there's no lying in this statement: "saturday night live" has been absolutely brutal this year. in fact, they should change the start to "live from new york, it's saturday suck!'
but that's to be expected. the show goes through stretches. after the not-ready-for-prime-time players, it sucked (and lorne michaels was temporarily replaced). after eddie murphy, it sucked. after adam sandler, it sucked. and now, after will ferrell, it sucks again. they just need to find that big star.
until then, though, it might help if they just reverse the order of sketches.
i tivo'd last night's episode, and the first half hour was absolutely terrible. i mean, the opening sketch was about a sbarro's and an open door that delivered a huge gust of wind. c'mon now. there's no idea there. and that's supposed to be the best? michael o'donoghue turned over in his grave. horrible writing.
but the end had some interesting stuff, like a video of two guys rapping dr. dre style about going to see "the chronicles of narnia". funny. and they had a very uncomfortable spelling bee bit that, admittedly, didn't suck. and another debbie downer segment, which is getting stale but still works for me.
they were all hidden at the end, after everyone had been bored asleep.
still, they need a lot of help. but if you have insomnia on a saturday night, it ain't nauseating after 12:30.
so it's got that going for it, which is nice.
2 comments:
I think that spelling bee guy who plays Bush has potential he just hasn't fully exploited himself in the smartest way yet. I agree about the order of last night, the cronic-les of narnia was probably the funniest thing, I'm saving the episode just to show that one sketch, and I even smirked at the 2 a-holes cause they really fucking exist! And Christmas time for the Jews felt old but still funny. Why couldn't Young just play Rockin' in a Free World though? So yeah, I agree about the reversal of last night's episode except for that lame alien shit. They always go to stranded scenes when they can't think of shit. Best stranded scene ever was Harvey Keitel with Pat. After that they were just carbon copies. Merry xmas Steve'Oreeno! Steve-o-tolla, The Stevemeister!
yes, steve-oh. i agree with you too. it seems that since the exit of farrell, tina fey and amy poehler are what single-handedly keep that show alive. THANKS LADIES!!!! the cast are funny, when given funny material, but i agree, they need a strong leader. Maybe Kattan or Meadows will make a comeback. THey don't seem to be so busy.
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