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#4

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/29/07 at 6:42pm

As an SNL fan...I will go back and see Bee again to see Darrell.
I guess they are celebrity casting Panch to bring in the audience from here out...

Updated On: 5/29/07 at 06:42 PM

#5

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/29/07 at 6:44pm

Nothing against Darrell Hammond, but I never expected Bee to end up doing celeb casting (and I really did like Mo Rocca).
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#7

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/29/07 at 6:56pm

Darrell Hammond is someone I would consider a celebrity. Not of the highest caliber but he is widely regarded as one of the greatest performers in the history of Saturday Night Live and can certainly bring in audiences. I personally applaud this move by Spelling Bee as a truely creative and appropriate casting move. Hammond, I believe, would not feel wedged into a role like many celebrity performers are.
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#8

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/29/07 at 7:05pm

If Bee is gonna stunt cast to keep the show alive then this will be the role they do it too. Not unlike how Rocky tried to use revolving Narrators to boost ticket sales towards the end. I'd say expect this trend to continue to keep the show running for as long as it can work.
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#11

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/29/07 at 7:11pm

i usually groan at celebrity casting, but this is just perfect. hammond will be wonderful, im sure.
and i agree with whoever said about that dreamcasting for that role is stephen colbert. that would be comic genius. even stephen carell could be really fantastic, too!
#14

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:05pm

He will be entertaining in it...but he really is not a big enough name if you do not know SNL.
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#15

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:33pm

And I suppose if he's not, then it shouldn't matter, and it'll go back to the show being a draw instead of who's in it.
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#17

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/29/07 at 10:48pm

Stephen Colbert would be amazing in the role!

I have no idea who Hammond is though. I haven't been watching SNL since it started to suck.


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#18

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/29/07 at 10:56pm

"I have no idea who Hammond is though. I haven't been watching SNL since it started to suck."

He's been on it for 12 years. How long have you even been alive?
#20

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/29/07 at 11:38pm

I have no idea who Hammond is though. I haven't been watching SNL since it started to suck.

SNL's suckery starts depending on how old you are...I stopped watching in 1996. re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12
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#21

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/30/07 at 12:27am

This show would have to run a long time to cash in on Colbert or Carrell. Both are insanely successful at the moment and far too busy to jump into a Broadway show on top of their "day jobs."

Honestly, any of the Daily Show correspondents would be great as Panch (which Rocca, Colbert, and Carrell all were before finding success in other projects).

Updated On: 5/30/07 at 12:27 AM

#22

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/30/07 at 12:40am

I guess I just don't remember him. I stopped watching in 2000 or 2001.

I watch it very rarely now.
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#23

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/30/07 at 12:52am

He's been on since 1995 so even if you stopped watching in 1996, you would have seen him. Anyway, he is probably one of the best impressionists of all time and I am definitely going to see him!
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#24

re: Hammond Replaces Rocca in Spelling Bee, June 12

Posted: 5/30/07 at 8:14am

I can't take anyone seriously when they say SNL sucks now. SNL has always sucked, and it's always been great. It's wildly uneven from week to week and mostly dependent on the host. Every currently-running cast is said to be the worst ever, and as soon as they leave, people get nostalgic for them. It's a neverending cycle.

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