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“30 Rock” star Alec Baldwin will make his 14th appearance as guest host of “Saturday Night Live” next weekend.
Tonight we get Bradley Cooper and TV On The Radio, a quite enjoyable band that sounds like this:
Here’s the NBC press release, which does not mention “Alias”!
SNL ANNOUNCES FEBRUARY LINEUP; FEATURES VALENTINE'S DAY SPECTACULAR
Bradley Cooper hosts with musical guest TV On The Radio February 7; Alec Baldwin returns as host with musical guest Jonas Brothers February 14
New York, NY – February 3, 2009 – "Saturday Night Live" will present back-to-back shows to open the month of February, featuring "He's Just Not That Into You" co-star Bradley Cooper as host February 7, along with musical guest New York-based soul rock band, TV On The Radio.
Emmy-Award winner and 14th-time SNL host, Alec Baldwin, will do the honors Valentine's Day. Jonas Brothers, the 2008 American Music Award winner for "breakthrough artist", will be the evening's musical guest.
Bradley Cooper can be seen starring opposite Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly, and Jennifer Aniston in the romantic comedy "He's Just Not That Into You". He can also be seen opposite Jim Carrey in the comedy "Yes Man." Cooper has a wide array of film credits to his name, including the romantic comedy "Failure to Launch" opposite Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, "Wedding Crashers" opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, and cult favorite "Wet Hot American Summer" opposite Janeane Garofalo, Molly Shannon and Paul Rudd. His stage credits include the Broadway production of "Three Days Of Rain" opposite Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd, and the critically acclaimed Theresa Rebeck play "The Understudy," which premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival to rave reviews and sold out performances. With back-to-back features on the horizon Bradley Cooper just finished production on the comedy "The Hangover," which is slotted for a Summer 2009 release. He can next be seen in "All about Steve" starring opposite Sandra Bullock and in the thriller "Case 39" opposite Renee Zellweger.
Joining Cooper is the Indie rock quintet TV On The Radio. Their latest album, "Dear Science", has received critical acclaim and was named the best album of 2008 according to Rolling Stone, Spin Magazine, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, MTV, and Pitchfork Readers Poll. According to Rolling Stone, "the year's finest rock album was also the one that sounded the most like America in 2008... they greeted the historical moment with awe- and responded with art-rock party music." With the success of the album, GQ Magazine named TV On The Radio as the Breakout Band of the Year. Originally from Brooklyn, Blender Magazine says that they are "the coolest band in NYC." The band's 2006's "Return to Cookie Mountain" was also named Spin Magazine's Album of the Year. TV On The Radio has a unique sound, which is described by Entertainment Weekly as "swirling eddy of broken-down doo-wop, shivery post-punk, funk, and rock which feels like a bridge from the past to a sonic future."
Alec Baldwin has won an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three SAG Awards and a Television Critics Association Award for his hilarious turn on NBC's hit show "30 Rock". He has been heralded by Entertainment Weekly as a "comic genius" and is one of Hollywood's most charismatic and prolific actors – both on stage and in film. He will next star in "Lymelife," opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh, Timothy Hutton, Cynthia Nixon and Rory Culkin and in "My Sisters Keeper," opposite Cameron Diaz, Joan Cusack and Abigail Breslin. Baldwin garnered a 2004 Academy Award nomination for his role in "The Cooler" opposite William H. Macy and won rave reviews for his performances in several other films including Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" and "The Aviator". Other film credits include "The Good Shepherd", "The Hunt for Red October," "Miami Blues," "Prelude To A Kiss," "Malice," "The Shadow," "Glengarry Glen Ross," "Heaven's Prisoners," "Ghosts of Mississippi," "The Edge," "Pearl Harbor" and "The Cat in the Hat." Among his many stage credits, Baldwin won acclaim and a Tony nomination for his work opposite Jessica Lange in "A Streetcar Named Desire," which also garnered him an Emmy nomination for the television adaptation. Baldwin has made his mark in the entertainment business not only as an actor but also as a producer. Baldwin's production company, El Dorado Pictures, co-produced the Emmy-nominated miniseries "Nuremberg" and the feature film "State and Main."
