ajzepp Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 For those who don't know, this is the guy who plays Dwight Shroot on "The Office". He's a brilliant supporting actor/character, and I expect this to be a very solid show next week. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Sorry, haven't watched it in years. i watch Mad TV. Bobby Lee is much funnier than any of them on SNL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 Sorry, haven't watched it in years. i watch Mad TV. Bobby Lee is much funnier than any of them on SNL. You may want to tune back in and give it a shot. Some of the young'ns are very talented. Andy Samberg and Bill Hader are particularly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 agreed, those that gripe about SNL, haven't given it a chance, they are still soured on the anthony michael hall days...there has been some good stuff to come out of 30 rock at 11.30 saturday nites You may want to tune back in and give it a shot. Some of the young'ns are very talented. Andy Samberg and Bill Hader are particularly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In space no one can hear Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 agreed, those that gripe about SNL, haven't given it a chance, they are still soured on the anthony michael hall days...there has been some good stuff to come out of 30 rock at 11.30 saturday nites Agreed. People have been bitching about the cast of SNL since the first one broke up at the end of the '70's! It's almost a rite of passage for people to say "Hey these new guys suck!" A fun book to read is- "Live From New York" written by:Tom Shales. It's a history of SNL told through interviews with it's stars, writers and guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 agreed, those that gripe about SNL, haven't given it a chance, they are still soured on the anthony michael hall days...there has been some good stuff to come out of 30 rock at 11.30 saturday nites did you happen to see the skit earlier in the season about the Fox news coverage of Hurricane Katrina? They had a guy playing Geraldo, and then they had others playing people like Sharon Stone, Aaron Neville and Sean Penn. Bill Hader did such an amazing impression of Pacino that I bet the audio playback would have been damn near indistinguishable from Al himself. It was pretty awesome! Also, this chick is from Rochester, and for whatever reason I am hugely attracted to her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 A fun book to read is- "Live From New York" written by:Tom Shales. Hey, I read that book not too long ago. I agree, it's really fun. I tore right through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yall Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 The cast on SNL may be ok, but the skits are generally garbage these days. I've watched SNL for most of it's history, and the writing is as bad as it's ever been. It used to be that the first hour was good and you could count on the last 30 minutes to be so-so at best. Now, by the 3rd sketch, it's horrible. Even the music acts are terrible now, as half of them aren't even truly "live". Ashlee Simpson was just unfortunate enough to get caught, but I"m pretty sure she is closer to being the rule than the exception. (Example - AFI was on recently, and their backup vocals were a little too good, and then I noticed that even though the bass player didn't quite make it to his mic when he had to sing, his vocal part miraculously appeared.) I'm fully in the MAD TV camp now which sucks because I have been a life long fan of SNL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 The cast on SNL may be ok, but the skits are generally garbage these days. I've watched SNL for most of it's history, and the writing is as bad as it's ever been. It used to be that the first hour was good and you could count on the last 30 minutes to be so-so at best. Now, by the 3rd sketch, it's horrible. Even the music acts are terrible now, I'm fully in the MAD TV camp now which sucks because I have been a life long fan of SNL. I still enjoy the show. There are some damn funny rthings still and there are certainly a couple of cast members that stand out. Hader and Wig as has been mentioned in this thread. They just replayed the episode with Justin Timberlake which I thought would suck and it was probably the funniest one this year. The cup of soup skit and th junk in the box thing were laugh out loud funny. Also one that I was surised at how good it was had Ludicrous as the host. I think that was the funniest one this year. As to the musical guests, standouts this year to me have been, Prince and Neil Young. Neil Young blew me away with his song "Last Time I saw Elvis" and those were both live sets. I have always been in the SNL camp. I tried MAD but it never won me over for some reason. It comes across as a budget version of a comedy show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 I still enjoy the show. There are some damn funny rthings still and there are certainly a couple of cast members that stand out. Hader and Wig as has been mentioned in this thread.They just replayed the episode with Justin Timberlake which I thought would suck and it was probably the funniest one this year. The cup of soup skit and th junk in the box thing were laugh out loud funny. Also one that I was surised at how good it was had Ludicrous as the host. I think that was the funniest one this year. As to the