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Published at:  Mar 07, 2009 12:39:17 AM CST





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'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' RETURNS WITH A PAIR OF LIVE SHOWS IN MARCH FEATURING DWAYNE JOHNSON AND RAY LAMONTAGNE MARCH 7 AND TRACY MORGAN AND KELLY CLARKSON MARCH 14

NEW YORK – February 27, 2008 – NBC's "Saturday Night Live" returns with back-to-back live shows in March.

Dwayne Johnson returns for his third time hosting March 7, and stars in Disney's "Race to Witch Mountain," which opens Friday, March 13. He also recently wrapped filming the comedy "Tooth Fairy," starring alongside Julie Andrews, Ashley Judd and Billy Crystal. Since his breakout role in the film, "The Mummy Returns" and box office powerhouse "The Scorpion King," Dwayne Johnson has firmly established himself as one of Hollywood's top leading men. Johnson excelled as a high school All-American and star defensive lineman for the University of Miami Hurricanes and led his team to win the National Championship in 1991. Upon graduating from the University of Miami, Johnson followed in the footsteps of his WWE Hall of Fame father, Rocky Johnson, and created his famous character "The Rock," one of the most charismatic and dynamic characters the industry has ever seen. Johnson has numerous film credits under his belt including "Get Smart," "Southland Tales," "Gridiron Gang," "The Rundown," "Walking Tall" and "Be Cool".

Singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne will join Johnson as the show's musical guest debut. His latest release "Gossip in the Grain," debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts during its first week and was the top selling album on iTunes. LaMontagne has won over music critics with a unique voice that Rolling Stone Magazine describes as "full of the warm yearning of a young Van Morrison." His debut release "Trouble" was a top 40 hit in the United Kingdom and the album peaked at number 5 in that country. It sold over 400,000 copies worldwide. LaMontagne's sophomore release "Till the Sun Turns Black" was a top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at #28 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 28,000 copies in its first week of release.

"30 Rock" star and SNL alum Tracy Morgan will host March 14. Morgan plays the wild and unpredictable movie star Tracy Jordan in NBC's two-time Emmy Award-winning comedy, "30 Rock." Morgan will appear in Disney's 2009 animated summer blockbuster "G-Force" and also in David O'Russell's feature film "Nailed," starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel. As a stand-up comic who headlined across the country, Morgan was first introduced to TV audiences in his role as "Hustleman" on the hit comedy series "Martin." Morgan joined "Saturday Night Live" in 1996, where he appeared for seven seasons and created such memorable characters as "Astronaut Jones" and "Brian Fellows." After leaving "Saturday Night Live," Morgan went on to star in his own comedy series "The Tracy Morgan Show" and as the voice of "Spoonie Luv" on "Crank Yankers." Morgan's feature-film credits include "The Longest Yard," "Little Man," "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," "Head of State," "First Sunday" and "Superhero Movie". The "30 Rock" cast won the 2009 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Morgan received an individual nomination in both 2008 and 2009 for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Kelly Clarkson, whose fourth album "All I Ever Wanted" is due out on March 10, returns to the SNL stage as musical guest. Clarkson, who has sold over twenty million records worldwide, first appeared on the music scene during the first season of "American Idol" in 2002. Clarkson beat out more than 10,000 people to land the $1 million recording contract as the show's first winner. Her first single, "A Moment Like This" came out in late September of 2002 and sold nearly 250,000 copies in its first week. Her superstardom was secured with "Breakaway" in 2005, which sold over ten million copies, spun off five Top Ten hits, and stayed on the charts for two full years. The platinum-selling follow-up, "My December", arrived in 2007. Clarkson has had nine of her singles becoming Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2008, she joined VH1's list of 10 sexiest women of the new millennium at #8 and also hit #28 on Vh1's Top 30 Hottest Rock Front Women. As of 2008 she is one of the 10 most played artists on adult contemporary radio. Clarkson won over 60 awards and received over 100 nominations. She has won 2 Grammy Awards (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "Since U Been Gone", Best Pop Vocal Album "Breakaway").

