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September 26 – Megan Fox / U2
October 3 – Ryan Reynolds / Lady Gaga
October 10 – Drew Barrymore / Regina Spektor
October 17 – Gerard Butler / Shakira
Saturday’s SNL won’t mark the network sketch-show debuts of Nasim Pedrad or Jenny Slate, who appeared this week on “SNL Thursday.”
The show, which went decades without airing new shows on three consecutive Saturdays, is starting its 35th season with four new Saturday shows in a row (and that doesn’t count the ongoing Thursday shows).
On the subject of the Thursday SNLs, a May 4 NBC press release indicated the network had ordered six episodes of the half-hour edition, but Lorne Michaels told Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales right after the first episode aired last week that there should actually be at least 10 “SNL Thursday” installments this season:
Plans call for three "Updates" to air between now and Christmas, three more in early 2010 and three next spring. But if the ratings are good, Michaels said, there could be additions to that schedule.
Shales, who literally wrote the (quite excellent) book on SNL, gave 2009’s first Thursday edition of the show very high marks:
There were probably almost as many solid laughs in the half-hour "Update" than in the rest of the comedy lineup put together, so it definitely gets the night off to a rousing, riotous start. … Folks who are always trashing "SNL" as not being funny anymore will not like "Weekend Update Thursday" except to the extent that it gives them another piñata to puncture. It would be awfully hard to argue, though, that the current cast doesn't include some fracturingly funny, hugely gifted performers …
I could not agree more. Find all of Shales’ review of the opener here.
And by the way, if you’re going to moan in talkback about how the show isn’t as funny as it used to be, at least be good enough to specify when you thought it was funny:
The John Belushi years?
The Bill Murray years?
The Joe Piscopo years?
That single year with Martin Short, Chris Guest and Rich Hall?
That single year with Randy Quaid and Robert Downey Jr.?
The Lovitz-Carvey-Hartman years?
The Farley-Sandler-Hartman years?
The Norm Macdonald years?
The Will Ferrell years?
The Tina Fey years?
When, precisely, do you think the magic ended?
Look! Press release!
SNL Kicks Off 35th Season With Live Shows on Four Consecutive Weeks
UPCOMING SHOWS: October 3 - Ryan Reynolds/ Lady Gaga; October 10 - Drew Barrymore/ Regina Spektor; October 17 Gerard Butler/ Shakira
New York, NY -- September 10, 2009 -- "Saturday Night Live," NBC's Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase, enters its 35th season on Saturday, September 26 for another year of laughs, surprises and great performances. "SNL" premieres with one of Hollywood's most sought-after stars, Megan Fox, and Grammy award-winning musical guest U2.
Making her "SNL" debut as the season premiere host, Megan Fox is one of Hollywood's most popular young actresses. Fox stars in the upcoming comedic/horror thriller film, "Jennifer's Body." Fox is well known for her break out role in the box-office hit and Steven Spielberg-produced action film, "Transformers" and the second-installment, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
U2, the Grammy award-winning rock band, will make their third appearance on SNL. Earlier this year, U2 released their critically acclaimed twelfth studio album, "No Line On The Horizon," and are about to launch the U.S. portion of their 360˚Tour, performing two sold out nights at New York's Giant Stadium just before they perform on SNL. U2 has sold more than 145 million albums worldwide and have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band.
Ryan Reynolds, who handles host duties October 3, recently starred in two of the most popular and highest grossing films of the year, "The Proposal," and the X-Men spin-off, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Reynolds has a wide array of film credits to his name, including "Adventureland," "Definitely Maybe," and cult favorite "Van Wilder." With back-to-back features on the horizon, Ryan Reynolds just finished production on the thriller "Buried," and can next be seen in the highly anticipated film "The Green Lantern" due out Summer 2011.
Making her "SNL" debut, Lady Gaga, the multi-talented singer-songwriter with a flair for theatrics will perform as the musical guest. Lady Gaga released her debut album "The Fame" in October 2008, and the album immediately peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and Canada, and has remained atop the Billboard U.S. Electronic Albums Chart. She is only the third artist in history to have three #1 hits from a debut album "Just Dance," "Poker Face" and "LoveGame."
After many unforgettable stints on "SNL," Drew Barrymore returns for her sixth time on October 10. Barrymore first hosted "Saturday Night Live" on November 20, 1982 at seven years old, making history as the youngest host to ever appear on the show. Barrymore has had an illustrious film career and has received accolades for her comedic performances in "He's Just Not That Into You" and "The Wedding Singer." Drew recently received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie in HBO's "Grey Gardens." This fall will mark Barrymore's feature film directorial debut with "Whip It," in which she also stars alongside SNL cast member Kristen Wiig.
An artist known for an uninhibited imagination and acute sense of detail both in music and words, Regina Spektor continues to showcase her amazing ability to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary on her latest critically acclaimed album "far," which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200. Met with an overwhelming response from both fans and critics worldwide, The New York Times raves "far" is "[Spektor's] most ambitious work sonically and her storytelling is as elliptical as ever" while The UK Sunday Times agrees this is "her most accomplished, mystifying, eclectic and beautiful release to date. It doesn't just fly, it soars."
