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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 233.31 | Adam Sandler fans | AKOCOA::NOVITCH | PAM | Wed Mar 30 1994 10:06 | 4 |
| Attention all Adam Sandler fans! Have you heard his tape? It is
filthy... but really funny!
Pam
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| 233.32 | Opposite opinion | TNPUBS::NAZZARO | UMass - 1995 NCAA Champs! | Sat Apr 02 1994 10:04 | 5 |
| It's REALLY filthy, and not that funny.
Maybe I'm just too old! ;-)
NAZZ
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| 233.33 | Like Buttah | CRISTA::MAYNARD | The Front Row Kid | Thu May 26 1994 02:04 | 8 |
|
Some Coffee Talk Questions:
What does it mean to have Spilkis in your genectagazoit?
What is it mean to be Verklemt?
Talk among yourselves...
Jim
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| 233.34 | Linda would have..... | AIMHI::CORRIGAN | | Thu May 26 1994 03:55 | 5 |
|
>> Talk among yourselves...
....you didn't give us a subject!!!! ;^)
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| 233.35 | stewed prunes can help | RAGMOP::KEEFE | | Thu Jun 02 1994 07:15 | 7 |
| Shpilkes means pins. "Shpilkes in tokhis" means pins in your, uh,
buttocks, meaning nervous, can't sit still. Don't know what a
genectagazoit is, but imagine the effect is similar, meaning just
thrilled!
The moderator set this note hidden because I used the more common
word for "tokhis". Oi, such ah tsimis over a little word!
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| 233.36 | | CRISTA::MAYNARD | The Front Row Kid | Sat Sep 24 1994 06:47 | 6 |
| 20th season starts minus Phil Hartman and Melanie Hudsell.
New cast members are Chris Elliot and Jenny Garafalo.
Steve Martin is the host for the first show.
Eric Clapton is the musical guest.
Jim
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| 233.37 | | TROOA::TRP109::Chris | prognosis negative | Sat Sep 24 1994 06:54 | 5 |
| Thank you Thank you Thank you..... for getting rid of Melanie Hudsell - it's
not bad enough that the show has gotten pretty lame (with the exception of
usually 1 or maybe 2 skits) but she was PATHETIC. Now if we could only get
rid of the woman who does Queen Latifah and the NBC page - can't remember
her name, but she is BAAAD. Why can't this show ever get any decent women?
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| 233.38 | | CRISTA::MAYNARD | The Front Row Kid | Sat Sep 24 1994 07:38 | 12 |
| Melanie Hudsell did do a GREAT takeoff on Tori Spelling, the ultimate
valley-girl.
The woman who does Queen Latifah is named Ellen Cleghorn, and she can
be funny with the right material.
I forgot to mention that Julia Sweeney (aka Pat) and Rob Schneider
(the guy in the copy room) have also left the show.
The reason SNL has trouble keeping female talent is bad writing
(too many bathroom jokes) and there just aren't enough skits to go
around. At least that's what Julia Louis-Dreyfuss said in a recent
interview.
Jim
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| 233.39 | | HELIX::MAIEWSKI | | Sat Sep 24 1994 08:05 | 9 |
| It's not just the women. Many actors see SNL as a stepping stone to something
bigger. Once Chevy Chase made the big time it set a trend.
I'm curious as to where Phil Heartman went. From what I heard the way he
got the job was by convincing Loran ... (what the heck is his name) ... that
he would not use SNL for a stepping stone and that he was there to stay. Of
course he did stay for a very long time, probably longer than anyone else.
George
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| 233.40 | and he's Canadian too | TROOA::TRP109::Chris | prognosis negative | Sat Sep 24 1994 09:29 | 4 |
| >> got the job was by convincing Loran ... (what the heck is his name) ...
Lorne Michaels - he also produces "The Kids in the Hall"
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| 233.41 | | NETRIX::michaud | Judge Ito | Sat Sep 24 1994 17:00 | 4 |
| > New cast members are Chris Elliot .....
