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I Got A Fever - And The Only Cure Is More Make-Em-Ups!! Christopher Walken Hosts His First SNL In Five Years!!!!
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Jan. 20, 1990. Jon Lovitz. Dennis Miller. Phil Hartman. The First Continental. Hired Break-Up. Lease With An Option To Kill.
Oct. 24, 1992. Rob Schneider. Chris Farley. Adam Sandler. Stalk Talk. Perot/Stockdale Road Trip. Ed Closser, Trivial Psychic.
Jan. 13, 1996. David Koechner. Norm Macdonald. David Spade. Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki Apologize For SNL's Low Quality. Rita Delveccio. T-Bone the Executioner.
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May 1, 2001. Chris Parnell. Tina Fey. Maya Rudolph. Porch Lovers. Badger Up The Boss’ Butt. Dirty Centaur Job Interview.
Feb. 22, 2003. Seth Meyers. Amy Poehler. Will Forte. Pranksters. Bad Raft Captain. Colonel Angus.
April 5, 2008. Bill Hader. Kristin Wiig. Casey Wilson.
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“SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” SPRINGS INTO APRIL WITH TWO NEW SHOWS APRIL 5 & 12
Perennial "SNL" Favorite Christopher Walken Returns with Musical Guest Panic At The Disco April 5
Ashton Kutcher To Host April 12 with Music from Gnarls Barkley
NEW YORK – April 1, 2008 – "Saturday Night Live" returns to the airwaves this week with two back-to-back live shows.
This Saturday, April 5 features Oscar winner and perennial favorite SNL host Christopher Walken, in his seventh hosting stint (his first appearance in five years). Walken is a potent presence on "SNL," generating some of the show's most memorable moments from his cries of "More Cowbell" to Will Ferrell to his recurring character "The Continental." A veteran of over 50 films, Walken won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in "The Deer Hunter" and was nominated again in 2002 for his work in "Catch Me If You Can." After his unforgettable debut as "Duane Hall" in Woody Allen's classic "Annie Hall," Walken appeared in such memorable films as "Pennies From Heaven," "The Dead Zone," "At Close Range," "Biloxi Blues" "King of New York," "Pulp Fiction," "Batman Returns," "True Romance," "Man On Fire," "Wedding Crashers" "Click" and most recently in the musical "Hairspray," to name just a few.
Joining Walken, and making their SNL debut is modern rock sensation Panic At The Disco. The Las Vegas based band will perform from the critically praised sophomore release "Pretty. Odd." Which is the follow-up to their certified platinum debut "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" which brought the band from a massive following on the internet to the mainstream, selling 2.2 million copies, packing clubs all over the world and winning an MTV VMA for Video of the Year in the process.
On April 12, Ashton Kutcher returns to "SNL" for his third hosting appearance. Kutcher has made his mark on the big and small screens both in front and behind of the camera. Kutcher will soon be seen starring opposite Cameron Diaz in the romantic comedy "What Happens in Vegas." Kutcher became known to millions as "Michael Kelso" on the long-running comedy hit "That 70's Show." Kutcher remains firmly in the television industry, producing such buzzed about shows as "Punk'd" and "Beauty and the Geek" and the new mid-season comedy series "Miss Guided." Other film credits include the comedies "Dude Where's My Car," "Guess Who" and "Cheaper By The Dozen," the romantic comedies "A Lot Like Love" and "Just Married" to thrillers "The Butterfly Effect" and "The Guardian."
Appearing alongside Kutcher is critically acclaimed musical guest Gnarls Barkley, making their "SNL" debut. Gnarls will perform from their just-released CD, "The Odd Couple." Gnarls Barkley is the pairing of Danger Mouse, one of the most creative producers working today and versatile singer Cee-Lo Green. The pair burst onto the music scene in 2006 with their ubiquitous single "Crazy" which topped the charts in the UK before blowing up in the US, leading to the release of their Grammy-winning debut album "St. Elsewhere."
