I like Vanessa bayer a lot, I cld see jay taking off he got some ppl to write actual sketches for him
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
yeah pharoah def seems stuck in a rut... he's not even really that good at impressions!
killam will be big seeing as he saw as much screen time this year as any regular cast member
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
Lol @ jordan's constant high hopes for tarran killem
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
well i do like him but i'm just observing that he got a lot of play this season
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
He's not gonna get Nick Cannon on the show, J0rd. You gotta accept that!
I always make a gender switch spoonerism when I say his name out loud as Karen tilliam
xp hahaha
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
taran killam is probably the most poised to become a sudeikis-type utility player of the guys. maybe stefon is big enough that hader will be the default 'star' though?
jay pharoah is just kinda sad imo. that jay-z impression, ugh.
― --niccimanewhore (some dude), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
Jay Pharaoh has gotten a little more comfortable onstage, but dude was just painful to watch for a while. He's pretty clearly not much of an ensemble performer, and he's just really limited in general. I mean, can you see him holding his own in any sketch where he isn't doing an impression or where he had to play an actual character rather than a caricature?
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
being an impressionist limited to jay-z, will smith and denzel washington is not really a formula for sustained success
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
Dude, you need to stop watching whatever alternative reality SNL you tune into where Jay Pharaoh is a megatalent and maybe catch up with the one in our reality. Taran Killam is gonna be the next big breakout star on the show. I would bet actual money on that one.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
Unless Kate McKinnon eclipses him, but she has some catching up to do.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know if killam is gonna be a breakout star or anything (he may be!) just saying that he's been used a lot and is pretty versatile so he'll prob be one of the main dudes next season if sudeikis and sandberg bolt
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
the worst thing about jay pharoah is when he's not doing impressions, he ends up doing these bit parts where he wears a funny outfit and just stares at the audience expecting them to laugh as if he has that kind of tracy morgan quality he totally lacks
― --niccimanewhore (some dude), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
Killam is super talented and charismatic and he hasn't done the "featured player hangback" that happens so often. He got comfortable with the rest of the cast really quickly and just brought it like a full cast member (a la Moynihan before him). And it's paid off so far and, like Moynihan, I guarantee it's gonna continue to pay off in terms of a quick promotion to the main cast.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
Exactly. Maybe if the writers put him in a sketch where he actually plays, like, a boyfriend or a brother or a coworker or someone with a realistic relationship with another human being, I could wind up with egg on my face. But something tells me he's probably much more comfortable doing what he's doing.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
Jay Pharaoh has gotten a /little/ more comfortable onstage, but dude was just painful to watch for a while. He's pretty clearly not much of an ensemble performer, and he's just really limited in general. I mean, can you see him holding his own in any sketch where he isn't doing an impression or where he had to play an actual character rather than a caricature? --Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare)
I mean, I agree with all this! I just think that will translate into something beyond SNL
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
And Vanessa was integrated into the cast waaaaay faster than Tarran.
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
love the Miley Cyrus show, also her anime one with killiam
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
bayer had an early hit with miley but both got integrated way fast, esp considering actual cast member abby elliott was stuck to the sidelines until late this season
― da croupier, Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
that's cos Abby Elliott sucks
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
i can't remember elliott getting anything bigger than "angelina jolie walk-through on update" shit until Zooey Deschanel, I've actually liked her recently. I think she and Moynihan could keep coming into their own as more of the old guard departs
― da croupier, Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
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Mmm, in a way, but I'd almost chalk that up more to the relative dearth of female performers than I would SNL's genuine appreciation for her talents. And if you're referring to stuff like her getting to do the Miley Cyrus sketches right out of the gate, I'd point out that there was an early push to give all of the new featured performers a surprisingly large amount of exposure last year, but that got pretty quickly scaled back. They all kinda just found their own grooves at that point.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
Will totally agree that Bayer is more integrated than Elliott, though, by some distance. Which is...weird.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
Why can't she just be a gifted performer?
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno if it's coincidental but it seemed like Elliott got more spots after that aborted Fox pilot. Would not be shocked by some "play me or trade me" drama.
― da croupier, Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
i can't remember elliott getting anything bigger than "angelina jolie walk-through on update" shit until Zooey Deschanel,
Rachel Maddow and Meryl Streep. That might be it, though.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
fur coat rhonda!
― mizzell, Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
forgot about maddow - what was her big meryl streep sketch? or was that part of a "cast does a series of impressions" thing?
― da croupier, Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
It was a digital short: Meryl Streep on Ice. Feel like she might've done it on Weekend Update, too?
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Sunday, 27 May 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
― mizzell, Sunday, May 27, 2012 10:56 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
haha fuck, fur coat rhonda is the best
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
did they do another one of those sketches recently btw?
yes
― mizzell, Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
ah fuck
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
as much as i'd miss some of them, i actually hoped hader, thompson, samberg, armisen, wigg and sudeikis would all split this year. they've all been around since 2005 or earlier.
― da croupier, Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
i legit need a slappy pappy hour long special
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
It was Web-only but just as funny as the other two, IMO. RIP Goran "Funky Boy" Bogdan, though.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
yeah wtf how did that get cut
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
i legit need a slappy pappy hour long special --fapper don (J0rdan S.)
Yessssssd
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Well, she is a talented performer, but it's helpful if you don't move the goalposts in the middle of the conversation (which was about whether she or Killam became integrated into the cast more quickly).
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently, Slappy Pappy is a variation of a character Moynihan was doing at UCB. So he might have a film's-worth of material built up.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
my fav one-off catchphrase comedian was Boston powers
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
you guys are really not factoring in popularity on the mixtape circuit here, TK's Tear 'N Kill 'Em has over three times as many downloads on Dat Piff as JP's Jay Egyptronica
― --niccimanewhore (some dude), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
Hi Hader
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 27 May 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
Player Hader was promoted as a free download and never even broke 1k downloads iirc
― --niccimanewhore (some dude), Sunday, 27 May 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
lol i think of "tear n kill em" every time i see killam
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
Sudekis - The Last Kiss
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 27 May 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
haha fuck you just beat me with that one
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
LONG KIS GOODNIGHT
lol
― --niccimanewhore (some dude), Sunday, 27 May 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
Same. Probably aided by the fact that dude is so totally thug.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link