Saturday Night Live

this episode is hilarious front to back

the only dud was the buffalo/costa rica sketch

loved the susan lucci one

who's on top was like the first funny game show they've done in 3 years

top gun screen tests had me rolling

i liked the buffalo/costa rica sketch, but i get a real kick out of really bad puppetry

I guffawed at wiig getting swallowed up by the giant snake

who's on top was ok, my favorite recent game show sketch was what's my name
i laughed a lot watching this episode but looking over the sketches now, i think i must have been pretty drunk.

"The Comments Section" is a great premise for a sketch. Hope it comes back.

It was great.

First guy..meme guy..there are lots of fun options for that sketch!

Not having seen Bridesmaids (yet), this is my first real exposure to Melissa McCarthy as a no fear-style comedian. Great imo!

that was a good skit

but everything involving her p much boils down to "LOL fat people"

taran killam getting tons of burn this year

Taran is really fitting in well. They still have no idea what to do with Paul and Jay though.

he could do a great trolololol

but everything involving her p much boils down to "LOL fat people"

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Sunday, October 2, 2011 12:37 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm this ep was unbelievably bad imo

I thought it was pretty good. Not as good as last week and I thought she was a bit too over the top with the fat physical humor stuff, but I thought there was enough good stuff. The HPV doll was great.

the HPV doll was funny

i mean it was sort of dumb and it was pretty much dated by the time it aired, but there's something inherently funny about a doll purposefully stabbing an unsuspecting child w/ a needle

Things like the digital shorts and commercials, are they whipped together in the week before each episode, like the skits? Or do they do these well in advance and just sit on them? I always thought it odd that SNL stuck to this weird "let's put on a show!" mentality, with only a week-long build up, and yet the only surefire bits year in and year out are the pre-recorded ones.

but everything involving her p much boils down to "LOL fat people"

Yeah this was really otm and made the episode pretty disappointing. I think she actually has a lot more to offer as a physical comedienne (that office skit was fucking hilarious), but I was pretty bummed out by that ranch dressing skit.

HPV doll was classic.

ranch dressing skit was only good bcz of how she played the character. This is the first time I've seen her ever and now I want to see everything she's ever done.

it was v Jennifer Saunders/Eddy Monsoon imo

the ranch dressing skit was really funny and it would've worked totally outside the context of her weight, but they really ruined it by having her guzzle a whole bottle of dressing

That was the sole moment on the show where I thought they made the "lol fat people" connection. The opening, the monologue, the office sketch, the closing bar sketch...everything else was personality-driven. It was only the Hidden Valley sketch where I think they went all "fatty's gotta eat".

J0rdan otm, I actually liked the first half of it, with her being all psyched to be a part of the marketing group but I saw where it was going to end up.

i didn't see the snl, but stevie, she's really gifted and funny! one day melissa mccarthy will get to do something where the writers completely resist fat jokes. (no fat jokes about her on the gilmore girls as far as i can remember, but she didn't get the opportunity to be as funny as she can be on that show, either.)

I seriously didn't think the ranch dressing joke was about her being fat! It was about her desperation for the 50 bucks, and I quite liked that skit.

idk i thought the office sketch was all "LOL the sexuality of a fat person"

That joke wasn't *about* that, but it turned into "lol u fat" when they had her chug the bottle.

idk i thought the office sketch was all "LOL the sexuality of a fat person"

See I totally disagree, I thought that was "LOL the sexuality of awkward people with no social cues".

I seriously didn't think the ranch dressing joke was about her being fat! It was about her desperation for the 50 bucks, and I quite liked that skit.

― dan selzer, Tuesday, October 4, 2011 12:45 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark

i agree p much, but i'm not sure if nasim pedrad would've been called upon to guzzle a whole bottle of ranch dressing

u might be right xp

I didn't watch the episode but some of this is the double-edged sword of her success coming via "Mike and Molly", isn't it?* Because of the environment created by that show, it's difficult not to see her comedy through that prism; one of the thing that impressed me so much about her "Bridesmaids" character was how little the script relied on her size to generate comedy. In the context of television, her most successful starring turn is on a "lol @ fat ppl" show and I think that's going to influence how people read/react to her sketches.

* there is also a fundamental "lol @ fat ppl" foundation in our society that is likely never going away; I am ignoring this for rhetorical purposes but I recognize that it comprises say 85% of how ppl will view anything she does

That was the sole moment on the show where I thought they made the "lol fat people" connection. The opening, the monologue, the office sketch, the closing bar sketch...everything else was personality-driven. It was only the Hidden Valley sketch where I think they went all "fatty's gotta eat".

I'd agree with that, she was one of the funniest hosts SNL has had in a while.

STEFON!

Immediately ruined by Ben Stiller playing Derek Zoolander and being too old and unfunny to do it properly.

it was a totally normal stefon sketch exactly like all the others, with a different ending. you could pause it before zoolander (which i had no problem with) and voila, no 'ruining'.

Whoa, holy "Electric Feel" ripoff.

This is grim. Is that Kenny G?

Yes.

last weeks 'whats wrong with tanya' sketch rewards repeated viewings.

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt6e8wr9tY1qfw4tgo1_500.jpg

that was...ok. Mostly I thought it was the worst episode since January Jones. Except for the skit where Paul Brittain played the boyish fop boyfriend. That totally killed me.

i want sweets!

Oh look, he's taking a nap.

STEVEN

vanessa bayer in j-pop getup = hott

Can anyone find the ancient (early 80s) "Qaddafi Jeans" commercial??

I quite like Anna Paris hosting SNL. The singing boat ride sketch she did with Keenan last time is one of my favorite skits in recent memory. The "Tell Him" sketch this past week was in a similar mold.

Charlie Day hosting should be a good show.

"tell him" and "what's wrong with tanya" were both pretty awesome imo

yeah, liked "what's wrong with tanya" a lot

wtf is anna faris promoting anyway that she was hosting last week