Saturday Night Live

[gunswordfist]

what's wrong with the show? i never watched it regularly.

[Speedy]

I made a list of my favorite sketches a while back (http://www.toonzone.net/forums/entertainment-board/297000-speedys-top-20-snl-sketches.html ) but in retrospect it was a pretty shortsighted list.  There are definitely funnier ones than some that I listed.  Then again, maybe it's more the fact than only twenty picks isn't enough.

[Avaitor]

Yeah, that was a good stuff from all across the board. Yours and Dalek's lists.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Those are some great choices. I've always been a fan of the early 80s (after the failed cast overhaul) to Will Ferrel's exit as well as the original cast episodes. Everything else is just so highly awful, or incredibly bland.

The McLaughlin Group was particularly hysterical due to the insane questions. Of course Chris Farley's Matt Foley was hilarious, too. But I would give tops to anything with Phil Hartman in it, his performances were always gold.

The creepiest would be that skit from the early years where John Belushi is an old man sitting in a graveyard and is the only one left alive. There he muses over the failed lives of his cast members. It's really eerie watching this now.

[Speedy]

Just as an example, a skit that would definitely be on my "top SNL sketches" list now is Angry Boss:  http://snltranscripts.jt.org/00/00roffice.phtml .  Matter of fact that whole SNL Best of Will Ferrell vol. 2 DVD was pretty good.  Definitely don't agree with the negative reviews.

Figured this would be a good a place as any to ask this.  Forgive my fuzzy memories of the sketch, as I only saw it once:

There was an SNL skit from, I want to say four or five years back, where there were three singers.  One of them, I believe, had an ass for a head, or it might've been a fly's head, I can't really remember.  All I know is he spurted... something when he sang.  Anyone remember what this sketch was called and what episode it was from?

[Daikun]

Have they done a tribute to Don Pardo yet?

EDIT: The next season starts on September 27. Okay...

[Daikun]

NBC will air classic SNL episodes.

Saturdays at 10PM.

[Avaitor]

The first 2 choices are great ones! But I can't help but wonder if they're going to keep THAT sketch in the Pryor episode, and how it'll fly with today's audience if they do.

[Speedy]

This Saturday at 9 they showed a Steve Martin guest episode from the '70s.  Are they planning any more of these vintage episodes planned for this time slot?  I say keep it going.  Might as well.

[Daikun]

This Saturday at 9 they showed a Steve Martin guest episode from the '70s.  Are they planning any more of these vintage episodes planned for this time slot?  I say keep it going.  Might as well.

I posted earlier that NBC is showing classic SNL episodes every week.

Frankly, I think it's a great idea. This series is surprisingly better the farther back you go.

[Avaitor]

They were supposed to air the Christopher Walken "more cowbell" episode this week, but went with Martin's Blues Brothers stint instead.

Do you know which episode is supposed to air this week, Daikun?

[Daikun]

Do you know which episode is supposed to air this week, Daikun?

This week's new episode will be hosted by Bill Hader.

I'm not sure about the classic episode, though. My usual TV sources aren't providing descriptions.

[Avaitor]

Last night's classic episode was the Alec Baldwin/B-52's episode from 1990, with Jan Hook's Garbo impression. A good choice, with her recent passing and all. RIP

[Speedy]

Last night's classic episode was the Alec Baldwin/B-52's episode from 1990, with Jan Hook's Garbo impression. A good choice, with her recent passing and all. RIP

I saw it too.  Good episode all around ("I know how escrow works!"), albeit not exactly brimming with surprises if you own many of the SNL best-of DVDs.

I still couldn't believe Jan Hooks died recently.  She was so young.

[Avaitor]

The cowbell episode finally aired tonight! I hadn't seen it before, so I didn't know that Dana Carvey showed up as Bush in the cold opening. Awesome!