My apologies to Mr. Shaffer and his family. Re: NBC's 'hyperlocal' late night offering - do you mean "1st Look"? http://1stlooktv.com
On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 5:27:08 PM UTC-5, David Bruggeman wrote: > > Much of the program appears in clip form on the Hulu, which is where I'm > catching up. > > Of what I've seen, I'm pretty much with M-D, except for the spelling of > Paul S.'s name. For my taste, you can't take the piss out of Lorne enough, > and you can't take the piss out of li'l Jimmy enough, but some folks sure > tried. > > First Take, a late night weekend offering for (I think) NBC affiliates, > had an SNL episode, talking to many of the recent cast, Kevin Nealon and > Paul Shaffer. It's a nice complement, if you can stand the host (she used > to be on one of the MTV 'reality' programs around LA). > > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* M-D November <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Sent:* Monday, February 16, 2015 3:19 PM > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] S(unday)NL to go long > > Personally, I was happy to see that they didn't go with the standard clip > show format that previous SNL anniversary specials have favored. In a > nutshell, here's what I thought of the non-retread/non-musical performances: > > - Fallon/Timberlake cold open: I appreciate the fact that they did a > song & dance to work in other cast members (like Drach & her "Debbie > Downer"), I feel like the open was more reminiscent of their 'history of > rap' segments from LNWJF than anything either did on SNL. I would have > much rather had them do "Barry Gibb Talk Show", since it's a sketch that > only gets done every 3 years, and it would have allowed past & current > cast > members to do some political impersonations. > - Steve Martin & friends monologue: spot on, except Miley Cyrus had no > business being on stage with 5+ timers. > - Super Bass-O-Matic 2150: Almost perfect, and I like how Ackroyd > handled the blender's failure at the end of the sketch. (Could the props > department not afford a VitaMix? It's the SBOM2150, not the BOM76, for > chrissake.) > - Celebrity Jeopardy: YES. ALL OF THE YES. (And I'm kicking myself > for missing the jokes in the category names.) > - The Californians: Betty White saves the sketch. Godddamn that woman > is game for just about anything. Complete waste of time otherwise. > (Although a decent idea to have David Spades' snarky flight attendant > kill > the sketch, Graham Chapman style.) > - Weekend Update: I would have liked more of this and less of the > Californians. > - Marty Short/Maya Rudolph: Loved this except for the aforementioned > Garth/Kat appearance. G&K were redeemed by Murray as Nick Ocean (with > Paul > Schaffer!) and, as much as I hate to say it, "What's Up With That?" > (Sudekis in the tracksuit FTW.) Again, the lack of Fallon & Timberlake as > Barry & Robin Gibb was a big oversight here, if you're not going to do > BGTS. > - Digital Short ("That's When You Break"): a nice way to use both > Sandler & Samberg that highlights the challenges of live TV. Also, an > entire verse of "Here's another one of Fallon & Sanz" - yep. > - Wayne's World: it was good to see Wayne & Garth again, but I wish > they'd done more than just a top 10 list. (Again, swap this for the > Californians in both placement & timing.) Would have preferred to see W&G > interact with some other SNL talk show hosts - the "Girlfriends Talk Show" > girls, Jarret & Gobi, Dieter (oh, wait - never mind), Barry & Robin Gibb > (damn it!), Steve Harvey, Fernando...well, you get the picture. I did > like > the shout-out to the crew at the very end of the sketch. > > I also really liked that the band got to have a moment of their own as he > introduced the memorial reel, which also featured cast, crew & band alike. > And seeing Jan, Phil & Chris all in a row during memorial reel was like > three hard shots to the gut. That was the one that got me. > > Musical performances? Sir Paul needs some Ricola (and probably should > have been scratched in favor of another performer/sketch), Miley actually > did a nice job with 50 Ways, Kanye & his 'genius' can eat a bag of dicks, > and Paul Simon was great, but I was disappointed that Lorne didn't have > Paul perform "Still Crazy After All These Years" in the turkey costume for > old times' sake. > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
