Aykroyd's mustachioed Carter was a better impression.
It was indeed, but when you don't have out-of-this-world talent, you have to get literal.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 October 2015 05:28 (eight years ago) link
"out-of-this-world talent"
is that a UFO allusion and is it in reference to Aykroyd, Carter, or both?
― it's not a tuomas (benbbag), Monday, 19 October 2015 05:44 (eight years ago) link
also when you have an old coot playing Sanders, you should go across the board.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 October 2015 06:36 (eight years ago) link
Even accounting for the SNL myopia everyone suffers from, in what universe is Dan Aykroyd more of an out-of-this-world talent than Kate McKinnon?
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 13:59 (eight years ago) link
lol wat
― circa1916, Monday, 19 October 2015 14:06 (eight years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTRNR-pPowQ/T8yyYerIZlI/AAAAAAAABbg/cPBc_I_8ao0/s1600/5799156_std.jpg
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 October 2015 14:07 (eight years ago) link
I know the OG cast is sacrosanct (except not really if you've rewatched that stuff within the last 30 years) but, yeah, there have been a number of subsequent performers who were equally good if not better. Not saying Aykroyd is bad but McKinnon is at least his equal.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 14:11 (eight years ago) link
If we're talking about work done outside of SNL, there are plenty of talented people from old casts and newer casts alike who've done brilliant work (and also plenty who've been pitiful). If we're talking about work within the confines of SNL, though, there's Phil Hartman and then there's everyone else.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 19 October 2015 14:28 (eight years ago) link
don't know Kate McKinnon's work, nor shall i
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 October 2015 14:31 (eight years ago) link
I respect your position on this divisive issue.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 14:33 (eight years ago) link
McKinnon is skilled, but too many of her characters have the same manic traits. Maybe I am not watching close enough, but would like to see more range from her
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 October 2015 14:34 (eight years ago) link
Kate McKinnon is great but, as I see her do more stuff, I see her getting Wiiged by the writing staff. It seems like they have less of an idea of what Aidy Bryant and Vanessa Bayer's true schticks are and, as a result, they end up with a wider range of characters to portray (in fairness, Bryant does get pigeonholed a lot too but I feel like I've seen her do more surprising things than I've seen from McKinnon).
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 19 October 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link
Re: range, I've said for years that Lorne needs to branch out and hire more performers with a theatrical background beyond the improv stage. But I guess that doesn't necessarily suit the current tone of the show, for better or worse.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 14:40 (eight years ago) link
x-post upward
http://deadline.com/2015/10/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-protest-moveon-1201586581/
A coalition of Latino groups and liberal online activist platform MoveOn.org are calling for NBC to disinvite GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump from hosting Saturday Night Live on November 7, which happens to be exactly one year from Election Day 2016. MoveOn.org’s petition has climbed from 15,000 signatures Friday evening to 117,000 and counting as of Sunday evening.
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Trump hosted SNL back in 2004, but his upcoming gig would mark the first time a Presidential candidate will host the show. As Hillary Clinton did on October 3, other political figures such as Steve Forbes, Rudy Guiliani and John McCain and have appeared in skits but not hosted the show. Former Vice President Al Gore appeared as a host in 2002.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 October 2015 14:42 (eight years ago) link
Uh, McCain totally hosted. And let's not forget Giuliani.
Trump hosting is totally gross, as if it even needs to be said.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 14:45 (eight years ago) link
Wait, Forbes hosted, too. I'm not sure I understand the end of that quote.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link
I think they mean this is the first time someone has hosted the show while simultaneously running for President.
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 19 October 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
controversy = ratings, Trump is going to host
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
xpost I got that from the first sentence (and again: gross, Lorne), but the second seems to suggest that McCain and Giuliani and Forbes have only appeared in sketches a la Clinton's recent appearance. Which is incorrect.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link
Having Trump host SNL is a total Trump move.
You mean like how Bill Murray has played himself in every movie since Meatballs, only demonstrating "range" by barely talking at all (Lost in Translation, Broken Flowers)?
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 19 October 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
that's p unfair to Kingpin
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
Bill Murray has played himself in every movie since Meatballs
he is not "himself" in Rushmore or Mad Dog and Glory, for starters
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 October 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
yeah Mad Dog and Glory is an odd one
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
Not really himself in Wild Things, is he? Or Tootsie? Or ... well, I guess he is himself in Zombieland.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
Bill Murray did not play himself in St. Vincent
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
he played himself with an accent
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
didn't he play FDR recently in some bullshit
― johnny crunch, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
Would even send SNL a check if they put Jorge Ramos in the audience and then had him stand up in the middle of Trump's monologue and ask serious questions. It would be one of the best TV moments of all time, though a backup guest would probably be wise.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:21 (eight years ago) link
It'd be nice to at least see some of the cast members pull a Nora Dunn wrt the Trump show.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
Or dump a bucket of pig's blood on his head.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
If the jokes are bad, we'll know why
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
I just want to see Trump's post-hosting tweets about how disgusting all the women on the show are
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Monday, 19 October 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
scroll up for a preview
― balls, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
loooooooooooooool
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 05:22 (eight years ago) link
Also Trump hosting is fucking awesome.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 05:23 (eight years ago) link
Toooootally. I wish they'd given David Duke a platform back when he was running for president. I guess it's never too late, Lorne!
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 10:29 (eight years ago) link
I wonder if native NYC-metro area people respond to Trump differently than most other Americans. I still identify Trump as a sort of 80's tabloid clown on par with Geraldo Rivera, Cutis Sliwa, George Steinbrenner etc. Clearly a dick but also an obviously pretend ideologue, posing no threat except in his own sphere, played for laffs.
The David Duke analogy wld work if maybe Ted Cruz or somebody was hosting.
― Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 14:28 (eight years ago) link
I viewed Trump in that way until he began his presidential campaign. Given that his new platform grants an air of legitimacy to the hateful views that he shares with a segment of the population, I definitely think he's dangerous.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
those hateful views have been granted an air of legitimacy since plymouth rock
― balls, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link
lol curtis sliwa
― balls, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 14:41 (eight years ago) link
xpost Wait— whose eyes does Donald Trump grant anything an "air of legitimacy"?? He's masterful at capitalizing on preexisting hateful ideas already prevalent among tea partiers but I think you're vastly overestimating his ability to persuade anybody, cf. Sarah Palin (also indulged by SNL)
― Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 14:48 (eight years ago) link
(in whose)
― Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
I don't think he's persuading anyone who was on the fence of the correctness of his ideas, but I do think that, as a Republican frontrunner, he encourages those who share his ideas to be more vocal (or, worse, active) in their own hateful expressions. So I think giving him another high-profile national platform is awful.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
I gotcha but just about my question did you grow up w/ Trump as a constant on TV news etc.?
― Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 15:06 (eight years ago) link
Unfortunately, yeah, but maybe not to the extent that I would have if I'd grown up in NYC. He seemed like Morton Downey, Jr. with money.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
the last salutary thing Lorne did for comedy was put TKITH on TV
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 15:58 (eight years ago) link
Kinda hard-pressed to disagree.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
yup
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
btw having been exposed firsthand to Rudy Giuliani for 8 solid years, i'd argue he's just as racist as Trump, just with a slightly more efficient internal censor -- and SNL fellated him quite vigorously.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link