Athlete hosts tend to suck and the current incarnation of SNL seems to suck, but there might be a Tina Fey cameo.

9/13/2008 12:04:39 PM

yeah, but Tina Fey is doing a cameo as Palin, so it is a must see.

9/13/2008 12:08:56 PM

and a cameo by the one and only barack obama...could be entertaining if it's a fey/obama skit

9/13/2008 12:09:23 PM

my dvr is gonna watch it and give me the cliffsnotes later

9/13/2008 12:11:34 PM

does the rock count as an athlete host? he was absolute dynamite on brian fellow's safari planet

9/13/2008 12:58:15 PM

Obama has cancelled SNL appearance because of destruction due to Ike.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080913104404.qqkvqu6h&show_article=1

9/13/2008 2:00:00 PM

Quote :

"does the rock count as an athlete host? he was absolute dynamite on brian fellow's safari planet"

Oh yeah, he was awesome. Good call, Brian.

9/13/2008 11:34:39 PM

What the fuck is a "flurge" (sp?) (said by amy poehler after tina fey said milf)

[Edited on September 13, 2008 at 11:48 PM. Reason : ]

9/13/2008 11:36:54 PM

would it be fair to say that Obama CHANGED his plans?

9/13/2008 11:37:11 PM

dude WTF was that???????

9/13/2008 11:53:31 PM

.... The Rock is would be considered an actor first and an athlete second, including when he was wrestling.
And yes, he is awesome on SNL.

Tina Fey nailed Sarah Palin. had the look and the voice down perfect. I think we'll be seeing her a lot for the next couple months

9/13/2008 11:55:18 PM

Quote :

"dude WTF was that???????"

the dancing thing?
it was the same sketch they did when Payton Manning was on.

.... except it was hilarious the first time. this time, not so much

9/13/2008 11:57:04 PM

Quiz Sketch: D-
Swim Meet Sketch: EF

9/13/2008 11:59:17 PM

yea, Phelps couldn't stop laughing....

9/13/2008 11:59:17 PM

yeah, they had all summer, and this is the best they could come up with?

9/14/2008 12:02:04 AM

Quiz Sketch: D-, Confused about the scene's own rules, badly timed cliches
Swim Meet Sketch: Epic Fail, little offered in the realm of comedy and the slapstick was noncommital
Awkward Kid Sketch: C-, Massive tempo problems. By the time it found its footing, it ran away.

9/14/2008 12:08:22 AM

gotta score the opening!

Tina Fey as Palin - A+
Amy Pholer as Clinton - .... B- looked worse than last year.
Material - B+

9/14/2008 12:10:16 AM

The cold opening was pretty baller. I also didn't rate the fauxmmercial.

Weekend Update is sucking it up so far. The one-liners aren't biting and the first character is awful.

9/14/2008 12:14:19 AM

i don't understand how shows like The Daily Show, Colbert, Letterman, Conan, etc come up with 30+ minutes of stand-up material every night, and SNL can't do 10 minutes of decent straight shtick once a week between two anchors

9/14/2008 12:19:32 AM

I think they buy the leftovers of all those shows.

9/14/2008 12:23:21 AM

omg, Kenan Thompson has no business doing impressions just because he's black.

Charles Barkley - fail
Al Sharpton - fail
Bill Cosby ..... pretty funny, actually

9/14/2008 12:28:10 AM

Michael Phelps as...MICHAEL PHELPS!

9/14/2008 12:29:01 AM

nice, an iPod commercial. best TV of the night.
with a lot better music than lil' wayne

[Edited on September 14, 2008 at 12:32 AM. Reason : .]

9/14/2008 12:32:07 AM

I love the T Mobile commercial haha

[Edited on September 14, 2008 at 12:37 AM. Reason : .]

9/14/2008 12:37:16 AM

Space Olympics sketch is culturally irrelevant and lacks any insight into this year's Olympics. They had so much material with which to work. Criminey.

9/14/2008 12:39:28 AM

9/14/2008 12:39:42 AM

so they only have one new cast member this year? this fat John Belushi wannaba?

9/14/2008 12:40:44 AM

is Amy Poehler pregnant for realz?

9/14/2008 12:42:17 AM

wow phelps really sucks...good thing he can swim.

9/14/2008 12:42:26 AM

Restaurant sketch: That was just annoying, I don't even feel like grading it.

9/14/2008 12:44:57 AM

[Edited on September 14, 2008 at 1:40 AM. Reason : update]

9/14/2008 1:12:34 AM

Fresno-Wiscy.

9/14/2008 1:16:47 AM

So...I do believe I'm giving up on "Big 4" comedy.

9/14/2008 1:59:52 AM

Thanks for posting that steve, that was great. Tina was a great palin, nailed the accent too.

9/14/2008 2:09:16 AM

Good lord SNL sucks now

9/14/2008 2:12:45 AM

That point has been made since 76, but yes, it sucks very badly now.

9/14/2008 2:30:11 AM

Phelps was pretty terrible, luckily he was in about as few sketches as a host has ever been in.

9/14/2008 3:09:49 AM

The only sketch I liked was the satire of his diet.

9/14/2008 3:23:42 AM

you people overthink SNL way too much

I thought it was a pretty good episode, maybe I'm just a fan of random comedy than everyone else in here. Phelps did suck though.

9/14/2008 9:04:54 AM

The only athlete I have liked so far has been Manning. He's a pretty good actor.

9/14/2008 11:22:12 AM

9/14/2008 11:28:40 AM

it couldn't keep my attention, I fell asleep at some point during the Barkley sketch

9/14/2008 12:00:21 PM

i love the political comedian in weekend update

9/14/2008 12:46:55 PM

Mark Price/UNO sketch was fucking hilarious



"HOW DO YOU NOT SMELL THAT PEPPPPAAAAHHHH?"

9/14/2008 12:56:38 PM

I thought it was pretty awful. There was hardly any political stuff. Nice to see Tina Fey as Palin... the funniest part IMO was the way she nailed her accent.

9/14/2008 1:43:04 PM

The funniest part of the whole show came from a cameo appearance from an old cast member.

9/14/2008 4:07:15 PM

i cant believe darrel hammond is still there

9/14/2008 4:19:33 PM

He's like perfect for that show.

He does great impressions, but isn't that great at stand up (only seen him once, was pretty meh).

It's going to suck completely when he's gone.

[Edited on September 14, 2008 at 4:22 PM. Reason : Wonder how much the SNL cast gets paid?]

9/14/2008 4:22:09 PM

Fey's accent was spot on...Poehler's wasn't very good.

9/14/2008 4:43:33 PM

i cannt believe how much tina fey look like palin,

damn... i kind wish palin becomes vp so tina fey can do more sketches of her

9/14/2008 5:02:51 PM