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Celery Jello
Mar 21, 2005
Slippery Tilde


Previously, on Saturday Night Live...

Can we just pretend last week didn't happen? There were some moments, but overall it felt like a combination of end of season fatigue and "just got back from vacation" ricketiness all rolled up into one, producing a rather bleh episode.

Didn't Suck, I Guess
Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight was more entertaining than the fight, to hear people who watched both things tell it. Blazer was the one attempt at political commentary (of many this week) that actually landed, due to its great pacing and not jumping the gun in pointing out the joke.
Why Did You Do This
Dino Bones felt like an attempt to repeat the sketch from earlier this year with the whining "I CAN'T EVENNNNN" milennials, except it was making fun of an unclear stereotype (Were they making fun of monkey cheese random people, and if so, aren't they all like 14?) and didn't have anything to redeem itself. Right Side of the Bed and Girlfriends Talk Show played Sketch Comedy Mad-Libs (with Right Side suffering wildly diminishing returns).
Stop Trying to Be the Daily Show
Girlfriends also had the severe misfortune of coming right after SNL's jab at women character's treatments in movies with Black Widow Trailer. It undercut the point that the trailer half-heartedly made before it wandered off getting bogged down in the minutia of the structure of romcoms and fitting in as many Avengers characters as humanly possible. Orioles made fun of what was, admittedly, a ridiculous story in the empty stadium by making a bunch of tepid "lol baseball" and "lol police brutality" jokes.
12:55 Own Zone
Virgin Flight was an honorary member of the Own Zone, with a pair of great performances (Scarlet Johansson did a good job all around, despite my whining) and a bizarre concept that didn't go too far. Jingle Writers was like a coked-out version of those Will Ferrell-Ana Gasteyer sketches that made absolutely no goddamn sense and was hilarious anyway.
Weekend Update Report
Part 1 / Part 2 - Not quite as good as it's been in previous weeks, but still a reliable portion of the show. All the correspondents were great (sorry, thread, that Shaq Jay Pharoah does owns) for once, too, which is a plus!

This week, on The Week Before Louis C.K. Hosts...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6qnqy41vKc

The last time Reese Witherspoon hosted was 14 years ago. Specifically, two weeks after 9/11. That's an awful weird time to host, something she's reflected on elsewhere. She did participate in an episode of Celebrity Jeopardy, for what it's worth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9v8jLBrvug

Florence + The Machine is the closest thing to Fleetwood Mac we're going to get anytime soon. I say that because holy poo poo does Florence have a set of pipes that I could listen to forever and ever.

Next week...

It's the last one of the season!
May 16, 2015: Louis C.K. and Rihanna

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pwn
May 27, 2004

This Christmas get "Shoes"









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Tonight Vintage returns, and it's the big Betty White episode from almost exactly 5 years ago today, May 8 2010, with Jay-Z.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/09/09u.phtml

Originally, until a couple days ago, this episode was scheduled to air next week, with tonight's Vintage scheduled to be Julia Louise-Dreyfus/Paul Simon from May 13 2006, 9 years ago. But it was switched out and Betty White bumped up, and understandably so. White's was a big Mother's Day show, and SNL has always taken kindly to Mother's Day. I feel like this is recent enough in SNL history that many of you saw it, but in case there's anyone who didn't: There was a Facebook page called "Betty White to Host SNL (Please?!)" in early 2010 that would come to gain over a quarter million fans. In a rare case of anything on the internet being listened to by anybody else, Lorne asked White to host, and she graciously accepted. To make the job less burdensome for the 88-year-old, Michaels recruited many recent female SNL alumni to help carry the Mother's Day show- Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, and Molly Shannon - nearly all mothers themselves (Dratch was 6 months pregnant at the time.)


This episode won 3 Emmys that year, including Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, and was nominated for 4 others.

Next week looks to be the last Vintage in the series. After that the schedule is a wasteland of hockey, The Island reruns, more hockey (yo just how many damned months do the NHL playoffs go for, anyway? They've been going for over a month already and there's a game scheduled for June 13 for god's sake,) and boxing.

