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Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 3:34 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
hoping aziz ansari's energy lifts the show tonight

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 3:47 am
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 January 22, 2017 4:17 am
by wease
How long before Trump signs an executive order banning SNL?

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 4:39 am
by spike
i love that putin is a recurring character

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 6:11 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
solid episode...aziz was a natural on the monologue

the obama tribute was pretty awful though

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 6:17 am
by Mecca
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:solid episode...aziz was a natural on the monologue

the obama tribute was pretty awful though
my feelings exactly.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 3:45 pm
by spike
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:the obama tribute was pretty awful though
so cringeworthy

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 6:45 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 January 22, 2017 7:14 pm
by wease
Trag, I just want you to know that I highly appreciate your play by play on these. Top notch work, my friend.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 7:34 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 January 22, 2017 8:01 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I love Big Sean. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 8:07 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
yeah i completely skipped over both performances

highlights for me were the monologue, la la land interrogation, five stars, and the lawyer bit...also, i still hate villasenor

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 8:13 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 January 22, 2017 8:34 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
who was worse...big sean, cecily strong, or aziz singing in the pizza skit?

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 8:39 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 January 22, 2017 8:40 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
tragabigzanda wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:who was worse...big sean, cecily strong, or aziz singing in the pizza skit?
Aziz. I find Cecily to be quite attractive and charismatic, so she usually gets a pass from me even if when she's not funny.
i was just referring to her obama tribute song...i generally really like her too, but my god she was awful on that

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 9:18 pm
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:Thanks weezer. With the exception of the Trump ep (which I boycotted), I've seen every episode since Woody Harrelson hosted in '89, and most of the earlier ones too. Have read all the books, listened to a lot of podcasts, and done the SNL tour. I even tried to get a gig on the show, on the sound crew, to no avail...

So I am a huge SNL dork. But I think it's the worst it's ever been right now, barring maybe the Dick Ebersol years.
I actually quite enjoy the Ebersol years. Sure there's rough stuff in there, but some real gems, as well.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 9:21 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 January 22, 2017 9:26 pm
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:
wease wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Thanks weezer. With the exception of the Trump ep (which I boycotted), I've seen every episode since Woody Harrelson hosted in '89, and most of the earlier ones too. Have read all the books, listened to a lot of podcasts, and done the SNL tour. I even tried to get a gig on the show, on the sound crew, to no avail...

So I am a huge SNL dork. But I think it's the worst it's ever been right now, barring maybe the Dick Ebersol years.
I actually quite enjoy the Ebersol years. Sure there's rough stuff in there, but some real gems, as well.
Yea, the highs from the Ebersol years are excellent, but the lows are reeeeeally low.
But it's the only era that the word "fuck" made it on air.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Posted: Sun January 22, 2017 9:28 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.