"Saturday Night Live" is from SNL Studios in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels. Steve Higgins and Marci Klein producers. Ken Aymong supervising producer. Seth Meyers is head writer. Don Roy King directs.









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  • Mar 07, 2009 12:42:15 AM CST

    This show is still on?

    by kid idioteque

  • Mar 07, 2009 12:59:31 AM CST

    The only way I'll watch SNL

    by hamtaro hentai

    Is if Christian Bale hosts

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 1:15:40 AM CST

    Crossing my fingers for some 'Astronaut Jones' on the 14th

    by sifodyasjr.

  • Mar 07, 2009 1:33:53 AM CST

    Stupid...

    by zandunga

    That we have to watch a 30 second commercial in order to see a 27 second commercial. What a crock.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 1:57:43 AM CST

    If you smelllllllllllllllllllllll what DWAYNE is cookin'

    by heckles

    Love the fact that Dwayne Johnson got big enough to ditch 'The Rock' so Vince McMahon doesn't get a check whenever the name is in the credits. Greedy asshole. Oh, and so long as Dwayne keeps doing these Disney flicks I'll probably never see any of his movies again. Only saw the Scorpion King anyway. But still, good for him.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 1:59:07 AM CST

    And Astronaut Jones is no Brian Fellows

    by heckles

    Classic. Tracy Morgan was great. Wish he could get some work though... (still pretending 30 Rock doesn't exist)

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 2:29:57 AM CST

    SNL is done...

    by kirbymanly

    Until they get rid of Seth Myeres as the head writer. The show is TERRBILE! How can they not see this?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 2:30:58 AM CST

    30 Rock.......

    by viperfiend07

    Doesnt Exist?? are you kidding! That show has created more laugh out loud moments this season than every other show on tv combined! you should give it another shot... the writing is absolutely brilliant... quite juvenile at times, but definitely brilliant

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 2:37:50 AM CST

    DWAYNE JOHNSON IS SUPERMAN.

    by shermdawg

  • Mar 07, 2009 3:13:43 AM CST

    Dr Manhatten should host SNL

    by orionsangels

  • Mar 07, 2009 3:15:33 AM CST

    "SNL is done..." LOL!!!

    by orionsangels

    They've been saying that since 1975. 3 things are certain in life. You'll lose money. You'll die and SNL will be on the air forever. No matter if it's good or bad.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 3:29:02 AM CST

    YOU DON'T TALK TO NIC OTRELL LIKE THAT!

    by white goodman

    He's a funny guy and you know he'll actually put some effort into the show. Too bad the writing is terrible.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 4:50:40 AM CST

    morgan promoting...

    by juror number 8

    who dat ninja or phat bitch coming to blu-ray?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 6:39:49 AM CST

    if there is not a brian fellows sketch

    by indyabbey jones

    thn the writters are idiots, so many times they get old cast members back but refuse to do a classic character sketch,also i hope kelly clarkson runs away to the sewers like britney did and meet morgan's hobo character

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  • Mar 07, 2009 7:48:20 AM CST

    SNL: too cheap to fail

    by catlettuce4

    It's inexpensive to produce and makes GE a lot of money through synergy. Any cast member that gets too popular to work for cheap can be, and is, fired or allowed to quit. The show's an easy showcase for whatever star has a new movie or TV series coming and whatever recording act has a new single so the producers get big stars to guest almost nothing. Basically, it'll last for the same reason that NBC has kept Leno around (even moving him to primetime next year): economics.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 7:51:20 AM CST

    SNL as Leno's Tonight Show, cont'd

    by catlettuce4

    Also, to continue the comparison to Leno's Tonight Show, both shows started out as groundbreakers, eventually became institutions and now are show that, if not actually funny, are easy enough to watch at 11:30 pm at night right before you fall asleep. They've become corporate media comfort food.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 8:25:49 AM CST

    Pretending 30 Rock doesn't exist?

    by chewyou812

    Seriously, if you think the Brian Fellows sketch was genius but hate 30 Rock, I gotta advise you to lay off of the meth. Tracy Morgan is doing the best work of his career on 30 Rock.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 8:57:19 AM CST

    "This show is still on?" Good one, bud.

    by freakemovie

    I wonder if Kid Idioteque realizes he's the least original person on the planet.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 9:00:07 AM CST

    What a Freakin' World

    by malpaso

    We live in. We're forced to watch a commercial for a movie before viewing a PROMO for a TV show!

