If they waste his vast, vast comedic talents, I will be very sad. Then again, I’m speaking as someone who never watches SNL anymore…I’ll tune in for this episode because I love A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster, and the various Blackadder incarnations that damn much.
(I also remember how Mark McKinney lost all his funny when he became an SNL cast member, so I’m not holding my breath that they’ll use Laurie for anything but insipid House parodies.)
Oh I totally have to watch this. I don’t even remember the last time I watched SNL…but October 28 will be spent in the apartment with a six pack fo sho. Hugh Laurie is hilarious and hot, but hopefully they will give him some good sketches.
Hopefully some of those mopes will listen closely and attentively to someone who is a master of comedic timing and come away better for it.
Thanks for letting us know! I am also someone who hasn’t watched SNL since Phil Hartman died, but I will give it a shot to see Hugh speak in his “fake” British accent! 
The problems with SNL are a lot more than just the actors’ timing.
But I’ll watch it for Hugh Laurie. They should take a scene from House, leave the dialog untouched, all the other characters play it straight and Hugh plays it like Prince George from Blackadder. That could work.
Man, this is AMAZING.
Methinks Hugh will leave the SNL cast in the dust with his comedic timing and brilliance. But maybe some will rub off?
Since they’re booking awesome British comedic talent, they need to get on the phone and call Sascha Baron Cohen as well…
Thanks for the heads up, as SNL is completely off my radar lo, these last 10-15 years or so.
I’m pre-ordering bells now and will certainly have them on for this episode.
Granted, I’d be there with bells on to watch Hugh Laurie watch paint dry. swoon
I’m looking forward to it, too, but I’m not getting my hopes up too much. It’s not like he’ll be bringing a team of writers with him or have more than a week to work on material.
Wouldn’t a Steven Fry or Rowan Atkinson (even a Tony Robinson) surprise guest appearance be the coolest thing SNL’s done in decades?
I never watch SNL anymore, mostly because I work Saturday nights but also because it sucks. Iit would be nice if some talent rubbed off on the cast but I worry that the black hole of suck that is SNL will make Hugh look bad.
[sub]This is the second postin a row where I’ve mentioned black holes, must think of some new term for a large dense sucky thing.[/sub]
Thanks for the notice. Drat! we’re hosting a Halloween party that night and the VCR will be used for kid’s movies. I’ll have to get someone to record it for me.
Robot Arm and Saltire, your suggestions are great! Of course, I have no hope that the SNL writers will do anything as good, but it should still be worth watching.
Y’all should watch this week. Jaime Presley is hosting. If there’s a funnier woman on TV right now, I don’t know about it.
Do guest hosts ever write their own material, or bring their own writers with them? (Did Conan O’Brien, when he guest-hosted? Does Steve Martin?)
This is definitely way too cool of an idea for SNL to even think of it.
How about “large, dense, sucky thing”?
Sorry; Saltire’s mention of Tony Robinson has put me into Baldrick mode.
I hope the use your idea, Hippy Hollow, SBC hosting would be too cool.
How about “Larry, the Cable Guy”?
That plan is so funny you could put a tail on it and call it a platypus. Unfortunately, SNL stink so badly that you could put a tail on it and call it a rotten dead skunk with body odor.
How’s that for a guy who watched Blackadder for the first time last night? 
Even better: Prince Ludwig
“Wun da dawm diagnowstics!”