Posts tagged as Saturday Night Live
Robyn Still Awesome
Swedish pop star Robyn appeared on Saturday Night Live on Saturday, to remind us that we should not forget that her "Dancing On My Own" is one of the, say, five best songs made by anyone in the past five years. She wore some crazy gear, sort of like that S&M-looking harness thing Tupac rocked in the New York Times Magazine in 1996, and danced just as well as you ever have alone in front of your bedroom mirror, and helpfully put the Twitter icon on her twin drum kits, as an extra little hint to spread the word about how awesome she remains. She also played "Call Your Girlfriend," which, yes, remember to do that, too.
'Saturday Night Live' Is Funny (!!!)
If you don't watch "Saturday Night Live," as I don't, except when something really special happens, such as Anna Faris hosting, you might not know that it's kind of gotten delightfully weird again! That's exciting! This is a premise that could have gone so wrong and totally didn't. (Here's more from Saturday.)
Kanye West Continues Being Supremely Awesome
You've probably seen this. But just in case you haven't: here's Kanye West performing his new song "Runaway" with a ballet troupe and Pusha T on Saturday Night Live. Against a heavenly white-draped set (that's my big question: was this in fact in front of the studio audience, or fed in on a screen? I hope people got to see it live), dressed like Eddie Murphy in Delirious, Kanye proved why he's the most captivating pop star on the planet right now. He also performed "Power," with choreography reminiscent of the nude album cover of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland. That was terrific, too. But since "Runaway" came out a couple weeks ago, I just can't stop listening to it. It's so defiant and sad all at the same time. It's like a hip-hop "Behind Blue Eyes." READ MORE
The 'SNL' Board Game Is A Real Thing
There is apparently a "Saturday Night Live" boardgame and it is also apparently a new product? (On the plus side of this odd news, since 1. 'SNL' movies always bomb and/but 2. Only board games can become movies now, so this is a totally valid business model for the franchise to evolve and achieve success in the theaters!)
Three Funny People Achieve Career Dream
Here are Saturday Night Live's three new cast members. About two of them, not much is known! In particular because it seems like the "digital strategy" at SNL is to make new cast members delete everything off the Internet upon hiring. It is an interesting position. In any event, at this time there's no telling how my season pass will fare. Will episodes continue to accumulate in their little folder, waiting for that week that I come down with a broken femur or something and run out of trashy movies? Could be! IF ONLY the Internet had a blog related to all things comedic to tell me what I think of this.
Vanishing Point (Your Memes Reviewed): Betty White
Science has yet to determine the long-term effects memeification can have on a person. Rick Astley's tenure as automated punchline has spanned three years, max, and the man's been more than a good sport about it. Yet who knows what manner of existential abyss has begun to open inside him? Conan O'Brien, as far as we can tell, has been reduced to the color orange. Neil Armstrong refuses to talk about the moon landing and wanted to sue a barber for selling his hair. And 88-year-old Betty White, by popular demand, will be hosting Saturday Night Live on May 8, 2010. READ MORE
Elements of Stale, with Luke Mazur: Rush Rules/Obama Challenge
So I stayed in to watch Saturday Night Live last Saturday. I know you believe me, because, like my bio says, now I live at home with my parents. But that notwithstanding, I like to watch SNL, well, live. I'm sort of a news junkie and the 90 minutes of sketch comedy/whatever really tees up the Sunday morning talk shows for me. Remember that one Road Rules/Real World Challenge when Ayanna freaks out about sleeping in her game day clothes? Where she's so ready to compete that she sleeps in her uniform? Well, that's me every Saturday to Sunday. Except my uniform is sweatpants. And my competition is Jake Tapper tweeting about Peggy Noonan. READ MORE
Okay, Fine, SNL Was Not Terrible This Year
Did you see Saturday Night Live this weekend? It's all over the Internet if you haven't and, you know what, there's probably a good reason for that: It was pretty solid. Against the odds, and given that it is what it is, i.e. a tired format whose impact has been severely diminished in our fast-paced etc., the show had a season that actually exceeded expectations. (All sorts of charts and graphs can be found here.) Anyway, everyone's going to be talking about the "Celebrity Jeopardy" skit, which was indeed hysterical, or the final skit which inexplicably featured a cameo from every celebrity who was in town this weekend, but we're embedding the opener, with Will Ferrell as George Bush lamenting the fact that Dick Cheney wasn't the kind of Vice President who said stupid things to make his boss look smarter. It's funny because it's true.
SNL: High School Musical 4
This skit from this weekend's Saturday Night Live is over five minutes long, stars Zac Efron, and is actually one of the funnest things the show has done in years. Have a look.