    WTF?!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 9:41:31 AM CST

    DWAYNE JOHNSON IS KRAVEN THE HUNTER.

    by big jim

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:28:49 AM CST

    What i would love to see from Tracy

    by palooka_boy

    Is Woodrow the homeless guy. Put him in with Kelly Clarkson...god those sketches were gold, Jerry! GOLD!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:35:04 AM CST

    Dwayne would be good as

    by melvin_pelvis

    Doc Savage
    imo he continues to improve as an actor

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:27:50 AM CST

    Lorne Michaels

    by so-crates

    should hire whomever writes these press releases for SNL to actually write for the show. It's funny on a consistent basis. Scorpion King referred to as a box-office powerhouse?Gold, Jerry. Gold.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:48:04 AM CST

    Piece of shit hasn't been funny for over a decade.

    by evilwizardglick

    Only reason it is still on is inexpensive to make.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:49:49 AM CST

    SNL Paterson should be Governor Black Zatoichi

    by evilwizardglick

    Fuck if Boondocks can do it why can't SNL. Their Paterson sounds like a tired old catskill comedian doing the shithole circuit.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 12:36:59 PM CST

    RE: Freakemovie

    by kid idioteque

    That's pretty much exactly what I was going for...

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 1:29:07 PM CST

    You don't end a question with a proposition at.

    by billypilgrimisunstuck

  • Mar 07, 2009 2:03:23 PM CST

    Haven't seen the last few eps..

    by redcricketchase

    .. has it been good lately?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 3:07:39 PM CST

    To the "is this show still on" idiots

    by timahh

    seriously, your a bunch of morons. So are the people who complain about the quality of the show. I don't know if you're aware, but there is no law that makes you watch the show. I mean seriously, i looked it up. This doesn't go for just this show, but all shows. I think Obama needs to put several million dollars into hiring technicians who can go to your houses and teach you how to change the channel. That or at the very least help find you guys social lives, so maybe then you'll have something better to do than bitch about a TV show that you don't like on the internet.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 3:08:45 PM CST

    RedCricket,

    by timahh

    its streaky. There are times when its great, and times when its a trainwreck. I'm willing to bet The Rock will do a good job.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 3:14:23 PM CST

    the Octuplet Mom should host.

    by greenlee

  • Mar 07, 2009 5:05:15 PM CST

    Has there been a new SNL since Octo-Mom?

    by br1947

    they should go fucking wild on that one, that's grade-A SNL material right there

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 7:39:39 PM CST

    30 rock is a maybe a 6 out of 10

    by emperor_was_a_jerk

    I just don't get all the crazy talk about how 30 rock is the greatest show ever in the history of everything. I mean its OH-KAY, and is for sure not horrible or unwatchable but when people use words like "brilliant" to describe it I think that goes a bit too far. Its cute. I think that is the best word for it. Cute. They make self-aware, hip jokes about things and people jump out of their seats like God Baby Jesus said his first word.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 7:41:09 PM CST

    Put The Rock in a Spider-man costume

    by big jim

    and have him do battle with the Octo-Mom. Or, as James Bond, ask her after having 8 kids, and 6 before that, what's the condition of the Octopussy?