The same Chris Elliot that was a writer on the original
Letterman show, and star of "Cabin Boy"??
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| 233.42 | | WONDER::REILLY | Sean Reilly CSG/AVS DTN:293-5983 | Sun Sep 25 1994 13:14 | 10 |
|
I didn't know Elliot was on the cast now! That guy is awesome! Maybe
there's hope for the season. I loved his "Get A Life" series on Fox.
Btw, Melanie left, she wasn't fired.
And Phil is supposed to be getting his own variety show at some point
this season I think.
- Sean
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| 233.43 | | HELIX::MAIEWSKI | | Mon Sep 26 1994 07:08 | 13 |
| The show had it's ups and downs. The Court TV skit was funny and Eric Clapton
was great.
I don't like the new Weekend Update guy. I don't know if it's him or the
writers, but his jokes were really flat.
There's a new woman that's pretty good and the thin guy with the short beard
was funny.
I missed the 1st 15 minutes, how did they start? I came in during the Court
TV skit.
George
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| 233.44 | they felt our pain (at losing Phil H) | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Tue Sep 27 1994 05:24 | 13 |
| I missed the first 15 seconds :-) but they opened with the exterior of
the White House, voice over "and now, President Bill Clinton." The
"motivational-speaker-living-in-a-van-down-by-the-RIVER!" (Chris
Farley) did his best impression of Bill C., which was terrible of
course; then they cut to the exterior of the White House again,
introduced Bill Clinton again, and... one by one, members of the cast
tried out for the part! They were all terrible, of course, and finally
the black guy (Tim Meadows?) tried out--actually he wasn't too bad!
But after a sentence or two he interrupted himself and said "I'm not
gonna get this, am I?" Voice over: "No." "Well can I at least start
the show?" "Okay." "Live from New York, it's SATURDAY NIGHT!"
Leslie
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| 233.45 | Can't believe it's made it to 20 years | AWECIM::MCMAHON | Living in the owe-zone | Tue Sep 27 1994 05:50 | 9 |
| I can't believe that this show has lasted 20 years. I keep trying to
watch it but I can't spend 1.5 hours waiting for that one 2-minute skit
that comes close to being funny. This show has been a real roller
coaster but in my not-so-humble opinion, it hasn't been worth watching
for the last 3 years anyway.
Just thought I'd throw my two cents in - for what they're worth.
Pat
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| 233.46 | | CRISTA::MAYNARD | The Front Row Kid | Sat Oct 01 1994 04:20 | 8 |
| Even in the heydays of Belushi and Ackroyd, and later Eddie Murphy
and Joe Piscopo, it was always hit and miss.
The Comedy Channel runs the old shows, trimmed down to an hour and
it seems to help. Face it- it's gotta be tough writing an hour's
worth of comedy every week.
FWIW
Bonnie Raitt will be the musical guest this week.
Jim
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| 233.47 | | STOWOA::MRUZ | | Sat Oct 01 1994 05:22 | 1 |
| ... And Marisa Tomei will be the guest star...
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| 233.48 | | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Sat Oct 01 1994 05:52 | 5 |
| Yup, they've always had skits that bombed, but I'll keep watching for
those rare jewels (casting Chris Farley as Girard Depardieu, for
instance!).
Leslie
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| 233.49 | Far more misses than hits (lately) | AWECIM::MCMAHON | Living in the owe-zone | Tue Oct 04 1994 05:26 | 4 |
| Yeah, I know that not every one of their skits was a winner, but it
seems that more hit than missed. Lately, I'm looking for the ONE that
hits and it's not worth the 1.5 hours . Of course, I might get lucky
and laugh within the first half hour... 8-}
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| 233.50 | my kind of commercials | ICS::STUART | Yes I am ! | Tue Oct 04 1994 07:03 | 9 |
|
I always loved when a skit would end and they would cut to a commercial....
