SNL 11/13

[lantaur]

Just wanted to get the jump on things by saying this opening sketch is both interminably long and unfunny.

 

[Madhavok]

Sounds like the last 15 years of SNL.

 

[JayFarrar]

The parody of the commercial for the train movie was funny.

The new guy who was doing Denzel pretty much nailed it.

 

[imjustagirl]

This is the first ep I've seen this season, and I didn't really look up at the TV during the Denzel one. Is this dude doing Kanye the same one who did Denzel? Because he's good at Kanye.

 

[terrier]

Rhode Island is Connecticut's foreskin? Wrong, Seth Myers. Connecticut is our *****.

 

[EagleMorph]

This is the first ep I've seen this season, and I didn't really look up at the TV during the Denzel one. Is this dude doing Kanye the same one who did Denzel? Because he's good at Kanye.

The dude's a master. His name' Jay Pharoah, and he's done Will Smith, Denzel, Kanye, Eddie Murphy, and more. He's also got an awesome Obama impression, but they still use Fred Armisen's weakass work.

 

[imjustagirl]

Rhode Island is Connecticut's foreskin? Wrong, Seth Myers. Connecticut is our *****.

As an ex-Connecticutian, the only thing you have over CT is Chipotle.

However, you also have schieza.


CT wins.

 

[terrier]

I've lived in Connecticut, and can tell you from personal experience that when Olbermann called Bristol the most God-forsaken city on earth, he was right on.

 

[imjustagirl]

Well you didn't say RI was better than Bristol. You said it was better than the whole state.

 

[steveu]

Overall, pretty decent show. Any show with Manuel Ortiz in it is a winner.

 

[terrier]

Future Mrs. T. the first time she came to visit me in Connecicut? "Has anybody in this state ever had an original thought?" It's like one giant, particularly soulless suburb..dead shopping malls like mountains beyond mountains, and there's no end in sight...

 

[imjustagirl]

Connecticut: The state that supports gay marriage but cuts off the sale of beer in stores at 8:30 p.m.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Future Mrs. T. the first time she came to visit me in Connecicut? "Has anybody in this state ever had an original thought?" It's like one giant, particularly soulless suburb..dead shopping malls like mountains beyond mountains, and there's no end in sight...

Blahblahblah.

The drunk-driving percentages in CT are miniscule, compared to the vehicular disaster that is Little Rhody. Bostonians are better drivers -- they need to be, in order to survive.

 

[imjustagirl]

Oh, and the capper: CT is where Maury and Jerry tape! Win!

 

[cougargirl]

Caught last night's SNL from Denzel on out. Jay Pharoah is owning the impersonations ... loved the Kanye-GWB exchange on Weekend Update.

And any time Scarlett Johansson is on, the Marble Columns/Chandeliers/Ceramic Busts has to be dusted off. "This one ... and that one ..."

 

[BYH]

SNL was painfully unfunny last night, but Scarlett is always fun to look at.

And leave Connecticut alone! Bristol is not even in the top 20 for most god-forsaken places in that state. Take Stamford. Please.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Love ScarJo, hate SNL, except for Pharoah.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

Take Stamford. Please.

Take the entire southwest corner of Connecticut, please. I-95 from the Q bridge in New Haven down to Greenwich and beyond is a big bag of suck. I avoid that as much as possible.

Sincerely,
Eastern Connecticut born and raised, and loving every minute of it.

 

[DanOregon]

The biggest problem with the show is Weekend Update. It used to be a high point, now it's just blah. And the fact that they did a joke on Cindy McCain's opposition to DADT, when she retracted it Friday is kind of sad.
Still the show surprises me at times. The digital short was funny (especially the captions), the young actress thing at the end was funny and some of the new castmembers are nice additions.
And yet some skits, like the opener scream FFwd.

 

[terrier]

Did John McCain threaten to publicly call his wife a see you next Tuesday again if she didn't retract?
Not a fan of Scarlett as an SNL host - much prefer Anne Hathaway or Natalie Portman in the 20something actress category. Thank God the NATO conference in Lisbon this coming weekend forced Arcade Fire to cancel the first show of their European tour so they could do SNL.