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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Andy on October 16, 2008, 11:42:50 PM
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Every character she does bugs the shit out of me.
Bad enough that I had to post about it on a message board.
How did she get on SNL when she so clearly belongs on MadTV?
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http://shampoovsconditioner.ytmnd.com/
I dunno, I think she is funny more often than not.
Also, for the record, I am pro conditioner.
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I think she could be funny, but it seems like every character she does is just a ridiculously annoying madTV character.
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You could not be more wrong.
WRONG!
Tom.
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She was perfect on the WU tonight, which is also kind of scary too.
Also I don't think you've watched enough Mad TV if you're saying this.
Edit - also, what Tom said.
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I love her. She seems divisive though, among comedy nerds anyway.
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I haven't watched SNL in awhile (apart from the viral skits everyone obsesses over) so I'm not overly familiar with her work. She's a good looking woman though.
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I opened this right as I was watching her do the 'Obama is a Muslin' lady on weekend update thursday. I could see if any one of her sketches was turned into a Waynes World type thing, it could get ridiculous (I worried about this when she started out a while back with that Target lady), but she is aware enough not to go over that line, I think, not to mention she's funny as hell.
It seems to me that the new age of snl has shaped her in a way, it's like she came to quickly realize the "It's Pat!" kind of sketch is boring and the fastest way to annoy people.
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Kristen Wiig is good, I think! Although I don't watch that show very much, actually. I've just had a crush on her since she played the basket case first wife in Walk Hard. Also, Maya Rudolph is the one that sucks, though i don't know if she's still on the show.
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Kristen Wiig can be funny, but most of her recurring stuff is Molly Shannon-level annoying.
I get the Mad Tv comparisons, her characters and voices remind me too much of Mo Collins.
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Also, Maya Rudolph is the one that sucks, though i don't know if she's still on the show.
She is not. I agree that Kristen Wiig is good. She goes very broad sometimes, but she's also capable of great, more subtle stuff. She's versatile.
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Also, Maya Rudolph is the one that sucks, though i don't know if she's still on the show.
She is not...
Maya's Donatella Versace impersonation always cracks me up.
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If you Google "Wiig + Target Lady" (http://www.google.com/search?q=wiig+%2B%22target+lady%22&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-38,GGGL:en), you don't get any videos -- anyone know why? I've been hearing a lot about that sketch, but never seen it.
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SNL seems to do a relatively adequate job of policing the internet for unauthorized leaking of material. I mean, heck if I know for sure, but that's the way it seems.
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I love this:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/17003/saturday-night-live-weekend-update-judy-grimes
Well, it was the first Judy Grimes sketch from Weekend Update. It plays on Hulu, but once I pasted it here, it says it can't be played. Go to Hulu and search for Judy Grimes.
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I finally found it and it doesn't seem that funny...? :(
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/target-lady/227541/
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Also, Maya Rudolph is the one that sucks, though i don't know if she's still on the show.
She is not...
Maya's Donatella Versace impersonation always cracks me up.
That's where you and I part ways, daveB Hussein.
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I finally found it and it doesn't seem that funny...? :(
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/target-lady/227541/
Hmm, I suspect that might be funnier if you lived in Arkansas or something and could relate better to "that type" of person.
I like her as Pelosi.
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I love Kristen Wiig.
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I finally found it and it doesn't seem that funny...? :(
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/target-lady/227541/
"Turrget Lady" is Kristin Wiig's "Stairway to Heaven" ... it's the one that everybody knows, but she's capable of better things. And, yes, it's a very "MadTV" type of character.
I found a good roundup of other Wiig Hulu clips over here:
http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/15/top-10-kristen-wiig-moments-on-snl-videos/
Haven't gotten to all of them yet ... I saw the "surprise party lady", which is also kinda MadTV-ish, but I liked it nonetheless. "Judy Grimes" has some very impressive rapid-fire monologing. The rip on Jamie Lee Curtis is pretty good (perhaps this is why Tom has risen to Wiig's defense).
