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Why? It's all in good fun. We need Hoff to come back in vote- his posts were hilarious

It's my SNL review of the Catherine Zeta-Jones episode. Mike's rape stuff happened at the Pit. I nominate the thread where Slickster defended the WWF's handling of Owen's death. Also, I don't think DH actually said the room is spinning, I think it was just used to mock him.

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No he's not. When he cuts his long winded promos that just give him an excuse to say What- it's really not that funny

How have you been Rudo?

No, but he has a job and he missed the show because he was at the dress and afterparty

I just don't think Lorne did a good Michael Scott. Seth as Ryan would've been funny.

Sorry this is so late gang. I was at the dress rehearsal and then went to the afterparty, so I missed the live show. It always takes me a while to get the episode torrented and to write a full review. Anyway- here it is- SNL Review- Rainn Wilson/Arcade Fire Cold Opening Cast- Rainn Wilson, Darrell Hammond, Fred Armisen Thoughts- I wish SNL had done some Anna Nicole stuff the week she died instead of waiting a while to make sure that it was okay to make fun of her. Even though it was great seeing the host in the cold opening, I thought this was came off really flat. In fact, it pretty much died off once Rainn came on screen, since none of his bits were really that funny. This would be the first of many skits where I would have to see Rainn without clothes on. The stuff at the bottom of the news ticker was funny, but not much else. ** Monologue Cast- Lorne Michaels, Rashida Jones, Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, Kenan Thompson, Amy Poehler Thoughts- The JIM HALPERT SMIRK!~ makes its debut on SNL. Awesome. The Office is my favourite show, so I was ecstatic seeing it get spoofed on SNL. Jason and Kristen were great as Jam, and as much I hate Karen, her cameo was funny. And loved the nice touch of Kenan doing the crossword as Stanley. Fun fact: Kenan has never watched the Office and had no idea who Stanley was. Lorne’s Michael Scott was pretty bad though. It just wasn’t funny. I was also disappointed that we didn’t get a “That’s what she said.” Aside from Lorne, this was some real good stuff. ***1/2 Even Though We Ain’t Got Money Cast- Wilson, Will Forte, Sudeikis, Bill Hader Thoughts- Who would’ve thought Danny’s Song by Loggins and Messina would inspire so many memories? Also, whatever happened to Messina? According to wikipedia, he now runs the Jim Messina’s Songwriter’s Performance Workshop. This was an awesome skit, and all the bizarre stories were hilarious. Sudeikis’ story was slightly changed up from dress. I don’t recall the specifics, but it involved his uncle looking like a goat. So maybe you don’t want to know. The line about Bill’s dad having Down’s syndrome and Rainn yelling excitedly about pee coming out of his nose were my favourite parts, but this skit was hilarious. I didn’t really care for the Pulp Fiction ending, but that’s a minor quibble in a great skit. ****1/4 SNL Digital Short Cast- Arcade Fire, Wilson, Poehler, Sudeikis, Hader, Andy Samberg, Forte, Thompson, Hammond, Wiig, Maya Rudolph,Armisen Thoughts- Wow, they even got the musical guest to do the Digital Short- impressive! This was the usual funny bit from the Digital Short guys with some good lines throughout. Loved the bit with Chief Big Cloud and Gary, The Arcade Fire’s random cameo and the Invisible Man. In what seems to be a recurring theme for the night, I thought the ending was really lame, and it seemed like they had no idea how to end it. *** Noonies Cast- Wilson, Armisen, Rudolph, Wiig, Samberg Thoughts-I think Noonies is one of those skits that the hosts must enjoy doing, since I don’t understand how it keeps getting on the air. Which just goes to prove my theory: The hosts are idiots. This wasn’t an abomination in the eyes of God like previous Noonies, because Rainn did a good job of playing off of them, but it still sucked. I wonder what the Noonies do for a living that allows them to have such extravagant architecture. *1/2 Peeping Tom Cast- Wilson, Rudolph, Poehler, Sudeikis Thoughts- Rainn playing creepy…..nice. This should’ve been later in the show and in dress, it was. Rainn got some mileage out of being weird, but there wasn’t much else to this. And if you’re going to have two chicks make out….have them make out. Don’t half-ass it! That was weak ending #3. **1/4 Arcade Fire “Intervention” Thoughts- The female in the band looks like Lorelai Gilmore. How do these guys make any money with so many people being in the group? Plus, what was with the megaphone? Is Jimmy Hart in this band? And they’re from Montreal, so boo. I wasn’t feeling this song. ** Weekend Update Cast- Seth Meyers, Poehler, Armisen, Wiig, Samberg Thoughts- This was a bit of a letdown considering how good Update was last week. Two of the commentaries were brutal. Fred as the crying judge went over really well in dress but I think it was more of a “Oh man it’s the crying judge!” rather then people laughing because it was funny. Aunt Linda is starting to grow on me. I mean, I know it’s not that funny, but her going OH GAAAAAAH makes me laugh. Call it a guilty pleasure. Andy didn’t even try to sound like Prince Harry! I guess he was inspired by the Will Ferrell vomiting from 97 but there was a big difference….Ferrell vomiting on Norm was setup perfectly, and it had the added shock value of the vomit and then Norm eating. This was just Samberg in a horrible British accent and then being all “Oh, might as well vomit now”. Wasn’t shocking or funny. Go away Andy, stay from the desk. The jokes were fine for the most part. They did cut this one hilarious bit called Shame On You. They played this funny music and the person Seth shamed was someone who shot and killed their landlord. After reading the story he goes, Mr. Vasquez….shame on you. And then they played the music. Hilarious This Update was alright, but would’ve been better had it not been 10 hours long. ***1/4 That’s America, It’s a Problem Cast- Wilson, Forte, Wiig Thoughts- I really like these characters, and I think Rainn fit right in with them. In dress this was much earlier in the show, but they moved it way back. I agree with that decision, since a skit like this plays better later in the show. It’s your typical bizarre Will Forte skit, and it would be weird seeing it before midnight. The guys teaching Rainn how to use the copier and hazing him with the pen was some funny stuff. The bit with the water wasn’t funny, but I liked the passage of time stuff and the ending murder bit. Kristen saying, “That’s America, it’s a problem,” killed me. Great catchphrase. ***1/2 White Possum Scream Cast- Wilson, Thompson Thoughts- This skit was done right below me so I saw WAY too much of Rainn Wilson. That could’ve been the story of the whole show. They needed to do that when they have a hot host. I laughed at the fake movie posters (Rainn’s face in the My Big Fat Armenian Funeral killed me) and the critics quotes ( A good try) were great. I also liked the bit at the end with Rainn attempting to escape only to get chained back. *** Arcade Fire “Keep the Car Running” Thoughts- It was weird seeing Lorelai Gilmore play a totally different instrument then she did on the first song. It threw me off. And they had the megaphone again! I really enjoyed this song, a lot more then the first one. It had a good fast beat to it and they used all the instruments really well. *** New Age Cast- Wilson, Thompson, Wiig, Rudolph, Armisen Thoughts- I can’t believe this made it on the air over several deserving skits. Especially the Falconer, although this was short while the Falconer went way long. Some funny facials and I laughed at Rainn’s Jesus look but there wasn’t much. ** The Bottom Line- The avg. skit was **.77 making this a thumbs up show. Rainn Wilson was a very good host and his willingness to do anything made for a lot of fun skits. I don’t think we needed to see as much as him as we did, but it was all funny. The Arcade Fire were a solid musical guest, and most everything was worth watching and provided the laughs. Plus, they spoofed the Office which is almost an automatic thumbs up in my eyes. Thumbs Up

