IMHO, he has versatility issues. I mean Andy Samberg, Norm McDonald, Finesse Mitchell all seemed not particularly versatile as actors and 2 out of those 3 did pretty well on the show, so who knows.

OK, rewatched the sketch (the part about me hating you was because I didn't like that sketch) , we have the line: "Hey I'm Nick, I'm 20 and I'm straight for a couple more years" How do you interpret that?

ugh, in order to back my opinion up, I'm going to rewatch the sketch, but I'm also going to hate you for making me do that, do we have a deal?

is it disconcerting that he might not be that good of a guy. Some intern reported that he's kind of bratty on set. I think Bill Harder said the opposite but he didn't specifically say JT was easy to work with, just that he didn't have an entourage

Taran being extremely turned off by the contestants was one of the two central concepts of the sketch but that illusion was ruined a little when he would launch into bubbly questions

I mean, there are very few black people in the NHL, it's a cultural thing and not a big deal in that universe.

Yeah, I wrote that entry to mess with people (j/k I can confirm his dad is half-Japanese from a NY Times article I read)
I just noticed from David Simms link to Studio 60 that one of the seven show-within-a-show castmembers was Asian. Maybe they should hire her?

I think the problem with that is that Charles Barkley is naturally funnier as himself than SNL writers could be writing jokes in his voice

interesting thanks for the info

Slightly unrelated but is Timberlake even that good compared to Hanks, Walken, Martin?
I don't get how he ascended to like the #2 most popular guy.
I think being mildly surprised that a teeny bopper singer can do comedy is not the same as placing him above legends.

Thomas Roberts who?

"cum" is my least favorite word in the English language. I think it's like so awful that a synonym for ejaculation is the same word as the 14th most common verb in the english language. It makes double entendres so easy and lazy.

well, you can always read my review on my blog, it goes up quicker. beat you David Simms, haha

are you referring to the one with nassim pedrad as the career counselor. I maintain that she was a stereotypical sassy black lady, BUT if it helps get the point across I will remove "uneducated"

what song was it?

My review (I didn't read David's so that I could independently form my own opinions):

Do we have to have this discussion every week.
They hired 5 guys and one girl and were already booked on black guys. I thought the problem was the first sketch out of the gate, Kerry Washington played an extremely stereotypical sassy black lady. The next sketch she started to do the same thing but they satirized it…

why isn't her or anyone else back on Best Week Ever. There are total amateurs on the new version now

Schreiber has a really wierd family situation with a mom and dad who had bitter custody fights over him for several years. I don't remember reading about a sibling involved in that. plus they don't look alike

seems kind of sad for Ned to have to go through a loss of two wives. I liked Edna a lot, maybe, it was better to have someone else replace her