Weekly SNL thread

[Jane2]

Interesting. so the girls weren't bright to begin with. I guess there's some humor in what you just described.

[SNAFU]

Not according to Roxy.

[Wilmingtom]

"Could someone please explain to me what SNL'S fascination is with the terrorist group ISIS?"

Relevant, up-to-the-minute, trending, world news... Oh, that's right, you've left. Sorry everyone.

[FindingNamo]

I remember how upset Roxy was when SNL first came back after 9/11 and they did the talk show with the guy whose name was Al Kayda. Roxy swore off the show then and never tuned in again.

Oh wait, none of that happened at all. This board didn't exist then. But I'm sure, IN HINDSIGHT, he would've done all those things.

[SNAFU]

Mad TV forever!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

SNL sketch offends viewers unaware that SNL is a comedy series

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

It would be Roxy's bed time now. I wonder what he did tonight instead of watching SNL.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Yeah, it started okay but it crossed a line with that chicken sketch! It was worse than ISIS!

[jasonf]

I don't know why, but I actually found the chicken sketch funny. The idea was so over the top ridiculous - I felt like I was watching the actors try not to break the entire time. Somehow it came across as really funny to me.

[SNAFU]

Jason, the cast in that sketch had a hard time keeping it together every time they ran through it. Specially with the "What did you call me?" line. They realized how downright absurd the whole thing was. There was a uniform made for the chicken but chickens don't play that!

[Kad]

I thought the highlight was Kate McKinnon's debut of her Hillary.

[sabrelady]

I actually found the chicken sketch funny.

So did I, I knew where it was going and really wish someone had noshed on a drummy while praising Captain Poultry.

[EricMontreal22]

I did too... Aside from McKinnon as Clinton, that was the highlight for me.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

The Iggy Azalea thing was funny too - perhaps because I find her whole rapping in an American accent thing so ridiculous to begin with.

[FindingNamo]

I think that was the episode where Kate became the star of the show.

[ucjrdude902]

I guess no one is watching with Taraji as host?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Or everyone is. 

[FindingNamo]

I know I am.  And I'm shocked.  I… didn't… hate… Mumford&Sons'firstsong

[ucjrdude902]

Thought her opening was great, Sesame Street was also great. I've always been a Mumford  fan so I loved them! 

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

I love Taraji.  She made it!

[CapnHook]

Liked every sketch. Great to have Darrell Hammond reprise his Bill Clinton. Pleasantly surprised to have Billy Crystal. Sesame Street, Power Rangers parody, Celebrity Game Show were all great. Taraji's Wanda Sykes was SPOT ON.

[FindingNamo]

Cookie don't share.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

That's how she made it!

[SNAFU]

Glad the Connectron sketch made it on. Man, designing and building those costumes in one day was freaking insane!

 

[EricMontreal22]

I thought of you SNAFU during that sketch!  I loved it--but I grew up obsessed with Shogun Warrior and those other bad giant robo anime dubs where the characters had to pilot different body arts and always wondered why the one guy got to be the leader every time. :P  The robo looked *great*

I thought it was a decent episode.  Taraji's energy saved a lot of the material for me.  I feel like I've already seen the teacher/student sex court case sketch (maybe it's recurring--God I'm sounding like Mr Roxy...)  and Billy Crystal was kinda wasted on me--but the Scary Lucy/Monkey Jesus bit had me on the floor--brilliant. 

I know my Mumford and Son loving friends will hate me--because I've seen them post on FB about how they dislike the new album being less acoustic, or something, but this was the first time I kinda liked them...

(And yes, Cookie Monster and the John Singleton Game of Thrones were the other two highlights for me.  I could watch Taraji cobble down a cookie, Cookie Monster style all day.)

[EricMontreal22]

And how could I forget the parody of my fave viral video ever.  Yes, it was 4 years late (did someone at SNL just come across the video?) but it managed to not be mean, I felt, and was note perfect...