Author Topic: Tonights SNL (Read 5714 times)

JeffreySchroeck · « **Reply #300 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:21:34 PM »

Quote from: doctoracula on February 05, 2012, 02:50:02 PM

i kinda can't get over how much bon iver is just straight up adult contemporary music

I had read someone recently compare them to Bruce Hornsby. After the first song I thought it was quite a stretch, but the second song really drove that point home.

JeffreySchroeck · « **Reply #301 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:22:14 PM »

Also, I feel this would have been a better episode if they weren't just trying to get the host to gyrate in every sketch.

angry ryan · « **Reply #302 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:24:41 PM »

Quote from: JeffreySchroeck on February 05, 2012, 03:22:14 PM

Also, I feel this would have been a better episode if they weren't just trying to get the host to gyrate in every sketch.

This sort of thing is happening more and more on SNL these days. The worst one was from a couple seasons ago when they just had to let Joseph Gordon Levitt sing and dance in every sketch.

setbacksohio · « **Reply #303 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:27:31 PM »

Keenan, Andy Sandburg, Bobby Moynihan, Kristin Wiig, and Bill Hadar are all really really good, in my opinion. The skit with Jason Sedakis at the end was SO bad. They could've fit 3 funny skits instead of that long, bad, 15 minute one.

doctoracula · « **Reply #304 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:29:10 PM »

after the monologue and the first sketch or 2, i was worried they'd find an excuse for dude to be shirtless as often as possible

JeffreySchroeck · « **Reply #305 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:31:25 PM »

Quote from: angry ryan on February 05, 2012, 03:24:41 PM

This sort of thing is happening more and more on SNL these days. The worst one was from a couple seasons ago when they just had to let Joseph Gordon Levitt sing and dance in every sketch.

Yeah, they seem to have gotten kind of lazy in the last few years in a very specific way. I feel like it used to be that when a host came on, they might do one recurring thing, like Walked with the Continental. Now it seems like theyre gonna do as many crowd favorites as possible when a host comes back, or they'll stretch a host's one thing they're known for into the only focus for the night.

doctoracula · « **Reply #306 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:33:43 PM »

Quote from: JeffreySchroeck on February 05, 2012, 03:21:34 PM

I had read someone recently compare them to Bruce Hornsby. After the first song I thought it was quite a stretch, but the second song really drove that point home.

ha! i've never heard that comparison, but it makes sense now that you mention it. the 2nd song is what really lost me. the first was OK except for the vocals.

JeffreySchroeck · « **Reply #307 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:38:50 PM »

I was wondering when the last time they had a musical guest that I've enjoyed, and realized that the last time was when Foo Fighters were on last April.

doctoracula · « **Reply #308 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:40:36 PM »

that foo fighters performance actually got me to check out their last album. i usually enjoy the digital short songs more than the musical guests.

angry ryan · « **Reply #309 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:44:07 PM »

Wait so you guys are saying you don't like Foster the People??

doctoracula · « **Reply #310 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:45:11 PM »

it's tough to live up to the high standard set by jessie j

setbacksohio · « **Reply #311 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:58:42 PM »

Quote from: angry ryan on February 05, 2012, 03:24:41 PM

This sort of thing is happening more and more on SNL these days. The worst one was from a couple seasons ago when they just had to let Joseph Gordon Levitt sing and dance in every sketch.

the sketch with will forte/kristin wiig as country singers made up for the rest of that episode though

Doorbell · « **Reply #312 on:** February 06, 2012, 02:16:47 AM »

This episode was pretty bad. Not as bad as the Charles Barkley episode but almost there.

Capnplank · « **Reply #313 on:** February 06, 2012, 10:30:39 AM »

Pretty awful overall. Did you guys know he was a stripper? It seems like they missed an opportunity for making one joke there.

bort · « **Reply #314 on:** February 06, 2012, 10:33:22 AM »

Yep, it was a crappy one this time around. Also, Channig Tatum is going to be in some really crappy movies comnig out soon.

Grath · « **Reply #315 on:** February 06, 2012, 10:34:38 AM »

I was bummed out to find out that Channing Tatum was a dude, especially after that gyrating comment a few posts ago.

I fell asleep halfway through Bobby Moynihan hits on Tom Brady.

I feel like they've always let the host be in as many things as they wanted to be in.

setbacksohio · « **Reply #316 on:** February 06, 2012, 11:17:44 AM »

Quote from: Capnplank on February 06, 2012, 10:30:39 AM

Pretty awful overall. Did you guys know he was a stripper? It seems like they missed an opportunity for making one joke there.

he was a stripper in the last skit....

SuburbanArgyle · « **Reply #317 on:** February 06, 2012, 07:02:27 PM »

I wonder why Paul Brittain left the show....I was starting to like him, especially when he was that spritely character.

doctoracula · « **Reply #318 on:** February 06, 2012, 08:10:19 PM »

Quote from: Grath on February 06, 2012, 10:34:38 AM

I was bummed out to find out that Channing Tatum was a dude, especially after that gyrating comment a few posts ago.

every time i hear his name, i think it's a girl

Chris Fabulous · « **Reply #319 on:** February 06, 2012, 10:34:21 PM »

Quote from: SuburbanArgyle on February 06, 2012, 07:02:27 PM

I wonder why Paul Brittain left the show....I was starting to like him, especially when he was that spritely character.

The little lord? ME TOO! That's BY FAR my favorite reoccurring-ish character since Brian Fellow.

Quote from: doctoracula on February 06, 2012, 08:10:19 PM

every time i hear his name, i think it's a girl

Me too.

doctoracula · « **Reply #320 on:** February 06, 2012, 10:43:43 PM »

i really enjoyed wiig as lana del rey

JeffreySchroeck · « **Reply #321 on:** February 06, 2012, 11:15:21 PM »

Quote from: doctoracula on February 06, 2012, 10:43:43 PM

i really enjoyed wiig as lana del rey

She did a good job but the idea was really weak. Pretending that the Lana Del Rey performance was good and calling people out for disliking it was embarassing for them.

It seemed like a kind of situation where her family made a generous donation to the show in the weeks between the backlash and the next live show.

doctoracula · « **Reply #322 on:** February 06, 2012, 11:17:36 PM »

eh, i agreed with it at least a little. her performance was terrible, but i thought they were pretty on point with the fake name stuff. and the caliber of some other bands that have played on SNL. and wiig was doing a good job of making fun of just how stiff she was.

Chris Fabulous · « **Reply #323 on:** February 06, 2012, 11:25:16 PM »

Quote from: doctoracula on February 06, 2012, 11:17:36 PM

eh, i agreed with it at least a little. her performance was terrible, but i thought they were pretty on point with the fake name stuff. and the caliber of some other bands that have played on SNL. and wiig was doing a good job of making fun of just how stiff she was.

Yeah, I liked it, too. Even more than you did, I think.

JeffreySchroeck · « **Reply #324 on:** February 07, 2012, 06:45:12 AM »

Quote from: doctoracula on February 06, 2012, 11:17:36 PM

eh, i agreed with it at least a little. her performance was terrible, but i thought they were pretty on point with the fake name stuff. and the caliber of some other bands that have played on SNL. and wiig was doing a good job of making fun of just how stiff she was.

Almost. Including Cher in that list damaged their credibility.