offspring515 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 The baby man was fine as a one off, but this second one didn't add anything new. You just know they'll run it into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimWresPowr Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 I thought this week's show was ok. Anna Kendrick is quite the looker, I hadn't seen her in anything before. The Mermaid sketch was one of the more ambitious ones they have done in a while as far as set & costuming go. I'm beginning to worry that Taran Killam is about to cross that "too over the top & annoying" line that Will Ferrell crossed when he was on the show. They really have something in Kate McKinnon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimWresPowr Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Seth Rogan show was pretty good I thought, but nothing worth going out of your way to see. Maybe I'm just too old, but I still don't "get" any of the Kyle Mooney shorts, I can appreciate that they are "creative" and a change of pace but I haven't found any to be amusing past those points. Some good stuff this week though, the lady with 2 broken arms sketch was funny and didn't wear out its welcome, Sperm Bank was funny, and the Just Say No was another one that's kind of played out but was still funny anyway. It's also probably good that this show took a break from overusing Pharoah & Killam and let some of the others have some time. At the risk of sounding prudish, I kind of wish they would tone down all the adult themed stuff a bit though, all the pot references, sperm bank, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 SNL: The Musical was one of the funniest things I've seen in years on that show. The Lorne Michaels "cameo" was epic. Anna Kendrick being hot and having a lovely singing voice helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 5/3 Host: Andrew Garfield Musical Guest: Coldplay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Final 2 hosts announced: 5/10 Host: Charlize Theron Musical Guest: Coldplay 5/27 Host: Andy Samberg Musical Guest: St. Vincent Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Are you yucking the hosts, the musical guests, or a combination of both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Yes. Actually, the yuck was more for Samberg. I cannot say I know enough about St. Vincent to say I like her or not. Charlize is alright, don't know how she'll play on SNL though. Never really cared for Coldplay though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Charlize is perfectly fine at comedy. She manage to carry her weight on Arrested Development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I love St. Vincent! Although I'm not looking forward to her performance at all, because, somehow, over the course of 40 years, SNL still hasn't figured out how to produce a fucking live music performance. Acts that don't predominantly lean on backing tracks invariably end up sounding like ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 The best thing on the show was The Beygency. I think people will be talking about the Leslie Jones character though. It seemed to just make people uncomfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Leslie Jones was one of the new writer hires in January. That seemed like a stand-up bit that was worked into an Update segment. She seemed a bit nervous, but it was great. Overall, this was a great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I think it was poorly timed with the Cliven Bundy controversy in the news. There were a couple of good jokes, but I didn't love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Wouldn't someone like Cliven Bundy in the news be the best time for an Update segment like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I think it comes off like they are validating the views of a specific crazy person when they are fresh in everybody's minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I'm not sure how that validates the views of Cliven Bundy. On the other hand, I can see how it would rustle the jimmies of some white people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 He said that black people were better off under slavery and she said yeah I would be better off under slavery. I'm not trying to make a big deal out of it. I didn't think it was that funny. It did make people feel uncomfortable; and that was probably their aim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Update was great, Jost seems more comfortable. Bad show for sketches. The repeated Bird Bible was probably the funniest bit of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 It's similar to Stephen Colbert talking about the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I thought it was a good, creative bit. Probably the most complicated and smartest of the bunch which may be why some folks may have felt uncomfortable. Too much thinking and worrying as to whether they have "permission" to laugh, on a show where the usual jokes amount to someone doing a decent celebrity impersonation - it's understandable I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Maybe I'm just hard to rattle but it didn't strike me as being anything controversial. I thought it was hilarious. Her listing Sinbad as one of the super babies was particularly funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SovietShooter Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I don't think anything she said was controversial, it is just a "slippery slope" type of routine. A lot of people are going to watch that and think because a Black woman is on tv talking about how she would have had it good as a slave, that means they can talk about how good Blacks had it as slaves - which is a no-no. Like, how would NBC react if Matt Lauer said he thought Blacks had it pretty sweet back in the slave days? It falls in the same category of people who think they can use the N-word, just because they saw a random Black person use the N-word. Some people cannot, or refuse, to see the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Man...did people actually watch that and say "Yeah, that's how she actually feels because she said it out loud."? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigertooth Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 It falls in the same category of people who think they can use the N-word, just because they saw a random Black person use the N-word. Some people cannot, or refuse, to see the difference. While I'd prefer that nobody uses that word, if anybody needs an explanation about the difference, Ta-Nehisi Coates makes it clear. Also, during the bit, she specifically said she didn't want to be a slave, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I don't think anything she said was controversial, it is just a "slippery slope" type of routine. A lot of people are going to watch that and think because a Black woman is on tv talking about how she would have had it good as a slave, that means they can talk about how good Blacks had it as slaves - which is a no-no. Like, how would NBC react if Matt Lauer said he thought Blacks had it pretty sweet back in the slave days? It falls in the same category of people who think they can use the N-word, just because they saw a random Black person use the N-word. Some people cannot, or refuse, to see the difference. And those people are morons. We can't go around moron-proofing society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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