I second the emotion about Will Ferrell. He, along with Cherie Oteri, Molly Shannon, and Ana Gasteyer, were a classic cast who renewed my enjoyment of the show. I even liked Colin Quinn. Now, it is a shadow of its former self. I wish they’d give Tracy Morgan more to do than just Brian Fellow, who is funny but is getting a little old.
They usually do pretty good when doing political sketches…
and the Gary Busey voice was pretty good.
I liked the Gary Bussey skit. And I admit…I giggled (as usual) all throughout the Brian Fellows skit.
I’m all for SNL reruns, considering that lately, its just not funny.
And on the topic of Avril/singing live in general, if you suck when you sing live, you should probably find a new job.
Is there some reason why the guy who plays Brian Fellow can’t remember the name of his own character? “I’m Brian Fellows!” No you’re not, you’re Brian Fellow. The only funny one was the one with the Rock with the bird threatening to charge a stereo on Brian’s credit card. I was hoping they’d have a sketch where Jeff Gordon lost his shirt or something but alas, only the female hosts with nice chests ever seem to show them off. I liked the Joe Millionaire sketches that I saw. Were there more than Hetero, Caucasian and Not-a-Serial-Rapist? I switached away during the aquarium sketch; just a feeling that it was going to be intensely painful.
Jimmy Fallon cracking up during a sketch? I don’t believe it!
I think Morgan should do more Astronaut Jones (or whatever he’s called) skits. If for no other reason that the kick-ass theme song.
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Why is it that, if only to me, when Harvey Korman and Tim Conway cracked up during a sketch it was funny, but when Sanz and Fallon do it (every week), it just seems unprofessional?
Of course, I’m irked by Fallon for something that isn’t his fault: because he’s cute and has decent delivery, I think he gets way too much credit in magazine and newspaper articles (Entertainment Weekly being perhaps the worst offender) for the humor in Weekend Update, when the entire thing is Tina’s. By his own admission he doesn’t even read the newspaper and rarely knows what he’s talking about when he’s reading the script, yet several magazines give him co-credit. (Ever noticed that he’s not the least bit funny when he’s not doing somebody else’s material- that idiot boyfriend thing, for instance- drek).
I’m afraid SNL is going into another Ice Age like the post-Myers/pre-Ferrel years, or as I call such periods, “A Season in Hutsell” (after the least inspired cast member of all time).
I, too, thought the Joe Millionaire skits were hilarious. I could take or leave the rest of the episode, save Weekend Update.
Personal Favourite Tina Fey Moment: “I helped on that one!”
The “Brian Fellow” thing is almost as lame a one trick pony as Tracy Morgan himself. He just needs to go. Seth Meyers, otoh, needs to be made a full cast member.
Brian Fellow needs a rest. Anything used that much gets very tired very quickly. Former SNL-er Dana Carvey made the decision to put his extraordinarily popular “Church Lady” character on ice for a while during its heyday, recognizing that it is possible to have too much of a good thing. As he pointed out (and as Lorne Michaels seems to have forgotten) there were three “hamburger hamburger” sketches, four “bumblebee” sketches and the Coneheads appeared less than a dozen times. All things in moderation.
The show is definitely feeling the loss of Ferrell and now, Ana Gasteyer. Since they’re gone, there are almost no musical sketches and suddenly there’s this egalitarian thing going on and two women from the unholy Maya Rudolph-Amy Poehler-Rachel Dratch threesome seem to pop up in almost every sketch except the Brian Fellow bits. Blech.
Really, all I want from SNL is more Hammond, more Fey, more Meyers and more of Jeff Richards’s drunk girl. I really don’t think that’s too much to ask, is it?
I agree completely with the last two. Tracey Morgan needs to expand his repertoire, Seth Myers could become one of the funniest guys on the show, and the constant redneck female skits from Poehler/Dratch/Rudolph get old after a while.
The show really needs a bit of zaniness. It’s always been best when it had a castmember or two who were always swinging for the fences. Wil Ferrell, John Belushi, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy. There’s no one like that on the show anymore. It’s too workmanlike. And that would be okay if the material is outstanding, but it’s very average this year. And there’s no personality to carry the show.
Avril Lavigne should play less music and more hockey.
Has she ever said if she has a favorite time?
That’s no BULLJIVE, bro!!!
I want more Turkish talk show
and more drunk girl.
I was surprised to find out Avril was 17. She looked quite a bit younger.
Brian Fellow or Fellows or whatever his name is is the LAMEST CHARACTER EVER on SNL.
In fact, they should change the song to: Brian Fellows is a LAME-O, Brian Fellows…is a LAME-O!!!"
It’s bad that I thought Jeff Gordon was the best thing on the show. I went expecting to hate him, just because of my hatred of all things and people NASCAR. He actually seemed to be enjoying himself, especially during the “Funck” sketch. Both characters in that one remind me of people I know (the South can be so sad sometimes).
I wish Lorne Michaels would just go ahead and make the damn Brian Fellows movie so they can retire the character already. That seems to be the stake through the heart of every lame character or returning sketch on the show. I’ve never liked Tracey Morgan much anyway, if only more of his stuff was as fun as the Astronaut Jones theme song (not the sketches, just the song).
The aquarium sketch was dreadful, and a perfect example of getting on the show “because it’s 11:30,” AND lasting way too long without a real ending. Fallon and Sanz cracking up once is cute, but when it becomes a regular happening, it is unprofessional and unfunny. Getting ready for the post-show party a little early boys? Sampiro, I think the difference between Korman/Conway and Fallon/Sanz, is that Korman and Conway tended to crack each other up with actual funny one-ups-manship - Fallon and Sanz just remind me of two cutups sitting in the back of a classroom snorting at inside jokes.
Avril Lavigne, eh. Flat bland singing of unremarkable songs by boring musicians, nothing new there. Have the Strokes been on the show yet? They seem tailormade to stink it up on the show.
Avril & Co. appear to be burnt as toast. They’re just kids really but they already seem to be tired of it and forcing themselves through the motions. I can’t imagine having to perform sk8tr boi
hundreds of times. Ugh.
I’m used to seeing Jeff Gordon with a full race suit on, with the full collar. So he just looked freaky with an open-neck shirt.
Will someone please, please, PLEASE cut Loren Michael’s head off. From what I understand, that’s the only way SNL can be cancelled.
Isn’t this sentiment expressed every few years or so about SNL?
To me, it’s an institution. It should bounce back. I remember thinking in the mid 90s that it was done. The two or three seasons before the overhaul, along with the first season or so of the new cast, I just couldn’t get into it. But as things go, by the time you get into it, they leave.
Tina Fey is hot. What makes her so hot to me is that she’s married with kids. Such a turn on.