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Amy's the one who needs to be kicked to the curb more then Tina. Riggle wouldn't work- his sidekick Rob Huebel would be much better. I don't see Walsh working on Update either. A lot of people for whatever reason just don't find him to be that funny. I don't know if the UCB style would work in a news format. I have a feeling NBC made them pick DeNiro since he was a big ratings draw last time.

SNL Review- Robert DeNiro/Destiny’s Child There won’t be a retro review of Lucy Liu/Jay-Z due to time constraints. I’ll try to put it in the next review along with one of Charlie Sheen/Nelly Furtado. SNL Moment #13: 13. U2 rocks 8H U2’s first appearance on SNL was much anticipated since they were making a comeback with their album ATYLCB, which was getting rave reviews. Everyone expected them to kick ass (which they did with Beautiful Day) but when they returned again to sing Elevation- no one guessed what would be in store. THE MOMENT: Bono immediately alters the lyrics to reflect that he is on Saturday Night Live and that the show is indeed live as he starts singing Elevation. Nothing much is happening so far, just your usual awesome U2 performance. Bono starts singing ‘Love lift me up out of these blues’ and he jumps off the stage. This is where the fun begins. He has some fun playing with the camera and then decides to stroll around 8H some more. He sees a table and jumps up on it as he soaks in the cheers of the crowd. The crowd is clapping along and going crazy at this point. The lighting is not very good so the focus is on the rest of the band as they desperately try to keep track of Bono. He continues to play with the camera and cracks a big smile. He continues to walk around 8H as everyone is standing. No one dares to sit down for Bono’s awesomeness as he starts singing some of Instant Karma to pay tribute to John Lennon. Bono goes over to Val Kilmer as everyone is rocking and he says “Come on baby, light my fire.” Bono continues to rock on a bit more and as the song ends the audience rises to applaud having just witnessed one of the greatest musical performances in SNL’s history. Sports Report- Saints- Wow. They’ve won two games in a row and are 7th in the NFC for a playoff spot! They don’t have an easy last two games (Falcons, Panthers) but they have shown a ton of heart in their performances in the past two games. Even though I want Haslett fired I’m hoping against hope they can turn it around. Nets- I live in Toronto for much of the year and thus have to put up with reading about Vince Carter and how he’s a whiny, injury-prone little bitch who I wish nothing but ill-will on. So imagine my shock and surprise when I found out he was traded to my favourite team. I hate the deal. While I am very happy that Kidney Boy is finally gone, I don’t agree with decimating the Nets front court. Eric Williams was starting to come into his own and was becoming a solid role player on the team. And I love Aaron Williams. I think he’s one of the most underrated players in the league and everytime he was on the court he did a lot to help the Nets win ballgames. Call me crazy but I wouldn’t have traded AW for Carter straight up. The fact that they gave up some draft picks also pisses me off. I hate Vince Carter so much and I don’t like that he’s on my team. The fact that the Nets were willing to take on his big contract but traded K-Mart also really pisses me off. If Carter comes with something to prove and Kidd gets motivated then this could work but I’m not optimistic. Mailbag!!!!!!- Nothing in the mail this week. Wanna be in the mailbag???? Email me at [email protected] I attended the dress rehearsal this week- thanks to Louis and Jamie Klein for scoring me tix. They truly rock. Cold Opening Cast- Robert DeNiro, Darrell Hammond, Fred Armisen, Horatio Sanz, Will Forte, Seth Meyers, Rachel Dratch, Chris Parnell, Finesse Mitchell, Rob Riggle Thoughts- I’ll admit that some of the names were really funny and it was hard not to laugh but they did the exact same thing two years ago! I mean seriously. If your ears didn’t perk up when they mentioned Dirty Dan the Garbage Man then you seriously have no soul. I’m always a sucker for poop and fart jokes and it was funny hearing DeNiro deliver it again but come on- you can’t think of something else for like one of the most respected actors ever? Godsend, Analyse That, The Fan, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Showtime, Fifteen Minutes, City by the Sea and that movie with Dakota Fanning not withstanding of course. **1/4 Monologue Cast- Kermit the Frog, DeNiro Thoughts- Wow. Way to cocktease me SNL. I expected they would do another Will Forte bit and they would sing songs and people would be called a douche bag and the world would be a happy place. I know I would surely be in the Christmas spirit. This monologue reminded me of the Kate Winslet monologue. She was doing all the tap dancing and I kept waiting for the punchline or the joke or for something to happen but…nothing. He just kept singing with the bleeping frog. Seeing Robert DeNiro sing with a frog is nice if we’re watching the Muppets Christmas Special or something- but not on Saturday Night Live. I again would like to point out that if you have Robert DeNiro hosting- you should be able to come with a better monologue idea. DUD Woomba Cast- Tina Fey, Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler Thoughts- I guess Tina thought: Hey- I haven’t mentioned the female vagina enough during my tenure at SNL- maybe I should do a commercial parody about it. This was funny but went on a bit too long. Did we need to see the Woomba chase Maya Rudolph through the woods? Probably not. Tina in a towel was nice but it didn’t save the skit or anything. Still- this was a funny commercial parody. *** Pranksters Cast- DeNiro, Meyers, Sanz, Kenan Thompson Thoughts- Wow. Who dragged this one out of the mothballs? I LOVED the original Pranksters and it was one of those skits that made me think: Wow- Seth Meyers really is the coolest man ever. I don’t really know why they decided to do another Pranksters, especially since this one had the exact same premise but I shouldn’t complain too much since this was really funny. From DeNiro chainsawing him with the blood squirting up to him saying he would prank Seth for a month- how can you not love that? I