Joining Baldwin and making their "SNL" debut is the pop culture phenomenon, Jonas Brothers. The multi-platinum selling musicians and songwriters were recently nominated for their first Grammy for Best New Artist, and have already won an American Music Award and six Teen Choice Awards. In 2008, Jonas Brothers sold over one million concert tickets between their "Look You in the Eyes" and "Burning Up" tours, the latter of which was documented for the band's first big screen movie, "Jonas Brothers; the 3D Movie Experience" set to premier in theaters February 27. The film captures the excitement of their live show, with a private look behind the scenes, as well as a glimpse of the manic hysteria and devotion of their fans. Also In 2008, Jonas Brothers made history by being the only band to ever hold three titles in the top ten album chart in Billboard, released a # 1 selling book, had the biggest selling Rolling Stone cover of the year, had the largest ratings for a non-sequel TV movie premier on Disney Channel with "Camp Rock," and began production on their own Disney Channel television show, "JONAS." 2009 is off to a fast paced start as well. Jonas Brothers are performing on this year's Grammy Telecast, and will be featured on Barbara Walter's Oscar Special.
11:30 p.m. Saturday. NBC.
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Bradley Cooper is an enjoyable actor.
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http://tinyurl.com/cwaz2a
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in case you were wondering.
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I have no idea what this article is about.
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Hey man!
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I'd watch it...
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and i make it a personal policy to never use words like "terribad"
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YES.
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Feb. 7, 2009, 1:58 a.m. CST
Excited about the hosts, and 1/2 of the musical guests...
by iamnicksaicnsn
But I haven't seen the Steve Martin ep yet. Was it as bad as I've heard it is? Bradley Cooper is awesome though, his cooking sit-com was freaking amazing and while I can't remember it or be bothered to look up the IMDB page because I'm drunk and trying to party, it really was badass, and should have been continued, and I'm pretty sure it was again, Fox's fault. Fucking Fox.
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The start of the article lists the dates and musical guests from the previous times Alex Baldwin has hosted. That is really not made clear and has no direct connection to the headline. It is a very confusing posting.
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the show has now become a parody of itself<p> care to show me anyone above the age of 17 who knows their music? <p> time for this show to go
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and on that night, i shall blow up my tv
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.... 'cause Alec Baldwin is hosting. Christopher Walken or Alec Baldwin hosting always equals comedy gold.
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... that even with Baldwin hosting, they'll mess it up. I don't want to think it but right now they are just on a bad roll. A crap roll. When Neil Patrick Harris hosted I could see he was primed to do anything and be funny as hell. They totally left him hanging with crap writing. And Steve Martin might not be the movie genius he used to be but he's someone else who is usually guaranteed funny on SNL. Again, they gave him crap to work with. If I see the skit again with those older, nerdy office workers who end up in a bar getting high I'll punch somebody. And to trap Steve Martin in that piece of dreck was embarrassing. Worse was the fact that by current standards that was a good skit for the show.<br><br> I have no faith they'll do right by Baldwin or that he'll be able to elevate the substandard skits they're putting out.
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and it was all a bunch of bullshit.
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'cause we need someone to replace Kevin Bacon.
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Scatalogical humor is the best!
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Feb. 7, 2009, 8:05 a.m. CST
Writers with faggoty nicknames shouldn't be taken seriously
by elpresidente
What a terribly constructed post. Get a real job. And I would take this site more seriously if the "writers" used actual names. That's always bothered me.
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Sorry to tell you.
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They usually can manage to make me laugh once or twice per show, unfortunately, I'm usually so disgusted with it by the second commercial break that I turn it off. I really don't know who to blame more for the lack of humor...the writers or the performers. They both are pretty weak overall.
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To me he will always be his character from Wedding Crashers. What an asswipe!
