Saturday Night Live

^^^exactly

Blackenstein skit was A+++

Pretty good episode. Eisenberg was good.

Yeah, he was. Consider me surprised.

first full episode i've made it through in a while.

I like Keenan as Tyler Perry

I kind of passed out right after Weekend Update but I enjoyed what I saw.

didn't know there was any doubt that that's all he can do.

You do know Eisenberg was a stage actor previously, Mr Casting Director?

"oh I saw this guy play neurotic teens/collegians in 3 movies, must be all he can do"

http://www.hulu.com/watch/211060/saturday-night-live-snl-digital-short-the-creep

this was kind of awesome. the rest of it was eh.

are people supposed to a) have seen the pre-fame plays a movie star was in, b) know what kind or roles he did onstage or c) simply respect that he has 'stage actor' experience and that he thus should not be underestimated?

people aren't supposed to do anything. "didn't know there was any doubt that that's all he can do" is just crazy-assumptive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHkjAKe6bt8

Eisenberg's lookin' like Bacon.

Zuck appearance in SNL tradition of stunts > comedy

Agreed that it didn't really add anything.

Yeah, I didn't see it funny as much as historical and fun.

What was the first instance where they put an SNL cast member in character up against the figure in real life on the same screen?

Schwarzeneggar and Hans & Frans comes close, though they weren't really impersonating him.

But anyway, it's gotten old.

In my reality, it was Mifune/Belushi.

The funniest one so far was Janet Reno literally crashing "The Janet Reno Dance Party" the weekend after her administration ended.

You do know Eisenberg was a stage actor previously, Mr Casting Director?

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, January 30, 2011 3:56 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

yes but this is the internet so i might not have been totally 100% honest-to-god serious and fair about Mr Eisenberg

What was the first instance where they put an SNL cast member in character up against the figure in real life on the same screen?

Dude, Stevie Wonder and Eddie Murphy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI3tCJ1qbu8

Yes! That's the one I was tring to remember.

What was the first instance where they put an SNL cast member in character up against the figure in real life on the same screen?

My favorite of these was when Al Sharpton was hosting and Kenan came out as Al Sharpton circa 1980s, with the purple tracksuit and full-on James Brown hair, calling his current incarnation a sellout and accusing him of not even being able to dance anymore - then they had a dance-off. It was great. Not on Hulu, sadly.

"hey man I don't blame you...this is VH1 at 2 in the afternoon, this is all HAPPENING"

what was the line "I'm Mark Mcgrath and yes I'm doing this now" or something?

xp Belushi and Joe trying to out-Cocker each other on 'Feelin Alright'

I always like it when the celebrity shows up. The one where DeNiro and Pesci show up and threaten Jim Breur and whomever with bats was good.

And the more recent Walken family skit was pretty good, especially Amy Poehler.

yeeees, Belushi-Cocker, when the show mattered

Best digital short in a while. Minaj was great in Bride of Blackenstein as well.

Those were my two favorite parts.

My favorite of these was when Al Sharpton was hosting and Kenan came out as Al Sharpton circa 1980s, with the purple tracksuit and full-on James Brown hair, calling his current incarnation a sellout and accusing him of not even being able to dance anymore - then they had a dance-off. It was great.

lol never heard of this - sounds awesome

psshhh, I love early SNL, but the show has never "mattered." Of all the people to swaddle themselves in nostalgia, Morbs, really...

^^^OTM

tbh that Morbs post read like sarcasm to me.

isn't that the only mode the Morb-bot has

was wondering if Morb-bot is actually Sorkin-bot

Old man me kinda thought it "mattered" during those Belushi - Cocker years that Morbs mentioned. Now you darn kids get off of my lawn.

You ppl have no sense of entertainment history, now that it's over.

"Do the creep" is pretty catchy, I've had it stuck in my head this morning.

If Lorne Michaels had gotten his way, Jennifer Aniston would have spent the nineties on a very different long-running NBC comedy. Aniston and her Just Go With It co-star Adam Sandler appeared on Oprah yesterday, and Sandler revealed that he had pushed a pre-fame Aniston to join the cast of Saturday Night Live, and even got her a meeting with Michaels. "I had this show Friends coming up," Aniston said, explaining her decision to reject the SNL offer. "They thought I was making a huge mistake." Hopefully Michaels didn't hold a grudge, though Aniston was the fifth Friends cast member eventually asked to host the show. (Yup, they even went to David Schwimmer first.)

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/13242/2010/08/340x_screen_shot_2010-08-13_at_1.52.43_pm.jpg

The expression on his face as he says "What did you say?"

Did Sudeikis ever have a character other than overconfident dude? Kinda annoying me these days.

Lovitz!

woulda rather seen lovitz host than carvey tbh

Hader's Alan Alda!

woulda rather seen lovitz host than carvey tbh

Yeah, pretty much agree with this.

Moment of stark terror when I thought the second Linkin Park song was gonna be a cover of "The Word" by the Junkyard Band.

was this funny? I dv-red it. although carvey was far from my favorite snl cast member, I personally really like and respect him so I hope it went well.