Man there have been some awful sketches this season: Pandora, My Kitty Cat, Foot Locker/Gangnam Style, Haters, Dance Studio...
― I hate Tig Notaro so much I gave Louis C.K. a dollar (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 22 October 2012 05:10 (eleven years ago) link
I liked My Kitty Cat for no defensible reason.
― Bout to go Jethro TULL on that ass (Johnny Fever), Monday, 22 October 2012 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
kitty cat will probably be seen as a beloved classic 10 years from now
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 22 October 2012 06:25 (eleven years ago) link
It's funny to imagine the writers watching alien and thinking, "who brought the cat?" The parodies of various aliens crew members were also good. Already a beloved classic imo.
― overfaded aeropostale bootcuts I have owned (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 22 October 2012 06:32 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I liked it.
And I know everyone thought I was crazy by noting how little Vanessa there was last week. Well she barely did better this week.
― dan selzer, Monday, 22 October 2012 07:53 (eleven years ago) link
SNL is a total Rorschach test. Quality-wise, I don't think there's anything universally agreed upon except maybe that the late '80s/early '90s era was the show's peak. The highly subjective and wildly differing opinions of what works and what doesn't and what's good and what isn't is probably due to some formula Lorne's worked out that keeps the show successful. "There are too many highbrow sketches this week. We need something dumb that some people will love and that other people will spend all week complaining about on the internet."
― false pie promises (Old Lunch), Monday, 22 October 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
I think valuing Sandler/Schnieder/Spade/Farley over, say, the first five years would be pretty far from universally agreed!
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 22 October 2012 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
meyers, carvey too?
― s.clover, Monday, 22 October 2012 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, for anyone who's curious (especially since, to my knowledge, there's never been any follow up publicity about his exit), Paul Brittain is back doing regular improv gigs at iO in Chicago.
I saw he and J3t Ev3l3th were doing a two-person thing, but I had the impression it was a one-off -- he's not, like, on a team, is he?
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Monday, 22 October 2012 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
and yeah, the cat sketch is like the only memorable bit this season.
― s.clover, Monday, 22 October 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
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Yeah, he's back in Challenger!
― false pie promises (Old Lunch), Monday, 22 October 2012 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
Dude, yr chronology is effed. That's early to mid-'90s. I'm talking about Hartman/Hooks/Lovitz/Carvey et al.
― false pie promises (Old Lunch), Monday, 22 October 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
And anyone who still trumpets about the first five years as Best Evah!!! probably watched the show at the time and not once since and also complains about how music went south ever since disco happened. IMVHO.
― false pie promises (Old Lunch), Monday, 22 October 2012 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
This show sucks.
― Hadrian VIII, Monday, 22 October 2012 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
I've watched the last few episodes after staying away for about 5 years--and it seems like the show has improved quite a bit.
― Binders Full of Mittens (President Keyes), Monday, 22 October 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
I think you're all being too hard on Bruno.
^^ This
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 October 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
11/10 - Anne Hathaway / Rihanna11/17 - Jeremy Renner / Maroon 5
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
Just watching the Bruno episode, hes great so far wtf
― Mr. Zone A (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 1 November 2012 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
hes fine but u cant think those are good sketches
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 1 November 2012 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
I'll agree to that
― Mr. Zone A (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 1 November 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
lol apparently there was a "Help Get Jeremy Renner to Host SNL" Facebook campaign? wtf
― some dude, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i didn't mind the bruno episode much at all. lightweight material but dude was game
― da croupier, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
yeah went better w/ him than it probably would've with any other recently minted pop stars i can think of
― some dude, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Avengers superfans are some of the interwebs craziest people.
― Sug ban (Nicole), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
jeremy renner is a critically acclaimed actor that hollywood apparently wants in every single action franchise! why shouldn't he host?
― da croupier, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
him actually hosting didn't raise an eyebrow from me, the idea of hundreds of people publicly rooting for that to happen did
― some dude, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno i once clicked like on trying to get an indie rock dude on law & order, i assume there's a facebook group for everything
― da croupier, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
yeah you're prob right, i have blissfully low awareness of that world
― some dude, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
lol just realized what your post was referring to
god this Louis Lincoln sketch was amazing
― i've grown accustomed to her face tat (m bison), Sunday, 4 November 2012 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
^^ totally killed me
― Infamous dickbiscuits (silby), Sunday, 4 November 2012 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
tuning in just for Louis over here btw, usually SNL leaves me cold
― Infamous dickbiscuits (silby), Sunday, 4 November 2012 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
the youngest wahlberg brother teamed up with rob lowe's band from st elmo's fire and now they're attacking my ears
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 4 November 2012 04:10 (eleven years ago) link
I've never heard Fun before but they sound like Glass Tiger.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Sunday, 4 November 2012 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
lil wahlberg looked coked up as fuck
― i've grown accustomed to her face tat (m bison), Sunday, 4 November 2012 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
girl you wish you hadn't started a conversation with is still good, at least.
also yeah lincoln was good.
― s.clover, Sunday, 4 November 2012 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
"lincoln" was kinda legendary
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 4 November 2012 04:27 (eleven years ago) link
man there's like what six segments on this show? kind of weak sauce
― Infamous dickbiscuits (silby), Sunday, 4 November 2012 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
the closing sketch was finally solid and fitting to the host w/o just being a riff on his show. i'm really fond of the bar closing genre of sketches actually. tina fey's tiny hooker sketch is still hilarious to me.
― s.clover, Sunday, 4 November 2012 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
The Viking horn going wasn't funny at all.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Sunday, 4 November 2012 05:07 (eleven years ago) link
Kind of liked the Viking horn! Reminded me of early Woody Allen, in a way.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Sunday, 4 November 2012 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
Viking horn wasn't funny but wasn't actively bad. Hotel kind of a non-sketch. Lincoln and that final bar sketch were the only real keepers, though Fox and Friends is always worth something.
― Gukbe, Sunday, 4 November 2012 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
I liked the Viking horn thing but that genre of sketch, fantasy/sci-fi/occult/whatever characters being just regular dudes is getting real long in the tooth.
Fun apparently raided grandpa's closet and also sucked.
― spittin all over my sweater of fine material (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 4 November 2012 09:14 (eleven years ago) link
I don't watch much SNL through the year, but I try to watch through Weekend Update during an election year. The Lincoln sketch was great--surreal enough that I'd have a hard time to describing it to someone. First time I've seen the woman-you-avoid-at-a-party, and that ought to go into a 2012 time capsule. (Was going to allude to someone I know who she reminded me of, but I don't think I will.) I really like Sudeikis's Romney. It's not even close to an impression, but his Andy Hardy cheerfulness kills me. Loved when he took the can of soup back.
― clemenza, Sunday, 4 November 2012 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
Waiting for the day when woman you met at a party meets drunk uncle.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 4 November 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
I was thinking about that last night. Very similar characters.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 4 November 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
nicholas fehn should be there too
― mizzell, Sunday, 4 November 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
so glad silby is here to be the "I havent watched SNL since 1986 is this STILL ON is it ALWAYS THIS BAD" that every message board has
― Mr. Zone A (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 4 November 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
hotel sketch was like a Monty Python sketch totally beamed in from another era
^^ I agree with that, also I wasn't alive in 1986!
― Infamous dickbiscuits (silby), Sunday, 4 November 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link