The Weekend Update

[skb2010]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 12:34am

Oh man. Tonight was awesome. Amy and Seth were cracking each other up.

That was probably the best episode I've seen in a while.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 12:41am

Rosie Perez as the new voice of Dora was Amy's crowning achievement on the news. I immediately rewound and watched again and laughed even harder the second time.

"I'm through with exploring, I wanna kookie."

[BroomstickBoy]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 12:47am

Tonight's episode was actually pretty decent.

[skb2010]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 12:51am

Was that Cameron Diaz as one of the cougars? I couldn't tell if it was or if there was a cast member who looked freakishly like Cameron.

[futurenala]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 1:02am

It was Cameron. This was her second time in the cougar's den. This episode was one of the best in a while.

[skb2010]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 1:04am

Ok. I'm not just loosing my mind. Thats good news.

[BroomstickBoy]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 1:24am

Cameron Diaz usually annoys the hell out of me, however when she's on SNL I love watching her.

She does a good Latina cougar. How cute was Franco in the skinny jeans and emo wig?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 8:42am

I must be getting old, this episode was not funny. It's as if they have a beginning of an idea for something funny, but it's not enough to make a whole skit, so they just pad it with unfunny filler.

During Weekend Update, the section where the guy was being sued for sexual harassment went on way too long. The pacing of that section was too slow.

The OJ Simpson trial was just a time waster. It looked under-rehearsed.

The only thing I thought was mildly funny was the Yankee Stadium Stories.

And it looked like James Franco was always positioned so he could make best use of the cue cards.

[Broadwaynerd101]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 7:34pm

I wasn't partial to this one either!

[supportivemom]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 7:37pm

Didn't really love it either. Loved the opening skit with Hammond as John McCain approving all of the lying commercials! I also love how Cameron Diaz fully embodies her Cougar character. Also thought Kristin Wiig looked GREAT in her James Bond girl like outfit. My daughter said she was amazed at the wigs they use for all the characters. She said they all look so real- so props to the wig master!

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/21/08 at 7:43pm

"And it looked like James Franco was always positioned so he could make best use of the cue cards."

That's pretty true with all the hosts. And they have more than one cue card holder, so to make it easier. At least that's the way it was when I was on the show.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 12:26am

They also do drastic editing and sometimes rewriting between dress and air (dress ends at 10:15-10:30 usually running 2 hours). There is really no time to memorize lines.

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 12:49am

yeah, MOM, i have to agree. i think the designers (is it still Eugene and Franny Lee?) do a protean job on such short notice.

As to rewrites, there have been articles recently about how they are trying to make it more topical, and thus adding very last minute trends and things, particularly given the election.

But i think the show is definitely back on an upswing....and i'm really glad. It's a part of my heritage. i'm old enough to have been watching it for decades!

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 1:29am

Eugene Lee is still there but he is in charge of the set design. Frannie Lee left AGES ago. Tom Broeker is now the costume designer. Wigs are there own separate department

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 1:26pm

thanks, SNAFU, i'm aware of what Eugene Lee's career is about. That is why i used "designers" and not "costume designers" or "costumers"....because the scenery is often quite good at the same rushed rate.