it is truly salt in the wound
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 5 May 2019 06:46 (five years ago) link
finally a tribute to Chris Farley in song
I figured we were close to everyone realizing that he wasn't that funny, just fat and loud, but here we are
― blood, loud screaming and nudity (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 5 May 2019 08:39 (five years ago) link
I figured we were close to everyone realizing that he wasn't that funny, just fat and loud
Neat challop
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 5 May 2019 10:01 (five years ago) link
That Clothes/Holes thing was one of the worst songs they have ever done.
I really liked Romano Tours and Rectix. I'm surprised no one had done a rectix type sketch before.
When the pic of Shawn Mendez popped up before the performance I thought it was a glam shot of Colin Jost.
― Yerac, Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
I realized during the tedious Sandler Reunion thing that I have only seen three Adam Sandler movies (Punch Drunk, 50 first dates and Wedding Singer).
― Yerac, Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
Mike Judge is, afaict, sort of a libertarian like the South Park guys, but I'm pretty confident that neither of them is remotely pro Trump or necessarily even Republican. Doesn't necessarily make anything better, but it could be worse.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
Norm has always been a reactionary! He is funny though.
― :∵·∴·∵: (crüt), Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
Norm thinks George Will is an intellectual lol
Rectix was kinda funny--the medical disclaimer that included "may change the power dynamic in your relationship" was a nice touch--and the Snapchat bit was a funny premise that they blew once they let the Sandler and Bennett characters in on the joke, but this was purely one of those "lets indulge a former cast member" episodes.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
I liked the rectix one because as soon as he pulled out the "pill" all the future jokes clicked into place and I couldn't stop giggling.
― Yerac, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
McKinnon's Elizabeth Warren is very good.
― Yerac, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
Italy tour guide was great.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
https://www.thedailybeast.com/idiocracy-director-mike-judge-fox-killed-our-anti-trump-camacho-ads
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
Mike Judge is, afaict, sort of a libertarian like the South Park guys, but I'm pretty confident that neither of them is remotely pro Trump or necessarily even Republican
that's fair. he def seems like a "free speech" guy, but apparently he was liking a bunch of Ben Shapiro tweets last fall. which, fucking gross. but hey he's multi-millionaire white guy from texas in his 50s so i guess i shouldn't be shocked.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
I keep thinking about the Romano Italy tours sketch. So great.
― Yerac, Sunday, 5 May 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
My junior year in high school we took a choir trip to a festival in Chicago and one of the outings was a night out at Second City. It was very enjoyable/hilarious but I made a particular note of two ridiculously funny cast members in the hope that I'd one day see their names pop up again and I could say "I saw them back when"
The next year, Tim Meadows and Chris Farley were both SNL cast members. I saw them back when.
― Arugula Raccoon (DJP), Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:53 (five years ago) link
The Wrigley Field security guards sketch! I saw that cast, too!
It was funny because you'd see Second City, make note of the hilarious cast members, and then a few weeks later on Chicago TV it'd be, "Hey, there's that hilarious guy Steve Carell...in...a Brown's Chicken ad...?" or "Cool, it's Tim Meadows!...in a McDonald's commercial?" Obviously they needed whatever work they could get, but it was odd to see these hilarious performers play it straight in commercials.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 6 May 2019 14:32 (five years ago) link
The Clothes / Holes thing was an abomination
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 6 May 2019 14:59 (five years ago) link
hahaha i was watching that holes clothes thing the whole time like "how is this even on tv? is there a punchline?"
nope, just the worst sketch in yeeeears!
― deus ex majima (Will M.), Monday, 6 May 2019 15:36 (five years ago) link
It was so terrible and it was on right before the amazing Romano Tours. Someone really messed up.
― Yerac, Monday, 6 May 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
I had to question why I ever thought Bennet or Mooney were ever funny
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 6 May 2019 15:56 (five years ago) link
the Holes thing feels very South Park
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Monday, 6 May 2019 16:00 (five years ago) link
I specifically remember that sketch and Farley's Dolphin Boy sketch, mostly because of the song he sang while squirting water out of a prosthetic blowhole. I assume the program where I circled their names is somewhere in my parents' house still among my stuff.
― Arugula Raccoon (DJP), Monday, 6 May 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
I was dreading watching this because when I rarely if ever find Sandler's movies funny. However, this was actually one of the best episodes of the season. Roman's Tours and Rectix were classic and I really enjoyed his tribute to Farley.
― akm, Friday, 10 May 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
Yeah Roman's Tours and Rectix both felt really really early 90s to me, loved them both. I will typically defend Mooney more than most but, yeah, the "Holes" thing was one of the worst skits of an already pretty bad season.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
a new low, imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejAjdcRC28Y
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Sunday, 19 May 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
The entire show felt underrehearsed, except for Paul Rudd.
― Yerac, Sunday, 19 May 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link
i like the new tradition of che and jost writing jokes for each other at the end of the season
― akm, Sunday, 19 May 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
the View sketch was a timing mess; there was this weird sustained silence near the end where I couldn't tell WTF was going on.
― akm, Sunday, 19 May 2019 15:26 (four years ago) link
honestly I wish I time travel and stop "Lazy Sunday" from happening, these rap skits need to stop
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 May 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
ok but can alec baldwin be retired first ugh
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 20 May 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
as i noted in the other SNL thread, Gilda died 30 years ago today.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 May 2019 19:06 (four years ago) link
Believe or not, I hadn't seen this until yesterday. Michael told me that he and Belushi smoked some of Tom Davis' weed before going on. And I have the jacket O'D's wearing. (Thanks to @Franksantopadre and Kliph Nesteroff @ClassicShowbiz for the find.) https://t.co/P7Hwn9oQca— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) August 16, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 August 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link
three new snl castmembers: bowen yang (from twitter), shane gillis, and chloe fineman
https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/snl-cast-bowen-yang-chloe-fineman-shane-gillis.html
― Mommy...can I go out and VAPE tonight? (voodoo chili), Thursday, 12 September 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
saw a comment that yang is the first out gay cast member since terry sweeney??? that's nuts
― na (NA), Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
wait mckinnon. i guess they meant out gay male cast member.
― na (NA), Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
nothing can save this show
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:10 (four years ago) link
maybe Lorne's death
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
John Milhiser, who lasted a single season in 2013-14, was gay.
― jaymc, Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
thank god they fired Leslie Jones, I'm not sure she ever made it through a show without fucking up her lines
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
lol, of all the opinions
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
she was terrible though
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
thought she was one of the only funny people on the show last time i caught an ep but ymmv
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
she's fine when she gets her lines right
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
when i catch old sketches i'm pretty impressed by the ability of the casts to keep a straight face in skits that are ten times as funny as whatever mediocrity the present cast can't stop breaking into laughter over.
― omar little, Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
Yes
LJ's regular stammering and misreading of cue cards would've gotten p much anyone else fired back then and probably now too
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
Leslie Jones had an esprit that more than made up for her technical gaffes imo
― fremmes with neppavenettes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 12 September 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
she is pretty charismatic. I just rewatched Ghostbusters this weekend and it was a lot funnier than I remembered it being.
― Yerac, Thursday, 12 September 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
also I'm biased towards her bc she old (and a woman, and black...)
― fremmes with neppavenettes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 12 September 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
Cool, 1/3rd of the new hires fucking sucks. Guess which o... it's the doughy white dude.
today SNL announced the hiring of its first cast member of East Asian descent, and also this guy pic.twitter.com/0FAGJZJUkK— Seth Simons (@sasimons) September 12, 2019
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 September 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link