Saturday Night Live

Vanessa Bayer was great in the Bar Mitzvah sketch. Hope they don't turn her into Kristen Wiig 2, though.

I don't think that's possible; Wiig had semi-annoying one-note "characters" (Target Lady, Surprise Lady) right out of the gate, while Bayer just has (the admittedly diminishing returns of) Miley Cyrus, plus what appears to be vast untapped potential.

would tap that potential am i right

feels really weird to see a 77er say 'tap' instead of 'smash'

Sometimes, a tap is all you need to win the point.

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I thought it was a pretty terrible episode, but really liked the Globe Theater sketch.

Anybody remember their skit "Thank you for coming to Loewes, sit back relax, 100 more previews and we've locked the doors"?

pat from the keys is a fantastic drummer.

fffffaarrrrttttt

lol

sorry im just a lowly keys fan.

i thought this one was p funny but i can't remember anything except "dad! all i wanted was a modest luncheon"

and the "my nintendo" bit

I thought it was a pretty terrible episode

To be fair, I was incredibly high.

pat from the keys is a fantastic drummer.

I agree and tried to defend him, but apparently once Whiney speaks the law has been laid down.

espn deportes was great! it's all coming back to me

"dad! all i wanted was a modest luncheon"

Vanessa Bayer is so fucking funny. I have super high hopes for her being hueg famous one day. She's totally in the Larraine Newman mold. And like Jay Pharoah is super talented and I'm finally glad to see him get to do his impressions in actually funny skits (aka, the Fresh Prince outtakes).

lol yeah, that skit was great. I have to admit that Gwenyth really won me over, she wasn't great or particularly funny, but she threw herself into it all and tried her hardest, it was charming.

yeah i feel like they don't know what to do with that guy except shoehorn his jay impression in once a show

xp

Fuck whoever I have to say fuck to for not having the CeeLo performances on Hulu tho

To be fair, I was incredibly high.

Ha, if I'm watching the show on Saturday night (instead of the next day on Hulu), I'm always high. It's become sort of a tradition. (And makes a lot of the sketches more tolerable than they otherwise would be.)

kind of weird that they left the (not very good) sketch ABOUT his song in while excising the actual performance xp

I was howling at that Fresh Prince sketch

also howling at Gwyneth singing Taylor Swift better than Taylor does

DJP OTM

espn deportes

I loved this.

haha yes, that was great too

I have super high hopes for her being hueg famous one day. She's totally in the Larraine Newman mold.

That is not an auspicious precedent.

Vanessa Bayer is so fucking funny. I have super high hopes for her being hueg famous one day

I think they've done a pretty good job of finding a place for her. Pharaoh has gotten the most attention, but I think she's probably been in more sketches than any of the other newbies.

i laughed at the spoof of the cape. THE SPANX

Is there a thread for how awful THE CAPE is?

nope.

please start one.

I just want to note (too late now) that I made a similar "THE SCARF!!" joke to my wife months ago when I saw the first commercial for The Cape. As someone who followed Heroes until the bitter end, that show should theoretically appeal to me - but it looks like fucking garbage.

THE CAPE - why am I watching this terrible, terrible show

Oh can i mention, the best SNL performance of the last few weeks was Jason Sudekis tickled pink in the sketch where Jim Carrey was the psychic celeb impersonator. I was dying

yeah that was really good

nobody does a thicke!

Also, his Thicke was good!

I also kind of liked ultra-serious Seth Meyers on weekend update even though the humor in it didn't always work. It was nice seeing him have a sort of Jon Stewart moment.

yeah...I know I said I hated this one, most of it I found really bad, but Globe sketch was awesome, spanish ESPN was great and while I was annoyed at the Fresh Prince skit because as mentioned I'd like to see him do more then just impressions all the time, it was way better then I woulda hoped. Seth's monologue about the founding fathers was fantastic.

http://www.gifsoup.com/view3/1691014/jason-sudeikis-freak-out-o.gif

brb, dying

Sudekis is treasure.

he is the best

nasim almost cracking there, so good

i think he's def the strongest cast member atm

have a bad feeling about Eisenberg

Yeah, same here.

i'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he's just always cast in deadpan straight man roles and that he'll at least try to prove he can do something else tonight

didn't know there was any doubt that that's all he can do. he'll probably OD on his medication or have an anxiety attack mid-show.

I say this as a guy who really, really likes him btw.