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“SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” SHINES IN THE NEW YEAR
Oscar Nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and “Entourage” Emmy Winner Jeremy Piven Topline January Shows
Indie sensation The Shins to play on January 13, Rockers AFI, appear January 20.
NEW YORK – January 11, 2007 – NBC's "Saturday Night Live" returns for the New Year with back-to-back shows featuring two of the hottest actors around.
On January 13, "SNL" welcomes Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal for his hosting debut. Firmly established as one of the most promising actors of his generation, Gyllenhaal has impressed audiences and critics alike, most recently with his universally praised and multiply nominated performance in "Brokeback Mountain." His next film is the thriller "Zodiac" from acclaimed director David Fincher. Segueing seamlessly between independent and big budget features, his diverse film credits include "Jarhead," "Proof," "The Day After Tomorrow," "The Good Girl," "Moonlight Mile," "October Sky" and the cult classic "Donnie Darko."
Joining Gyllenhaal in their "SNL" debut as musical guest are "indie rock kingpins" (Billboard) The Shins. A guitar pop band hailing from New Mexico, The Shins enjoyed critical acclaim and a strong fan base with their first two records. Then, after the endorsement by Natalie Portman's character in the sleeper hit "Garden State," in which she claimed the Shins would "change your life," the band found themselves as the centerpiece of a platinum-selling soundtrack and their second record "Chutes Too Narrow" sold 400,000 units. The Shins return with their eagerly anticipated third record "Wincing the Night Away," which is producing adjectives like "shimmering" and "exuberant" and "gorgeous" in an early review from Spin Magazine.
The following Saturday, January 20, brings Emmy Award winner Jeremy Piven to "SNL," also in his debut appearance.
A recent Emmy Award winner and two-time Golden Globe nominee for his role as "superagent" Ari Gold on the hit HBO comedy series, "Entourage," Jeremy Piven comes to "SNL" with a wealth of film, television and stage experience. Piven's next big screen role is in the upcoming star-packed black comedy "Smokin' Aces" and the forthcoming thriller "The Kingdom" opposite Jennifer Garner and Jamie Foxx. A veteran of over 40 films, other credits include "Keeping Up With The Steins," which won the Audience Award at the 2005 Comedy Arts Festival, "Two For The Money" opposite Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey as well as "Runaway Jury," "Old School," "Serendipity," "Black Hawk Down," "Very Bad Things," "Rush Hour 2" and "The Family Man." Previous TV credits include "Cupid," "Ellen" and "The Larry Sanders Show."
Joining Piven is acclaimed rock band AFI. The Bay Area outfit has evolved from their early days as a hardcore punk band into something completely original, blending elements of their punk roots with goth-metal and electronic with great success. Their current album "Decemberunderground" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Album chart and is well on its way to going platinum. After winning their second VMA for Best Rock Video, the band has been all over the 2006 "Best Of" lists with their lead single "Miss Murder" appearing on the best song lists of EW, Rolling Stone and Blender and the band winning in a landslide the Alternative Press readers poll as Artist, Album and Video of the Year. Their second single "Love Like Winter" is still riding high on the Modern Rock charts.
"Saturday Night Live," is from SNL Studios in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels. Steve Higgins produces. Marci Klein and Mike Shoemaker are producers. Head writers are Seth Meyers, Paula Pell and Andrew Steele. Don Roy King directs.
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Oscar Nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and “Entourage” Emmy Winner Jeremy Piven Topline January Shows
Indie sensation The Shins to play on January 13, Rockers AFI, appear January 20.
NEW YORK – January 11, 2007 – NBC's "Saturday Night Live" returns for the New Year with back-to-back shows featuring two of the hottest actors around.
On January 13, "SNL" welcomes Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal for his hosting debut. Firmly established as one of the most promising actors of his generation, Gyllenhaal has impressed audiences and critics alike, most recently with his universally praised and multiply nominated performance in "Brokeback Mountain." His next film is the thriller "Zodiac" from acclaimed director David Fincher. Segueing seamlessly between independent and big budget features, his diverse film credits include "Jarhead," "Proof," "The Day After Tomorrow," "The Good Girl," "Moonlight Mile," "October Sky" and the cult classic "Donnie Darko."