But it was THEIR commercial ! Sometimes it would take a minute before
you knew..... " It's a floor cleaner ! No, it's a dessert topping ! "
waaaaaaaahahahaha
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| 233.51 | Re: .49; do like I do, tape it then fast forward through the junk ... | NETRIX::michaud | Paul Simon | Tue Oct 04 1994 08:05 | 0 |
| 233.52 | hate when that happens | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Wed Oct 05 1994 05:30 | 7 |
| Their format *used* to be, guest host does monologue, says "We'll be
right back," then cut to SNL fake commercial. But I've noticed that
the reruns frequently cut to a REAL commercial (and I'm sitting there
like an idiot watching every move: "uh huh, uh huh, Phil Hartman's
gonna show up any minute...").
Leslie
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| 233.53 | Travolta was a good host | TROOA::TRP109::Chris | ...plays well with other children | Wed Oct 19 1994 03:07 | 9 |
| Finally... a show where I actually laughed out loud a couple of times. I
especially liked the opening where the camera angle was down at Travolta's
feet and everytime he would walk down the hall, the music from SNF would
play (got faster when he had to run) and the "Quentin Tarantino's Welcome
Back Kotter" skit was classic - I had just seen "Pulp Fiction" on Friday
night, so some of the inside jokes made sense. The beginning was a direct
take off of "Reservoir Dogs" and I loved when Lenny and Squiggy came in, and
then Steve B...(?) who was in RD. I even like Norm McDonald doing the news
- he reminds me of Dennis Miller - sarcastic and witty.
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| 233.54 | | BUSY::FISED::SLABOUNTY | Looking out for number one, I stepped in number two. | Wed Oct 19 1994 05:28 | 5 |
|
How was Seal? Was he any good?
GTI
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| 233.55 | | NETCAD::HERTZBERG | History: Love it or Leave it! | Wed Oct 19 1994 05:42 | 15 |
|
I thought Seal was very good. I've seen a video clip or two before and
didn't pay too much attention, but his SNL performance caught my eye
and ear. He's really got a great voice, performed well with his band
and backup singer (who also has a great voice and meshes very well with
his), and the tunes were above the average in musical interest, IMHO.
He was also wearing a cool in-ear wireless monitor.
Marc
P.S. I also agree that this show was well above average for the way
SNL has been going this year. Hopefully, there will be more
decent shows more often. Next week should be good with Dana
Carvey... just let him do Wayne's World, assorted presidents,
etc.
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| 233.56 | He's got a new one out, also. | BUSY::FISED::SLABOUNTY | Looking out for number one, I stepped in number two. | Wed Oct 19 1994 08:43 | 8 |
|
I didn't even know who Seal was until I bought a CD called
"Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume 4 [??]" [I think] and said
to myself, "Oh yeah, I remember this song!! ["Crazy"]". I'd
never realized how good that song was until then.
GTI
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| 233.57 | airline skit / 'bye bye' | GRILLA::LALIBERTE | OMS/Global Communications | Thu Oct 20 1994 02:53 | 4 |
| does anyone have a tape of the airline attendants skit doing
"BYE BYE"...I think it was Helen Hunt.
Thanks.
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| 233.58 | | CRISTA::MAYNARD | The Front Row Kid | Fri Oct 21 1994 07:15 | 3 |
| Show on 21-October will have Dana Carvey as guest host and Edie
Brickell as musical guest.
Jim
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| 233.59 | If only they could do it every week | NETCAD::HERTZBERG | History: Love it or Leave it! | Tue Oct 25 1994 06:04 | 5 |
| Best show in quite a while, not surprisingly. Only disappointment was
lack of Wayne's World. I wonder why they left that out. Introduction
was great!
Marc
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| 233.60 | SNL vastly improved over last year | TROOA::TRP109::Chris | ...plays well with other children | Tue Oct 25 1994 09:30 | 1 |
| ..well...it's been good for 2 weeks in a row now - maybe there's hope?!
