Saturday Night Live

[Manboobs Crackerbag]

Didn't Dane Cook do stand-up as his monologue. I'm trying to remember but I think it's been blocked in my mind.

[NFox]

He did, and apparently it was the longest SNL monologue in history (9ish minutes) which means it felt like, well, the longest SNL monologue in history.

-Nick

[Levenbach]

John Mulaney wrote the "Of Mice and Men" sketch.

[NFox]

John Mulaney wrote the "Of Mice and Men" sketch.

Well, then he deserves a medal or an award of some sort. I have some old speech and debate trophies (Yeah, I've always been a nerd)...do you think he'd accept one of them?

-Nick

[KevinLee]

John Mulaney wrote the "Of Mice and Men" sketch.

How do you know that? I believe you, I would just like to know how you got this information.

[suavepebble]

I liked the episode enough. I think my favorite joke was the weekend update joke about the pope giving an anti-euthanasia speech involving accepting the moment that god chooses for you to die and then getting into his bulletproof car to drive off.

[billynord]

Fred Armisen's American Apparel CEO during Weekend Update was stunningly perfect. Those creeper eyes popping out from below tinted shades, I was losing my mind. So great.

Also, Sudeikis' Barreled Lehman Brother employee, please more of that! I loved the shuffling as he exited. So many memorable nuances in this episode.

[mary]

I just think it would be cool if every once and awhile they offered a music slot to a stand-up comedian.

[NFox]

I just think it would be cool if every once and awhile they offered a music slot to a stand-up comedian.

Why don't they split the difference and put Hard 'n Phirm on? I would actually watch the musical segments if they had those two fine gentlemen on as musical guests.

-Nick

[Itslikeimsayin]

The music breaks allow you to catch your breath from laughing so much the rest of the show. Duh.

[TomHicks]

It is strange how they just stopped featuring variety acts -- probably not the best description of them -- like Penn & Teller, Andy Kaufman, Harry Anderson and that guy who juggled shit, in addition to musical acts and the hosts.

I loved the guy who juggled shit. One time he "juggled" Ping-Pong balls by spitting them up in the air.

[smartbunny]

There used to be a lot less places to see standup on TV back in the day (the 70's, 80's) but now there is standup everywhere on TV.

*edit - Also, John Mulaney is a genius.

[KevinLee]

Is this the thread where we post our favorite catchphrases from the show?

[BillBrasky]

"The guy who juggled shit"= Michael Davis

I think the last time they tried something like that was when they had Tenacious D on as a "special guest" on the Matthew Broderick show (from '98 I think? I don't really feel like looking it up right now) They weren't the musical guest, but they performed "The History of Tenacious D" and "Sex Supreme" during the show (I guess because Broderick had worked with JB on "The Cable Guy").
The audience didn't react very much, but I think that was before most people knew who Jack was.

[scamboogah]

Harry Anderson and Joel Hodgson both did stand up on SNL back in the day.

[(Mul)Doomstone]

Sam Kinison (with musical guests, The Replacements!), Andrew "DiceTheDiceMan" Clay and Martin Lawrence all performed stand-up on the show, too ... and I would say that some of Steve Martin's earlier appearances as host could be pegged as "stand-up" ...

... did Seinfeld do any stand-up when he's hosted?

Then again, who cares? The monologue can either veer in to stand-up territory or not, dependent on the host and more important ... I like musical guests! Especially when they play music!

[jon]

Chris Rock, too.

[frogmann]

I think it was mostly in the Ebersole years when they used to have stand-up on the show. yeah... Harry Anderson, Joel Hodgson, Sam Kinison, Penn & Teller, and Steven Wright were the ones I remembered seeing the most in those early 80s reruns. Maybe a little bit in the 70s too, mostly in the first season I think.

[DiscoInferiorityComplex]

They also brought back Damon Wayans two months after he was fired from the show to do a standup set during the season finale.

[bao]

Didn't George Carlin do his baseball-football bit in the first ever episode?