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Britethorn

(1,488 posts)
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 06:46 AM Mar 2013
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Best SNL in Years? (Original Post) Britethorn Mar 2013 OP
"Not Available From Your Location" DFW Mar 2013 #1
NBC overseas Britethorn Mar 2013 #11
I have to run over to the USA in a month or so DFW Mar 2013 #13
I still don't really know why Justin Timberlake is famous though NoMoreWarNow Mar 2013 #2
Believe it or not... cheapdate Mar 2013 #15
ok-- thanks! NoMoreWarNow Mar 2013 #18
And let's not foget the Superbowl Britethorn Mar 2013 #19
the Moet and Chandon sketch is pretty hilarious though NoMoreWarNow Mar 2013 #3
Monica And Chandler Champagne............. thelordofhell Mar 2013 #14
wow. Maybe it was just because I was completely sober - but not funny, not funny at all...IMHO. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #4
I agree, maybe because he built it up so much? Quixote1818 Mar 2013 #9
I am probably not a good judge...haven't laughed at it since Ackroyd's plumber's crack. nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #10
The set-ups had a lot of potential politicandy Mar 2013 #20
Funny stuff. Wowee....lots of cameos. Thanks. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #5
timberlake is always funny iamthebandfanman Mar 2013 #6
I loved it! Liked seeing all the guests/past characters and felt SNL should glinda Mar 2013 #7
It HAS to be better than that horrific Suit and Tie song her released underpants Mar 2013 #8
We thought it was GREAT!! n/t Duval Mar 2013 #12
Britethorn, thank you for pointing me to this. AAO Mar 2013 #16
That's What I'm Talk'n 'Bout! Britethorn Mar 2013 #17
Couldn't get past the singing tofu Red Knight Mar 2013 #21
I would have to agree. So much old and present performing talent and yet nonoyes Mar 2013 #22

Britethorn

(1,488 posts)
11. NBC overseas
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 02:18 PM
Mar 2013

Sorry about that. I wish they would make their shows available outside the US. You usually have to find a local comedy channel which carries the show.

DFW

(54,387 posts)
13. I have to run over to the USA in a month or so
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 02:39 PM
Mar 2013

I'll bookmark the link and hope it's still there.

cheapdate

(3,811 posts)
15. Believe it or not...
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 04:04 PM
Mar 2013

He's one of the most commercially successful singers of all time.

As a member of the boy band N'Sync, his records sold more than 50 million copies. His solo recordings have probably sold more than 20 million copies. He's done multiple, highly successful world tours as an entertainer. He's won scores of music industry awards including 4 Grammys. He's been successful in film and television, active in charities and philanthropy, etc. etc.

 

NoMoreWarNow

(1,259 posts)
18. ok-- thanks!
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 06:26 PM
Mar 2013

Just he was one of those people whose name you always hear but since I didn't follow his music, I had no clue why he was famous.

Quixote1818

(28,939 posts)
9. I agree, maybe because he built it up so much?
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 01:01 PM
Mar 2013

Not one of the sketches really did much for me, not even with the cameos. They were cute but not that well written at all.

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
6. timberlake is always funny
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 11:45 AM
Mar 2013

when hes on SNL.
without fail.

i always found nsync super annoying.. but i dont have a problem with his solo work.. some of its actually pretty deep considerin':p

glinda

(14,807 posts)
7. I loved it! Liked seeing all the guests/past characters and felt SNL should
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 11:53 AM
Mar 2013

try to do this more often. JT was great. I always like when he hosts.

underpants

(182,811 posts)
8. It HAS to be better than that horrific Suit and Tie song her released
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 11:53 AM
Mar 2013

one of the worst "songs" I have ever heard.

 

AAO

(3,300 posts)
16. Britethorn, thank you for pointing me to this.
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 04:24 PM
Mar 2013

I haven't watched SNL for years, (not from a conscience decision, just other priorities) but, yes, this is a damn good show, If you don't find the 5 timer skit funny, you either have no sense of humor, or no perspective.

And I don't care what anybody says, Justin Timberlake is a fucking genius, and dismiss him at your own ridicule.

Red Knight

(704 posts)
21. Couldn't get past the singing tofu
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 04:06 AM
Mar 2013

This was not the best SNL in years but it may have been the most painful to watch.

I didn't even smile and frankly, it was hard to watch them dig up the "Wild and Crazy Guys" thirty some years later and trot them out there as older "Tired and Crazy Guys" and expect it would still be funny.

It's almost as though, instead of focusing on making something funny, the producers threw up their hands and said--ah the heck with it--let's just bring back a bunch of old stars and maybe no one will notice, we got nothin'.

The show needs some new writers.

The tofu singer went on waaaaay too long and wasn't funny in the least and they end it with an already burned out "Harlem Shake" bit? SNL---that died about two weeks ago.

SNL is not easy to watch these days. Every now and then they still manage to hit a skit or two but it just isn't worth watching most weekends.

And last night's show was simply the worst.

 

nonoyes

(261 posts)
22. I would have to agree. So much old and present performing talent and yet
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 08:48 AM
Mar 2013

nothing funny in the script.

The show needs to hire some Youtube comedy writers/performers, because there's hundreds of funny Youtube comedy sketches out there every week. Personally, I watched the show for 20 minutes and fell asleep, watched the rest of it the next morning and regretted having wasted that other 35 minutes.

This stuff NBC is putting out there as comedy is just not funny.

Maybe NBC should abandon the idea of trying to re-invent the SNL wheel and go with something completely new, something even with a more creative name than "Saturday Night Live" since most of the humor on the show is DEAD on ARRIVAL.

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