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| 233.61 | Carvey show *not* as good as Travolta show | NETRIX::michaud | Sweathog | Tue Oct 25 1994 09:38 | 14 |
| well I didn't think this past show (w/Dana Carvey) as host
was as good as the prior live show with John Travolta. Several
skits this past show that weren't funny to begin with were drawn
out for a very long time (like the Johnny Carson as a lawyer for
OJ Simpson skit).
What I have noticed this year so far is that they really aren't
doing many shows. Seems they are doing only 1 or 2 live shows
in a row and then run reruns for 1 or 2 weeks afterwards (ex.
this week and next week will not be live shows).
Is this because they have such a HUGE cast (and bigger names like
Chris Elliott and that guy from Laverne & Shirly) this season that they
can't afford to do as many shows?
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| 233.62 | | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Thu Oct 27 1994 05:55 | 8 |
| The Garry Shandling impersonation was DEAD ON! I agree with .61 about
the Johnny-Carson-at-OJ's-trial scene. I thought it was deadly boring,
pointless, and way too long. But the Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony, and
especially "Garry Shandling" made up for the worst of the rest of the
show. (Honorable mention to Jeanine Garafolo [sp?] for "Mary Lou
Retton"!)
Leslie
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| 233.63 | | HELIX::MAIEWSKI | | Thu Oct 27 1994 06:47 | 8 |
| RE <<< Note 233.62 by USCTR1::WOOLNER "Your dinner is in the supermarket" >>>
I thought the Johnny-Carson-at-OJ's-trial scene was great. I nearly died
when he did Carson doing Karnak to open the envelope. I'm still laughing
about that one.
Good show,
George
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| 233.64 | I Liked the Skit | NETCAD::HERTZBERG | History: Love it or Leave it! | Thu Oct 27 1994 07:03 | 2 |
| I thought the Johnny Carson was good because the Ed McMahon character
was dead on.
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| 233.65 | | MILKWY::SMCCORMICK | Hurricane Scott | Thu Oct 27 1994 08:40 | 5 |
|
It was cool to see "Hans and Frans" again!
Scott.
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| 233.66 | | SALEM::MAYNARD | LATE FOR THE SKY | Sat Nov 12 1994 04:59 | 4 |
|
Sarah Jessica Parker will be the host on Nov 12.
REM will be the musical guest.
Jim
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| 233.67 | | BUSY::SCUBA::SLABOUNTY | Thailboat!! | Sat Nov 12 1994 06:18 | 8 |
|
That means I can turn the sound down and drool for an hour and
a half.
8^)
GTI
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| 233.68 | What's the Frequency Kenneth? | CRISTA::MAYNARD | The Front Row Kid | Sat Nov 12 1994 07:48 | 5 |
|
Sean
Why does REM make you drool? Is like a new-wave thing we should be
aware of ?
Jim
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| 233.69 | bag him please | PCBUOA::LPIERCE | Do the watermelon crawl | Sat Nov 12 1994 07:52 | 5 |
|
I wouldn't mind listening to REM - but can someone please put a
bag over the lead singers head!
Lou
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| 233.70 | | BUSY::SCUBA::SLABOUNTY | Thailboat!! | Sat Nov 12 1994 08:00 | 10 |
|
RE: Jim
Ummm, actually it's Sarah who makes me drool. Turning the
sound down is for REM.
But I think you knew that. 8^)
GTI
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| 233.71 | In a Van Down by the River! | CRISTA::MAYNARD | The Front Row Kid | Wed Nov 16 1994 08:27 | 8 |
| Great show! Sarah J. looked great and fit in well in the different
skits. REM did 3 songs- usually the musical guests only do 2. They
sounded excellent!
Favorite skit: A takeoff on the Wizard of Oz, with the Munchkins
refusing to come out from behind the bushes and Mike Meyer as the
Mayor of Munchkinland telling Dorothy to "...Hit the road. Hit the
Yellow Brick Road..."
Jim
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| 233.72 | | AWECIM::MCMAHON | Living in the owe-zone | Thu Nov 17 1994 08:01 | 2 |
| Well, Sarah looked fit, but IMNSHO, her makeup was way overdone! The
shows are definitely getting better.
