Saturday Night Live

Yeah, I really had no problems with Seth on Update (but maybe some as head writer). As far as I can tell, the only thing Colin Jost was put on earth to do is help Bobby Moynihan create "Drunk Uncle".

Mooney's Tim and Eric skit was only good part

Hammond surprisingly flat and personality-less as an announcer. Maybe it was just opening day jitters. Che seemed pretty nervous, and even Aidy flubbed some lines in the cold open.

I didn't dislike the Leslie Jones and Pete Davidson bits, but it felt awkward to me that they were there as "weekend update characters" when it really felt like they were doing their stand up act.

Hey it worked for Brooks Whelan... Oh wait.

they were there as "weekend update characters"

were they? i don't recall this, although i'll admit that i tune out when jost is speaking.

Leslie Jones did a bit on Update last season too, and it was the highlight of that episode as well iirc.

basically only watching for kyle mooney sketches and kate mckinnon characters

Hey it worked for Brooks Whelan... Oh wait.

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Am I misremembering or didn't John Mulaney do this a couple years back?

You can now add this week's Mooney piece to the very small collection of things he's done that I like.

Overall, an improvement from last week. Still rough, and Update is still terrible, but I really liked Sarah Silverman a lot more as a host than I thought I would.

critic i follow on twitter:

But the big takeaway: “Weekend Update” is fun again! The Jost/Che back-and-forth about what they can and cannot respectively say is absolutely gold, and something the show’s been missing for a long time.

am i taking crazy pills, they were a fraction less wooden and awful during the banter but i wouldn't categorize it as "fun," let alone "gold."

Che was a lot better than he was last week (and I actually thought he was ok last week), but Jost can continue to feast on my poo.

I did like that Keenan as Al Sharpton kept calling him Kevin.

keenan as per usual was great in every sketch this week

I would watch more "Supportive Women" sketches

Reece De'What always makes me happy.

Did Sarah flub every other line in the Joan Rivers sketch or was I just mishearing her?

Thought that was odd considering delivering punchlines is what she does.

Yeah I was almost wondering if she lost a contact lens and couldn't see the cards or something. I wonder if maybe they changed some of the jokes after rehearsal.

Chris Parnell on MARON this morning homies

Parns! I miss that dude. Looking forward to that interview.

http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_539_-_chris_parnell

Oooh, awesome!

loved Sarah's monologue. turned the episode off when I couldn't fast forward through Maroon 5.

RIP Jan Hooks - 57 is way too young.

I still can't quite believe it.

the "Love is a Dream" clip is twice as poignant now

oh shit i forgot about that one

oh, god.

my favorite Jan sketch: https://screen.yahoo.com/brenda-waitress-000000407.html

that one is up there with the best snl sketches to me

Not to sound all "get off my lawn," but watching so many old sketches today it's really embarrassing how much SNL casts have relied on cue cards for the past dozen years when that was never an issue during the Hooks/Hartman era (or anytime before). Is there some kind of logistical reason for it, or are the new casts just that lazy?

I feel like every season it gets more noticeable.

Hooks was an ace talent, RIP

Watching her skits tonight, she really was an all-around performer. The comedy isn't from punchlines, it's from her whole immersion in a ludicrous role.

i kinda wonder if relying on cue cards is encouraged just because the sketches are so painstakingly timed for staging/camera blocking and for scheduled ad breaks, it's just another way to keep things humming along.

Hasn't that always been the case? (just ask Elvis Costello)

JH's Old Bette Davis was formidable.

https://screen.yahoo.com/video-000000540.html

So great.

i kinda wonder if relying on cue cards is encouraged just because the sketches are so painstakingly timed for staging/camera blocking and for scheduled ad breaks, it's just another way to keep things humming along.

The show's always had the same set-up (multi cams, studio, sets, etc), but I imagine they do have to work around more commercial breaks now. Still, there's no good reason for such painfully heavy reliance on cue cards. SNL either used to employ a better class of actor or Lorne just doesn't give a shit anymore.

This was a HUGE skit in my household when I was a kid

https://screen.yahoo.com/jan-hooks-snl-skits/peoples-court-000000848.html

Lovitz as the devil was always a win, but Hooks is likewise brilliant.

I was wondering about the cue card thing too, and the only explanation I can think of is that maybe rewrites are happening right up until showtime (cf. Stefon cracking up because he's reading his lines for the first time on the air)...but that wouldn't explain the insane reliance on cue cards for absolutely every single line of every single show.

xp That People's Court sketch is an all time favorite of mine. RIP Jan Hooks.

ahahaha moynihan

https://vine.co/v/OKpwBDQjDVW

haha

http://tadleckman.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/the-devil-on-the-peoples-court/

http://www.vidoosh.tv/videos/14781/the-sweeney-sisters-at-the-emmys

They opened the broadcast with a medley in 1988. Jan Hooks' version of Magilla Gorilla is wonderful.

no onion a/v club, but does anyone remember other sketches used to pay tribute to cast members who passed?

jan hooks got love is but a dream, gilda got dancing in the dark, farley got the farley show with mccartney...

They did a full 'Best of' for Hartman, since he was killed after they wrapped that season.

I thought I remembered them showing an old Franken & Davis sketch when Tom Davis died, but wiki tells me that was in July 2012, so probably not.