Broadway Skit on SNL- Page 4
Broadway Skit on SNL
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#75re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 1:01am
I'm really having trouble deciding which of these quotes to put in my signature.
Liza's "Me and Tomato are going out on the town!" is the frontrunner as of now.
I'm so glad that SNL addressed Broadway so much on this episode. Although they don't have musicals perform on the show, they really do a lot to support Broadway.
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#76re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 1:02amAnyone else think the whole Broadway thing was NPH's idea?
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#77re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 1:06am
They went the easy not funny way with CATS, COLOR PURPLE and CHICAGO and WICKED, just not that funny.
Average SNL target audience American: "Spring A-what?"
They knew they were taking a gamble with a Broadway themed sketch, the last they'd wanna do is load it with characters from musicals most of America has heard little of.
Hell I thought it was phenomenal that they mentioned Ave. Q, Miss Saigon, Tommy Tune and the Jeremy Piven incident.
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
Updated On: 1/11/09 at 01:06 AM
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
goldenstate5
Featured Actor Joined: 5/8/06
#78re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 3:21amWow. I never knew Ave Q was popular enough to be mentioned along with what basically "What mainstream America thinks of when Broadway is mentioned". Funny sketch, though...
heo1128
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/08
#79re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 3:29amSo funny!! Loved it!! Did NPH really use that nasal voice when he was Mark? I bet that would get annoying...
bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#80re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 5:15am
"They knew they were taking a gamble with a Broadway themed sketch, the last they'd wanna do is load it with characters from musicals most of America has heard little of."
Right...but there you have it, good old fashioned support for your fellow thespians in time of dire need, namely, the Broadway community. Good for SNL, one of my fave shows!
#81re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 5:29amWhere can I see this online?
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
#82re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 8:10amhttp://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/save-broadway/926201/
...everyone was doing the mambo and drinking golden cadillacs...
#83re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 8:50amIt was a very witty musical sketch. Is it possible that the "play" people might have felt a little "left out" of the sketch? from RC in Austin, Texas... I need to check it the entire episode on my dvr.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
heo1128
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/08
#84re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 9:07am
Plays and their characters are A LOT less recognizable out of context to the average american, I would guess. Actually last time I went to New York and told my uncle that I saw a play on Broadway, he was quite confused and thought Broadway was exclusively musicals.
Updated On: 1/11/09 at 09:07 AM
#85re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 9:20am
i thought it was cute, not hysterical. best part was the fiddler on the roof bit.
i preferred liza's appearance much more than this sketch.
...everyone was doing the mambo and drinking golden cadillacs...
#86re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 9:20am
i thought it was cute, not hysterical. best part was the fiddler on the roof bit.
i preferred liza's appearance much more than this sketch.
...everyone was doing the mambo and drinking golden cadillacs...
#87re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 9:21amI'm always excited when Broadway gets a "shout out" in the mainstream media, and this skit was HILARIOUS! Yay to SNL for taking a risk with this one!
dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#88re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 9:30amIT WAS AMAZING AND SO FUNNY. i really liked the Seasons Of Love thing at the end.
Lynnespock2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/04
#89re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 10:08am
I love Penelope. In fact, she is my best friend and I know her tomato very well because she introduced me last week when we were on our way to the moon to pick up Liza so we could go out and party.
SNL is funny again!
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#90re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 10:15am
It amazes me that enough isn't enough with some of you. They did an entire skit focusing on the troubles of the art form we all love (or at least should if we're on here but sometimes I wonder) when there are SO many more problems in the world. Not only that, but it was actually a FUNNY skit (a friend who doesn't like Broadway at all called me after it and said she was laughing and hoped I saw it). If you think that you're going to get any more "in" references than what we got there on about as mainstream a show as you can get, then you really need to pull your head out of the sand and look around. I couldn't believe they threw in the Avenue Q, Jeremy Piven, and Miss Saigon jokes as it was.
Oh, and the guy who did the music man - is he EVER funny?
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#91re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 10:19am
As a Brodway and NBA fan, I loved the "He's the Tommy Tune of basketball" joke.
Liza showing up with a tomato, though, was the best.
Coach Bob knew it all along: you've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed. You have to keep passing the open windows. (John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire)
#93re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 10:25am
So funny!! Loved it!! Did NPH really use that nasal voice when he was Mark? I bet that would get annoying...
Sounded like an Anthony Rapp impersonation to me. 
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leefowler
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/04
#94re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 10:51am
I see the skit differently than jasonf. To most of America, this is what the skit said: "Look how silly and irrelevant Broadway is! No wonder they're going down the tubes!"
Behind the fake tinsel of Broadway is real tinsel.
#95re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 11:31amCan anyone post a link to the Liza appearance? Thanks.
#96re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 11:31amCan anyone post a link to the Liza appearance? Thanks.
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#98re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 12:04pm
not Liza, but the Save Broadway skit is up!!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/52190/saturday-night-live-save-broadway
#99re: Broadway Skit on SNL
Posted: 1/11/09 at 12:11pm
I thought the audience DID get the Piven joke. They reacted with a "ooooh" like oh-no-you-didn't kind of reaction. We even commented on that as soon as he made the joke. That the audience got it.
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