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curiousgeorgiana
07:59 AM

In reply to Palin 2012: SNL Gives Us A Terrifying Glimpse Of A Palin Presidency
Seems about right.

Runs to check supplies in the Palin apocalypse shelter
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limber
02:29 AM

In reply to Palin 2012: SNL Gives Us A Terrifying Glimpse Of A Palin Presidency
Heh. They went in for some detail too: an Obama campaign bus gets fireballed at 0:15.

Between this and Al Gore arming trees, I'm not sure humans have much of a chance.
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Maritsa
11:06 AM

@limber: The bus and the Newsweek covers on the Times Square jumbotrons were great touches.
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sweetnsassy2
12:14 AM

In reply to Oprah: 25 Years Of Screaming Celebrities' Names
The way she introduces celebrities is like the number 1 reason Oprah annoys the shit out of me. Which makes this compiliation=awesomeness
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NorthernLite
11/21/09

In reply to Will We Be Seeing Tina Fey On SNL Tonight?
I got an unexpected rush hearing that half-sentence of Palinese from her. If she does SNL, I believe Maya Rudolph is great with child so unable to play Oprah to her Palin. However, Rachel Dratch (one of SNL's many Baba Wawas) is available for a different old-cast reunion.

As for ratings - I don't trust 'em. But they seem to indicate all of NBC Thurs. is suffering, except for perhaps the Office. (The only one of their sitcoms I *don't* watch - someone please explain the pleasure in those stupid, mean characters.)

And forget 30R's paltry 5.something million. Parks & Rec, the best sitcom on the teevee machine, is even lower. Peeps - WATCH IT.
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morninggloria
11/21/09

In reply to Will We Be Seeing Tina Fey On SNL Tonight?
How are more people not watching 30 Rock? The stupids really are outbreeding the smarts.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
11/21/09

In reply to Will We Be Seeing Tina Fey On SNL Tonight?
Gosh I hope so. The more Sarah Palin is made to look ridiculous the better it is for our country, I think.
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Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
11/21/09

In reply to Will We Be Seeing Tina Fey On SNL Tonight?
I hate to say this, but I think Saturday Night Live needs to end. As much as I love Jane Curtain, Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, Eddie Murphy, Anna Gasteyer, Cheri Oteri, Will Ferrell, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Adam Sandler, Phil Hartman, Norm MacDonald, Maya Rudolph, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Fred Armisen...and all the other folks (I can't remember right now) who made the show epic....the current show has been doing a disservice to the legacy of funniness.
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highjump
11/21/09

@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: But ending Saturday Night Live would end a unique forum where funniness could happen again in the future! Yes, it's kind of limping along now, but it's a one of a kind format (these days anyway). I am not ready to pull the plug.
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Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
11/21/09

@highjump: It's sort of been limping along for a while now and is only occasionally punctuated by humor, which is a sad thing to say for a comedy show. It's now descended to the level of toilet humor and it's just sort of sad to watch. Either take it off or start looking for a cast that's actually, like, funny.

#tips
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DuckDuckGoose
11/21/09

@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: Fred Armisen? Eeech! Maybe Seth Myers, who is keeping Weekend Update funny without Tina Fey, and definitely Andy Samberg for the videos.
Anyway, can't make a list like that without Jim Belushi, Bill Murray and -- ta-da! -- Sen. Al Franken.
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LaComtesse
11/21/09

@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: I think it needs to change format. Their digital shorts are not only the funniest bits, but the most popular. If they weren't so married to the "live" portion, I think it would be much, much stronger. Or limit the live bits (maybe just monologue, weekend update, and the musical guests).
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MyNameIsChris
11/21/09

@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: Yeah... but to be fair, it had been equally unfunny many many seasons before half the people you list ever got a chance to be on the show. In fact... it's always fairly unfunny. It only really works in retrospect when you remember back to the best moments that worked in the past. You remember the good and forget the awful. It's like oldies radio, just the hits, none of the forgotten crap.
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highjump
11/21/09

@MyNameIsChris: Great point! Even if we're not in the midst of omgtehbesteasonever right now, I still want this platform to be around for future funny people.

