On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> Along with the Duane Johnson, Jon Hamm and Anne Hathaway-hosted
> affairs, it was one of the few top-notch SNLs of a mediocre season. (I
> think of the fall's dynamite political material with Tina Fey's
> devastating lampoon of Sarah Palin as something separate from the
> standard raft of sketches.) And I'd say that Timberlake is now among
> the program's elite hosts - alongside Christopher Walken, Tom Hanks,
> Steve Martin and (sorry, Kevin) Alec Baldwin.
It was in the top tier of SNL episodes this year (take that for what
it is worth) and Timberlake does again demonstrate that he is not just
alongside, but at the top of the list of reliable SNL hosts. The
surprise guests didn't add very much IMO, and I did not really
understand the first song with the woman named "Sierra" (I am outside
the target demo, bug apparently is is a prolonged advertisement for
rear-entry sexual intercourse; don't get me wrong - I have nothing
against that approach, but in my day we did not need commercials for
it).
I had two kind of technical questions about the show. One was during
the open you could hear someone kind of counting them down to the
"Live From NY..." line. Would that have been the director (presumably
in some kind of booth?) or some kind of stage manager? You could hear
the voice, under whatever line was being delivered (I can't remember
now) saying something like "Stand By!) then a few seconds later the
voice said something like "Here we Go!" just before the standard
opening line is delivered. I don't remember ever hearing that before -
what kind of mistake is this? Was the voice talking too loud, or was
some stage mike on that should have been off? Do the actors hear this
kind of thing all the time - and if so, how distracting must that be?
I have a job where I have to talk for a living in front of audiences,
and I demand almost total silence (and if I don't get it I go
Christian Bale on their asses).
When JT did his opening song (which, while a bit derivative for this
show, was still well done and effective - this generation of SNL fans
needs its own Steve Martin) someone from the audience yelled out "I
Love You" right after this first line ( "...the whole thing was a
blur"). Would that most likely have been staged by the producers of
the show? If so, it was staged pretty naturally. If it was spontaneous
from a real audience member (and I thought they had strict rules
against that at SNL tapings) then I am really even more impressed with
Timberlake's performance skills - he gave a quick response ("I love
you too") without breaking stride and went on to nail a pretty complex
bit of singing and moving.
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