Actor Gerard Butler makes his SNL debut October 17. Butler, recognized for his portrayal of King Leonidas in "300," has also appeared in several other feature films including "Ugly Truth," "P.S. I Love You" and "The Phantom of the Opera." Butler can next be seen in "Law Abiding Citizen" due out October 16, "The Bounty" with SNL cast member Jason Sudeikis, and will lend his voice in the animated feature "How To Train Your Dragon."
International superstar Shakira boasts a string of chart-topping hits in both English and Spanish and sales of over 50 million records. Shakira continues to top the charts with her latest single, "She-Wolf" and her album out October 13th. Her last project, "Oral Fixation Volumes 1& 2," has sold in excess of 8 million albums worldwide with the singles "La Tortura and "Hips Don't Lie" having earned over 10 million digital downloads.
"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 are producers. Ken Aymong is supervising producer. Seth Meyers is head writer. Don Roy King directs.
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SNL Kicks Off 35th Season With Live Shows on Four Consecutive Weeks
UPCOMING SHOWS: October 3 - Ryan Reynolds/ Lady Gaga; October 10 - Drew Barrymore/ Regina Spektor; October 17 Gerard Butler/ Shakira
New York, NY -- September 10, 2009 -- "Saturday Night Live," NBC's Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase, enters its 35th season on Saturday, September 26 for another year of laughs, surprises and great performances. "SNL" premieres with one of Hollywood's most sought-after stars, Megan Fox, and Grammy award-winning musical guest U2.
Making her "SNL" debut as the season premiere host, Megan Fox is one of Hollywood's most popular young actresses. Fox stars in the upcoming comedic/horror thriller film, "Jennifer's Body." Fox is well known for her break out role in the box-office hit and Steven Spielberg-produced action film, "Transformers" and the second-installment, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
U2, the Grammy award-winning rock band, will make their third appearance on SNL. Earlier this year, U2 released their critically acclaimed twelfth studio album, "No Line On The Horizon," and are about to launch the U.S. portion of their 360˚Tour, performing two sold out nights at New York's Giant Stadium just before they perform on SNL. U2 has sold more than 145 million albums worldwide and have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band.
Ryan Reynolds, who handles host duties October 3, recently starred in two of the most popular and highest grossing films of the year, "The Proposal," and the X-Men spin-off, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Reynolds has a wide array of film credits to his name, including "Adventureland," "Definitely Maybe," and cult favorite "Van Wilder." With back-to-back features on the horizon, Ryan Reynolds just finished production on the thriller "Buried," and can next be seen in the highly anticipated film "The Green Lantern" due out Summer 2011.
Making her "SNL" debut, Lady Gaga, the multi-talented singer-songwriter with a flair for theatrics will perform as the musical guest. Lady Gaga released her debut album "The Fame" in October 2008, and the album immediately peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and Canada, and has remained atop the Billboard U.S. Electronic Albums Chart. She is only the third artist in history to have three #1 hits from a debut album "Just Dance," "Poker Face" and "LoveGame."
After many unforgettable stints on "SNL," Drew Barrymore returns for her sixth time on October 10. Barrymore first hosted "Saturday Night Live" on November 20, 1982 at seven years old, making history as the youngest host to ever appear on the show. Barrymore has had an illustrious film career and has received accolades for her comedic performances in "He's Just Not That Into You" and "The Wedding Singer." Drew recently received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie in HBO's "Grey Gardens." This fall will mark Barrymore's feature film directorial debut with "Whip It," in which she also stars alongside SNL cast member Kristen Wiig.
An artist known for an uninhibited imagination and acute sense of detail both in music and words, Regina Spektor continues to showcase her amazing ability to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary on her latest critically acclaimed album "far," which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200. Met with an overwhelming response from both fans and critics worldwide, The New York Times raves "far" is "[Spektor's] most ambitious work sonically and her storytelling is as elliptical as ever" while The UK Sunday Times agrees this is "her most accomplished, mystifying, eclectic and beautiful release to date. It doesn't just fly, it soars."
Actor Gerard Butler makes his SNL debut October 17. Butler, recognized for his portrayal of King Leonidas in "300," has also appeared in several other feature films including "Ugly Truth," "P.S. I Love You" and "The Phantom of the Opera." Butler can next be seen in "Law Abiding Citizen" due out October 16, "The Bounty" with SNL cast member Jason Sudeikis, and will lend his voice in the animated feature "How To Train Your Dragon."
International superstar Shakira boasts a string of chart-topping hits in both English and Spanish and sales of over 50 million records. Shakira continues to top the charts with her latest single, "She-Wolf" and her album out October 13th. Her last project, "Oral Fixation Volumes 1& 2," has sold in excess of 8 million albums worldwide with the singles "La Tortura and "Hips Don't Lie" having earned over 10 million digital downloads.
"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 are producers. Ken Aymong is supervising producer. Seth Meyers is head writer. Don Roy King directs.
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The show went decades without four consecutive Saturday shows, not three; however, they did four shows in a row last fall in the run up to the election (also concurrent with the first Weekend Update Thursdays), and I believe immediately following the writer strike, too.
Did both girls really debut last week? I only noted the one who did the Kathy Griffin impression. Was it Abby Elliott doing the MTV girl interviewing Obama, or was that Jenny Slate?
