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Did this episode seem a little off to anyone else? Like the whole cast + the audience found out some weird news right before the show started, but then just had to be like, well, the show must go on? That’s how it seemed to me — a weird, unsettled vibe. It didn’t hurt the few sketches that I thought were very good (CECIL SKETCH!), but it certainly didn’t help the few sketches that were not Cecil, like the GOP debate sketch. Eeeek. Guys, go take a breather. Get yourselves together, we’ll be here when you get back. Anna Faris was delightful, duh, but didn’t really add much to any of the sketches she participated in. Which kind of makes sense, being that Anna Faris seems to be a person that a lot of people (including myself) really like, without ever having a clear reason to justify that like. (Other than that New Yorker article about her?) She seems like someone with potential that we haven’t seen in action yet, and it was that way with SNL, too. But, aside from the weirdness and untapped maybe potential that might not exist but I hope it does, there were some funny things! Oh, great! Like the digital short, for instance.
Pretty much every sketch that I thought was good during this episode was based on one very silly idea carried out in a few different ways. The digital short was like that, too, AND IT WAS GREAT! There hadn’t been a very good digital short yet this season, so I’m glad Drake was here to make things right again.
Drake was also used well in the “Teenage Werewolves” Weekend Update segment. At this point I was thinking, “Who’s hosting this episode, DRAKE?” Because Anna Farris hadn’t been seen in a while, and Drake was being seen A LOT. But the Anna Farris came back. And it was like oh no nevermind Anna Farris is hosting. But Drake probably wouldn’t have been a bad host either.
I love Anthony Crispino. The idea behind Anthony Crispino is very simple and silly, but I think people getting things slightly wrong is just the funniest thing. For instance the other day I made the joke, “Live from New York, it’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIIIIIIVEEEEEEE!,” which I thought was hilarious. Because they don’t say “live” the second time. So maybe you see where I’m coming from.
The Cecil sketch was so good! I know it is a grand Saturday Night Live tradition to not do anything weird until everybody’s already asleep, but it’s almost 2012 now. Can we get some more weird stuff spread throughout? And less Manuel Ortiz Talk Show? I GET IT, THEY DANCE.
The bookstore sketch fell flat in a bunch of places (where they seemed to be holding their weirdness punches), but in the places where it fell non-flat (where they punched super weird) it was soooooo goooooooood.
That was it for the good stuff, as far as I’m concerned. I didn’t think Drake’s performances were very good either, unfortunately. I saw an interview with him the other day where he said he wanted to do something different with the set, which I was excited for, but then he just did that words thing? A bunch of screens with the lyrics displayed on them? That thing is so boring! Also he kept yelling the lyrics rather than Drake-singing them, and I understand that he was excited, but — Yuck, no thanks. Sorry Drake.
Next week: Alec Baldwin rerun! No new SNL until November 5, when I THINK Charlie Day is hosting? A few places are saying that, but they’re mostly tumblrs. But I hope that’s true!
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I didn’t read that profile in the New Yorker, did it mention that her last name is Faris, with only one ‘r’?
I remember that it mentioned about how her name is pronounced like ahna, but no I don’t think it mentioned that.
Kelly, it’s “C-O-U-R-T-E-N-E-E-I-E-Y”
Kelly, 2 things:
1) it’s spelled “Anna Faris”
2) I still really want to be best friends w/ you & nothing can change that
Thanks! I fixed it!
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I thought it was funny too, but I think the complete lack of audience laughter kinda dulled its jokes.
TANYAAAAAAAA!
I can’t believe how many people are into the whole “Drake” thing. So are we really just pretending that kid was never on Degrassi? Because that kid was DEFINITELY on Degrassi.
It was the perfect opportunity for SNL to do a Degrassi parody (my #1 wish in this life).
Drake being on Degrassi is the #1 reason I care at all about Jimmy, I mean Drake.
JIMMMMYYY! #neverforget
That “Tanya” sketch was the funniest thing of the whole night. Hader’s “WHOS GONNA BELIEVE YOU” was so out of nowhere hilarious I almost did I a spit-take. I’m going to start answering people’s “how are you?” questions with “Perfect…. from the OUTSIDE.”
It was straight up the only sketch I liked (except maybe the digital short). Seriously guys, why are we not talking about Tanya.
NOTHING IS WRONG WITH TANYA
You only say that because you’re looking at her… FROM THE OUTSIDE.
“I dunno. I thought Drake’s set was very great and very tastefully done.” – Denis Leary’s Ford truck commercials.
I couldn’t decide if “J Pop America Funtime Now” was offensive or just funny. I think it was a little of both.
I thought Taran’s wig was the funniest part of that entire sketch. He totally nailed the hairstyle.
The costume designer nailed the hairstyle? It would be awesome to think someone on SNL has enough time on the show to perfect their own hair/wigs.
I kinda looooved Anna wig. Like… I wish that was my hair. Weird? Maybe. Truth? Yes.
I thought it was offensive and absolutely hilarious, mostly because I knew some kids in college who were JUST LIKE THAT. Jason Sudeikis’ character killed it.
I was annoyed that they use the professor character to explain to the audience that we shouldn’t be offended and that these two are just stupid. It feels like explaining the joke/giving themselves an offensive out. They did the same thing with Who’s On Top, with the contestant leaving early and the host over-explaining things.
I thought it would’ve been offensive without Jason Sudeikis’ character recognizing the offensiveness. He nailed his part so hard that it was hilarious.
But then I was like “they don’t see how the Manuel Ortiz skits are basically white actors in brownface? Isn’t that offensive without recognizing how it’s offensive at all?” but ya know, hahaha hispanics. they love to dance with their funny accents and weird hair!
The Cecil sketch was very weird and good, but I kept getting distracted by the camera work. It was pulled out too far and I could see tape marks on the floor. I know its a set on a stage, but if they’d just pushed the camera in a few inches I’d think “oh its a living room” rather than “oh its a living room set on a stage”.
I agree — that was another part of what I thought was the overall weirdness of the night. A lot of the camera stuff was off, and a lot of people seemed to be missing their cues.
I believe this was the 4th live week in a row. After 4 shows that cast is so effin drained they are just a little off.
Maybe everyone just needed SOME SWEETS! FETCH THEM SOME SWEETS!
So I really hope there’s a Walking Dead recap today because a) something needs to fill the void in my life left by Breaking Bad and b) SO MANY GREAT CARL FACES LAST NIGHT! I WANT GIFS OF THEM ALL!
My landlord came downstairs to ask what all the noise was about, all I said was CARL!
A thousand shotgun shells to the head for this update!
For the record, all the noise was me and my roommates yelling CARL!
The reason Anna Faris has a weirdly middling (ie she’s always touted as a star about to *break big*) career is that she’s not a writer. Melissa McCarthy, Tina Fey and Kristen Wiig, to name just three prominent examples of female comedic actors, acted AND wrote their way into good parts and good films and TV shows. And producer-level power. I don’t know why it’s that way — I mean, doy, sexism — but it is. No one’s going to just hand her a Bridesmaids.
I feel like there’s more talent on SNL individually than the sum of their parts.
I really don’t understand why SNL is taken seriously by all of these websites and podcasts in the first place. Aren’t all the episodes a little “off?” It’s just not that funny. And it never really was. Except when eddie murphy (back in the early to mid 80′s when he was really good before he flamed out) was involved or norm macdonald was doing the weekend update.