Game. Blouses.

Direckshun was right, that was an eight minute set... a rocking tour de force, dudes still got it.

I might just buy his new album after hearing that.

That was the best I've heard Prince in years. The dude can still rock and roll when he chooses to.

Prince was easily the best part of that show.

Everything else was pretty much complete garbage. I can't remember a worse episode than that.

Didn't even look like they rehearsed the ****ing show. Jesus.

the you tube video is here for those who missed it.


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The last 2 weeks have proven that the number of back-up dancers is inversely proportional to the talent of the musician. Prince had none, Iggy Azalea had about a dozen.

He's probably the most versatile artist out there... funk, soul, r&b, straight up rock, the guy can do it all, I've been a huge Prince fan since 7th grade.

:hmmm: I do believe you're onto something here...

Damn that Prince performance was Epic

Worst SNL in some time, aside from Prince. Chris Rock should be better than that.

I watched like twenty minutes and it was just unfunny. Woody Harrelson and Kendrick Lamar in a few weeks definitely piqued my interest though.

Wuff dah fuff wass up wiff Woo-ey lass nighhhhh?

Duss herb giff you coh-innn mouf or sum-hinn?

Put an all time cast together.

You get four males, four females.

Will Ferrell, bill Murray, Chris Farley, Dan akroyd
Kristen Wiig, Amy poehler, Kate McKinnon, Gilda radner

Dana Carvey, Chris Farley, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy

Victoria Jackson, Kristin Wiig, Nasim Pedrad, Amy Poeler

Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, Will Ferrell, Bill Hader

Kate McKinnon, Jan Hooks, Gilda Radner, Amy Poehler


/thread

Bill Murrey is hilarious, but is he really an SNL All Timer?

Phil Hartman, Will Ferell, Will Forte, Jon Lovitz

Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig

I don't recall Radner.

I'd probably sub in Maya Rudolph or Molly Shannon in for Radner.

I'd definitely sub in Dana Carvey for Hader, and while Farley was epic, I'm tempted to sub him out for Martin Short.

I stand behind my selections, but approve your replacements as close runners-up, only Carvey/Meyers is a close call for 1st runner-up. And though Martin rocks, I'm going off SNL material, not entire body of work [Eddie Murphy, Julia Louise -Dreyfus, Christopher Guest, Adam Sandler, Gilbert Godfried, etc.]. Instead of Martin, I'd place Lovitz as the runner-up to Farley, though I'm not a huge fan of the guy IRL.

Now if Jiminy Glick had been an SNL character, . . .

Whoa......no Eddie Murphy? WTF?

Martin's acting chops are way out of Farley's league, though. Acting is super underrated on SNL.

What Farley lacked in classical acting acumen, he made up in funny.

He might be the single most naturally funny guy in American history. Even the worst, most ill-conceived sketches had me chuckling somewhere if Farley was involved. And the best sketches are among the funniest sketches of SNL all-time.

Agreed that he was brilliant, but he's not exactly a team player, however, is he?

You're not doing Who's On First with Farley.

I absolutely have to highlight this. It's a skit they cut from this week's SNL with Kevin Hart/Sia.

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Kyle Mooney is absolutely incredible in this. Maybe the finest piece of comedy acting I've seen on a technical level in a decade. Am I crazy for saying that?

The piece as a whole is very well written, and the production is great. But Kyle Mooney is just a master at inventing a character and inhabiting his skin. He is absolutely perfect for this role.

The gentrification skit was awesome.

Bullshit, you talkin like someone put gluten in yah muffin!!

Nerds of the standup kingdom

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I miss him playing Norm's nephew on Norm's sport show.

I'm just not understanding all of the Kate McKinnon love in the "pick 4 ALL TIMERS" thing... she's a ****ing noob, did everyone suddenly forget Molly Shannon or Cheri Oteri?

Molly Shannon, like Chris Farley, was a total force of nature. She wasn't a precise comedy delivery mechanism, which I tend to prefer.

Edit: This is McKinnon at her best. She enters at 4:40, sets fire to the skit, and disappears. She's a genius.

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Molly LIVED in the moment.

