SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: One Direction
 

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I've never seen an ep of Modern Family, so I have no basis to judge her on other than her awards and accolades.

My kids talk about "One Direction" and I know they are a conglomerate of X-Factor leftovers, but I don't know anything else about them either.

I think I'll record it and watch it later. Not motivated to stay up for this.

Sofia w/ F.A.N. and 1D...
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Facebook ads w/ Jason Sudekis (the play the "accent" card way too much)...
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<fieldset style="width: 500px; margin: 0px auto; font-size: smaller;"><legend>SNL Season 37</legend>
SNL - 37th Season - Preseason Thread
SNL 09/24/11 - H: Alec Baldwin - MG: Radiohead
SNL 10/01/11 - H: Melissa McCarthy - MG: Lady Antebellum
SNL 10/08/11 - H: Ben Stiller - MG: Foster The People
SNL 10/15/11 - H: Anna Faris - MG: Drake
SNL 11/05/11 - H: Charlie Day - MG: Maroon 5
SNL 11/12/11 - H: Emma Stone - MG: Coldplay
SNL 11/19/11 - H: Jason Segel (maybe with Muppets) - MG: Florence + The Machine
SNL 12/03/11 - H: Steve Buscemi - MG: The Black Keys
SNL 12/10/11 - H: Katy Perry - MG: Robyn
SNL 12/17/11 - H: Jimmy Fallon - MG: Michael Bublé
SNL 01/07/12 - H: Charles Barkley - MG: Kelly Clarkson
SNL 01/14/12 - H: Daniel Radcliffe - MG: Lana Del Rey
SNL 02/04/12 - H: Channing Tatum - MG: Bon Iver
SNL 02/11/12 - H: Zooey Deschanel - MG: Karmin
SNL 02/18/12 - H: Maya Rudolph - MG: Sleigh Bells
SNL 03/03/12 - H: Lindsay Lohan - MG: Jack White
SNL 03/10/12 - H: Jonah Hill - MG: The Shins
SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: One Direction
SNL 04/14/12 - H: Josh Brolin - MG: Goyte
SNL ??/??/12 - H: Justin Bieber - MG: Justin Bieber (source)
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Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

As I previously mentioned, I am expecting this to be a total train wreck. Can't wait!

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

One Direction?

Boy bands are coming back? No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


If anyone cares that guy who likes to sing naked Goyte is the musical guest next week.


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Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

I had read this somewhere else and JeffTheAlpaca posted this in the Abbey Elliot thread.

Rumors were that Lorne auditioned several ladies over the last few weeks, and Kate McKinnon will be joining the cast tonight...

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

This is gonna be terrible, unless the rest of the SNL cast really steps up performing and it's well written.

Vergara is going to bomb at something like this.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

This is going to be a mess...but I'm hoping for lotsa boob and ass shots so this may balance out.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

She has been doing television & commercials for decades, I can't believe everyone thinks its going to be a trainwreck. I'm sure she will use some of the exaggerated language barrier schtick, and it will be very funny, but I believe it's very well calculated. This is the first time I've been interested in watching SNL in years.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Okay, she's actually been great so far. I may have miscalculated.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

And speaking of commercials, right after the monologue they showed two commercials featuring Sofia. :lol:

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Wiig can't leave soon enough for me.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

And then... Gilly!

:brickwl2: :hairpull: :horse: :suicide: :yack:

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Didn't Wiig say that she would never do Gilly again? At least I remember what was supposed to be the final Gilly appearance.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Along with just about everyone else, I never liked Gilly although I did laugh when the books in Moynahan's lap popped up when Vergara talked about her bosom.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Hunger Games Puppy Bowl rotfl

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

So that was actually a pretty good episode. It started off strong and faded a bit, but it was never terrible.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Skit of the night was Salma and Sofia doing the shampoo commercial. Was that the new girl? Too bad she plays for the other team.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Hmmmm, better than i expected. :up:

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

She got a lot of airtime and she was in the opening credits. She looks kind of like Amy Poehler but the jury is out if she will be that good.

How many times did those dudes from One Direction switch sides and places on the stage?