“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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“SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” SPRINGS INTO APRIL WITH TWO NEW SHOWS APRIL 5 & 12
Perennial "SNL" Favorite Christopher Walken Returns with Musical Guest Panic At The Disco April 5
Ashton Kutcher To Host April 12 with Music from Gnarls Barkley
NEW YORK – April 1, 2008 – "Saturday Night Live" returns to the airwaves this week with two back-to-back live shows.
This Saturday, April 5 features Oscar winner and perennial favorite SNL host Christopher Walken, in his seventh hosting stint (his first appearance in five years). Walken is a potent presence on "SNL," generating some of the show's most memorable moments from his cries of "More Cowbell" to Will Ferrell to his recurring character "The Continental." A veteran of over 50 films, Walken won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in "The Deer Hunter" and was nominated again in 2002 for his work in "Catch Me If You Can." After his unforgettable debut as "Duane Hall" in Woody Allen's classic "Annie Hall," Walken appeared in such memorable films as "Pennies From Heaven," "The Dead Zone," "At Close Range," "Biloxi Blues" "King of New York," "Pulp Fiction," "Batman Returns," "True Romance," "Man On Fire," "Wedding Crashers" "Click" and most recently in the musical "Hairspray," to name just a few.
Joining Walken, and making their SNL debut is modern rock sensation Panic At The Disco. The Las Vegas based band will perform from the critically praised sophomore release "Pretty. Odd." Which is the follow-up to their certified platinum debut "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" which brought the band from a massive following on the internet to the mainstream, selling 2.2 million copies, packing clubs all over the world and winning an MTV VMA for Video of the Year in the process.
On April 12, Ashton Kutcher returns to "SNL" for his third hosting appearance. Kutcher has made his mark on the big and small screens both in front and behind of the camera. Kutcher will soon be seen starring opposite Cameron Diaz in the romantic comedy "What Happens in Vegas." Kutcher became known to millions as "Michael Kelso" on the long-running comedy hit "That 70's Show." Kutcher remains firmly in the television industry, producing such buzzed about shows as "Punk'd" and "Beauty and the Geek" and the new mid-season comedy series "Miss Guided." Other film credits include the comedies "Dude Where's My Car," "Guess Who" and "Cheaper By The Dozen," the romantic comedies "A Lot Like Love" and "Just Married" to thrillers "The Butterfly Effect" and "The Guardian."
Appearing alongside Kutcher is critically acclaimed musical guest Gnarls Barkley, making their "SNL" debut. Gnarls will perform from their just-released CD, "The Odd Couple." Gnarls Barkley is the pairing of Danger Mouse, one of the most creative producers working today and versatile singer Cee-Lo Green. The pair burst onto the music scene in 2006 with their ubiquitous single "Crazy" which topped the charts in the UK before blowing up in the US, leading to the release of their Grammy-winning debut album "St. Elsewhere."
“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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That is all.
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A reason to watch SNL! Or at least youtube it the next day.
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They HAVE to do it, right?
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At last an SNL to look forward to.
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And now Panic At The >> BLOOP BLOOP BLOOP >>
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Just LOVE his crazy ass.
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Seriously I thought the Cowbell sketch with is now 8 years old was funny enough but jesus, it's on T-shirts now? It is not even close teh funniest thing that was on the show during that season alone. Now idiots do terrible Walken impressions all the time "more cowbell", sweet jesus! It's not that funny, shut the fuck up already.
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Disco still sucks.I hope "Panic at..." has enough of a sense of humor to add more cowbell to their arrangements in Walken's honor.The BOC sketch is clasic and the Continental is a great recurrer, but Colonel Angus was probably one of the top five funniest things the show ever did - certainly one of the best sketches Tina Fey ever wrote. I can't see them ever doing a sequel, though. If he got busted down to Corporal, that would just be too German. Sorry, I'll scat now.
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Truer Words Were Never Spoken. All hail the Walken.
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I'm tired of all the Walken references everywhere. It used to be funny to talk about how kooky/creepy/scary he is but now it's just old. I myself took too long to stop turning to my wife during his movies and saying "I didn't know this was a horror movie" or "this is the scariest movie I have ever seen" when he makes his first appearance in a film. I wouldn't say that now, just as I wouldn't say anything regarding Chuck Norris. It's old. Move on. Cowbell is dead. The man is hilarious (Ed Glosser has been a quote-fest for me since I was in high school) but the Walken t-shirts need to stop.
