I had no idea she was on the show for so long. I was mostly too young to watch then, but I'd see it every once in a while. I really only know her time on the show from just a few sketches I've seen.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
Oh for the days when people only had "basic cable" and everyone grew up watching WGN.
― a shark with a rippling six pack (Phil D.), Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
Surely Tina Fey has had a better post-SNL career than J L-D.
― nickn, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
tarfumes that is awesome
― goole, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
haha listen i love 30 Rock but Seinfeld is a heavy trump card
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
argument could definitely be made! seinfeld ridiculously more successful than 30 rock but fey obv more central to 30 rock's success. gave it to jl-d cuz i remember hearing she's the first actress to win best comedy actress emmy for 3 different shows, extent to which old christine can be called a hit is arguable and it's too soon to call veep an unqualified triumph too imo. otoh fey does have a movie career of sorts (did jl-d even attempt this? only thing i can think of is deconstructing harry. how did jason alexander and michael richards get movie vehicles but not jl-d???), big bestselling book, more 'iconic' or something. in any case wiig will be the clear winner in a few years.
― balls, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
own personal ws rankings may be unintentionally swaying me here
― balls, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
mean girls, bossy pants, date night and 30 rock, plus people actually know her from snl, dreyfus can settle for most successful seinfeld vet
― da croupier, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
that's larry david pretty easy
― balls, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
loved the 30 Rock live episode where J L-D played Liz Lemon in flashbacks -- "Why are you better looking in your memory?" "Because my memory has Seinfeld money."
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
No other SNL cast member has a big financial firm named after her.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Dreyfuscorp.jpg
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
boooooo
― da croupier, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
OK i guess technically she's named after the firm but still.. she's probably the only one who could have Lorne Michaels killed.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
i know right (xpost)
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
now i'm wondering where larry david ranks on wealthiest snl employees
― balls, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
prob top 20 but not top 10? there are quite a few gigantic movie stars on that list y'know
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
would actually love to see that list, find out whether house of blues secretly puts danny in the top 10, find out whether denny dillon has a good eye for a land deal, etc
― da croupier, Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
New Adventures of Old Christine did pretty well for awhile....did Veep get renewed?
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:01 (eleven years ago) link
New Adventures is in syndication, which is usually some mark of "success"...but then again, so is According To Jim, so never mind.
― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:04 (eleven years ago) link
yeah syndication money is insane and as hobbies go curb is pretty lucrative. apparently he's worth around $800 million. for comparison tom hanks is worth around $250 million. i'm guessing lorne is wealthier than david but not will ferrell and probably not eddie murphy (i know eddie's produced alot i can't remember if any huge hits though). o and actual wealthiest is obv, again, jl-d but that's from her billionaire dad. fuck brad hall.
― balls, Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
i liked New Adventures more than most but it was kind of a flash in the pan, after it got an Emmy and a renewal for the first season there was a lot of excitement about her 'breaking the Seinfeld curse' and then it just quietly plodded along for a 5 season run. i guess we'll see if Veep suffers the same fate.
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
according to jim was on from fall 2001 to spring 2009. ponder that shit.
― balls, Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
when julia louis dreyfus was doing commercials for clairol i was wondering if she'd had some weird kind of amnesia where she forgot that she was wealthy.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
sadly his vegas lawyer show with jerry o'connell did not get to be his old christine
― da croupier, Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
...did Veep get renewed?
yep
― ┐(´ー`)┌ (sic), Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
Five year run for a sitcom is like a five year NFL career, doesn't seem impressive until you realize that like five percent of shows last that long
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
David Spade is SNL's king of staying on primetime with shows nobody cares about -- 7 seasons of Just Shoot Me, 2 seasons of 8 Simple Rules, and now Rules Of Engagement going into its 7th season
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
I just see Fey as more powerful in the biz than JL-D, I mean, Seinfeld doesn't seem to help Richards or Alexander, really.
Never realized New Adv lasted 5 years, seems like 2 or 3.
― nickn, Thursday, 4 October 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
Just Shoot Me was a great show, never understood why it wasn't better regarded
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
Just Shoot Me was a great show for two seasons; it lasted for seven
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, I would watch a whole lot more of Kate McKinnon as Ellen Degeneres. Make it happen SNL.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 October 2012 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
FUZZ ALDRIN
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
oh wow, there are now two Muse songs I like
― Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
I was just about to come here and affirm my already held belief that Muse is terrible.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
they are terrible but I liked that song
― Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
Now that I've heard my second Muse song, and I like it as well, I'm ready to acknowledge them as a guilty pleasure.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:20 (eleven years ago) link
Kate McKinnon is winning this episode for reals.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
She's great. Big Bird winning though.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:33 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah. It's always interested the rate new players find their groove/use and she's running away with it.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
liking this british tv show sketch even though its bombing
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:38 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i appreciate a nod towards relentlessly grim working class british sitcoms.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:39 (eleven years ago) link
that has got to be the worst spanish accent i've ever heard.
― s.clover, Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:41 (eleven years ago) link
also that british sketch was funnier than every single episode of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. every one.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:41 (eleven years ago) link
damn... these Muse guys suck ass
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 7 October 2012 04:54 (eleven years ago) link
Yep.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 October 2012 05:00 (eleven years ago) link
was he playing an ipad?
― pplains, Sunday, 7 October 2012 05:09 (eleven years ago) link
Kate "Crazy Eyes" McKinnon
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Sunday, 7 October 2012 07:40 (eleven years ago) link
I fell asleep early but Kate McKinnon was beastly last night
― Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Sunday, 7 October 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
i had to google who lea michele was :/
― Mary Ty$ Band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 7 October 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
You are a lucky man.
― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Sunday, 7 October 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link