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Feb. 7, 2009, 10:04 a.m. CST
I can't believe that AICN devotes a column/talkback to this show
by Jor-El23
And yet can't be bothered to cover a far superior comedy, like 30 Rock. Or typical nerd fare like Fringe and Life on Mars
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Lorne will let ANYONE host or perform nowadays.
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Judging by the list of musical guests who have been on with Alec Baldwin over the years, i'd say the musical acts booked have gotten progressively worse over the last decade. Or am I just showing my age?
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After the Steve Martin debacle from last week the only thing that could possibly save this show outside of Fey returning and playing Palin each week is Baldwin. Even so, put me down in the camp that says they will not take advantage of Baldwin properly and will do another miserable show. I think the Upright Citizen Brigade pipeline is hurting this show writing and performing wise. Sketch concept is non-existant. They're down to the basest form of trying to make us laugh now with funny voices, yelling loud, etc. Give me one sketch as brilliant as Cowbell or the Synchronized Swimming sketch from the 80's. Putting lasers on cats isn't funny unless you're both retarded and high and are so manic you force yourself to laugh when pretty box that lights up tells you to. SNL is a mess right now. Forte destroys the show with his brand of "comedy" and they seem to force feed him into everything these days. At least Wiig can somehow make the fact that she plays the same character in every sketch somewhat amusing. Forte is like trying to masturbate to an eighty something nun. The new people have no identities and do not appear to be break out stars.
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Anybody that puts the giant flying Zardoz head in a music video is cool in my book.
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Looking forward to it.
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Saw it at a screening. Bradley killed in it. Him, Zack and Ed Helms are going to blow the fuck up this year.
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Didn't understand this comment. Are you saying the UCB writers are hurting the show or the lack of writers...what?
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he played Will on Alias!
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From "Recent Obits" in the March issue of Esquire magazine<p>Music, 63,000, dies.<p>Music, a series of ascending and descending tones, Died March, 2009. the cause was "Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience". After the death, a Chevrolet truck was driven to a levee, but the levee tuned out to be dry and several Southern men were seen consuming alcoholic beverages and discussing their mortality.
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Jesus, SNL obviously can't engage any A-listers (gauging the decline of the show's writing/performances). Baldwin (Father of the Year) will plug 30 ROCK and the public will, once again, ignore this vanity show.
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Everyone else sucks. Hard. And Samberg might be the worst.
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was humiliating; Steve Martin apppeared whipped and embarrassed during the final credit crawl.
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From what I know they are tapping into the UCB for their performers and writers. Obviously, they got Forte from the Groundlings (which is a highly overrated comedy improv troupe), but UCB does an improv show here in the city called Asscat every Sunday night and it's pretty much a breeding ground for who is going to get jobs on SNL and in the "comedy" industry. The problem with that is UCB is not a great place for writing. They have some talented improv performers who know how to think on their feet and make people laugh, but SNL doesn't allow the performers to think on their feet anymore. It's all scripted and the people scripting it are not good. Add to that the performers, who are supposed to help generate their own ideas, aren't talented writers. They are improv performers so when it comes to their ideas none of them have legs to make a sketch truly great. There's a huge difference between doing a live improv show and sitting down and putting pen to paper. A lot of the ideas they are going with are even too thin for sketch purposes. That's why Fey's work stood out. She could write and was damn good and writing. Unless you discover the next Ferrel or Farley (something they don't have on the show right now) you're going to need good writing to get something out of this cast.
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1. They are incredible. 2. Those videos are from 5 years ago. They do not sound like that any more. This is what they sound like now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0gghjczAt0
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Just for TV on the Radio. One of the best fucking bands out there. Other than that, why do we still get these weekly SNL articles when it's clear none of us give a shit? Same goes with Heroes...
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At least they play their own instruments. If you know what I mean.
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As someone who has taken classes at both UCB and Groundlings, UCB is way more geared towards actual writing than Groundlings. They really stress the game, or concept of the sketch, as oppose to, say, a 'funny voice' or character. If anything, their approach to comedy is too structured, building scenes beat by beat... And has anyone else from Asscat except Poehler joined SNL?
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I'm assuming that's what "play their own instruments" means.
