Leukemia...that's what it was...I was tossing around suicide and AIDS in my head...but I was wayyyy off.
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Leukemia...that's what it was...I was tossing around suicide and AIDS in my head...but I was wayyyy off.
See, even GOD hates shitty, calculated banal pop music.Quote:
Originally Posted by A_S
(I'm sorry)
(I like girls who wear Abercrombie and Fitch)
I think the common thread here is that all musicians everywhere contemplate suicide.Quote:
Originally Posted by brewcaster
I thought it was working at Target?Quote:
Originally Posted by metal2000
Is it just me or has the show been more overtly odd this episode and the last? Most of the oddities work (surprisingly "The Jay Pharoah Show" worked for me - more from admiration than belly laughs), but some are just bonkers (like the coming out sketch last week and the "what life was like in 2012" one this week).
Also... a very sweet recognition of recently passed Chicago improvisor and teacher Mike Enriquez on Vanessa Bayer's t-shirt.
I'm glad I knew that Lana Del Rey was real before seeing this show...because it could easily have been another Wiig character.
Casey Anthony's Dog = AWESOME!
I thought the Jay Pharoah Show was kind of a direct response to criticisms that SNL has received (mostly online) that Jay isn't a very good cast member and can only do impressions. It was sort of like "The Chris Farley Show", taking something that exists in real life and bringing it up on the show in a meta way. Very in-jokey but I respect them for doing a sketch that addresses the issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by J.B.
What's weird is that the show seems to be getting more soap box-y lately. Like last week with the "White People's Problems" sketch, and then this week with the "You Can Do Anything!" sketch. It's like there's some writer on the show who really has an ax to grind and is voicing their personal opinions through sketches. Although I agreed with some of the points the sketch was making (in this era of Twitter and Facebook, people are a little too obsessed with becoming "famous" over doing anything constructive), lines like "Oh, great, because we need more singer/songwriters and less doctors and engineers" were maybe a little harsh.
This season, I have been kind of surprised at how much you can get away with saying on TV now. Like Bill Hader's "Watch it or I'll suck your c*ck" character, which, OK, "cock" was bleeped, but that sketch still aired (I think) before 12 AM. In last night's show, Jason's Ricky Gervais just blatantly said "shit" in the sketch, no bleeping. Then he mentioned giving handjobs at the bus station, and then later in the "what was life like in 2012" sketch there was Wiig's line about "Hey, stop watching that video of a penis going into a woman's butt". Even Wiig seemed kind of hesitant about delivering that line.
I feel they missed a golden opportunity to give Jason Sudekis a ukelele in the "You Can Do Anything" skit, because if anything is totemic of unwarranted fame and mediocrity in the internet age, it's a hipster doofus strumming a fucking ukelele.
I like to pretend that they had so many per-recorded bits because Daniel Radcliffe has a severe cocaine problem and he kept sneaking off for lines throughout the evening.
Agreed on a weird couple of episodes. I love it. I keep telling people I'm watching SNL and everyone makes the same joke "is that still on?". Then I say "yes" and "there's always a few fantastic sketches".
2112 for the win.
Didn't he say "shih tzu?"Quote:
Originally Posted by BillBrasky
Five second Raoul.
That is all.
Lana Del Ray sucks. A LOT.
Daniel Radcliffe was enjoyable, but most of what I took away from the episode was how much I hated every single second of Lana Del Ray's "performances."
I honestly can't see why people think Lana Del Ray sucks and Florence and the Machine is good. They gave the exact same performance on SNL to my ears.
People just wanna show off how cool they are that they read an article and that they happen to know she got plastic surgery and is a hypocrite because of it
THE MUSICAL GUEST ON SNL IS ALWAYS BORING AND STUPID YOU DUMB ANIMALS.
At least Lana Del Ray sang in tune!Quote:
Originally Posted by Flappity
I thought she sounded terrible. If you imagine her as an American Idol contestant, the judges would be making faces. Especially Steven Tyler, because he is a rubber muppet. But then he'd try to fuck her.
I thought that Target sketch was far weirder than "life in 2012" sketch which seemed like standard SNL.
You know that voice you make when pretending to be a stupid guy, the one that sounds kinda like Goofy? That's how that Lana del Rey sings. Like pg13 notes, that could easily have been a character.
Also, Jay Pharoah couldn't even deliver in the sketch based on the fact that he brings precious little to the table. His timing was way off and his energy kept going up and down, but not at all in a funny way. In a sense, it is a fairly daring to do, but it really needed to be pulled off with flying colors to not become embarrassing. If he lasts until next year it will only be because he's needed to play Obama if Armisen leaves - even then, there have to be better overall performers who can do a passable Obama.
Top marks to Radcliffe for an almost flawless American accent, especially since he switched between that and his native British throughout the evening.
I actually thought the Jay Pharoah sketch was fun.