SNL's Continued Downward Spiral Thread

I was actually embarrassed for Jay Pharoh during the on-stage closing. He was putting on the good face, but he had to be thinking, "Why am I even fucking here?"

 

Walken doesn't really have anything to promote, though. Been doing a lot of indie work lately. SNL only has two officially confirmed hosts so far: Melissa McCarthy next week, and Jimmy Fallon for the Christmas show (with musical guest MICHAEL BUBLE!)

 

I haven't watch SNL since it stopped being funny. So at least 17 years.

 

Could we please line up everyone who hasn't watched it in 17 years so they can get all that out of the way before the third page of this thread is over? :

 

And MSNBC, of course, showed Baldwin falling asleep at the podium in the debate cold open. You know Perry and his acolytes will be on the attack. Not the most brilliant political piece they've ever done, but it held my attention for 10-plus minutes (the longest cold open I can remember).
Given the McGinniss book, I half-expected them to roll Tina out. Maybe they're saving her for Palin's entry (not a given, but much more likely than it looked at the beginning of the month, and probable if Perry falls out of the lead).

 

Watching it on the DVR is the only way to go. I watch the entire thing in 30-40 minutes. No commercials, no Radiohead and it's usually a given that the last sketch or two of the night will be skipped.

Just guessing here, but I would be stunned if Fey would have agreed to participate in a sketch that had anything to do with that book.

My favorite line of the night was Baldwin making fun of Steve Martin playing the banjo. "Oh he's off playing that instrument that Kermit the Frog plays..."

Baldwin is my favorite host ever. Hell, he's been comic gold for 20+ years on that show.

 

I was disappointed that they didn't provide Baldwin with a sketch that would join the list of his SNL great moments, i.e. Canteen Boy, Schwetty Balls, etc.

 

Watched a whole episode for the first time in ages the other night. A few chuckles here and there. Radiohead was awful.

 

Carvey left in 1993, so that's about right...

They've had good people since then, but I think a lot of people forget how underused guys like Chris Rock and Adam Sandler were when they were there.

 

I'll give you Rock, but Sandler wasn't underused. Now Jay Mohr... yeah, barely appeared, despite his brilliant Christopher Walken for Skittles and Charles Barkley vs. Barney contributions. Sandler was all over the place, tho. Update, canteen boy, fresh pepper dude, one of the clothing store chicks...

 

More confirmed hosts: Ben Stiller and Anna Faris.