The Three Best Clips From The Surprisingly Awesome SNL Finale
So how about SNL's Steve Carell-hosted finale this weekend? It was actually ... really ... funny. It's almost as if having a host who's a veteran comic actor and not some flavor-of-the-month celebrity makes a difference in the quality of a comedy sketch show. The Japanese version of The Office is the main sketch people will be talking about today, but even the opening pre-monologue sketch, which hasn't been watchable since the Will Ferrell era was, dare I say it, classic. And professional Daily Show guest John McCain proved he has a better sense of humor about himself than either Democratic candidate, or at least better writers or more lax spokespeople. The show was consistently good through Weekend Update, but here are the three best clips.
Ricky Gervais presents the Japanese show that was the original inspiration for The Office. This is probably the first time anyone has ever said "It's funny because it's racist" on SNL:
Shit! John McCain knows he's old:
The Pounder School For Students With Special Needs commencement sketch is genius. But I also think "That's what she said" is genius:
SNL should take this as a lesson for next season: More comedian hosts who write their own sketches, less Shia LaBeouf in a dress.
Posted by Lindsay at 9:45 AM in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
Tags: John McCain | Ricky Gervais | Saturday Night Live | SNL | Steve Carell | The Office | The Pounder School
did anyone else notice that andy samburg was barely on this episode?
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They did the same exact pre-monologue sketch with De Niro, only it was terrorist names. And it was terrible then, too.
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Less Andy Samberg on SNL can never be a bad thing. If only Get Smart looked as promising as last week's SNL and Office were, Steve Carrell could be forgiven form Evan Almighty & Dan In Real Life.
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More Wiig and less Samberg is always good...she owned that Deal or No Deal sketch
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way to ruin the punchlines!
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The Japanese Office was really the only funny bit. But I hate everything. I wish they would do what they did in the 80s and dump the entire cast and start over.
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*sigh* Ya know what America, why can't I watch your online TV show clips? Is this to prevent terrorism... is that it?
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did anybody else notice that mccain either looked like he was sleeping and talking at the same time, or that he was just staring directly at a teleprompter the ENTIRE time he was on?
hmm.
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