Tina Fey on SNL, 4/10

[Walloon]

No thread on yesterday's Saturday Night Live? What's this forum coming to. Former head writer and cast member Tina Fey returned as the guest host. Yes, there was the obligatory (and pretty funny) Sarah Palin sketch, in which Palin introduces her own cable network.

But the sketch the stuck out in my mind as rather sweet and thoughtfully written was the one at the high school dance, where an outlier teenage girl actually enjoys the company of her mother (who's working the coat check) better than mixing with her all too predictable classmates. Only a woman could have written that sketch, and I'm guessing Fey herself did.

[PapSett]

I actually managed to get my TV to hold NBC thru the entire show without having to rescan the damned converter box... that hasn't happened in a LONG time!

Not a bad show, over all, I didn't have any real laugh out loud moments, but it was enjoyable. Well, except for Justin Bieber... WTF? (And still, he was better than a rap "artist"...)

I found the high school dance skit a little sad for some reason. Maybe because I was like that socially inept girl (except I didn't hang out with my mother!) when I was in high school. The Palin skit was pretty funny.

Is it just me, or does Tina Fey look like she's had a boob job? She is a beautiful woman, whatever.

[Bryan Ekers]

I got as far as Fey-as-high-school-teacher sketch when the kid (who I'd never heard of and had no interest in) started to sing, though I was already put off by his blatant cue-card-reading.

Fey-as-Palin, funny as always.

[Quercus alba]

SNL so NEEDS Tina Fey.

[elbows]

Best SNL show in ages!

[Chefguy]

Is the Palin sketch on the intertoobs yet?

[5 time champ]

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[Chefguy]

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Thanks! "Are you smarter than a half-term governor?" Ah-hahahahahahahaha.

[Saltire]

Thanks! "Are you smarter than a half-term governor?" Ah-hahahahahahahaha."I think you'll be surprised at the answer to that one. I know I was!"

[AuntiePam]

I laughed at Tina's description on Weekend Update of that woman Jesse James is boinking, but I can't remember it exactly. Something about "She looks like the doodles on a three-ring binder made by an 8th grader in metal shop".

[USCDiver]

I was impressed by the nearly complete lack of Kristin Wiig being annoying!

[shy guy]

I was thinking the same thing about Kristin Wiig. I think since so much attention was on Tina there was less of need for Wiig to carry the entire show herself as she does most weeks.

I was surprised by how much I liked Justin Bieber. He can't act, of course, but he isn't an actor so I don't blame him. He did a good job with his performances and looked like he was having fun.

[MPB in Salt Lake]

I was impressed by the nearly complete lack of Kristin Wiig being annoying!

She wasn't as awful as usual, but does ANYBODY find her old-lady film critic bit (Aunt Linda) to be humorous???
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I have said many times that I think Kirsten Wiig is the single most attractive woman cast member in SNL history (I think she is absolutely stunning) but at the same time she is generally less funny than the genetic love childe of Rob Schneider and Joe Piscopo, (carried to term by Victoria Jackson) would probably be..........

[Tangent]

I have said many times that I think Kirsten Wiig is the single most attractive woman cast member in SNL history

Personally, I'd give that honor to Tina Fey. I was drooling over the photos of her they showed when coming back from break. Especially the 'farm girl' one. :eek:

[MPB in Salt Lake]

Personally, I'd give that honor to Tina Fey. I was drooling over the photos of her they showed when coming back from break. Especially the 'farm girl' one. :eek:

Tina Fey IS beautiful, no doubt, but for some reason Kirsten Wiig (ever notice the glamour shots of her in the opening credits?) just strikes me as almost ethereal---It's a shame she isn't more suited to comedy..........

(I do think she has a few funny recurring bits, but her hit/miss ratio is terrible)

[alphaboi867]

Thanks! "Are you smarter than a half-term governor?" Ah-hahahahahahahaha.

Damnit! We should've gotten a clip to go along with 30 Main Street. ;)

[Spoke]

Tina's "Sarah Palin" accent seemed a little off. Sounded like she was sort of slipping into a Canadian accent.

[middleman]

I thought Fey's skit with her as a stripper acting as the new CBS Gold Analyst to cover Tiger Woods was hilarious.

http://www.hulu.com/collections/424/141555

"Dog Leg"

[Beware of Doug]

I didn't laugh much - Weekend Update is about all I get a chuckle out of these days on SNL - but I loved just watching Tina's smart beautiful funnyness. She is a delight even when her material is not good.

[The Second Stone]

She wasn't as awful as usual, but does ANYBODY find her old-lady film critic bit (Aunt Linda) to be humorous???
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I have said many times that I think Kirsten Wiig is the single most attractive woman cast member in SNL history (I think she is absolutely stunning) but at the same time she is generally less funny than the genetic love childe of Rob Schneider and Joe Piscopo, (carried to term by Victoria Jackson) would probably be..........

Aunt Linda is her funniest bit and one of my favorites because it is so spot on of people like that. Hrumph!!

And Tina Fey is the most attractive woman ever on SNL to this old timer. Even the scar. That woman is hot, hot, hot.

[Brandus]

Nothing terribly outstanding this episode, my favorite was the single schoolteacher who had a crush on her student (beiber). It was kind of charming, even though Tina's insecurities about being desperate/lonely seem to come through in all of her work. Beiber can sing I suppose, but I grudgingly accept his fame.. there are probably 1 million other 16 year olds who can passably sing as well as he can, it seems totally arbitrary that he's famous.

[Vinyl Turnip]

Aunt Linda is her funniest bit and one of my favorites because it is so spot on of people like that. Hrumph!!

Sketches like that make me want to kiss whoever invented DVR technology and the concept of fast-forwarding. They have improved my quality of life immensely.

[Exapno Mapcase]

Sketches like that make me want to kiss whoever invented DVR technology and the concept of fast-forwarding. They have improved my quality of life immensely.

Word.

(Do kids still say that? Should I still use "Right on"? I'm so confused.)

[Vinyl Turnip]

I think they're back around to "verily" and "i'faith."

[Intergalactic Gladiator]

I've got a huge crush on Fey. SNL definitely misses her smart humor and Saturday showed that.

I thought that there may have been a little too much Fey, though. It seemed like many of the normal cast got much of the night off. Fey goes to the lonely single girl well a little too much as well, but the brownie boyfriend was very funny.

And what's the deal with Bieber's hair?

[Shark]

Brownie Husband had my wife and I laughing hysterically. I really lost it when she bit off it's face and caramel started oozing out and she really went to town on it.

[Sealemon2.0]

Best SNL in quite sometime. In addition to what's already been mentioned, I really liked The Devil commenting on the Catholic Church scandals.

[fusoya]

Finally got around to watching. I take my Tina time seriously, so I needed to find an uninterrupted 1 hour, 5 minutes. The most amazing thing for me, was that this was the first SNL I've watched since I got a DVR where I didn't touch the FF button at ALL. Not that anything REALLY stood out, there was just nothing that was unbearable. We had Tina making out with a chocolate man (I never realized she was soo good with her tongue), Tina discussing her pubic hair (the biggest laugh from me came from Seth's response of "I didn't HAVE to"), and now I finally get Bill Maher's joke last night "all will be forgiven with the Catholic Church if we can just get Pope Ratzinger to molest Justin Beiber".