I thought the China-Obama thing was funny!
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Good episode all around, actually. JGL seemed a little frantic but he did a good job.
He was entertaining, Kenan MVP of this ep though. Between Reba and What Up With That.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Jason Sudeikis's bboy dancing is still the mvp of "what up with that" imo.
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know, seeing Moyinahan in those wrestling tights twirling the snake kinda did it for me.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
True
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Of course a lot of my love for this episode comes from the fact that it wasn't last week's episode.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
yah this one tailed off a little near the end with the thanksgiving sketch and some other crap but it was a pretty funny episode overall, the return of "what up with that?" almost killed me. the china/obama thing was one of the better recent cold opens (which are usually pretty awful, they should maybe try something other than lame political humor here for a change?) but it went on way too long.
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I loved the Wilson Phillips/En Vogue part of the thanksgiving sketch.
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd be fine with them making fun of Obama. But sorry, dumbass misrepresentations of policy debates you don't understand isn't funny. Neither is Fred Armisen.
― uninspired girls rejoice!!! (Hoot Smalley), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Neither is Fred Armisen.
Agreed; that guy is especially horrible.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i mostly just liked the "making sex with me" punchlines.
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Armisen was funnier when he was under the radar. Ferricito 4EVA
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 22 November 2009 23:56 (fourteen years ago) link
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y'know I was thinking during the sketch that they've done probably a dozen different variations on that kind of 'tense family dinner' sketch with a dozen different casts over the years but they're pretty much always really funny to me, then they broke out a wacky singing routine which feels like a much more recent vintage SNL cliche and it kinda ruined it for me.
― turkey turkey turkey let's all get basted (some dude), Monday, 23 November 2009 00:11 (fourteen years ago) link
also ugh @ the announcement that Blake Lively is hosting soon, which should be at least Megan Fox bad, if not January Jones bad. lots of funny women exist in show business, why can't any of them host SNL? or even be cast members, Wiig aside? I'm really quickly starting to hate Jenny Slate.
― turkey turkey turkey let's all get basted (some dude), Monday, 23 November 2009 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Jenny and Nasim are both duds (on SNL anyway). Still not really into Abby Elliott either.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 November 2009 00:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Abby did a fantastic Sarah McLachlan a few weeks ago though, plus she is super cuet.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 23 November 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Who was the translator in the opening sketch? She was awesome.
― lift this towel, its just a nipple (HI DERE), Monday, 23 November 2009 00:59 (fourteen years ago) link
That was Nasim.
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Monday, 23 November 2009 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I do miss Casey Wilson, thought she had more potential than Elliott tbh.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 23 November 2009 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link
(is it just me or is there something very samey about their overall "looks")
― lift this towel, its just a nipple (HI DERE), Monday, 23 November 2009 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link
it must be tough for Michaela who had a bit of traction and who had a recurring role as Hoda Kotb to see one of the other new girls take that role so effortlessly. Not that it was a bravura performance or anything, playing the straight man for Kristen' s Kathie Lee...
― dan selzer, Monday, 23 November 2009 01:30 (fourteen years ago) link
it was flat and awkward
― and then makes him speak only by rapping (he hates rap) (jeff), Monday, 23 November 2009 02:26 (fourteen years ago) link
al gore was good in what up with that
― max, Monday, 23 November 2009 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I have a difficult time telling them apart.
― รด_o (Nicole), Monday, 23 November 2009 03:07 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah for half the Obama sketch I was trying to figure out if the translator was Jenny or Nasim (and when she was funny I figured out it was the latter)
Al Gore's Update bit was pretty next level imo
― turkey turkey turkey let's all get basted (some dude), Monday, 23 November 2009 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i love "what up with that?"
― will.i.ban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
it's pretty much a mess but it's a mess that i love
― will.i.ban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was losing my shit at "What Up With That?"
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i was realizing the other day that what up with that and jean k jean are my two most looked-forward to repeated sketches
― max, Monday, 23 November 2009 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
take that, kenan-haters
― max, Monday, 23 November 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
jean k jean is the best
― will.i.ban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
joseph gordon-leavitt is almost as much of an annoying ham as justin timberlake
kinda tired of "bill hader as host of a show" sketches but wiig kinda killed this "secret word" sketch
― will.i.ban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
haha shit this is the best digital short in forever
― will.i.ban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
to be honest i'm pretty tired of "wacky game show" as an SNL trope in general, it's right up there with "uncomfortable dinner party with one normal couple and one CRAZY couple" and "fake talk show" as played-out sketch boilerplates
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
this show is at the point where if someone was like "andy samberg is gonna write a show about fucking a black, male reba mcentire" i would be like "alright sure why not" & the sketch ended up being amazing - one of the first time samberg ever exceeded my expectations
― will.i.ban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
yo this episode is good! jack johnson sketch is kind of low hanging fruit but i'm diggin it
― will.i.ban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
andy samberg is gonna write a song* obv
― will.i.ban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
is this jeremy piven as ozzy??
― will.i.ban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
if you're not joking, that's DM of DMB fame
― e honda v. (m bison), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
loll ok - i honestly couldn't recognize it who was, even tho the face looked vaguely familiar - good sketch
― will.i.ban (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
"it's pretty much a mess but it's a mess that i love"
OTM, this is how i feel about SNL in general these days
― LAMBDA LAMBDA LANDA (Beatrix Kiddo), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
lol I had the same thought before I realized it was Dave
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Monday, 23 November 2009 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
who are you people who cannot recognize faces on this show. it has like five people on it. nasim and jenny look nothing alike. go outside.
― game over drunk man (jeff), Monday, 23 November 2009 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
http://sparkiepop.com/audio/whatupwiththat.mp3 โ keep the earworm going!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
jgl is def going to become a jt nightmare if he gets to host again
― A B C, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Nothing they cooked up this week has anything near the staying power of Omeletville (though that's been beaten into the ground, ffs).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
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who is you person that gets haughty about people not knowing by heart the faces of two cast members who've only been on the show for 7 episodes!?
― turkey turkey turkey let's all get basted (some dude), Monday, 23 November 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess i should go outside and play in the wilderness, though, that would definitely help me memorize the faces of television personalities, for sure.
― turkey turkey turkey let's all get basted (some dude), Monday, 23 November 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Jenny is the one with the huge beak.
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Monday, 23 November 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link