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  It's happening  I don't know why this preamble would ever be necessary, save for form, so: The country has been shut down for a month. A pandemic has swept much of the world, and our approach to fighting it has yielded a protracted and lonely Shelter-at-Home Defense. SNL, being officially A Part of the Country, has also been dark for a month. Shows that were scheduled for March 28, April 4, and April 11 were canceled. John Krasinski and Dua Lipa joined the exclusive club of Guests Whose Scheduled Episodes Never Aired (alumni include Franken and Davis, Gilda Radner, and Amy Winehouse.) The lights on Broadway were turned off, television and film productions shuttered. On March 12, talk shows initially announced doing shows without audiences before quickly realizing the full gravity of the situation, and going dark indefinitely after their tapings that night (Seth Meyers actually canceled his taping and did his Closer Look segment from home for YouTube.) Initially, some of these shows were going on break anyway the weeks of March 16 or 23, and the 30th was tentatively penciled in as a return date. Then, on March 16, Colbert shot an extemporaneous video from his bathtub. The next day, Conan and Jimmys Fallon and Kimmel shot similarly-impromptu videos from their homes. On the 18th, NBC began their reruns of Fallon with whatever he had shot for YouTube that day. This went on for the next week and a half, with the production values gradually improving, and the hosts coming to grips with doing shows in a void, like the kids have been doing on YT for years. Over-the-Air, NBC turned Fallon's shows first into a hybrid of new and old ("Best-of") the next week, and on March 30, all the major players - Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon, Seth, and Conan - began doing full (or nearly-full) new episodes for broadcast, from their homes, having ramped up to proper lighting and cameras (except Fallon, who is still flogging the homemade pastiche.) The writers, editors, and graphics departments all working remotely, interviews being done via Skype, FaceTime, Zoom... pretty sure Martha Stewart has her own dedicated satellite uplink. Everyone was back, albeit in this new, weird, and rather jagged-edged form. Except SNL. pwn posted:Obviously, tonight’s originally-scheduled regular show with John Krasinski and Dua Lipa has been canceled, as have the next two live shows of April 4 and 11. It remains to be seen if the May episodes will happen. SHVPS4DETH posted:it’s still run by lorne tho But then this past Thursday afternoon -- https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1248322115293642752?s=20 They did it. They loving did it. With only about 56 hours before air, a new episode was announced. So little is actually known: There will be Weekend Update, the show will be pre-recorded, and the running time is 93:30, including terminal break, which is the usual length of reruns (live shows are 92:30.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA2jN9Owx9Y ... not much. I don't want to wax too heavily, but I'll say that I am more excited for this than any other time in the last 28 years of watching this dumb show (SNL40 comes exceptionally close, though.) Having tuned in in 1992, the same year that NBC suits began populating the halls at 8H, giving their little notes and execs sticking their noses in the creative department, I've only ever known the high-gloss version of SNL. I could only read about (and later watch) the first years from this perspective. This seems like the first time in decades that the show has a chance to be fun and experimental, to play with a well-worn format and turn it on its head. I'll leave it there, lest I embarrass myself further. Even if it sucks, it's going to be great to see some familiar faces and have a brief respite in this, an extremely dark and dreary time in our country's history. Enjoy the show and stay safe. pwn fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Apr 12, 2020 |
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Oh yeah, and In honour of the passing of SNL music producer Hal Willner, and the release of Trolls 2, tonight's Vintage is Justin Timberlake from 2006.
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Apr 11, 2020 12:54
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pwn posted:-- Unlike other times in SNL history where the talent was questionable, I think this cast suffers from boring and poor writing. This cast is and can be hilarious but they aren't given a lot of great material.
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I don't know, I think while the women are great this might be the weakest cast for the men in forever. Moffet and Day are completely interchangeable, Mooney, Bennet and Redd are talented but never leave their comfort zones, Yost and Che are poster children for the toxic bro humor SNL tried to get rid of in the early '10s when Killam and Pharoah were fired and Yang might need time to grow but so far he's just been "gay asian".