Joining Gyllenhaal in their "SNL" debut as musical guest are "indie rock kingpins" (Billboard) The Shins. A guitar pop band hailing from New Mexico, The Shins enjoyed critical acclaim and a strong fan base with their first two records. Then, after the endorsement by Natalie Portman's character in the sleeper hit "Garden State," in which she claimed the Shins would "change your life," the band found themselves as the centerpiece of a platinum-selling soundtrack and their second record "Chutes Too Narrow" sold 400,000 units. The Shins return with their eagerly anticipated third record "Wincing the Night Away," which is producing adjectives like "shimmering" and "exuberant" and "gorgeous" in an early review from Spin Magazine.
The following Saturday, January 20, brings Emmy Award winner Jeremy Piven to "SNL," also in his debut appearance.
A recent Emmy Award winner and two-time Golden Globe nominee for his role as "superagent" Ari Gold on the hit HBO comedy series, "Entourage," Jeremy Piven comes to "SNL" with a wealth of film, television and stage experience. Piven's next big screen role is in the upcoming star-packed black comedy "Smokin' Aces" and the forthcoming thriller "The Kingdom" opposite Jennifer Garner and Jamie Foxx. A veteran of over 40 films, other credits include "Keeping Up With The Steins," which won the Audience Award at the 2005 Comedy Arts Festival, "Two For The Money" opposite Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey as well as "Runaway Jury," "Old School," "Serendipity," "Black Hawk Down," "Very Bad Things," "Rush Hour 2" and "The Family Man." Previous TV credits include "Cupid," "Ellen" and "The Larry Sanders Show."
Joining Piven is acclaimed rock band AFI. The Bay Area outfit has evolved from their early days as a hardcore punk band into something completely original, blending elements of their punk roots with goth-metal and electronic with great success. Their current album "Decemberunderground" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Album chart and is well on its way to going platinum. After winning their second VMA for Best Rock Video, the band has been all over the 2006 "Best Of" lists with their lead single "Miss Murder" appearing on the best song lists of EW, Rolling Stone and Blender and the band winning in a landslide the Alternative Press readers poll as Artist, Album and Video of the Year. Their second single "Love Like Winter" is still riding high on the Modern Rock charts.
"Saturday Night Live," is from SNL Studios in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels. Steve Higgins produces. Marci Klein and Mike Shoemaker are producers. Head writers are Seth Meyers, Paula Pell and Andrew Steele. Don Roy King directs.
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This show has sucked since Wil Ferrel left
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Yee Haw!
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Too Soon.
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So pathetic.
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GLARBAGEE
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The obligatory "Who cares?" SNL comment was taken care of in the first post. Thanks Faggins you truly are a pioneer sir! (Also I am not sure who Wil Ferrel is)
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They can make fun of it OR if they make up by the taping date, Cusack can do a cameo and they can do a fight sketch. HOORAY!!!
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Did anybody else think Justin Timberlake looked a lot like Chah-lie from "Lost" during that Dick-in-a-Box sketch?
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Soooo...you're a loser like someone else then?
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Ahhhhh the Shins that will be the only reason i watch.
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That's what "What's in the box?" means to me.
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They used to be an amazing East Bay hardcore band, and now they're just another ripoff of the Killers. Total cock-rock bullshit. The '80s live again!
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Blah
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now we' will just get comment after comment on how SNL isnt funny anymore. This, of course, is completely untrue but go ahead and bash it anyways.
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You're saying Will Ferrell made the show funny? That's really sad. The show hasn't been funny since 1993.
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for prooving my point
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I could see him making things funny, even if he was given bad material.
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SNL continues to have some great music acts on.
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SNL is getting worse from year to year.The cast can never be as good as the originals were. The people comming inn now are just using it as a way to get into the movie biz.None of them are worth their weigth as stand up`s....
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People just don't understand that jokes are funny because they are surprising/novel/unusual/shocking. Even when the SNL writer come up with something funny, they make it unfunny by repeating the same joke for several minutes. Even when they have a guest that can do comedy (like Piven, Baldwin, Laurie, and Lee), the poor, repetitive writing makes it unwatchable. If they played "Lazy Sunday" every week, it would stop being funny.
