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April 10, 2012

I Watched Saturday Night Live So You Wouldn't Have To
— Ace

Shockingly enough, it actually delivered a few laughs for once.

I didn't watch it on Saturday. I never even remember anymore. It's virtually unwatchable.

Which makes this news.

Two good bits, a fake commercial, and a Mitt Romney impression that cracks me up.

Posted by: Ace at 02:55 PM | Comments (93)
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1 Thanks, but no thanks.
I'll take your word for it.

Haven't watched that show since the days of Murphy and Piscopo, and I have no intention of starting now.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at April 10, 2012 02:58 PM (dM1NM)

2 Early OT, cause I'm a jerk like that.

Santorum suspends campaign, if you can believe cnn.

http://bit.ly/InoE2X

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 10, 2012 02:58 PM (xKC/c)

3 Where are the photos that Drudge is trying to link? Were they pulled? I click but just get one photo.

Posted by: OceanusRex at April 10, 2012 02:59 PM (yAI5q)

4 I liked the hot pants thing but then I knew what's her name had a puffy face.

Posted by: tasker at April 10, 2012 02:59 PM (r2PLg)

5 I haven't watched SNL in decades. They turned to shit after Belushi left.

Posted by: Vic at April 10, 2012 02:59 PM (YdQQY)

6 I thought last weeks was pretty funny.

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2012 02:59 PM (KNvk+)

7 We don't watch SNL because Stacy London's "What Not To Wear" is on and the boys just love the chance to be catty

Posted by: The Patriarchy at April 10, 2012 02:59 PM (Y+DPZ)

8 Then I see ace posted on this hours ago. Sorry, I got lost in Ashley Judd's puffy face!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 10, 2012 03:00 PM (xKC/c)

9 Early OT, cause I'm a jerk like that.

Santorum suspends campaign, if you can believe cnn.

http://bit.ly/InoE2X

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 10, 2012 06:58 PM (xKC/c)

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Evidently you don't look at the previous posts either.

Posted by: Vic at April 10, 2012 03:00 PM (YdQQY)

10 Last good thing on SNL was weekend update with Dennis Miller.

Posted by: Darth Randall at April 10, 2012 03:00 PM (O/onO)

11 I see you caught it now.

Posted by: Vic at April 10, 2012 03:00 PM (YdQQY)

12 Evidently you don't look at the previous posts either.

It's kind of an AoSHQ tradition.

Posted by: Meiczyslaw at April 10, 2012 03:01 PM (bjRNS)

13 No thanks. Not watching.

Posted by: cherry at April 10, 2012 03:01 PM (OhYCU)

14 Last thing I saw on SNL that made me laugh was Amy Proeller's imitation of Nancy Grace

Posted by: kbdabear at April 10, 2012 03:01 PM (Y+DPZ)

15 Lousy impression!!!!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 03:02 PM (piMMO)

16 The- "We're Just Friends" skit- http://tinyurl.com/7hfv965 Come on that was funny.

Posted by: tasker at April 10, 2012 03:02 PM (r2PLg)

17 Dan Aykroyd ruled!

Bassomatic forever. And Leonard Pinth Garnell.

Posted by: pep at April 10, 2012 03:04 PM (6TB1Z)

18 Lots of things aren't funny anymore. For instance Conan was hilarious in the 90s, but when Andy left the first time he just didn't have it anymore

Posted by: kbdabear at April 10, 2012 03:04 PM (Y+DPZ)

19 Screw SNL, NBC and the rats of the lefty bastard Ovomit shills.

Posted by: Lurkasaurus at April 10, 2012 03:04 PM (sJKFk)

20 Oops, the rest of the lefty bastard Ovomit shills.

Posted by: Lurkasaurus at April 10, 2012 03:05 PM (sJKFk)

21 The Almost Pizza clip is genuinely funny, like not just relative to other SNL stuff.

Posted by: JonathanEllis at April 10, 2012 03:05 PM (BdzEV)

22 And, I watched "Scandal," a new "political" TV show on ABC, so you didn't have to. In the closet gay, christian, decorated military man who speaks at his church... framed for murder. That about covers every liberal spewing topic, other than single mom - and race, of course. More to come on that I'm sure. Great /sarc first show out of the gate. Don't bother.

