Saturday Night Live is BACK! - Page 3

Hugo de Balsac · 02-26-2008, 01:02 PM

bitches are better to have by your side than in front or behind you, that's for sure.

ocealdia · 02-26-2008, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Zaius

The SNL Is Back

Tina Fey, Political Humor Puts the Search Sizzle Back for SNL

By Vera H-C Chan
Mon, February 25, 2008, 2:46 pm PST
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Maybe the "Saturday Night Live" writers should go on strike more often. After weeks of being off the air, the show resumed its 33rd season in fine fettle, skewering everything from political media coverage to drug commercials.
The SNL return registered a high TV rating surge and prompted an 824% spike in searches for "saturday night live skits," as well as a walk down memory lane for its best classics.
Among the latest skits, it was host Tina Fey's return to her old Weekend Update anchor desk that set the buzz afire. She took up the cause of Hillary Clinton and unleashed an inappropriate-for-family-media slogan, in effect "(Being a Formidable Woman) is the New Black." Her in-your-face defense catapulted Fey into the top 3,000 searches, got her video embedded in blogs across the nation, and garnered the "30 Rock" star more searches than the current SNL cast combined.
Amy Poehler, who portrayed the presidential candidate, did impress enough to make her the top-searched SNL player. Contrast that with Fred Armisen, the Barack Obama stand-in whose color-blind casting has failed to excite either critical opinion or Web attention. Instead, it prompted some searchers to seek out the real thing's Halloween appearance.
So, has Fey and Poehler's messaging helped the Clinton cause? Maybe, at least in addressing the reported gender gap between the Democratic contender and male voters: Men conducted 75% of those "tina fey" searchers. Bump for Clinton herself? Not so much.
Mike Huckabee's live appearance is another story. The burr in John McCain's backside registered a palpable 30% rise in lookups, plus another slew of queries like "huckabee snl." Looks like Clinton may want some new plans for Saturday night. If she does do a cameo, at least she'll know to wear black for the occasion.

Tina Fey's the new bitch for the barack supporters, I hear they are threatening to boycott her show. How dare she not support KING OBAMA???!!Give me a break.

W.M.DEEEZ · 02-26-2008, 02:47 PM

I've been watching SNL since its first season.

This was the first show where I didn't get the impression that they had several sketches just for filler.

The whole show had me laughing, for the first time in decades.

I really missed Horatio Sans, and especially Jimmy Fallon this season. I was put off by their trimming the lineup, to cut costs.

Great writing on this episode...I guess the writers were working the whole time...I just hope they can keep riding the wave.

I guess there's a ton of fodder for political humor out there now.

edit...I am suddenly reminded how much I miss the show Studio 60, which died in its infancy.

Teri B. · 02-26-2008, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Hugo de Balsac

bitches are better to have by your side than in front or behind you, that's for sure.

Those are words of wisdom I tell ya.

PursuitOfHappinessParty · 02-26-2008, 02:50 PM

No Belushi, no Chase, no Murray, no Akroyd. That's not SNL.

Teri B. · 02-26-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by W.M.DEEEZ

edit...I am suddenly reminded how much I miss the show Studio 60, which died in its infancy.

Don't remind me. I think you and I must have been the only people in America who watched, it damn it. Couldn't they just keep going for us?

Teri B. · 02-26-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by PursuitOfHappinessParty

No Belushi, no Chase, no Murray, no Akroyd. That's not SNL.

It's kind of like ER, some of the cast evolutions have worked out better than others, but I've never stopped watching either one, cause when they're ON it's gold.

PursuitOfHappinessParty · 02-26-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Teri B.

It's kind of like ER, some of the cast evolutions have worked out better than others, but I've never stopped watching either one, cause when they're ON it's gold.

The second group drove me away, I watched a few incarnations. Suckitude deluxe.
I will try the new group eventually.

W.M.DEEEZ · 02-26-2008, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by PursuitOfHappinessParty

No Belushi, no Chase, no Murray, no Akroyd. That's not SNL.

They definitely set the standard, and I suppose being the groundbreakers for this type of humor, we hold all others up against the original. There have been some good times in the years after, but you had to sit through a lot of junk.

Sans, and Fallon couldn't get through half the skits they did together, without having to seriously hide their laughter.

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Originally Posted by Teri B.

Don't remind me. I think you and I must have been the only people in America who watched, it damn it. Couldn't they just keep going for us?

Initially, you and I were filling our West Wing jones. Then, it took on a life of its own...I was really impressed with the writing, and I find myself wondering what happened in both of those little romances that were festering.

I know they had shows that were never aired...they could have used them during the strike.

That might have made it worse.

PursuitOfHappinessParty · 02-26-2008, 03:04 PM

I still like the original of the original SNL the bestest: Monty Python's Flying Circus. Carol Burnett's show, too.

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Hugo de Balsac subterranean cosmonaut Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: under the stars Posts: 68 My Mood: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	bitches are better to have by your side than in front or behind you, that's for sure. __________________ art is all that stands between ape and enthusiast.
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W.M.DEEEZ I don't exist either Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,610 Thanks: 7 Thanked 50 Times in 38 Posts	I've been watching SNL since its first season. This was the first show where I didn't get the impression that they had several sketches just for filler. The whole show had me laughing, for the first time in decades. I really missed Horatio Sans, and especially Jimmy Fallon this season. I was put off by their trimming the lineup, to cut costs. Great writing on this episode...I guess the writers were working the whole time...I just hope they can keep riding the wave. I guess there's a ton of fodder for political humor out there now. edit...I am suddenly reminded how much I miss the show Studio 60, which died in its infancy. __________________ Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got til it's gone
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02-26-2008, 02:50 PM	#25 (permalink)
PursuitOfHappinessParty Ideating Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth Posts: 3,518 My Mood: Thanks: 67 Thanked 72 Times in 56 Posts	No Belushi, no Chase, no Murray, no Akroyd. That's not SNL. __________________ Its like a finger pointing at the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you'll miss all that heavenly glory. - Bruce Lee in 'Enter The Dragon'
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02-26-2008, 03:04 PM	#30 (permalink)
PursuitOfHappinessParty Ideating Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth Posts: 3,518 My Mood: Thanks: 67 Thanked 72 Times in 56 Posts	I still like the original of the original SNL the bestest: Monty Python's Flying Circus. Carol Burnett's show, too. __________________ Its like a finger pointing at the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you'll miss all that heavenly glory. - Bruce Lee in 'Enter The Dragon'
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