Also currently doing a Springsteen podcastFor extra ILM credit
― President Keyes, Monday, 4 March 2024 19:30 (two months ago) link
I forgot about Severance. I need to finish that.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 4 March 2024 19:30 (two months ago) link
So do the show makers
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 March 2024 19:31 (two months ago) link
Parks and Rec was not a super-mainstream "four-quadrant" hit, but it had a devoted fan base, or else it wouldn't have lasted seven seasons on NBC.
― jaymc, Monday, 4 March 2024 19:31 (two months ago) link
psychotic thinking that a national sitcom that lasted 7 seasons on a major network isn't popular
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 4 March 2024 19:34 (two months ago) link
Curious how many people SNL approaches to host who say no. Mark Ruffalo recently told Marc Maron that he'd been asked at some point but turned it down because he's dyslexic, so reading cue cards terrifies him, and he doesn't memorize lines quickly either.
― jaymc, Monday, 4 March 2024 19:35 (two months ago) link
Also one of the guys behind R U Talkin' R.E.M. RE:ME?...
So he's definitely a lurker.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 4 March 2024 19:37 (two months ago) link
some guys have all the luck, got a thousand starving actors out here and ruffalo gets all the parts and can’t even memorise lines fml
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 March 2024 19:45 (two months ago) link
popular? we're talking about famous, none of these people are famous
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:17 (two months ago) link
Is Eugene Levy famous?
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:23 (two months ago) link
neither
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:24 (two months ago) link
I'm just checking whether it can be built up to, is all. Is this, just to check, you signing on to the line from unperson above that almost no-one is famous, or is it more "you lads are thrashing about in the side of the room that the elephant isn't in"?
Is Ken Early famous?
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:29 (two months ago) link
Gary Oldman initially accepted a hosting opportunity in 1992. After speaking with Malcolm McDowell, who told him horror stories about his 1989 episode, he backed out just before his week commitment was set to begin. I don’t blame him at all
― beamish13, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:29 (two months ago) link
Also one of the guys behind R U Talkin' R.E.M. RE:ME?...It’s the same podcast.
― bae (sic), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:31 (two months ago) link
ILX has never sounded as old as it does in this thread right now.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:32 (two months ago) link
ken early is not famous
i feel we can start there and work up
nb sydney sweeney is famous i started on the side of the angels here
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:38 (two months ago) link
xxp I've always gotten the impression that it's a lot of work, if you do it right. I've a little more respect for the people who really dive into it when they do host, like Tom Hanks (a bit player from Family Ties)
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:41 (two months ago) link
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:43 (two months ago) link
otm
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:44 (two months ago) link
After speaking with Malcolm McDowell, who told him horror stories about his 1989 episode
The McDowell episode was the second one from the notorious SNL '80 season, and is considered a contender for The Worst Episode Ever (https://www.onesnladay.com/2018/11/27/november-22-1980-malcolm-mcdowell-captain-beefheart-the-magic-band-s6-e2/), but it's also notable for Captain Beefheart being the musical guest, and for being Eddie Murphy's first episode (as an extra -- he appeared on Weekend Update in the next ep, and officially joined the cast the next week).
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:46 (two months ago) link
The Jenna Ortega/Aubrey Plaza joint appearance at the SAG awards remains funny to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6nnL_iTDmQ
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:48 (two months ago) link
XP SNL '80 is perhaps the most fascinating chapter in the show's history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmj1Q91tIUo
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:49 (two months ago) link
deems, your definition of fame is basically 'this person is so inextricably woven into the cultural fabric that you are probably subconsciously aware of their existence even if you have been comatose for the entirety of their career', correct my math if it's off
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:51 (two months ago) link
SNL '80 is not great but it's not nearly as bad as everyone says. I'm particularly chagrined that Gail Matthius never got much of a break after that, she was v good.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:54 (two months ago) link
Correct, I made a typo. McDowell was promoting Caligula, and that episode infamously makes light of domestic American terrorism
― beamish13, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:58 (two months ago) link
― beamish13, Monday, March 4, 2024 3:29 PM bookmarkflaglink
that's fitting, considering all of the people who have shared horror stories about Gary Oldman as a human being
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:59 (two months ago) link
I watched the first season of SNL as it happened, I am old.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:59 (two months ago) link
Oldman is a joy to work with on sets from what I’ve heard. I just saw Peter Medak two nights ago and he raved about working with him on Romeo is Bleeding
― beamish13, Monday, 4 March 2024 21:00 (two months ago) link
What do you call the outfit Aubrey Plaza was wearing? A breastolier?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:06 (two months ago) link
xpost I'm referring more to his off-screen behavior. he's a "fuck political correctness" asshole and that Playboy interview controversy only went away because he cried on tv in his apology, which is the elixir which makes everything ok.