For the first 2 seasons, MadTV was much better than SNL because it didn't have the same characters every week and the guest were comedians -- not just trendy actors. Now, it's an SNL clone and is just as unwatchable.
If someone posts about SNL being good, check their other posts. They're probably the same juvenile morons who post "Gotta Eat", "Damn You Michael Bay", "= Nipple on Batsuit". These dimwits think that if it was clever and funny the first time, that they will be clever and funny when they repeat it the millionth time. These idiots are as bad as trolls and changing "Ain't It Cool News" to "It Ain't Cool News" by filling talkbacks with crap. -
but you don't have to insult the ones who do.
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By "Books" I mean "Once Great and Now Impotent Comedy Sketch Show" and by "Cookin" I mean "Beating Rodkill with a Baseball Bat to Get as much Juice out as Possible"
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Dude, the site is called Ain't It Cool NEWS, not Ain't It Cool Talkbacks. Instead of complaining the quality of the feedback, why don't you spend that time complaining about the quality of the stories themselves?And yes, SNL is good. But only when it wants to be. (Baldwin, T-lake)
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What killed Laurie and Lee was just as much their fault as the writing. Their cuecards skills were horrible.
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guaranteed to be good. "FAT STINKING HOG LOVE YOURSELF!!!"
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They're such a long-running joke, it's about time they do a sketch about it themselves.
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he claims to hate the show yet he seems to be devoted to watching the show week after week. I watched one episode of Entourage and didnt care for it. I havnt watched it since. I dont watch it week after week and then go to the fan sites and comment on how much I hate watching it.
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Sorry our senses of humor can't all be as "manly" as yours. Moron.
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If you are twelve. That is the target demo for SNL.
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I think you're just upset that no one gave you a dick in a box for Christmas. Don't worry, Easter is coming up..maybe if you ask nicely, someone will give you a dick in a basket.
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Would be funnier tthan SNL.
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and your username is PervOmatic. hilarious.
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A homophobic, misogynistic nerd who hangs on to his tenuous sense of masculinity by insulting the taste of complete strangers. The ladies must be all over you.
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I've been trying to purchase Newsradio's first two boxsets with no success of taking advantage of the insano good deal. I clicked the link you provided. Is the offer expired? Any assistance is appreciated! Thanks for all the coaxially goodness. :)
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the final season coems out on March 20. Sure, it's not that great, and I was even considering not getting it, but judging from the previous commentaries, all the writers also hate it, which will make for some truly interesting commentaries. There's also a "Lost Episode" featurette, which may be whatever they had planned for a premiere before Hartman died.
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Piven has an embarrassing hairpiece.
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Jan 13, 2007 7:59:48 PM CST
I'm just saying it now, if there's a single reference..
by danielkurland
to Brokeback Mountain tonight, I'm going to be really pissed off. Not only is it a predictable joke, but at this point, it's nto even topical anymore. If the Heath Ledger character is also palyed by Kenan Thompson, I'm going to be even further pissed off.
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Okay boys, my wife is watching "the OH! in Ohio" on dvd tonight after turning off the latest "duff sisters" movie "material girls" within 10 minutes of watching it because she was "bored." well, I'm "pissed" because that stinker was $4.00 to rent. such is the life of a 31 year old married guy on a rainy saturday night in houstonNow, to avoid the fury of the talkbakers, here's some comments that are relevant to the topic: SNL is SOMETIMES funny-ie: scarlet johanson's "my hey hey" song on "deep house dish." I loved it. but the fact that she's now dating Justin Timberlake breaks my heart. I'll never oogle her cleavage in the same way again.Aight so look did you see the "dick in a box" sketch? Watch the unedited version on youtube. To me, its one of the funniest things they've done in YEARS. Also, I think that DJ Dynasty Handbag fucker is pretty damn funny. Leave it to a white guy like me to enjoy the ghetto stereotypes he perpetuates on the show.I just watcher Parker Posey try to buy an 18" purple dildo from Heather Graham...maybe this IS an interesting movie after all...
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If you're hoping for no "Brokeback" reference, you're dreaming.
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If it wasn't for Pedro, I woulda flipped it.Ugh. I got a craving for tots now.I AIN'T GOT NO MUTHA FUCKIN' TOTS!!!
