SNL Thoughts 10/10/09
Host: Drew Barrymore (6)
Musical Guest: Regina Spektor. PLR knew who she was. I did not. Not a fan. I thought her first song was all over the place. Liked the second one better.
Best Skit: Ladies Billiards: Jason Sudakis as an ESPN play-by-play guy for women’s billiards who has to keep promoting the sponsor Tampax with pitch-lines like “knick-knack paddy wacks — Tampax” and Will Forte as the color commentator who’s dad got him the job.
Honorable Mention: Abbey Elliot’s impression of Anna Faris in “Celebrity Ghost Sightings”. Bobby Moynihan’s Guy Fieri.
Line of the Week: Keenan Thompson (as Ray Parker Jr in Celebrity Ghost Sightings): “Do you know what ghosts don’t like? A song boasting that that you are not afraid of them. I had to release a public apology on my 1996 single On Second Thought (Ghosts Scare Me Very Much).”
Worst Skit: Author Book Reading. An author writes a book about a terrible relationship and the boyfriend returns at the signing to win her back. And Gilly, a recurring character that I really dislike.
Should have been funnier: Larry King & Famous Weiners: When you say “weiner” this many times in a skit it should be funny.
Digital Short: Brenda & Shaun. A fake local commercial about two magicians going bankrupt. More of a sight gag but mostly not funny.
Weekend Update:
James Carville: Bill Hader’s Carville is spot-on. Whoever writes his comparisons (Why would call a fat man Rush? The only thing he rushes toward is Quizzno’s) and Hader’s got the mannerisms down.
Scrooge McDuck: With gold hitting new high’s per ounce, Scrooge McDuck laughs at people who told him storing all his assets in swimmable gold was a bad idea.
Maya Anjalou: She is, in fact, not dead.
Final Notes: Not the best episode to start this with. Lots of recurring stuff with bafflingly unfunny Gilly, Vinny Vedecci (who’s Italian impression is remarkably spot-on from what I saw in Germany — volume and pacing), not worse than the Megan Fox premiere or better than the Ryan Reynold’s episode last week.
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I’ve wanted to do something like this on SNL for years. I’ve never watched the show regularly, so the thought was that a lot of the recurring stuff would be relatively fresh for me. I try’n watch, though, and end up hating everything. Good read. I hope this little comment is pressure enough to keep cranking these out, Tom.
Aaron C.
17 Oct 09 at 9:10 pm
OhKAY, ohKAY, I’m in, I’m in. :) Caught the first episode of the new season tonight, and set it to the dvr. :) Based on this and the week before, I need to be catching the new season, Elliot and Watkins or not.
Mike
17 Oct 09 at 11:38 pm
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