Posted by: Let's play "Can you beat this show?!" at April 10, 2012 03:05 PM (HOOye)

23 I knew there was a reason I couldn't stand him. No one is allowed to spay and neuter my friends.

Posted by: dally curiously clueless. at April 10, 2012 03:05 PM (GULKT)

24 Are we supposed to talk about puffy now?

Posted by: Vic at April 10, 2012 03:05 PM (YdQQY)

25 Clips won't play outside the US. Gotta get me a proxy.

Posted by: S. Weasel at April 10, 2012 03:07 PM (GcQCG)

26 The Almost Pizza commercial wasn't even almost funny.

Posted by: Travis at April 10, 2012 03:07 PM (9WkMB)

27 Is SNL on network TV? Meh. Been missing both for over a decade. Well, I can't really say I've been missing them. *Barump-ump*

I guess I'd rather read about puffy faces and The Patriarchy. It's funnier. And more honest.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 10, 2012 03:07 PM (eHIJJ)

28 That Romney impersonator used to date January Jones, who has a puffy face.

Posted by: The Patriarchy at April 10, 2012 03:08 PM (I1icO)

29 The romney thing wasn't bad. the hot pants was pretty funny. the rest was wasted time to me.

Posted by: todler at April 10, 2012 03:08 PM (OluE0)

The ending of the pizza sketch was great.

Posted by: ATaLien at April 10, 2012 03:09 PM (2p0vz)

31 More Puffy Face!

Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2012 03:09 PM (I1icO)

32 I'm a cranky fuck who feels the need to remind everyone.

They haven't been funny since _____ .

I haven't seen a TV since _____ when they _______.

I haven't been to a movie theater since ______ came out.

Posted by: average AOSHQ cranky fuck [/i] [/b] at April 10, 2012 03:09 PM (JEpGb)

Some of their stuff is funny even now. I get the feeling that Seth Meyers might be able to be pulled over to the dark side, but he's got to earn a living, and he can't do that if he goes too far off of the reservation.

Their recent "Real Housewives of Disney" was hilarious:

http://is.gd/EVf53c

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at April 10, 2012 03:10 PM (0xqzf)

34 Sorry, Ace. I just can't handle those SNL feebes anymore. Haven't for a long long time. Since the Buckwheat days, I think.

Posted by: Soona at April 10, 2012 03:11 PM (OvdJX)

35 I haven't been puffy, since I took antibiotics.

Posted by: cherry at April 10, 2012 03:11 PM (OhYCU)

36 Drunk uncle on Weekend Update was hilarious.

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2012 03:11 PM (KNvk+)

37 The "Road to the White House" bits were better than the Romney impression.

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at April 10, 2012 03:12 PM (d6QMz)

38 Ben Affleck's portrayal of Keith Olbermann on SNL from 4 years ago is surprisingly funny and spot-on.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at April 10, 2012 03:12 PM (0d0K7)

39 Meh, the *idea* behind the Romney sketch is cute, but the impression blows and the actual material is weak.

Posted by: Y-not at April 10, 2012 03:13 PM (5H6zj)

40 More-more-more-more Puffy Face...

Posted by: Lady Gah Gah at April 10, 2012 03:13 PM (eHIJJ)

41 Whenever a Conservative watches SNL, the terroists win.

Posted by: If It's Mitt, Obama's a Hit at April 10, 2012 03:13 PM (CP+yl)

42 The Romney one was pretty damn good.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 10, 2012 03:13 PM (GZitp)

43 I only like Stefon.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at April 10, 2012 03:14 PM (3wYCm)

44 Their recent "Real Housewives of Disney" was hilarious:

http://is.gd/EVf53c

Sorry, but that's Alinsky 101.

Posted by: cherry at April 10, 2012 03:14 PM (OhYCU)

45 32
I'm a cranky fuck who feels the need to remind everyone.

They haven't been funny since Conan wrote for the Simpsons.

I haven't seen a TV since lunchtime when they had them set up above the bathroom urinals.

I haven't been to a movie theater since Avatar came out.

