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It's official! Vanessa Bayer is now my SNL kryptonite. Whenever she's in a sketch, I immediately am distracted by her awfulness. Just not funny, one bit. Sorry, kid. It's a cruel world out there, but my god. Take a break. Give Nasim Pedrad more air-time over her, please, Lorne.
-1 | 12/10/12 11:45 AM
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No mention of the best skit of the night - Sudeikis' potentially best-acted skit. The extra in the new Renner movie. I thought that was the highlight. Also, the first 30-40 minutes of the show were possibly the worst of the last five years. Just terrible. Completely terrible. Sorry. But they were.
+2 | 11/19/12 4:53 PM
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Did someone say Book Club? There was already a "show" called The Book Club. It's on YouTube. And it's free. And it's funny as hell. And it stars some of our favorite people like Danny Pudi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6vcQJjmhHM
+3 | 11/16/12 1:32 PM
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Not to be a hater mysleft, but I'd like to nominate "Haters" as one of the all-time worst opening skits ever. It was so bad on so many levels. Although there were some not-so-dead spots, the show overall was not good. Every sketch felt like a re-tread. The Pitt ads were great, because who doesn't love Taran Killam's Pitt. But... it was literally a rip off of the Clint Eastwood/Chrysler ads last year. The Pandora skit was timely if it were 2005. The Big Foot skit was awful. Just....not good. Thankfully we had the Amusement Park sketch. Last but not least, I'd like to nominate "Haters" as one of the all-time worst opening skits ever. It was so bad on so many levels.
+4 | 10/22/12 1:41 PM
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That outfit looks like the aliens from "Signs" if you ask me (which you kind of did, by posting this story).
+5 | 9/17/12 1:30 PM
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Yes, it's ok to be excited for new, Wiig-less territory. No, it's not ok to think Bayer's not terrible.
+4 | 9/17/12 11:50 AM
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I think Cecily Strong the jury's out. Didn't give her much to go w/during the Weekend Updat sketch, though I thought Pharoah's faces were hysterical. I like Tim Robinson so far, too. I don't say this to be mean, just honest, but Aidy Bryant can bring a Farley-esque quality to the show from a female standpoint. Meaning, she can use the fact she's bigger than the other women to play off that and use it to her advantage. (that's not to say that she's only funny because she's "fat" or anything like that, or that she's a slob like Farley, just tha ther bodytype is different than the other women of that show allowing her to open up a number of new characters should she have the confidence to do so is whatImsaying nowhatimean?) Aside - to keep things subjective, Cecily Strong makes up for the loss Abby Elliott and Kristin Wiig from an eyes-standpoint.
+3 | 9/17/12 11:47 AM
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Bayer's should-have-been-can't-miss Honey Boo Boo impression left me thinking one thing - it took 45 minutes into this year to really, really miss Kristin Wiig.
+5 | 9/17/12 11:00 AM
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I really wanted to hate MacFarlane in this episode, but really...other than the monologue he wsa really great. He did all the things us monsters say we want from an SNL host. The Lochte bit was awesome. Anything related to Vandessa Bayer, however, was terrible. She's the worst. Sorry folks, that's life. Win some, Bayer-some. She's not good on that show. In fact, she's distracting-ly not-good.
+22 | 9/17/12 10:35 AM
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Cue Foo Fighters in 5...4...3...2..1... I'm in the skyyy to-nightttttt. Ed was the best!
+1 | 8/17/12 1:44 PM
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What if In Bruges is like Asia's "Asia"? Fool me once, "Alpha", shame on you. Fool me a second time, shame on Seven Psychopaths.
+2 | 8/17/12 1:36 PM
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Why did the producers of Deadfall go and spend all that money teaching Eric Bana how to lose the Australian accent and sound like Matthew McConaughey? Just hire the source to begin with! Acting!!
+5 | 8/17/12 1:34 PM
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Don't tell me how to live my life, Werner Herzog!!! It's bad enough you've frightened me of grizzly bears.
+8 | 8/13/12 1:26 PM
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I just have one question to ask: How is Nic Cage NOT in this movie???!!!
+5 | 8/9/12 3:42 PM
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Good Lord I hope Fred and Carrie didn't get a flyer about this event stuck to their windshied.
+5 | 6/26/12 1:17 PM
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His tweek. Or his tweet. Sonofabizzz, I eff'd up the first comment.
+4 | 6/18/12 10:20 AM
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It was at least kinder than Mel Gibson's tweek from his kids that simply said, "Happy Father's Day, Dad. Sorry about all the Jews out there."
+19 | 6/18/12 10:19 AM
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Great ad for the new Can Am Spider! Nice biker pants too. Wear a helmet you three.
+2 | 6/13/12 11:15 AM
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They may take our fangs! They may take our freedom! But they'll never take...our babyyyyy!!!!
