a guy on snl, stay with us gramps
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 November 2014 23:35 (nine years ago) link
well shut my mouth...leslie jones (whose age is not on wikipedia) might be considerably older than everyone the cast if the credits on her imdb page are legit. would have played a police sergeant in 1998
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428656/
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 November 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
her website bio claims she was on an episode of coach AFTER college so....take heart, olds
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 November 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
http://web.archive.org/web/20140109052827/http://www.sandiego.com/articles/2011-11-03/leslie-jones-craft-comedy
Do you remember the first time you did stand-up?Leslie Jones: Yes, it was in Colorado. I was playing basketball. I was on a scholarship actually. One of my friends signed me up for a contest and didn’t tell me until a couple of days before the contest. She was like, ‘I think you’re really funny and I signed you up for this contest.’ And I was like, ‘Are you crazy!?’ She’s like. ‘No, I think you can do it. I think you’re really funny, just go up there and talk like you talk to us.’ And I did, and won the contest and have been a comedian ever since.
What year was this?LJ: 1987.
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 November 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
Jones started to do stand-up comedy in college in 1987, when a friend signed her up for a "Funniest Person on Campus" contest
That would put her damn near 50 years old!
― pplains, Sunday, 9 November 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
Black don't crack, y'all. (I could tell she was older than the average SNL cast member, but I wasn't sure by how much.)
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 9 November 2014 23:58 (nine years ago) link
Definitely old enough to be fucking while watching Opera Man.
― pplains, Sunday, 9 November 2014 23:58 (nine years ago) link
If she's somewhere in her 40s, she's surely the oldest person to be brought on as a featured player right? That's cool imo.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 November 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link
michael mckean was only 46 when he joined in the 90s, and i think he went straight to cast
― da croupier, Monday, 10 November 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
wonder if they'll actually announce the record being broken if she's bumped up
― da croupier, Monday, 10 November 2014 00:02 (nine years ago) link
I just now realized from those biographical details that I already knew of Leslie Jones from her WTF interview a couple of years back.
― I'm In The Mood To Munch! (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 November 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link
Show them a) De Niro hosting; b) 1980.― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Sunday, 9 November 2014 23:06 (Yesterday) Permalink
― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Sunday, 9 November 2014 23:06 (Yesterday) Permalink
there's that sketch in the peter sarsgaard ep taking place in a hotel room that fails from just about every angle iirc
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, 10 November 2014 05:25 (nine years ago) link
But that episode had Peter Saarsgaard's SARS Guards so everything else was forgiven.
I'm old and have been watching since the early/mid 80s and I'm on the side of thinking the Rock episode might be one of the worst of all time.
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Monday, 10 November 2014 10:24 (nine years ago) link
I liked the Rockbama sketch though.
― pplains, Monday, 10 November 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
Jones turned 47 just before the season began, which does make her the oldest person ever to join the cast:http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Leslie-Joneshttps://www.facebook.com/LeslieJonesComedy/info
― jaymc, Monday, 10 November 2014 15:04 (nine years ago) link
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/1041961/stephen-malkmus-talks-to-squir-o.gif
― pplains, Monday, 10 November 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
haha
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 November 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
TS: Scott Weiland vs. that squirrel
― carot tard (rip van wanko), Monday, 10 November 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
lol what is that from
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 November 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
joey gladstone era snl
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 10 November 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
btw Harry Shearer says everyone on the show has been reading off cards for 30+ years
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 November 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link
The "Stereo" video.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 November 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
what the fuck series of events transpired in 2006 that resulted in peter sarsgaard hosting snl
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 10 November 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
am i forgetting a period of time in which peter sarsgaard was popular enough for that
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 10 November 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
dude didn't even have a movie coming out. like edward norton last year i think sometimes they just get a new york based actor who likely attends their after parties.
― da croupier, Monday, 10 November 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
He hosted in 2010, and I think he was coasting off An Education and Orphan and was ramping up for Knight and Day.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 November 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Oh wait, y'all are right. Wikipedia says 2010, but imdb says 2006. So fuck if I know.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 November 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Jarhead I guess? Came out in late 2005 and he hosted in January 2006.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 November 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
I remember the sketch where he was an invited guest at a pirate convention. "saaaARRRRRsgARRRRRd"
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 November 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
i remember the Peter Sarsgaard SARS guard. they probably asked him to host just for that and the pirate thing.
― mizzell, Monday, 10 November 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
he'd won a few awards and been in a bunch of 'big' films -- Jarhead, Kinsey, Shattered Glass etc -- plus he can also act and be funny, so yeah, why the fuck wd SNL need that in a host?
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 November 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
Seriously. I heard Guy Fieri's interested.
― i only wanted freidn (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 November 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
That reminds me, it's been too long since Moynihan has played Guy Fieri.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 November 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
even for their "love that guy - he's got a week off, doesn't need a hotel room" slow week choices like malkovich, norton, buscemi etc saars is pretty low profile, though
― da croupier, Monday, 10 November 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
prob most audience knew him (if they did) as the guy who turns around slowly while squinting at the twist of The Skeleton Key and Flightplan
― da croupier, Monday, 10 November 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
srsly dude is really good at the "actually i'm the bad guy" face
he's no Josh Hutcherson-level superstar, it's true
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 November 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
"he's exactly a Josh Hutcherson-level superstar" seems to be the point everyone is making
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
minus a hunger games-level franchise
― da croupier, Monday, 10 November 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
John Malkovich lives in France, I believe
let's get you back in time to '77 to produce SNL so Jan-Michael Vincent can host instead of Broderick Crawford.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
sorry morbz, please ignore me
― da croupier, Monday, 10 November 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, November 10, 2014 2:40 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
had supporting roles in several movies everyone forgot existed and had two talents lorne's never cared about
hutcherson's got a billion dollar franchise behind him u nerd
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
I dunno Lorne musta signed off on Maureen Stapleton hosting in spring '79 (and she hadn't even won her Oscar yet)
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, but she was already pretty famous from All In The Family.
― i only wanted freidn (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
Buck Henry hosted eight times in the first five seasons; I think SNL's hosting criteria were a bit looser in the 70s (unless Henry, as a performer, was box-office gold in those days and its been erased from history).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
you caint reel me in that way, OL
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
Drat.
― i only wanted freidn (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
(Buck Henry was Oscar nominated for co-directing Heaven Can Wait in that period, but yes, that had nothing to do with anything. Also he was willing to play the "funny uncle" in the recurring pedophile sketch.)
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:34 (nine years ago) link
You're never gonna see a Josh Hutcherson displaying that level of commitment to the show.
― i only wanted freidn (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
oh i dunno, i could see creepy sketches and character acting in his future
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/josh-hutcherson-human-flesh-article-1.2005416
― da croupier, Monday, 10 November 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link