear Lorne Michaels, Hire some talented minorities so Maya Rudolph won't always get stuck playing the Latino/African-American/Asian/Extra White Girl. I know. It bugs me, she always has to play every girl character that isnt white; hire some new person. Anyway: Anyone notice that Tracy Morgan disapeared? He was the greatest in Brian Fellows! My 3 favorite people have left, SNL isnt so great anymore....[Chris Kattan, Will Ferrell, Tracy Morgan]. Also, I don't think Kenan Thompsan is that funny at all...
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Dr. Morberg
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Originally posted by LAN.gnome: There was one truly hilarious joke though; in Weekend Update, of course: "The Georgia Supreme Court this week found that public schools could continue to use the word 'evolution' in science classes, though as a trade-off they are now required to refer to dinosaurs as 'Jesus Horses'." That was the best joke I've ever heard on the weekend update. I also thought the whole "black history" part was funny, even if it is overused. I thought the opening with Chris Matthews was hilarious, too. However, the rest was pretty average.
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Dr. Morberg
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Yeah, it was pretty good, but I thought the weekend update, which is usually really funny, was pretty weak.
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LAN.gnome
Urban Legend
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Originally posted by Jeremy: *pokes LAN* Don't tell me you missed SNL to attend your nerd quiz show! Nerd. No, I just thought it might be poor form to post three times in a row. Besides, who should be mocking who? We've had how many SNL eps in the time that you've made only 2 previous posts on this page? Anywho, I agree with both of you. The bulk of the show was pretty good, Afleck's smirking and willingness to poke fun at himself (him dressed up as a Geisha: best!) was great, but WU was a little weak, especially the guests. WTF was up with Hammond as Clinton again? He was just on WU last week. I mean, come on, Hammond! We know your Dubya impression is for shit, but damn! Overall, not as good as last week with Colin Firth, and slightly better than the Aguilera ep two weeks ago. Bis for Bennifer
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