SNL 04/05/08 - H: Christopher Walken - MG: Panic at the Disco
04-05-08, 06:43 PM
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SNL 04/05/08 - H: Christopher Walken - MG: Panic at the Disco
Hopefully SNL will get more cowbell!
(... sorry I've been away for a few days, but I'm glad no one started this thread yet.)
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04-06-08, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by starman9000
I love Walken, but it looks like he is reading these lines for the first time.
04-06-08, 01:52 AM
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it's really....i dunno, weird?, that walken's not making any attempt to make eye contact with the others; he's locked onto the cards.
*edit*
WTF? there's a skit on eye conact
*edit*
WTF? there's a skit on eye conact
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04-06-08, 09:01 AM
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Wow. Walken really seemed to phone it in tonight. I liked the Indoor Gardening Tips, but thats about it.
I miss "The Continental"
I miss "The Continental"
04-06-08, 09:58 AM
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Only saw the first half so far (fell asleep, dvr'd it) but man, Walken was driving me crazy with the cue card reading... it's bad when the host relies on them so much so that they aren't making much eye contact etc. but he just stared at the card the whole time!!! I love CW but this was pretty brutal.
04-06-08, 10:15 AM
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His reading the cards was REALLY distracting. He even mispronounced "controversy" since he was concentrating on reading in the Greased Lightning skit.
I went throgh something very similar when a good friend of minre told me his Boy Scout troop was perfoming Greased Lightning in a talent show. He had no idea what half the lyrics were.
I went throgh something very similar when a good friend of minre told me his Boy Scout troop was perfoming Greased Lightning in a talent show. He had no idea what half the lyrics were.
04-06-08, 10:19 AM
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He was very obviously reading from the cue cards, but I enjoyed most of the sketches. The family reunion sketch was probably my favorite, but I hated Laser Cats. Was there actually any demand to do another Laser Cat digital short?
04-06-08, 11:04 AM
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I hate that it's got to the point where no one bothers to try to remember their lines anymore (except for the new girl Casey, it seems), so the skits are almost better listened to, than watched.
04-06-08, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by movieking
He was very obviously reading from the cue cards, but I enjoyed most of the sketches. The family reunion sketch was probably my favorite, but I hated Laser Cats. Was there actually any demand to do another Laser Cat digital short?
04-06-08, 01:10 PM
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It's been a while since I've seen an episode hosted by Walken, but I seem to remember him as always reading the cue cards. Were people this bothered by it before? I didn't find this episode to be as funny as his previous shows so maybe that made it more distracting. I'm just a little surprised by the reaction to the cue card reading this time since it's something he's always done, yet he's always been a fan favourite host.
04-06-08, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Brain Stew
Laser Cats was awesome!