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We all know that if we are to have shirts based on Walken sketches, the first one off the press should be "Census". That is one of the funniest things ever broadcast by NBC. To the (surprisingly) many haters of Tina Fey on AICN, she wrote that fucker so put that in your pipe and enjoy the rich, smooth flavor.
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You know you waaaaaaaant it.
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The Continental sketch going to run...
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MORE COW BELL!
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It really is (was) a funny show. Too bad it was burned off and will most likely be buried by ABC.
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...he doesn't always smell like a bed of roses...but EVERYONE loves Colonel Ingus.
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That was so funny 10 years ago. Now? Not so much. Not that I have any room to talk considering I still think GED DOO DAH CHAHPPAH DO EED NOW is still hilarious and bares endless repeating. But even then, I mostly think its funny now because its irritating and stupid.
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Nic Cage proved that in The Wicker Man.
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that currently there isn't enough talent at SNL to write anything funny for him. It will be Mr. Walken standing there while Amy Poehler squeals and yells.
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Is hosting an irrelevant, past-its-prime sketch comedy show that no one watches any more.
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was "Bad Raft Captain". Of course I was drunk...
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My feet are cold. The fish is in my pocket. My hair smells of porch fiber. I ate a retarded baby. I can't sleep anymore. Who took my book?
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I didn't even know about the DEAD ZONE movie before I saw the skit so I didn't know it was a takeoff of it but it was still great. The closeups of Walken whenever he would make a mundane were hilarious.
"YOU DON'T GET IT DO YOU?! YOU'RE WASTING COFFEE!!" -
...and googly-eyed plants aren't that funny. But there's something about Walken's delivery that turns average sketches like these into classics.
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Someone please upload this skit somewhere!
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It's "I got a fever and the "only" prescription is more cowbell! How can you omit such a word in such a distinctive catchphrase? who ever wrote that shit should be shot.
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youtube "CONNIE STINSON TALKS" - this skit got banned because christopher walken was too funny.
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Colonel Angus was 5 years ago? Wow. "Im headed...down South"
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"Eternity - The Hauntingly Beautiful Gameshow - By Calvin Klein" from his first appearance. Actually that whole season was great - Walken's appearance was either the week before or after the immortal Robert Wagner episode with "Attack of the Masturbating Zombies" - now that season needs to be on DVD!
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I pray for The Continental's triumphant return!
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I will be recording this. Been a long time since I have said that about SNL.
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They'll probably use Phil Hartman's intro again, and that'll just make me angry, then depressed, like it did the last time.
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i love walken....i hate snl
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lcd soundsystem opening up for arcade fire at red rocks this past september. right before the break in "daft punk is playing at my house," some hipster knowingly yells, "MORE COWBELL!" james murphy happily obliges, though i'm sure he couldn't even hear it. prescription filled. as for panic at the disco paying homage to the skit, didn't queens of the stone age already do that years ago? i think will ferrell even came out on stage, in character. so any tribute to the skit would be lame in comparison.
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That is all.
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Oh yeah, new Dr. Who's on!
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if you haven't seen this movie, see it...it's a good one with walken
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more talked about than virtually every other sketch in the last 2 years or so. Other than Dick in a box, I can't think of a sketch that has gotten more discussion than the cowbells sketch the last two years.
Remember the days when everyone were say "Schwing" or doing their own Buckwheat, George HW Bush (Not gunna do it", or Operaman immitatation or even Rich the Copy Guy or Spades "B-Bye" or "And you are?!?" bits. When was the last time there was a recuring character that people cared about?
Yet, every week this unfunny, irrelevant show gets a TB when it is live. And many good shows that people actually watch never get TBs. Go figure. -
Apr 05, 2008 5:32:47 PM CDT
"I can't think of a sketch that has gotten more discussion"
by shermdawg
Dear Sister.
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Seems like it, based on Herc's list. I'm supposed to be excited?