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You would think that DURING the reairing of Thursdays RW/RR:The Duel (I missed it) they wouldn't air a commrcial for next weeks finale revealing who are the final four. Now, I'm ok with the ad itself, just notduring the reair. They could've aired a non-spoilerish version. /endrantThank god CT lost.
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you know you've missed out on some classic aicn insanity over at the hannibal talkback, but I think all the craziness ended as the UK boys went to bed. sissies.
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I'm required to be in here, I DO write the monologues ya know. ;)
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Sudeikis looks a lot like The Kief.
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Johannsson is dating Timberlake now? When the fuck did that happen?
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Let's just hope Kenan doesn't infiltrate this.
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here we go boys, a brokeback joke right on cue
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THIS IS NORM MACDONALD MONOLOGUE-CALIBER! Amazing stuff!
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GOTTA EAT!!!
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That is all.
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1. how are we all posting from the past? or is it the future?
2. am I the only one who wants to see maya rudolphs hoots?
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He's stuck in this leadoff spot each week even t hough he's bad! He's the SNL Scott Posednik!
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What was it, two weeks since we last saw it?
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That dress fell into place perfectly. We haven't had good ol' fashioned singin'-in-drag in a while. this is nice.
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I miss TIARA (rachel dratch) on deep house dish. her tits were amazing after she had that baby. but her face, a Christ her face!
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Can I write them or what?
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sherm-fantastic work on the monologue.
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Tru dat.
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and I loved scarlet johanson's performance of "my hey hey" on deep house dish a few years ago. "bokay!"
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This Deep Dish Sketch feels like it's been on for twenty minutes. Enough already.
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the rest of that sketch was dreadful.
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I would have loved it if they just simply bantered for a few minutes and nothing else.
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That made me laugh.
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You know damn well they'll do sumthin involving Rosie vs. Trump.
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theyre my aunts on stage
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but it's still funny, so i'm not complaining
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and you're absolutely right, George Newman. Those are my aunts on stage. And I'm frightened.
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here comes trump, I pray for a rosie comment!
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rosie
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it seems they only use him when they need a Trump, Jesse Jackson, Cheney, or Gore. Maybeeeee, they should have kept Parnell and lost him?
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oh yea! run, my wife's reading as I type. trouble's ahead.
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Get rid of Kenan's sketch, and this has been a fine episode.
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he's prolly making $150k or more on this show, maybe more like $300k? I miss his clinton.
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Really??? Your aunt on the right was way hot!
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...has more intelligent, nasty, brilliant satire than the last 10 years of SNL. I'm just saying...
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my post to Dan Kurland is listed on the topic list but doesn't show in the dialogue. anyway, I got a five spot that says poehler is a real freak in bed.this food sketch is awful all of a sudden.
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He better be used more tonight.
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Jabba the Rosie was great, too.
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...big nasty smoking meatballs. Tonight's show is terrible. I'm waiting for the Shins.
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And Lazer Cats references?!
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I'm in houston, tx, which is central. I said that deal about the future or the past because I think the AICN time/delay/order mixup of old may be returning. next it'll be server or load problems and it'll feel like 2003 all over again.
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Oh, Christ...Laser Cats 2?!?!
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I would wear one of those to work but capes just aren't proper office wear in the south I'm afraid.
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PEW! PEW!
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Laser Cats was my Favorite before Dick in a Box
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funniest thing I've seen on snl in 10 years, without question. space beers. would love some right now.
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That was Jake Gyllenhall's first shot on goal since Brokeback.
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the cut to them clinking beers wasn't as good to the cut of them eating popcorn.
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jane paulie has some sweet tits. let's see 'em!
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...he looks doughy and cranky.
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wooo
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Hell yeah it was.
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sounds like an AICN catchphrase waiting to happen, but I fear it's too long for people to remember and/or type every day. too bad.
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I'm in the minority here because I didn't like Lazer Cats or the Trump bit...but Jake's mono, deep dish parts, and Bronx Mom's wree pretty decent...and "go out and shoot some fatties!" was a top quote from this episode.
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this is great. stupid movie awards shows
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...Will Arnett is the luckiest man in the world because he bangs that nightly while we just type about her.
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so before they come on, and prior to me looking them up on wikipedia, are they any good?