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  • Mar 07, 2009 7:42:47 PM CST

    when did sweeps move from february to march?

    by bouncy x

  • Mar 07, 2009 7:46:13 PM CST

    Timahh- "train wreck" used incorrectly

    by emperor_was_a_jerk

    Sorry, but I gotta get this off my chest here: It just bugs me when people use the term "train wreck" incorrectly. The term is used for something that is so bad, so horrific and so awful that you cant HELP but look at it or pay attention to it. It doesn't mean that something is simply bad. And while I am at this, everyone out there PLEASE stop saying or writing "myriad of". It is simply "myriad". As in, this site has myriad articles that Entertainment Weekly broke first.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 7:52:24 PM CST

    Quick, get James Randi on the phone...

    by burnhollywood

    I'm predicting there will be at least one...no, no, several...skits where you know the joke thirty seconds in, but have to watch it repeated five or six different ways.
    Can I have the million bucks, old man? I mean, I'm a regular fucking Nostradamus.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 8:00:39 PM CST

    Wait! Wait! There's more...

    by burnhollywood

    I also predict:

    * The Rock will wear at least one stupid, unfunny costume and be made to look like a fool for no good reason...

    * There will be gay jokes...

    * The funnier new cast members, Abbie Elliot and Michaela Watkins, will get maybe two minutes of time between them...

    * The new fat guy will continue his streak of not doing a single funny thing on the show, but this won't even come close to Kenan Thompson, who's yet to do anything funny in his life...

    Man, it's going to be spooky to come back to this later...

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  • Mar 07, 2009 8:17:24 PM CST

    Obvious prediction: The Rock will sing.

    by flim springfield

  • Mar 07, 2009 9:42:25 PM CST

    zzzzz

    by therevengeofleevancleef

  • Mar 07, 2009 9:50:41 PM CST

    Dwayne the bathtub, I'm dwowning!

    by tonagan

    (punchline to an old Knock Knock joke)

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  • Mar 07, 2009 10:05:16 PM CST

    wow this thing still on?

    by prossor

    must have been a blowjob contract.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:14:32 PM CST

    Is Tina Fey still at NBC

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:34:12 PM CST

    Hmmmm

    by rob in wi

    They almost... ALMOST made fun of the Messiah...

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:41:10 PM CST

    Weekly Abby Elliot Worship

    by thrillho77

    Dear God! Look at her! Lorne obviously got my letters!

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  • Mar 07, 2009 10:42:48 PM CST

    Holy Christ, He's Singing

    by tempermental

    Ugh.

    I am not an SNL hater. Quite the opposite, in fact, but come on. i get it. The Rock is gay and can sing. Got it.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:43:09 PM CST

    Three Words

    by 'cholera's ghost

    Dorsal Wiig Boobage.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:43:52 PM CST

    Oh, and dancing

    by tempermental

    This is classic . . .

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:43:59 PM CST

    thrillho

    by rob in wi

    yeah... that might be one of the greatest opening monologues ever

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:46:02 PM CST

    Thrillho77 ... If Lorne got your letters...

    by taking_up_space

    maybe we might see full frontal tonight?!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:46:50 PM CST

    I love Fred Armisan

    by taking_up_space

    not the Obama sketches so much, but almost everything else he does.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 10:48:10 PM CST

    HULKBAMA!!!

    by shermdawg

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:48:30 PM CST

    The Rock Oabama! Awesome!

    by taking_up_space

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:48:37 PM CST

    The Rock

    by rob in wi

    Obama... kind of amusing

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  • Mar 07, 2009 10:49:01 PM CST

    taking_up_space

    by thrillho77

    You almost just gave me a heart attack at the prospect of it...

