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Saturday Night Live
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 06:50 amDid anyone else watch SNL on the 6th? Because O.M.G. From the cold open to the musical guest and the special cameos in between, it was freakin' amazing! I don't know any of the regulars' names, because I haven't felt they've been doing anything worth watching for years, so I'm going to have to do some research now. Several weeks ago I caught an opening and was just "meh."
First up, "Nancy Polosi's" speech to the country. HI-Lar-EE-Ous. Actually, it was so outrageously OTT, that I couldn't believe they wrote it, much less got away with airing it. I sat here alternately laughing my ass off and watching through my fingers, wondering when someone was going to pull the plug.
The guest host was Alec Baldwin. He was great. I can't remember what his first sketch was, but I remember laughing all the way through it. He was also in a "commercial" for a Herpes medication that had me again wondering how they were getting away with airing it. Were the network censors all on vacation last week?
The bit with Alec in the super-special guest host green room was a treasure. First of all, Steve Martin! was guest appearing, and they did a bit of "Princess Bride" silliness with the drugged drinks switching back and forth. Their special waiter was Martin Short!! Who of course was brilliant. And finally, Paul McCartney wandered in for the closing lines, but they kept calling him "Paul Simon." Hee.
All of the commercials I saw were so believable, I had to really check in with DH to see if they were real or Memorex. And I don't normally appreciate Christina Aguierlla (sp) but her first number seemed to be a very well-put together and high-energy number.
Unfortunately, at this point, I had to crash, but honestly, if SNL is going to maintain this level of quality, surprise and hilarity, I'm going to have to revive the old tradition of listening to it in a darkened living room while making out in the arms of my boyfriend on the sofa, and only rarely seeing the shenanigans. At least if I'm doing that, I'll know my kids aren't, LOL.
First up, "Nancy Polosi's" speech to the country. HI-Lar-EE-Ous. Actually, it was so outrageously OTT, that I couldn't believe they wrote it, much less got away with airing it. I sat here alternately laughing my ass off and watching through my fingers, wondering when someone was going to pull the plug.
The guest host was Alec Baldwin. He was great. I can't remember what his first sketch was, but I remember laughing all the way through it. He was also in a "commercial" for a Herpes medication that had me again wondering how they were getting away with airing it. Were the network censors all on vacation last week?
The bit with Alec in the super-special guest host green room was a treasure. First of all, Steve Martin! was guest appearing, and they did a bit of "Princess Bride" silliness with the drugged drinks switching back and forth. Their special waiter was Martin Short!! Who of course was brilliant. And finally, Paul McCartney wandered in for the closing lines, but they kept calling him "Paul Simon." Hee.
All of the commercials I saw were so believable, I had to really check in with DH to see if they were real or Memorex. And I don't normally appreciate Christina Aguierlla (sp) but her first number seemed to be a very well-put together and high-energy number.
Unfortunately, at this point, I had to crash, but honestly, if SNL is going to maintain this level of quality, surprise and hilarity, I'm going to have to revive the old tradition of listening to it in a darkened living room while making out in the arms of my boyfriend on the sofa, and only rarely seeing the shenanigans. At least if I'm doing that, I'll know my kids aren't, LOL.
