I would add  Scrooged as  well, which in some ways is a prototype for Groundhog Day. Both even  have tragic scenes with homeless men. 

Bill is phenomenal in Skeleton Twins. He’s also phenomenal on Barry - there are some funny moments, but  it’s moments like the one you mentioned, and his PTSD afterward, that really stay with me. 

Pauline Kael had a real bugbear about comedians who tried to become serious actors. She made her disdain toward Mary Tyler Moore and particularly Carol Burnett clear over these choices. Even in one of her last interviews, she was unhappy with Jim Carrey for moving into dramatic parts. I can understand how she felt,…

Carell was great as Michael Scott, but I notice most of my memories of him as Michael are more dramatic ones, along with the occasional “It’s Britney, bitch” or the Chris Rock routine. He seemed to get more in the skin of melancholy and sorrow, and any time I’ve seen him since that has carried through. It was actually…

I mainlined ‘70s Avengers, with no regrets. Oddly enough, this does not play that weirdly in the comics (well, it sort of does, but not as much as you’d think), but I always thought it was gross that Mantis strung along The Swordsman while trying to get with Vision, then the Swordsman was killed, and some alien takes…

SNL in a nutshell (well, sometimes). I did think it could have been cut down, although then Sarah’s style is such  an odd fit for SNL that moments like this may be her only chance to establish herself with viewers. I do hope that she can move away from relying on the voice effects so much and let us see more of her.

I blame that on poor direction more than the actors not being able to read the  cards. In Jonathan’s case I think it was more nerves than anything else, though. 

When Melissa started she did a voice a little closer (I think she later said this was a fake voice), but over the years I think she’s become more low-key.

I do think Jonathan was able to enjoy himself more by the end. I wish they had given him more pre-tape material where the live format wouldn’t have been as restrictive - weird they just had the one.

The audience also screamed like banshees for a good chunk of that episode, so they knew him. 

When Pete isn’t there to do bad impersonations that will get headlines or to do the same raps he’s done 500 times before, he can shine. He was very good in the Man Park pre-tape, hitting just the right beats. 

There was a point in that Brodway thing where Jonathan came into the sketch and I realized I’d totally forgotten he was the host. I suppose that is one of the benefits of having a huge cast, as they can cover for the host unless it’s a really bad episode.

I saw on one of the podcasts which has info about the show that Aristotle’s piece was a late addition. I guess he was probably just glad to get it on the air. I thought he and Sarah were both very good but I preferred his appearance a bit more because it reminded me of the old performance pieces that cast members like…

Agatha Harkness in the comics is a very interesting character, which relied on mystery and never knowing whether she was good or bad. That will be more difficult here, but if they trust in Hahn and don’t go too far in either direction (misery or bad comedy), it could work. I could see her sort of being in her own,…

I’m more curious as to why he cast two people who are out of the age range and don’t look anything like either person they are playing (and clearly they were making some unfortunate attempt to have Kidman resemble Lucille Ball [even if she looks more like a melting puppet]).

Is the site now so dependent on MCU content that it needs to be inserted into something that has absolutely nothing to do with them? Reminds me of the days when the Game of Thrones fan petition had to be shoehorned in what what felt like dozens of times.

Isn’t Stiller a bit old for this? They probably both are, as the main cast was in their 20s and 30s. I know that doesn’t have to be an absolute, but if they just want to make another of Stiller’s pop culture parodies they could have just picket a title and script out of hat. He seemed to do that a few times anyway...

I think this is the first time I’ve seen another fan of the song. Proud moment.

“Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell over-explain the premise”

Rob Schneider was much better (well, to me anyway) for his SNL run than he has been since, especially the first few years.