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removing audience reaction is going to be the best and worst thing that has ever happened to this cast/writers room and it is going to be a trip to see how it plays out. the usual beats being removed could also make for a more efficient show, or they’ll leave them in and poo poo will get majorly awkward. (fantasy option: the audience is lorne. only lorne. one camera stays on him for reactions to every joke) i’ll also be interested in ratings since lately all anyone is watching is the voice and masked singer if they aren’t mainlining cable news. either way thanks for quoting me in the op and obligating this post lol
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How to watch it live, if somehow you don’t already know. Also according to this, the show WILL be seen at the same time coast-to-coast? And Michael Che made a statement today Edit: Confirmed via NBC that the show will air coast-to-coast simultaneously: 11:29e/10:29c/9:29m/8:29p. This was just announced in the last hour; previously NBC explicitly stated that it would not be aired across all time zones simultaneously. vvvv 
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pwn posted:Jimmys Fallon and Kimmel My expectations are about as low as possible, but I'm still glad they will try.
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We have graphics  https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1249001847026855937?s=20 https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1249114833796153344?s=20 And Colin shaves his beard https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1249124581547393024?s=20
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Apr 12, 2020 02:39
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After looking over the timings: Including the goodnights, there are the usual 10 segments, and there are no mid-break teases.
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Apr 12, 2020 04:14
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Alright this is gonna be a mess
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Apr 12, 2020 04:30
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Loving this already. New intros! Band!
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Apr 12, 2020 04:31
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EL BROMANCE posted:Loving this already. New intros! Band! 
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Apr 12, 2020 04:33
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Oh it's not live
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Apr 12, 2020 04:34
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Why is Tom Hanks on a green screen?
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Apr 12, 2020 04:36
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So, it's been a while since I've watched live TV. Are all commercials like this now? You're probably not seeing the same ones, but I'm guessing all commercials are like this and you know exactly what I'm talking about.
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Mr. Powers posted:So, it's been a while since I've watched live TV. Are all commercials like this now? You're probably not seeing the same ones, but I'm guessing all commercials are like this and you know exactly what I'm talking about. Capitalizing on the plague? Yeah, they're all convincing us how much they care as the throw as many lives as they can into the shredder to make a little more profit...
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Mr. Powers posted:So, it's been a while since I've watched live TV. Are all commercials like this now? You're probably not seeing the same ones, but I'm guessing all commercials are like this and you know exactly what I'm talking about. Yes. They all want you to know their corporation cares. I wonder which ex Pete misses?
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Apr 12, 2020 04:43
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Yeah with no sport, I’ve not seen a commercial in a month or so.
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Oh, okay, so this is just an hour and a half of each cast member doing their own little skit.
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Really leaning into how strange this is.
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:Yes. They all want you to know their corporation cares. Well, I assume he still lives with his mom, so I'm thinking right now the answer is "any".
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It's like if big budget TV people just made lovely youtube videos. 
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Apr 12, 2020 04:45
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Kate McKinnon has a tuxedo cat. I knew she was good people.
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Top tip: remove all the furniture and carpet from your room so you can really lean into that echo everyone loves. Also, Mikey Day you running an iBook G3 or something? Why aren’t you in widescreen?
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Is this a sequel to the skit with Idris Elba as a PowerPoint instructor?
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EL BROMANCE posted:Top tip: remove all the furniture and carpet from your room so you can really lean into that echo everyone loves. I'm guessing portrait video cropped. 4:3 is better than 9:16 E: giving credit to Arby's for having just a plain old advertisement
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Apr 12, 2020 04:50
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this is p good so far imo "drake song" was hilariously perfect
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Apr 12, 2020 04:57
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Carole Baskin was perfect.
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Did Fineman manage to do the makeup and wardrobe for that Carole Baskin herself? Because it was perfect.
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IIRC that skit was basically the sort of videos she used to make before SNL
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Doctor Candiru posted:Did Fineman manage to do the makeup and wardrobe for that Carole Baskin herself? Because it was perfect. idk who else could have done it lol e: ugh chris martin
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Doctor Candiru posted:Did Fineman manage to do the makeup and wardrobe for that Carole Baskin herself? Because it was perfect. From what little I've seen it JoJo, she also got that one perfectly.
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I love that they put Entrance to Trains on his wall 
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That Entrance to Trains sign is so perfect
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This is a lesson on how to make eight camera angles from just two camera: wide/tight crops, and left/right flip.
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Apr 12, 2020 05:06
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Yeah if you go to Chloe Fineman's Instagram it's just hundreds of these videos.
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