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| 233.73 | | CRISTA::MAYNARD | The Front Row Kid | Fri Nov 18 1994 07:11 | 3 |
|
The host for the Nov 19 show will be John Turturro.
Musical guest will be Tom Petty.
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| 233.74 | live or memorex? | NETRIX::michaud | Kenny Loggins | Fri Nov 18 1994 08:42 | 5 |
| > The host for the Nov 19 show will be John Turturro.
> Musical guest will be Tom Petty.
I got the impression this was a rerun. Is it? This season
they haven't had many consecutive weeks of live shows .....
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| 233.75 | | CRISTA::MAYNARD | The Front Row Kid | Sat Nov 19 1994 02:36 | 4 |
| Well, Turturro and Petty have been doing promos during other NBC shows
and Petty has a new album out, so I would tend to believe the Nov 19
show will NOT be a rerun.
Jim
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| 233.76 | Roseanne Show | ACIHUB::ROGERW::MONAGHAN | Just exactly how cold is Alaska? | Thu Dec 08 1994 05:32 | 21 |
|
Well,
The bottom of the barrel at last! Unbelievable
is the first word that comes to mind, LAWSUIT for Slander
is the second, and CHEAPSHOT/NOCLASS/BACKSTABBING/WHITETRASH
is the third. My wife and I sat there dumbstruck for the first
ten minutes, then we turned off the set in disgust. The penis
references, the accusations of career wrecking, and the shot
at Schwartznegger for the crime of being in a movie with her
EX. I'm sure Tom Arnold is no angel or pure as the driven snow,
but everything TV or radio appearance of his that I've seen or
heard has been free of this vendetta stuff since the divorce
was finalized. IMHO, SNL has just sunk itself with this show,
I'm sure the roseanne fans were in hysterics, but I think the
average viewer clicked out of this one.
Just my opinion,
Roger
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| 233.77 | Boo! Hiss! | TROOA::TRP109::Chris | ...plays well with other children | Thu Dec 08 1994 05:44 | 5 |
| I wouldn't even watch the show last week (and I almost always watch it or
tape it) - Roseanne is the most ungracious, rude, obnoxious person I've ever
had the displeasure of seeing and I refuse to watch anything she does. I
think it's a pretty sad reflection of our society when somebody this
non-talented is able to become the power in entertainment that she has.
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| 233.78 | | HELIX::MAIEWSKI | | Thu Dec 08 1994 05:56 | 14 |
| RE<<< Note 233.76 by ACIHUB::ROGERW::MONAGHAN "Just exactly how cold is Alaska?" >>>
> -< Roseanne Show >-
> Well,
> The bottom of the barrel at last! Unbelievable
> is the first word that comes to mind, LAWSUIT for Slander
> is the second, and CHEAPSHOT/NOCLASS/BACKSTABBING/WHITETRASH
> is the third.
I agree, roseanne was great, the show was great.
Pure slime at it's best.
George
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| 233.79 | Way to go George | ACIHUB::ROGERW::MONAGHAN | Just exactly how cold is Alaska? | Thu Dec 08 1994 06:13 | 7 |
|
George,
You are one sick puppy!
:^),:^) Roger
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| 233.80 | | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Thailboat!! | Thu Dec 08 1994 07:13 | 11 |
|
Well, what did you expect? Poetry readings?
Everyone knows who Roseanne is, and knows what her specialty
is [being fat and obnoxious], so why even bother watching
anything she does if you know how it'll turn out anyways?
And for the record, Tom was great in "True Lies".
GTI
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| 233.81 | Not pro or con Tom but now anti-Roseanne | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Thu Dec 08 1994 07:21 | 9 |
| Yup, unrelenting Tom-bashing. Some of the material was funny enough,
but I was appalled that it was allowed on the airwaves. Didn't they
institute a mumble-second delay last season? But come to think of it,
that Madonna sketch was nothing BUT Tom-bashing. Who approved the
skits?!