I think my favorite character is Michelle Dison, the repressed lesbian local news reporter. Wiig gets to show more subtlety on this one, and she does a great job with it. I also liked the rehash of that same character with Scarlett Johannsson, but I'm not sure if that one's available online.
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The one where she's the girl at the party who has done everything everybody else has is pretty annoying. I like the Target lady, and I like Aunt Linda a lot.
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I became a big Wiig fan after last season's 'surprise party' sketch with Christopher Walken. Her slow burn was amazing with a great payoff. I think she has the most natural comic talent than anybody on the current cast, and with Amy Poehler's departure, she's going to be my favorite cast member.
Also, first post from ipod touch!
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All I know is she was my favourite thing about Knocked Up.
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Wiig RULES.
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The first few characters of hers that I saw I found annoying, but I've come around on her -- She's pretty versatile and talented but I do get nervous that they're going to try and milk her for a catchphrase and then dump her off the show. But I can understand how someone could see one of the Target Lady videos and not get super-enthused. Maybe watch one of the travel adviser segments on Weekend Update?
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Wiig and Rudolph are both top-notch.
On an urelated SNL note, Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals was my favorite sketch of the last few years.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/37753/saturday-night-live-mark-wahlberg-talks-to-animals
(on the right)
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And Wahlberg reacted in the manner of a humourless meathead. Now in video!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OOSioIQhszk
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I like Kristen Wiig.
Casey Wilson is another story all together. I can see her being on MADtv.
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Wahlberg's main objection seems to have been that he was being parodied by someone with a big nose. Whether his prejudice against ample schnozzes is code for a different prejudice, I don't know.
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Wahlberg's main objection seems to have been that he was being parodied by someone with a big nose. Whether his prejudice against ample schnozzes is code for a different prejudice, I don't know.
Mark Wahlberg's from my old neighborhood in Boston, and let's just say he didn't have the best record when it came to race relations (http://www.modelminority.com/article225.html).
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I was going to mention Dorchester but figured I'd leave that to one of you Bostonians.
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I love Kristen Wiig.
I concur. She wins.
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And Wahlberg reacted in the manner of a humourless meathead. Now in video!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OOSioIQhszk
Mark Wahlberg doesn't come off as the better man here.
speaking of better man...
(http://www.rockstar.it/img/Eddie_Vedder.jpg)
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I was going to mention Dorchester but figured I'd leave that to one of you Bostonians.
I appreciate that Sarah. Dorchester's a pretty nice and diverse neighborhood but it has its problems... among them the prevalence of racist meatheads like him.
But as I like to say, we're not as bad as Southie.
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I think she has the most natural comic talent than anybody on the current cast, and with Amy Poehler's departure, she's going to be my favorite cast member.
She's right up there with Hader in my book. I remember she was on some fake reality show on Spike TV a few years before she joined SNL and she was easily the best character (she was a troubled psychiatrist). As much as I love Amy Poehler, I like her non-SNL work much more (and I feel the same way about Tina Fey).
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Casey Wilson is another story all together. I can see her being on MADtv.
This I agree with. Maybe she just hasn't gotten any of her own sketches on yet (has she?), but so far everything she has done otherwise has been really lackluster, if not downright bad for me. Everyone says she is funny, so maybe I am just not getting to see it yet?
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Casey Wilson is another story all together. I can see her being on MADtv.
This I agree with. Maybe she just hasn't gotten any of her own sketches on yet (has she?), but so far everything she has done otherwise has been really lackluster, if not downright bad for me. Everyone says she is funny, so maybe I am just not getting to see it yet?
I don't have an opinion of her other than: that little wavy singing voice she does needs to GO. She does it every time she's supposed to sing and I don't think its gotten a laugh once!
That said, Kristen Wiig is amazing.
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Kristen Wiig is really great I think. The problem is SNL. When someone becomes one of the stars of the show, they get put on lots of sketches. Because of the way SNL is made, its like baseball, when it hits 1/3 of the time, thats a good episode. So being on the show and a star you are in a lot of the crappy sketches also and it makes the star seem less than amazing. I started to feel that way about Will Ferrell before he left.
