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
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.
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
This saddens me, I didn't realize she was that kind of wackjob.
― "John Kerry dissed me, I'm trippin!" (Nicole), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder if she and Weird Al still speak.
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG WHY IS THE CHURCH CHAT SKETCH WITH JIM AND TAMMY FAYE BAKKER NOT ONLINE ANYWHERE?
DEMONIC RAISINS I REBUKE YOU!
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 2 November 2008 09:22 (fifteen years ago) link
last night was pretty fucking great
Ben Affleck as Keith Olbermann = A++, would lol again
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Sunday, 2 November 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
that sketch was NUTS
he was amazing in the target lady sketch also
― donna rouge, Sunday, 2 November 2008 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Basically I think he's missed his true calling; had he gone out there as a sketch comedy actor rather than a SERIOUS MOVIES ARE SERIOUS actor, I would probably be a fan!
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Sunday, 2 November 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Did anything good happen after Weekend Update?
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 2 November 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Affleck was great, he should probably be doing a sitcom like Alec Baldwin instead of whatever he's doing now. xp w/Dan!
― "John Kerry dissed me, I'm trippin!" (Nicole), Sunday, 2 November 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
hader's queeny goth pitching the film w/ affleck could've been funnier
― donna rouge, Sunday, 2 November 2008 18:43 (fifteen years ago) link
kenan's thing was great tho. STING YA!
― donna rouge, Sunday, 2 November 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
omg YES
All of Kenan's appearances this episode were basically a big "YOU ARE FUCKING WRONG" to everyone upthread talking about how unfunny they find him.
Also I thought the queeny goth thing was pretty hysterical, esp the end.
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Sunday, 2 November 2008 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahaha PEEKABOO! Kenan is awesome
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Sunday, 2 November 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I love Kenan. Totally underutilized.
― kate78, Sunday, 2 November 2008 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
the view sketch needed some direction but they had the characters down
― deej, Sunday, 2 November 2008 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
affleck's alec baldwin voice was v good
That Jennifer Aniston impersonation was mean but v v v v funny
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Sunday, 2 November 2008 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link
haha she looked so grotesque
― donna rouge, Sunday, 2 November 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Kenan's Whoopi was a little bit off...more like a Jewish grandma from Boston.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 2 November 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
it's funny but i was thinking of my own ilx post a few days ago in that erratum while watching that incredible sketch of his last night.
― collardio gelatinous, Sunday, 2 November 2008 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
in that erratum light, i meant to write.