I really like Darrell Hammond, but think they should probably put him out to stud at this point. I know some of this is just his persona, but he really doesn't seem to enjoy himself at all anymore and it might be nice to see some new blood.
I really like Darrell Hammond, but think they should probably put him out to stud at this point. I know some of this is just his persona, but he really doesn't seem to enjoy himself at all anymore and it might be nice to see some new blood.
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_...snt_think.html
Heard word that auditions for the new season of Saturday Night Live were held just last week in, duh, New Yawk. (Where'd you expect, Toledo?) Twenty funnyguys 'n' gals were handpicked from across the country to do five minutes of their best stuff in front of Lord Lorne Michaels and other NBC suits at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
One lucky guy was Bobby Moynihan, a teapot-type (short 'n' stout) who was asked to join the cast for season 30-friggin'-4. Said one UConn alum who partook in plays with the new SNL castmember, "Bobby was always funny...a great character actor." Looks like the dude's finally getting his due, congrats.
Tho we wonder, with pint-size comedy queen Amy Poehler leaving the show after the election, why not cast a woman to take her place? Hope there's more than one new addition in the fall.
One not-so-lucky guy from the casting session? T.J. Miller, whose voice you're prolly more familiar with than his face. TJM played Hud, the lovelorn lad holding the camera in JJ Abrams' fab sci-fi creature hit Cloverfield. Teej was one of Variety's Top Comics to watch in '08, and he impressed enough peeps to get flown out to audition for the late-night sketch show.
But poor T.J.'s audition essentially went outer-space-creature splat:
Our sources, who are way tight in the humor universe, said T.J. was dutifully preparing his material the night before like a pro. But day of, get this, the guy shows up for his audition apparently feeling no pain at all, tsk-tsked our SNL eyes. "He was like, 'Lorne, take my picture!' while standing on the stage, acting extremely obnoxious...Lorne was definitely not amused," continued our source. "All the other auditioners sat there and watched him destroy his shot at fame, what looked like on purpose."
Did this usually funny fella chuck his chances for a damn good story to tell his buds? 'Cause word is that's all anyone in the New Yawk comedy scene could goss about the whole weekend.
Tho, all press is good press, perhaps? There's always Mad TV.
bobby moynihan is hilarious, this is great news.
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That's awesome news! America - Prepare to fall in love...
Bobby came to my college with UCB last year; he was amazing. Any performer who can work a hamburgler bit into their act gets my vote.
Originally Posted by BillBrasky
That article you pasted gave me a sharp headache, with its awful Hollywoodese qualities, then when I clicked through to the link I realized it was written by Ted Casablanca. I know this has nothing to do with the substance or reason for your post, but I just didn't want to let this go without saying Ted Casablanca gives me a Robert Urich bangaroo-kinda headache.
Oh man, I know. For a second, I almost was just going to post a link, but I figured there was enough information in the article that I'd cut and paste the whole thing.
But sentences like this:
almost made me want to do a "non-cutesy" edit job on the article.a teapot-type (short 'n' stout) who was asked to join the cast for season 30-friggin'-4.
Good news everyone: John Mulaney has been hired as a writer for season 30-friggin'-4!
Maybe he looks too young, but he'd be a pretty good fit for a Weekend Update anchor. That's years down the line if it ever happened, but we can hope.
with mulaney on board, can nick kroll be too far behind? my dream is for fabrice fabrice to not only be on snl, but to get his own snl movie as well.
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TJ Miller actually came to the Limerick House Open Mic the day of the audition, to test out his material before he auditioned, and got croaks. I have nothing against the guy, but I couldn't be happier to see Bobby on the SNL stage.
I wonder who Mulaney will write for/with. Any thoughts on good match ups? I think him and Armisen could do great things.
Congrats to Bobby and John!
I would hire John to write for me if I could.
'Little Waters: The Movie'
I think Mulaney/Sudeikas would be a great pairing. Any way it works out, though, Mulaney is a hard worker and a great writer.
And yay for Bobby as well!!
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John Mulaney is one of my favorite comedians. I don't know if him writing for SNL will change the show, but if it does, that's great, and if it doesn't, I hope it at least leads to more John Mulaney in some other form.
I really liked Miller on the barely-seen Carpoolers (and he can't be UNfunny if Bruce McCulloch hired him for his show), but his stand-up and sketch videos I've seen haven't been my cup of tea.
Yay Mulaney!
Apparently Paul Rust also auditioned and is under consideration (I guess they just auditioned everybody who was on that Variety "10 Comics to Watch" list, other than Casey, who's already on the show).
Great news. Mr. Moynihan and Mr. Mulaney are two of the funniest and nicest young guys around.
Congratulations, guys!
Brian
Still waiting for the Charlyne Yi announcement.
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