On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:29 AM, M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure if you made it up for the end of the show, but "Hotel Fees" and
> "Last Call" were both hysterical. "Hotel Fees" felt like an old-school
> Monty Python sketch ("Argon, sir. It's a noble gas." "I didn't have any
> argon." "It's odorless and colorless - how can you be sure?") and the comic
> timing between CK and Bobby Moynihan was spot-on. Also, I travel quite a
> bit, so I've had to deal with hotel clerks like the one CK was playing.
Yeah, the hotel bit reminded me of Python, Kids in the Hall, and half dozen
other places that have played the same premise before. And drunks in bars
is certainly an untapped mine of comedy.
The thing about "Australian Film Legends" was that it was supposed to be
> playing up Aussie's supposed lack of subtlety and tact. Supposedly it was
> the 12:50 sketch in the dress rehearsal and got moved up due to audience
> reactions. Frankly, the only thing that saved the sketch for me was Hader
> & CK's Aussie take on 'Brokeback Mountain'.
>
Gonna have to go with, "If you say so" for this.
> The cold open may not have resonated with you if you haven't been paying
> attention to Bloomberg's updates throughout Hurricane Sandy. But both the
> translator & Bloomberg's spanish translations have been getting a lot of
> play around the greater NY area (some have taken to referring to him as
> "Bloombito"), so it worked for me. Plus, it gave SNL the excuse to work in
> Moynihan's excellent Chris Christie impression.
>
Saw the updates. One issue SNL has faced in the wake of all the topical
comedy shows like Daily Show, as well as multiple late night shows, is the
premise they devise, rehearse, and show on Saturdays have been done by
everyone else during the week. The sign language gimmick was tired by
Thursday, but they led with it days later. And whoever (only member of the
cast I knew by name was the WU anchor) did Christie seemed to be doing
Chris Farley as Chris Christie.
> Agreed that standups should be able to deliver their monologue in standup
> format; it you go all the way back to SNL's genesis, George Carlin didn't
> do a 'monologue' as much as he did pieces of his act. As long as it's
> topical, it works well, so there's no reason not to let the comic have the
> floor for 5 minutes.
>
>
I've just watched other episodes where they make an actor or singer or even
politician try to do a monologue, and 90% of the time it falls flat. Have
guest hosts, sure, but why not ALSO have a guest comic do the monologue?
The show's older than I am -- time for them to tweak the format.
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