Dennis Miller laughed at his own jokes, as did Norm MacDonald. This is nothing new, and hell, it’s live, and should be lively. I’d like Myers a lot less if he pretended to be a news man having to put up with crazy characters on his news program.
Also, I don’t know why SNL is hitting up YouTube for it’s musical guests, but this Karmin shit has got to stop.
Usually the laughing doesn’t bother me, but it does when it’s coming from the head writer and at the expense of the joke. You can hear Seth start giggling before Cage says the line of the night. Not cool.
This was easily one of the best episodes of the season. I groaned when they started doing the French thing again, but Jean and Andy saved it. Plus, Clint Eastwood and Nic Cage were perfect.
Karmin should be banished from TV, though. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THEATER KIDS RAP.
I groaned when they did the French sketch too, but they immediately revived it.
See, that’s when doing a recurring character makes sense – when you have a different take on it. Doing the exact same Gilly sketch with different actors is not funny.
I think he got the physical/visual part right, but his voice was a little too over the top and high pitched. Abby Elliott’s Zooey was perfect though, as was Zooey’s Mary Kate Olsen.
Jean-Ralphio’s right. If he toned down the falsetto (maybe just talk in a higher register, not as high-pitched as you can go), it would’ve gone from cartoony to spot-on and a solid character.
I had no hope for this, but it was indeed the one of the best episode of the season (probably the best for me in terms of how many laughs I got off it).
The Clint Eastwood sketches were perfect, and they were clever to scatter them throughout instead of making one long winded sketch.
And Nic Cage was the bomb of course.
“Oh yeah, well when you were born, the doctor said you better think about butting that thing back in that thing… Oh my God, that was almost a thing, I think I’m going to fit in really well here!”
[awkward silence]
Pretty much describes my contributions to the WG comments section.
Average to good episode. Reminded me of why I used to like Zooey before that unwatchable show of hers came out. Watched the first 30 seconds of Karmin’s “performance,” then fast-forwarded when she started rapping.
SNL’s music booker needs to be fired. This season alone, they’ve featured Karmin (did you see the second song? WOW), Foster The People (they had Kenny G onstage with them… and they’re not nearly as good as everyone seems to think), Coldplay, Robyn, Lana Del Ray, and later this season: Justin Bieber. For fuck’s sake.
Word. I have been bitching about this for a while now. If Rebecca Black doesn’t show up on SNL, I will be shocked. I think the booker surfs YouTube way too much and probably does a weekly glance at the Billboard top 10, and then does an eeny meeny miney moe, to pick the “musical” guests.
I have a feeling Karmin could have went out there and sang a fucking masterpiece and it would have still be called awful. It wasn’t that terrible. I think you really want to be the first one to say “Del Rey was bad but not as bad as this!”
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Dennis Miller laughed at his own jokes, as did Norm MacDonald. This is nothing new, and hell, it’s live, and should be lively. I’d like Myers a lot less if he pretended to be a news man having to put up with crazy characters on his news program.
Also, I don’t know why SNL is hitting up YouTube for it’s musical guests, but this Karmin shit has got to stop.
Usually the laughing doesn’t bother me, but it does when it’s coming from the head writer and at the expense of the joke. You can hear Seth start giggling before Cage says the line of the night. Not cool.
Verizon Guy: Are you a small business owner.
Customer: No, I live off a settlement.
Verizon Guy: So, you’re a Native American.
I liked this very muchly.
This was easily one of the best episodes of the season. I groaned when they started doing the French thing again, but Jean and Andy saved it. Plus, Clint Eastwood and Nic Cage were perfect.
Karmin should be banished from TV, though. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THEATER KIDS RAP.
Wow, I got 90 seconds through that Karmin song. The chick singer is obnoxious. I can’t remember the last time I wanted to punch somebody so hard.
I groaned when they did the French sketch too, but they immediately revived it.
See, that’s when doing a recurring character makes sense – when you have a different take on it. Doing the exact same Gilly sketch with different actors is not funny.
My fiancee was horrified “she’s doing a…Nicki Minaj…type…thing…but but…REALLY GLEE-ISH”
(still one of the best episodes in quite a while though)
I’m just glad they found an excuse to use Bjork.
Strong SNL episode? #mayans #2012
killam’s michael cera was a highlight for me, but the nic cage’s stole the show
“that’s high praise.”
I think he got the physical/visual part right, but his voice was a little too over the top and high pitched. Abby Elliott’s Zooey was perfect though, as was Zooey’s Mary Kate Olsen.
Jean-Ralphio’s right. If he toned down the falsetto (maybe just talk in a higher register, not as high-pitched as you can go), it would’ve gone from cartoony to spot-on and a solid character.
Taran Killam has come a long way since his Wild ‘N Out days.
When she started rapping, “Karmin” got into perfect dumpin’-in-the-woods position. Gotta hand it to her for that.
I had no hope for this, but it was indeed the one of the best episode of the season (probably the best for me in terms of how many laughs I got off it).
The Clint Eastwood sketches were perfect, and they were clever to scatter them throughout instead of making one long winded sketch.
And Nic Cage was the bomb of course.
Would really like to see Clint Eastwood do a Little Caesers commercial for real. “Pizza, pizza!”
Karmin was a total rip off. They didn’t even get me the directions I asked for!
“Oh yeah, well when you were born, the doctor said you better think about butting that thing back in that thing… Oh my God, that was almost a thing, I think I’m going to fit in really well here!”
[awkward silence]
Pretty much describes my contributions to the WG comments section.
The fact that you changed “putting” to “butting” really sold me.
Average to good episode. Reminded me of why I used to like Zooey before that unwatchable show of hers came out. Watched the first 30 seconds of Karmin’s “performance,” then fast-forwarded when she started rapping.
SNL’s music booker needs to be fired. This season alone, they’ve featured Karmin (did you see the second song? WOW), Foster The People (they had Kenny G onstage with them… and they’re not nearly as good as everyone seems to think), Coldplay, Robyn, Lana Del Ray, and later this season: Justin Bieber. For fuck’s sake.
Word. I have been bitching about this for a while now. If Rebecca Black doesn’t show up on SNL, I will be shocked. I think the booker surfs YouTube way too much and probably does a weekly glance at the Billboard top 10, and then does an eeny meeny miney moe, to pick the “musical” guests.
I have a feeling Karmin could have went out there and sang a fucking masterpiece and it would have still be called awful. It wasn’t that terrible. I think you really want to be the first one to say “Del Rey was bad but not as bad as this!”
And I’m not a big fan of the French cafe sketch