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the more cowbell sketch.
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I guess I have to be out of touch since I don't remember anyone actually ever discussing that sketch. People still talk about "more cowbells" today.
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Of course, both are inferior to the one with Rainn Wilson in the business meeting.
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why is everyone ripping on the cowbell sketch? sure, its not funny anymore, and you can buy stupid shirts of it at hot topic, but thats not SNL'S/Walken's/current cast's fault that they made a funny sketch at the time.
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...when they put it on t-shirts and hoodies. great sketch and all, but hoodies? really?
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I forget the name of the guest host and the kids show, something like Happy Time Station. Kids with letter sweaters for their names and the characteristic they represented, U for Umberto and there was a C and K. They introduced their new friend, Fred Freindship, and since he was most important they wanted him at the head of the train. the host wrestled him to the ground to prevent them from spelling out the F-word.
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Janet Jackson in Cork soakers. Not that brilliant except for how obviously embarrassed she was and how carefully she was saying her lines.
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There is no third place - two way tie for second.
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The two way tie for second best SNL sketch ever: Christopher Walken in Colonel Angus and Alec Baldwin in Schweddy Balls.
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Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase in the word association job interview. "Dead honky!"
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That one where he was those fat guys from Chicago eating sausage and discussing the South African diamond trade and whenever they mentioned the deBeers jewelry store chain the waitress thought they were saying "Da Beers" and brought them more beers. Then in the end that giant guy Big Bratsky came in and delivered the punch line. And he had schweatty balls. I was sorry I missed that episode.
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so far so good
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A BIRD MUST OF HIT THE GLASS DOOR.
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...are they repeating the spoof ad from Fey's host gig.
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that was from the tina fey episode.
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he's doing nothing but reading the cue cards...
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Wow...if his eyes get worse, this may be his last SNL, since he can't take his eyes off the cue cards...and Dominoes has better delivery than he does.
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damn, he's worse than the regular cast members, and i didnt think that was possible. just staring straight at the cards the entire time, not even TRYING to pretend.and he couldnt remember ONE piece of that ending choreography. its like watching a senile old grandfather try to put on a show. Walken, stop doing SNL.
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its nothing new folks. they reuse commercials in different episodes all the time
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its just not funny to sit and watch someone read for an hour and a half.
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Walken has always had an issue with staring at the cards. So, its not bothering me.
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Apr 05, 2008 10:54:27 PM CDT
SNl should just hire a few of the TBers on here to write.
by quigonnjin&tonic
This show needs more hot chicks or something.
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that tongue thing was funny
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please be laser cats 3
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and why don't they do all the shorts
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keep re-making same old dreck
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done by the regular writers? No idea why they are so much better than the rest of the show though.
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Apr 05, 2008 11:02:21 PM CDT
I rarely watch SNL anymore, but was that supposed to be funny?
by quigonnjin&tonic
Laser Cats. Sad to see Walken in this shit. It's like a car accident and I can't look away.
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they arent live. can do retake after retake and not ruin it with laughter or forgotten lines or staring at cue cards
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Apr 05, 2008 11:06:38 PM CDT
that monologue was the best thing to happen to this show all sea
by jackie boy
but other than that...eh.
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Cause it sure as hell wasn't on standard sets.
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that was like a mad tv sketch.
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Apr 05, 2008 11:09:26 PM CDT
Who would do the chick who played Walken's granddaughter in that
by quigonnjin&tonic
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what do you mean?
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W/O squinting at the cue cards.
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Charlton Heston passed away
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Great actor, Rest in Peace.
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i don't even want to finish snl
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WTF buy an HDTV get with the times, mr analog TV hehe. I'm just joking, but I did see her go through the window with my Sharp Aquos HDTV. It's set to dot by dot, which means it shows the absolute limits of the screen size.
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I thought I was the only one who noticed his cue card eyes. That was a dumb assumption on my part. Put another nail in the SNL coffin.
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And SNL is back to major suckage after a couple decent outings.
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It was the glass or vase or whatever she smacked up against her head I missed.