Molly, at her best, was just as funny as Chris Farley. Maybe not AS funny because she didn't have his hilarious body at her disposal, but she was still a brilliant physical comedian in her own right.

Loved Molly. Had a mega-crush on her back in the day. Still do to this day, I suppose.

Molly Shannon is great at "her" thing but Kate McKinnon has sooooooo much more range.

Exactly right.

Classic Shannon:

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I can KIIIIICKK, stretch and KICK!! I'm 50!!


50 years old!!

Bah... your Hollywood credentials arent winning the day on this one my friend!

Outside of Beiber and Olga or Merkel (three characters in three years? pretty good but gimme more longevity), Kate hasnt compiled nearly the dossier as Molly or several other gals... I want longevity and memorable characters, Kate is still a three year member still finding her way IMO.

She's a noob, but she's appears to be custom built for what SNL does.

Whether it's an outlandish character of her own creation, or an impersonation, or a backup/background role, or to just stand there looking either gorgeous OR hideous, you see her and reliably say 'yeah! that's what we were looking for.'

She has that rare mix of a chameleon who can grab the center stage in an instant. A sketch comedy Verbal Kent.

Kate's Russian lady who saw the meteor was the best thing ever. Cecily strong is my fav, though.

I agree about her talent, she's made some memories already... but she has a long way to go to make my "four all timers" list... right now, its Killam, Thompson and Kate that are carrying the show.

I kinda like Aidy Bryant. She's pretty damn funny in almost anything I've seen her in.

Sia's ballerina.

Kevin Hart was much better the 2nd time than he was the first.

Unfortunately, back to suck this week with Blake Shelton.

His opening monologue was fantastic.

Belushi as Joe Cocker is unparalleled, IMO

Pete Jones has been strong...and Taran Killam has done a lot of good work. I a, higher on Jost and Che than most but isn't he age of Twitter the degree of difficulty on their job goes way up.

Kevin Hart...I dunno...just not really into his act. You can tell he works really hard it was impressive how much of the show he took on. Guy has a lot of talent but I don't find him particularly funny.

That Wishin Boot video was pretty spot on random. Me like.

I loved the Deflategate opener...

"$26 million a year!!! is that a lot??? I dont knooow things, I'm not a science computer!!!"

I liked Molly Shannon a lot.

But, Oteri? Very Meh.

Heh, yea I got a kick out of that. Pretty well done.

Blake shelton was pretty good. Wishing boot and hee-haw parody's were top notch.

OK, I watched it and all I can say is... Really? sets fire to the skit? it wasn't even that funny.

ROFL someone please tell I wasnt the only one to almost die during the ISIS bit ROFL

Best sketch in two years.

This is the best two sketch start to the show in atleast three years...

"Oh you like pie? my readers are going to love that".

Alabama Shakes killed.

Is this a repeat of when they were on before?

Agreed, what an incredible band, they've really grown stylistically since the last appearance... and that woman remains a thunderstorm, a wrecking ball of soul.

Nope, although I remember that performance as well.

That first song screams for, . . . . begs for, . . . prostates itself in absolute supplication for, . . . a meet up with Prince. Could you imagine him harmonizing with her and throwing in an epic guitar solo?


To die.

AS' only drawback is they're a rhythm backing band without a virtuoso. They ride the lead singer's considerable talents.

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This is hilarious. Well done.



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Can't believe that anyone would be offended by that.

Meh, when I saw it I didn't know it was a direct parody of an Army commercial.

Guess for some SNL comparing the Army to ISIS is as offensive as Scott Walker comparing union protestors to ISIS.

Doesn't bother me, but it's not inconceivable in our offense taking anonymous online social media world, that a few would be bothered enough to tweet.

Also



Hey, I can't poop while you're in here, and I know you're just doing your hair, . . . So I'm gonna hafta ask you to get the **** OUTTTTTTT!

Yeah, the ISIS thing was funny, IMO. Lots of people with their panties up in a bunch over SNL doing what SNL was built on. If we can't make fun of the worst group of people in the world, then who can we make fun of?

There's folks on the intertubes for which an event hasn't truly happened to them until they've registered indignation or snark about it on social media.