But Kristen Wiig has already had a bunch of funny non-SNL work and she will prove you wrong, Andy.
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The thing I don't understand about SNL is... think back on the long history of SNL and remember your favorite, all-time, classic sketches. Were any of them a television parody? Were there a bunch of celebrity impersonations?
There are a few exceptions (Sean Connery on Jeopardy), but in general the best sketches are just fucking sketches.
The show has a great cast and great writers, I think they must just have weird priorities. Or maybe they're under pressure from NBC to write a bunch of pop culture garbage. At least they're finding ways to cram celebrity impersonations into weirder premises (Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals, Lawrence Welk show).
An aside: speaking of the Lawrence Welk show sketch, did anyone else notice Wiig's baby hands thing was lifted from Jon Glaser's "Tiny Hands" online shorts? I hope Glaser got a paycheck for that bit.
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I don't have an opinion of her other than: that little wavy singing voice she does needs to GO. She does it every time she's supposed to sing and I don't think its gotten a laugh once!
I think I said pretty much the exact same thing over on the comedy zone board recently. She did that I think in 3 different sketches one night too, weird and not funny.
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An aside: speaking of the Lawrence Welk show sketch, did anyone else notice Wiig's baby hands thing was lifted from Jon Glaser's "Tiny Hands" online shorts? I hope Glaser got a paycheck for that bit.
That got brought up on the comedy zone board too, and ended with some guy actually getting mad about the whole thing because he felt it was making fun of some real disease that his sister or someone he knew had. I swear.
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Kristen Wiig is really great I think. The problem is SNL. When someone becomes one of the stars of the show, they get put on lots of sketches. Because of the way SNL is made, its like baseball, when it hits 1/3 of the time, thats a good episode. So being on the show and a star you are in a lot of the crappy sketches also and it makes the star seem less than amazing. I started to feel that way about Will Ferrell before he left.
But Kristen Wiig has already had a bunch of funny non-SNL work and she will prove you wrong, Andy.
Along those lines, I don't think Molly Shannon ever found a great character on SNL. Mary Katherine Gallagher was okay, but they did that one to death ... then they made a movie out of it. Actually, I think her funniest character was the rich, angry drunken wife on Talledega Nights. She stole the show from the big-name dudes in that movie (and I'm saying this as a huge John C. Reilly fan).
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... everything she has done otherwise has been really lackluster, if not downright bad for me...
I don't know what's wrong with Casey Wilson. Her chemistry is way off with the rest of the cast. It's as if she's fake-bad acting but it's not overly obvious. Can "fake-bad acting" be considered a schtick? I don't want to sound mean, but maybe she's too boring/conventional-pretty to play over-the-top characters. Especially when she's sitting next to Kristen Wiig or Amy Poehler. It's almost as if she should start playing the straight-woman next to those two.
When someone becomes one of the stars of the show, they get put on lots of sketches.
My favorite cast member on the show is Will Forte. I think in part because his characters aren't overly played, with the exception of McGruber, and for the last two seasons he wasn't on that much--again, with the exception of his McGruber shorts.
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just watched last night's SNL weekend update special
did anyone else think of timmy von trimble when hammond-as-mccain was talking about joe the plumber?
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I don't have an opinion of her other than: that little wavy singing voice she does needs to GO. She does it every time she's supposed to sing and I don't think its gotten a laugh once!
I used to date a "wacky" theater major girl in college who would write spontaneous songs with her other theater major friend. They were always in the style of the Sweeney sisters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_musical_sketches#The_Sweeney_Sisters) and always used that "funny" wavy voice. Then they'd look around the room to make sure everyone was paying attention and laughing. At that point, I was usually slowly edging out of the room. The relationship didn't last.
