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.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun December 08, 2024 6:16 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
The cold open was a bit of a surprise. I guess Dana Carvey will be sticking around this season a good bit? Musical Gladiator was pretty good. Would it really be a big deal if a guy came home from college with an earring in 2024? It would have been a big deal if I had done so but that was 30 years ago. Mescal did an okay job, pretty good actually for a first time dramatic actor hosting. He took a more “play it straight” approach in the sketches and it mostly worked.
High expectations the next two weeks with Chris Rock and Martin Short.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun December 15, 2024 6:53 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Not a good episode. I hate when hosts rely so heavily on off camera cues that it throws off the rhythm of the dialogue. Chris Rock was awful at it
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun December 15, 2024 7:06 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Mon December 16, 2024 4:16 am
by Biff Pocoroba
I thought it was alright. You knew you were going to get an extended monologue and he had some good lines. I like the Santa sketch and Sandler’s bit was a genuine surprise in one of the sillier things they’ve done this season. Update had some good jokes.
But yeah, Rock is one of the obvious cue card readers and his delivery can come across flat. It’s jarring considering how tight his standup presence is.
Martin Short is an excellent sketch player and next week’s is bound to be one of the lighter, playful episodes of the season.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun December 22, 2024 5:36 am
by blueviper
Holy cow that weekend update.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun December 22, 2024 12:23 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun December 22, 2024 4:03 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the last one before Christmas typically has several cameos but that was a lot. The parking lot sketch got some good laughs and the airport parade had a few chuckles. The Peanuts sketch was silly nostalgia. Update was better than usual overall but it was the twice a year Joke Off that was the highlight of the night. The cuts to Scarlett Johansson and the crowd’s reactions were icing on a great “they’re just jokes” bit
No announced return date or host.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun December 22, 2024 4:21 pm
by blueviper
Yeah can always count on the end of year weekend update.
I thought the parking lot sketch was hilarious.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sun December 22, 2024 6:46 pm
by Stickman
SHIZZZZ
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Thu December 26, 2024 3:13 am
by wease
blueviper wrote:Yeah can always count on the end of year weekend update.
I thought the parking lot sketch was hilarious.
Other than the daughter, Parking Lot was really getting on my nerves…
Until McCarthy came out. I’m not normally a big fan of hers but she absolutely cracked me up with that. I don’t know how much of that was scripted but it was funny as hell.
Update was fucking hysterical.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Mon December 30, 2024 2:49 am
by Biff Pocoroba
50th Anniversary special on February 16th.
The parking lot was good but felt long until Melissa’s McCarthy’s bit. She’s a scene hog who always plays it broad but more often than not her appearances get a laugh from me.
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Fri January 10, 2025 9:15 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
Dave Chappell hosts on January 18 with Glo Rilla. Timothee Chalamet does double duty on the 25th
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sat January 11, 2025 1:32 am
by spike
Is he playing Dylan covers?
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Sat January 11, 2025 2:13 am
by E.H. Ruddock
spike wrote:Is he playing Dylan covers?
Willy Wonka songs probably
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Fri January 17, 2025 9:46 pm
by Stickman
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Fri January 17, 2025 10:57 pm
by Sloppy Dupree
Stickman wrote:
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Fri January 17, 2025 10:59 pm
by epilogue
I wanna go to the Chalamet taping just to see if he does Tiny Horse as Dylan...
Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Fri January 17, 2025 11:08 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
