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"You guys know Steve Martin is like a world class banjo player, right? It's been part of his act for decades, and he's really freakin' good."

i'm sure he is a great banjo player, but he is a horrible singer/songwriter, at least as far as lyrics go

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"SNL is a variety show, and the host played some music, as is allowed (but rarely done anymore) in a variety show. End of story."

so we arent allowed to say it sucks b/c it is part of a variety show??

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"mcgruber is always good,"

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"macgruber was funny, "

it was ok, but you know it wasnt part of the show right? they were both (3?) commercials

2/1/2009 11:56:05 PM

i saw 1 out of the 3 during the superbowl, but even so they were still all funny

2/1/2009 11:58:38 PM

btw, this is a good interview with Steve Martin where he talks about his early stand-up career in the 60s and 70s, and his banjo and musical background
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95973456

2/2/2009 12:04:44 AM

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"so we arent allowed to say it sucks b/c it is part of a variety show??"

I never once said that you weren't. In fact I thought it was lame, too.

But it seemed people were freakin' out like WTF WITH THE BANJO? When it really wasn't all that strange. I was simply clarifying that he's a banjo player.

2/2/2009 9:29:00 AM

ha i just clicked in here thinking it was The Office thread and was like "why the f*ck are they talking about steve martin"

2/2/2009 10:02:53 AM

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"governor paterson was pretty funny"

I lost it when he ran into Seth with the rolling chair. I enjoyed that more than anything else. Also, can't go wrong with Macgruber.

2/2/2009 9:02:43 PM

ok, so who is the other guy in Jizz in My Pants and now in the "I'm on a boat" with Adam Sandberg?

2/8/2009 9:00:12 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorma_Taccone

2/8/2009 9:01:24 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonely_Island

2/8/2009 9:27:34 PM

Back to Steve Martin, I highly recommend his autobiography, Born Standing Up
http://www.amazon.com/Born-Standing-Up-Comics-Life/dp/1416553657/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234147879&sr=8-1. He mentions a lot about his early stand up career and even further back to his first job, a magician's assistant at Disney World

2/8/2009 10:05:28 PM

there were a few funny skits last night. My wife and I lol'd.

better than the last few.

2/8/2009 10:07:49 PM

i turned it off immediately when Cameron Diaz showed up - I fucking hate her

but saw this skit today - pretty good, but I was expecting a better ending
http://www.hulu.com/watch/57938/saturday-night-live-wii-guys#s-p1-st-i0

2/15/2009 9:03:12 PM

last night was probably their best effort of the year

alec baldwin for permanent host

2/15/2009 9:07:44 PM

Sir Mix-A-Lot's Photoshop

2/15/2009 9:30:58 PM

bitch pleeze

2/15/2009 10:15:20 PM

Cameron Diaz on SNL makes me want to cut myself.

2/15/2009 10:57:56 PM

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"last night was probably their best effort of the year alec baldwin for permanent host"

wow i thought the opposite. last two have been abysmal.

4th jonas brother: stupid
cougar show: stupid
samberg thing w/ jonas bros: meh at best
wii thing: ok
fix it guy: stupid as usual
sir mix: ok
meeting guys: ok, i guess

2/15/2009 11:04:12 PM

^ agreed on all counts

2/15/2009 11:04:48 PM

Casey Wilson would get it.

2/21/2009 11:57:05 PM

eww

2/22/2009 2:02:25 AM

fix it guy: AWESOME AS ALWAYS

2/22/2009 2:03:20 AM

Ray Lamontagne this Saturday!

3/2/2009 10:40:45 PM

Who was that playing Jessica Rabbit?

3/8/2009 12:25:45 AM

jessica beil


that Gametime thing was great, had me in tears

3/8/2009 1:02:26 AM

Ray LaMontagne AND JT in the same episode???

I bet ncstatetke is still recovering

3/8/2009 1:12:55 PM

OMG

that was heavenly! i want JT to host his own late night show and Ray & Co. to be the house band

3/9/2009 5:52:34 PM

whats the big deal with they guy singing, i just FF through him

3/10/2009 4:10:45 PM

Tracey Morgan this Saturday.

Hope they don't fuck this on up.

3/11/2009 11:00:48 PM

i hope he doesnt get anyone pregnant

and why am i the only one given props to "gametime"??

bill hader was AWESOME in that

3/11/2009 11:02:39 PM

^was that the "he is not an alien" one??

3/11/2009 11:06:09 PM

yes and it was goddamn great

3/11/2009 11:07:37 PM

his screaming when he got hit by the water was hilarious

i'm gonna start doing that to my wife when she tells me to do chores

3/12/2009 8:26:29 AM

way to go, chuck!

3/12/2009 9:03:03 AM

this is at least the 3rd time they have shown that chewable diapers ad



edit: so is it a new stereotype for black people on snl to straight up read cue cards? scared straihgt thing, not only are morgan and keenan reading the cards, keenan is mouthing along to morgan's lines while morgan says them

[Edited on March 15, 2009 at 2:16 AM. Reason : is that racist?]

3/15/2009 2:01:52 AM

I dunno, DeNiro and Walken are pretty awful card readers.

3/15/2009 2:30:06 AM

true, but do the players mouth their lines while they say them


anyway, i had such high hopes for tracy, but this one was pretty embarrassing, rocket dog was great, i'm not sure if i even got a chuckle the rest of the time

and the chewable diapers AND fart right have been used before

3/15/2009 2:53:10 AM

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"i had such high hopes for tracy, but this one was pretty embarrassing"

Indeed. He basically did updates of all of his old skits/characters. The opening was different than anything I've seen SNL try before. Little disappointed that Tina Fey only appeared for a brief moment. Wish they would have let her do a part of update.

I liked the Digital Short.

3/15/2009 7:47:42 AM

SNL?

lol

3/15/2009 10:06:03 AM

i've watched up to the first kelly clarkson song and so far i'm lovin it

3/15/2009 1:28:45 PM

I thought it was great$. The short, high IQ, big love, rocket dog hehe

3/15/2009 3:26:45 PM

the short was just ok

high IQ was pure dumb

big love...i dont know, maybe you hvae to watch the show, it was just dumb to me

3/15/2009 6:28:39 PM

yeah i'm a huge fan of big love and the impressions were spot on

3/15/2009 8:01:07 PM

oh man High IQ was my cup of tea

as was the Dateline sketch

HOUSTON

WE HAVE A DOG

[Edited on March 15, 2009 at 8:30 PM. Reason : +]

3/15/2009 8:26:27 PM

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"high IQ was pure dumb hilarity"

3/15/2009 8:47:39 PM

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"i'm sure he is a great banjo player, but he is a horrible singer/songwriter, at least as far as lyrics go"

He played his banjo on the Muppet Show back int eh 70s and it was amazing.

3/15/2009 8:57:41 PM

high iq SUCKED

rocket dog was funny

3/16/2009 12:28:10 AM

I haven't seen Big Love, but the Bill Paxton impression was dead on. He had the voice down cold.

3/16/2009 8:47:51 AM

Best of Amy Poehler?

Is it me or is one of the most worn out ideas on here to have a female cast member play an annoying kid and bounce around the set for 5 minutes?

4/18/2009 11:50:37 PM

just waiting for the Palin rap (even though i can watch it on hulu at any time.....)


the dollar thing is pretty funny. i never saw it before

[Edited on April 19, 2009 at 12:01 AM. Reason : .]

4/18/2009 11:59:52 PM

Tina Fey as Barbara Bush =

4/19/2009 12:38:59 AM