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And Wahlberg reacted in the manner of a humourless meathead. Now in video!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OOSioIQhszk
eh, to me it looks like he's having fun with it. how boring and predictable would it have been for marky mark to just go, 'yeah he did a funny impression of me. kudos to andy samberg for doing my voice!'
this way, people talk about it and have fun and shit. i don't really think that marky mark wants to beat the guy up. but whatever.
kristin wiig is funny as shit. i love all the crazy faces she makes. even though the show isn't very funny, a lot of those actors are great. snl would be funnier if they just let those actors hang out and do drugs and make each other laugh.
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I'm guessing this is all planting the seeds for a "Mark Wahlberg talks to Sarah Palin" sketch that will shut down the entire internet.
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even though the show isn't very funny, a lot of those actors are great. snl would be funnier if they just let those actors hang out and do drugs and make each other laugh.
This rings true to me.
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My favorite cast member on the show is Will Forte. I think in part because his characters aren't overly played, with the exception of McGruber, and for the last two seasons he wasn't on that much--again, with the exception of his McGruber shorts.
I agree with this. I also love the stuff he does on Tim & Eric Awesome Show. Him and Fred Armisen are probably my favorites right now.
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I thought the Anne Hathaway episode was the best SNL I've seen in a couple years. I've actually liked Casey Wilson. I like almost everybody on the cast in fact I'd say this is the most talented cast they've had in a long, long time but the writing on the first couple episodes was really bad and not that funny. Of course, one of those was brought down solely by Michael Phelps. But, I really loved almost all of the Anne Hathaway show so hopefully they can build on that. I also think Fred Armisen is being miscast. I don't know how, but it seems like most of the characters he's played this year haven't really fit him and I've always loved him before this season.
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Straight from the mouth of the Lorne:
'[Fey]’s gone' after the election, said Michaels. 'She has a full-time job' as the creator and star of the NBC comedy '30 Rock,' which returns Oct. 30. Michaels added that “SNL” cast member Kristin [sic] Wiig would likely play the Alaska governor should the need arise past Nov. 4."
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I also think Fred Armisen is being miscast. I don't know how, but it seems like most of the characters he's played this year haven't really fit him and I've always loved him before this season.
Yeah, something about his Obama is a little off to me, but I'm not sure who else in this cast could do it.
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Straight from the mouth of the Lorne:
'[Fey]’s gone' after the election, said Michaels. 'She has a full-time job' as the creator and star of the NBC comedy '30 Rock,' which returns Oct. 30. Michaels added that “SNL” cast member Kristin [sic] Wiig would likely play the Alaska governor should the need arise past Nov. 4."
Oof. That would be a potentially scary set of shoes to fill, given Tina's natural advantage to playing the part. Ah well, better to have a shot than not, I suppose.
I really dislike that they've agreed to have (the real) Sarah Palin on SNL. But hey, we already have an epic 47 page thread (and then some) about that lady. Certainly can't say it wouldn't be a ratings slam-dunk.
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I also think Fred Armisen is being miscast. I don't know how, but it seems like most of the characters he's played this year haven't really fit him and I've always loved him before this season.
Yeah, something about his Obama is a little off to me, but I'm not sure who else in this cast could do it.
He never smiles. Yet Obama does often. For example, he spent much of the last debate looking down and smiling a smile that made me think he wanted to rip McCain's throat out (and who could blame him?).
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I love her. She seems divisive though, among comedy nerds anyway.
Seconded. I am praying they don't stick her behind the Weekend Update desk.
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I also think Fred Armisen is being miscast. I don't know how, but it seems like most of the characters he's played this year haven't really fit him and I've always loved him before this season.
Yeah, something about his Obama is a little off to me, but I'm not sure who else in this cast could do it.
He never smiles. Yet Obama does often. For example, he spent much of the last debate looking down and smiling a smile that made me think he wanted to rip McCain's throat out (and who could blame him?).
Fred is missing two critical elements:
- The weird southern accent that comes and goes (for some reason especially with the word History) as well as specific pronunciation (PAHK-istan)
- The hand gestures, especially the "hold the invisible joint" that is close to the Clinton "hold the invisible pencil" but turned inward.
