I seem to remember a very brief clip of Miles on the 25th anniversary SNL dealie. As with most Miles of that era, unfortunately, it wasn't particularly remarkable -- nor could you tell he was having a stroke.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 13 February 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
Kinda ticked: I went searching for those Sparks clips, found them, but the host site had embedded them from somewhere else (presumably YouTube) and the original uploader blocked embeds before probably having to delete said vids because NBC.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 February 2015 04:51 (nine years ago) link
As with most Miles of that era, unfortunately, it wasn't particularly remarkable -- nor could you tell he was having a stroke.
Yeah, the biggest tell is he's wandering around as he plays a lot (or at least more so than usual). In his auto bio he said that the only thing that kept his mind off the pain was walking, so he'd been in continuous motion since the afternoon at least.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 February 2015 05:04 (nine years ago) link
so fits with the comedy on the show for the last 35 years
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 February 2015 08:06 (nine years ago) link
this list is super fucking accurate
http://jacobreed.tumblr.com/post/110939031244/saturday-night-live-all-142-cast-members-ranked
― da croupier, Saturday, 14 February 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
Really strange watching the first ep last night. Carlin actually bombed a couple of times ("Have you heard these jokes before?"), but it was weirdly refreshing to see two (!) musical guests within the first 30 minutes.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
jacobreed in the fine tradition of beating a slender joke to unfunniness
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
it was weirdly refreshing to see two (!) musical guests within the first 30 minutes.
well you wd've loved the TV Variety Show 1947-75, then
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:34 (nine years ago) link
The other day I was driving around, and out of nowhere I wanted to remember the name of that guy who did that thing. Maybe five minutes later it popped into my head: A. WHITNEY BROWN! What happened to that guy?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 15 February 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link
After he left SNL, he was one of the original correspondents on The Daily Show. He's kept a mostly low profile since then, though.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 February 2015 22:22 (nine years ago) link
OMG they're doing a red carpet pre-special special for this 40th anniversary thing. That's sort of ridiculous.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 February 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
In the new Rolling Stone (which has that cast ranking thing as the cover story) there's a side bar with a list of the 10 best episodes. The Michael Jordan/Public Enemy ep came in at #1. Had forgotten that one gave us Schmitt's Gay: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/679770/ (lesser quality, but has the original music, which the 'official' online versions don't).
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 15 February 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link
I dunno, if a red carpet ceremony is going to happen, I actually think it makes more sense to do it for the 40th anniversary of a show that changed the television landscape than for an annual back-patting awards show.
(Except, isn't it like 10 below in NYC right now?)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 15 February 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
sheesh what is the deal with Chevy Chase?
― rip van wanko, Monday, 16 February 2015 00:54 (nine years ago) link
(it's easy to forget he's 71, God bless him, I like CC)
― rip van wanko, Monday, 16 February 2015 00:57 (nine years ago) link
3.5 hrs is a long time
― johnny crunch, Monday, 16 February 2015 01:00 (nine years ago) link
This is so bad.
― jmm, Monday, 16 February 2015 02:31 (nine years ago) link
is sandler @ this thing
― johnny crunch, Monday, 16 February 2015 02:32 (nine years ago) link
holy shit @ Chevy Chase. Did he eat 10 million bowls of Colon Blow?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 February 2015 02:35 (nine years ago) link
Was Betty White supposed to be doing the Californian accent? It didn't quite come across.
― jmm, Monday, 16 February 2015 02:36 (nine years ago) link
In a way, it's the perfect retrospective: it's like a typically middling-to-awful SNL episode, but twice as long!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 February 2015 02:36 (nine years ago) link
whats up with that
― johnny crunch, Monday, 16 February 2015 02:49 (nine years ago) link
hey, randy newman is in the audience. (did he actually appear on the show? i missed the first 45 min.)
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 16 February 2015 03:07 (nine years ago) link
i'm having funny w/ this, but the A.D.D. montages are painful
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 16 February 2015 03:08 (nine years ago) link
I can't believe Jimmy Fallon has failed his way to the top, what a huge pile of mediocrity.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 16 February 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
Newman hasn't been on stage (yet). I saw Spielberg & Capshaw in the audience as well.
― you make me feel like danzig (WilliamC), Monday, 16 February 2015 03:14 (nine years ago) link
ok, muting it now
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 16 February 2015 03:17 (nine years ago) link
the Miley cover was pretty all right tbh
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 16 February 2015 03:30 (nine years ago) link
Would rather hear her sing that than Simon, tbh.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 February 2015 03:31 (nine years ago) link
This is the best way to watch SNL -- one episode every 30 years or so.
― you make me feel like danzig (WilliamC), Monday, 16 February 2015 03:38 (nine years ago) link
Ha. Should I turn on?
― Up the Junction Boulevard (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 February 2015 03:39 (nine years ago) link
kanye getting like 8 mins of this to perform & do floor exercises shd prove hes goat imo
― johnny crunch, Monday, 16 February 2015 03:49 (nine years ago) link
You'd think they'd have saved up some good material for this thing.
― jmm, Monday, 16 February 2015 04:08 (nine years ago) link
How embarrassing. I was about to call them out for not remembering Terry Sweeney, but then I found out he's still alive.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 February 2015 04:11 (nine years ago) link
FInally visually confirmed that Valerie Dee Naranjo is indeed in the band.
― Up the Junction Boulevard (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 February 2015 04:27 (nine years ago) link
ok the jon lovitz thing was funny
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 16 February 2015 04:32 (nine years ago) link
Was he singled out for any particular reason?
― Up the Junction Boulevard (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 February 2015 04:36 (nine years ago) link
No reason other than picking on Jon Lovitz is funny.
I would've done this show completely differently...interview style, focus on the eras, the writers' room, get former cast members talking to each other about things and see what kind of conversations develop, and whatever. Not, I repeat NOT, try to recreate Celebrity Jeopardy and Wayne's World and Bass-O-Matic sketches with old people. And why McCartney? Kanye? Miley? Paul Simon? The fuck do I need to see music performances on this occasion for? Ugh. Anyway, it's finally over.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 February 2015 04:45 (nine years ago) link
Also, very worrying to me is that it seems like John Goodman could die any day now. Eeesh.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 February 2015 04:46 (nine years ago) link
chevy chase looked worse, frankly
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 16 February 2015 04:47 (nine years ago) link
yeah chase looked like he gained 40 additional pounds, but fuck him anyway
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 16 February 2015 05:03 (nine years ago) link
I actually thought the celeb jeopardy standard bit was funny. Sean Connery et. al.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 February 2015 05:16 (nine years ago) link
Glad to see Fallon and Sanz called out for breaking.
― nickn, Monday, 16 February 2015 07:03 (nine years ago) link
this is like... shoah long
― polyphonic, Monday, 16 February 2015 07:11 (nine years ago) link
FB comment: "Whenever Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake perform it's like watching the jocks dress up as Devo at my high school talent show."
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 February 2015 08:24 (nine years ago) link
shoah long, it's been good to know ya
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 February 2015 08:25 (nine years ago) link
JF (and Morbs' fb commenter) otm.
Bill Murray's re-creation thing was the only one that worked.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 February 2015 14:37 (nine years ago) link
i thought norm was funnier than ever. tbh i lol'd a bunch during this, and sure it was uneven at times but so is every SNL episode ever
― Mordy, Monday, 16 February 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
Wasn't Eddie Murphy in this?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 16 February 2015 14:51 (nine years ago) link
yep he just gave a "great to be here, enjoy the show"
― rip van wanko, Monday, 16 February 2015 14:53 (nine years ago) link