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but at least they don't hold the camera on him mugging at least 5 seconds after every punchline like they do for poehler.
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Because he wants payback for letting Lorne keep this crap on the air.
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have them walk out, kill the current cast, then run best of clips.
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if I didn't know how awesome the movie was I'd say fuck that shit
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"that guy keeps shaking the cue card"
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holy shit. worse than poehler.
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that upset me
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..then, of course, keenan comes in.
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Apr 05, 2008 11:35:56 PM CDT
Haven't watched in forever...cause..hahha...this show sucks
by quigonnjin&tonic
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Walken's hosting, of course we're gonna watch. But, then again, many said the same about fey, page, etc.
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Why switch off of Hader? Sudeikis is only funny as the Rocket.
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LMFAO!!! RIP Charlton Heston
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One of the few things Walken's good at. Its not like the Hartman estate will put a stop to the opening narration.
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"Thats all I need right now, is sexual harrasment charges , to go with my...sexual harassment charges.."
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Apr 05, 2008 11:43:00 PM CDT
The writers were trippin' balls when they wrote that plant shit
by jackie boy
"DUDE! The shrooms keep eyeballin' me man! hey, man, that'd be an awesome sketch, man!"
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was there a moron on there like that, or was it a "wouldn't it be funny if walken was on there and, like, didn't get it?" premise?
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I think my wife and I rip on Top Chef better than that!! I mean you have Fred Armistan right there...looking funny...playing a part that is easily mocked and he says, "I hope you're impressing me." twice.
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Apr 05, 2008 11:49:33 PM CDT
it'd be funnier if they let Walken sing with the band
by quigonnjin&tonic
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I just saw a commercial for Israel. Like, the country Israel.
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It was a "wouldn't it be funny if walken was on there and, like, didn't get it?" premise"
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i laughed out loud
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They're singing a song from four years ago? And are they trying as hard as they can to suck epically? This is a legitimate question.
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Apr 05, 2008 11:53:13 PM CDT
If they did a Hell's Kitchen sketch there'd be potential
by quigonnjin&tonic
Gordon Ramsay is funny as all hell...alas that's FOX
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The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.
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Norm MacDonald's Larry King was and will always be the best.
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What was on Saturday nights before SNL came on in 1975? Movies? Best of Johnny Carson? Just a question.
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It's significantly better than it's been. But a sketch w/o the host? The fuck kinda shit is that?
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Armisen bored me.
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Apr 05, 2008 11:59:41 PM CDT
David Spade imho remains an overrated piece of shit
by quigonnjin&tonic
No Continental? WTF!
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Apr 06, 2008 12:00:29 AM CDT
best Norm line ever: Happy b-day Jesus I hope u like crap!
by quigonnjin&tonic
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that was kind of awkward. And seriously, what was the deal with the Walkenless sketch? Did he say "fuck it" at the last minute and the went with that as backup, or what?
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If anyone's got anything better to watch now, drop a suggestion.
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Fire the whole damn lot, the crew, the writers, etc.
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And apparently Harry's grandmother died. My condolences.
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if i remember correctly they used to frequently have sketches without the host. i think it was only in the past decade or so that they started sticking them in every single sketch. or maybe i'm just talking out of my ass.....
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I'm disappointed. The monologue was funny though.
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sucks to hear about Harry's grandmother. SNL just needs to end.
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Apr 06, 2008 12:28:57 AM CDT
glad to see i am not the only who thinks Joe Dirt is a piece of
by quigonnjin&tonic
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I've always wondered how anybody on the set could wake up every day to go work on a movie like that, especially the director. How could he live with himself?
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Apr 06, 2008 1:37:15 AM CDT
I liked Amy Poehler's little Walken girl. Ghosts are spooky!
by flim springfield
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Walken just stared at the cards the entire time. It was excruciating.
