by UnfrozeCavemanLawyer on Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:53 am
Good Golly! It's 4AM already, I'd better get this in before going to bed....to the DVR!
Taylor Swift 11/7/09
Cold Open
Wonderful. Fox News is so ripe for parody, it just oozes comedy. Kristin as Greta Van Susterenenanehan, looking like she had a stroke. The botox paralyzed her face. A little mean, but so funny. If you work on Fox, you deserve to be mocked. Bill as a great Shepherd Smith, Bobby as an exquisitely abhorrent Karl Rove, Kenan in his ubiquitous impression, this time as Juan Williams, Will as Britt Hume, and Fred as the token Democrat that never got in a word edgewise. Bill had that voice down pretty good, this is just great. They overplayed the election results to depict as Obama's political life being over, while downplaying the Democratic victories. And Jason doing a BRILLIANT Glen Beck, I want as much of that as you can do. The political comedy writers haven't lost a thing, my favorite part of the show usually....
Monologue:
I had to reconfigure my expectations when I heard Taylor was hosting (AND singing)....that is a big task, but I kept my hopes up.
Monologues aren't my favorite, but there she is looking all cute, singing a song for the monologue about the monologue. I like it actually, her cute-ness wins out, and being a songwriter/guitarist, I give her total leeway and respect her being able to just get up there with her guitar and her voice and her cute-ness. Kanye reference, loved it.
Swine Fever:
Bobby in a commercial filmed years ago, way before the swine flu outbreak. Hilarious. Brought to my mind how the chocolate diet product AIDS company felt after the AIDS epidemic started.
The View:
Always love it, and Taylor as Kate Gosselin was very entertaining, with Kristin's Elizabeth Hasselbeck going on & on about Kates 'hair. I always love Fred's Joy, complaining about her armflap fat....So what, who cares? I love that. Kenan's Whoopie is always a hit with me, and I still can't tell if that is Jenny or Nasim playing Barbara. I'll get it one day, but in make-up and wigs their similar facial structures make it even harder. And as Nicholas Cage. Nice work on the voice, Andy. Hope to see more....
Movie Trailer for firelight:
Bill as a frankenstein character, a parody of the Twilight movie I guess (I haven't seen it), using Frankenstein and mummy characters. I can't get enough of this type of stuff.
Hollywood Dish:
Taylor being interviewed by the Entertainment Tonight knockoff. Bill & Kristin as the insipid hosts, making facial expressions while Taylor answers questions, in an ambush hatchet job. Long but I liked it.
TRAAAPD:
Taylor talks about driving wile texting, explains that the worst drivers are parents. Very amusing. Not quite the 'sexting' sketch I suggested, but close enough. Taylor even looks cute in those hideous braces.
Weekend Update:
Seth cracks wise, we laugh.
Fred as Nicholas Fein: Let me put it this way. When Nicholas Fein comes on, I think....ok, let me start again, of all the sketches that SNL puts on....if you were to rank recurring characters....comedy is tough, made even tougher when pounding a weak character into the ground....it's like when you don't really want to write anything...he is amusing on some twisted level, but...the only thing I...why do they...but...and...
Abby as Sarah McLaughlin: Loved the singing voice Abby. Needs a stronger premise, but promising nevertheless.
REALLY?!??!? Brought back Amy....welcome back for a minute. I always love this bit....slams the CDC for slipping Swine Flu vaccines to Goldman Sachs before hospitals and schools. Well deserved slam....well done....
Penelope:
Oh well, every show has to have a slow place, and I was prepared for this one. Learned here on this forum that Taylor was a Penelope fan. Find a happy place, Mike, it'll be over soon.
Scared Straight:
Another cookie cutter, which barely deserved a first run. Those are 6 minutes I'll never get back....
Roommates:
Hey, I recognize that the lead is Nasim....it is easier without the makeup and wigs. That is Nasim, isn't it? Taylor is the roommate, and Nasim is on a date with Andy, but is overly attached to TAylor. At least it was better than Penelope and Scared Straight...,.
Bunny Business:
The soundtrack to a movie I'm not even sure they bothered to finish....NOW WE'RE TALKING!
A great opportunity for a singing sketch, parodying different performers like I like so much.
Fred as a hilarious Randy Newman, Kristin as a funny Natalie Merchant (great job on the voice, Kristin), Taylor as a wonderful Shakira (my favorite one), Andy as a great Adam Duritz of Counting Crows, Abby as Christina Aguilara, Bill as Eddie Vedder,& Kenan as Jennifer Hudson singing about give me the money for this soundtrack. Best 12:55 sketch ever....
See you next week...
You can't buy me, HOT DOG MAN!