# SNL Mar 9, 2013: Justin Timberlake **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532 "2013-03-10T04:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/21 "2013-03-11T03:29:58Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Never seen a Stephan bit that didn’t go off the rails. I always wonder if they throw stuff onto the prompter that he hasn’t seen before. I liked the show, for the most part. I didn’t get the Maine Justice thing at all, and I was a little annoyed that the Dating Game sketch went on so long. I’ll give it a pass because of the Duck Tales joke. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JerseySwamps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@JerseySwamps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseySwamps)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/22 "2013-03-11T03:32:37Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > Was the doorman who gave him his jacket someone? For some reason, I thought it was Mike Meyers. He looked like Dave Foley, but I don’t think it was him. > [@Sampiro](#): > > Buck Henry still acts- he’s had a recurring role as Tina Fey’s father in _30 Rock_ in recent years among other things- yet he hasn’t been back to SNL since the early '80s. I wonder if it’s because of changed sensibilities with his Uncle Roy character. It’s because no one knows who Buck Henry is anymore. Having said that, if they brought him back, there is no way they could do an Uncle Roy sketch anymore. > [@Meltdown](#): > > How many times have they done the five-timers club before? I remember it being done at least once, although I can’t remember who was being inducted at the time. Alec Baldwin maybe? Or Tom Hanks? Tom Hanks in 1990. Steve Martin, Elliot Gould, and Paul Simon were the other club members in the sketch. Jon Lovitz was a waiter and an unknown Conan O’Brien was the doorman. > [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I have no idea but there are medications that can make you look bloated and puffy. Jerry Lewis was nearly unrecognizable there for a while due to steroids (or something else) that he was on. It increased the size of his head. He started to look like Barry Bonds. Of course, people were still in denial about Barry Bonds at the time, but that is the subject of another thread. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/23 "2013-03-11T04:10:27Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > [Timberlake] seems to be comfortable doing anything - comedy, serious acting, singing, dancing. So he plays banjo? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/24 "2013-03-11T04:47:47Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I always wonder if they throw stuff onto the prompter that he hasn’t seen before. [Something similar to that, yeah.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKImAsimszU) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/25 "2013-03-11T04:58:24Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > [Something similar to that, yeah.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKImAsimszU) [Oops, that’s an early interview. They escalated later](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lvZjAsUc9DY#t=179s) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/26 "2013-03-11T06:06:35Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Never seen a Stephan bit that didn’t go off the rails. That’s what I love about Stefon. The New York’s Hottest Club bit always has me in stitches, and Donald Duck having a Vietnam Nightmare was just gold. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/27 "2013-03-11T06:16:14Z")
I also loved the show. It doesn’t matter that a few sketches didn’t take off, usually the final half hour is the least watchable. Timberlake is an incredible song and dance man, from his Bring It On Down to Veganville, to his musical numbers, the guy just oozes talent the way Michael Jackson did in his hey day. Loved the cameos too, they’re always fun. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/28 "2013-03-11T06:22:23Z")
I will admit, Timberlake is really good at the “Bring it on down” sketches, in large part from his ability to perform graceful dance moves while wearing giant Mickey Mouse gloves and shoes. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/29 "2013-03-11T17:21:40Z")
I wanted to give Bobby Moynihan a hug after the \*Dating Game \*sketch. Knew it would be the _Wild and Crazy Guys_ from the shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/30 "2013-03-11T20:44:07Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > Was the doorman who gave him his jacket someone? For some reason, I thought it was Mike Meyers. Like Conan in the Tom Hanks one, it was one of the current SNL writers, Mike O’Brien. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/31 "2013-03-11T21:02:41Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > Was the doorman who gave him his jacket someone? For some reason, I thought it was Mike Meyers. > [@JerseySwamps](#): > > He looked like Dave Foley, but I don’t think it was him. No it was definitely a current cast member, I’ve seen him before. I guess it was “and featuring…” cast member [Tim Robinson](http://www.nbc.com/app2/img/270x270xC/scet/metaverse/1/2/0/1/9/0/tim_robinson.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/32 "2013-03-11T21:38:27Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I really enjoyed JT’s first musical set. That’s miles away from the kind of music I usually listen to but I was into it. Same here, until the rapper ruined it. I know I’m an old fart, but I just don’t understand why anybody likes rap — let alone why they like it stuck in the middle of a different type of song. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/33 "2013-03-11T22:01:38Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > No it was definitely a current cast member, I’ve seen him before. I guess it was “and featuring…” cast member [Tim Robinson](http://www.nbc.com/app2/img/270x270xC/scet/metaverse/1/2/0/1/9/0/tim_robinson.jpg). I’m guessing you missed my post, right above yours… ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/34 "2013-03-11T22:07:46Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Same here, until the rapper ruined it. I know I’m an old fart, but I just don’t understand why anybody likes rap — let alone why they like it stuck in the middle of a different type of song. Well since they’ve been sticking rap in the middle of songs since the late 80’s even an old fart has had 20 years to figure it out. 😛 Personally I am surprised by the universal love for his musical bits - I thought it was the weakest I’ve seen of him on the show. He was still awesome at the “Bring it on down to \ville” but I liked liquor-ville better. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/35 "2013-03-11T22:08:58Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > That’s what I love about Stefon. The New York’s Hottest Club bit always has me in stitches, and Donald Duck having a Vietnam Nightmare was just gold. We watched that 5 or 6 times and man we were crying from laughter so hard. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/36 "2013-03-11T22:28:11Z")
After they mentioned him in the 5-timers club skit, I was really hoping Drunk Uncle was going to make an appearance on Weekend Update. I’m pretty tired of Stefon. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/37 "2013-03-11T23:00:52Z")
> [@MrSquishy](#): > > After they mentioned him in the 5-timers club skit, I was really hoping Drunk Uncle was going to make an appearance on Weekend Update. I’m pretty tired of Stefon. I’ve read that the writer who does Stefon is leaving the show, so that may have been the last we’ve seen of the character. It’s still fun to watch, but the punchline got stale for me about ten sketches ago and doesn’t make me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/38 "2013-03-11T23:28:04Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Well since they’ve been sticking rap in the middle of songs since the late 80’s even an old fart has had 20 years to figure it out. 😛 That’s far from my record. I’ve spent nearly 50 years trying to understand why people believe in organized religion. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/39 "2013-03-11T23:32:28Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > I’ve read that the writer who does Stefon is leaving the show, so that may have been the last we’ve seen of the character. It’s still fun to watch, but the punchline got stale for me about ten sketches ago and doesn’t make me laugh. Have they ever had Stefon mention a completely normal location, only to a confused Seth ask weird probing followup questions? Because that’d make a great final sketch. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532/40 "2013-03-12T00:16:49Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I’m guessing you missed my post, right above yours… You would be correct, **Morbo**! My bad ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-mar-9-2013-justin-timberlake/652532.md?page=3)