I had it here in Canada too.

Much like the soft-core porn it emulates.

You want to spend a ton of money on prosthesis' and dog costumes for a last half-hour sketch with no discernible jokes? Sold!

It's the white foreground with all of the knowledge on top of the dark background with no information.  He doesn't like the implications.

The diner needed her to use the same tone as the other waitresses, but have the crazy threatening dialog.  Then have her lose the friendly tone gradually as the sketch went on.  It started off harsh and didn't go anywhere.  Better to keep the audience guessing as to why she is so crazy.

It looked like a rejected idea from Portlandia that Fred brought in.  No jokes, just "look it's a near perfect version of a film type".  Aren't we awesome and funny for remembering things from the 70's!

C'mon.  Go all out and make it a Church's fried chicken joint.  Let's make the audience face it's racial stereotypes full force.

At least he can flip a hat onto his head from his filthy foot.  That boy is going places, I tells ya.

And we all know how funny those sketches turn out.  If using cue cards means no more painful song improvising, that's a good thing.

Agree.  It's MANDATORY for all hosts and actors to read off the cue cards and they are often revised right up until air time.  So stumbling over new dialog you are trying to read and make appear natural is a given.  I don't think I could do it.

Anything to get Harry Anderson back on the air.  He must have rage-shit in a producer's Porsche in the 90's to disappear so completely from television.  He is a treasure.

No, no.  ZERG RUSH.

Oh, go raise a barn, Beardy McBlackHat.

And here for everyone else:
http://www.dailymotion.com/…

I refer to the last half hour of SNL as the place where comedy goes to die.

It was the very first thing Adam Pally said as a coach.  He describes the team and what deficiencies each player has that will lead to them losing.  Something like,

Best sitcom ending line ever - Nick: "I'm going to poop weird tonight!"

And he wants the fresh stuff - not the crack that's been sitting on the shelf all day.

According to the Gremlins Wikia, it's an homage to Bogart.

According to the Gremlins Wikia, it's an homage to Bogart.