Tree falling in the woods thing.

And strangely, Dakota Johnson hits this weird spot of a perfectly lovely and objectively attractive girl I just don't find myself personally attracted to. Don't know what it is, she's certainly far out of my league and there's nothing tangible that's a turn off in the least. Just more of a friend or sister thing.

Though I thought her getting pissy with her mom at the Oscars was funnier than anything on SNL [which was a decent enough episode, though. Not a slight.]

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She's got a weird mouth. I mean, by regular people standards, she's attractive, but even IRL I think her mouth would bother me a little.

I'm not sure if its uniform across America, but some of you may have noticed that SNL plays a classic episode from 9-10 before the NBC nightly news... I've watched a handful of incredible shows that reminded me why I like the show so much.

Tonight is no exception... Jim Carrey and Soundgarden from 1996, its almost a guaranteed winner, from the days when every single episode was a winner.

I'll probably be in bed by the time the JK Simmons rerun airs at 10:30, but you can bet I'll be up for this rerun... just a friendly heads up.

The Hot Tub Lifeguard was a really good skit in that episode.

I very vaguely remember that, cant wait... the show was sooo good back then, these days its so hit and miss.

Seriously dont think its because, as some people have told me, that I'm too old and my humor is dated, either... I'm on the intrawebs constantly, I know whats hip these days, swear on my grandpa I'm the youngest 44 year old since forever... fact is the show just isnt that good right now.

You've got Killam, Thompson, and to a lesser extent, Pharoah and McKinnon... Kyle Mooney has potential as well, but its a far cry from the 90's IMO.

I think they have a good performing class, but their writing has dropped off a bit after Seth and Tina. What's more fascinating is the talent they've burned through to get here. Leaving behind those who've moved on of their own volition, Jenny Slate, Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson are amazing talents to just walk away from.

Maybe it was their writing skills. I saw James Franco's behind the scenes doc and Casey in particular seemed daunted by the pitch process.

Interesting bit of inside pool, it appears that one of the most prolific writers of recent was back when JB Smoove was on staff. Someone was talking about him and instead of one or two ideas, he'd have pages and pages of bit ideas that the writers room loved. Like, new stuff each week. Talked like listening to JB pitch was the funnest part of their week. I could picture it and would love to have seen some of them.

How they go about the writing/casting process is probably the single most talked about and interesting thing about the show... I've certainly always wondered how that all plays out, how much is writers and how much is the talent pitching ideas etc

JB Smoove... know exactly who he is, but until now didnt know he'd been a popular writer there, interdasting.

Seems like from, say, the 90's back that the performers had a LOT more say in the writing process and now it "seems" to be all about the writers... all I can honestly say is that it just doesnt tickle my funny bone like it used to, its much more hit and miss.

Taran and McKinnon alone are good enough to keep me coming back.

I'm really glad that we're in the McKinnon era instead of the Wiig era. I like Wiig as an actress, but when she writes herself characters it's more about performing difficult things [talking fast, being whiny, that God awful thing with Armisen making up songs on the spot] than being funny.

Killams take on Christpher Waltz and Pitt are consistently spot on, he's a rare bright spot.

Wiig... I never fully understood why Lorne put her to the front of the line so often, myself. In an interesting twist though, her and Armisen were so far bad that it seemed to come full circle back around to good... I liked those skits in spite of myself.

So bad they couldnt be ignored.

I think she does very well what improv performers respect.

She's obviously quick-witted and versatile. I just find her more irritating than funny BECAUSE I know what she's going for.

You've seen it. 'Audience, give me a place, give me an occupation, give me a reason to argue. . . . AND GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!'

Dude....this is one of my favorite shows ever...great host and great skits

That whole thing was great, wasnt it?... man, the new show doesnt have even one recurring sketch that approaches The Joe Pesci Show.

Not one I can think of, those older shows and casts were just much better.

Lorne should BEG writers like Jim Downey and Adam McKay to come back, and while he's at it why not call up some of the old alum that arent doing much these days like Jim Bruer, Tim Meadows etc?

The lifeguard skit was the tits

Quite sir! I need to watch the water...