+18 | 6/13/12 11:07 AM
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What I didn't miss in this video: the dancing jews What I did miss in this video: someone interupting the shoot screaming A-O-River
0 | 5/29/12 1:35 PM
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Good to know that the guy who voices Big Gay Al is still getting work. At the :32 second mark, I was waiting for him to follow up "And basicallyyyy" with "I'm superrr! Thanks for askingggg."
-3 | 5/29/12 1:31 PM
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(standing up in front of everyone) Take dead aim on the aliens. Get them in the crosshairs...and take them down. Just remember, they can buyyy anything, but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget that.
+2 | 5/22/12 3:58 PM
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Sorry for the semi-copyright infringement.
+2 | 5/22/12 11:40 AM
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Rob Lowe, Kathy Bates and Dana Delaney star in, "Table for One", a Lifetime TM original movie.
+13 | 5/22/12 11:39 AM
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I'd like to nominate "Watch the background" as the new mandatory impression for everyone to do at some point. It takes over for reigning 16-year champion "Mmmm hmmmm" from Billy Bob Thornton.
+4 | 5/22/12 11:29 AM
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How dare a comedy show that's live on Saturday night's at 11:30 p.m. EST have a bit of sterotyping in it! Every character impression should be performed as though that person were there on the stage themself! ACTING!
+2 | 5/21/12 12:15 PM
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I can see that I guess. I just don't think of Sudeikis as Darrell Hammond. Once we get to September, every week will have some kind of political sketch. And I'm guessing in 2/3 of those, you'll have to have Romney or Biden.
+3 | 5/21/12 11:15 AM
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Got cen-tral heat-ingggg. And I'm al-rightttt. Yes. College. Thank you Dave Matthews.
+8 | 5/21/12 10:56 AM
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It's an election year. I don't see the guy who plays Biden or Romney leaving...yet.
+4 | 5/21/12 10:56 AM
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A gif of Bobby Moynihan as the stoner dancer would be very much appreciated. Thanks. I don't ask for much. That skit was TBS Very Funny TM.
+12 | 5/21/12 10:45 AM
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I think this was Samburg's last episode too. Nobody's mentioning his "paul-is-dead-like" final line in Lazy Sunday 2. Also, bringing back the gang for Digital Short 100? To me, it's his swan song to the show as well. Kristin Wiig, you will be missed. Best all-around talent on SNL since Jan Hooks. Sorry Tina and Amy, but Wiig was better and was a multi-threat. From a show-only perspective, Wiig was awesome regardless of her post-show success/failure.
+8 | 5/21/12 10:25 AM
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Seems to me that in this case, it was John trying to be the giver of a happy ending.
+3 | 5/18/12 1:52 PM
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Living in Fat-consin (get it?), I saw this on a competing news channel and they more (hysterical) video of this guy and the waitress. Here you go. (this is real, not a link to spam, enjoy monsters) http://www.wisn.com/Angry-Customer-Pickets-Fish-Fry/-/9374034/13392330/-/whecmez/-/index.html
0 | 5/16/12 1:38 PM
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Speaking of Fallon....Ferrell's best appearance of the week was his "Tight Pants" sketch on Fallon. Hands down, or should I say pants on.
+7 | 5/14/12 11:13 AM
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Odd episode. I think I should've seen the off-basedness (word?) of this episode coming, when Ferrell's mom kept staring at him and opening her mouth all the time in the monologue. It was like she was a) either about to say something b) shocked that she was there or c) was expecting something funny/great to come out of Will's mouth and it never did (much like the audience...amiright?) Best "Get in the Cage" of the season IMHO, though. Almost made up for the disappointment. Good to see Sudeikis take his Biden to new levels this year and really turn him into a "character" of the VP.
+8 | 5/14/12 11:02 AM
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My daughter wanted to see Rihanna when I told her she was on "a late night TV show last night". Forgot to forward pass the PP (P*ssy Pounding) song and go to the second one. Got the remote working shortly after, but the look on her face expressed confusion. Side note - shouldn't PP become a new rating, like N or AC or V?
+5 | 5/7/12 11:17 AM
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The 50 Shades of Grey ad was fantastic. I also thought, had the male part been in the proper hands, the "What is This/That?" gameshow sketch was good. I'm going to miss Abby Elliott if she leaves. She's under utilizedand superficially, she's verry attractive.
+2 | 5/7/12 11:15 AM
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First of all, two things: 1) Eff you, Ashton for ripping off Jimmy Fallon. 2) Eff you, Ashton for just being a deuschbag 3) I'm adding one more, can you guess? You're wrong. It's not eff you. It's...Ashton Kutcher has less talent than that uber-tanned ladies leatherface.
0 | 5/2/12 5:11 PM
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Can someone please tell me where Slim's Irish Camp is located?
+1 | 4/5/12 12:08 PM
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I see what you did there, Mr. Irony. Wearhouse vs Warehouse Awesome!
+4 | 3/8/12 12:39 PM
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