In an SNL season that has been wildly uneven post-election, where even the best hosts seemed poor served by bad material (Alec Baldwin’s underwhelming hosting gig comes to mind, as does the very up-and-down turn served by Neil Patrick Harris; in both cases, the hosts themselves were fine, but the material just didnt live up […]
This time it’s a couple that I didn’t even know knew each other. Elisabeth Moss (known to today’s audiences as Peggy on Mad Men but remembered fondly by me for her role as Zoe Bartlett on The West Wing) and Fred Armisen (the man behind SNL‘s Obama) recently announced their engagement. I’m trying to imagine […]
Tonight was Saturday Night Live’s first episode of 2009, as well as their first episode since the departure of Amy Poehler. And they coped remarkably well, at least in my biased opinion. The very fact that Neil Patrick Harris was the host made me like the show. It could have been the worst episode in […]
Saturday marked the last episode for beloved SNL cast member Amy Poehler. Through 7.5 Saturday Night Live’s brightest stars, and also the first in history to be nominated for an Emmy for best supporting actor. From her dead-on impressions of Dakota Fanning, Sharon Osbourne and Christian Siriano, to her always funny talk shows “Bronx Beat” and “The Cougar Den”, to her fantastically pathetic self-portrayal as a Bon Jovi-obsessed teenager, to her key […]
Why was this week the Fred Armisen show? He seemed to be in every single sketch. While I loved seeing Amy Poehler back and always appreciate a good Vinnie Videcci segment, what stood out for the week was the Armisen-ness. Heavily featuring Armisen over some of the lesser talents like Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis is […]
Let me preface this post with an apology 1) for the fact that I haven’t posted since Saturday and 2) for the fact that I won’t be posting regularly again until next week. I’m on vacation see, not at my normal location or on my regular TV schedule. That will not stop […]
Though I’m very excited to get 30 Rock back, I’ll be sad to see SNL Weekend Update Thursdays go. I don’t have time to watch the full show every week so having 22 minutes of just the political stuff was really great. Politics has always been a Saturday Night Liveforte and Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler […]
Fred Armisen on SNL. His Obama impression is dead on and his “political comedian” Nicholas Fehn is perhaps my favourite character on the show. SNL repeats- the perfect summer solution. Dominic Cooper. Not only is he the star of The History Boys (one of my all-time favourite movies) but with Mamma Mia, Dom Cooper proved […]