SNL 10/18/08 - H: Josh Brolin - MG: Adele (plus Sarah Palin; maybe Mark Wahlberg)
10-20-08, 12:15 PM
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Pretty weak episode. The skits just aren't funny. The fartface gag got old real quick. I got what they were going for, it just didn't work. I'm glad they didn't hold back on the Palin insults just because she was there. God how I hope to never have to see her again after Nov 4th.
10-20-08, 12:54 PM
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10-20-08, 02:30 PM
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The line I like from this sketch, "You know very well that the Koolaid we're talking about is metaphorical and will not in fact stain anything in this room!" is classic Will Forte, an understated, mundane sort of nuttiness. I realize I'm in the extreme minority here, but I generally like all of his weird characters. Tim Calhoun and the creepy office orgy people come to mind. This sketch really suffered from the excessive cue card reading.
And how weird was that taped sketch with Bill Hader doing an MTV piece on Armisen as some musician? Maybe it'll build into something . . . ?
And how weird was that taped sketch with Bill Hader doing an MTV piece on Armisen as some musician? Maybe it'll build into something . . . ?
As much as I hate this show, I can't help but feel that Will Forte is one of the funniest underdeveloped talents working today.
10-20-08, 04:53 PM
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10-20-08, 07:17 PM
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Here in Vegas it got preempted to let us know a kidnapped boy was found. I was glad to hear that, but I think a scroll at the bottom would have sufficed rather than a live feed from an empty bus stop. Glad to hear I didn't miss anything.
Loved that Pohler rap. Actually fell off the couch laughing. Literally.
Loved that Pohler rap. Actually fell off the couch laughing. Literally.
10-21-08, 05:10 PM
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I think Brolin did a fine job. I never heard of Adele but I really liked her first song. She seems to be a cross of Duffy and Amy Winehouse.
Loved the Suze Orman skit. The last lines about loving Dick and Master Pussies had me rolling with laughter. The crazy woman at the Japanese restaurant was pretty good too.
What was up with Sanberg (sp) looking at cue cards in his scene with Walhburg? It's not like he had a lot of work this week.
Those MacGruber skits are tired. Damn, put it to rest! I hate to admit I laughed when Forte shot a ping pong out of ass...
Palin...I never heard her speak until now but I have to say Tina's impression of her voice is pretty spot-on. Strange accent.
Everything went downhill after. Fartface, Narc School, etc.
Loved the Suze Orman skit. The last lines about loving Dick and Master Pussies had me rolling with laughter. The crazy woman at the Japanese restaurant was pretty good too.
What was up with Sanberg (sp) looking at cue cards in his scene with Walhburg? It's not like he had a lot of work this week.
Those MacGruber skits are tired. Damn, put it to rest! I hate to admit I laughed when Forte shot a ping pong out of ass...
Palin...I never heard her speak until now but I have to say Tina's impression of her voice is pretty spot-on. Strange accent.
Everything went downhill after. Fartface, Narc School, etc.
10-21-08, 09:57 PM
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I liked the Preggo Redneck Bar Skank bit. 
But that's how I roll.
But that's how I roll.
10-22-08, 03:00 AM
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I hope the 2 A holes never return.
I like Forte and you can shoot me but I though the Brothers Solomon that movie he did with Will Arnett was hilarious.
I thought the Brolin wig was funny but nobody in the NY audience laughed at Brolin in the Macgruber sketches.
They say Amy will leave shorty after the election but she deserves to go out with a bang and appear in all of the sketches in her final show to piss off the Poehler haters and they should do a best of Amy Poehler show the week before her final show
off the subject but will Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Sandler etc ever return to host the show?
it has been a while since any of the early 90s cast members have hosted the show.
I like Forte and you can shoot me but I though the Brothers Solomon that movie he did with Will Arnett was hilarious.
I thought the Brolin wig was funny but nobody in the NY audience laughed at Brolin in the Macgruber sketches.
They say Amy will leave shorty after the election but she deserves to go out with a bang and appear in all of the sketches in her final show to piss off the Poehler haters and they should do a best of Amy Poehler show the week before her final show
off the subject but will Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Sandler etc ever return to host the show?
it has been a while since any of the early 90s cast members have hosted the show.
10-22-08, 07:34 AM
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I hope the 2 A holes never return.
I like Forte and you can shoot me but I though the Brothers Solomon that movie he did with Will Arnett was hilarious.
I thought the Brolin wig was funny but nobody in the NY audience laughed at Brolin in the Macgruber sketches.
They say Amy will leave shorty after the election but she deserves to go out with a bang and appear in all of the sketches in her final show to piss off the Poehler haters and they should do a best of Amy Poehler show the week before her final show
off the subject but will Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Sandler etc ever return to host the show?
it has been a while since any of the early 90s cast members have hosted the show.
I like Forte and you can shoot me but I though the Brothers Solomon that movie he did with Will Arnett was hilarious.
I thought the Brolin wig was funny but nobody in the NY audience laughed at Brolin in the Macgruber sketches.
They say Amy will leave shorty after the election but she deserves to go out with a bang and appear in all of the sketches in her final show to piss off the Poehler haters and they should do a best of Amy Poehler show the week before her final show
off the subject but will Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Sandler etc ever return to host the show?
it has been a while since any of the early 90s cast members have hosted the show.
10-22-08, 12:45 PM
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CNN reports 17 MILLION people tuned into SNL to see Palin. 
That's SNL's best numbers in nearly 14 years... since Nancy Kerrigan hosted in 1994.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008...sion-tvratings
That's SNL's best numbers in nearly 14 years... since Nancy Kerrigan hosted in 1994.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008...sion-tvratings
Goes to show you kids, all you have to do to host one of the biggest shows in television history is get rocked in the knee with a metal club.
What bothers me now is that they knew Palin was going to be on the show but they still turned out shit skits. You would think the SNL people would work overtime to make sure they had their best sketches for a such a big show. Maybe SNL didn't realize that Palin was going to on till it was too late? Or maybe they thought the sketches were good?
10-22-08, 02:39 PM
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Pohler sucks, or at least on snl she does. i haven't laughed ar anything she's done since leaving Upright Citizens Brigade. thankfully she's planning a new show of her own so hopefully she'll leave the lame tina Fey material behind for good and go back to being funny.
10-24-08, 10:17 AM
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How great is Forte's celebration in the movie
Spoiler:
I couldn't stop laughing and had to immediately stop, rewind, and rewatch three times before I could go on. Something I've never done before. Starting to laugh just thinking about it now.