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Sulphuric Sundae posted:I like Mike O'Brien for that "Bugs: Where the Heck Do You Gotta Be?" bit with Josh Hutcherson. I suppose he could go back to being a writer if they drop him as a player. I agree with everything in this post. Especially Bug Interview and romantic speech being hilarious. "You make me want to be a better mang"
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Doctor Candiru posted:Vulture did a top-ten sketches of the season thing, and I was pretty surprised at a few of their inclusions and exclusions. It's very telling that 75% of these sketches are pre-taped (and two of the three non-pretaped ones were from the Louis CK show, which more and more seems like an outlier). The guys they hired to replace Lonely Island are good, even if they probably won't ever have a hit go as viral as TLI's best, but they need to cleanse that writers room with fire. Keep everyone involved in writing Black Jeopardy and Romantic Speech, toss everyone else out on their rear end, including (especially) Colin Jost. Then toss Milheiser (because I can't remember a drat thing he did), Wells (because every single one of her impressions made me cringe. Seriously, how the gently caress do you do a bad Nancy Grace impression?) and unfortunately probably Brooks Whelan, though I like the guy a lot and hopefully he'd go on to have a career like Casey Wilson or Jenny Slate. I think Nasim is probably out because of her new show, and I wouldn't be surprised if we lose Taran soon to Hollywood and his family, so there should be some replacements coming through the works. And if I were head writer, I'd make drat sure that Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon had a sketch together each week, because those two are gold together.
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Sulphuric Sundae posted:Edit: Louis CK's romantic speech skit is definitely one of my favorite bits of the season. It made me want to be a better mang
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JesusLovesRonwell posted:Lol, Zamata-san's Michelle Obama impression was an impression of Barack Obama. What talent. Hired in specifically because she's a black woman. She's awesome? She was literally Black Woman #1 in everything and made nothing her own. Kerry Washington, a host, was so much better. Too bad they can't get her. But you know, in retrospect, I guess Zamada, given the way she was hired in (because blogs put pressure on SNL to diversify, lmao) I guess she deserves another year to do something and prove herself. *SNL literally hires 6 identical white men in the same year to be the point that the show's own writers made fun of it* "This black woman... I could do without her. Please replace her with identical white man #7"
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Kate McKinnon is the funny version of Kristen Wiig. I like her a lot. I didn't think her Bieber impression was as mindblowingly hilarious as a lot of people did, though. Am I missing something or is it just "lol Bieber"?
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I think what makes her Beiber impression so funny is that she manages to look so much like him.
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It's the body movements that do it for me. It's not like she does a great voice impression, but the way she moves like a total douchebag cracks me up.
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The Duke posted:the way she moves like a total douchebag cracks me up. This. I think the less talking, more moving works very well for that impression.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I must be the only person who doesn't enjoy Aidy at all. She over-reads her lines so every single joke has no chance to be good. At least she has a tone. Seth Meyer's younger brother sitting at the WU desk is so bland he's almost see-through and nothing he says is funny. Hope they find someone else for next season.
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Binary Logic posted:At least she has a tone. Seth Meyer's younger brother sitting at the WU desk is so bland he's almost see-through and nothing he says is funny. Hope they find someone else for next season. Let Brooks Wheelan take over. He gives me Norm MacDonald vibes.
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PUGGERNAUT posted:Let Brooks Wheelan take over. He gives me Norm MacDonald vibes. That's funny because Colin apparently is trying to be like Norm MacDonald according to his wikipedia article.
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Binary Logic posted:At least she has a tone. Seth Meyer's younger brother sitting at the WU desk is so bland he's almost see-through and nothing he says is funny. Hope they find someone else for next season. I'm not a Colin fan, but I really just can't stand it when Aidy says anything. Nails on a chalkboard.
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Brooks Wheelan is the first casualty... http://www.vulture.com/2014/07/brooks-wheelan-fired-snl.html
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If by Kyle Mooney you mean Colin Jost, agreed!
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The Duke posted:If by Kyle Mooney you mean Colin Jost, agreed!
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Mooney isn't going anywhere because he's turning in good film work with Beck Bennett.