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  • Mar 07, 2009 10:50:40 PM CST

    Better impression than Armisen

    by 'cholera's ghost

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:53:17 PM CST

    Wow

    by rob in wi

    Obama sketch fail... MacGruber is bombing, no pun intended.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 10:53:48 PM CST

    Thrillho - If you need help drafting the letter...

    by taking_up_space

    I've already got half of it written, along with a sketch. It involves baby oil, a Twister mat, and co-stars Wiig and Casey.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 10:54:31 PM CST

    Obama sketch had promise, but failed to maintain.

    by taking_up_space

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:54:36 PM CST

    Richard Dean Anderson

    by super rabbi

    is a fat ass now, hardly recognized him as Macguyver.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 10:55:18 PM CST

    ...Lorne got my OTHER letter too...

    by thrillho77

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:56:05 PM CST

    Thrillho - Your other letter involved scat?!

    by taking_up_space

  • Mar 07, 2009 10:57:25 PM CST

    taking_up_space - that sketch sounds golden

    by thrillho77

    I say we get on the next flight to New York City

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:01:21 PM CST

    Thrillho

    by taking_up_space

    We can't do any worse than 70% of the rest of the writing on the show!

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:05:32 PM CST

    Rock

    by rob in wi

    is bringing it... guess when you have 3 weeks to write a show, it pays off a bit.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:07:41 PM CST

    They show some nude ass and it's MacGruber's?!

    by taking_up_space

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:08:32 PM CST

    Yeah, good show so far

    by thrillho77

    MacGruber is always great.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:09:47 PM CST

    taking_up_space

    by thrillho77

    Lorne just did that to spite me. XD

    Maybe we'll get lucky yet.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:10:12 PM CST

    Glad they actually used MacGyver this time.

    by flim springfield

    Kinda makes up for the lame Pepsi commercial ones.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:12:19 PM CST

    thrillho

    by taking_up_space

    Yeah, you musta went to far in your letter when you referred to him as cockweasel.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:12:39 PM CST

    It's been pretty good so far...

    by thundercats73

    The sketches aren't dragging. Short and sweet.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:13:41 PM CST

    Did I

    by rob in wi

    miss the digital short? or is it going to be a risque, later show short?

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:14:55 PM CST

    Kings looks stupid

    by thundercats73

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:17:13 PM CST

    Thundercats

    by taking_up_space

    Yeah, this is the first show in a long time which I wasn't bitching about most of the sketches. Solid effort!

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:17:53 PM CST

    This Weekend Update has been awesome

    by thrillho77

    Wow. That Iran joke was classic.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:20:17 PM CST

    thrillho

    by rob in wi

    The Iran joke was awesome... Kenan must die, though

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:23:13 PM CST

    you know

    by rob in wi

    I really, really hate to be so happy to see JT

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:23:43 PM CST

    Timberlake should just join the cast

    by thundercats73

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:24:09 PM CST

    Props to JT...he's a funny dude

    by thrillho77

    Ha ha...now, how about Abby Elliot dressed as Jessica Rabbit?!?!

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:24:36 PM CST

    JT should be made a cast member

    by taking_up_space

    He has 20 times the talent of Keenan.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:24:53 PM CST

    BurnHollywood:

    by aquatarkusman

    Perhaps you're forgetting a little something called... GOODBURGER.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:25:08 PM CST

    Who the hell is that?

    by thundercats73

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:25:22 PM CST

    Well, I guess Biel is a nice consolation...

    by thrillho77

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:25:36 PM CST

    You KNOW Justin's gonna make her keep that costume on...

    by flim springfield

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:26:07 PM CST

    Thrillo

    by taking_up_space

    We can add Biel to our oil scene.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:26:48 PM CST

    woops, forgot the H

    by taking_up_space

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:27:09 PM CST

    taking_up_space - sounds like a plan!

    by thrillho77

    Jon Bovi is back!!!

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:28:45 PM CST

    was that her real ass?

    by nooneimportant

    damn that thang stuck out. she had some arm fat though...

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:29:41 PM CST

    Well, evidence on display...

    by thrillho77

    http://highbridnation.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/jessica-biel-butt.jpg

    It very well could have been!

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:29:59 PM CST

    longest update ever? Let's not push it guys.

    by taking_up_space

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:30:44 PM CST

    Was

    by rob in wi

    that Biel's real ass, or a stunt ass?