I think I gave it 20 minutes before disgust overcame fascinated horror.
Leslie
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| 233.82 | Argh! Who did the original?! | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Tue Jan 17 1995 07:25 | 11 |
| Jeff Daniels was the host this week; usual mix of mediocre fare, but
there were some highlights. Notably, the commercial for coffin
mattresses, the Martin Luther King Day sketch, and best of all, Ellen
Cleghorn's "video" during Weekend Update as Marguerite Simpson!!!!
Very clever lyrics, and I'm showing how out-of-touch I am here but--
it was a wonderful parody of [who???--British black woman, on the
Tonight Show about 3 weeks ago] "You Gotta Be" [is that the title??].
The crowd went nuts, so it *must* be very popular. (Hey, at least I
knew it was a takeoff and not one of Adam Sandler's singsong chants!)
Leslie
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| 233.83 | | NETRIX::michaud | Cosmo Krammer | Tue Jan 17 1995 08:31 | 7 |
| > Jeff Daniels was the host this week; usual mix of mediocre fare, but
> there were some highlights. Notably, the commercial for coffin
> mattresses, ....
That mattress commercial was actually a re-run from a previous
show. I've noticed that they these days they often re-run
the commercial skits .....
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| 233.84 | | OOTOOL::CHELSEA | Mostly harmless. | Tue Jan 17 1995 10:36 | 6 |
| Re: .82
>it was a wonderful parody of [who???--British black woman, on the
>Tonight Show about 3 weeks ago] "You Gotta Be" [is that the title??].
Des'ree
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| 233.85 | off to Strawberries [record store] | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Tue Jan 17 1995 11:12 | 4 |
| Oooh thank you thank you. I can't believe I taped over that Tonight
Show %-}
Leslie
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| 233.86 | Good Show | NETCAD::HERTZBERG | History: Love it or Leave it! | Wed Apr 12 1995 05:44 | 4 |
| Well, I thought last week's show was pretty funny for a change. And
what was the name of the musical guest? I thought she/they were great.
Marc
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| 233.87 | tape I can borrow? | LGP30::FLEISCHER | without vision the people perish (DTN 297-5780, MRO2-3/E8) | Mon Oct 09 1995 19:59 | 11 |
| I mis-programmed my VCR (in my defense, at least the clock is
set correctly :-) and didn't succeed in taping the most
recent show (Saturday, October 7). Does anybody in the
"greater Littleton area" have a copy I could borrow to view?
Thanks,
Bob
Littleton, MA
DTN 227-3978
Groton, MA
(508) 448-6151
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| 233.88 | | APLVEW::DEBRIAE | Ericaceaous to the extreme... | Fri Oct 13 1995 12:56 | 4 |
|
Sorry, I don't have a tape, but can offer that you didn't miss
anything worth seeing in that show. It was as awful as ever.
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| 233.89 | | NETCAD::SIEGEL | The revolution wil not be televised | Fri Oct 13 1995 16:42 | 11 |
| This weekend they are running a "best of saturday night live" with clips
from shows that contained the last bunch of cast members. The ratings for
the new season must've been so bad they need to pull it for a while to
re-work it. It does need work. Even with the last cast, there just wasn't
much funny stuff. Even the news was getting pretty lame. I notice the
names of the writers that are credited at the end are pretty new. A few
recognizable names are there, like Lorne Michaels and James Downey, but
most or all of the people from the mid 80's are gone. A good cast can't
help a bad script.
adam
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| 233.90 | | WASTED::michaud | Groundhog Day | Fri Oct 13 1995 17:02 | 12 |
| > This weekend they are running a "best of saturday night live" with clips
> from shows that contained the last bunch of cast members. The ratings for
> the new season must've been so bad they need to pull it for a while to
> re-work it. It does need work.
Did you really hear they pulled it for a while? If not, then it's
not unusual for SNL to only have 2 or 3 consecutive live shows
with reruns of other shows in the timeslot (I commented on this
programming style last year in this topic).