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Joined-at-the-Ass Brothers. The Joanne's Ass Brothers. Jonah's Brothers. Joe Nazz Brothers. Joan Hasbro's Hair.
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The new guy and girls, I believe, are all UCB alums. From what I understand when they were casting the new people that held a lot of weight with Lorne. I've heard there were people who had great auditions that didn't get picked due to their lack of pedigree. As for the UCB stressing writing I haven't seen it translate to the screen yet. I think Poehler had a big effect on Lorne cherrypicking the UCB talent pool.
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Probably one of the best bends making music right now. They are incredible.
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there will be an appearance by Tina. There will references to 30 Rock. Also, I would make sure that there is enough cameras on the set. Alec has packed on a few pounds.
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"Jonas Brothers made history by being the only band to ever hold three titles in the top ten album chart in Billboard..." What does that MEAN?
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"...the largest ratings for a non-sequel TV movie premier on Disney Channel..." Really? That's awesome.
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Wow! The guy from two seasons of Alias, a failed sitcom, and multiple non-lead roles in romantic comedies? What a fucking joke this show has become.
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We have no stake in the ratings, we're just looking for a good show. A lot of people said, "Who is Jon Hamm??" and that show was great
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it just means that music today is bad, and parents now let their kids watch any kind of shit on tv
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I would give up a month's pay to bone her.
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We can't either, Bradley. We can't either.
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While I wholeheartedly concur, bear in mind Jon Hamm is the star of a hit Emmy nomonated show. This guy's montage is basically him explaining who he is. Which is nobody.
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Might save this show.<p> <p> I heart Kristen Wiig, but I NEVER want to see her do Kathie Lee again.
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Kristen Wiig's Kathy Lee Gifford is one of the best all-time impersonations in the history of Western culture.
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I agree with you... but it makes me want to stab her in the face, and I think that would be a bad thing in the long run.
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How was it? I heard mixed reviews.
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...is such an oddball of a person, and Wiig captures her manic bizarness so perfectly.<BR> <BR> And I'm pretty sure that light was supposed to land on Wiig's head. That was funny watching Michaela Watkins try to cover.
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Seriously. I read this guy's resume in the press release. When did SNL start letting guys who do dinner theater and small roles in films host the show? Is he Lorne's nephew or something?
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Feb. 7, 2009, 10:54 p.m. CST
Figured they'd play "I'm On A Boat", album's out Tuesday.
by Flim Springfield
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What was the first?
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Feb. 7, 2009, 10:55 p.m. CST
Chris Parnell's "Chris-Craft" boat rap on Weekend Update several
by Thrillho77
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even this boat rap
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Hopefully we get a Vincent Price special.
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I'll be watching 30 Rock, even though I usually don't.
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Sure, they aren't much, but they usually hit about 3 out of 4 really great jokes.
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it won't be because of Bradley Cooper... the 4 guys and the song sketches are among my favorites.
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But a damn sight better than last week's train wreck.
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I can confirm that the hottub at the Bristol Holiday Inn is VERY pleasing to the penis.....
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and david cassidy and the leif garrets next?
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That was one of my favorite songs of the whole year in 2008.
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...why is that I'm just now noticing that the lead singer (or for the first song, lead clapper) of "TV on the Radio" was the fiance in "Rachel Getting Married"?
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More like TV on Mute. Jesus.
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A ________ cacophony.
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the snl audience needs to hear more songs about earth-shattering sex. what will be the 2nd song? "dancing choose"? i'm hoping for "halfway home".
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I'm not going to watch you on Office 2.
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Bush jokes are always welcome, but let's turn the cross-hairs on the guy in office too, you know?
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Now THAT'S comedy!
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I'll be chuckling about it tomorrow with my lab-mates.
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get a new black guy.
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That was a good line. But using 44 to make fun of 43 is old now, imagine how old it will be in 2 months, much less 4 years.<p> <p> This is why SNL won't be relevant, in a nutshell.
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I was hoping to be Kenan free this week after him being in 2 hours of a 90 minute show last week.