How disappointed must Kenan be? He's the only black guy on the show and they skip over him. He is the new Tim Meadows.
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How disappointed must Kenan be? He's the only black guy on the show and they skip over him.
He's got the 'Black' thing knocked. If only he could solve the 'Being Funny' conundrum.
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How disappointed must Kenan be? He's the only black guy on the show and they skip over him. He is the new Tim Meadows.
Aw man, I bet Tim Meadows would have done a great job with Obama. Kenan as Barack would be like Frank Calliendo, if you know what I mean.
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I thought the Anne Hathaway episode was the best SNL I've seen in a couple years. I've actually liked Casey Wilson. I like almost everybody on the cast in fact I'd say this is the most talented cast they've had in a long, long time but the writing on the first couple episodes was really bad and not that funny. Of course, one of those was brought down solely by Michael Phelps. But, I really loved almost all of the Anne Hathaway show so hopefully they can build on that. I also think Fred Armisen is being miscast. I don't know how, but it seems like most of the characters he's played this year haven't really fit him and I've always loved him before this season.
I told all my friends (who hate SNL) that I thought the Hathaway episode had several sketches that were very very good.
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A. Hathaway is a very good actress.
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I'm guessing this is all planting the seeds for a "Mark Wahlberg talks to Sarah Palin" sketch that will shut down the entire internet.
Hey, I sorta called this! I was even right about it shutting down the internet, I'm posting this on the spare.
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I'm guessing this is all planting the seeds for a "Mark Wahlberg talks to Sarah Palin" sketch that will shut down the entire internet.
Hey, I sorta called this! I was even right about it shutting down the internet, I'm posting this on the spare.
Not even sorta, you fully called this! Your prophecy was the first thing I thought of and I laughed so hard. Own your abilities you Nostragenius!
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I'm guessing this is all planting the seeds for a "Mark Wahlberg talks to Sarah Palin" sketch that will shut down the entire internet.
Hey, I sorta called this! I was even right about it shutting down the internet, I'm posting this on the spare.
Yup, you were right, Chris L. Yet I still think Mark Wahlberg is an ass and suspect he's an anti-Semite.
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Not to mention anti-Asian.
http://www.modelminority.com/article225.html
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That's the easy one. I was extrapolating.
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I actually hadn't read about it til this week. Depressing to know some guy is walking around with one eye because of that thug.
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That opening sketch was like an awkward collision of WWE-like storylines. They were right in the middle of the inevitably depressing Fey/Palin payoff when they seemed to decide "HOLD ON, PALIN, we can't contain this Wahlberg-Samberg fued any longer! You probably have no idea what this is, but just hang back a minute!" And the follow-up Wahlberg sketch was just a tragic excuse for him to plug his new movie that tainted the modest pleasures of Samberg's earlier creation. Even the donkey was embarassed.
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Even the donkey was embarassed.
Top notch, sir.
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I thought the Wahlberg bit was pleasantly amusing. The entire "controversy" was so absurd anyway that the settlement for it was just silly.
Who else thought that Sarah Palin was offered the chance to do that rap and turned it down? You can always tell when a guest or host is too insecure to get their hands a little dirty. Had she done it (even badly), she would have been guaranteed a ton of press coverage and a bump in the polls.
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Who else thought that Sarah Palin was offered the chance to do that rap and turned it down? You can always tell when a guest or host is too insecure to get their hands a little dirty. Had she done it (even badly), she would have been guaranteed a ton of press coverage and a bump in the polls.
She's so lame. It was her campaign that made all the noise about getting her on the show. Then when she gets on, she lets everybody else around her do the heavy lifting. Her contribution to the show was minimal ... a lot of non-talented sports and political figures have appeared on SNL, but they usually try harder than she tried.
She really is GW Bush in drag. She follows Bush's playbook: Seek situations where you can get maximum glory from minimum input. And try to control those situations so that blame can be deflected to everyone else besides yourself if anything goes wrong.
