BRING BACK JAN HOOKS!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
It seems like even besides Tina Fey they've been bringing back more and more former cast members like Maya Rudolph and Chris Parnell for one-off appearances lately, which I like, but also get a little bummed out by because I wish they were still on the show every week.
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Denny Dillon thanks you, HI DERE
― Whiney G. Soundgarden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Chris Parnell should be on every show on television.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
http://media.canada.com/idl/vitc/20080327/114925-37284.jpg
― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost OTM. Merv The Perv was some of the funniest shit.
― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't believe Lorne Michaels fired him twice!
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.areavoices.com/attic/images/thumbnail/snl2.jpg
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
poor Danitra
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Downey & AM Hall were rumored to be lovers.
Danitra Vance thoroughly outclassed the material, RIP
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Nora Dunn as Pat Stevens brought so much joy to my life.
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd forgotten that Lovitz and Dunn were there a year before the late '80s super-overhaul with Hartman/Carvey/Nealon, etc.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought RDJ would have better taste.
― "John Kerry dissed me, I'm trippin!" (Nicole), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
man young joan cusack can get it
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
xp hahaha I am now imagining him screaming "I! WILL EAT! YOUR! SOUL!" at AMH
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Lovitz has such a wide smile.
― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Everyone picks on the 85 cast but the only ones that really struck me as unfunny were Sweeney and AMH. I think most of the problem was terrible writing.
― "John Kerry dissed me, I'm trippin!" (Nicole), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:35 (fifteen years ago) link
any season could have used a boost of vitamin quaid.
― Whiney G. Soundgarden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
comedy central only played the 85 seasons for like a month.
94-95 beats that season for the most blatantly misused cast of talented people in the history of SNL.
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Michaels angered most of his cast by ending the season with a sketch in which the cast (playing themselves) get caught in a fire, and Michaels chooses to rescue only Lovitz (who had connected with audiences due in part to his popular characters the Master Thespian and the Pathological Liar with the catchphrase "that's the ticket!").
― mizzell, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i've read about that before but wish i had seen it. brass balls, that LM.
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
wow, nora dunn was hot
― the sir weeze, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
some dude OTM about 94-95
Janeane GarafaloMichael McKeanMark McKinneyLaura Kightlingerand Al Frankin
Could you imagine what this shit would be like if dudes were on their game?
― Whiney G. Soundgarden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
not to mention Sarah Silverman the year before
― Whiney G. Soundgarden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/85/85rgoodnights.phtml
― jaymc, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I remember Jon Lovitz' liar character only being funny because the rest of the show was so insanely gawdawful. Like finding a cheeto in a turd.
― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw an interview with Sarah Silverman recently and she explained that she got fired for accidentally stabbing one of the writers in the head with a pencil as a joke gone wrong.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
a cheeto in a turd
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
re 94-95: Franken's Stuart Smalley was maybe the funniest thing he ever did (in front of the camera, w/out Tom Davis). Garofalo is better at film acting then she ever was at sketches, standup, or being a big huge Air America bore.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Iirc Garofalo mostly played the girlfriend or straight man in most snl sketches, I don't think they knew what to do w/her.
― "John Kerry dissed me, I'm trippin!" (Nicole), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm sure I watched that whole season, but I remember almost nothing about it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Al Franken was doing Stuart Smalley at least since that 1991 episode with Michael Jordan.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Hands up, who's seen Stuart Saves His Family?
o/
― Whiney G. Soundgarden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
The Norm Coleman campaign staff, maybe?
― "John Kerry dissed me, I'm trippin!" (Nicole), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
you watched it for the Ween cameo, didn't you Whiney
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Garofalo was a hundred times funnier on the Ben Stiller show
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
maya was so wonderful this saturday. it was great to see her.
― Eurasian Traveler Wig and Moustache Set (get bent), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Ween cameo was in It's Pat, duh!
― Whiney G. Soundgarden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Which I also watched.
lol egg on my face, i must have seen at least parts of both of those movies
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
re: female ex-cast members - you know victoria jackson is a crazy right-wing fundie type now, right? like, "mccain and palin are ordained by god to rule this country" type stuff?
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i was kinda stoked to see nora dunn as seth rogen's gf's mom in pineapple express
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
victoria jackson just called obama the anti-christ on her blog. no joke.
― YGS, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link
remember that song she did about her husband being a cop?
― Whiney G. Soundgarden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
the blonde Christian conservative sketch comedy actress character on Studio 60 would've been so much more believable if they'd just had Victoria Jackson play it.
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
or the sketch where she plays a pregnant woman and smokes/sticks stomach in the microwave/falls down the stairs?
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't think it would ever have occurred to me to take seriously the political views of the woman famous for doing headstands during Weekend Update and giggling while reciting awful poetry.
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
for a second i was like "wait didn't she also have a weekend sketch thing where she demonstrated sex toys?" but then remembered that was cheri oteri
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
weekend UPDATE thing