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You can probably dl it- or maybe it's on hulu

All the Canadian medlaists being honoured at the Leafs-Habs game is awesome. Though, it seems like there's always some ceremony before Leafs-Habs

It's too expensive to air on FX. I think the strike just hurt the momentum of the show

I enjoy it too, though the flashback episode with Cameron was really bad. I also wish Derek would just punch Sarah Connor in the face, since every episode she threatens to kill him if he screws up. They should at least keep the show on for another season, to see if it gets any bump from T4

Everyone was talking to me about Wahlberg as well. I watched it a few times, and it just never did it for me.

"I think everyone in this building would *love* to watch Henry Fonda pick blueberries" The only time Bob has something on his mind is when he wears a hat!

Then they shouldn't go to a roast in the first place

Watching Jim Powers roast people was like watching Henry Fonda pick blueberries. Some video of the incident is on youtube- a drunk Scott Hall sure was right!

It's a roast you moron.

That's pretty funny

It's a roast though. Everyone makes horribly offensive and off colour jokes. That's what a roast is. No, he wasn't. If Hall was going to get offended by any messed up jokes, he shouldn't have gone to a roast. And the joke isn't even that off-colour or shocking,

Do you know what a roast is? At the Flavor Flav roast last year, Jimmy Kimmel made a Benoit joke.

I understand you don't want to get too cocky, but the economy has overwhelmed everything and well, Democrats usually win on the economy, and this year they have the added bonus that McCain REALLY sucks on the economy. That's why AIG and those banks failed right when McCain got the nod.

Not really- it was only one skit plus an Update. Plus, I already deleted it off my DVR

