I had not seen that, the list I saw still said TBA. I'm good with it.
I more than halfway expect McCarthy to do a stop by this month though. She's popular there and has a summer movie to promote so...
Don't @ me, but I saw it on the Today Show this morning.
yeah, the whole thing was a dud. I don't think I finished watching a single sketch. The only thing that even kind of landed was Pete Davidson on Weekend Update, and that was one of his weakest ever segments
The Argonaut wrote:yeah, the whole thing was a dud. I don't think I finished watching a single sketch. The only thing that even kind of landed was Pete Davidson on Weekend Update, and that was one of his weakest ever segments
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It wasn't spectacular but it was pretty solid throughout. And the musical numbers were awesome.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:I've done a complete 180 on Donald Glover over the past year, and still found this episode to be pretty disappointing. I chalk it up to the writing. I loved the 80s Music Video skit, and the Friendos skit made me lol a few times too ("Lambo!"). The rest of it felt pretty tired despite Glover putting forth a great effort. The best takeaway was that "This Is America" is an awesome song, and I'm looking forward to a Childish Gambino album for the first time in my life.
Three other random thoughts:
1. Chris Redd and Heidi Gardner were both great hires and are already paying dividends.
2. Michael Che's "Pass" joke on Kanye West was a retread of David Spade's "No, it's too easy" joke during The Hollywood Minute like 25 years ago.
3. The "retarded" joke during the Dirty Talk skit sure was timely, eh RM?
I spent a couple few extra seconds chuckling at that
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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