SNL: Just The Funny Parts Part: Cat And Chicken
Well, it seems that even the overwhelming comedic power of James Franco (and inexplicable cameo-guest Cameron Diaz) wasn't strong enough to make this week's SNL funny. From the Al Franken-assisted oddly dogmatic McCain ad cold open to the weird digital short, this week's show was just a total wash, thwarting my efforts to post "just the funny parts" each Monday morning. So today there's just one short clip, from Weekend Update. Presenting the only part of this week's SNL worth watching on a website instead of doing work: Amy Poehler's cat and chicken joke, and Amy Poehler's Facebook joke:
So true! It reminds me of calling bullshit on a goat and buffalo friendship last month. (And if you still want to see the sketches NBC deemed clip-worthy, they're after the jump.)
McCain Approves Open:
OJ Jury Selection:
TNT Promo: The Looker:
Alternate Ending To Of Mice And Men:
Yankee Stadium: Scorsese & Perez:
Digital Short: Hey! (Murray Hill):
Come on SNL, you can do better! More fake commercials, please.
Posted by Lindsay at 12:20 PM in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
Tags: Amy Poehler | James Franco | Saturday Night Live
I thought the Willem Defoe skit was pretty funny. And I liked the Agent 420 skit more than the audience did. I think that new guy'll be pretty funny once he learns to do the show without staring at the cue cards THE WHOLE TIME HE'S ON THE SCREEN. Seriously, it's distracting. That's what the guest does, not the cast.
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The Yankee Stadium commercial and Fred Armisen's American Apparel CEO bit were better than I tend to given Armisen credit for on a regular basis. Spot-on Scorcese impression.
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I personally liked the alternate ending of Mice and Men. And the Willem Defoe part too... sort of.
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