Snl 4/12-13/03

Cafe Society
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Did anyone see it? Hosted by Ray Romano?

The only reason I’m starting this thread is the Weekend Update almost throw away skit where the guy had won the office pool and showed up in a top hat and monocle and teased Fallon & Fay about losing…

Was that funny to you? I found it very funny – unlike say the Phone Booth skit – but my pals – who usually closely mirror my taste did not find it particularly funny – while 13 hrs later I can smile thinking about it …

Overall was not a great SNL – doubt any clips will show on the 40th anniversary special

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Sorry for the %&^ double post let’s use the other one

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I found it funny for the first minute. Like so much current SNL it was 3x too long.

I agree, not one for the archives. Tina’s Casablanca/J-Lo/Affleck joke was the funniest thing on the show, and that took maybe 8 seconds.

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I kept this one since it had already gotten a response. Closed the other one.

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I really liked Romano’s return as “Sweet Sassy Molassy” Chet Harper, the goofy anchorman.

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I thought it was really funny too. “Oh but what have we here? It’s the $10 bill once owned by Ms. Fey! What shall I extravagantly waste it on? A cup of coffee and two scones at Starbucks, perhaps? Or maybe a cab ride almost all the way back to my apartment!” :smiley: It could have been a little shorter, but the length wasn’t horrible. Remember him throwing the two crumpled bills up in the air à la Scrooge McDuck? That was hilarious.

Overall, though, I thought Weekend Update was sub-par. The punching bit was really dumb, and the interview with the Iraqi Information Minister was uninventive.

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Romano’s monologue, by the way, was an almost verbatim rehash of a standup set he did on an HBO special years ago. I happened to catch a rerun this week, and then I was half-waching SNL and noticed that I had lierally JUST heard the exact same routine earlier in the week.

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Elvis, random question, was it the one where Ray was talking about how his kid was staring out the window thinking about candy?

I remember seeing his routine a couple times and he always used that line.

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He did use the candy line, but now it’s his youngest son saying it, instead of his daughter.

It’s also in “Everything and A Kite”

-Myron

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Ugh. He sucks.

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Lately I’ve found that SNL has been really bad, and the only thing I ever tune in for is Weekend Update (for the eye candy, not the jokes) and sometimes the music guest if it’s someone I like, like last night. I did watch Ray’s monolouge and for once it was actually funny, and then I muted the tv until music time, and then watched Weekend Update — did Tina put caramel in her hair? I’m still deciding if I like that color on her or not. Anyway, that was good as always…I’m not sure if getting turned on by watching her get punched 5 times means I am a seriously twisted person, but that was great. I decided to actually give the show a chance…and then they blow it on me by doing a Kattan sketch (him SINGING no less) right after commercial…

so …