Saturday Night Live

(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.

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

I was wondering if she'd written the original. Close enough to it I'd be surprised if they randomly busted out another without any connection.

How many sketches has SNL done in 35 years about ppl behaving badly at parties? 50-75?

At least they're a nice break from talk shows and game shows.

I seriously want Abe Vigoda to host next.

while they were at it, they could book Abe Vigoda as the musical guest, and have the most compelling/confusing promos ever

Double the Vigoda, double teh fun

man, they really buried two strong original sketches (the Timecrowave and the prostitute sketch) underneath a mountain of recurring characters nobody cares about.

although the swim coach sketch earlier in the night was good, too.

I really love Kristen Wiig and think she's 90% of the time hilarious, but her script character from the Soap Opera bit was really really bad. Such a terrible sketch, and it looked like Baldwin + Samberg were not into it at all. Did love swim coach, timecrowave, prostitute sketch, thought the opening monologue was funny, liked the digital short...

I actually like the Bedelia sketch a lot and glad they brought it back. Good finale overall I'd say.

yeah Bedelia is kind of great, really hope Nasim Pedrad becomes a full-on cast member in the fall.

Wiig in the soap opera sketch was I think alright as a character, but like many of her sketches it was just lazy and boring about having one krazy character and everyone else is a straight man reacting to them for way too long, really wish she did more stuff that wasn't just The Wiig Showcase.

so who's not coming back next season?

Nasim did enough this year, I think, to at least be considered for full cast member status. Jenny Slate, on the other hand, would surprise me by even being asked back next year. WTF good was she? They could've kept Michaela Watkins (or Casey Wilson, but really Michaela yeah) instead of even hiring fucking waste-of-time Jenny Slate.

how common is dropping a "featuring" cast member after just one season? seems like it would be counter productive to keep cycling new people out