And nothing against Will Forte, who's hilarious in basically anything, but would you really call him the defining cast member since Ferrell left? There's overlap, but I always thought of the post-Ferrell by separating them into the Fey/Fallon years (and because I'm a geek I refer to them more as head writer and star performer than Update co-anchors), followed by the Samberg/Digital Short years, which we're still in. -
1) Forgot to note, they do three consecutive Saturday shows once or twice a season, usually around a sweeps period. At least, before they decided to more regularly do four. Fans like to complain about writer and performer fatigue in the third or fourth consecutive shows, whether or not it's there.
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Pretty good. Just wish that there could have been more behind the scenes stories from certain cast members. I know that many didn't participate that much. Still, I can dream.
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Sep 26, 2009 7:07:47 AM CDT
Joe Piscopo years? Remember a guy named Eddie Murphy?
by flim springfield
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prior to 2007, when did SNL air three live shows on consecutive Saturdays?
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Sep 26, 2009 7:29:21 AM CDT
I want a Phantom of the Opera sketch on the Butler episode. XD
by anna valerious
That'd be hilarious. :)
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...when did Herc's mom let him stay up late enough to watch SNL? haha, i keed, i keed
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They need better writers and more adult skits for late night. No more doochebag inside joke skits made only for uppity New Yorkers.
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Were the early years with the original cast and the late 80's/early 90's with Hartman, Carvey, and Nealon. These were also the years where they had the best writing staffs. Now, a lot of the sketches will often start off pretty good, but will go on way too long and end weakly. That and it is blatantly obvious that everyone is reading the cue cards.
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Are you trying to get a writing post at SNL? Because I think your loyalty to the Lorne brand could not be more clear. Or could it... I kid. Because? I love. Yes, I do. I love all. I have to agree that the show has been better than in previous years. Mostly because Fey is gone. With Myers as head writer still makes me cringe, but the crew makes it work. Armisen, Wiig, Sedakis, MacGruber all do well. Glad Wilson is gone. Wish Watkins stayed. Thompson and the other fat dude should be gone. I'd say take Samburg with them, but for some reason Lazer Cats makes the pre-teens up past bed time laugh, so there you go. Other than that, I'd say the show is pretty much slightly better than shitty. Which makes it a hair above the Mohr - McKean - Garafolo (sic?) akward season.
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when they kicked Norm MacDonald off Weekend Update.
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After that, there were a couple of funny, sometimes brilliant, skits per episode but nothing consistent enough to fill 1.5 hours. These half hour update specials are great because that's really about all the time they're capable of filling with funny stuff.
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really. we have nostalgic good will for the belushi years or the murphy years or the phil hartmann years... but a lot of that comes from seeing them in reruns in a one-hour format on comedy central or E! - where they edit out the chaff. if you actually sat through a full 90-minute show of any of the "golden era" casts, i'm sure there would be plenty of duds. the current cast - especially forte, wiig, armisen, samberg and hader - is among the funniest in a loooong time. really.
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What's up with the obvious diss? Besides the classic first year to Bill Murray SNL Lineup, The Eddie years were the funniest. That's kind of messed up. I demand to know why on your list he wasn't included. Piscopo Years? get the fuck outta hear!
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I find the skits cna be hit or miss with me in general.
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Just kidding! hahaaahahaaaahahaaa
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The 2 obvious things that have to cme together is 1) great cast and 2) great writing staff (and great head writer). This current lineup has (in my opinion) a great cast (with one of at least the 3 or 4 funniest females in the shows history, thanks Kristen Whiig) but the writing isn't always up to snuff. I even liked the much maligned season with Michael Mckean, Chris Elliott, and Jeneane Garafalo and substantial elements of the Dick Ebersol led years. My least favorite seasons were actually the Farrell/Katan/Shannon/Oteri years, even though that period had obvious merit, especially when Will Farrell wasn't doing duo sketches with Cheri Oteri (some like it, I don't). The show is also at it's best when the cast has it's own chemistry, which the standout seasons had. Best weekend update run was Norm McDonald. Hands down. His run verged on performance art and should be shown regularly at the MoMA.
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The 2 obvious things that have to cme together is 1) great cast and 2) great writing staff (and great head writer). This current lineup has (in my opinion) a great cast (with one of at least the 3 or 4 funniest females in the shows history, thanks Kristen Whiig) but the writing isn't always up to snuff. I even liked the much maligned season with Michael Mckean, Chris Elliott, and Jeneane Garafalo and substantial elements of the Dick Ebersol led years. My least favorite seasons were actually the Farrell/Katan/Shannon/Oteri years, even though that period had obvious merit, especially when Will Farrell wasn't doing duo sketches with Cheri Oteri (some like it, I don't). The show is also at it's best when the cast has it's own chemistry, which the standout seasons had. Best weekend update run was Norm McDonald. Hands down. His run verged on performance art and should be shown regularly at the MoMA.
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It was an accident. But man, SNL is my favorite show and I hate it when folks undervalue the current cast, which is what happens with every cast.
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When the last of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players left the show.
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why just the first 4? why not every show for the entire season.who is hawkeye? have they cast him yet?
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in 20 years i think this current era will be considered in the same league as the early years abd the 90's era of meyers, nealon hartman, farley, etc
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2/3 of the Lonely Island are mostly behind the scenes. Akiva and Jorma should be on camera much much more. Also, let's see more Sudekis Glenn Beck!
