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
I will now be watching the arc of his career with great interest.
― i only wanted freidn (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
Old (man for) lunch
― owe me the shmoney (m bison), Monday, 10 November 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link