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and thought Walken was hilarious. He addressed the cue card question IN the monolog: "It's just reading off of a card, how hard can that be?" And then he punchlined it by predicting the rest of the show would be worse.What's so amazing about a show where the host isn't in every single sketch? I thought that was how they always did it and if they changed it, I never noticed. The host isn't always in the commercial parodies, cartoon, digital short, muppets segment, on Update or singing with the musical guest, either.I noticed the usual politico contingent isn't here bawling about how SNL and or Tina Few isn't funny because they have a different political viewpoint, now that the show's opening with a sketch that flat out states that Hillary is going to lose.I don't always get the Kristen Wiig love around here. Casey Wilson (the new girl, Walken's granddaughter in the surprise party sketch) is more my type. But Wiig was antic in that surpprise party sketch as Excitable Woman. Can you imagine having carnal relations with someone like that?Glad they didn't do any sequel sketches - cowbell, colonel, cham-pan-ya. No need for an old man to compete with his younger self.Walken did his Walken voice in every sketch because that's what you get when you hire him. But he created some bizarre characters. A guy who raises a bunch of potted housepalnts even though he's afraid of them? A gay co-worker/stalker? "I'm going to go choke him." I don't know what you kids want, but this was some insane shit. Oh, right, you wanted him to be in every sketch, sing, dance and relive his greatest hits.And I LOVED his introduction to the band with the stupid name: he just reeled the words off like a sentence fragment, as if he'd never heard of them before that moment and they meant nothing to him - which is exactly how I felt about them, too. Except for the never hearing of them part - I think they were on the cover of Spin once. Best band intro since Christopher Lee's "Ladies and gentlemmmen, Meet... Loaf!"RIP Charleton Heston. Cause of death as yet unspecified, damned dirty apes sought for questioning.
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so close to spelling my name right. I'm honored.I just skimmed the TB to see what insightful comments you made about the show and actually you were right on every point. Walken is a funny dancer, he does have an odd, halting speech pattern, people do keep coming here to criticize the show and you don;t like David spade. Brilliant - right on all counts. People underestimate the value of your contributions here because of your confrontational non-sequitors. You're very a stute.Although the word "stute" might not mean what I think it does.Oh, and I don't like beating. The BDSM group I moderate, Bound_To_Please, doesn't allow any violent images, only restraint and mild discipline. And I usually photoshop any bruises out of pictures.
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Me and the wife laughed. Not as funny as some previous appearances, but funny none the less. Didn't laugh during Laser Cats though...not one bit. Or the Larry King one...not one bit.
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Thanks Walken!
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and Dennis Miller before he got scared by 9/11 and became a right wing nut job coward.
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I have and will continue to maintain that when cutting edge comedians get old, they get too mainstream and and unfunny. That goes to producers of what used to be cutting edge television shows. Look at cutting edge comedians from SNL's heyday - Eddie Murphy (Norbit anyone?), Dan Akroyd (anything from the last decade), Chevy Chase, etc.
What SNL needs is fresh blood at the top. Michaels still has ultimate say over what goes on the air and who is hired to write. Based on what has gone on the air for the last decade or so, he has lost the pulse of what is cutting edge.
He produces the show like Dick Ebersol did back in the day. Relatively safe, generic comedy, with some cutting edge peppered in. But at least Ebersol had Eddie Murphy to make SNL relevant. Michaels does have some good talent to work with, but no one with Murphy's talent to carry the show above the dreck given to them. -
I'd take them over the past few years no matter how bad those years were (except for Murphy's stuff and the Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Harry Shearer season). At least they had some gems (beyond Eddie Murphy and the dream team season) to work with. Both Tim Kazurinsky and Mary Gross were two of the most underrated SNL cast members ever. They came up with a few solid recurring characters.
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I've watched SNL for 30 years and one of my favorite hosts was Chuck Heston. Especially his first time. Paul Westerberg was the musical guest and not a better choice of political and social opposites could have been made.
The highlight of the whole show was at the end when Heston does the group signoff.
Westerberg was standing next to Heston as he enthusiastically took his last bow. Heston turns to Westerberg to shake his hand and Westerberg hawks this huge cough into his hand and immediately reaches out and shakes Heston's extended hand.
And to Heston's credit, he actually one ups Westerberg by continuing to smile and engage a smug looking Westerberg while at the same time wiping his hand up and down his pants. You couldn't have scripted that 4 second exchange.