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This totally sucks!
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Maybe he needs a Supernatural T-Shirt.
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Friggin' racist! Eddie's time on SNL was the single reason it didn't get canceled in the 80's.
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I was so happy when she and Amy Poehler left (Poehler was awesome in UCB, and good in other movies and tv shows, but I found her too brash and annoying here), and I'm worried about how much faith they put in Seth Meyers, but things are finally starting to turn around. I have a special place in my heart for Kenan Thompson having grown up with All That and Kenan and Kel, but he really needs to step up his game if he wants to be anywhere near as good as his peers.
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Her feet are gross and it looks like she's taking a hot shit in the tub especially with that face she's making
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The show just goes through cycles - anything that's been around that long does. The Simpson's does, MASH and ER both have on and off years, etc. I'll admit that there have been years where I rarely laughed through an entire episode. But I still laughed a couple times while watching well produced sketch comedy on network television. I don't think the show has ever lost it's clout, either. Look at the level of bands from around the world who still get excited to play SNL. Now, specifically, I don't think the show has figured out exactly what it's going to be since Fey and Poehler left... because they haven't really left yet. At least that's how it's felt to me. Maybe this year will be different. Hopefully the magic will be flowing, regardless.
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all Sasha Grey style?
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The week link here is Fox. I just don't like her. Not even as a piece of ass. If she can make fun of herself tonight, maybe do some unflattering sketches, I'll gain some respect for her.
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Lack of an edit function!!!
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How about a picture of a real babe, like Regina Spektor?
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Amen, brother.
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were magic. Christopher Lee and Meat Loaf. Steve Martin and The Blues Brothers. Eric Idle and Kate Bush. The sketches: Fred Garvin- Male Prostitute, King Tut, The Thing that Wouldn't Leave, and THAT list goes on and on. Now you say Megan Fox and U2? That will be the funniest part of an otherwise dreary show.
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that was the beginning of the end of the 70s SNL. There was a rebirth in the late 80's early 90s.
But I would argue that the 1980 Jean Doumanian season was pretty much without merit. Sure Murphy and Piscapo came out of that season. Gilbert Gottfried went on to a sort of D List stardom. I dare anyone to sit through SNL 1980. Has it even been released on DVD?
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...before Tina Fey left. But it's still a whole lot better than it was during the Will Ferrel years.
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years after a season and forget all the crappy ones, which were like 90% of the time!
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Guess they don't count as movie stars. As long as there's some good Bill Hader sketches.
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Not the "Celebrity Jungle" variety movie stars.
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was doing the news...that was the funniest years for me.
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Some have said "when the ban on drugs in the writers room was enforced".
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Why the dis, Herc?
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and a funny billy crystal was a great year. Those guys were profesionals and their shit was FUNNY
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so I'm gonna have to watch tonight's
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but only if you're really into SNL. So much backstory. Plenty of stories I've never heard.
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... make me cringe more than laugh.
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that guy was unstoppable back in the SNL days. He could wipe the floor with Farley and the rest of the 90s gang easily.
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-- Will Ferrell showed up. The Carvey/Hartman/Farley/Sandler years were the best. Can never go wrong with Matt Foley and Frozen Caveman Lawyer.... Or Schlitt's Gay Beer haha
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obligatory.
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things went down hill when G.E. Smith left. The show was a little less special after that. I loved on thursday when Fox came out and they were all "...everyone MEGAN FOX..."*wait for applause sign to kick in* oh, oh yeah, clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap.
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talk out of the side of his face
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Very cool!
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Her intro bit was soooo hot...
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Ick. Jesus fucking Christ.
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.. as the last remnants of the original cast were leaving circa 1980, Lorne Michaels and the top writers left the show. Dick Ebersol ended up producing until 84-85 . The Show that had been embraced by the youth and counter alienated their core audience by becoming milquetoast and predictable. It would have been canceled without Eddie Murphy star power.
Even after Michaels came back and began rebuilding a better and more timely SNL in 85, a lot of people who identified with the original cast and writers would never come back to the show. The original SNL was groundbreaking, but it is also viewed through a rose colored haze by too many fans.
Since 85 it has been good, great, and sucked... but consistently better and more interesting than most of it's American comedic contemporaries. And because of that consistency, the show transcends it's troughs and missteps and manages to entertain new and younger audiences. -
God... I suck
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THAT'S the best they could do for their first sketch after a summer-long break?
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...to be this shitty a show for so many, many, many years. Props, Lorne.
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It was mildly funny the first time, because it was unexpected. But fuck this.
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Anything funny since then has been the span of a standard YouTube video, not an entire show.
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so that he can have video proof of a woman riding him
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Sep 26, 2009 11:11:30 PM CDT
This is a really good song, but I hate the opening verse
by thrillhouse77
U2 is cool in my book.
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Could they write a skit where she gets to be funny? Can they write a funny skit?
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I gotta go with Dennis Miller.
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almost made me think about laughing
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David Duchovny did that to himself in the Soderbergh movie Full Frontal.
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how was it? anything worth watching?
