On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:33 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kevin told us he would be visiting NBC Burbank, but he kept his > surprise appearance during the monologue on SNL secret. He was great. > > By this season's standards it was not too bad of an episode (perhaps > or perhaps not, coincidentally, relatively low Wiig content). > > But my main question is this: What happened at the end? I got the > impression something went significantly wrong with timing. They re-ran > a faux-ad in the last 15 minutes (maybe this was planned, but it > seemed unusual) and those odd Wiig hot air balloon segments, which may > have been reruns, or just another variation on easy MacGruber-like > time filler. Then they held on the card of Baldwin as Godfather for a > long time before going to the sign-off. All in all the last act had > the feel of a show in which a skit had been pulled at the last minute.
Both the Chewable Pampers ad and the Lonely Island hot-air balloon ad were reruns, the hot-air balloon one actually having run last season. I think what happened was that something got cut and it threw off the timing. My theory is that there was supposed to have been a different cold opening. Look at how unusually tacked on the "Live from NY, it's Saturday Night" was. > > > > > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin Happy Accidents http://inturnaround.vox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
