EPISODE REVIEWS

Nathan Lane / Metallica
December 6, 1997

OPENING: BRIAN WILLIAMS COVERS WELL BABIES TRAGEDY

WELL I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THIS SKETCH BUT I HEARD IT WAS GOOD

MONOLOGUE: NATHAN LANE

THIS WAS A GOOD MONOLOGUE I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FUNNY "HAKUNA MATATA"

A

COMMERCIAL: CHESS FOR GIRLS

THIS WAS PRETTY GOOD I LIKED HOW THEY DID THIS IT WAS JUST LIKE A BARBIE COMMERCIAL IT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES "IT'S CHESS FOR GIRLS"

A

SKETCH: CRAIG AND ARIANNA'S CHEERLEADING DREAM

AGAIN I LIKED THIS IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST CHEERLEADING SKETCHES I LOVED TO SEE THE DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS THEY ARE PRETTY "SHAKE THAT FUNKY JELLY"

A+

SKETCH: THE QUIET STORM

I LOVE THE QUIET STORM THIS ONE WASN'T THE BEST ONE THOUGH BUT NATHAN LANE PLAYED A REAL GOOD PART IN THIS ONE "THIS IS THE QUIET STORM"

A-

SKETCH: SISTER WENDY BECKETT'S ART ODYSSEY

THIS WAS FUNNY BUT A LITTLE NASTY I DID LAUGH A LOT THOUGH I WILL ADMIT THAT "I DIDN'T TOUCH IT I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF IT WOULD BURN MY HAND"

A-

SKETCH: THE HISTORY OF VAUDEVILLE(MINORITY SONGS)

THIS WAS REALLY FUNNY AND ORIGINAL NORM MACDONALD DIDN'T DO TOO GREAT BUT THAT DID NOT EFFECT THE SKETCH AND FOR SOME REASON IT JUST STUCK IN MY HEAD "I EAT BABIES, I DRINK PEE, I MUST BE FRENCH, FRENCH, FRENCH"

A

WEEKEND UPDATE: WITH NORM MACDONALD

THIS WAS OK WHEN NATHAN LANE PLAYED COSTELLO IT WAS FUNNY BUT NOT THE BEST WEEKEND UPDATE

B-

METALLICA

THIS WAS OK I AM NOT MUCH FOR MUSICAL GROUPS BUT THEY WEREN'T TOO BAD EXCEPT FOR THE LADY THAT WAS ALSO A SPECIAL GUEST AND SANG WITH THEM SHE COULDN'T SING A LICK

NO GRADE FOR MUSIC

SKETCH: SONGS THAT RUINED EVERYTHING

NOW THIS WAS PRETTY GOOD BUT NOT THE BEST SKETCH OF THE NIGHT

B+

THE LOST DEEP THOUGHTS BY JACK HANDEY

THIS WAS WEIRD THE DEEP THOUGHTS ARE MORE CONFUSING THAN FUNNY ANYMORE

C

SKETCH: VANCE HELPS MISS MILO INTO COSTUME

THIS WAS PRETTY FUNNY TO SEE NATHAN AS A WOMAN AGAIN BUT NOT THE BEST SKIT EITHER

B

METALLICA

AGAIN NOT TOO BAD

NO GRADE

SKETCH: SANTA CLAUS THE EX-CONVICT

THIS HAD SOME GOOD LINES BUT THIS WASN'T AS FUNNY AS WHEN COLIN PLAYED THE SAME CHARACTER BUT HE WAS A WAITER

B-

THE LOST DEEP THOUGHTS

ANOTHER CONFUSING ONE DIDN'T LIKE IT TOO MUCH

C

OVERALL:

WITH EXCEPTION OF OF FEW BAD SKETCHES NATHAN LANE PUT ON A MARVALOUS AND I LIKED MOST OF THE SKETCHES FAIRLY WELL

OVERALL GRADE: B+

Episode Review written by Justin Saltonstall

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