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yeah I was wondering if it was just me or if the AF mix sounded hoorrrrrible

I had never heard Arcade Fire before last night, I had no idea they sound like that, it was funny.

i've only heard them a little but this is some new direction right? James Murphy produced disco new wave? With dubbed out 12" style b-side mixes?

they don't usually! def a new direction for them

the Phantom Zone moment was kinda o_O

Kenan screaming "NO! YOU GET NO LINES! YOU GOT TO EARN THAT!" was p hilarious

AF mix not only sounded horrible, but was kind of hilarious in that the conga player was apparently playing his ass off, yet no congas could be heard.

Really? I actually took note of how loud the congas were at the beginning of the second song.

They can keep doing the tipsy ex-porn stars-selling-things commercial sketches forever, and I'll laugh at all of them.

These are funny, but I also find them really depressing!

Yeah, they over-corrected on the second song; one conga was awkwardly louder than the other (and nearly everything else in the mix).

I could barely tell any of the new cast members apart, but I loved all the hazing. Drunk Uncle was better than usual, I thought.

Are The Arcade Fire more of a synthy band now? Maybe now I would actually dig them. I liked the lone new wavey song on their last record, "Sprawl 2."

AF worked with James Murphy on the new album, so it's definitely different than they've sounded in the past.

"Sprawl 2" was prob their high point so far I think (though hearing it at every fucking dance party for 6 months kinda killed it)

yes to drunk uncle, no thank you to ditzy exporn stars

Kenan finally is the alpha dog of SNL

Cecily was definitely a bit nervous at the update desk, but I think she will improve. Was Nasim even there last night? Also, I had no idea Andy Samberg just got married to Joanna Newsom.

Oh, Andy, Andy, noooo...

Kenan was great during the game show bit.

Was Nasim even there last night?

She was one of the non-English speaking passengers in the airport sketch. That was the only time I saw her all night.

all fey's characters were way dark this episode.

"if you speak they will know you are simple"

lol'd hard at "for staring at the mayor"

Love Tina's dark humor

GIRLS parody was funny, I thought. Airline boarding sketch was simultaneously hacky and hilarious.

Kyle Mooney is so, so funny in those mumbly YouTube clips. (He's on the new Stephen Merchant HBO show Hello Ladies as well (or at least was in the pilot; and he was pretty funny). His 80s stand-up comedian character wasn't so great, but he has done funny character types before...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc61ONXClhA

I thought the Girls thing was rly weak (lol get it it's a poor person from an impoverished country bein all waky) but the airline boarding thing was one of the more clever things I've seen from SNL in quite a while

I liked the GIRLS thing pretty much for the impressions - as another McKinnon fan, her Jessa ("I've gotten so bored of orgies") was very funny.
And though the main gag was pretty obvious, the execution was pretty good.

I was really disappointed w/ how bad whoever Hannah was

like that was completely absolutely nothing like her. The other 3 were totally spot on though

Hannah was the new girl, wasn't it?

Yeah, Noel Wells.

I thought the Girls thing was rly weak (lol get it it's a poor person from an impoverished country bein all waky)

I think the point was showing the ridiculousness of a show about the most first-world of first world problems when juxtaposed with an outsized version of poverty

Yeah, and I thought the Hannah was good. Some of the mannerisms were uncannily similar.

having never watched Girls, I just sort of assumed that every episode is like this

also it kind of seems silly and point-missy to satirize a show that is already kind of deliberately self-satirical

That's entirely dependent upon whether you think the show's satirical points are useful/interesting/entertaining.

the one line that still has me dying from the infomercial

'what's that thing that you put stuff in?'
"your mouth"

I really want to know how that sketch originated because it's so stupid and simple and killer and effective and hilarious

Yeah, totally. Strong and Bayer kill every single time. I could do without the mis-timed entrance bit, mainly because whoever the third person is (usually the guest host) can't do drugged-out deadpan nearly as well as the other two.

That sketch is so good. Bayers creepy smiling is just amazing. Did anyone get what Strong said at the end, where they both say something at the same time? 'Bite to butt' or something.

also it kind of seems silly and point-missy to satirize a show that is already kind of deliberately self-satirical

― Tetsu: The Inoue Man (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, September 30, 2013 10:57 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

whoa there cap'n save a Girl

I liked the sketch ok but thought it could have been done much better. I felt like Tina Fey was just doing a kind of phoned-in amalgam of Borat and those Latvia jokes from reddit. And yeah the person who played Hannah sucked, but the Shoshanna and Marnie were good and I laughed at "I'm so bored of orgies"

"Do not talk. If they find out you are simple they will drown you in lake."

I guess my enjoyment hinged on Tina likely being a fan of the show. And I agree that the show is self-satirizing. Tina has many "I enjoy this bit of pop culture. Here's the laziest critique of that bit, which I am self aware about, taken to the extreme" jokes in her past.

has the show ever been that meta before? srs question because I don't watch often these days

half of the early 80s were about how badly the show sucked

"mama can smoke that chunky white crunch anywhere"

"oh it's ok. it's electronic".
'I don't care. this is my living room'

I hadn't seen the peter drunkladge thing before. Maybe it is just he is a good actor but I think he was channeling something.

best meta episode of SNL was the Charles Grodin ep from (I think) season 1?

maybe best ep period

i'd be really impressed with this arcade fire performance if i've literally never heard music before