This was the one Saturday night I managed to stay awake late enough for Saturday Night Live, and I was extremely happy that I did. I had no idea Natalie had *that* in her! It was absolutely hilarious!
Does ANYONE watch SNL any more? I happened to catch this one (my first in more than a year) just because we happened to be wide awake at midnight with nothing better to do.
Maybe that's how it stays on the air.
Anyway, what I found really depressing was that SNL has finally hit the point that, in every skit, the cast was upstaged by their guest star. Their *dramatic actress* guest star not previously known for her comedy.
The rap was good, but her vicious parody of Sasha Cohen was what made it for me.
Yeah, kinda funny, I guess.. Grumble grumble So tired of not-hip white people pretending to be hardcore MFs when the whole gangsta scene got played out after Menace II.. Idiots can't even do better than AA BB rhyme schemes.. Meanwhile no one ever invites Boots or Paris on the TV..
Sort of a double post.
Sorry, freeasharold, you've been owned by the h-dogg. Happens to the best of us.
It ain't a double post if it weren't on the front page.
/rules, regulations
Get over yourself. Justify your censorship however you please.
Yo, shut the fuck up and suck my dick!
English teachers, think they're neater
Than the lint in someone's kister.
Everything the one just said
Shows he's lost the thread
AA, BB, just another battery,
only it's a 'D' done.
full disclosure: I still watch SNL (am I the only one?) and I love it.
All this 'SNL used to be great but now it sucks' talk doesn't make sense to me. SNL has always had more lousy sketches than good ones. Recently (the last 6 months) it seems like the number of lousy ones has actually gone down, and the have been a few truly great ones here and there. I think SNL is as good as it was in the early 90s when I started watching. And I really doubt it's better than it was in the 80s, though I'm too young to remember that.
I've never been very much attracted to Portman, but this video... oh boy, trash-talking women. They will be my downfall...
Get over yourself. Justify your censorship however you please.
posted by middleclasstool at 01:49AM UTC on March 07, 2006
Yo, shut the fuck up and suck my dick!
posted by homunculus at 03:13AM UTC on March 07, 2006
English teachers, think they're neater
Kind of cool.
......
For chickens!
I WANNA FUCK YOU TOO!
"Does ANYONE watch SNL any more?"
Off and on. I don't stay home to watch it, but if there's a guest star I wouldn't mind seeing, and there's a crappy band at my pub, I wrap up the evening early and head on home.
Is this SNL of the same quality as years past? Sure. Every episode has been filled with hit-and-miss sketches, but that's inevitable when you're faced with the time restraints and sheer volume that they are. There's always been a lot of filler.
As for the cast, I think it's as good as it ever was, save for the Golden Years of Phil Hartman and Pals. If there's any distinction, I think that the cast is stronger individually than they are with each other, with the exception of Tina and Amy. Everyone else has some great talents (esp. Maya Rudolph, and new kids Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig), but they don't seem to gel as a troupe. But the whole cast is an artificial contrivance, so that's no surprise.
Guest stars are hit and miss as well -- Portman was excellent, but Steve Martin's recent turn was simply a dud. You never know.
However, where it has done quite well is getting bands at Just The Right Time. I've found, anyway.
But it's a franchise that has stood the test of time. Young talent comes in, eager to prove themselves, stay for a few years until their egos get inflated and they move on, thinking they can do better, but never do. All the while, Lorne stands above them all, grinning and raking it in all the while. It's that constant drive forward that makes the show work, and just as often, fail. But at least there's the effort, which is sadly missing on most network tv.
IMHO, anyway.
(And let me just repeat 'all the while' a couple more times for lost emphasis. All the while, all the while, all the while... Thank you for your indulgence.)
SNL... ah, yes, the Tina Fey show! Yes, I've seen it... *sigh* oh, Tina Fey...
I know exactly how you feel. Sofia Milos from CSI: Miami, why don't you love me? Why??
No way, Miami is all about the Khandi Alexander. Especially now that Milos is gone.
Dear Natalie,
This is precisely why I love you.
xoxo,
the future middleclassportman
P.S.: "Closer" was depressing as hell but pretty good. Don't make any more movies with Zack Braff.
P.S. World, please don't anybody ever do anything with Zach Braff.
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