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Yeah, what, she just sat there while Amy Poehler did a big, dumb rap? The whole thing was rather surreal. Which is kind of funny, in a completely different Monty Python sort of way.
(I mean, the rap itself was funny, Palin herself was just kind of a weird drag on the whole thing.)
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I've been trying to bring back "raising the roof" for years, and after seeing Mrs. Palin do it last night, my efforts are, like global economic stability and the Foo Fighters, currently on indefinite hiatus.
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In her defense, she probably didn't have a lot of time to be there to show up and rehearse the sketches. Since she's in the middle of a campaign, her schedule probably didn't allow much more than to show up and sit there.
Oh, and did I mention that I like her because she's a normal schmuck just like me and that she's hot?
Who else thought that Sarah Palin was offered the chance to do that rap and turned it down? You can always tell when a guest or host is too insecure to get their hands a little dirty. Had she done it (even badly), she would have been guaranteed a ton of press coverage and a bump in the polls.
She's so lame. It was her campaign that made all the noise about getting her on the show. Then when she gets on, she lets everybody else around her do the heavy lifting. Her contribution to the show was minimal ... a lot of non-talented sports and political figures have appeared on SNL, but they usually try harder than she tried.
She really is GW Bush in drag. She follows Bush's playbook: Seek situations where you can get maximum glory from minimum input. And try to control those situations so that blame can be deflected to everyone else besides yourself if anything goes wrong.
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you know my favorite sketch? The one where Wiig used her subtle comedic styling to show how hard it was for her character to keep a secret.
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you know my favorite sketch? The one where Wiig used her subtle comedic styling to show how hard it was for her character to keep a secret.
Most of the show was pretty bad, but that sketch was the only thing that could be accurately described as "painful."
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to be honest, I kind of liked fartface, so I probably shouldn't be judging anything.
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You sheep! Wiig is one of the few actors on that show with enough star power to get away with the weird, weird shit she's doing. I bet you Wiig haters are the same goobers with your nose in the air when Tim and Eric come on the Best Show.
Sure, they strike out every once in a while, but at least these guys are swinging for the fences and trying to do something different. When's the last time Darryl Hammond blew you out of your chair?
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You sheep! Wiig is one of the few actors on that show with enough star power to get away with the weird, weird shit she's doing. I bet you Wiig haters are the same goobers with your nose in the air when Tim and Eric come on the Best Show.
Sure, they strike out every once in a while, but at least these guys are swinging for the fences and trying to do something different. When's the last time Darryl Hammond blew you out of your chair?
based on the responses in this thread, taking which side of the argument would make you a sheep?
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anyone care to rethink?
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anyone care to rethink?
Jeepers, did you set your alarm clock for one year?
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I don't even know if I chimed in on it, but as of now I say don't hate the player, hate the game. All the stars of the show seem as if they are strongly encouraged to focus on creating characters/sketches that can be repeated and finding ways to repeat characters/sketches that were only meant to be seen once. Kristen Wiig is just the best at doing that, and if her characters weren't virtually guaranteed to be run into the ground, she would be fantastic. I loved Gilly the first time I saw it and was heartbroken to see it pop up again.
The problem with SNL, it must be said, is likely Lorne Michaels. Most notable mistake in my mind was firing Rob Riggle, one of the funniest performers around. But more than that, he seems to be engaged in a constant battle to create sketches with topical characters or catchphrases with a cast that draws so heavily on ephemeral ideas. I just don't think his sensibilities are adapting to handle the new absurdist style of comedy pushed into the public consciousness by an alumnus of his own show. The man needs to try to get Jim Downey, Adam McKay or (doubtful, but it'd be nice) Robert Smigel to take most of his creative duties over while he focuses on the business or just retires altogether. Pull an anti-Studio 60 by bringing someone in to make the show truly pointless again.
As tongue-in-cheek as his part in Laser Cats is, the truth can't be that far off. I think he doesn't know why The Lonely Island stuff works, he just knows that it IS working. How do you trust your editorial judgment once you know you've hit that point?