Plus, one of my favorite skits ever was Heston playing a senior age grocer who made dementia filled threats to customers who were asking questions about the price of cantoloupes. "I'll sneak into your house and take the ones you love the most and take them to my garden shed where their screams will echo of the tin walls of that shed for years to come!" Classic.
Tonights Walken episode. They played off the Walken hype. Walken's last appearance was weak also. SNL had started to improve with the addition of Hader, Samberg , Sudeikis and Wigg. But it has just gotten brainless again.
And I HATED Tina Fey when she was head writer. The show was at 1981 suckage when she was head writer but she is unbelievable on 30 Rock. I can't believe it's the same person.
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Reminded me of the old days. Other than that the ep was fairly average.
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I liked it... Made me laugh a couple of time..
What's the big deal with reading from cue cards? They come up with these sketch a day ahead and don't have time to memorize the lines.
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Apr 06, 2008 12:42:24 PM CDT
Walken makes standing and reasing cue cards hilarious.
by flim springfield
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The show's been awful since she left. And yeah, now that you mention it, I am noticing a lack of complaints directed toward the opening bit. I'm a Republican myself, but that's very double-standard-ish.
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One skit, I'll accept the emotionless reading...but NOT every damn scene with Walken. Fortunately, for "Googly Eyes," he was looking AT the camera, and they could place the cues right next to it.
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Apr 06, 2008 1:42:06 PM CDT
Moving the Chuck Heston episode to DVD this afternoon..
by alfred_packer
That is a classicly funny SNL, and your right, the grocery sketch is awesome. I will have to look for that handshake to see if its on my tape.
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If I'm not mistaken, Christopher Walken is an actor. Actors, especially of his caliber, read a number of long, drawn-out movie scripts a year that they're required to memorize, so why can't Walken memorize a handful of scripts 3-5 minute SNL bits?Explain this to me talkbackers because his card reading killed the show for me last night.
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I thought some of it was really funny.
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No one memorizes the scripts for these sketches because it is far too difficult to do so, some people are just much better at reading the cards than others. The writers and producers actually tell the hosts not even to try do memorize the scripts they are given during the week. They say this because for every sketch that makes it to air there are probably 20 more that are written and rehearsed during the week that are cut. And there are constant re-writes all week long, often there are last minute changes that are made right after the dress rehearsals which take place right before the live broadcast.
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Apr 06, 2008 5:36:48 PM CDT
Yeah, I hate it when the cue card reading takes me out of the sh
by jonquixote
I just had a hard time believing that guy was really scared of plants. I was just too aware that it was Christopher Walken playing a guy scared of plants. It kept me from getting swept up by the story.
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Walken has been in a lot of good/great movies including: Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Dead Zone, King of New York, True Romance (best scene in the movie), and Pulp Fiction.
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2 yr old got the keyboard.
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Yeah, sure, "More Cowbell" is an iconic line, but GAWD, did Walken SUCK last night! Read cue cards much, Christopher? (and apparently he couldn't even read them that well, either!) If I were him, I'd be very embarrassed about that, and probably never, ever host SNL again...
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He did kinda look like that!
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It makes me wish Cheri Oteri was back. I have yet to laugh at a single thing she's done/said except in that commercial ad for the once a year period, where she devours the cake. "Heh."
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Not the best Walken episode, but I thought everything except for perhaps the Grease and Top Chef skits were pretty good, though I'm not a fan of Laser Cats, I know some people love it. And I can't decide if I like Panic at the Disco or if I just find them curiously weird. Their songs, minus a couple lyrics, give me the impresson they could become a great children's songs band, but they are not really a rock band at all.
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Man Walken is good at reading those cue-cards!
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Not the best, but not bad. Classic goofy Walken. The Walken family sketch was a bit much. It made a vertical leap over a nautical animal if you will.
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The quote was that he had a fever and the only PRESCRIPTION was more cowbell. If you are going to combine stuff at least keep PRESCRIPTION instead of CURE. Jeezus.
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"When you're getting lots of tit,Greased Lightning"You know, it really is a crude song.
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