Skewering Rosie Live

I don't think even that would work at this point. The woman is such a poisonous personality that I'm not sure many people would want to listen to her. The Rosie of the cute daytime show with the koosh balls is looooong gone.

 

I was going for "Skewering Rosie dead," but yours works, too.

 

The obvious choice is never as much fun.

 

I think if it were well done, it could be very good and quite successful. I saw about 5 or 10 minutes of Rosie O's show (I probably would have changed the channel anyway, but I had something to do) and it looked like the problem was she couldn't decide if she wanted to be Carol Burnett or Ed Sullivan.

I thought when Rosie did her talk show, she did a sort of Johnny Carson type show and it was OK in a retro way. I also think she did an afternoon show reasonably well, but couldn't do a big show... see Cosell, Howard.

I think Saturday Night Live shows a variety show is still possible.

 

You might be right.

I find Rosie fascinating. The work she's done for adoption charities and gay rights is amazing and I would challenge anyone to watch the HBO special about her cruise and not like the woman on some level.

But nobody wants to give her a show where she rants about her political views for an hour. That's why The View was such a great place for her. She'd get a few minutes to talk politics and a few to gush on celebrities and plug Broadway shows.

I find it hilarious that someone who dished it out so much couldn't take it when she had to get it back from a few people.

 

I'd consider SNL a "sketch comedy show" not a variety show.

 

Yeah, but they also have musical guests. You could also say the Carol Burnett show was a "sketch comedy show" (I haven't heard that term before, but I wish I had come up with it).

Now that I think about it, the ultimate sketch comedy show would be SCTV with John Candy, Joe Flahrety, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Catherine O'Hara (oh, who am I missing?)

 

Tony Rosato?

 

Andrea Martin?

 

Harold Ramis?

 

Andrea Martin was the one I was thinking of. Was Martin Short part of that show?

 

Short came on after that first group.

Rosato and Robin Duke joined later, which also served as the show's death knell