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Good indie power-pop. Hooky as hell. Give 'em a shot Deus.
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The music act should've been on by now.
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love the idea of shooting some fatties myself. and, ps, I did a few times in high school but not since. promise.
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scraping pills into a plastic container. Brilliant filmmaking
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but I get an odd natalie merchant vibe from her. always liked 10k maniacs...she went and ruined it. these shins guys remind me of that death cab group. am I off here?
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Also, I just learned what emo means a few months ago. Thats what happens when you grow up relying on MTV for your music.
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There new album is really good. Not as good as there last but still great. Stock footage and laser cats were golden
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There's some Death Cab sound in there, yeah...I almost want to deduct points because Zach Braff likes them so much. As far as the Merchant comparison goes, at least the Shins chick doesn't endlessly spin around in 19th century frocks hitting a tambourine. Thank God for small favors.
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yes, you are in the right ballpark with death cab. the shins were the band that natalie portman said would change your life in garden state. they haven't quite made it big in the mainstream yet, but i'm guessing it will happen soon.
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Jan 13, 2007 11:09:52 PM CST
Am I the only one that misses Tina Fey on this show?
by iwatchtoodamnmanymovies
Seth Meyers is OK but...my boy Armisen is THE MAN ON SNL now.
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although I was one of the few people who graduated from high school in 1993 and DIDN'T think Nirvana were the next beatles, I was a fan all the same. with that being said, I remember coming home early from college classes and numnuts Kurt Loder broke into a video (yes a video in the middle of the day!) to announce that Kurt Cobain's body had been found in his home, a victim of what they believed to be at that early stage a suicide. and I quote from Kurt: "surely this is due in large part to Nirvana being fired from the upcoming Lollapolloza tour lineup on account of the fact that Kurt's drug habits have affected his ability to remember his lyrics, as is evidence during their appearance on Unplugged."what an asshole! anyway, after that first and only comment, they never ran it again.but here's steve jobs so I gotta go.
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No, I have not watched 24 episodes 1-4 plus act one of episode 5.I'll probably dig them, they usually don't start flinging horseshit till around hour 10 or so.
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Fred Armisen's hair piece looks great
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think they'll hire me? that tigger thing was almost funny. and I'm happy for whitney, call me girl! I'm married but my wife loves you.
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Houston. Always makes me laugh.
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Seriously, whenever I catch the guy, he looks fucking pathetic...OMG...MAYA AS WHITNEY! Gotta go myself.
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Check your local listings. I just noticed that I haven't had anything to say in ages.
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No crank call for Whitney? LAME!
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He looks so old that if you shook his hand he'd crack in half.
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Dan, George, Sherm--the wife is off to bed which means I'm forced to bed as well. besides, this chickychow character looks pissed, but maybe I'm reading it wrong. ps-kurt loder likes boys. g'night!
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you're talking about him as I'm watching him. Wow! There's a word for that synergy!
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They have a much bigger fanbase!
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I have a terrific idea for discovering a body on Law and Order. Glad someone enjoys the aesthetics as much as me.
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tonight. I'm impressed.
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I'm a fan of both Natalie Portman and her bigger fanbase.
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At the end of the Laser Cats 2 sketch tonight, there was a clear shot of Lorne's bulletin board where he posts all the bookings. Feb 3 is Drew Barrymore with musical guest Lily Allen. Scarlett Johansson hosts April 21.
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AHAHAHAHA.
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Can't wait to see Scarlett and her bountiful Johanssons in HD on 4/21.
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And more fucking Johansson. Wonderful.
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Jesus Fucking Jumped-Up Christ made my night. That's funnier than anything I've seen so far on SNL.
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HATE IT!!!IT'S ON ALL THEFUCKING TIME!!! AND THERE'S LIKE 16 SPINOFFS!!! WTF??? HAVEN'T THEY COVERED EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO BY NOW??? JESUS FUCKING JUMPED UP CHRIST, THAT AND CSI:, ALL OF THEM NEED TO GO AWAY. OR GET A CABLE CHANNEL OF THEIR OWN. I'M SIC AND TIRED, TIRED AND SICK, OF THAT CRAP. IT'S ALL THE SAME. DICK WOLF, YOU SIR, CAN TAKE YOUR *DUH DUH* AND STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE! /endrant
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I'm really enjoying this episode.