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You know... I like this segment on Weekend Update, but he really needs another person to bounce with. I don't care if it's another cast member, or just bringing someone in (like Brian Williams?). But I think he needs a break in there to really hit it home.
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2 references to 2 of my favorite awful cartoons of my childhood!
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Doing Bjork and Kathie Lee, I now have the exact opposite of an erection.
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First Bush jokes during the Obama administration, not jokes about a singer who peaked in the early nineties. It's like they're traveling backwards through time. At this rate by the end of the episode Bill Hader will be remaking the Bass-o-matic sketch.
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i kind of think bjork's hot
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...btw, put a country song on there and you basically have the old sketch with the moonshiners from "hee haw."
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Infidelity and fat jokes never get old. I guess Bush=dumb jokes won't either! :)
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mocking the man's grace and modesty.
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Stay tuned for Kristen Wiig's next uncannily accurate impressions of Shelly Winters, Tila Tequila, and Bradley Cooper!
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When did that come about?
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...and straight?
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That may have been one of the first sketches with him that I didn't like.
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was real, I'm pretty sure. Scary.
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So, the joke was that our President is Modest and graceful? Not that the previous one was a buffoon?<p> <p> Hard to believe that this show hasn't been funny since the election.
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in recent memory. Not a horrible sketch yet and several which made me laugh. Either I'm in a good mood or the show is having a good week. Loved the Digital Short and the hockey sketch.
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How about his incompetence in vetting cabinet nominees? Or a joke about Democrats support higher taxes because their big dogs do not pay any? <P> You know--tweak the ones in power like SNl is supposed to do rather than fawn over them?
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Feb. 7, 2009, 11:34 p.m. CST
Bradley Cooper is really bland. Like Breckin Meyer.
by Flim Springfield
Guys you forget the moment they're offscreen.
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Has potential...
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First Bush jokes, then Bjork jokes, now 1980s Karate Kid, Fatal Attraction and Die Hard jokes. This time warp is like "Lost" only without actual entertainment value.
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No, I'm pretty sure it was supposed to land on her. If I recall, they ended the skit a similar way the last time, with Hoda accidentally kicking Kathie Lee in the face, and Kathie Lee gets back up like nothing happened. If it hadn't fallen, the ending this time around would have been doubly lame.
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They'll probably use the dress rehearsal version for the west coast feed.
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Nice idea, but could have been much better. Did like Hader as Buffalo Bill.
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which seems to have Mario Lopez and a bunch of other actor/celebritard douchebags talking "guy talk" every other weekend on the show in some roundtable sorta format pretending to come clean on "what guys really think". Lamest.shit.ever.
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Feb. 7, 2009, 11:43 p.m. CST
Pat Sajack and interventions Yeah it's cutting edge tonight
by catlettuce4
At least they're lingering on the 80s instead of jumping back to "Leave it to Beaver" parodies or something.
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Feb. 7, 2009, 11:47 p.m. CST
squish squish - that was like a bad Naked Gun sketch gone too lo
by taking_up_space
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Feb. 7, 2009, 11:48 p.m. CST
Joan Rivers looks like her old "Spitting Image" puppet.
by Flim Springfield
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Feb. 7, 2009, 11:52 p.m. CST
"Dancing Choose" needs a "Leonard Bernstein!" in there.
by Flim Springfield
Damn! Somebody stop me!!
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I bet My Chemical Romance is on the 03-07-09 episode.
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Looks like Christian Slater doing Christian Bale
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The only Abby we get is a brieft clip of her doing Joan Cusack? Really?
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...don't they know it's a non-story?
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now THAT was funny
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unfortunate.
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Was that Drew Barrymore? Just randomly there?
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yeah, and it looked like she was waiting to be thanked too...she didn't do anything, right?
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Lorne has it on motivational posters of blind kittens hanging in the writers room.
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I would Wear.That.Bitch.OUT. Speaking of which, only 30 seconds of Abby Elliott? Come on!
