I have watched about five YouTube clips and generally liked what I saw. I liked the grandmother sketch best. The bachelor sketch seemed fine. I got the sense they cut a lot out of the fortune teller sketch. I liked H.E.R. enough to check out some of her other music.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2020, 7:31 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Overall I didn’t have any particular problems with the episode, it was as > funny or not as most. I have never seen the Bachelor, and never really get > what is supposed to be funny about the recurring sketch, but I LOVED it > this week, solely because they used it to do what I was so hoping they > would find some way to do, which create a an excuse for an Adele jukebox. > That’s all I wanted. Sure, I am eager to hear the new album, but no rush if > she doesn’t feel it’s ready. But not only is it a thrill to hear and see > her sing her classics (effortlessly, take that those who said skinny Adele > would not be as good a singer), but it is a thrill to imagine the cast and > crew on the stage, who must have been saying to themselves: “Jesus Christ, > that’s Adele right there singing her songs!” > > I Didn’t need anything else to make that a stand out episode (and also, > did not get much else). > > On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 at 11:20 AM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To set this up: Literally the last time I *know* I watched an SNL live >> would've been the December 20, 1986 episode >> <https://snltranscripts.jt.org/86/86h.phtml>. I'm sure it's happened >> since then, but I have not the recollection of it, and that includes >> Adele's last appearance in 2015. >> >> Two questions and a statement for the panel: >> >> 1. I admit fully I'm in the bag for her, but that seemed like a >> rather...mediocre...episode. The Bachelor skit, which I thought worked >> best, didn't have nearly the laughs I thought it earned, but c'mon: if you >> can't get the 19-21-25 reference, I can't freaking help you. So that leads >> to my question: I know the audience is smaller, especially on the floor, >> but could it be that smaller audience means jokes that land didn't? >> >> 2. I don't care if watching her break was worth it: I don't think a >> post-Weekend Update slot was worth making sex tourism jokes, and it looks >> like a bunch of other people didn't think so, either. >> https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/entertainment/snl-africa-sketch-adele-controversy-intl-scli/index.html >> >> 2a. I enjoy Kate McKinnon, but I also understand now why Sikula wants her >> shot into the sun. >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ca008080-59b1-491f-8948-4df5a3f6dca8n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ca008080-59b1-491f-8948-4df5a3f6dca8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLVxBrgEf8NmR4-Q8kXbB16ibuHSbium6Z-xzxDJ5sKWw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLVxBrgEf8NmR4-Q8kXbB16ibuHSbium6Z-xzxDJ5sKWw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yw_arWqiOcU7fNm8pA_vtv9VFM9m47juZe55CstrtWNGQ%40mail.gmail.com.
