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Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 3:49 am

I'm a fan but I'll go out on a limb and suggest that most of RM isn't.

Anyone want to talk SNL with me?

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 3:49 am

I am a fan, though obviously some eras are better than others.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 3:51 am

rank this year's cast

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 3:57 am

bobby moynihan
taran killam
kate mckinnon
cecily strong
beck bennett
kyle mooney
vanessa bayer
aidy bryant
kenan thompson
michael che
colin jost
pete davidson
jay pharoah
sasheer zamata
jon rudnitsky
leslie jones

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 4:02 am

zeb wrote:I'm a fan but I'll go out on a limb and suggest that most of RM isn't.

Anyone want to talk SNL with me?


HUGE fan. Have seen nearly every single episode since Woody Harrelson hosted in 1989 (I was 9 at the time).
Have read all the books, even Tom Davis's slog.
Have done the set tour.
Watch all the cut-for-time sketches online (ALL of them).
Wrote a letter to NBC informing them of my boycott when Trump recently hosted.


I even know who Marci Klein is.


We can take this as far as you want to go... :naughty:

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 4:41 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:bobby moynihan
taran killam
kate mckinnon
cecily strong
beck bennett
kyle mooney
vanessa bayer
aidy bryant
kenan thompson
michael che
colin jost
pete davidson
jay pharoah
sasheer zamata
jon rudnitsky
leslie jones


Moynihan seems a little high here. I couldn't put him higher than McKinnon, for instance.

Che and Jost are an excellent update pairing, too.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 4:42 am

tragabigzanda wrote:Have done the set tour.


Moar info plz.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 4:51 am

zeb wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:bobby moynihan
taran killam
kate mckinnon
cecily strong
beck bennett
kyle mooney
vanessa bayer
aidy bryant
kenan thompson
michael che
colin jost
pete davidson
jay pharoah
sasheer zamata
jon rudnitsky
leslie jones


Moynihan seems a little high here. I couldn't put him higher than McKinnon, for instance.

Che and Jost are an excellent update pairing, too.

he just scratches my itch...i like him in almost everything...plus cast isn't that strong to me

che and jost haven't won me over yet, but they're getting better

i like the offbeat mooney and bennett humor, but i don't think snl is going to allow them to delve too deeply into it

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 5:08 am

Always entertaining, even when the material sucks:
kate mckinnon
kyle mooney

Great comic range and consistent delivery:
bobby moynihan
cecily strong
vanessa bayer
kenan thompson
beck bennett
taran killam
aidy bryant
jay pharoah

One-Trick Ponies:
leslie jones
michael che
colin jost
sasheer zamata
pete davidson
jon rudnitsky

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 5:10 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
zeb wrote:
Moynihan seems a little high here. I couldn't put him higher than McKinnon, for instance.

Che and Jost are an excellent update pairing, too.

he just scratches my itch...i like him in almost everything...plus cast isn't that strong to me

che and jost haven't won me over yet, but they're getting better

i like the offbeat mooney and bennett humor, but i don't think snl is going to allow them to delve too deeply into it


Agreed on all counts.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 5:19 am

zeb wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Have done the set tour.


Moar info plz.


The NBC tour at 30 Rock is fantastic. My wife took me for my birthday one year when we lived in Brooklyn. You see a lot of different NBC production stuff, but the time spent in SNL land is substantial. We happened to be able to watch them rehearse a skit for that weekend's show (from an observation window overlooking the studio floor), and Bill Hader came out and spoke to our group for a couple minutes. The tour guide said this never happens. Jason Sudeikis also came out, but he didn't interact at all.

You get to see some of the costumes, wigs, masks, etc from past episodes (most of the set design stuff is kept off-site). Also, it's great fun to see all the framed photographs of past cast members, hosts, and musical guests.

The studio is tiny. Just three small stages, and not a lot of seats (which now makes the backing applause track during the show's intro painfully obvious -- the level of crowd enthusiasm that you HEAR during the intro is always way more intense than what you're actually SEEING).

I have tried to get tickets in the lottery every year, but still no dice. Have never stood in the standby line because I was never in the area when PJ was playing, and there's no other host or musical guest that would compel me to do that.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 5:29 am

im somewhat surprised a thread didnt already exist

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 5:32 am

I like this cast, and I don't really have a problem with anyone in it. I tried to rank them all, but the only part of my list that felt right was the top three:

Vanessa Bayer
Aidy Bryant
Cecily Strong

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 5:34 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:bobby moynihan
taran killam
kate mckinnon
cecily strong
beck bennett
kyle mooney
vanessa bayer
aidy bryant
kenan thompson
michael che
colin jost
pete davidson
jay pharoah
sasheer zamata
jon rudnitsky
leslie jones


Also: Yikes Lenny -- You'd put Rudnitsky above Jones? According to the SNL site, he's only been in 14 sketches to her 76. You really don't like her, huh?

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 5:39 am

Jones is pretty insufferable from what I've seen.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 5:44 am

I like her. She's not nuanced but she makes me laugh.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 5:44 am

Mecca wrote:im somewhat surprised a thread didnt already exist


As was I!

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 5:45 am

The Argonaut wrote:I like this cast, and I don't really have a problem with anyone in it. I tried to rank them all, but the only part of my list that felt right was the top three:

Vanessa Bayer
Aidy Bryant
Cecily Strong


They're all at least 7/10 (Bayer is maybe the strongest of the three) but I think McKinnon is at least 9/10.

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 2:30 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:bobby moynihan
taran killam
kate mckinnon
cecily strong
beck bennett
kyle mooney
vanessa bayer
aidy bryant
kenan thompson
michael che
colin jost
pete davidson
jay pharoah
sasheer zamata
jon rudnitsky
leslie jones


Also: Yikes Lenny -- You'd put Rudnitsky above Jones? According to the SNL site, he's only been in 14 sketches to her 76. You really don't like her, huh?

i almost wanted to put him over zamata too based on potential alone

pharaoh does some good impressions, but beyond that i think he's garbage

Re: Saturday Night Live

Mon December 07, 2015 2:55 pm

That alien abduction skit was pretty good.

:lol:
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