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:30:58 PM CST

    Ray Lamontagne

    by saint andeol

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:31:06 PM CST

    nooneimportant - Arm fat? Are you high?

    by taking_up_space

    She's packing more muscles than The Rock!

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:33:00 PM CST

    no subject

    by saint andeol

    is awesome. my girlfriend turned me on to him. it's good music for setting the mood.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:34:42 PM CST

    Packer mug!!!

    by thrillho77

    Go Pack!!!

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:35:06 PM CST

    A take on Mike & Mike in the morning?

    by thundercats73

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:38:35 PM CST

    That alien skit was awesome

    by tallboy66

    I love when SNL gets really, really weird. Fuck the political sketches, this is why I dig this show.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:40:11 PM CST

    i miss...

    by maxwell's hammer

    ...the wierd stuff like this rather odd alien sports host sketch. Every once in a while someone on SLN has a genuinely original idea and doesn't just fall back on one-note characters and celebrity impersonations. Now, just make sure not to have the alien sports host back on every week with a new catch phrase.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:41:37 PM CST

    Alien sketch was funny

    by taking_up_space

    SNL usually has good premises but than fails in the follow through. Tonight has been an exception. Shows that rock with the silly - Mr. Show with Bob and Dave and Kids in the Hall, neither of which are around anymore, unfortunately.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:43:14 PM CST

    speaking of celebrity impersonations...

    by maxwell's hammer

    Actually, the Trump stuff is usually pretty funny.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:44:37 PM CST

    first shit sketch of the night, Trump

    by taking_up_space

    However, also setting a record for longest a show has went without a shit sketch! Congrats, SNL!

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:45:12 PM CST

    I actually miss Tom Green...

    by thrillho77

    Is that wrong?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:46:36 PM CST

    thrillho

    by rob in wi

    yes. very wrong. apologize.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:47:46 PM CST

    Rob in WI

    by thrillho77

    I'm sorry... X(

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:49:19 PM CST

    It's not wrong at all.

    by shermdawg

    Tom Green has more talent in his left nut than Jimmy Fallon.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:52:23 PM CST

    Maybe it's just me, but...

    by rsanta74

    ... this singing douche looks like the test tube love child of Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald. Kinda sounds like he's doing a bad Springsteen impression too.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:53:13 PM CST

    sherm

    by rob in wi

    is that damning with faint praise?

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:55:07 PM CST

    Tom Green >Fallon. Conan+Andy>all

    by taking_up_space

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:57:22 PM CST

    The final skit is actually funny...

    by thundercats73

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:58:04 PM CST

    lighthouse

    by maxwell's hammer

    Okay, they hit another wierdness-homerun with that one.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:59:01 PM CST

    This ep. rivals the Jon Hamm one!

    by thrillho77

    Man, that was worth it.

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  • Mar 07, 2009 11:59:20 PM CST

    Call me crazy, thought the lighthouse skit was funny as hell

    by 'cholera's ghost

  • Mar 07, 2009 11:59:50 PM CST

    thrillho

    by rob in wi

    good call... rivals, but not as good as Jon Hamm... if only for lack of Jon Hamm's John Ham.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 12:00:24 AM CST

    they should dump Keenan...

    by maxwell's hammer

    ...and hire Alec Baldwin, Justin Timberlake, and Duane Johnson instead.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 12:00:50 AM CST

    I approve

    by thundercats73

  • Mar 08, 2009 12:01:55 AM CST

    I approve of this episode

    by thundercats73

  • Mar 08, 2009 12:03:24 AM CST

    Maxwell's Hammer - Great idea - of course...

    by taking_up_space

    you'll need a bit more salary to hire all those. I don't think the problem with SNL is the cast (Keenan aside) it's the uneven writing. It's like somebody's slow cousin works there and submits shit that nobody wants to turn down for fear of angering the bosses.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 12:04:48 AM CST

    Thundercats - Ditto

    by taking_up_space

    Best all around episode. No GREAT memorable homerun sketches, but lots of doubles and triples to win the game.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 12:06:40 AM CST

    Keenan...

