Goldberg74

Cookie is hosting SNL with Mumford & Sons:

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... and she's gonna answer some questions:

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<fieldset style="width: 500px; margin: 0px auto; font-size: smaller;"><legend>SNL Season 40</legend>
SNL (s40e01) -- 09/27/14 -- H: Chris Pratt -- MG: Ariana Grande
SNL (s40e02) -- 10/04/14 -- H: Sarah Silverman -- MG: Maroon 5
SNL (s40e03) -- 10/11/14 -- H: Bill Hader -- MG: Hozier
SNL (s40e04) -- 10/25/14 -- H: Jim Carrey -- MG: Iggy Azalea
SNL (s40e05) -- 11/01/14 -- H: Chris Rock -- MG: Prince
SNL (s40e06) -- 11/15/14 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Kendrick Lamar
SNL (s40e07) -- 11/22/14 -- H: Cameron Diaz -- MG: Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
SNL (s40e08) -- 12/06/14 -- H: James Franco -- MG: Nicki Minaj
SNL (s40e09) -- 12/13/14 -- H: Martin Freeman -- MG: Charli XCX
SNL (s40e10) -- 12/20/14 -- H: Amy Adams -- MG: One Direction
SNL (s40e11) -- 01/17/15 -- H: Kevin Hart -- MG: Sia
SNL (s40e12) -- 01/24/15 -- H/MG: Blake Shelton
SNL (s40e13) -- 01/31/15 -- H: J.K. Simmons -- MG: D'Angelo
SNL (s40eXX) -- 02/15/15 -- 40th Anniversary Special (Red Carpet 7/6c; Special 8/7c)
SNL (s40e14) -- 02/28/15 -- H: Dakota Johnson -- MG: Alabama Shakes
SNL (s40e15) -- 03/07/15 -- H: Chris Hemsworth -- MG: Zac Brown Band
SNL (s40e16) -- 03/28/15 -- H: Dwayne Johnson -- MG: George Ezra
SNL (s40e17) -- 04/04/15 -- H: Michael Keaton -- MG: Carly Rae Jepson
SNL (s40e18) -- 04/11/15 -- H: Taraji P. Henson -- MG: Mumford & Sons
SNL (s40e19) -- 05/02/15 -- H: Scarlett Johansson -- MG: Wiz Khalifa
SNL (s40e20) -- 05/09/15 -- H: Reese Witherspoon -- MG: Florence + The Machine
SNL (s40e21) -- 05/14/15 -- H: Louis C.K. -- MG: Rihanna
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TGM

the new Mumford and Sons is fucking garbage.

Vipper II

The more I see Taraji P. Henson the more attractive I find her.

Josh-da-man

I had to look her up on wikipedia; had no idea who she was.

I'm getting old...

Solid Snake

I always remember her from Smokin' Aces, Huslte & Flow, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Lovely looking lady.

OldBoy

i couldn't be less interested in this ep...

Nth Power

I watched her on a season of Person of Interest awhile back. Next time I see her she's hosting SNL. I didn't think she was that popular, but I guess I could be wrong?

Matt925

Lol guess you guys haven't watched empire yet.

movieking

I don't watch Empire, so I'm sure some references will go over my head.

I remember she was pissed because she wasn't featured on an EW or People or something similar cover for Person of Interest even though the two leading white male characters were. That's about all I know.

RichC2

Empire is the most popular show on network TV right now (in terms of demo ratings) so it makes sense.

JeffTheAlpaca

Big question who is the dad in Mumford and Sons?

It looks like they changed their sound to become more like the Script or that type of band.

Kate McKinnon is probably the best SNL actress who has every played Hillary Clinton because she has all the scary mannerisms and the evil look lol.

RichC2

The guys in Mumford and Sons look like they've aged a decade in the last 5 years. When did Carey Mulligan's husband turn into Brendan Fraser?

Anyway, episode was weak overall but a few decent spots. I actually don't mind the new Mumford and Sons, it's catchy and fairly well written, and doesn't sound identical to the first two albums (the second album was a carbon copy of the first but not as well written). I did like Believe's sound more than The Wolf's though.

astrochimp

I had to youtube The Wolf to hear it better. Their live version didn't make it sound so good last night.

I liked Believe though.

movieking

The musical opening numbers have been awful lately. There'd been some pretty good ones in the past, but the one with Henson and The Rock's a few weeks ago were just awful. It's not even the lyrics, it's the melody - just awful and not catchy at all, IMO.

Count Dooku

I thought her line about how she is hosting only because white people now know who she is was playing the race card unfairly. It's not like she was this huge star known only to black people. Maybe Kevin Hart fit that bill when he first hosted.

Other than that, the show was a total slog saved only by McKinnon. God, I love her.

Billy Crystal's appearance makes me think that his lazy, self important version of himself on The Comedians is not such a stretch.

Update would definitely be better if that let Che loose to fire off more politically charged material.

Remember when people thought Cecily Strong was going to be a break-out star from SNL? Na ganna happan.

Count Dooku

Scarlett Johansson has just been announced as the host for the May 2 show.



Here's a free sketch idea for you, Lorne.

SJ plays a clerk at a Victoria's Secret, and male customers keep asking her to model the lingerie so they can see what it will look like on a real person, and she keeps doing it. Finally, McKinnon comes in and makes the same request and when SJ comes out of the changing room, they just end up making out for like five minutes.

TGM

I found it interesting that they didn't mention a musical guest...

RichC2

Is she doing double duty?

Count Dooku

You announce SJ as host, and people figure the episode will get more eyeballs, then a bigger musical act is more interested in doing that show.

JeffTheAlpaca

She did get the gig hosting the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 25.

movieking

So there was a rumor that Strong was canned from WU because Jost wanted her gone. Does anyone know if that was true? I think that she said she wanted to concentrate on the rest of the show, but it seems like a bit of a demotion.

LorenzoL

It wasn't a bad episode but it wasn't as strong as the past two so it definitely felt weaker.

I still like Cecily Strong and feel that she's talented but I don't think she was very good on the WU role. She's more adept at the skits.

Coladar1

The line Kenan had in the monologue was worth the price of admission alone... "I'd be starring in Good Burger VII right now!" It evoked a chuckle out of me as a longtime Kenan and Kel + All That fan, if nothing else.

Coladar1

I dunno about any of that, but I'd imagine her demotion/canning had far more to do with the fact that she sucked... hard. And not the good kind of sucking vis-a-vis a hot woman.

All I remember over her first three or so episodes was thinking how on God's green earth *anyone* could have watched *any* auditions of her performing WU and not come away screaming in agonizingly tortured horror. There are just some things some people don't have it in them to do - for Strong, reading bitingly sardonic news/skits as part of a duo on a live comedy broadcast is one of those things.

It was a train wreck disaster from the get go - every single time. That first episode, from what I recall... my God. Horrible: Numerous mistakes, some of the worst comedic timing I've ever seen, a wooden performance that made Pinocchio seem as though he was real flesh and blood all along, and absolutely no chemistry whatsoever with Jost. What's more, her suckage was actually infectious - it made Jost appear to be far, far, faaaaaar worse on WU than he ended up being.

So I dunno what backstage drama might've ensued surrounding her removal, but I have to imagine it wasn't half the behind the scenes shenanigans that allowed her to get the gig in the first place.

TGM

why would Jost have that type of power out of the gate? doesn't make sense.