Saturday Night Live

iirc the latest-made role referenced in that jim carrey family reunion sketch was the cable guy. might have missed a grinch but i don't think so.

jim carrey as host in 1996 was one of the best episodes ever

the biggest problem i have with SNL--and this goes back a long time--is that the writers seem to have no clue how to end skits.

^^^ this

when you see fully-formed, well thought-out stuff done like with KITH or Mr. Show this really becomes painfully clear

yeah, it's like they actually conceived the skit as a skit, and not just as a single gag repeated with minor variations...

what up with that?

every now and again SNL will have a mercifully short skit and I scream with joy.

i actually think "what up with that" is one of the better of the recent recurring skits if only because it doesn't aspire to be much more than just loopy

yeah, it has good pacing: what up with that?, talk to guest, what up with that?, talk to guest, what up with that?, lindsey buckingham, what up with that? (but a bit zanier)

that sketch is great precisely because it acknowledges the format's inherent inanity

macgruber skits were appropriate length

and they all had an ending!

that guy kenan must be one of the longest-serving SNL cast members by now, no?

he's done sketch comedy for most of his life it seems.

apparently darrell hammond has the record at 14 seasons, but kenan's closing in at 12

incredible how the criticism that they can't end sketches has been around FOREVER and somehow they just keep getting worse at it

https://tv.yahoo.com/news/snl-star-michael-che-wont-apologize-cat-call-222700611.html

prince's glasses

lold harder @ cedric the entertainers wooden hanger lines in the ad for rock's movie than everything in this ep

this show is awful

there were Uber jokes in three separate segments

Only tolerable moments were Rock's monologue and the Women in the Workplace sketch at the end (McKinnon killed).

its sad we had to sit through the whole damn ep to get to the last sketch that was actually good =\

prince's glasses

― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, November 3, 2014 11:44 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its sad we had to sit through the whole damn ep to get to the last sketch that was actually good =\

― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, November 3, 2014 6:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Which one was that

I ... liked this episode? I dunno what everyone's complaining about. there were some poor line readings but that's nothing new.

didn't see Prince, the musical acts get cut out of reruns for some reason

I ... liked this episode? I dunno what everyone's complaining about. there were some poor line readings but that's nothing new.

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, November 4, 2014 10:37 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there were tons of totally bum line readings, a whole bunch of missed cues, some camera fuck ups, and at least two skits that were complete, nearly laugh-free abominations

me + my chica died at the shark tank sketch even thought the impressions weren't good at all (except for kate mckinnon who is like next level)

there were tons of totally bum line readings, a whole bunch of missed cues, some camera fuck ups, and at least two skits that were complete, nearly laugh-free abominations

maybe the laugh free abonimations were cut from the rerun I saw but the rest sounds like yr average episode to me

I couldn't tell what happened in the Rock/Jones sketch. Did she miss a line? Did Rock? Was the blocking screwed up? Was it a directorial error?

it seems like someone stepped on someone else's line, and this confused the guy calling the shots (probably the director)

i wouldn't be surprised if they cut that skit from reruns, hulu, etc. b/c it really was a complete abortion

at first i thought maybe they were going for some kind of richard pryor show "you expect this to be funny, but really it's deep" thing so i gave it the benefit of the doubt for a few minutes but no, it was just a horribly misconceived "comedy" skit

nah I saw that one. it wasn't v funny but I dunno it seems like there's always some of those per episode. things I lol'd at - anything involving Kenan, which felt like most of the episode

Yeah, "How's he Doing?" was pretty good.

But man, Rock was the cue-cardingest host since DeNiro.

tbh i liked the laugh-free couple sketch. i found it sort of adorable. if it weren't for the awkward line readings/errors it would've been a nice low-key thing.

i think this is jones' first real acting gig and i think she's still getting the hang of it

also it is nuts how young she looks, can't find an exact birth year but wiki says she was in college in 1987

Goldie Taylor goes off on some weird rant: http://www.salon.com/2014/11/04/leslie_joness_frustrating_performance_why_im_afraid_she_wasnt_the_right_choice_for_snl/

Nothing about that sketch made me not want to see Leslie Jones on SNL as much as possible in future weeks. Except for that oddly flat/stumbling sketch performance, she's been the most fearless addition to the cast since...Will Forte maybe?

My lesser angel wanted to laugh as Jones dropped line after scripted line last Saturday night.

Sheesh, she dropped one line, and we don't even know if she dropped it, or if Rock missed a line that threw her off, or if the director screwed up.

http://splitsider.com/2014/11/snl-review-chris-rock-underwhelms/

We're being told that this sketch was actually written by writers Chris Rock brought in, not the normal SNL writing staff. Comedians bringing in outside writers has happened before (Jerry Seinfeld and Richard Pryor being examples), and it's not something those writers rooms were crazy about. This sketch bombing might be a reason why.

haven't watched this ep yet but that jim carrey pecan pie opener was one recent bit I'd be shocked to learn came from anybody but the host

don't understand splitsider guy saying prince took up extra time when he only did one performance

tbh he should've had more time, why not just give him half the show

Rock monologue>>>>>dumbass jim carrey bs

OTM

Rock was kinda creaky but even still, a million times less painful than Carrey.

I liked the Carrey ep, including the Helvis thing, and I'm not even really a Carrey stan. I'm just weird.

yeah same here. Helvis was a classic example of Carrey elevating something stupid with his total insane commitment to the bit.

i thought it was carrey running a half-idea into the ground until the scene was stolen by bobby moynihan making a funny face

^ what you just explained here is funny to me