    by maxwell's hammer

    ...oh, I'm sure its the writing that is mostly at fault...I just badly want them to get rid of Keenan.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 12:06:58 AM CST

    the slow cousin

    by rob in wi

    is obviously seth. which is why it takes 3 weeks to write a good show.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 12:11:00 AM CST

    Maxwell's Hammer

    by taking_up_space

    Thrillho and I will mention that in our letter to Lorne Michaels referenced above. The one calling for full frontal lesbian Twister w/ baby oil. I'm not sure which is more likely a dream to come true - a SNL free of Keenan (Cosby wannabe) or full frontal nudity, but either would be a welcome change.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 12:11:57 AM CST

    Rob

    by taking_up_space

    LOL, that would explain a lot. Of course, I have it on good word that one group of writers for the show arrives to work each day in a short bus.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 12:12:59 AM CST

    Good to see some random humour (esp. the alien)

    by flim springfield

    Too often SNL writer stick with the most obvious jokes and repeat them for five minutes. Nice to see them try something different.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 1:05:27 AM CST

    Marry me, Abby!!!

    by thrillho77

    This is a standing offer.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 1:10:25 AM CST

    BurnHollywood you were right!

    by emperor_was_a_jerk

    Hell, your first two (stupid costume and gay joke) both happened during the monolog! Before the show really even started! Good call.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 4:26:08 AM CDT

    Keenan is a fucking joke.

    by digitaldong

    No impressions and same stupid look on his face added in with jerky movement. I mean look at like this. If he lost weight he still couldn't do the Obama impression cause he can't do impressions. Time for him to just get a real job. I suggest the DMV. When people see you there and realize you were the shittiest cast member on SNL they'll magically forget they were at the DMV and had to go back in line cause they forgot to bring one more form with them.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 7:32:50 AM CDT

    Is this show still on?

    by magic_ninja

    Oh wait I forgot I don't sit at home on Saturday night like a fucking loser. So how the fuck would I know?

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  • Mar 08, 2009 8:06:20 AM CDT

    Keenan must be stopped, no matter the cost

    by dhaemon

    If he was to trip over his own bad acting and break his neck, it would be a good thing.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 9:33:03 AM CDT

    Bring Back NICK BURNS!!!!!

    by georgieboy

    MOVE!!!!
    Oh, and YOU'RE WELCOME!

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  • Mar 08, 2009 10:45:16 AM CDT

    magic_ninja

    by willips brighton

    ..yeah, you must have had a WIIILD night to be awake, posting on AICN at 7:30am. You go bro!

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  • Mar 08, 2009 12:57:09 PM CDT

    Posting

    by jsm1978

    People talk about the "Is this show still on" people, but I have to say the "This show hasn't been funny in ten years" take the cake. Who watches a show they hate for ten years? Same goes for The Simpsons. Annnnyway...
    Didn't get to see it tonight. Have always enjoyed when Dwayne hosted. Guess I'll catch the rerun.
    As for the prediction of gay jokes... that seems to be their fall back this season. The episode that Paul Rudd hosted, nearly every sketch was a gay joke.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 1:43:20 PM CDT

    Keep Mad TV and cancel SNL

    by ectobc

    MAD TV is getting canceled and this stays on. Mad TV was way better than this last night, even with the Rock.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 2:38:47 PM CDT

    Magic_ninja

    by mr dark

    Oh Yeah your magic all right..The only magic you know is how to make a penis disappear..

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  • Mar 08, 2009 4:08:03 PM CDT

    PLEASE!!!

    by virdon

    Can we move SNL to the who give a shit category. It sucks and it has sucked mightily for too many years to count. It ain't even worth TIVOing anymore.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 4:18:43 PM CDT

    SNL still has yet to find a funny black guy...

    by anthony w

    Well, I guess THE CURSE OF EDDIE
    MURPHY continues. Why is it so hard to find one funny black guy?

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  • Mar 08, 2009 4:29:16 PM CDT

    Eddie Murphy says hi

    by nooneimportant

    Buckwheat was funny!