I must admit I haven't watched more than 10 minutes of this show
this season due to it being so bad .........
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| 233.91 | | NETCAD::SIEGEL | The revolution wil not be televised | Fri Oct 13 1995 19:26 | 10 |
| > Did you really hear they pulled it for a while? If not, then it's
> not unusual for SNL to only have 2 or 3 consecutive live shows
> with reruns of other shows in the timeslot (I commented on this
> programming style last year in this topic).
I did not hear that they pulled it - it was just a speculation on my part.
Since the season just started, I figured they'd have more than 2 live shows
before doing re-runs, to try to get "momentum". I guess not.
adam
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| 233.92 | IMHO | NETCAD::HERTZBERG | History: Love it or Leave it! | Mon Oct 16 1995 14:02 | 3 |
| Actually, I thought the season opener was very good. The second show
should have been good with Chevy Chase, but it was a bust (except Lisa
Loeb was good).
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| 233.93 | still leaves a lot to be desired | NETCAD::SIEGEL | The revolution wil not be televised | Thu Mar 21 1996 16:31 | 5 |
| Last week's show, with John Goodman, was probably the best show of this
season. I loved the "MTV's Real World" parodies with Norm McDonald as Bob
Dole!
adam
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| 233.94 | | CLUSTA::MAIEWSKI | Bos-Mil-Atl Braves W.S. Champs | Fri Mar 22 1996 12:53 | 3 |
| This week Phil Hartman returns as host.
George
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| 233.95 | I miss Edie, Dan, Chevy, Adam, Mike, Dana, John, Steve etc... | POLAR::TYSICK | Knight of the Soundtable | Tue May 28 1996 16:45 | 11 |
| Anyone catch the episode on May 18th 1996?
The one with Jim Carey & musical guest SoundGarden!
It was pretty good IMHO, but SNL is definately sliding down hill.
It was even pretty hard for Jim to keep me laughin', now I'm not sayin
the writers are to blame, nor the comedians, but something sure ain't
comin' together.
As for SG...they were great...and I think Chris' voice is getting
better!
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| 233.96 | Brilliant performance as Jimmy Stewart | NETCAD::HERTZBERG | History: Love it or Leave it! | Tue May 28 1996 17:17 | 7 |
| I had no idea that Jim Carey did a Jimmy Stewart impression. His
appearance on the "Joe Pesci show" (which is always a good skit to
begin with) was one of the funniest things they've aired in years. SNL
certainly takes alot of cricicism lately, a good portion of which is
well-deserved, IMHO, but they still hit the spot once in a while, and I
think this season just ended was a step up compared to some recent years.
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| 233.97 | Maybe there's still hope for SNL | TNPUBS::NAZZARO | Best of luck, Marcus! | Wed May 29 1996 18:40 | 4 |
| I've only seen a few episodes this year, but The Joe Pesci Show and the
cheerleaders are two very funny skits.
NAZZ
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| 233.98 | Only if Jim Carrey becomes a regular | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | The moment is a masterpiece | Thu May 30 1996 17:04 | 21 |
| I have NO IDEA why but... I thought the "three hip guys" skit was
hilarious.
Obviously in the line of descendency (and this sure is "descending"
rapidly) from the "Wild & Crazy guys" thing with Steve Martin.
Some of my friends and I have this thing going where all start bobbing
our heads in sync while wearing that enormous grin.
It was the best ep of SNL in quite awhile but... with Jim Carrey...
what did you expect. I think his WORST work is "Ace Ventura".
He's much better at those kinda SNL/In-Living-Color skits.
Oh yeah... I also loved the opening monologue:
"Where I come from minimum wage is $20 million but...
we somehow make ends meet."
;-)
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| 233.99 | How much Pamela Lee? | NEWVAX::BUCHMAN | Rosalie's Uncle | Mon Apr 21 1997 17:10 | 26 |
| At the risk of identifying myself with the baser instincts of the male
gender, I was wondering ...
