There were definitely a few questions raised by this week's episode. Like, Regina Spektor? That's one of the questions. And also, who did Charlene Yi fuck over on the writing staff that they had to throw her under the... CONTINUE READING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS AND THE SKETCH THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE!»
Posted on October 12, 2009 in
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Tags: Barack Obama | Charlyne Yi | Drew Barrymore | James Carville | Saturday Night Live | Will Forte
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men trailer, you guys: Well, there you go. One thing that is so interesting in David Foster Wallace's original book are the completely decontextualized fragments of "interviews" with "hideous men." They're snapshot character portraits that are... CONTINUE READING BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN TRAILER EXPLAINS SOME THINGS»
Posted on September 8, 2009 in
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Tags: Ben Shenkman | Brief Interviews With Hideous Men | David Foster Wallace | John Krasinski | The Flaming Lips | Will Arnett | Will Forte
No matter how one feels about Justin Timberlake, when you watch him host SNL, you can't help but judge most celebrities who do the same job without having to memorize choreography and songs for nearly every sketch. JT basically makes... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE IS VERY TALENTED»
Posted on May 11, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Justin Timberlake | Kristen Wiig | Patricia Clarkson | Saturday Night Live | Seth Meyers | Susan Sarandon | Will Forte
This was a great week for SNL on the musical guest front. I haven't been excited to see an SNL musical guest since I was fourteen, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs did not disappoint (and in fact delighted. Spoiler alert:... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: GERBILS»
Posted on April 13, 2009 in
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Casey Wilson | Michaela Watkins | Saturday Night Live | Seth Meyers | Will Forte | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Zac Efron
The Rock is not a terrible comic actor, but SNL seems to think that the funniest thing about The Rock is dressing The Rock up in girly clothes and making him sing and dance. You know, because he's a big... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: THE ROCK OBAMA»
Posted on March 9, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Barack Obama | Bill Hader | Dwayne Johnson | Jessica Biel | John Mulaney | Justin Timberlake | Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live | The Rock | Will Forte
Bradley Cooper knows that he's the bad guy from Wedding Crashers. He knows he's the least famous star among He's Just Not That Into You's cast of thousands. But he got to host SNL this weekend, and he was just... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: BRADLEY WHO AND TV ON THE RADIO»
Posted on February 9, 2009 in
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Tags: Björk | Bradley Cooper | Kristin Wiig | TV On The Radio | Will Forte
Is it just me, or did Saturday's SNL seem aimed at our parent's generation? Aside from the digital short, pretty much 100% of the show was (gulp), kind of, um, "Dad-humor." Nobody loves Steve Martin more than me (I'll even... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: STEVE MARTIN PLAYED A BANJO FOR A VERY LONG TIME»
Posted on February 2, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Bill Hader | Fred Armisen | Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live | Steve Martin | Will Forte
As they say, they can't all be winners, and after Neil Patrick Harris's tour de force performance last week, maybe the show is, how do I say this nicely because I certainly don't make a 90-minute sketch comedy show every... CONTINUE READING SNL: JUST THE FUNNY PARTS (AND FLEET FOXES)»
Posted on January 19, 2009 in
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Fleet Foxes | Jorma Taccone | Kristen Wiig | Rosario Dawson | Saturday Night Live | Will Forte
Whoa! On last night's only so-so episode (full episode here), Barney rebounds from his breakup with Ted by taking up with Will Forte as his "rebound bro," and Ted and Stella's relationship moves forward even though we know she can't... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: IS THERE A BARNEY/ROBIN SEX TAPE?»
Posted on May 6, 2008 in
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Tags: Barney | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Neal Patrick Harris | Robin | Will Forte
