SNL 05/5/12 - H: Eli Manning - MG: Rihanna

Goldberg74 · 05-05-12, 11:16 AM

Maybe we'll get another installment of Shy Ronnie!

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gmanca · 05-05-12, 11:23 AM

Wasn't she supposed to be the host as well? Wonder what happened there.

TomOpus · 05-05-12, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by gmanca

Wasn't she supposed to be the host as well? Wonder what happened there.

Eli beat her to the punch.

gmanca · 05-05-12, 12:13 PM

Nice!

KillerCannibal · 05-05-12, 12:50 PM

Eli Manning, eh? This ought to be terribly awkward and wooden. I'm in!

PopcornTreeCt · 05-05-12, 12:54 PM

I hope we get a return of Shy Ronnie.

JeffTheAlpaca · 05-05-12, 05:04 PM

How come they did not ask Alex Smith to host?

More painful memories

At least now there won't be any more Indie or Youtube bands performing

Shannon Nutt · 05-06-12, 07:48 AM

Eli wasn't very good (no surprise) - but they made him do a lot of embarassing stuff...so I'll give him kudos for playing along.

Best of the night was the Amazon/Fifty Shades of Grey commerical.

sauce07 · 05-06-12, 10:08 AM

Eli was pretty good for not being a comedian. I liked the text messages in court sketch and the Little Brothers commercial.

Goat3001 · 05-06-12, 10:50 AM

I liked Eli. He can't act but he was awkwardly funny. I thought the courtroom skit was the highlight too.

dex14 · 05-06-12, 11:43 AM

This was pretty damn funny. I think Eli did great. Out of his element for sure, but he fully committed and it worked.

onebyone · 05-06-12, 12:54 PM

Eli was much better than I was expecting him to be. What he lacks in timing he makes up for in goofiness.

I most enjoyed the Little Brothers skit. It's not as funny as Peyton's United Way bit, but it's still pretty awesome.

bigjim25 · 05-06-12, 01:17 PM

Big Boy Laroux · 05-06-12, 03:47 PM

I expected Eli to be wooden, and he definitely was. But I was also pleasantly surprised with how he did. The courtroom sketch was great, how he would lean all the way into the Mic. I loved his Cats joke in thee monologue. He really played along and it showed. The little brothers commercial was a great "response" to Peyton's
United way one.

Wasn't so keen on the ad for the dictator, but it had its moments.

The fifty shades of gray thing was awesome.

Was there a digital short? Was it the little brothers? Was kind of hoping for a shy Ronnie.

Rob V · 05-06-12, 04:52 PM

Rihanna certainly likes spreading her legs and pointing at her vag... And I'm fine with it too.

DVD Josh · 05-06-12, 06:07 PM

Kewl.

TheBigDave · 05-06-12, 08:33 PM

Daily Caller has the script for the scrapped Obama cold open sketch:

http://dailycaller.com/2012/05/06/sc...laden-killing/

windom · 05-06-12, 09:37 PM

Sounds like Rihanna pissed off Lorne and quite a few people by not performing at the dress rehearsal.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/06/rihann...ive-rehearsal/

mike7162 · 05-06-12, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob V

Rihanna certainly likes spreading her legs and pointing at her vag... And I'm fine with it too.

Yes, she has no problem pointing out her talent!

Goat3001 · 05-06-12, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by windom

Sounds like Rihanna pissed off Lorne and quite a few people by not performing at the dress rehearsal.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/06/rihann...ive-rehearsal/

at the last line of the article, saying that Rihanna needed to save her voice for the actual performance. We all know she didn't actually sing.

And

to the whole thing. Lorne won't invite Rihanna back to SNL. No big loss for either side.

mcfly · 05-06-12, 10:46 PM

Was there no Digital Short this week? I would've expected Shy Ronnie 3 or something.

JeffTheAlpaca · 05-07-12, 03:15 PM

It was not bad and he was better than Charles Barkley.

The Cheech and Chong sketch nobody laughed lol.

JeffTheAlpaca · 05-07-12, 03:15 PM

Rihannas career might be over a in year or two anyways and she has to release an album every year to keep her name in the public.

Kmical · 05-07-12, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca

Attorney: "I would like to present my client's Internet Search History from that evening."

Eli: "I'd rather just confess to the murder."

Double_Oh_7 · 05-07-12, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca

Rihannas career might be over a in year or two anyways and she has to release an album every year to keep her name in the public.

Or get beat up...

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gmanca DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,501	Re: SNL 05/5/12 - H: Eli Manning - MG: Rihanna Wasn't she supposed to be the host as well? Wonder what happened there.

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JeffTheAlpaca DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: CA Posts: 2,506	Re: SNL 05/5/12 - H: Eli Manning - MG: Rihanna How come they did not ask Alex Smith to host? More painful memories At least now there won't be any more Indie or Youtube bands performing

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Shannon Nutt DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 9,734	Re: SNL 05/5/12 - H: Eli Manning - MG: Rihanna Eli wasn't very good (no surprise) - but they made him do a lot of embarassing stuff...so I'll give him kudos for playing along. Best of the night was the Amazon/Fifty Shades of Grey commerical. __________________ http://www.highdefdigest.com/author/shannon-nutt.html XBox Live Gamertag: PittsburghNutt

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Big Boy Laroux DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 3,340	Re: SNL 05/5/12 - H: Eli Manning - MG: Rihanna I expected Eli to be wooden, and he definitely was. But I was also pleasantly surprised with how he did. The courtroom sketch was great, how he would lean all the way into the Mic. I loved his Cats joke in thee monologue. He really played along and it showed. The little brothers commercial was a great "response" to Peyton's United way one. Wasn't so keen on the ad for the dictator, but it had its moments. The fifty shades of gray thing was awesome. Was there a digital short? Was it the little brothers? Was kind of hoping for a shy Ronnie.

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JeffTheAlpaca DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: CA Posts: 2,506	Re: SNL 05/5/12 - H: Eli Manning - MG: Rihanna It was not bad and he was better than Charles Barkley. The Cheech and Chong sketch nobody laughed lol.