Posted by: fb at April 10, 2012 03:14 PM (wQ1iq)

46 Those Obama sketches were really hilarious. Right? Oh, wait, there weren't any.

Posted by: cherry at April 10, 2012 03:15 PM (OhYCU)

47 average AOSHQ cranky fuck,

Get off my blog!

Posted by: Above Average AOSHQ Cranky Fuck at April 10, 2012 03:15 PM (eHIJJ)

48 Nasim Pedrad's pretty hot. Have they ever had an actual hot chick on there before? And not just "hot for a comedian" which is just another term for a West Virginia 7.

Posted by: wooga at April 10, 2012 03:16 PM (vjyZP)

49 Last good thing on SNL was weekend update with Dennis Miller.

*****

Norm is still one of my faves.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 03:16 PM (piMMO)

50 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2012 03:16 PM (7W3wI)

51 39 Meh, the *idea* behind the Romney sketch is cute, but the impression blows and the actual material is weak.

I don't mind a weak impression, but if you hadn't told me it was him, I would never have known. Very weak.

Posted by: pep at April 10, 2012 03:18 PM (6TB1Z)

52 The pizza thing was pretty funny, and I'll even give them that the Romney sketch was well-aimed, albeit too long.

But why the hell can't they do anything like that with the SCOAMF? The fact that they refuse whilst also rolling out the anti-GOP stuff is contemptible.

Posted by: Kensington at April 10, 2012 03:18 PM (H84UO)

53 49 Last good thing on SNL was weekend update with Dennis Miller.

*****

Norm is still one of my faves.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 07:16 PM (piMMO)

Frank Stallone and Crack whore. Two of the best punchlines.

Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2012 03:19 PM (GULKT)

54 Drudge says Barky is wasting away, that's cause Moochelle rides him like a tricycle.

Posted by: Bob Doles left nut at April 10, 2012 03:19 PM (9/6PQ)

55 Who started the "We don't believe you" bit?
It's been a moron staple for a long time.

Time for DiGiorno.

Posted by: DaveA at April 10, 2012 03:19 PM (onSRg)

56 Did SNL portray Mormons as zombiefied cultists again? They did that killer bit a few weeks ago. You see, Romney is a Mormon, and Mormons are like a cult, so Romney's supporters are cultist Mormons. Get it?!? Really, really, funny stuff. Funny in that SNL's army of comedy writers are so shitty that that humorless skit actually made the cut.

Posted by: mugiwara at April 10, 2012 03:19 PM (KI/Ch)

57 But why the hell can't they do anything like that with the SCOAMF? The fact that they refuse whilst also rolling out the anti-GOP stuff is contemptible.

****

"Clang" is comedy gold. I'd be surprised if they pass that up.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 03:19 PM (piMMO)

58 I remember Dan Ackroyd's hilarious imitations of Jimmy Carter, like the Preparation I speech

I haven't watched them regularly since the original cast.

Now get off my lawn!

Posted by: kbdabear at April 10, 2012 03:20 PM (Y+DPZ)

59 Haven't watch SNL in years. To me SNL will always be Beluchi, Radner, the others and college. That's how I want to remember it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2012 03:21 PM (i6RpT)

60 ""Clang" is comedy gold. I'd be surprised if they pass that up."
===============

I think they'll pass it up, or they'll do something about how stupid Republicans are for caring about "clang."

But even if they take a shot at Obama, it will have taken them more than three years, which is ludicrous!

Posted by: Kensington at April 10, 2012 03:21 PM (H84UO)

61 SNL is more like an Obama Revival meeting now.

Posted by: cherry at April 10, 2012 03:23 PM (OhYCU)

62 I don't mind a weak impression, but if you hadn't told me it was him, I would never have known. Very weak. -------------- Yeah, I can accept not getting the voice dead on, but he didn't even get the look or mannerisms or speaking cadence right. Plus, they left an obvious joke on the table at the ASPCA bit.