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i bet david duchovny does a lot of things to himself
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Hader, Myers and Samberg in particular. But even I have to admit it's been a rough night, surprisingly through no fault of Megan Fox, who actually seems to be pulling her weight. It was full-on abysmal until Update, which was only abysmal when Seth Myers wasn't talking. The chat line ad was easily the best of the night, though that's not saying,,, anything.
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Aces!!!
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to say the word fuck.
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season highlight... no, decade highlight
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Guess the newbie's getting fired. =) The look on her face was priceless. She looked like a stunned deer.
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Yeah, it's a "friggin" disaster. You won't see her on anymore. Too bad. Looks like she had promise.
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awesome...
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Can her ass now and bring back Michaela. She just got upstaged by Megan Fox in her own sketch.
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somebody get that video clip up for me, cuz no way will the uncensored version be made officially available
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I couldn't even concentrate enough to listen to the sketch. =)
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seriously do you think she would be gone that quick? i think it was a mistake getting rid of casey wilson in the first place
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2 of them?
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so awesome!
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guess not - or else he wouldnt be in the sketch
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True. I'm a huge Megan Fox hater too, and she was way more convincing in that sketch, than the new girl, who I'm guessing came up with it.
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Awesome! Brian Austin Green!?! Noooooo! I'm guessing 3rd U2 song to end it.
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Sep 26, 2009 11:52:13 PM CDT
getting rid of Casey Wilson is the best thing SNL has done in ye
by shiftyeyeddog2
not ONE thing she ever did was even slightly funny... and she was fugly
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Did they really think that wouldn't happen?
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yeah they ended last season premier with a third song
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She looked like she might not be able to exhale after she dropped the F bomb.
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I believe so.
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charlie rocket was first...
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I'm pretty sure that Norm McDonald dropped it on Weekend Update once, which is actually part of what led to his firing later on, iirc.
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just goes to show ya....
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Sep 26, 2009 11:57:46 PM CDT
new girl+joke is frick not F*bomb=what did they think was going
by rartus
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Sep 26, 2009 11:58:31 PM CDT
Charles Rocket was fired for swearing and eventually killed hims
by burgundy82
Just saying...
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Wow, popular Talkback.
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This is the 1st female.
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Didn't see her. Oh, well.
"Welcome to Saturday Night Live. Now fucking get lost." (read this in Lorne Michaels voice.)
RIP Charlie Rockets
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Which one of the 2 new chicks was it?
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which one of the new girls said fudge?
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(damn no edit feature) Charles Rocket said it in '80 or so and got canned. But he said it on purpose right to the camera. I believe Norm MacDonald supposedly said it under his breath, but it wasn't 100% confirmed that he did.I really hope that poor girl doesn't get fired. It was actually an easy mistake in that sketch.
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new girl looked like she just got done crying at the end while seth was holding her
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but did you see her with the rest of the cast at the end? I didn't.
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Yeah the 2 new girls were there. Seth Myers looked to be comforting the one who swore.
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She was there- Seth was actually hugging her and smiling. It probably won't be enough to get her fired, given the context. When Charles Rocket dropped the f-bomb, it was something he improvised.
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Would have been nice to hear the whole song.. instead we got that awful Motherly advice whatever shit skit. Fuck This Show. Yes, I said FUCK.
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What year/skit was this? Anyone know? I presume he was on shrooms as usual.
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He's gone from 'rock star' to 'embarassing dad'.
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Look again. She was right there, being guarded from Lorne by a pity bear hug from head writer Seth Myers.
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As she said it I was thinking, what a great way to start the season!
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She looked like she was hit by a truck.
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I type too slow and THIS PLACE IS A HIVE OF ACTIVITY
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weekend update and second digital short was all that did it for me, megan fox was too generic for my blood
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reamed her a new one.
Also, I like the music over the closing intros. I never cared to watch the fake hug and chat crap at the end. I hope they keep the new closing credits over music - unless of course its a performance by Lady Gaga. -
I'm pretty positive that his saying "fuck" wasn't in question. It was pretty clear. He even joked about it the following week.
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Sep 27, 2009 12:08:04 AM CDT
Next week they should reveal that Ryan Reynolds IS Lady Gaga.
by flim springfield
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ive only seen it for coldplay and now U2 dont think its gonna be a normal occurrence, imagine someone like adele singing a third song, no thanks ill take my shitty skits instead
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is there a seperate feed for the west coast?
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Hate the facts that 1) The stupid crew kept placing the mic too high up for shorty to reach and 2) That Bono's voice was so torched from this week's concerts.
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just put in snl and sorted by most recent. like 5 people have already uploaded it lol
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will either get the censored version or a taped version from dress rehearsals. Been done before.
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And I think Green Day also got more than 2. They deserved it more than Coldplay, who I liked until they began thinking they were U2.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJOvVdl0DXU
On the YouTubes.
And thank you Burgundy - I'll watch closely when I snag the show online tomorrow. -
First it was Friday night on "Smallville," now SNL... WTF?
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with the rate Micheals fires new cast members at least this girl will be rmembered for fropping the F Bombalso abbey elliots opening credit bit is so fucking hot, why is a woman crouching like that so hot, i mean something about it, but what?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhxdvTWv9Coprobabaly be gone soon so get it fast
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that Abby Elliot can be the genetic offspring of Chris Elliot. It defies the laws of logic.
