Weekly SNL thread- Page 43

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 4:43pm

Madonna doesn't need to know her lines.

She's Ma-F'in-donna.

Duh.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 4:45pm

Tucking is something drag queens do to hide their penis.

She was making a joke about people calling her a man in a dress.

It made me howl!

Oh, and I was also laughing that Old lady Gaga and I have the same martini light and blue drapes with brown accents!

Updated On: 11/17/13 at 04:45 PM

[NYadgal]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 6:46pm

Agree that the Speech Critic was hilarious. I've watched it a couple of times and find it funnier and funnier.

Not a Gaga fan, but she held her own. Overall, a good episode!
The opening was perfect.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 6:48pm

ps - Diva, I'm fairly certain he knows what 'tucking' is. I think Addison was saying he didn't understand the reference as related to Gaga...

I, too, have passed on the Gaga circus, but was familiar with the stories a while ago that Gaga wasn't a woman.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 7:32pm

Well, if there's an opportunity for me to talk about penis, I come running!

J/k....





But not really....

[Marianne2]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 7:37pm

I liked the episode as a whole too. I liked the Kimye sketch and the opening.

I sort of like Lady Gaga's music. Not all of it, but some of it. My thing with her is she is a very talented singer. I saw that the last time she was a musical guest on the show. I just wish she showed it more in what gets played on the radio and not when she happens to be on SNL.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 7:49pm

Finally saw the Old Gaga skit - and it actually seemed like a pretty deep few minutes on fame and those seeking the spotlight. There were jokes, but there was also a sadness to it.

I give Gaga props for putting herself out there like that.

[Addison D.]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:00pm

Yes--I was clear on 'tucking', generally, just not on what it would have to do with GaGa, in particular, as she strikes poor, simple-minded me as so obviously a Real Girl.

But thanks for the clarification Diva--you can talk penis to me anytime.

[Platypus]

Posted: 11/17/13 at 9:19pm

It makes me sad that the mayor of my city is such a ridiculous embarrassment that he was the subject of the cold opening.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 11/22/13 at 10:41am

‘SNL’ Answers Critics by Booking All White Male Hosts, Musical Guests for December

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/22/13 at 11:23am

I love arguments that are essentially "there are no people of color as long as you overlook the person of color".

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 11/22/13 at 11:36am

I've watched the Jedediah Atkinson sketch at least once a day since it aired. HILARIOUS. My favorite bit is the beard line.

I also can't help but howl at the Autumn's Eve commercial.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/22/13 at 12:17pm

OMG, John Goodman is hosting???? I. CAN. NOT. F'ING. WAIT!!!!!!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/22/13 at 1:00pm

What happened to Addys post?

I got a laugh out of her, and it was deleted.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 11/22/13 at 2:38pm

Not to open an old wound but does anyone else find it odd that SNL faced criticism about a lack of diversity and then booked all white male host and performers for December? Is Lorne that big of an ass?

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 11/22/13 at 2:55pm

You didn't open an old wound. I posted a story about it - see my previous post. And I agree, it's absolutely ridiculous.

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 11/22/13 at 3:22pm

I don't know how the producers pick the artists. There are only four Saturdays in December. While Lorne is the producer, is it unsafe to say that there's a team of them that book the music gigs? While there are plenty of bands/singers of color, would it be applicable that none of the big names (read: ratings) were available, didn't have new music, etc? Could it be that only white men were available for these weeks?

Lorne could just be letting his KKK flag fly, but I don't think its that easy. They could've asked Alicia Keys (just to throw out a name) but she's busy on tour or whatever.

It could be that every else has prior commitments. I don't think its fair to blame Lorne/SNL for not hiring men and women of color.

If I've skipped an article that says that Lorne chose white men over every one else, then I'll gladly retract this post.

(I just hope they're not that folksy bull****. "yeah" repeated six times is not a lyric.)

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 11:10am

This was probably one of the worst episodes I've ever seen. Didn't have much faith in Josh Hutcherson's comedic ability and he did not disappoint.

HAIM also sounded like sh!t and looked like a bunch of crazy people who found themselves onstage.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 11:25am

"It could be that every else has prior commitments. I don't think its fair to blame Lorne/SNL for not hiring men and women of color."

Well it has never really "hurt" the show before so I am sure he never really had his feet to the fire for not hiring minorities when it has always been about whether or not it has been funny or they have found young talent. Eddie Murphy's discovery was not really about his skin-color, although he got to do skits that I am sure even today's SNL could not do, but that he was the first real lightning in a bottle talent talent they found since the first cast cycle. Lorne on race on the show has not nearly been intensely scrutinized as the show's history of dealing with sexism in the workplace. The sexism seems like a relic of the past but that seems more to do with the fact female cast-members have spoken up about that part of the show for decades.

Let's also note a lot of the places where Lorne has always found these people for the show, Second City, UCB, Groundlings, etc., all have their diversity problems too. Maybe there is just something to the fact those places seem incredibly closed off to people who can capitalize their comedy in other avenues like the internet. Even just looking at the writing than the sketch players, the SNL writers room has always had the rep as, 'Writers from the Harvard Lampoon' (It varies from Conan O'Brien and Al Franken to Frank Rich's kid). It just feels like a different kind of comedy than Key & Peele, Eric Andre, Dave Chappelle, or even say a Tim & Eric.

I mean Lorne got that many years of Fred Armisen playing Obama, and frankly every other minority under the sun, with not that much scrutiny to the point I am sure he can get away with anything to do with race on the show. People will still watch and people will still find something or somebody funny on the show.

Updated On: 11/24/13 at 11:25 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 12:00pm

The only skit I really laughed out loud during was the CEO with infant's body.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 12:30pm

After I saw that I gave up. That was beyond lame. If that made the show, I would hate to see what did not make it.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 1:46pm

You didn't make it to Weekend Update?! I thought that was your thing!

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 2:22pm

Agreed, Clyde. Probably the worst episode of the season thus far.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 2:23pm

When SNL started they had only one African American and I believe 7 people. Lorne is much older now and basically has no one @ NBC to answer to. They have so many players it is hard to believe thay could not find 1 African American woman to flesh out their cast. I think this will be addressed next season. Michaels cannot afford to have this controversy next year.. It would also help if they hired writers who know what is funny as this group prove that except for political humor they have no clue.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 2:34pm

I think people forget there are also lots of shifts in the writers room too. Mulaney was a big loss and usually there are one or two who leave the show to write for other television shows. Seth staying on and righting the ship in addition to writing and cast subtractions cannot be easy in addition to the hiring practices being scrutinized.

Look up Tina Fey on the Howard Stern show from years ago. She and Artie Lange actually tell Howard and Robin their whole try-out stories for SNL. Both of their experiences sound pretty maddening and stressful despite in one case, Tina got the job and made it big and Lange is certainly not slumming it at all despite getting rejected.