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  • Mar 08, 2009 4:50:41 PM CDT

    Brian Fellows and Bob Fossil-My Dream Sketch.

    by anna valerious

    Brian has no clue what animals do, and Bob (From the British show "The Mighty Boosh") has no idea what the animals proper names are. God, that would be funny. :) Anyhoo, Andy Samberg is a terrible Cathy. Justin Timberlake, however, was great as her hubby, Irving. :)

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  • Mar 08, 2009 5:13:58 PM CDT

    Tim Meadows was funny, but more of a utility guy than 'star'.

    by flim springfield

  • Mar 08, 2009 5:52:14 PM CDT

    Dr. Stephen Poop can do the Robot.

    by white goodman

    Tim Meadows made me laugh.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 6:40:24 PM CDT

    magic_ninja's typical kickass Saturday night herin:

    by tallboy66

    1) Don't watch Saturday Night 2) Masturbate 3) Cry about being alone 4) Masturbate and cry 5) Realize that the handle "magic_ninja" is the gayest fucking name ever which then causes him to 6) Masturbate and cry some more 7) In bed at 9 PM ready to get up first thing in the morning to make fun of people who watched SNL.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 6:42:28 PM CDT

    Sometimes magic_ninja does go outside on a Saturday night

    by tallboy66

    Then he's scared by all the whizzing things and bright lights after taking two steps outside his hobbit hole so he goes and crys in a dark corner.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 7:10:03 PM CDT

    Jeez...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...magic_ninja is a pretty lame ass name, isn't it?

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  • Mar 08, 2009 8:56:36 PM CDT

    White Goodman

    by grammaton cleric binks

    That was my favorite sketch. "He was going to smoke those."

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  • Mar 08, 2009 8:58:06 PM CDT

    Dwayne Johnson has never hosted SNL

    by grammaton cleric binks

    The Rock has hosted twice. This will be Dwayne's first time. Maybe he'll fight his way to get early admission into the five-timers club.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 9:37:11 PM CDT

    Funny black guy?

    by bizarrojerry

    Anybody heard of Chris Rock. He was great as Nat X, the man so black he may be navy.

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  • Mar 08, 2009 9:47:04 PM CDT

    MAD TV

    by burnhollywood

    Man, that show could work characters into the ground like no other...
    I now break into hives when a repeat with "Stewart" comes on. I remember when I thought he was hilarious, too...

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  • Mar 08, 2009 9:52:51 PM CDT

    Good ep

    by burnhollywood

    The Rock's a funny guy, we actually got some Elliot (Watkins still getting stiffed, though) and minimal Keenan throughout.
    Pity Hammond had to stomp over everyone else's excellent impressions in the Trump sketch, though...um, we get it, Trump's a smug, out-of-touch asshole. Fine. Let the comedy just happen, man...

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  • Mar 09, 2009 10:38:11 AM CDT

    decent episode

    by itrainmonkeys

    The rock/dwayne has charisma. he did well, although there was like a half hour where he wasn't even involved. Some sketches were weak. Loved the use of Macgyver....will forte taking a dump on macgyver's ashes is classic. That's now 2 digital shorts recently that have shown Forte's ass....they trying for a record? The Rock Obama was pretty good too. I liked the hawaiian dancers skit

    Loved his nicotrel skit from another time he hosted. He'd beat the shit out of Chris Parnell til he stopped smoking cigarettes.

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  • Mar 09, 2009 12:02:07 PM CDT

    I like this Dwayne Johnson guy.

    by stuntcock mike

    Good episode.

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  • Mar 09, 2009 12:53:10 PM CDT

    My choreographer and roommate

    by drewlicious

    Have to admit that it's pretty funny to see him show how aware he is of the gay rumors. Even if he was not even the most homophobic nutjob would give him crap.

    I about died during the alien sketch. Every cast has at least one future star and it wouldn't suprise me if Bill Hader is the one.

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