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I have wanted to see this darn clip since I first heard about it 23 years ago. Now I can die happy.
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Her mom must be something else to counteract Chris' genes.
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But that was fairly excruciating. Particularly not funny tonight. Probably has something to do with Megan Fox having no talent. And I fast forwarded through the F bomb sketch before it happened, seeing as how that was the absolute worst skit put on SNL in years. I'm sure it happened because she got desperate because she knew how insanely unfunny the skit was. She was probably saying "fuck fuck fuck this isnt fucking funny at all" in her head over and over again, and it just slipped out. It doesn't matter. Anyone watching SNL at 1240 or later certainly wasnt offended. People need to get over swear words...they are just words we all decided were "bad" for some reason. Does that even make sense? its' just a sound.
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but Down Periscope is on the Family Channel. Now THAT movie is fuckin' funny.
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She had some personality. If they gave her better material, she may have been considered a good host.
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The writing sucks, most of the comedians are not funny, and the guest stars have no place on live TV.
But there was an F-bomb, which is worth something.... shit... -
and a penis.
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poseur!
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details only on IMDB pro... MOTHERFUCKERS! GET SOME NEWS ON THIS AICN!!!!!!!
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After tonight's show they should.... WOW I have not slept that well in ages the skits sucked, Ms. Fox Sucked, the "f-bomb, sucked... I was hoping to see or hear something funny... but nope nada, this fiasco of a show should close shop already what is this like the 5th year of the show being sorta close to being funny!? C'mon ppl just say it and say it proudly... THIS SHOW WAS OVER A DECADE AGO... Just cancel it and quit making such jackasses of yourselves. Lorne turn in your tie and call it a career man. It was a great run! Wake me up for the series finale... hopefully before the year is up!
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Who still does a James Mason impression John Hamm does, thats who. It was awesome!!1
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She said fuck! It's funny how they have all these sketches that are pretty sexual in nature, but someone says the word "fuck", and it's a big deal. So what! What we should have is some kind of quality control group.
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Bill Hader easily has the best timing on the show. That was about the only real laugh I experienced in this lame ep, and even that sketch (American buying Russian bride) wasn't nearly as funny as it could've been. Forte's still solid, though. Update was awful.
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I thought she was going to be horrible, but she was kind of charming in a way. I also agree with better material I think she would have been really good. The F-bomb was great, I caught it right away and made my friend rewind it to confirm. The face she made was amazing, probably funnier than half of the skits on the show. The digital shorts were okay, not really a fan of Samberg.
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Immelt :"You have to fire that fucking bitch. She said fuck on TV."
Michaels "Look I'm sorry, she's just a fucking kid. She was fucking nervous. It won't fucking happen again."
Immelt: "Bullsit! This was a class A fuck-up. The American people will not stand for hearing the word Fuck on their televisions."
Michaels: "It was after 12 o'clock. Aren't we in safe fucking harbor at that time?
Immelt:"Fuck fucking safe fucking harbor. The fucking advertisers are going to want someone's fucking head for this. She's an unknown, no one will miss her shitcan the fucking bitch."
Michaels "Ok, Ok I'll fucking do it." -
Critics loathed the season opener (see IMdB review), Fox tanked (drawing the same ire as Paris Hilton's guest stint). C'mon NBC; drop SNL, replace with vintage Popeye cartoons.
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Jenny Slate will need a lot of hugs if she gets fired.
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Lindsay Lohan? Actually, early on, Lohan showed some acting chops, before she went coke-whore... Megan Fox, however, is all over the place, magazine covers, talk shows, etc, etc, etc. She's Box Office Kryptonite. She can't carry a movie at all. Any teenage/twentysomething could've been in Transformers and it would've been a Blockbuster. She's like that nut Kirsten Dunst that actually believes she was intergral to the success of Spiderman. Actors/Actresses are finding out the hard way that certain movies it matters not who the actors are. Like poor Orlando Bloom, who lucked out by scoring roles in both the Lord of the Rings and Pirate Movie Trilogies. Somehow studios seemed to think that anyone gave a shit about him. He wasn't the star of any of those movies and his parts could've gone to any similar actor to him. Megan Fox is such a dunce and her contempt for her fans and audience make me glad that she can't carry a movie based around her. BTW, too bad for her her looks won't last much longer...
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That's the extent of Megan Fox's funnyness.
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IF this new girl somehow remains on the show, her next appearance will include a Weekend Update segment where she, as herself, comes on and recounts what happened, makes fun of it, herself and the sketch.
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...of the biker-chick sketch was substituted for the West Coast feed.
Also, Don Pardo was back as announcer. Word last summer was he was out the door. -
shot during the opening credits. Please.
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is matching Tara Reid's professional decline. She'll probably be cast in a movie for the Sci-Fi Channel (low budget franchise a la ANACONDA) and function as "star" of The Asylum's cheap (direct-to-video) knock-offs. Ms. Reid routinely boasts about her "celebrity friends" (e.g. Paris Hilton) but they've exiled themselves from her rapidly decreasing (media) visibility.