There should be an oldies SNL channel.
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highjump
11/21/09

@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: Yes, the could do a better job of casting. But if this show dies most of the actors that actually are suited for this work would go nowhere. Do you think any of those people you listed would be hired on a sitcom? And many of them that moved on to movie roles wouldn't have been able to without the following they generated while on SNL. I'm willing to keep this show around even if it only produces ONE more Murphy/ Ferrel/ Fey/ Poehler level funny person.
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Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
11/21/09

@DuckDuckGoose: There's so many more to add...those were all that were in my head when I was writing it. But I forgot a few of my personal favs too.

But I like Fred...I also got crap for liking Norm MacDonald too, so I guess there's no accounting for taste. I like wry, weird humor and Fred really gives me the giggles with his face expressions. Plus, his Prince imitation has made me love him for always.
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Edited by Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC at 11/21/09 10:02 PM

Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
11/21/09

@MyNameIsChris: Actually a lot of those people were from the very first 5 seasons, so it probably wasn't fair to mention them either. But the cast over the last five years has been pretty unremarkable. There have been a few standouts, but the entire cast as a whole isn't very good. I'm thinking back to when the ENTIRE or at least the majority of the cast made real contributions to the show.#tips
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Edited by Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC at 11/21/09 10:03 PM

Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
11/21/09

@highjump: I still want this platform to be around for future funny people.

Sort of like Social Security Benefits for funny people.

True, it's a good platform. But something about the show has not been working for a very, very long time. At the very least, revamping is in order. Because it's not just an unfunny season, it's been an unfunny few years.

#tips
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MyNameIsChris
12:21 AM

@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: I guess I just don't know what you're getting at. Even the first few seasons had plenty of awful moments. And the Doumanian and Ebersol years were essentially trainwrecks aside from the pure luck discovery of Eddie Murphy. Try watching 81-87. Aside from a few Murphy moments during the start of that run the show was unbelievably bad. I'm not arguing that it couldn't just be thrown away, but I don't really subscribe to the notion that there were EVER golden years. There were golden moments, and some seasons had more of them than others. If anything I find SNL almost works better now that the best bits can just be filtered out to the internet and I can avoid the rest.

Also, the easiest fix would just to make the show shorter. Or have the bands play more numbers.
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magnets
11/21/09

In reply to Will We Be Seeing Tina Fey On SNL Tonight?
There is positive thinking and then there is just setting yourself up to be disappointed by Tommy Solomon smugging his way through a seven-minute shart joke
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magnets
11/21/09

@magnets: I am also inclined towards a "just don't look" policy of Palin control at this moment in time
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Lysergic Asset
11/21/09

In reply to Will We Be Seeing Tina Fey On SNL Tonight?
Tina Fey's formidable talent notwithstanding, I don't think anything about Sarah Palin's insidious persona is amusing.

Palin/Beck 2012!
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LatestBy
11/21/09

In reply to Oprah: 25 Years Of Screaming Celebrities' Names
This is art.
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KittyKittyCat
11/21/09

In reply to 10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week
Dear Martha Stewart,

I love and adore you. Will you adopt me so I can one day only bake with eggs I gathered with my own hands? Please?

Love, KKC

P.S. I already hand address all of my Christmas cards (on Crane naturally) and make hospital corners with my bedsheets.
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Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
11/21/09

In reply to Oprah: 25 Years Of Screaming Celebrities' Names
I always thought Debra Wilson from MadTV did a wonderful job of imitating the Oprah yell.

Also, the amount of hairstyles she's had is astounding. Recently I had someone ask me why I can wear my hair in like, 4 different styles in a single week and I just said, there's a lot of versatility with "black" hair. Oprah is evidence of that.
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Snowbunny
11/21/09

In reply to Oprah: 25 Years Of Screaming Celebrities' Names
I love that. It just shows that no matter how famous she got she still was excited to meet other famous people.
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Penny
11/20/09

In reply to Oprah: 25 Years Of Screaming Celebrities' Names
I am at the airport, flight is late, and I just told my boyfriend "I am going to LOVE this."

Yeah, I loved it.
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femme-bot
11/20/09

In reply to Oprah: 25 Years Of Screaming Celebrities' Names
When does she introduce LIZZZZZZ LEEEEEEEEEEMONNNNNNN!!?
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