Was the opening sketch a recurring premise/characters?
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun April 14, 2024 8:27 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
wease wrote:Was the opening sketch a recurring premise/characters?
Yes, and Ryan Gosling was in the first one, which was the best one. He broke then too.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun April 14, 2024 8:30 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
Bammer wrote:The Beavis & Butthead one only worked because they couldn’t hold it together.
The costumes would have gotten a laugh but Heidi Gardner’s reaction put it over the top, no question
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun April 14, 2024 8:57 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
When SNL debuted in 1974 the Carol Burnett Show was still on and they regularly aired sketches with cast members laughing. That’s considered hacky and cheap laugh by pro comedy standards. Lorne discouraged it early on and Belushi in particular hated it. Over time Lorne’s stance has softened and supposedly is okay with organic (not staged) breaks now. Honestly, would “Stefon” become as popular if Hader played it straight?
That said it may be a cheap laugh but damn if it’s not effective, Harvey Korman trying not to break is still funny; still holds up.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun April 14, 2024 9:06 pm
by wease
Biff Pocoroba wrote:
Bammer wrote:The Beavis & Butthead one only worked because they couldn’t hold it together.
The costumes would have gotten a laugh but Heidi Gardner’s reaction put it over the top, no question
There’s no way she saw Butthead before she turned to him. Her reaction was priceless.
And the King of the Hill at the end was the icing on the cake.
Overall a highly enjoyable episode. I can honestly say I laughed at every one of them. Of course, Gosling breaking in them all helped. The Cookie Crumble was ok but when she nailed him with the wheelchair, that sealed it. Even the music video was a little funny. The only thing that kept the last one alive was them breaking.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Mon April 15, 2024 1:45 am
by Stickman
wease wrote:
Biff Pocoroba wrote:
Bammer wrote:The Beavis & Butthead one only worked because they couldn’t hold it together.
The costumes would have gotten a laugh but Heidi Gardner’s reaction put it over the top, no question
There’s no way she saw Butthead before she turned to him. Her reaction was priceless.
And Mikey Day keepin it straight at the same time was solid.
Update had some great lines too. O.J. joke was hilarious.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Mon April 15, 2024 12:09 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
JFC Emily Blunt can sing too? She really is perfect
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Mon April 15, 2024 2:10 pm
by Peeps
kate mckinnon is spectacular
jost and che are great hosting the weekend update
there are very few laughable moments on the show "skit wise" but gossling breaking down laughing gets me every time
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Mon April 15, 2024 10:00 pm
by wease
E.H. Ruddock wrote:JFC Emily Blunt can sing too? She really is perfect
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Tue April 16, 2024 10:45 am
by spike
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Tue April 16, 2024 11:51 am
by Peeps
Stickman wrote:
wease wrote:
Biff Pocoroba wrote:
Bammer wrote:The Beavis & Butthead one only worked because they couldn’t hold it together.
The costumes would have gotten a laugh but Heidi Gardner’s reaction put it over the top, no question
There’s no way she saw Butthead before she turned to him. Her reaction was priceless.
And Mikey Day keepin it straight at the same time was solid.
Update had some great lines too. O.J. joke was hilarious.
i read that the skit to include beavis and butthead has been pitched for like 5 years and was pretty much mikey day's white whale. when gossling was coming on as the host it finally made it through rehersals instead of being cut like it normally did. gardner knew the skit but had no idea of the makeup involved and that was indeed the first time she saw it
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Fri April 26, 2024 12:22 am
by zeb
She'd seen the makeup but not the prosthetics.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Fri April 26, 2024 4:01 am
by Bammer
Peeps wrote:
Stickman wrote:
wease wrote:
Biff Pocoroba wrote:
Bammer wrote:The Beavis & Butthead one only worked because they couldn’t hold it together.
The costumes would have gotten a laugh but Heidi Gardner’s reaction put it over the top, no question
There’s no way she saw Butthead before she turned to him. Her reaction was priceless.
And Mikey Day keepin it straight at the same time was solid.
Update had some great lines too. O.J. joke was hilarious.
i read that the skit to include beavis and butthead has been pitched for like 5 years and was pretty much mikey day's white whale. when gossling was coming on as the host it finally made it through rehersals instead of being cut like it normally did. gardner knew the skit but had no idea of the makeup involved and that was indeed the first time she saw it
Good to know. I was curious like …why finally in 2024 what took so long
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Fri April 26, 2024 4:01 am
by Bammer
Peeps wrote:
Stickman wrote:
wease wrote:
Biff Pocoroba wrote:
Bammer wrote:The Beavis & Butthead one only worked because they couldn’t hold it together.
The costumes would have gotten a laugh but Heidi Gardner’s reaction put it over the top, no question
There’s no way she saw Butthead before she turned to him. Her reaction was priceless.
And Mikey Day keepin it straight at the same time was solid.
Update had some great lines too. O.J. joke was hilarious.
i read that the skit to include beavis and butthead has been pitched for like 5 years and was pretty much mikey day's white whale. when gossling was coming on as the host it finally made it through rehersals instead of being cut like it normally did. gardner knew the skit but had no idea of the makeup involved and that was indeed the first time she saw it
Good to know. I was curious like …why finally in 2024 what took so long
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 3:51 am
by Stickman
At least Dua is pretty.
Update was funny though.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 1:17 pm
by spike
I love that Punkie enters the sketch already breaking. Not sure I’ve seen that before.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 1:30 pm
by wease
spike wrote:
I love that Punkie enters the sketch already breaking. Not sure I’ve seen that before.
That was hilarious
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 4:36 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
Maya Rudolph hosts this week so that’s promising.
Jake Gyllenhall wraps the season the following week.