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:10 (two months ago) link
OL i like that definition let's go with that yes
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:11 (two months ago) link
anyway Sydney Sweeney is famous, though it's understandable that not everyone knows who she is because right now the entertainment world is oversaturated with so much damn content at the push of a button that it's harder to keep up with everybody.
the misogynistic responses surrounding her hosting that I seemed to run into all weekend against my will was to be expected because this country is a cesspool but was no less infuriating with that knowledge.
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:12 (two months ago) link
Oh, I figured. I know Oldman is a Tory asshole. There were rumours about him being abusive while married to Uma Thurman as well
― beamish13, Monday, 4 March 2024 21:15 (two months ago) link
Wait just a gol-durned minute there young fella! Not all us ilxors who are out of touch with recent trends in popular culture are old people. Now take me for example. I'm out of touch AND I'm old, BUT I'm not all ilxors. Therefore not all ilxors are old and out of touch. QED
Let that be a lesson to you.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:00 (two months ago) link
_ILX has never sounded as old as it does in this thread right now._idk, feel like those threads where people complain about how young people talk are worse for thisWe all live in the age of atomisation etc etc
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:13 (two months ago) link
Anyone who can legally buy beer talking about Saturday Night Live sounds old as fuck, because Saturday Night Live's target audience is high school students who want to watch something they think is intended for people older than themselves.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:16 (two months ago) link
Actually I would probably argue it's junior high school students, but otherwise generally correct.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:17 (two months ago) link
My wife has said that - it felt daring to be allowed to stay up late.
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:18 (two months ago) link
I remember watching a VHS tape of the Michael Jordan hosted ep with Public Enemy from previous night and mom yelling because she had seen it and it was really dirty and I needed to turn it off.
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:20 (two months ago) link
saying that...tends to have the opposite affect on young boys
She watched Channel Zero
― President Keyes, Monday, 4 March 2024 22:31 (two months ago) link
If more of us had, it might still be with us 😔
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:59 (two months ago) link
I imagine this thread, like a bombing snl monologue, plays to the solemn faces of observing musicians.
― batman monster truck (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 March 2024 23:22 (two months ago) link
http://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did%3Aplc%3Ayxavlmxjv2j2nwvjesmq5ogl/bafkreigk2zkdm4bysj3wo7rr7g7g5eyhrxrzg7v7fceqmogyk6oc7auy5m@jpeg
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 01:08 (two months ago) link
the Michael Jordan hosted ep with Public Enemy
I still laugh about "the first Black Globetrotter."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 20:32 (two months ago) link
boobs are anti-woke now?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 21:01 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFI08_6nsDM
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 21:20 (two months ago) link
A good essay about Shane Gillis, Bowen Yang, SNL, and 'comedy fans' whose brains are broken.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 9 March 2024 00:11 (two months ago) link
Lotta thinkpieces about Sydney Sweeney this week.
― from a prominent family of bassoon players (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 9 March 2024 00:14 (two months ago) link
A couple weeks late with this, but happy belated 30th Anniversary to me getting in trouble at school for repeating parts of Martin Lawrence's monologue in the class the following Monday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo8V8uyab34
Apparently when his (one & only) ep was rerun, they overdubbed a comedic disclaimer directly over his bit on feminine hygiene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbi_4qCL4ms
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 9 March 2024 04:35 (two months ago) link