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Feb. 8, 2009, 12:15 a.m. CST
Drew Barrymore was there working backstge as the fluffer
by taking_up_space
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Feb. 8, 2009, 12:18 a.m. CST
Holy crap, didn't realize Abby Elliot was Chris' daughter!
by taking_up_space
Good thing she didn't get daddy's looks! Although, I do LOVE Chris Elliot.
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that ended up being a pretty good episode overall. Seth had some good Weekend Update moments...Kristen Wiig did her freaks of the week...very few Keenan appearances...funny Digital Short...etc etc
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or how bout Noah Emmerich? Cause they're about a notch or two higher on the recognizable scale than Bradley Cooper.
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Feb. 8, 2009, 12:41 a.m. CST
You may be joking, but I'd love to see The Guzman host.
by Flim Springfield
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Cooper certainly held his own. (He did AT LEAST as well as Steve Martin last week...)
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Man, I feel old.
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He was Will in Alias...the asshole boyfriend in Wedding Crashers...he was the lead in Kitchen Confidential...
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..was one of the funniest things I've seen on SNL ever.
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FIRE THE WRITERS, ALREADY!!!! What the fuck is wrong with the people at NBC?! Is Michaels untouchable or something?! The show is beyond terrible! It's a sad state of affairs when you ride a lifeline of temporary bliss based on someone who left the show years ago. Pick up the signal, Michaels.
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I've never heard them before, but if tonight's SNL performances were representative of their music... HOLY SHIT did that suck!! What complete and total shit! It even made me hate Rachel Getting Married more, realizing this dork was the same guy singing shitty music in that, too!
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...is one of the best and most exciting bands in recent memory. I don't know what they played, but I imagine they played 'Golden Age', which I can't see anyone who appreciates music not liking. I don't know what you're into, but most of the time it's an aggravated little kid who can't get Relient K or Fall Out Boy out of his iPod that bashes a band like this. In that case, look up 'Wolf Like Me' when they performed on Letterman. That's probably a song that appeals to a listener with an untrained ear. If I sound a little harsh, that's cause I am. Apologies in advanced (p.s. I kind of loved Rachel Getting Married. A groom singing Neil Young as wedding vowels? I'm sold).
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especially when they are compared to the beatles!
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1.) Lorne has got to go. They guy is too busy planning his next summer in the Hamptons to ride herd on this anymore. <P> 2.) Seth Myers has to go. Dude is just not funny. <P> 3.) Instruct writers that good comedy usually exposes some truth or hypocrisy in society that is an open secret that desperately needs to be mocked. <P> 4). Strap writers/perfomers down feed them LSD and make them listen to comedy albums of Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Chris Rock and Bill Hicks. The show was always funny when the writers were high. <P> 5).Kenan has got to go. There must literally be thousands of talented Black, Hispanic or Asian actors/comedians out there that could do better than that hack. He is the black Victoria Jackson.
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I watch every week, and that was a decent episode IMO. Better than we've seen in a while. Parts felt a little underrehearsed, but Keenan was actually funny on Update, Seth does a good job with the news- though he needs a "Really" partner, Kristen Wiig is gold, and though some skits were slightly bland, at least none was a complete stinker.
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Overrated. Only acclaimed because they are black hippies. Their 'sound' that so many are bowled over by their originality is actually the 'sound' of Fishbone and Living Colour when their albums began to suck in the early Nineties. Afrocentric Rock with jazz like changes. Trust me. An utter snooze after four songs.
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wow, what a condescending ass. You say you didnt see them perform, yet you're sure I'M the one who is wrong and they were awesome? An "untrained ear"? No sir, I like music (and not the bands you listed as not meeting your approval) - but TV/Radio was NOT music. It was shit. Or, because I will only judge what I've seen and heard (unlike YOU), I will just say their SNL performances were shit.<br><br><BR>p.s. WTF is a wedding "vowel"?? LMAO!!!!!!!
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That is all.
