Amph Live From New York, It's Saturday Night!

Nah... He should totally play Prince George. That would shock the people in the audience who aren't familiar with Blackadder.

Or he could introduce the show as Tony Murchison from ABOFAL, with wooden acting and carefully pronounced lines. That would be fun!

 

I thought her last episode was the one before the election and she came back only as a guest last time. No big loss though, Amy Poheler was vastly overrated IMO as was Tina Fey

 

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SNL Sports Extra
Airs: Sunday January 4, 2009

"A compilation of sports-related sketches past and present."

 

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Neil Patrick Harris/Taylor Swift

Airs: Saturday January 10, 2009

"This is the 12th live broadcast of the 34th season of SNL. Information is subject to change."

 

I loved the Frost/Other People sketch, especially the parts with Paul Lynde and Fred "Rerun" Berry. Loved how they brought up why the "What's Happening" characters would be Doobie Brothers fans.

 

Neil Patrick Harris for SNL host for, like, forever

Jan 11, 2009, 10:35 AM | by Ken Tucker

Categories: Television

"All due respect to Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, but Neil Patrick Harris' turn as Saturday Night Live host was one of the most sustained series of first-rate comic performances this venerable series has seen. Whether he was a thrusting, grinding exercise guru on a Today Show parody (and hats off to Kristen Wiig's fantastically detailed parody of Kathie Lee Gifford's twitchy tics) or nailing a David Frost impersonation in the Frost/Nixon skit (and congrats to Bill Hader on his David Bowie), Harris was quick, cutting, ruthless, and still charming."

 

I only saw the Broadway skit, but I loved it! Nice little inside joke of having Neil Patrick Harris play Mark, considering he did that for real either on tour or in New York, I believe.

 

They've had several excellent episodes this season. In fact, this has been one of the best SNL seasons in the 20 years I've been watching. They really seem to be committed to just letting their cast of amazingly talented comedians simply ply their craft on live TV. The same goes for the hosts. They've just been given much more freedom to simply act, rather than bend themselves into contrived skits and characters.

 

Wiig is very good.

 

LATEST EPISODE
Rosario Dawson/Fleet Foxes
Airs: Saturday January 17, 2009

"This is the 13th live broadcast of the 34th season of SNL. Information is subject to change."

 

Recap

 

So did Fleet Foxes just fall of the time-bus from 1968?

That was an all right episode. The Cheney skit at the beginning was more sad and true than funny, the digital short was odd, and the learning train was ambitious but a missed opportunity.

Gillie was good (Kristen Wiig is amazing). I wanna see where that goes in the future.

Weekend Update was hilarious as usual (again, Wiig was amazing).

Overall, the Aladdin and The View skits were the best.

 

I'll admit that it reminded me of older episodes from much less funnier times; times when they seemed to be more concerned with clever ideas than comedic execution. The best shows are the ones where they let the actors ply their craft, rather than conform to the skit.

So, yeah, it definately wasn't as good as last week but it was far better than those dark days before Tina Fey.

And I totally forgot about the Gitmo going out of business skit and the "written by a 4th grade Spanish class" skit.

The "Spanish class" skit is a perfect example of being more concerned with clever ideas than comedic execution. On paper, I'll bet it looked brilliant; however, there's just no room for the actors to do anything other than read their cue cards.

 

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Steve Martin/Jason Mraz

Airs: Saturday January 31, 2009

"This is the 14th live broadcast of the 34th season of SNL. Information is subject to change."

 

I get the feeling this is going to be a very average episode.

Steve Martin hasn't been funny or relevant in years, unless I'm forgetting something.

Tired old comedian usually equals tired old skits, again, unless I'm forgetting some spark of brilliance from the last year or so.

I hope I'm wrong though.

 

It seems to have been pretty dire:

SNL needs a new Barack Obama

 

Since when does that rag have a clue?

His Obama is excellent if you ask me.

It's certainly funnier that EW's article about how bad he is.

 

7-9PM
NBC, TV-14-DLV

Saturday Night Live: Short Films

"Andy Samberg hosts this special about the show's best shorts. As far as I can tell, this is a lose-lose situation. If they show ''D--- in a Box'' and ''J--- in My Pants'' during the family hour, they're baiting the FCC. If they don't, they're stupid."

 

...okay, so i sat down already to watch this.. Had my DVR recording too..

Am i the only one that didn't get the Samberg show, but rather a Best of TRACEY MORGAN and WILL FERREL show??


Tracey MORGAN???

Someone is going to pay.

 

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson/Ray LaMontagne
Air date: Saturday March 7, 2009

This is 17th broadcast of Season 34. Information is subject to change.

 

Recap