Speaking for myself, I agreed with Mr. Ryan more than I disagreed with him. That said, having the unholy trio of Rudolph, Poehler, and Wiig on one show was almost guaranteed TV poison, and so it was -- except for the fine cold open and the always-delightful "What Up With That." And what was the point of the monologue? That Rudolph and everyone connected with the show is a slut? That's rich comedy fodder. (Although, compared to "Bronx Beat" or whatever the hell that thing was called, it was.)
I will agree that Wiig was the low point of the show, but she usually is ... --Dave Sikula On Feb 19, 11:20 pm, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > > go watch the cold open for SNL last night. > > 5 minutes of so many cultural stereotypes it was kinda actually funny. > > Speaking of > which...(seehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ryan/snl-scorecard-maya-rudolph-li... > a round up in case you are one of those who is surprised SNL is still > on the air, or is convinced it hasn't been funny since Belushi (or Farley) > died, or Murphy (or Rock) left, or whatever, and missed it). > > I am not ashamed to say that I love Maya Rudolph - I really do. Even when > she is in things that are not all that funny (the female Hangover film, the > current sitcom with Wil Arnett, every other SNL skit she was in) I still > enjoy her - I am not exactly sure why. So I liked last night's episode a > lot. Unlike the HuffPost reviewer linked to above, I always dig the Bronx > Beat, and I thought the Maya Angelou skit, and especially the How's He > Doing skit, were both first rate. Even so the HuffPost guy had this as tied > for the 3rd best episode of the season. The low point for me was the one > with Wig breaking so much - I didn't think the skit itself, or the > breaking, was particularly funny in any way. > > But, back to Doug's point, the Lin Cold Open was very good, and here I do > agree with the HuffPost guy that SNL almost always is better when they come > up with a Cold Open that stands on its own, and is not just 2 minutes of > someone invoking a news or political persona and pretending to be topical > without really saying anything (much less attempting to be funny). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