Posted by: Y-not at April 10, 2012 03:23 PM (5H6zj)

63 The Almost Pizza clip really is pretty funny.

Posted by: ace at April 10, 2012 03:23 PM (nj1bB)

64 SNL is more like an Obama Revival meeting now. Posted by: cherry at April 10, 2012 07:23 PM (OhYCU) If I wanted to see that, I'd go to a Church in Harlem and see it in the original

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2012 03:24 PM (i6RpT)

65 Maybe lefties should ask themselves, what if who is elected president did not have a huge impact on everything from cat spaying to waffles square size.

Imagine.... its not so hard if you really try.

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon doesnt reread before post at April 10, 2012 03:27 PM (RfvTE)

66 #17 - what about Mel's Char Palace? "You stun it, you cut it, you grill it!"

Posted by: the Butcher at April 10, 2012 03:27 PM (8g9qq)

67 I haven't watched SNL in decades. They turned to shit after Belushi left.

"You kids get off'n my lawn!"

Settle down, gramps, before you have a stroke.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 10, 2012 03:29 PM (PMGbu)

68 OK, watched the Romney bit.

So SNL begins the political war in earnest. Who could've guessed it? Right out of the box, Romney is defined as The Panderer and not to be believed. As opposed to SCoaMF who panders more than he governs and actually has a compelling, proven record of lying.

Is it any wonder why I've skipped SNL for years?

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 10, 2012 03:30 PM (eHIJJ)

69 AOS cranky fuck, that's me.

They haven't been funny since Bedlushi left (already said that)

I haven't seen network TV since 80s when they started turning to complete shit instead of mostly shit.

I haven't been to a movie theater since Star Wars II came out.

Posted by: Vic at April 10, 2012 03:30 PM (YdQQY)

70 Sorry, but that's Alinsky 101.

Posted by: cherry at April 10, 2012 07:14 PM (OhYCU)

Ummm...OK? It cracked us up (we've got 3 grown daughters, and one still at home who loves the princesses)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at April 10, 2012 03:32 PM (0xqzf)

71 So SNL begins the political war in earnest. Who could've guessed it? Right out of the box, Romney is defined as The Panderer and not to be believed.

***

Dude! People do that here every day!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 03:33 PM (piMMO)

72 "what about Mel's Char Palace? "You stun it, you cut it, you grill it!""

Stevie Nicks Fajita Round-up

Posted by: lowandslow at April 10, 2012 03:34 PM (GZitp)

73 I haven't been to a movie theater since Star Wars II came out.

A shame you missed Dana Carvey's "Cranky Old Man" skit...

"And that's the way it was! And you liked it!!"

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 10, 2012 03:35 PM (PMGbu)

74 The musical guest was One Direction, a boy band from England. Their target audience is young tween/teen girls. Yes, we watched it at my house.

Posted by: snowcrash at April 10, 2012 03:36 PM (t2NQr)

75 I was in a hotel once and they had SNL on and I watched Dana Carvey playing "Massive Headwound Harry". And that really is the last time I watched.

Posted by: Soona at April 10, 2012 03:39 PM (OvdJX)

76 Justin Timberlake is a great guest. He will do whatever it takes to get a laugh which is great because he doesn't pretend to be too cool to make fun of himself.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 03:40 PM (piMMO)

77 Niedermeyer's Dead Horse: "Dude! People do that here every day!"

We also rip on Obama every day. We're the South Park of the political realm. Everyone gets multiple turns in the barrel.

SNL on the other hand is still under the impression that not finding anything critical/funny about SCoaMF buttresses their legitimacy as social commentators as well as keeping them edgy. They're "edgy" alright. Just like "Clown Nose On-Off" Stewart.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 10, 2012 03:49 PM (eHIJJ)

78 I will give SNL points for Ben Affleck's parody of Keith Olbermann doing Worst Person in the World

Posted by: kbdabear at April 10, 2012 03:50 PM (Y+DPZ)

79 SNL has sucked since Mr. Mike O'Donoghue left.

Posted by: toby928© at April 10, 2012 03:57 PM (GTbGH)

80 The dude they have playing Romney is almost, but not quite, totally unlike Romney. I think he's basically recycling someone's old Dan Quayle act.