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slightly bizarre, but fun.
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NO!!!
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I shouldn't have laughed at that, but I did. I apologize.
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Jan 13, 2007 11:32:44 PM CST
How did I watch too damn many movies, or...?
by iwatchtoodamnmanymovies
Sorry, Shermdawg, it's late and I'm apparently punchy...how did I do what?
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that was great
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How did you do that?
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You know why.
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I can't deny that.
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I have no idea why my responses to you are posting before what I'm responding TO. Kinda Serling-ish. By the way, the chick in the Shins looks like a catholic schoolgirl who bruised her knees playing the cello too much.
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Look over the talkback and you'll see what I mean.
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Not to be confused with The Thighs, The Ankles, or my favorite...The Ass.
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Now, that's strong.
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so very very lame. Lots of stuff that is amusing or a good idea. Nothing that I really found funny tonight though.
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Punching out a chick is optional.
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Seeing Tony will only fuel the hated for last season, which will then most likely spill over into the season six talkback tomorrow. And we wouldn't want that, now would we?
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I thought "Lazer Cats" and "Cool Food" were brilliant for the same reason "Hip-Hop Kids" (with Timberlake a few weeks back) was brilliant: Its fun and silly!Which is hella more fun than dressing up like topical political figures and expecting everyone to laugh. And its hella-hella more fun than watching Keenan Thompson's smirking ass on Deep House Dish. Why is he still on the show? He is so incredibly unfunny!
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I'm just stoked about that AFI news.
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How in the heck do you START the show with "Deep House Dish????" The musical acts on it are just a bit amusing, but anything humorous gets cancelled out by Keenan's smirking and obvious thinking "I got me a Wayne's World!" News flash, Keenan...this ain't no "Wayne's World." It's not even "I'm Chillin." Hell, "I Married a Monkey" was better than this crap.
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they should start having underground music like BORIS or Venetian Snares as guests, total anomoly music, shake those audiences out of their stupor, plus the whole group that produces that silver dollar piece of shit show
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SNL has had exactly two funny sketches this year (Portman's rap and Timberlake's box) And then some complete unknown created the "box in a box" sketch, which was every bit as funny as the one written by so-called "professional comedy writers," making them all look completely incompetant. Why do people still watch this show????
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I guess in your world we would all have the exact same sense of humor and we would all agree on what is funny. that world would suck ass. if you hate the show so much then dont watch it. but leave us alone.
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I listen to a lot a old music, because frankly most new music sucks balls and most of you know that. It goes in one ear and out the other. Oh once in a while a pretty good band comes along that gets my attention, like 'TV on the Radio' For the most part most all of that indie music seems like music created for movie trailers to sell tickets to our youth. It's whiney and I don't feel shit for it. I listen to Queen, ELO. The Beatles of course. Floyd and lost of 80's music. More recent stuff I listen to is Roger Joseph Manning Jr. Gnarls Barkley. Muse. Brian Wilson's Smile. Drake Bell's new CD. Jason Falkner! One of the great musical artist of our time. Very few have even heard. Formerly of Jellyfish. Who are another fantastic band from the 90's very few have heard. I've even met few of the younger generation who tell me. "I wish I lived in the 80's. What was it like? Our music sucks. What were the 80's like?" Damn I feel old. Well there was lots of pink and blue hair. Neon and videos look like your high school prom on VHS and VJs were famous. Oh and Michael Jackson was black and had talent. That about sums it up. No I dunno. It felt in the 80's like every week there was another artist or group in video rotation with another hit song. Let's not forget METAL!!!
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There was the occasional funny bit this week, but it's still not going all that well. And can someone tell me why this damn Dance House whatever sketch is being shown so often? I mean, do I have to frequent dance clubs or watch an actual show like that? I don't get it. I find it annoying and unfunny every time. I tend to change the channel a couple of minutes in. And this one went on for a while. They also seem to be having a problem figuring out a good order of sketches. The Law & Order and stock footage bits should've been on much earlier. As for The Shins, you people need some perspective. They seem to be patterning themselves after the 1960s folk rock kinda bands. Mamas and the Papas or Crosby, Stills and Nash. Right down to the tamborine playing. I thought the first song was okay, but the second sounded like the same song. But, c'mon... dancing meatballs? What the Hell? Is this Nickelodeon?
