EPISODE REVIEWS

John Goodman / Paula Cole
February 7, 1998

OPENING:THIS WAS FUNNY AS HELL. JOHN GOODMAN AS LINDA TRIPP HAD ME ROLLING ON THE FLOOR. I DIDN'T THINK BOB DOLE FIT IN IT TOO WELL BUT THERE WHERE SOME FUNNY STUFF HERE

8 OUT OF 10

MONOLOGUE: EVEN WITHOUT BELUSHI THE BLUES BROTHERS STILL ROCK

8.5

MORNING LATTE: SOME FUNNY LINES BY FERRELL BUT KIND OF WEAK

6.5

TEN COMMANDMENTS: HILAROUS. HAMMOND WAS DEAD ON WITH CLINTON. "WHAT ABOUT A WOMAN GETTING TO KNOW YOU?"

8.5

OLYMPICS: WEAK AND NOT VERY CREATIVE.

5

X-PRESIDENTS: FUNNIER WITH THE X FIRST LADIES. BUSH HAVING SEX WITH BARB AT THE BEGINING WAS HILAROUS.

7.5

EMERIL LIVE: FUNNY THAT THEY MADE FUN OF GINSBURG, BUT WEAK IN OTHER ASPECTS.

7

WEEKEND UPDATE: COLIN IS GETTING THERE. I THOUGHT THE MATT DAMON THING WAS FUNNY, BUT THE FRAT BOY WAS WEAK.

7.5

PAULA COLE: GREAT VOICE. GOOD SONG.

8

JUDGE JUDY: VERY FUNNY. AYKROYD WAS HILAROUS. OTERI AS JUDY WAS DEAD ON.

8.5

MARTHA STEWART: BOOOOOORRRRRRIIIIINNNNNNGGGG!!!!!!!!

4

SABADO CHISTOSO: THE CLINTON JOKES ARE FUNNY BUT GETTING OLD FAST.

7

WHEN COBRAS ATTACK: FUNNY AS HELL. FERRELL IS NOW THE FUNNIEST CAST MEMBER NOW THAT NORM IS GONE. I LIKED THE PILOT DESCRIBING WHAT HE SAW WHEN HE WAS GOING DELIROUS.

8.5

STORYTELLERS: ABSOLUTELY HILAROUS. FERRELL PROVES TO BE THE FUNNIEST NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME PLAYER. FERRELL-"ONCE I HAD TO KILL A DRIFTER TO GET AN ERECTION"

9

OVERALL: 8

Episode Review written by Kenneth Reed

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