SNL Vintage checklist
  • 1975 Richard Pryor / Gil Scott-Heron (s01e07 O.A.D. 1975.12.13 SNLV 2014.09.27; again on 2015.2.21 with a few bits and a song that had been cut previously)
  • 1976 Paul Simon / George Harrison (s02e08 O.A.D. 1976.11.20 SNLV 2014.11.22)
  • 1977 Steve Martin / The Blues Brothers (s03e18 O.A.D. 1978.04.20 SNLV 2014.10.04)
  • 1978 Rick Nelson / [no]Judy Collins (s04e12 O.A.D. 1979.2.17 SNLV 2014.11.8)
  • 1979
  • 1980
  • 1981 Johnny Cash / Elton John (s07e17 O.A.D. 1982.04.17 SNLV 2015.04.04)
  • 1982
  • 1983
  • 1984 Eddie Murphy / Robert Plant and The Honeydrippers (s10e09 O.A.D. 1984.12.15 SNLV 2015.01.17)
  • 1985
  • 1986 Sigourney Weaver / Buster Pointdexter (s12e01 O.A.D. 1986.10.11 SNLV 2015.03.28)
  • 1986 William Shatner / Lone Justice, Buster Pointdexter (s12e08 O.A.D. 1986.12.20 SNLV 2015.01.10)
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989 Tom Hanks / Aerosmith (s15e13 O.A.D. 1990.2.17 SNLV 2014.10.25)
  • 1989 Alec Baldwin / The B52s (s15e18 O.A.D. 1990.4.21 SNLV 2014.10.11)
  • 1990 Patrick Swayze / Mariah Carey (s16e04 O.A.D. 1990.10.27 SNLV 2015.02.07)
  • 1991
  • 1992 Alec Baldwin / Paul McCartney (s18e13 O.A.D. 1993.2.13 SNLV 2014.10.11)
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995 Jim Carrey / Soundgarden (s21e20 O.A.D. 1996.5.18 SNLV 2015.3.14)
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999 Christopher Walken / Christina Aguilera (s25e16 O.A.D. 2000.4.8 SNLV 2014.10.18)
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003 Ben Affleck / N.E.R.D. (s29e15 O.A.D. 2004.3.13 SNLV 2014.11.29)
  • 2004
  • 2005 Julia Louise Dreyfus / Paul Simon (s31e18 O.A.D. 2006.05.13 SNLV 2015.05.09)
  • 2006 Drew Barrymore / Lily Allen (s32e12 O.A.D. 2007.2.3 SNLV 2014.11.15)
  • 2007
  • 2008 Josh Brolin / Adele (s34e05 O.A.D. 2008.10.18 SNLV 2014.11.01)
  • 2009 Betty White / Jay-Z (s35e21 O.A.D 2010.05.08 SNLV 2015.05.09)
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012 Martin Short / Paul McCartney (s38e10 O.A.D. 2012.12.15 SNLV 2015.01.03)
  • 2013 Jimmy Fallon / Justin Timberlake (s39e10 O.A.D. 2013.12.21 SNLV 2014.12.27)

pwn
May 27, 2004

This Christmas get "Shoes"









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Wow, Betty looked so much younger back then

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Smoke some.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Liking this open.

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Putting on my glasses to watch across the room.

My mom put soap in my mouth. Not cool.

pwn
May 27, 2004

This Christmas get "Shoes"









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This is sweet. :unsmith:

Baronash
Feb 29, 2012

So what do you want to be called?
You deserved it. :hfive:

Mooseontheloose
May 13, 2003

I love this monologue.

Mooseontheloose
May 13, 2003

Hi mom, it's Kyle.

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth
This is great

pwn
May 27, 2004

This Christmas get "Shoes"









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oh my god :cry:

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Oh Wow this is amazing

Codependent Poster
Oct 20, 2003

Hahahaha the Kenan one.

Fresh Like Zafo
May 31, 2012



That Mighty Ducks clip!

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Where's my cocaine?

hcreight
Mar 19, 2007

My name is Oliver Queen...
WHERE'S MY COCAINE?

Codependent Poster
Oct 20, 2003

Maxwell Lord posted:

Where's my cocaine?

That was incredible.

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
My mom is a saint.

Mooseontheloose
May 13, 2003

Poor Joose, Che, and Leslie Jones.

Doctor Candiru
Dec 23, 2004
Umbrella Monkey Sand
The Mooney one was very funny

pwn
May 27, 2004

This Christmas get "Shoes"









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It's been entirely too long since they brought in everybody's mums and that totally made up for the wait.

pwn
May 27, 2004

This Christmas get "Shoes"









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Mooseontheloose posted:

Poor Joose, Che, and Leslie Jones.
Leslie is 47, maybe she wasn't able to make it.

As for Jost and Che, they're not really part of the show anyway

DivisionPost
Jun 28, 2006

Nobody likes you.
Everybody hates you.
You're gonna lose.

Smile, you fuck.
Apparently Cecily Strong has always had it. Good to know.

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

pwn posted:

As for Jost and Che, they're not really part of the show anyway

Stop.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
I'm sorry. I do not know how.

pwn
May 27, 2004

This Christmas get "Shoes"









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It was a joke because they don't act in sketches.

Mooseontheloose
May 13, 2003

Would still do it with Reese Witherspoon.

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
RoffleF1

Winkie01
Nov 28, 2004

Mooseontheloose posted:

Would still do it with Reese Witherspoon.

Agreed, that roller coaster scene in fear :circlefap:

pwn
May 27, 2004

This Christmas get "Shoes"









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Hold on, tweeting about Blacklist #RunLizzieRun

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Winkie01 posted:

Agreed, that roller coaster scene in fear :circlefap:

Wetter!

Codependent Poster
Oct 20, 2003

:laffo:

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
bbcode=[!]

pwn
May 27, 2004

This Christmas get "Shoes"









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That was short and sweet.

Mooseontheloose
May 13, 2003

I am not sure how I feel about this sketch.

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Mission tax free.


Did I drink too much? Yes, I think so.

Zeluth fucked around with this message at 05:10 on May 10, 2015

DivisionPost
Jun 28, 2006

Nobody likes you.
Everybody hates you.
You're gonna lose.

Smile, you fuck.

DivisionPost posted:

Apparently Cecily Strong has always had it. Good to know.

Ahaha I tweeted a version of this, no hashtags or anything, and five minutes later a random guy tweeted back "she's awful."

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Home depot Mom, Knows.

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sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth
The girls are multiplying.

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