On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > Not only was this weekend's "Saturday Night Live," hosted by wrestler- > turned-actor Duane Johnson a.k.a. The Rock, one of the funniest of the > year (yes, yes, YMMV), my new TV crush (and 1st SNL castmember to be > the offspring of a previous castmamber) Abby Elliott had her largest > precentage of airtime so far. But the real treat was an unannounced > appearance by singer-actor Justin Timberlake (who has become a > recurring surprise guest) and his gal-pal actress Jessica Biel in a > Weekend Update sketch. Timberlake played Irving, schlub husband to > whiny comic strip Everywoman/kvetch Cathy (Andy Samberg in slovenly > drag). Priceless. Then, Biel showed up in an anatomically exaggerated > costume as cartoon vamp Jessica Rabbit, enticing Irving to leave > Cathy, and certainly cutting a memorable figure. Let's just say that > Ms. Biel will my slink through my dreams in that get-up for a long > time.
I have to say I agree, both with Michael, and almost with The Rock, who closed the show by shouting "we kicked ass tonight!". I actively disdain Johnson, both in his wrestler role, and in the film roles he has had so far. I started watching SNL this morning reluctantly, and I thought I would just check in, ff to Update and then check-out. But the show was actually in the good-to-very good range (not quite full on kick-ass, but pretty damn good). Even the MacGrouber bits were good this week. I also agree that the Jessica Simpson appearance was a highlight, even though I may be one of the few heterosexual men who does generally get the appeal of Ms. Biel (if I were JT I would make her dress up in that Rabbit outfit every night). My only quibble might be that with TImberlake and the Bon Jovi bit it was a little derivative of the first two Fallon shows this week - but even at that much better. This was Samberg's second Cathy appearance (at least, maybe third?) so I guess if there were any "intellectual" property rights at stake they would have been resolved by now. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