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*******tumbleweeds rolling********
I swear two people clapped for that shit. -
I need to ask you a huge favor." Lorne mumbled to Megan Fox, his first celebrity host of the year for SNL. Megan turned to face him...her gaunt face still untouched by artists magic. "Dude...whatever you want..." Megan replied, "Ya know...I SO owe you for not canning my spot after that cunt Cody's movie bombed. I...I feel like a fucking joke....like fucking...ya know...fucking damaged goods" Megan went on, a hint of gratitude in her voice for perhaps the first time in her short desperate life. The lingering memory of Codys cunt spunk returning to her mouth all these years after her "audition" "So...do ya...ya know...want it now..or after the show? Megan asked as she pulled up her tube top.Loren was taken aback. Oh...sure he had heard the stories from Bay, from Orci...and a very good one from Diablo regarding the ease at which Ms. Fox delivered the goods...and then some; but that was not what he was here for, this wasn't for him. "No...no...no...."Loren hurriedly replied as he quickly pulled her top back over her pasty tits, the love bites from her previous lover/favor still fresh onher white skin. "Uh...well...not..for ME anyway" he went on, "And...well...uh...not in that way either" Loren continued. He was close enough now to get a good view of this particular favor granter..and the harsh light of reality was taking it's toll.Loren wasn't sure how to go on...he stood there...looking at Megan; "she does look like Bay described her" he thought..."she does look like a girl who would sucked cock in a portable shitter at the ground zero work site for a buck a blow." His gaze took it all in...she was sexy alright, but in a way that made him want to take a rape shower, obviously testosterone had kicked her hard as a fetus...her sex drive matched only by the defined masculine characteristics of the girl...the almost Adams apple...the hard facial structure...the incredibly hairy arms that had as of yet gone unwaxed...giving Megan's Marilyn tattoo an incredible 5 o'clock shadow...and then he looked at her hands."Well..."Lorne continued. "You see....well...we have U2 on the show tonight.." Megan looked at him with dead eyes, if there was the light of recognition or understanding in them Lorne certainly could not see it. "And...well...you see...Bono, well....he has....certain demands". "Oh..." Megan droned...so you want me to fuck the old Irish dude? Sure...just get me some gum and soda for afterwards" Loren interupted.."Well...no...not E-x-a-c-t-l-y...., you see...uh...Bono has a serious foot fetish"Megan was no stranger to that one...she held up foot to Lorens face, the peeling black and gold nail polish right in front of his eyes..rug burns covered the backs of her feet. "So..ya mean he just wants to ya know...fuck around with these?" she asked, almost laughing. "Noooooo.....uh...it is a little more than that.., you see...he...well he evidently loves having a girl put her toe in his ass while she whips him" Lorne could not believe what he was saying, but if he wanted this to go on he had no choice...SNL was on thin ice as it was..he needed everything to go smoothly. "Sure...no fucking problem" Megan mused...I'll foot fuck the perv...not the first time...I hope he has his own whip though...Michael fucking kept mine" she replied..thinking of her last "date" with Bay. "Uh....no...Megan...well, you see...Bono has seen your pictures...he..." Lorne sighed, "Like just fucking say it ok? Megan mumbled...wanting to get on with it already and get some PR..."Megan.." Lorne finally said..."He wants you to use your TOE THUMBS..." Megan sighed...this was becoming routine..always with the fucking toe thumbs..."perhaps that offer from Vivid wasn't so bad after all" she mused as she walked out the door and down the hall towards her date with an Irish Asshole.
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And it only took them until 2pm today...
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Several times. What's the big deal?
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I was at a taping of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Thursday and Fox was a guest. I was with my friend that works behind-the-scenes. I was hanging in the studio 6B hall when Fox came out with about 6 people that are her support staff. Let me tell ya -- she needs 6 more people to add to that staff cause in person, she looks like a cheap hooker. Seriously. I found her sexxxy in the first Transformers, but this chick has not aged well. Her neck has wrinkes and lines like she is a 45 year old crack whore. She has ridiculous jail house tats all over her. and she's a fucking stick. I could break her. She's probably a heroine fiend. I can't wait till this cunt's 5 seconds of fame are done. She's a product that is getting shoved down our throats. If she had talent, i may buy into it. Sadly, not only does she not have talent -- in person she looks like my mom's douche bag.
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I would have loved to hear it in it's entirety. They really do a good live version of it these days.
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and to be honest I find Iron Balls McGuinty's story to be quite believable.
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I've read blogs trying to blame the writers of snl for her shittastic "performance" seriousl, Megan. Either take some acting classes or just go away and get out of the way of real actresses.
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Sep 27, 2009 4:08:37 PM CDT
Yeah, right, real actresses like that shit from Heroes?
by lockesbrokenleg
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That's easy: it's whatever season happened to be on when you were 14. I thought everyone knew that.
Yeah, it was a sub-par episode. I'm on the west coast, so I didn't even get to enjoy the F-bomb slipup. It'd be a shame if the new girl gets canned for it though, because she did a decent job of creating a character that wasn't a carbon copy of something else. Like other people have said, if the whole premise is that all the characters say "frick" every other word, how surprising is it that there was a slip-up?
By the way, why make 2 digital shorts of sketches that could easily have been regular sketches? Especially the first one, which was just two people sitting at a restaurant table. I guess maybe the second one kind of makes sense because they couldn't have shown the nudity to the studio audience, or there would have been too much of a chance of a mistake in editing it. Still, why not use the digital short concept for bits like music videos that couldn't have been done in the studio? -
Seriously...come on. How many strings did Jimmy Fallon pull to make that happen?