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Was pretty great. Who cares if Cooper is pretty much an unknown. SNL took a chance on an actor who wouldnt bring in much of an audience but who is funny and would deliver a good show and it paid off. Besides, he is pretty much a God in my eyes for his work in Wet Hot, Raking Leaves, and Kitchen Confidential. By the way, I consider myself a good judge of music and even like the type of music that TV on the Radio represents, but they just sucked last night. I couldnt understand a word being said in the first song.
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It's going to be a boring 4-8 years for SNL since Black Jesus is off limits for any ridicule.
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cast as a weird hitman-type character on Damages? I had to do a double take when I saw him. Seeing his vanilla pudding face cast as a heavy is either genius or insane, I can't tell yet.
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were missing an accordian, cowbell and bagpipe. THEN their sound would have been complete.
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I've seen TVOTR four times. So Yeah, I have seen them. And yes, I am a pretentious prick, I fully admit that, but only when someone feels they have to go out of their way to flame musicians of obvious caliber only to feel that they didn't miss the pass on the new hipster trend. That's my theory, I'm sticking to it. And to :-O, who actually puts forth a compelling argument, I can see what you're saying. Dear Science, has a lot of fusion rock influence, especially in the funk metal of the aforementioned bands, but really only in Dancing Choose, Golden Age, and Shout Me Out. Return to Cookie Mountain was more about soul and jazz influences, with Bowie and Blonde Redhead making guest apperances. Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babies is what put them on the map. Art rock/avant-garde, whatever you want to call it, made them exciting. The best thing is that theyve been consistently progressing since then. If you didn't like the funk metal/fusion that you heard on SNL, then their previous two albums should have something for everyone, which is why I like them so much. Lastly, when Desperate Youth came out, I wasn't that impressed, then I saw them live during their 'Cookie Mountain' tour and they blew me away. Diehard fan ever since.
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Feb. 8, 2009, 3:37 p.m. CST
"Christopher Walken or Alec Baldwin hosting always equals comedy
by DarkCouncilus
Only if they can bring their performance and interest of the late 90's... because the latest of Walken's SNL performances was hour and half of going through the motions face front to the teleprompter... now I'm only looking forward that "rude little pig" of Baldwin, hopefully he'll be less self-aware this time.
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Now "Digital Shorts: the soundtrack Album".<p>At least is isn't The Laser Cats Movie...<p><p><p><p>Yet.
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Put out great albums, and Dear Science is by far their best. But they weren't so hot last night, I gotta admit.
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Yeah
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2000 POP SUCKS
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Sounded more like Cats strangled in a bathtub.!! It sounded as if someone fell asleep on the mixing board.
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..the mix was horrible, and the vocals were off key. It was generally off balance and the key to most of their songs is to have little intricate details coming together full force. SNL generally has pretty lousy sound though. Fleet Foxes sounded pretty good when they were on a couple of weeks ago.
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you're admitting i was right?! Like i said, i cant judge their records because ive never heard one, but BASED ON SNL, that was horrid. Just random, horrid noise. Maybe someday I'll check out their music if they are in fact far far far better than this performance.
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Feb. 9, 2009, 11:02 a.m. CST
Think we can get Baldwin to take out the Jonas Brothers?
by AgentArchangel
Their brains HAVE to be mush by now.
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"mocking (Obamas) grace and modesty"? <p> Maybe its time to change to website name to "Aint-Obamas-Dick-Tasty.com" <p>Sounds like it tastes like bluberries, and cures the blues!<p>"Grace", indeed.
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even though its incomplete without John Goodman and Will Farrell, I do miss the Bill Brasky bit. The "this song reminds me of" is it's offspring, but I do miss the toasts to that ol' bastard. And Baldwin has taken of the girth to play the plastered businessman.<p>"HERE'S TO BILL BRASKY!!!"
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Feb. 10, 2009, 5:22 p.m. CST
"Are you talking about Bill Brasky? I know Bill Brasky!"
by haggardatbest
"Well I want to be your dear friend!"
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whay days hercules aobut finally not putting up a new SNL talkback? "Due to popular demand?"<p>Is it possible out Herc actually has something to do on Valentines Day evening?
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