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You lost me at the I loved Gilly part.
She's great if you're into annoying repetitive behavior comedy. Stuff that screams "if you thought this gag was funny the first time, hold on to your laughing hats because we're going to repeat it 30 times in a 3 minute sketch."
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I just watched a Bored to Death episode and thought she was funny in it.
Sorry, I have no idea about SNL stuff. I don't own a TV.
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I don't own a TV.
I have never owned a TV, and I think laughing is frivolous. Also, the hot people that star in movies make my bathing suit areas swell uncomfortably, so that's out.
The only fun I allow myself is to listen to Pacifica radio wearing a hairshirt.
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You lost me at the I loved Gilly part.
She's great if you're into annoying repetitive behavior comedy. Stuff that screams "if you thought this gag was funny the first time, hold on to your laughing hats because we're going to repeat it 30 times in a 3 minute sketch."
I could listen to Will Forte saying Gilly over and over for at least SIX minutes. Actually, I hope that's how they choose to kill that particular bit. I suppose that particular bit is more about him than Wiig, so a better example might be Virginia Horsen or her weird unsexy lady with the Marilyn Monroe voice.
That being said, she did commit what I consider a mortal sin of sketch comedy actors in the profile I read about her in a profile piece. She said she was looking for the chance to do more than just sketch comedy and take more serious roles.
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I think Gilly is funny to people (I'm not a particularly big fan...) because of the overall package. But for me what makes me chuckle is her dancing. I'm a sucker for funny dances.
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to be honest, I kind of liked fartface, so I probably shouldn't be judging anything.
This support comes a year late, but 2008 Andy was right, that fartface sketch was funny.
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I don't even know if I chimed in on it, but as of now I say don't hate the player, hate the game. All the stars of the show seem as if they are strongly encouraged to focus on creating characters/sketches that can be repeated and finding ways to repeat characters/sketches that were only meant to be seen once. Kristen Wiig is just the best at doing that, and if her characters weren't virtually guaranteed to be run into the ground, she would be fantastic. I loved Gilly the first time I saw it and was heartbroken to see it pop up again.
The problem with SNL, it must be said, is likely Lorne Michaels. Most notable mistake in my mind was firing Rob Riggle, one of the funniest performers around. But more than that, he seems to be engaged in a constant battle to create sketches with topical characters or catchphrases with a cast that draws so heavily on ephemeral ideas. I just don't think his sensibilities are adapting to handle the new absurdist style of comedy pushed into the public consciousness by an alumnus of his own show.
Obviously you haven't seen Coneheads, It's Pat!, A Night at the Roxbury, Blues Brothers 2000, Superstar, or The Ladies Man.
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Obviously you haven't seen Coneheads,
Coneheads is one of my movie treasures, actually -- a lot better than it could've been, considering that it came years after the SNL sketches were in the public consciousness. And also, guess who's in it???
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Obviously you haven't seen Coneheads,
Coneheads is one of my movie treasures, actually -- a lot better than it could've been, considering that it came years after the SNL sketches were in the public consciousness. And also, guess who's in it???
Actually that was the only one I wasn't sure about including. Also, who could forget Lisa Farber?
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Obviously you haven't seen Coneheads, It's Pat!, A Night at the Roxbury, Blues Brothers 2000, Superstar, or The Ladies Man.
I'm also going to take issue with Superstar being on this list.
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Obviously you haven't seen Coneheads, It's Pat!, A Night at the Roxbury, Blues Brothers 2000, Superstar, or The Ladies Man.
I'm also going to take issue with Superstar being on this list.
Okay, so I got a little overzealous with the SNL movie hate. What's important is that Lorne Michaels doesn't get it anymore.
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Obviously you haven't seen Coneheads, It's Pat!, A Night at the Roxbury, Blues Brothers 2000, Superstar, or The Ladies Man.
I'm also going to take issue with Superstar being on this list.
Boy, I wanted to like that movie since it was directed by Bruce McCullouch who is my favorite KITH. However, that plan just didn't work out for me.