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Yeah, Kyle Mooney isn't the problem with SNL. There are a lot of problems. Good Neighbours isn't one (or two?) of them. EDIT: One of the reasons I will always love Kyle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lItkr3MR1I4
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Also gone are: Noël Wells John Milhiser Nasim Pedrad http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/saturday-night-live-loses-three-more-cast-members-1201262895/
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Hockles posted:Also gone are: quote:John Milhiser quote:Nasim Pedrad 
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Gonna miss Nasim. I thought she was mostly great.
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Nasim was great, but over the last two years, she hardly got any screen time at all. Aside from debuting one or two awkward characters that she probably came up with herself (Heshi, Shallon), it seemed like she was absent from entire episodes, and even Noel got more screen time than her. I'm a huge John Mulaney fan, so I wish Mulaney and Nasim the best of luck with their sitcom, even though I can't stand Martin Short and hope he doesn't make the whole thing unwatchable with his mugging.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I have to disagree with you regarding Aidy. I think she's horribly unfunny, and her delivery is terrible. She always oversells whatever she's saying.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I'm a huge John Mulaney fan, so I wish Mulaney and Nasim the best of luck with their sitcom, even though I can't stand Martin Short and hope he doesn't make the whole thing unwatchable with his mugging. If I were working on that show, I'd lock Short in a room with a few seasons of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" with a note that said "watch how Danny DeVito handled being put into a series with a younger cast who had fresh ideas".
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Don Pardo, dead at 96. I mean, I knew this day had to come, but still. Don Pardo's voice is a part of the soundtrack to my dumb life. I haven't felt like this since the day Farley died.  Peace, Don.
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He better have had an understudy who can properly announce the HMYOOOOOOOOSICAL GUEST!
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So does Darrell Hammond get the job full-time now, or do they go in a completely new direction?
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Beautiful eulogy of Don Pardo from last night's NBC Nightly News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CXWYIGPUPQ Sadly the final touching shot of Don's mic is cut from this rip. It's somewhere on the NBC News site, I'm sure. ShakeZula posted:So does Darrell Hammond get the job full-time now, or do they go in a completely new direction? Perhaps... just maybe, and I don't want to jinx it, but Joel Godard is NBC's staff announcer, and is a great legacy voice. That'd be nice. I miss Joel. It's been over 5 years since Conan's Late Night ended, so he could do another late night show now.
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pwn posted:Perhaps... just maybe, and I don't want to jinx it, but Joel Godard is NBC's staff announcer, and is a great legacy voice. That'd be nice. I miss Joel. It's been over 5 years since Conan's Late Night ended, so he could do another late night show now.
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pwn posted:Unfortunately, the age of the announcer seems to have passed. But hey, I'd love to be proven wrong. Just not another "generic" announcer like on the Seth Meyers Spectacular, Jimmy Kimmel, and the Jay Leno Show/Jay Leno Tonight Show 2.0. Steve Higgins is the announcer for the current incarnation of The Tonight Show and is the producer of Saturday Night Live (and former head writer). He would make for a logical choice too.
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pwn posted:Perhaps... just maybe, and I don't want to jinx it, but Joel Godard is NBC's staff announcer, and is a great legacy voice. That'd be nice. I miss Joel. It's been over 5 years since Conan's Late Night ended, so he could do another late night show now. He seems just as old as Pardo. Have there been any more reports on cast changes? Or when the new season would start?
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Mo0 posted:MYHUUUUUSICAL GUEST Pardo...  No cast additions so far, just a couple of writers and no announcement of a host yet.
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Mo0 posted:Currently we're looking at September 27th, with MYHUUUUUSICAL GUEST Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea. Sept 27: Chris Pratt/Ariana Grande Oct 4: Sarah Silverman/Maroon 5 (Via Vulture)
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DaveWoo posted:Sept 27: Chris Pratt  Gonna be awesomeHas Silverman done any sketch since Mr Show?
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That's gotta feel pretty cool for Sarah after getting fired from SNL in her first season to have such an awesome career anyway she comes back and hosts. Has there ever been a host that was fired before?
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Pryor on Fire posted:That's gotta feel pretty cool for Sarah after getting fired from SNL in her first season to have such an awesome career anyway she comes back and hosts. Has there ever been a host that was fired before? Also, rumors are circulating that Bill Murray is hosting the third episode of the season.
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Doctor Candiru posted:Norm MacDonald is the obvious one. Oh WOW, I'll be shocked if this pans out but if it does it'll be an event.
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