Oh, weird, I thought that was Nate Fisher and Lorelai Gilmore on that show.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno if sudekis was upset or not at not getting a sendoff since it wasn't official or anything (it'd look bad to get a goodbye and then show up again, like you couldn't make it outside of snl), but i haven't seen anyone look so completely devastated as he did since irene got married on real world s2 and left the show and jon was totally crushed. it just looked like he was going to miss his buddy and couldn't deal with it enough for the singing and dancing. i could be wrong; just my impression.
also, sudekis is/was often the best part of skits where he was just a secondary character reacting to whatever foolishness was going on, like fist fight in the parking lot, lord wyndemere, that jim carrey channeler who was just doing impressions of famous people, what's up with that?, and so on. like, jimmy fallon levels of enthusiasm for just being there and getting to do this thing, but without the need to interrupt the proceedings to let everyone know about it. he just seems more comfortable always standing at the back of the stage during closings, not so much an up-front mugging type of guy.
― slugbuggy, Sunday, 27 May 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, he'll hopefully go down in SNL history as an A+ utility guy. AFAIC, he's just a few shades shy of Phil Hartman inasmuch as he's someone with the juice to be a star but the humility to fit effortlessly into an ensemble. Which is why I give him the benefit of the doubt re: his supposedly throwing a hissy fit over Wiig's send-off.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
i suspect it was something else that will be chronicled in some bitter SNL writer's memoir... you do have to wonder what wiig said to him during their hug though
― Nhex, Sunday, 27 May 2012 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
but i haven't seen anyone look so completely devastated as he did since irene got married on real world s2 and left the show and jon was totally crushed.
lol
― goole, Sunday, 27 May 2012 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
there are some reports that he may still be back in the fall, although who knows really: http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-05-22/news/31816786_1_jason-sudeikis-kristen-wiig-snl
― --niccimanewhore (some dude), Monday, 28 May 2012 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, so now Sudeikis is dating Olivia Wilde? He's like SNL's in-house MVP, where the P stands for playa.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 May 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
They've been dating for a minute now. Who else has he dated besides January Jones since his divorce?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
really? Sudeikis? these SNL playas always surprise me
― Nhex, Monday, 28 May 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
This is a new development. I don't remember Adam Sandler or Kevin Nealon or Joe Piscopo jumping around from starlet to starlet.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
i think sudeikis might have gotten some heartthrob status from playing the only liz lemon boyfriend who wasn't a crazy dummy
― some dude, Monday, 28 May 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
Floyd ended up being the worst, though.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 28 May 2012 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
Nah, there's no logic to it. Remember David Spade?
― Nhex, Monday, 28 May 2012 03:59 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah, sometimes I forget David Spade was even on SNL. But he sure did get around (for some reason).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
I just realized that if Seth comes back next year, he'll be the longest running update host in history!
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 May 2012 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
I couldn't even imagine who on this cast could replace him. Though I would wager they're grooming Mulaney for the job.
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 May 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
Seth on WU is consistently funny and rly overlooked imostill can't resist norm, but who has been better?
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Monday, 28 May 2012 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
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From what I understand, they've been bouncing that possibility around for a while. Might help ease the theoretical transition if he started making appearances again.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 28 May 2012 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
kill this fucking show
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 May 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
Seth on WU is consistently funny and rly overlooked imostill can't resist norm, but who has been better? --he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison)
Seth is great, but Norm really is the gold standard, and i doubt anyone here would disagree
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 May 2012 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
oh I don't, I'm saying norm is best but besides him, who's been better than Seth?
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Monday, 28 May 2012 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
fey & fallon were about as good as seth imo
seth is good tho
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 May 2012 04:57 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think his contract is up tho
http://s22.theawl.com/sid/up/2012/05/Season37Chart.jpg
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 May 2012 05:01 (twelve years ago) link
Dennis Miller was a good Update chair imo. He can eat shit now, but I found him really funny at the time.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
What? How is Fred Armisen not 50% of that pie?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
eh, never cottoned to Seth as a WE host. something about his face.
― Nhex, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:25 (twelve years ago) link
The only actively terrible Update anchor I can think of is Colin Quinn. He wasn't in the most enviable position, though.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 28 May 2012 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
Nealon wasn't much to speak of, either. I didn't remember until looking at wikipedia that he held the chair for three years.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:34 (twelve years ago) link
I remember Nealon being OK, but I know that's the childhood nostalgia
― Nhex, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
I'm very surprised Booby Moynihan was on the show this year more than Bayer or Pedrad. I barely remember him doing anything.
― Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 28 May 2012 05:38 (twelve years ago) link
The difference between 5.13% and 7.56% is probably about three or four sketches.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
btw, did anyone else see Hader's appearance on Jimmy Fallon last Friday night? When he walked out, The Roots played "Trouble" by Lindsey Buckingham.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:47 (twelve years ago) link
where is Jon Hamm in that breakdown
― Clay, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:50 (twelve years ago) link
lol, he probably does have a registrable percentage.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
I thought Kate McKinnon did a pretty great job being thrown right into it all. Her skit as the Swedish Chelsea Handler a few weeks back was pretty funny.
kill this fucking show― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 May 2012 05:52 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
For some reason I really crack up thinking of Morbius eagerly staring at his computer, desperately re-clicking on this thread to see if anybody bit at his troll bait.
― Walter Galt, Monday, 28 May 2012 13:03 (twelve years ago) link
well nobody did until you went for it, now we'll all be sorry
― some dude, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
I was maybe being a bit facetious w/ Joan Cusack but srsly I thought Billy Madison was a lot bigger than $26m at the box office!
― a parker full of poseys (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
that's still quite a good number for the early '90s
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
Both Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore were HUGE on home video.
― She Got the Shakes, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
there are few people who i begrudge for their success more than adam sandler, it's really appalling how much of a money factory his shitty movies are
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
Perrin article on the little-remembered The New Show, a Lorne Michaels primetime sketch-show flop in 1984. Of the clips, I particularly like John Candy as Rod Serling's son.
http://splitsider.com/2012/05/inside-the-new-show-lorne-michaels-early-80s-sketch-show-flop/#more-16341
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 June 2012 03:53 (twelve years ago) link
(I saw some eps of The New Show, but really didn't remember any sketches except the opening episode's parody of the "Billie Jean" video by Steve Martin.)
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 June 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
The entire series of The New Show is available for download at that website with the organ in its name.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 8 June 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
I guess I missed this, but Samberg is officially out at SNL:http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/andy-samberg-confirms-hes-leaving-saturday-night-live/
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Friday, 8 June 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbEOr5Weqb8
― pvmic bellvm (goole), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
i admit i finally started to laugh towards the end. maybe i just don't like that guy
― Nhex, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
more endearing than funny imo
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
I hope this story is true. SNL could really use a new head writer.
― I found him in a Bon Ton ad (Nicole), Thursday, 5 July 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, seth ain't bad but i'd love to see someone new at the update desk
― some dude, Thursday, 5 July 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link