What? Rey jobbed his entire reign, Jericho had to cheat to beat everyone.

His recaps were never supposed to be recaps, more of a review- at least that's what he said. That is the problem with his books though, it's one negative thing after another on WWE.

He did a great job, he's perfect if you want to look at old RAWs or Nitros

Come on! There's another thread right below it! Close plz mods

The budget was only 30 million, so I assume Carrey took a large paycut

They were in the main event of No Way Out 2002. Triple H went over to establish himself as a top contender before Austin won the belt. Triple H beat Austin at No Mercy 99. Triple H beat Austin in 2/3 falls match No Way Out 01.

Then again, Hustle & Flow didn't do too well in theatres, either. Maybe it just takes some time for Brewer's stuff to catch on with the masses? Hustle and Flow made 22 million, off a 2.5 budget while only playing in a 1,000 theatres. I think that's pretty good

Don't sleep on Memphis. They scheduled a tough schedule and swept their conference, ranked #11th. I have them going sweet 16

The Canucks v. Wild game sounds like it was great last night. Worth me being dead this morning? I think so

Rob Corddry is from the Daily Show. I watched two episodes, and while the parents were annoying and the laugh track too omnipresent, I liked it

I had no problem with Joe going over Morishma, Rave or Richards. But it's stupid to have Nigel job to Joe in England, when Joe's not coming back for a while. I think Nigel finally getting a good clean singles victory over Joe in the UK would've meant a lot to him

Joe not losing on his farewell tour is pretty stupid- Nigel really should've gone over.

I really enjoyed the movie, especially the scenes with Ruffalo and Anthony Edwards. Didn't feel too long either

Triple H picked Flair- Austin said he had to face a former world champion and HHH picked Flair, thinking Flair would lay down for him.

The show bombed, so I don't think it's long for this earth

Cock

What's his VORP?