UES Eateries Accused Of Racism For Not Delivering To Harlem
Citibank To Charge All Accounts That Drop Below $1,500
NY Post Finds One Man Who Sides With Fort Hood Shooter
L.I. Pet Abuse Suspect Ran "Animal Concentration Camp"
Brooklyn Drummer Dies After Fall Down Elevator Shaft in Williamsburg
Saturday Night Live has returned, and their season opener featured Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, a now-pregnant Amy Poehler reprising her role as Hillary Clinton, Lil' Wayne as musical guest and Michael Phelps as the host (who didn't take his shirt off during one sketch, not one!).
There's still no word on if Fey will continue her Palin appearances through November (or...post-November?), but she nailed it last night. No word on if the real Sarah Palin has seen it, but ABC News reports that she was flying Jetblue at the time it aired and that the show was available through the airline's satellite TV system.
As for Phelps, the pageant queen may have stolen the Olympian's spotlight--his appearance was overshadowed by Fey playing Palin even prior to the live show. Fey and Palin's looks have been compared since day one, and Poehler's Clinton even accused Fey's Palin of getting to the White House by gliding in "on a dog sled wearing your pageant sash and your Tina Fey glasses." Back to Phelps, they kept him mostly quiet with only a few lines, but the Michael Phelps Diet short was good for some laughs.
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebook
Michael Phelps, don't give up your day job. With his terrible delivery, it's no wonder they kept him quiet. Most people can't do comedy. If they could, they'd all be on sitcoms. Lucky for Phelps that cereal boxes don't have sound or video.
then again most of the cast of this show can't seem to do good comedy either.
SNL is still on tv?
That was funny!
Don't even remember when was the last time I saw something funny over there!
Just saw the 12000 calories a day clip. Ummm... yupe, they should have coached Michael Phelps better!
Although, Amy Poehler showing off her baby bump was funny.
SNL is not news. It is not funny, and it is definitely not culturally relevant.
Can we please get back to real things we need to know?
then again most of the cast of this show can't seem to do good comedy either.
Ooooh, slam! You're vicious. Honest, but still vicious. Although I blame the writers more than the cast.
I thought Tina Fey did a good job with Palin's accent. And I love how they are playing Hillary--I believe that she's that pissed.
Can we please get back to real things we need to know?
You do know this is Gothamist, right?
how can a swimmer be so stiff?
two times he looked stiff and mouth agape like a mouth breather. after his opening monologue and after the second intro to lil'wayne. his head tilted and mouth opened.
tina fey, spot on especially on how palin pronounces AlassssKaaaa.
The opening was great, but unfortunately the rest of the show was very poor. I knew we were in trouble when the first sketch after the monologue (the quiz show) was completely flat. I know Phelps is not an actor, but I expected a bit more since the writers had 3-4 months to put their ideas from paper to the stage. It doesn't say much when the segment with the most laughs over the past couple of years is usually "Weekend Update."
What did you guys think of Bobby Moynihan? I knew several of you are familiar with his other work...
Saying 'SNL is not funny' is not funny or clever anymore. That same comment has been used since the end of the 1st season. You're not treading new ground.
I counted four times during the Quiz Show skit where the director cut to Phelps in the middle of someone else's line, when he's just sitting there not doing anything. I guess even the production room has a bizarre crush on that pug-ugly dude.
There was a time when SNL's writing was actually intelligent and witty, as recently as Tina Fey's tenure as the show's writer, actually. Watching a few of the skits from the premiere, the writing's become unintelligent and incredibly debased!
It felt like watching the humor that was being aired on Nickelodeon 15 years ago when I was 10 years old...
I dunno, Jen, I think Tina Fey missed the mark a bit with her impersonation: too much gravitas!
SNL is not news. It is not funny, and it is definitely not culturally relevant.
I agree. I feel the actors are really good. But the writers must be the biggest rejects ever ... like they came from the same pool as David Letterman's writers. Either that or they are 50+ years old and only watch TVLand when they're home. MadTV is 10x funnier.
I think all that comedic potential wasted on shoddy writing. I even think Michael Phelps would be perfect as a surfer dude-like character but nope, they wasted his potential too.
I still watch SNL for its emotional value it holds in my..ohh cut the crap!
it was a terrible show, only palin & the phelps diet were funny. olympics in space, the ugly kids & the charles barkely show was incredibly stupid & the logger on the news was offensive, & i'm an obama supporter. i liked the quiz show but the homeschooled answers should have been actual religious answers those are funnier than gremlins.
Why is this shit still on?
Phelps was poor, predictably, but the show had its moments. Shatner was funny, Will Forte's dancing in the locker room (probably also Phelps' funniest moment), the Clinton/Palin cold open.