Is that her real singing voice? Because it really isn't half bad. Which is a shame because everything else is a filmed definition of the German word "Fremdschämen".
Its completely self-indulgent, sometimes downright uncomfortable to watch, and yet it is still funnier and more clever than most every other show on television these days. Sometimes I relate to a situation, sometimes I cover my eyes and feeling fremdschamen for everyone on screen. As for the Maron bit, it felt a little off to me, but knowing that he was also on the WTF podcast makes this seem like a sort of bookend - like they both needed to have an outlet for the situation from both of their perspectives. But really, you're right, who cares? Who gives a crap if Louis CK and Marc Maron had beef and it took 10 years for them to get over it. I don't know. Its funny and real life is hard so sometimes I enjoy staring at the lives of others.
Ragu: For when teaching the lessons of life is just too hard.
"Mommy, why is grandma laying in that box?" - Marinara!
"Dad, Erica smiled at me and something happened in my pants." - Bolognese!
"Where did mommy go?" - Mushroom and basil!
You know what the world needs? More joke raps by people like this. It helps if they bounce up and down while waving their hands gracelessly. More of this, please. Lots and lots more.
Big fan of the Mohawk'd flight director. Ladies??
This was such a great thing to stay up and watch. I can't think of any jokes about it because every time I do I remember that they just landed a giant SUV-sized rover on the surface of Mars using parachutes, thrust rockets, and a James Bond-style rope deploy drop that was perfected by minds much smarter than my little brain. Too awesome.
You know what city folks get? That the "American Gothic" cutsie cartoon they use to portray a happily dating couple was "A farmer standing beside his spinster daughter". Father-daughter lovin! I guess city folk DON'T get it.
I feel like this was a pretty successful episode. Not a lot of super LOL moments and the last half hour dragged, but my biggest laugh was Zooey's MKOlsen's "I'm a billionaire" deadpan. Maybe MK isn't "topical" enough but I kind of appreciated them reaching back into the pop-culture archives and not doing every single sketch as a wink to what happened only yesterday.
The thing that stuck with me the most was that Nic Cage is better at not "breaking" during comedy bits than any of the SNL cast. Did you know he last hosted in 1992? That's a crime. Nic Cage for SNL host. Lets do this before he's as old as Betty White.
Marilyn Monroe isn't even buried in a grave. She's nestled in a crypt. I think Hugh Hefner bought the spot above her but I think someone else bought it out from him or something? Its been a while since I have been to Hollywood and anyway, I'm glad these people were sent home for just being plain old stupid.
I got the impression that Hader either improvised that line, or it was supposed to be Barkley/Shaq's line and Hader read it instead. I'm guessing on both accounts, but it was so random and seemed to catch everyone completely off-guard.
They missed so many opportunities to joke with Santorum in the cold open. I kept waiting for it to venture back into Sandberg's impression of Santorum surrounded by gays like they've been doing in previous sketches, but it was just a big "huh?" the entire time. Way to waste an enormous opportunity for a joke. All they had to do was read the Santorum-related headlines from the past week, like "Santorum Surges" and "Mitt Blasts Santorum" and pretend like they don't know whats so funny when everyone in the room giggles. There you go, SNL, I just wrote a sketch for you. You're welcome.
The rest of it was mildly amusing at best and cringeworthy at worst. The NBA sketch was pretty good though and of course Drunk Uncle is the best uncle, IMMIGRANTS.
This has been one of the funniest recent seasons of SNL lately, mostly because of the increased weirdness. All the formulaic and repeat characters get old real fast, but the weird and sometimes uncomfortable sketches have been making me laugh more than I usually do at this show. More weird, less repeats.
Though that said, I kind of always enjoy Miley Cyrus and also Drunk Uncle and Stefon should let me pay them to record my outgoing voice mail message.
I'm loving that SNL is willing to get weird. The Blue Jean Committee, Retirement and Andre the Giant sketches were just WEIRD. They didn't always work joke-wise, but everyone was into it and committed to whatever. It was just so nice to not have an entire hour and a half dedicated to a fake talk show or 10, or a band singing stupid jokey songs. Blue Jean Committee was a stupid song but it was different somehow. The only low moments were the Vogelchecks (though again they just all commit to those scenes, which is kind of awesome) and Paul Brittan's awkward announcer during the Regis sketch (maybe something was up with the cameras or cue cards? He's usually more on point) but overall a solid episode.
Also having Huntsman on and the chess sketch both made me laugh harder than I had any right to laugh. When Samberg bites the glass in front of Olivia Wilde I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe, and I can't really explain why.
I dunno. My youngest brothers were twins and the crazy crap they were able to get done in a very short amount of time was mind-boggling. We could literally be in another room for 3 minutes and come back in and find an entire 3 gallon jug of cranberry juice emptied out over all the white carpeting, a door taken off its hinges, and the two of them sitting on a countertop emptying out every single box of cookies and crackers onto the floor (all true). One kid, its a lot harder, but two little kids can do an astonishing amount of damage in a very short amount of time.
That said my parents' first instinct would not have been to calmly just film the damage. There would have been a definite series of reactions, and "film it" would not even be on the list.
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