Did Pamela Lee really take off all her clothes during the monologue on
Saturday night??? She came out in shorts, bikini top and jacket, then
took off the jacket and told the audience that her husband told her she
would feel less nervous in front of a live audience if they were to
imagine her naked. Then she reconsidered, and said maybe what he meant
was that she should actually be naked. So she took off her top and
pants, during which time the TV monitors blurred her crucial areas,
just like they do on news reports when they blur a person's face to
protect their identity.
I don't think she would strip all the way ... on the one hand, what if
there were kids in the audience? ... on the other hand, if they warned
potential audience members that "parental discretion is advised ..
Pamela Lee will be naked", you run the serious danger of a stampede
(there go those baser instincts again ...) Does anyone know for sure?
SNL has some pretty good skits nowadays. My wife and I both like the 2
or 3 nightclubbing dudes; the cheerleader skits are typically funny;
and Goat-boy is pretty good too. Not the glory days of
Chase/Ackroyd/Belushi, nor yet Murphy/Piscipo; but not too shabby.
Thanks,
Jim
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| 233.100 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | turn and face the strange | Mon Apr 21 1997 18:30 | 6 |
| Don't forget the Mary Margaret skits - they are hilarious! I
especially like the week where Rosie O'Donnell was guest host. They
did a skit where MM was trying out for the Christmas solo for her
Catholic choir. Rosie was the conductor nun and Penny Marshall was a
hard-talkin piano playing nun. Whitney Houston was one of the other
students. Very funny!
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| 233.101 | i'm guessing she was... | QUARRY::petert | rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty | Mon Apr 21 1997 19:58 | 8 |
| Whether or not she (Pamela Lee) really did get naked, the network was
certainly concerned that she would. This is the first time that I know
of that the show was tape delayed. It usually starts 11:30 sharp. When the
news stretched on, I was wondering what was going on. But by delaying by
7 to 10 minutes, they allowed the network the time to blur out details
that would have been deemed inappropriate.
PeterT
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| 233.102 | | FLUME::upb | | Tue Apr 22 1997 00:34 | 12 |
| > Whether or not she (Pamela Lee) really did get naked, the network was
> certainly concerned that she would. This is the first time that I know
> of that the show was tape delayed. It usually starts 11:30 sharp. When the
> news stretched on, I was wondering what was going on. But by delaying by
> 7 to 10 minutes, they allowed the network the time to blur out details
> that would have been deemed inappropriate.
The news stretched on because the baseball game ran late....
and btw, the show is always tape delayed a few seconds to give
the network sensor time to push the mute button (though that didn't
appear to work with the snl news the week before last)
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| 233.103 | | CLUSTA::MAIEWSKI | Braves, 1914 1957 1995 WS Champs | Tue Apr 22 1997 13:12 | 10 |
| According to the Globe she was naked. NBC did a digital scramble of the
sensitive areas.
Actually I don't believe she was naked. From what you could see took off
the purple fluffy jacket and her pink top and skirt but it was pretty obvious
that she didn't take off the knee high silver boots.
Oddly enough the rest of the show was pretty good. She's not bad at comedy.
George
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| 233.104 | | NETCAD::SIEGEL | The revolution wil not be televised | Tue Apr 22 1997 17:01 | 13 |
| re: <<< Note 233.103 by CLUSTA::MAIEWSKI "Braves, 1914 1957 1995 WS Champs" >>>
> According to the Globe she was naked. NBC did a digital scramble of the
>sensitive areas.
I saw it too, and I don't think she took it all off either. If she did,
there would have been *MUCH* more audience screaming. As it was, there was
only a moderate number of woops and hollers. Plus, with Tommy Lee
backstage, I'd think he'd object.
I must admit, SNL has improved greatly since last year.
adam
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| 233.105 | | QUARRY::petert | rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty | Tue Apr 22 1997 18:34 | 7 |
| Hey Adam...
> Plus, with Tommy Lee backstage, I'd think he'd object.
Somehow, I really don't think he minds all that much...
PeterT
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