didn't think this was nearly as terrible as y'all. I've definitely seen worse, even this season. It helps if you just fast-forward through Californians.
I liked the Real Housewives thing, Corey, the one black guy that's in every commercial was great. There were a few other ok bits, the Grease skit was good.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 10 February 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
I agree that it wasn't the worst ep this season. Bravo thing and Corey both solid (some of the best characters show up in weekend update). I even laughed at the horrible 'glice' skit in the end. The Californians is the new What's Up With That in that it appears in every show. I'm tired of the Californians, but the original was one of my favorites so I can deal with them milking it.
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 10 February 2013 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
I'd rather watch a 90-minute loop of Sudeikis' What's Up With That dancing than two minutes of The Californians.
Glice was good, though, as was the Grease sketch.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Sunday, 10 February 2013 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
miley cyrus and ellen impersonations are like the same voice.
― s.clover, Sunday, 10 February 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
I liked the monologue too.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 10 February 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
i swear to god that kid looks more like kd lang every day.
― s.clover, Sunday, 10 February 2013 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
haven't seen snl all season - could someone explain "the californians" in one sentence? (i realize i could just look it up but it'll probably be more entertaining this way)
― Z S, Sunday, 10 February 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
The Californians is the new What's Up With That
HUGE DIFFERENCE here, in that What's Up With That is reliably funny and The Californians is never ever funny.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 10 February 2013 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
could someone explain "the californians" in one sentence?
It's a soap opera sketch in which everyone is blonde and talks in valley accents and each turn of dialogue results in driving directions being given around various California highways.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 10 February 2013 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
...and then they all look in a mirror.
And it's hilarious
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
the concept is still funny. each time they do it, the execution is progressively worse.
― s.clover, Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
(oh, they also give very detailed descriptions of varieties of rattan furniture)
― s.clover, Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
"Have a seat in one of these mission style chairs"
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
what i like about it is that it's not really one homogenous accent/stereotype, pretty much every character is its own grotesque exaggeration of a different kind of Californian
― dirty drone barack boy (some dude), Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
The descriptions being given of The Californians in this thread are funnier than The Californians sketches themselves.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
JF, just relax and have an authentic Californian avocado.
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
Corey, the one black guy that's in every commercial was great
Largely based on Echo Kellum, from the recently canceled Ben & Kate but before that he was on about three different commercials at once in early '12:
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Echo+Kellum+Fox+2012+Programming+Presentation+_ViNVJfAcZol.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cSSXJKe.jpg
― Cunga, Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:52 (eleven years ago) link
My old roommate during college was the black guy before this Echo character -
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-42745966/meet-madison-avenues-acceptable-black-friend/
I thought of him during that sketch.
― svend, Monday, 11 February 2013 00:14 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, Jamison Reeves is the acceptable black guy I think of when I think of acceptable black guys that are in a bunch of tv commercials.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 February 2013 00:32 (eleven years ago) link
This is hilarious. They pass the torch on to the next guy for a few years, like the James Bond actors.
― Cunga, Monday, 11 February 2013 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
so it seems like they only bother writing sketches one out of every four episodes or so?
the russian woman was hilarious.
and waltz is so much fun to watch, so energetic.
― s.clover, Sunday, 17 February 2013 05:26 (eleven years ago) link
shame about the band being deadly boring.
― s.clover, Sunday, 17 February 2013 05:55 (eleven years ago) link
Alabama Shakes are fucking extraordinary IMO
well Brittany Howard is fucking extraordinary
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Sunday, 17 February 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
imho a good (even really good) voice doesn't compensate for tedious songs and a boring band.
― s.clover, Sunday, 17 February 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Alabama Shakes are from the area where I grew up and I have a lot of friends who know them and are thrilled with all their success. I don't think they're the finest example of Muscle Shoals soul music ever laid down, but they're definitely the strongest representative to pop up from the area in a very long time.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 17 February 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
This is pretty much exactly what I was thinking last night. If they always play like that she's pretty much carrying that band.
― Uncle Sam is... ...No Daddy! (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 18 February 2013 04:27 (eleven years ago) link
I liked the music, and her voice, but the lyrics were generic. That said, we watched both performances all the way through, which is unusual.
― schwantz, Monday, 18 February 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
First song is great. Second song was a bit boring. Dude with white guitar has good tone, but he likes to bend the g while pinkying the b a little too much. Feel like someone should give him a slide guitar.
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 18 February 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
was surprised by their performance because all the chatter about the band led me to expect something kind of visceral and exciting, seemed pretty sleepy.
― weed, tumblr whites and wein (some dude), Monday, 18 February 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
I found myself just staring at her weird mouth shapes.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 18 February 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
Alabama Shakes is a pretty good band, but would probably be an unbelievable band if they listened to any rock record that came out in the the last 30 years
― maybe i don't "do" the "harlem shake" —bennett braauer (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 3 March 2013 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
Or if they decided to finish writing any of their songs.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Sunday, 3 March 2013 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
You can look up the fatality codes on the Internet after all
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 March 2013 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
I can't decide if I dig them or if they're like a Stax-worshipping version of Wolfmother.
She has a killer voice. But the band seems kinda weaksauce
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 March 2013 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
I think the repeating intro to The Californians is better than the sketches.
Also, I recently laughed very very hard at Andy Sandberg singing "This. voice. is. as good. as yours!!" to the Maroon 5 guy in the style of that one song.
― Vote in BOTH ILM 70s polls please! (Viceroy), Sunday, 3 March 2013 01:35 (eleven years ago) link
moynihan & whoever this girls name is employee diss sketch is back, i welcomed it
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 March 2013 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
Kate's been underused these last few episodes after being all over a bunch. Cecily's getting a ton of roles though.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 3 March 2013 05:09 (eleven years ago) link
Someone please make Macklemore stop
― my super interesting Kant story (DJP), Sunday, 3 March 2013 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
i don't even understand what just happened here.
― s.clover, Sunday, 3 March 2013 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
Awesome, it's the male version of Karmin.
― new hope for orang-utan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 3 March 2013 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
Omg dying
― my super interesting Kant story (DJP), Sunday, 3 March 2013 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
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― :C (crüt), Sunday, 3 March 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
needs to be said often
Can I have a moment for "IS IT AN A-SHIRT??????"
― my super interesting Kant story (DJP), Sunday, 3 March 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
a rare SNL callback. Def one of my favorite skits of the night. Good performance by both. I also liked the Steve Harvey skit.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 3 March 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
Z-shirt was great, callback was a pleasant surprise.
Shark Tank could've been a lot better; McKinnon's impression was hilariously spot-on, but no one laughed, probably because no one watches Shark Tank.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Sunday, 3 March 2013 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
u ppl & yr fucking 'callbacks'
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 3 March 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
eh, sometimes the work. but with a joke like that it felt lazy. the redeeming quality was just that nearly everything else was terrible.
― s.clover, Sunday, 3 March 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
xpost Is that a callback to the last time you complained about callbacks?
― Coke Opus (Old Lunch), Sunday, 3 March 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link