That Jude Law episode was extremely watchable. Moynihan made me crack up in that Twilight Zone thing.
Looks like the first review of the documentary is up, and it's a positive one:
more here: http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/1...t-review-sxsw/With Saturday Night, James Franco the actor becomes James Franco the filmmaker, as he sets the camera loose inside the very closed and somewhat private world of Saturday Night Live. From that first team pitch meeting with that week's celebrity guest to a full, live show one week later, Franco's doc takes us through every step of the process with a cast and crew who truly appreciate the art of the joke, and are relentlessly committed to the long, arduous journey it takes to put just one episode of Saturday Night Live out on the air.
Franco never shifts and shapes his documentary by fitting it into some corny mold with voiceovers, music or excessive talking-head interviews. Instead, it's as if he just tosses the camera into the air and lets it float – capturing the SNL creative process from a fly-on-the-wall perspective, allowing the audience to mix and melt with castmembers and writers so they, too, become a part of the madness. Saturday Night doesn't reinvent the wheel and it won't reveal any shocking truths (except maybe that Bill Hader deserves way more credit than we give him), but you'll definitely walk away with a lot more respect for not only the show itself and what it manages to produce with only one week of prep time, but also the people who make it all happen.
Hadn't thought of that. Man, this COULD HAVE been awful! Nice dodge, Franco! Less is better than Moore!Franco never shifts and shapes his documentary by fitting it into some corny mold with voiceovers, music or excessive talking-head interviews.
Really? I don't think anyone's being stingy with their Hader-praise.Saturday Night doesn't reinvent the wheel and it won't reveal any shocking truths (except maybe that Bill Hader deserves way more credit than we give him)...
I liked this week's episode a lot. Twilight Zone and Spanish murderer were both great, and I thought the last sketch of the night could have some legs going forward. "Guests of the show must TAKE OFF THEIR SHOES." I also really liked Sudekis' Sam Elliott.
The home security pre-tape was really funny, and they executed Boombox really well as a digital short. Great show to lead into the Tina Fey episode next week.
I don't think the Tina Fey episode is for a few more weeks. Repeats 'til then, I believe.
But since when are gremlins furry??? That thing looked like no gremlin I've ever seen.Originally Posted by aenemaTron
Good episode this week. I'm so glad to finally see that Spanish guy doing the Bartman.
I've really enjoyed this season so far.
There’s no such thing as a bad neighborhood when you’ve got a purple belt in taekwondo, Doug.
If you're serious, look up "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", the episode of "The Twilight Zone" they're parodying. (I'm kinda glad no one resorted to a bad Shatner impression for this, by the way.)
Hmm...I'll be. Pretty silly looking. I knew what they were parodying, of course, but I guess I've never actually seen the original episode, just the remake in the movie. And the "Simpsons" parody.
Not necessarily the type of string breaking I assume you mean but this what I thought of when that happened (at the very end):
Link:
I remember being very impressed by this as a 13 year old.
Regarding that documentary, I kinda wish that was a week when Tina Fey was there. I was kinda curious to see some of the behind the scenes stuff with Casey Wilson getting totally fucked over. Hey, new girl! The Republicans just announced their V.P. candidate! She's the DUMBEST CUNT EVER!!! The jokes write themselves!!! And you'd be ABSOLUTELY PERFECT to play her! The only thing that could go wrong is if they brought back a FORMER cast member to play her! But they'd never do THAT, right? And if they did, it CERTAINLY wouldn't be a cast member who was almost never in sketches when she WAS here!
THERE'S yer goddamn MOVIE!
The A&E biography "behind the scenes" at SNL had a similar slant that you're apparently looking for, where it followed a newish cast member (wanna say dean edwards but maybe i'm off) who apparently had a killer michael jackson all week, and they built the set, had it ready to go, it did alright at dress and then Lorne or someone decided that Michael Jackson had "been done" or "was too easy" and it didn't make it to air.
I remember that too, that was definitely Dean Edwards. I think Lorne's reason for cutting it from the show was even dumber, something like "the audience wouldn't recognize him under the Michael Jackson make-up"
It was Dean Edwards, and Lorne's excuse was even dumber, it was that "the makeup job was too good, and no one could tell it was you"....which is....kind of the point of an impression?
It sounds like there is a scene of Casey in the movie preparing a Roseanne Barr impression, only to have it bomb during dress and be cut from the show. And then there's a scene of her being embarrassed about it afterwards. Not that it's any of my business, but I do wonder what exactly happened with Casey. It seems like her sketches were always being cut from the show, and it just seems like someone at a high level really didn't like her.
Truth be told, she looks more like Palin than Fey does (Fey did a good job of getting the voice down, but she's a lot skinnier than Palin, especially in the face). If she had gotten a chance to do Palin on the show, I think she might have won the audience over more and might still be on the show.
Edit: Sorry for the duplication, I typed this at the same time as muexog
I thought this sketch was a 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' parody, too. So, it fell flat for me.
I'M GOIN TO SHABOOMS!!!!
Really? I always just assumed they called out to Fey to do it because of the uncanny resemblance between the two. And I certainly never would have thought of Casey Wilson doing an impression based on her resembling her.
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People were saying Palin looked like Tina Fey almost immediately following the announcement for her vice presidency. It felt to me like that decision was made by the general public rather than SNL itself.
Winter is Coming: Summer 2011.
When I first saw Sarah Palin I immediately was bummed that Tina Fey wasn't on SNL anymore - the exact first thought I had.
nathan smart!
http://www.nathansmart.com
youre insane
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