Saturday Night Live

actually surprised that noted sara bareilles stan sh1pley gohard isn't into karmin, shit is like two degrees of separation

― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Sunday, January 15, 2012 11:11 AM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

eh she had a silly video w/ a goofy retro leather jacket similar to karmin lady but she's basically just doing t. swift-style girly adult contempo (better than t. swift imo) -- karmin is like trying to up the stakes on the katy/jessie j obnoxiousness meter

Think LDR learned her stagecraft from watching the color segments of this, as Morbius reminded me on the new MTM thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIgmMr891BQ&feature=related

Wait, I remember now, Karmin is one of those Pomplamouse rap-covering indie duos!

I'm about 70% sure that's Taran Killam and Nasim Pedrad doing a bit.

the chicken lady, heh

pretty dire all around

oh boy LDR

Sorry, I came in late. Is this Bruce Hornsby and the Range?

I was thinking Peter Cetera. This is the first time I've really consciously heard Bon Iver and I'm hoping the last.

The singer makes Peter Cetera sound like Barry White.

He's afraid to raise his voice, lest he startle the gentle woodland creatures.

Something terrifying about this Karmin band.

I was hoping to be more offended. They were just mediocre blah.

Obv they took some lessons from the LDR flameout

Although I don't think anyone was dying for a rapping Jessie J

Killam's Michael Cera was good.

that 2nd song was closer to the shit level I was anticipating

The singer with the combover looked like she was performing for a crowd of preteens. TERRIFYING grin.

Feel like she was overcompensating for fear of looking like a luded-up wreck a la Lana del Rey.

Karmin was terrifying. Liked the Dujardin bit and Killam's Mike Cera impression.

The singer with the combover looked like she was performing for a crowd of preteens. TERRIFYING grin.

from Gawker:

What's wrong with her face?
Experts tell me that Heidemann suffers from a tragic syndrome known as "theater kid" that manifests itself as extreme and frequent facial and gestural tics. There is no known cure. (See also: Anne Hathaway, Katy Perry, Neil Patrick Harris.)

Killam's Michael Cera was good.

― encarta it (Gukbe), Sunday, February 12, 2012 12:48 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^should be a recurring character

agree, but i was distracted by one thing in that sketch. do people consider the olson twins quirky?

I thought they were just sort of louche and druggy, but not quirky.

No tears shed for Paul? No more foppish boyfriend. RIP.

the quirky girl sketch slayed

the crabs sketch was dumb and didn't really go anywhere but I have to admit that the repetition of the word "crabs" got me loling eventually

xp It totally did. After Elliott's Zooey impression a few weeks ago, I was really hoping she'd expand on it for this episode.

Also, "Yarn."

I appreciated that Zooey as a host was willing to dive totally into the sketches; she seemed just as comfortable and engaged as the regular cast, which happens so rarely nowadays that it's really noticeable when someone who can do sketch comedy is on the show (and one reason why I always enjoy shows with former cast members so much)

the quirky girl sketch slayed

Yeah, this was the highlight of the show, IMO.

I kind of liked the crabs sketch but mostly for the fact that it seemed to take place in 1980s Dallas or Phoenix.

The rest of the superbowl sketch was pretty lame, but "How am I going to explain to my children what happened to the other fingers." &c. was a pretty undeniable set of jokes.

Cage showing up for a bit was fun too.

I was p much dying at cage v cage start to fnish

that's high praise.

More actual chuckles for me this week than any episode in recent memory: big ones for Bein' Quirky, Cage, and the Verizon ad, but even a few for crabs, Technology Hump (wasn't aware they had done this one before) and Victorian ladies.

Biggest lol actually came from Weekend Update's "Red Lobster, where people are sentenced to dinner," cuz I hate that place.

I didn't even hate Karmin, which probably puts me in a distinct minority.

"so many soggy boardgames" is a++

jt should probably be a regular cast member

very strong show

jay really has jigga's laugh down

ugh sleigh bells sounds garbage in this setting

i love "what up with that?"

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So that's Kate Upton

what upton with that

I don't know what exactly set Kristen and Maya (and Bill) off on Super $$$ Showcase, but I couldn't stop laughing either.

that was some quality breaking.

best episode of the season i think.

I don't know if I've ever seen Kristen Wiig break on SNL before.

best episode of the season i think.

Definitely. Even The Obama Show worked.

Seriously. Some people are alllllways gonna complain, but this is going down in history as one of the classic SNL casts. And this season in particular has been pretty damn strong.

Also: I propose, if 'What Up With That?' is ever retired, that SNL simply set a minute or two aside each week to showcase Jason Sudeikis dancing as his 'What Up With That?' character. It's one of those comedic miracles that somehow never becomes less funny with repetition.

Kate Upton's face whenever Sudeikis lept onto the stage was great.

I totally don't get "What Up With That?"

There ain't much to get. It's pretty much just a chance for people to act all stoopid.

I don't know what the fuck Abby Elliott was doing in that skit, but it was brilliant.

Lindsay Buckingham?