Saturday Night Live

& anyway, jay has always been an amazing performer pretty much, and really he's only gotten better as he & his band have played more shows -- it was crazy to see him do "p.s.a" -- a song prob 20% of the tv audience knew, also the best song he's written in like 7 years -- and a huge part of the performance was not knowing that jay was gonna go on for 10 minutes & watching him transitioning between and teasing joints -- it was a completely thrilling performance and was more exciting than anything i've seen on network tv this year save for 30 rock

seriously if you like "parks & recreation" and are trying to tell me that that jay performance wasn't the shit, just sell your TV and play chess all night

what kind of a monster doesn't like maya rudolph though.

her croaky delivery is priceless, and she's hot

I suck at chess, though. :(

yeah, more than any of the other guests, the show reminded me how much i miss Maya Rudolph

Hey, watched census sketch on Hulu -- funny!

BLAAHRFINGAHHHRRR

i thought that sketch seemed old school

yes, IT WAS FUNNY

it also wasn't the Golden Girls 'shock' of dirty old broad ad nauseum

Hate to agree with Morbs on anything comedic, but that really was the funniest sketch of the lot. Really well written.

And I normally like vagina jokes.

i agree as well, also like the debbie downer and bronx beat on hulu.

Here's a good Betty White scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaZX6Swvdv8

My college classmates exhausted the ones in the muffin sketch.

(the vag 'jokes')

it seemed old school because it's a rip off of this old & much funnier sketch with christopher walken

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4165/saturday-night-live-census-taker

For a guy who spent many years of his movie career playing a creep, Walken seems to make anything really hilarious when he tackles comedy.

The premise is ripped off, but the jokes and chemistry are totally diff.

the Walken thing is a very mildly amusing 'weird' sketch that I imagine has great appeal for bong holders.

Using the same premise is not "a ripoff."

It's more of an homage. The Walken sketch is way funnier, though. I mean, Walken. I love that sketch. "Boy, I really overshot it with that 80, didn't I?"

what kind of a monster doesn't like maya rudolph though.

― A B C, Sunday, May 9, 2010 5:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

seriously sarge what the hell

also, honestly didn't know Anglo comedians were still doing minstrel Latino shit. Someone tell Jerry Lewis to take his 'Asian' buck teeth out of mothballs.

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, May 9, 2010 1:17 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i cringe at least twice every episode at Armisen in various accents/skin colors, but i dunno is Sacha Baron Cohen fans can really claim to take the high road

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that really was the funniest sketch of the lot.

Yes. Only one where I actually laughed, not just chuckled.

I laughed pretty hard at Maya Rudolph's Whitney Houston impersonation, especially the gravel voice when she tried to sing.

yeah i'd never seen that before, only wish she "sang" even more. It was a night of broad humor even for SNL (no pun intended!) but Betty White was great - shouldn't be as rare as it is that they have a host who can read cue cards without losing their timing. Also found it kinda lol there were so many female roles but the non-Wiig actresses currently on cast barely appeared - hopefully they were taking notes backstage.

Yeah, the voice was lolarious/accurate. xp

also, honestly didn't know Anglo comedians were still doing minstrel Latino shit.

"Armisen grew up in Long Island, New York. His mother is of Venezuelan descent and his father is of German and Japanese ancestry.[1]"

"Maya Rudolph was born in Gainesville, Florida, the daughter of soul singer Minnie Riperton and composer, songwriter and producer Richard Rudolph.[1] Her father is Jewish and her mother African American.[2]"

pfft, details

lenny kravitz just read that and is like "YES, turns out I CAN do my frito bandito shit!"

It couldn't be any worse than his music.

I laughed pretty hard at Maya Rudolph's Whitney Houston impersonation

Was this what Hulu edited out of Weekend Update?

if they did, boooo

Great, Pancakes, that covers two of the dozen performers in that sketch. You sure showed me!

Ah, I found the Whitney Houston bit on YouTube.

the whitney houston as celebrity spokesman for car insurance is some all time hilarious shit.

also yr Maya Rudolph data is irrelevant to ay-yi-yi sketches

xxp

shoulddn't gag be Whitney pitching car alarms? WHOOOOOAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Someone start a FB group to get Morbs to host SNL

Yeah he's all the rage with the kids

Yeah he's all the rage with the kids

WOOT

yr welcome

Sorry, I should have said "excuse me". I'm a cretin.

winced at the latino minstrelsy, but otherwise thought this was a pretty good time! i've not watched snl with any regularity in prob a decade, but this seemed fairly strong from start to finish.

also yr Maya Rudolph data is irrelevant to ay-yi-yi sketches

It's relevant to whether she's "Anglo," which she isn't, and I don't have time to do all your homework unless you're gonna pony up some cash.

I won't be returning to Cleveland.

Hate to agree with Morbs on anything comedic

WELL! I am not leaving you my Bob & Ray LPs.

Cleveland will shortly be banned from ever participating in anything baseball-related if this crap keeps up, so no worries.

the Walken thing is a very mildly amusing 'weird' sketch that I imagine has great appeal for bong holders.

Using the same premise is not "a ripoff."

Especially since Tina wrote the original Walken sketch, in between bong hits.

She knows her audience.