also loved the side conversations between Seth and Ted (‘Because it’s inappropriate!’) and the interplay between DeNiro and Seth was cute. DeNiro is no Walken. Okay, comparing DeNiro as a host and comparing Walken as a host is like comparing Eli Manning to Peyton Manning, but the point still stands. Walken being Walken is part of what made Pranksters such a classic and without him there was definitely something missing. It still was very good though. ***1/2 Fun at a Wedding Cast- DeNiro, Meyers, Rudolph, Poehler, Parnell. Dratch, Mitchell Thoughts- This was a very hit and miss skit. Seth was funny as the gay guy and I thought the flashback was really funny. The ending with Maya was really weird though and it seemed really out of place. Her entering killed any momentum that this skit was hoping to build since it was a needless swerve. Plus- was he just like really okay with his sexuality or was he gay and marrying Maya for no reason? I need answers people! **1/4 The Prince Show Cast- DeNiro, Armisen, Rudolph, Thompson, Mitchell Thoughts- Okay seriously. The Grammys were in February. No one remembers or cares that Beyonce sang at the Grammys with Prince. I understand that they did this because Destiny’s Child was on but seriously- enough with the Prince show. Also- enough with Kenan as Star Jones. It’s funny seeing him in drag but since every other late show makes fun of her (I’m looking at you Jimmy Kimmel), SNL doesn’t need to drag Kenan out for the impression every couple weeks. DeNiro was actually funny here. I liked his interplay with Prince and how he had no problem making snowmobile noises on the snowmobile. Still, the Prince Show is a skit I’ve never gotten into and this was another lame effort. **1/4 TV Funhouse Thoughts- This was a lot better then Smigel’s previous efforts even though I wonder how well it played to all those wacky blue states. This was another nice and offensive Smigel cartoon. From all the gay jokes about Moby to calling the lower half of the US Dumbfuckistan and I loved the kids getting The Best of Franken Factor and Margaret Cho merchandise. It started to drag a bit to the end but it was nice to see Smigel come back and deliver something really funny. ***1/2 Trump Christmas Special Cast- Hammond, Meyers Thoughts- This was just like the Trump Halloween special from Jude Law in the fact that I liked it for the same reason and didn’t like it for the same reason in that it dragged a bit towards the end. Trump’s Chanukah promo was really funny and I like how he says ‘1’ before they start taping. If they do this again (which you know they will) I would leave out the part where Trump talks about what he’s going to do when he leaves the shoot since it’s never funny and always kills some of the goodness of the skit. *** Destiny’s Child Thoughts- I have no idea why Beyonce would go back to Destiny’s Child since she’s so far above the other two ladies. In fact it looked like she was disinterested and didn’t really want to be there. I would like thank to her for being nice enough to show cleavage and to jump around a few times for my amusement. The song was okay but I’ve never really been a big fan of Destiny’s Child. ** Weekend Update Cast- Fey, Poehler, Meyers, Dratch, Riggle Thoughts- Well Tina and Amy managed to kill all of the goodwill from last week. This was another uninspired and lackadaisical performance from the two ladies. Tina had some good jokes but as usual had way too many clunkers and Amy was her usual terrible self. While it was great seeing Seth at Update, the Scheinwald Studios bit was kind of lame and he didn’t get to do anything. Rachel always looks funny as Abe Scheinwald though. I’m really happy they finally gave Rob Riggle a chance to do something and he was awesome as Leviticus. It was awesome seeing him pray to Satan and for Tina and Amy. I know I knock her all the time but Amy’s facials during Riggle’s prayer were hilarious and truly made Leviticus work. So kudos to Amy for finally doing something right. This was the usual story of WU. Amy and Tina sucked but had a commentary to save them. **1/2 Undercover in the Mob Cast- DeNiro, Sanz, Meyers, Armisen, Forte, Riggle, Thompson Thoughts- This was a clever premise and Horatio was funny as the faux Mafioso with the fuhgetaboutit and talking about his childhood with Vinny Testaverde and Rocky Balboa. I was really feeling this skit and actually liking Horatio but when DeNiro started spoofing Goodfellas I quickly lost interest. It’s pretty sad that they have Robert DeNiro, who has a great and very diverse film career and they always come up with such lame ways to spoof and mention his movies- pretty sad. This had a great first half but unfortunately couldn’t keep it up. ***1/4 Destiny’s Child Thoughts- The usual boring slow song that crappy musical acts do but luckily Pulp Fiction was on so I was able to flip to that instead. I do have to say that Beyonce’s face when she was trying to sing was probably the funniest thing on the show. * The Cat Lady Cast- DeNiro Thoughts- Who would have ever thought that Robert DeNiro dressed in drag playing a crazy catlady would be really unfunny and stupid? Well probably….everyone. DUD Bear City Thoughts- This was amusing. I laughed at the bears in the Orthodox Jew getup which makes this better then most mini-movies that SNL do. I love hearing Fred Willard’s voice. They should get him to host. ** Christmas Song Cast- The Muppets, Sanz Thoughts- I’m not giving this my usual Christmas song rating since the Muppets just could not replace the other three. It was kind of sad that Horatio is the only one still kicking around and hasn’t taken the hint that it’s probably time for to go now. I never really liked Kermit the Frog and he sucked here. The other Muppets were pretty funny even though I wish we could’ve seen the old guys to criticize it. *** The Bottom Line- The avg. skit was ** making this a thumbs down show. DeNiro again sucked as host and I will never understand why SNL decided to bring him back. Last time he had some good material to work with that he had last time. He also had a poor musical guest and a weaker Weekend Update to work with as well. The episode was very uninspired with a lot of dumb ideas for skits and the skits that did work were just retreads of old favourites. Hopefully 2005 will bring funny SNLs and less hosts who suck. Thumbs Down

