Long-time, every-episode viewers of SNL will understand why this is a devastating loss to the show. I think the "ideal SNL cast member" has to be able to do three things: zany comedic characters, serious/straight man characters (without whom many skits simply do not work), and celebrity impressions. Hader aced all…
I always felt like that was Fred's thing, even though Bill was a regular.
It seemed like the FG writers decided, "Hey, let's do a farm episode!" then realized that they didn't really have much material for that, so they also half-assed a "meth lab" plot to fill out the running time. Like you, Kevin, I was confused as to why the volatility of the chemicals wasn't among the first things…
There are some nights when viewers know that SNL is going to be less about comedy and more about rekindling memories of its own past. Last night was obviously one of those. When did nostalgia for itself become one of the big components of SNL? I've watched the show regularly since the 1980s (the Dick Ebersol era), and…
It's also the first line of "Juicy," but that's off the topic.
But, Todd, "It was all a dream" is the phrase you use when a story pretends that its events are really happening, then reverses itself at the end. That's what that phrase means. That's how it's used.
I think the critic is referring to the scene in that film in which Naomi Watts' character auditions with Chad Everett. We'd heard her say the exact same dialogue when she was rehearsing, so we think we have an idea of what the audition is going to be like. But then, the audition goes in a different direction entirely.…
But seriously, s17m, I'm looking over the "List of Community episodes" on Wikipedia, and I'm seeing that a lot of my favorites were in Seasons 2 and 3. Do I need to list them, or were you just trolling or trying to be contrarian or what?
I'm a little baffled here, Todd. Were we ever once led to believe that this story was anything but a dream/fantasy playing out in Jeff's head? That seems to be your major point of contention — other than the whole "not funny" thing, which is a matter of taste — but I don't really remember it as a bait-and-switch the…
No you sucked since the beginning of season 2. ZING! You just got Concerned American-ed! How does it feel? Welcome to every single day of your life.
Do the musicians in HateSong realize that, by and large, they're coming off as spoiled, jealous brats? Not just this guy, but pretty much everyone who's done it. Something about this feature brings out a really unappetizing side of people's personalities. The one about "Jingle Bell Rock" was really funny, but the rest…
"In “Whiskey Business,” we learn that [Moe's] been obsessed with killing himself for years."
We learn that? It's been a part of his character for at least the last 10 seasons and was probably bubbling under the surface before then. What show have you been watching?
"Funny you should ask. My mother was C3PO and my father was Brezhnev."
"And the laxatives kick in now! Well, that's just great."
"C'mon, Pepper! Book of Mormon starts in 20 minutes! I can fly there if I have to. What's your Plan B?"
"No, that's just the mask, honey. I'm really in a great mood!"
"I'll wait another 10 minutes, but that's it! After that, Ellen DeGeneres can damned well interview herself!"
"What are you going to do? Charge me with smoking?"
The AVC says: "The Office has always been hit-or-miss with one-hour episodes; for every “Goodbye, Toby” there’s a “Dunder Mifflin Infinity.”"