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you say the shins bore the hell out of you but the new music you do listen to is drake bell?? isn;t he some nickelodeon teen star that makes generic music for 12-16 year old girls. I have nothing against pop music if its good pop music like brian wilson's smile album that you mentioned but Drake Bell??
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They looked as bored playing it as I did listening to them.
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I'm not gonna get up in your grill for your personal preference in music, but if you think that the Shins are 1) popular or 2) "whiny," then you obviously don't know their music very well. And, besides for 'Garden State,' I've never heard one of their songs used in any promotional materials, television shows, or films whatsoever. Just sayin'.
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Quick! someone show these to Lorne Michaels http://tinyurl.com/jaxze ----- http://tinyurl.com/rceuk
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Yeah I was exactly like you. Nickelodeon kid? Gimmie a break. It's gonna be some generic teen pop crap. Then I heard his new CD and I was like, damn. This kid has some cool influences and is actually making good music. http://www.myspace.com/drakebellonline
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looks like alot of you guys stuck around till the wii hours of the morning dishing the shins and snl in general. great work! wish I could have it made it till the bitter end.in other news, I think I may have heard this week's hot new AICN catchphrase. it's "Vagina in a cup" boys and it really picks up where "...taint" left off. also, for those who loved "...gotta eat!" I think its replacement may be "...for shame!". just trying to keep us old guys up to date as we were all baffled by "pwns teh suck" last night in this very talkback.
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SNL was the envy of the world. back in the 80's, you couldn't see it if you were outside of the States, and it had this mythical reputation to the rest of the world.
now that it is out there for the world to see, SNL seems to be a dumping ground for has-beens and never-gonna-bees. this story in no way diminishes that appearance.
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As bad as it is, "Deep House Dish" is still better than "One-Up, Up, and Away!" :)
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If you want to get a good dose of The Shines and why they're so awesome, don't look to the two songs they played last night on SNL. Those were actually pretty weak tunes by their standard. Go listen to their last album, "Chutes Too Narrow" and you'll see what all the fuss is about.
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since the beginning. Its has always been an hour and a half of hit and misses each week. it is rare to get an episode where every sketch was hilarious. Pick up the first season on dvd and you will know what I mean. whoever thinks the show has been any different than it is now is dillusional. cast members come and go. some good (bill murray, eddie murphy, chris farley) some bad (Mr. Mike, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Parnell) But it's always the same. I refuse to listen to everyone badmouth this show because they miss thier precious cast members from the 80's. there I got it outa my system. go ahead and start with the backlash.
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so last night I stumbled upon these nutty Brits over at the Hannibal Rising talkback and I'd say if you read it from around 730pm last night to this afternoon you'll be stunned. it may very well have been the best talkback ever. I wondered where you, abomination, and a host of other guys were last night. you can still get in on the action! check it out.
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The show seems to be dying a slow death every season. It seems to losing a chunk here and there all the time. I am glad that some people still love it. Nothing wrong with that. I am just saying that it is getting worst every year.
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did you even see the skit...i dont recall any singing dicks. i guess the joke went right over your head. Thats why this show is not for you.
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Deephouse Dish sketch one more time I'm going to puke. IT'S NOT FUNNY! PUT IT TO REST!
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with The Shins?
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The show has been inconsistant since the beginning. Some casts have been better than others. The Chevy Chase / Dan Aykroyd / Bill Murray years were good. Eddie Murphy / Billy Crystal / Christopher Guest were the only good regulars from their time. No one remembers the Randy Quaid / Anthony Michael Hall year. The best period for my money was the late 1980's with Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, Jan Hooks et al. Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Chris Farley, etc. kept things going for a little while. I never thought the Will Ferrell / Chris Kattan / Jim Brewer years were that good. SNL has been more miss than hit for a decade or so, but this season is finding more than any season for a while. Alec Baldwin's episode was full of classic moments, Jake's episode had some good stuff, Justin Timberlake's was surprisingly good. I wish they'd give Dubya back to Will Forte.
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You can see it in 'Laser Cats 2'.
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