musical guests, standouts this year to me have been, Prince and Neil Young. Neil Young blew me away with his song "Last Time I saw Elvis" and those were both live sets. I have always been in the SNL camp. I tried MAD but it never won me over for some reason. It comes across as a budget version of a comedy show. Good call on the Ludircous show...I thought he did a great job with that. I, too, hadn't seen the Timberlake show, so I was glad to catch it this past weekend. The junk in a box skit had me rolling....funny stuff! The show may not compare to its glory days, but I still find it pretty entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 How about the Barry Gibb show skit..."I'm Barry F-ng Gibbs"...funny as hell Good call on the Ludircous show...I thought he did a great job with that. I, too, hadn't seen the Timberlake show, so I was glad to catch it this past weekend. The junk in a box skit had me rolling....funny stuff! The show may not compare to its glory days, but I still find it pretty entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 How about the Barry Gibb show skit..."I'm Barry F-ng Gibbs"...funny as hell lol, I forgot about that one....nice cameo by Jimmy Fallon there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I think the Cast is OK, but the skits have just been lame and not well done. Occasionally they have a decent host who can carry the show and get through bad writing, but its still pretty bad. I'd say in a full season, they may have 4-5 good shows. And typically the musical acts are bad, most of the time the only ones not faking it are they actual Bands and Performers like Niel Young. Where as the "performers" like Ashley Simpson fake there way through cause they are more worried about the dancing then actually singing. It is true that nothing could compare to the Cast and writing of the original group, but they always go through a cycle of great to horrible casts. The problem is, now once a cast member becomes big, they leave to go do some crappy movie career. (Jimmy Fallon for one, even though I never thought he was great on the show) Mad TV has a way better cast and usually has better writing. Maybe its because its not live so they can polish skits better before going to air. I thought one of the best ones on this weekends show was when Bobby Lee took Ike back to his parents place, and they reinacted Star Wars for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 For those who don't know, this is the guy who plays Dwight Shroot on "The Office". He's a brilliant supporting actor/character, and I expect this to be a very solid show next week. That is all. More importantly, the musical guest is the Arcade Fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 More importantly, the musical guest is the Arcade Fire. Bingo. Check this episode out if you like indie music. Arcade Fire is a really great band out of Montreal and they frequently put on a somewhat elaborate/hectic stage show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 I've always wondered who picks the musical act. The host or the show. I would like to think the host gets to request a musical performer of their choice. It's weird sometimes the music act that they have matched up with the host. Sometimes it seems like a perfect fit that you would have expected that host to like that band and then sometimes it's like they would have Ashley Judd on and the music act would be Leonard Nimoy. Oh and sorry about all the spelling errors in my earlier post. And sorry about making it seem like there could have been two shows that were the funniest all year. There could only be one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loadofmularkey Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I've always wondered who picks the musical act. The host or the show. I would like to think the host gets to request a musical performer of their choice. It's weird sometimes the music act that they have matched up with the host.Sometimes it seems like a perfect fit that you would have expected that host to like that band and then sometimes it's like they would have Ashley Judd on and the music act would be Leonard Nimoy. Oh and sorry about all the spelling errors in my earlier post. And sorry about making it seem like there could have been two shows that were the funniest all year. There could only be one. I have a hunch that Annette Bening didn't pick Gwen Stefani featuring Akon as her musical guest on the December 9th show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordhamSteve Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Also, this chick is from Rochester, and for whatever reason I am hugely attracted to her I second the attraction to her. I have no clue what it is though. I, for one, am really looking forward to Arcade Fire. One of my favorite indie bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I second the attraction to her. I have no clue what it is though. Dimples. That and the fact she obviuosly drinks beer as evidenced by the little pot belly she sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 I second the attraction to her. I have no clue what it is though. I, for one, am really looking forward to Arcade Fire. One of my favorite indie bands. Did you see her in the "junk in a box" skit last week? She was all glam and looking fine....I think she's awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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