SNL Review- Anne Hathaway/The Killers Cold Opening Cast- Queen Latifah, Tina Fey, Jason Sudeikis Thoughts- So….much….Tina. But again, given the ratings and the news coverage, they have to keep bringing her back. I just hope once Election Day is over and Palin goes away, Tina goes back to 30 Rock. This was really funny and much better than the first debate skit. And really, it should’ve been, since unlike McCain-Obama I, the veep debate was actually spirited and both candidates seemed like they wanted to be there and were having fun. And having fun= lots of material for SNL. So everyone wins! Some great lines, including the can I call you Joe exchange, and I like that they touched on Biden’s constant repetition during the debate. I was hoping they’d be mean spirited and touch on Biden choking up, but I guess that would be crossing a line though the two unwilling teenagers line was also a tad mean. This was lots of fun, and showed that SNL’s political humour still has it, and I’ll admit that Tina’s impression is great. And thank you Queen Latifah for being available, or that would’ve been awkward. **** Monologue Cast- Anne Hathaway Thoughts- I know that Hathaway wanted to show she has a sense of humour about her summer from hell (well save for Get Smart) but she seemed really uncomfortable talking about and joking about the thing with her boyfriend. Apparently, she’s homeless now because she was living with the felon. That’s sad. I was kind of hoping for a Kenan appearance as the Nigerian. **1/4 Lawrence Welk Show Cast- Hathaway, Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Casey Wilson Thoughts- The writers must be up at all hours of the day to catch Lawrence Welk, which I believe reruns on PBS still. And seriously, who even pitches a Lawrence Welk skit, given how out of date that reference is. This was an interesting first skit for the show, and it grew on me. Kristen’s psycho characters are hit and miss, but I liked this one, even though I’ve never even seen Lawrence Welk. *** Bailout Cast- Hathaway, Sudeikis, Wiig, Armisen, Darrell Hammond, Kenan Thompson, Will Forte, Bill Hader, Poehler, Bobby Moynihan, Wilson Thoughts- Jim Downey wrote this one, and after the last couple of misfires, I’m glad to see the Downey touch was back. Also, wow, this is the first time they’ve done W. in a while. Also, the people who should be shot caption on Darrell and Casey got yanked off the internet version, so hooray censorship! This was really good, and I like how Downey was willing to equally attack both sides, and it seemed like he was mocking the Democrats a bit more. It’s like An American Carol, only humorous. Kenan and Moynihan was pretty funny, though Moynihan still kind of annoys me. Hader and Hathaway was decent, but wow, Amy have that baby already. Darrell and Casey was lame, but I thought Forte as Soros was quite funny. Overall another good political skit. ***1/4 Fun At the Club Cast- Hathaway, Armisen, Thompson, Hader, Samberg, Wiig, Wilson, Moynihan Thoughts- I don’t know how on his fourth show, Moynihan got the honorary do something sexy with the hot host skit. I mean, he’s terrible and a new guy, yet in his fourth show, he already got to slap Anne Hathaway’s ass and have Anne Hathaway slap his ass? That’s not just fair. At least give it to Hader or something. Don’t see what the point of this one, maybe a writer owed Moynihan money? ½* SNL Digital Short Cast- Hathaway, Samberg, Wiig, Forte, Thompson Thoughts- It’s another lacklustre Digital Short! The Digital Short is turning into Weekend Update circa 2004-2005 with how it has fallen in quality. Even the attempt at bizarreness with Forte didn’t really work out for them. The Human ATM thing was legit awesome though. Of all the Hathaway films to use, they do Becoming Jane? Did anyone even see that movie? ** The Killers “Human” Thoughts- Even though I mocked them when they were on the season premiere back in 2006, I have to admit that I’ve become quite the Killers fan. They play their songs a lot on Alt Nation, and they’ve grown on me a lot. Human’s not my favourite song and I feel they could’ve released a better song as a first single. But it’s still a good song. The k on the stage was just all kinds of wrong though. ***1/4 Weekend Update Cast- Seth Meyers, Poehler, Forte Thoughts- Oh man, they were feeling it this week. No crappy Fred or Andy commentary and the jokes were rocking. The multiple jokes on the fat guy were just tremendous, one of the funniest bits of the Meyers-Poehler era. They should turn that into a feature, like they did Really. And while I’m not reviewing the Primetime Extra, my God was that Really bit great or what? Forte’s song was great. For the record, he did not mention the Congresswoman who represents me, Nita Lowey. I gotta say, I was holding out hope he’d mention her or John Hall, another nearby congressman. Him going off on Amy for interrupting him was hilarious. When Forte’s at the desk, you know it’s a good time to be alive. They had a few clunkers post-Forte’s commentary, but this was a fun Update and I can’t get over how funny the multiple joke bit was. In an attempt to get cake wins at life. ****1/2 Mary Poppins Cast- Hathaway, Forte, Wilson, Moynihan Thoughts- For the record, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is not the longest word in the English language. I remember this from my People Entertainment Almanac and looked it up on wikipedia, but pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is generally considered the longest word in English. See, you learn something reading my inane thoughts on post-Update SNL skits. Casey with a British accent and that hat- oh yes. I wasn’t getting into this one, but Hader as Dick Van Dyke was hilarious and I loved the drums playing everytime he played, and Casey hitting Moynihan at the end. **1/2 Most YouTubed News Team Cast- Hathaway, Sudeikis, Thompson, Wiig, Armisen, Forte, Poehler, Wilson, Moynihan Thoughts- This is a good idea for a skit, but it wasn’t as funny as I hoped it would be. A few funny bits here and there, but this was written to be a mediocre skit to fill time late in the show. Hathaway asking to buy weed and the small penis joke was funny. **1/4 Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals Cast- Samberg Thoughts- I feel this is some in-joke about Wahlberg or something, kind of like Lawrence Welk. I was hoping one of the animals would do something funny on live TV but to no avail. Now I’m going to talk to a GOAT was funny though. ** Fabulous Cast- Hathaway, Sudeikis, Hader Thoughts- Who has watched Bill and Jason kiss about a million times thanks to DVR? Ummm not this guy! This skit was farfetched and incredibly stupid, but it made me laugh a lot for some reason. I also like how once they unouted themselves, they did a bro hug. And I always like skits that have a nice ending. *** The Killers Thoughts- I like this song more than Smile, maybe they should’ve made this the first single. But wow, Brandon Flowers’ jacket was all kinds of gay. Shame they couldn’t have gotten Lou Reed and performed Tranquillise. ***1/2 Katy Perry Cast- Wilson, Wiig Thoughts- Casey’s cleavage was awesome and that poor cat looked quite frightened. That’s about all I got. ¾* The Bottom Line- The avg. skit was **.63 making this a thumbs up show and the (very early) show of the year. Hathaway was a fun versatile (and attractive) host, the political humour hit, Update was awesome and the music rocked too. I’m also impressed that SNL was able to bust out a good show, given that it was week four and I imagine everyone was running on fumes. Plus they knew they had to do the Primetime stuff, so that’s remarkable. Anyway a fun show, and hopefully they can keep the momentum going. Thumbs Up

Also, McCain's officially fucked. Without counting toss-up states, Obama's at 277. I wonder what his cabinet will be.

Let's continue to mindlessly rip Marvin for pages on end to feel better about ourselves!

I don't think bps does. I mean, I might have no actual power, but still- it counts for something?

I don't believe in locking threads, and as cheech's poll showed, most posters have no problem with them. Let the thread play out until it's over, it's run for this long.

Yea, 909's idea sounds way too confusing and I don't like it. But I'm not a mega-thread hater, and I have no problem with this thread

He's down in Tampa on some trip which I'm sure he'll elaborate about when he returns also, he made about ten different posts talking about how he was trying to get tix for Games One and/or Two of this ALCS on said trip Oh, I'm not really an AL guy, so I didn't really notice.

I thought Smues lived in Alaska

Of course, the minute I put on the game, no more no-no

Guys, according to al, saying that a no-hitter is happening is not what breaks up a no-hitter! Come on now.

Yea, I'm happy I have it, trust me.