Comments on: Saturday Night Live Premiere

By: Mold

Mold — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:53:30 +0000

Will Ferrell as comic genius. Next you’ll be telling me that the economy is sound.

Fey rocked as Palin. After years of not-funny, she’s found her niche.

By: Phantom Engineer

Phantom Engineer — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:55:42 +0000

Definitely, the worst SNL I remember seeing. I fast forwarded close to half the sketches before they had ended. The question is why the good long 10 year drag or spiral? Chauvinism aside, the question I keep hearing (at a lower volume…we have been quite right winged since Clinton) is whether it is because women are more involved to the roots (writing, casting, decisions, etc…)? I love women, but in my 36 years in Toronto & all over Europe, the Carribean & N. America (my folks were loaded & road trips), generally, girls are not really as funny as guys (picking up rythms & switching gears). If it was only because they got screwed/discriminated wouldn’t it be obvious. I wouldn’t be suggesting the lack, after all. Cosmetics and what they stand for aside, Sarah Palin? Chicks who pack heat are lame, and beside the stupid “my friend” thing from McCain, he actually might think he’s Old Hickory. Deluded, all right. Andrew Jackson wouldn’t have gone to Iraq, let alone voted with Bush over 90% of the time. Who would? Oh, yeah his father. Completely lame family. Trust me.

By: Scarlet

Scarlet — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:33:56 +0000

it was funny if you weren’t sober

By: Duros Hussein 62

Duros Hussein 62 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:23:48 +0000

At one point I wondered aloud what the hell they’ve been doing all summer, ‘cuz it sure hasn’t been writing.

By: LiveFreeOrDie08

LiveFreeOrDie08 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:31:26 +0000

Gotta give SNL credit for the opening segment. The rest of the show sucked (HARD), I completely agree.

But, if I have to trade 85 minutes of semi-conscious viewing for a quality 5 minutes worth of Daisy Cutting the Republican talking points…I’ll continue to show up every week.

This segment is political GOLD because it attracts the “undecided” disaffected Hillary camp, and clubs them with reality.

I think Tina Fey deserves one of Sarah Palin’s paws for that take down.

By: Bruce Henry

Bruce Henry — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:51:12 +0000

I missed the show – no doubt it probably sucked – but I saw the clip of the opening bit with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler this morning.
That was the single best and funniest piece of political satire I’ve seen the whole campaign. When “Palin” cocked the imaginary shotgun I almost fell out of my chair. God, those two are geniuses! …Genii?

By: Brian McFadden

Brian McFadden — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:26:47 +0000

Darrell Hammond is still there! I think he’s going for the world record for sucking.

SNL’s always hit or miss, but remember that the host makes or breaks the show. They get to pick the sketches. Great swimmers aren’t necessarily comedy geniuses.

By: rat_bastard

rat_bastard — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:26:36 +0000

Its amazing how well Tina Fey gets that Gov. Palin’s voice perfectly.

By: Jaim

Jaim — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:51:29 +0000

I’ve often wondered why SNL is 90 minutes long. Why not make it an hour so that at least 30 minutes of suck doesn’t have to be seen?

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:19:12 +0000

I mean, I hated Palin (forgetting that it was actually Tina Fey).

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:17:31 +0000

Here’s a clip of Fey as Palin. She was so good that I truly hated her.

http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/48ccb88e412736ae/4741e3c5156499a7/afed2496

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:16:38 +0000

I enjoyed SNL in the Dana Carvey/Phil Hartman/Chris Rock years but then I only watch it now out of habit.

By: jerry

jerry — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:27:42 +0000

If the show had anything going for it, they wouldn’t have had to pre-announce/leak Tina Fey’s participation in it as Palin. They would have just gone with it, and let people figure it out and enjoy.

(Of course, SNL was probably last funny before you were born….)

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:20:35 +0000

I am glad the rest sucked because I fell asleep and missed it and I can at least see the clip of the good stuff. (I woke up really disappointed about missing Fey as Palin.)

By: Parthenon

Parthenon — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:54:41 +0000

I basically stopped watching, post Ferrell and Darrell Hammond. It kinda surprises me that it’s still on. Nostalgia, probably.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:32:00 +0000

To be fair, didn’t they have to rewrite the whole show once Obama cancelled?

By: Jaim

Jaim — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:24:43 +0000

The writing has sucked hard on SNL for the past ten seasons or so. Even with a very funny guy like Will Ferrel, the best parts where when he went off on his own. The sketches were always just a vehicle for his funny, not an enhancer.

Lorne Michaels is Bush-esque in his desire for loyalty over talent, methinks.

By: Hedley

Hedley — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:13:53 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin was spot on. There wasn’t another funny moment in the show.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:42:36 +0000

I was totally going to watch it but then I forgot but now I’m glad I didn’t. I would have been mad if I had missed Obama but I already knew he had dropped out of the show, sadly.