Gilly and the Manuel Ortiz show should be dropped.

Will we see No Angel next week with James Brolin lol?


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Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

The fact that Gilly showed up again is to me major confirmation she's leaving after this season, especially after she said she wasn't going to keep doing them again.

She'll do last sketches with all her major "characters".

So Target Lady will be next.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

No, you should not drop Manuel Ortiz skits.

Hader always looks like he really enjoys those with his facial expressions.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

That was by far the funniest thing to ever happen during a Gilly sketch.

And that happened in what was the worst Gilly sketch of all time.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

That was unbelievably irritating. But I guess that's what you have do when you're a boy band that can't dance. Those guys pale in comparison to NSync and Backstreet Boys and oh my god I can't believe I just typed that.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

was Jay in any skits this week? I think I saw him at the very beginning? and at the end clapping with everyone else. Thank goodness for closed captioning.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Jay was in the shot for a half a second in the Hunger Games sketch.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

it is good for a few chuckles but the dancing gets old.

One of the guys tapped the other guy on the shoulder probably telling him which direction he should go to sing. I blame the record companies for reviving boy bands again

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

He had a knife in his hand. I think he was looking for Lorne.

"Put me in more sketches!"

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Vergara did a good job but her voice just wears on me after a while and I feel like she has very little range.

Pretty funny throughout, but no big standouts for me. I'm a Wiig apologist but Gilly is just terrible.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

This show needs more Jason Sudeikis, Jay Pharoh, Andy Samberg and Bill Hader.

I like Wiig a lot. But moreso in movies than SNL.

I still watch it every week on Hulu. But I just don't get excited to see it the way I used to.

I couldn't believe when I saw 1 Direction start. It's like a 90's boy band, just updated to a more modern Nickelodeon/Justin Beiber/Mild Hipster look. Weird.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Anyone like the new chick?

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

If she was the one in the Pantene sketch then yeah I liked her.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

I must apologize to Ms. Vergara... she was better than I thought. I laughed out loud a few time during this ep. It was pretty good.

I still get a kick out of Bobby's "Drunk Uncle." :lol:

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

And I like Fred Armisen too. But he's way better on Portlandia.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

I didn't see the whole episode, but I thought she had two of the funnier bits as the lady berating the girls running the lemonade stand and as Penelope Cruz in the Pantene sketch.

For some reason, Drunk Uncle was especially funny this time.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

That's because it's not live and not written just days before it airs. I mean, that's the major hurdle that SNL has that few people seem to point out. Notice how almost all the pre-taped segments are so much better than the live stuff. Recall how derided Tina Fey was as a writer, but now can do no wrong on 30Rock. When you have time to flush out a script and time for performance and editing, it makes all the difference in the world.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

While I understand your point, you can't use that as a valid excuse for bad writing and execution on SNL, because doing so means that the entire concept of SNL is fundamentally flawed (and I don't think it is). SNL is intended to be an outlet for the best of comedic talents, precisely because the weekly live format requires writers who can produce tons of funny ideas quickly and performers who can execute with hardly any rehearsal. If, on the whole, it's not really working, it's because the writers and performers aren't quite up to the task, not because of the format itself.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

True the late 80's and early 90's cast with Carvey, Hartman, Myers, Sandler, etc will never be replicated.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

I find it interesting how many people refer to the early 90s of SNL as being so great, not to mention the years with Ferrell. Most people form those opinions from seeing sketches from the day, which more often than not are either off the site or on a Best of package. What's important to note is that even if they were to watch several sketches at a time from that era, they were all spread out over several seasons. More often than not those single sketches were the only decent bit on the whole show when originally aired, and it's been that way for a while. I remember watching SNL when I was in high school and thinking a lot of the sketches were lame and unfunny, and these were in the Sandler/Hartman years.

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

So, they just announced on Deadline that the host of the finale on May 19th is...

Mick Jagger.

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Mike Myers cameo appearance too?

Re: SNL 04/07/12 - H: Sofia Vergara - MG: 1 Direction
 

Probably a little more Jimmy Fallon.