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I miss that guy. Slit his own throat.
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kindled one of the best rapports since Abbott and Costello. Tim Meadows is the dark horse, functioned admirably as a straight- and funnyman (though his contribution is seriously underestimated; the NBC dipshits haven't even debuted a "Best of Tim Meadows" DVD). SNL's decline was further expedited with Will Ferrell's stale "comedy"; this guy's lame stereotypes and juvenile jokes have finally laid an ostrich egg at the boxoffice (the execrable LAND OF THE LOST).
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That Abby Elliot intro makes me go into some delirious sex-rage.
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Sep 27, 2009 6:24:24 PM CDT
Cnn is reporting slate has been fired as well as Lorne Michaels
by jettl93
CNN is reporting that the FCC was so furious with NBC that Jeff Zucker demanded Lorne fire Jenny Slate by noon today. Micheals refused saying that the f-bomb issue was not as big as the media is making it. Zucker gave Michaels an ultimatum "fire slate or resign" Michaels refused, Zucker Went ahead fired Slate then Fired MichaelsWord is that both this weeks thursday weekend update as well as saturdays ryan renoylds episode have been cancelled until NBC assings a new producerand even more turmoil has arised as both Kristen wig and Bill Hader have stated they will leave the show unless Zucker re-enstates both Lorn and Slateholy fuck this thing is really getting out of hand, whats Zuckers beef, the FCC really must be threatening some heavy fines for him to do this
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How about the actor who plays Burger King (sardonic latex mask and body cast)? To paraphrase Groucho Marx, "Outside of the improvement, we won't know the difference."
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The shit's only been out a week or two.
Guess he forgot. Yes, I said he. I saw Fox Bulge. -
Got a link? I'm not seeing anything on their website.
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Sep 27, 2009 7:34:25 PM CDT
Guys...Jett is a pathological liar, don't worry about it.
by thrillhouse77
He's "buds" with Christopher Nolan. Or as he personally refers to him: "C-Note"
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if you were him would you want to remind 200,000 people (SNLs approximate viewership) of the fact that you can't sell tickets?
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SNL - go to cable. NBC is in the tank.
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for being overused to the level of it bearing zero meaning
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Sep 27, 2009 10:15:16 PM CDT
SNL proves that the female sex is still not funny
by dioxholsterreturns
and they never will be
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They never said anything else.
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ever you graduated from high school. SNL really sucked after that. Some even say the early 80's shows or the late 80's shows were great. That's because they were kids then watching the show.
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You might be my favorite new (?) poster. I really like how mad people get when you claim things. Keep fighting the good fight!
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That story would be just awesome if it was true at all. But Lorne getting fired over a new one-episode cast member? I don't see that happening.
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NBC and SNL are waiting to see how people react to this incident before making any decision. An FCC fine is pretty much guaranteed, I think. Everything else is up in the air.
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I find it odd that a seemingly honest slip-up can be a potential career-ender, yet Forte was allowed to say "No fucking way" as long as the offending word is bleeped. He intentionally said it, you can see he said it, everyone knows what he said, we all heard the word in our head, but we just don't hear the word out loud. It was the payoff for the whole bit; the punchline, if you will. How is that perfectly acceptable but, on the same show, one "fuckin" in a sea of "friggin" and "frickin" could lead to fines and firings?
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Sep 28, 2009 5:04:09 PM CDT
They should make a skit with her and Lorne about the Fbomb...
by kravmaguffin
For next week, keep the free publicity going. Mark Walberg say hi to your mother for me.
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that was one of the worst shows ever. only topped by a horrible perfomance by U2 who have become laughable.
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George Carlin had a lot of good material on that exact same concept. If it's okay to say "frick" a thousand times, but bad to say "fuck", that must mean somehow that "u" is somehow morally inferior to "ri", right? Our whole system of broadcast standards and censorship is ridiculously outdated and full of all kinds of logical holes, but I think a lot of people support it just because they like thinking that there's some line out there separating us from sin and corruption and whatever. A skit like this--where the word "frick" is used so often that it becomes a meaningless character tic--and if we all secretly know that in real life these characters would be saying "fuck" instead, what's the difference? Show me the TV watcher that would enjoy this sketch with the word "frick" but would be offended by "fuck". Not the angry pundit or reactionary exec who pretends to be offended on someone else's behalf; I want to see a real life person who's okay with "frick" but bothered by "fuck" in an after midnight comedy show sketch about a group of coarse-tongued bikers.
In a way, this was all dealt with by Battlestar Galactica, which recognized that in the grown-up world, people say "fuck" all the time, but you're not allowed to say it on basic cable. So by inventing the word "frak", they made kind of an unspoken agreement with the audience: let's both pretend that they're saying "fuck", so we can have these rough and dirty military types talk the way they'd actually talk without breaking any broadcast standards rules.
The whole thing's silly. If you can handle a sketch about a sex position video and a sketch about a guy posing as a robot who takes off his clothes in the hopes of fucking Megan Fox, you can handle one accidental utterance of the word "fuck". (It's just too bad the actual show wasn't funny enough to make bending the rules worthwhile).
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