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Well I follow the Nets up in Canada so I'll still be keeping up with him. This really sucks. A lot

Wow- so I was happy Vince might get traded since I got sick of reading about him everyday in the Star. So of course the player I hate the most in the NBA gets traded to my favourite team. This fucking sucks and I hate life. I'm glad we got rid of Kidney Boy but I loved AW.

I understand it's your opinion but to call him nothing is an idiotic statement to make. Well he's the star so he's supposed to be the main attraction. Liar Liar was built around him having fun and just showing off his versatile approach. You didn't see it so...yea. Don't get what the last comment was but he was great in Cable Guy because Carrey was awesome at playing a psycho and the little thing and ticks he gave his character made it great. We weren't supposed to like Kaufman sicne he did do a lot of bad stuff- but Carrey made me appreciate his comedy and his style that much more. Man on the Moon is one of my favourite films since it has Jim Carrey and Norm Macdonald sharing a scene.

Until the first-second week of October

Liar Liar is Jim Carrey's greatest comedic performance as it's a total one man show but without the annoying plot and special effects that the Mask had. I just remember seeing that movie and being blown away by the guy I used to hate b/c of Ace Ventura, Mask and Batman. Carrey's a genius though- I've seen him some of his comedy and it's hilarious

To say he's nothing is pretty ignorant. Bruce Almighty made 200+ all because of his star power. He also has been able to get critical and commercial acclaim and despite at first being known as the guy who talked out of his ass, he was able to successfully switch into drama with the Truman Show and is a saught after actor from everyone. He's something

Jim Carrey is my probably my favourite actor out there. I used to not like him but then I saw Liar Liar and it blew me away. The Truman Show and Man on the Moon should've easily won him an Oscar, let alone a nomination. I think the actors in the Academy are jealous of him and still see him as the guy who talked out out of his ass. Which is sad because he's such so more then that.

I think you mean Kinsey. It's a shame Closer is getting poor word of mouth- I don't think people expected the film to be so depressing and disturbing.

My bad- I meant Carrey said he would never do another sequel

I hate both those movies so I wouldn't disagree. He only did Ace Ventura because he had to and I think it shows. Carrey said he would do another sequel either

The Majestic is the only movie Carrey's been in starting with Liar Liar that I didn't see in the theatre. I tried watching it a while back and was bored to tears

I think he was joking. I've read articles where he sounded bitter and upset about the failure of that movie. I believe in EW when they did an article about Bruce Almighty he talked about it.

I'm sad Without a Trace got snubbed. I don't know how TV shows work for the Golden Globes (if they submit episodes or something else) but some of the episodes they've done (ie Wannabe) is some of the best stuff on TV.

Carrey's given interviews where he defended the movie and dismissed people who didn't like it. I'm telling you- I think he's the only one who liked it. I don't think he would kill his dramatic career just to prove a point but if he did- that's awesome

That's because the Majestic was a boring piece of shit. Carrey's the only one who never realised that

I already posted in the Off Season thread Kahran. But I understand why this might deserve its own thread

Well remember- This is a guy who made the Majestic just to get an Oscar nod. I'd be bitter too if I were him

Juvy will no-show.

That was me. I thought she was good but I found Carrey to be much better. She was good- I just think there must be better performances out there

No one here is knocking Eternal Sunshine, least of all me, who LOVED the movie and thought Jim Carrey was tremendous. But we're making predictions on what the Academy will pick, not what we pick

I don't think Styles and Daniels were ever on. But hey- if they run one show- they beat H2!

There were some really good-great films this year but it seems no film is really getting **** across the board from all the critics like last year which had dark horse films like In America. (I wish In America had done better too)