Romney is almost impossible to satirize because Romney's defining characteristic is that he's normal. He looks like a normal person, he sounds like a normal person, he acts like a normal person. (Sure, he may wear Mormon Jesus Underpants or whatever, but that's not on public display.)

As far as I've seen, he has no speech quirks or characteristic turns of phrase. The liberal comedians will basically have to create a fictional character called "Mitt Romney" and force everyone to recognize it.

Posted by: Trimegistus at April 10, 2012 04:01 PM (cbZmP)

81 Clang? Huh?

Posted by: Trimegistus at April 10, 2012 04:04 PM (cbZmP)

82 I watched the first 15 minutes with the sound off. Why? As Joe Biden would say, one word: Sofia Vergara. And if "that" is not enough for you guys, I am recommending that your Moron Cards be pulled, schnell. And I drive a fucking Prius, too.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at April 10, 2012 04:05 PM (qwK3S)

I'm still trying to process that Abby Elliott is Chris Elliott's daughter - and Bob Elliott's granddaughter. (Plus it makes me feel older than a California Redwood.)

Posted by: A. Pendragon at April 10, 2012 04:11 PM (pYA5L)

84 I've continued to watch bits and pieces of SNL over the years, albeit infrequently, but years ago they had a young Lindsay Lohan on as guest host. I think she was 17 at the time, and they had her dressed u as Hermione from HP with her boobs hanging. The entirety of the skit was about her boobs.

The entire skit.

I thought it was disgusting and wondered then where the hell her mother was.

How little we knew back then.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 04:18 PM (piMMO)

85 hanging out....

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 04:19 PM (piMMO)

86 And Vanessa Bayer is "sweetly pretty," in Young Ones parlance (said when discussing Felicity Kendal) and is sadly overlooked for the weeabu bit she does every other show or so. She could easily be the Gilda Radner of the show if given a bit more range and opportunity, but Lorne Michaels seems inclined instead to make her the Vicky Lawrence to Kristen Wiig's Carol Burnett.

Posted by: A. Pendragon at April 10, 2012 04:19 PM (pYA5L)

87 Trimegistus: "The liberal comedians will basically have to create a fictional character called 'Mitt Romney' and force everyone to recognize it."

Not a problem. We can do that. We do that shit all the time.

Posted by: Liberal Comedians at April 10, 2012 04:20 PM (eHIJJ)

The Romney skit..... You know, the very same thing could be done with the SCoaMF. He repeats himself, over and over. ....That voice from the audience yelling "We don't believe youuu!" would work for him as well.

Never before, in the history of tv comedians, has so much fertile ground for comedy been overlooked.....intentionally....as has been overlooked since the JEF took office. ....It's really sickening.

Posted by: wheatie at April 10, 2012 04:34 PM (+5U+B)

89 I remember when Vodkapundit called Romney a 6 foot walking penis. Good times.

Posted by: TomH at April 10, 2012 04:51 PM (pYQtg)

90 I'm a cranky fuck who feels the need to remind everyone.

They haven't been funny since _1973

I haven't seen a TV since _they switched to color.

I haven't been to a movie theater since _talkies came out.

You see this all the time on conservative forums. It makes us look like stuffy and stodgy.

Posted by: BoutrosBoutros at April 10, 2012 05:09 PM (lBh8j)

91 82 I watched the first 15 minutes with the sound off. Why? As Joe Biden would say, one word: Sofia Vergara. And if "that" is not enough for you guys, I am recommending that your Moron Cards be pulled, schnell. And I drive a fucking Prius, too. ------- This. Jeez, I was live-blogging it here Sat night, that skin-tight low-cut mini-skirt was a nuclear knockout, but no-one here even noticed. Glad to see I'm NOT the only red-blooded man left here.

Posted by: JewishOdysseus at April 10, 2012 06:45 PM (IojUD)

92 Don't you laugh at that Almost Pizza. It's what you'll be eating in the gulag.

Posted by: #OccupyResoluteDesk at April 11, 2012 03:27 AM (Orvm4)

93 The fake commercials were always the funniest parts of the show. I still chuckle when I remember Gilda Rander and the Hey You perfume commercial.

Posted by: Jaynie59 at April 11, 2012 05:09 AM (4zKCA)

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