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You're right and the way they handled it was great. I just can't stop thinking of the camera zooming right in on Rachel when she loses it. chaosrage linked to Potter in the jailbait thread. I'm biased towards my girl Hilary but after my Lindsay Lohan filled weekend- I've become quite the fan. I think it was a normal length WU- didnt notice.

SNL Review- Lindsay Lohan/Usher My report of my trip to SNL is after my review. Sports Report- Leafs- After those two games in Toronto it sucked seeing them just play like garbage like they did on Sunday. Hopefully they can take advantage of Esche's injury and home ice and bounce back and win. Nets- Seeing them destroy the Knicks brought a big smile to my face. The Pistons will be their toughest Eastern Conference opponent in quite a while and I hope they can rise to the task. Braves-They haven't gotten off to a great start but it’s very early and they're keeping pace with the Fish. I was really impressed that they swept Florida but other then that it's been either take 2/3 or lose 2/3. Mailbag!!!!!!- Katherine Roberston writes- You like Seth Meyers. You rock. Thank you Katherine. Seth Meyers does kick ass and I'm glad you're a fan of someone so funny. Kelsey Jackson writes- hey, I just started writting reviews and I'm a big fan of yours. i agree with you on alot of things like your opinions about rachel dratch and maya rudolph(how the hell was she even considered for one of EWs 25 funniest people in america?) i also agree with you that norm mcdonald was the best weekend update anchor in snl history. i have 2 questions for you. 1.) Do you have a favorite SNL host? and 2.) what do you think about Mad Tv? well thats all for me. It's Macdonald not Mcdonald but I'm glad you agree. I think that EW list was full of crap. Maya? KELLY RIPA? And their reasons for leaving Jerry Seinfeld and Tina off were weak. To answer your question- 1) Kevin Spacey. He hosted my favourite episode ever so he wins. 2) I don’t watch MadTV so I don’t really have an opinion on it. What I have seen I did not like. Wanna be in the mailbag????? Email me at [email protected] I wrote the review in the order I saw the skits in dress. Cold Opening Cast- Will Forte, Darrell Hammond Thoughts- Well it took only two years but I'm glad SNL has FINALLY found a suitable replacement for Will Ferrell's Bush. I'm also very happy that we won't have to deal with Parnell's or Darrell's pathetic impressions of the President ever again. This means for the next 4 years we either get Seth's awesome Kerry impression or we get Forte's funny Bush impression. Fine by me. I thought the writing was pretty weak in this one which is a shame since both impressions are really well done and it could've been so much better. I'm not really going to complain about that since I'm really happy for Will Forte and I'm glad SNL finally made the right choice regarding Bush. *** Monologue Cast- Lindsay Lohan, Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Chris Parnell, Maya Rudolph Thoughts- This monologue pretty much spoke to me as I do intently follow the Lindsay Lohan-Hilary Duff feud. For the record I support Hilary Duff. I mean come on: She's better looking and the Lizzie McGuire movie was better then Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. Even though I loved Mean Girls and didn’t think Cheaper by the Dozen was all that great. I feel bad for Hilary since well she's incredibly hot and Rachel Dratch…isn't. This isn't as big an injustice as Maya playing Kristin Davis but it just still bothered me. But then we got AMY'S AVRIL which is always awesome and hilarious and makes me love her so much. I actually like Maya's Whitney Houston and Chris Parnell was fun as a creepy pervert. And he's right- Lindsay does turn 18 in 63 days. I'd hit it. ***1/2 Tattoo Remover Cast- Parnell, Poehler Thoughts- It was nice seeing a commercial parody that didn’t involve Huggies, Thongs or any combination of the two. This was pretty funny and it's one of those products that I think should actually be on the market. One of the better commercial parodies I've seen. *** Jarrett's Room Cast- Lohan, Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sanz, Seth Meyers Thoughts- In dress the skit was pretty different. Jarrett and Gobe had graduated from Hampshire College and were moving out and then at the end they did an epilogue updating us on all the characters. The whole skit got about 2 laughs. So instead of cutting it and putting in Spyglass they rewrite it and it's still not funny. Jarrett and Gobe are funny on occasion but the majority of the Jarrett's Rooms just don’t work. Seth is always awesome as DJ Jonathan Feinstein but he's on screen for 2 seconds. And Lindsay Lohan was not good as a stoned out chick. And the stoned robot was like watching a live execution on the air. I hope this means the end of Jarrett's Room but if it is I will be remise that Jeff Jarrett never came out and El Kabonged Jimmy. 3/4* Club Traxx Cast- Lohan, Dratch, Poehler, Rudolph, Forte, Fred Armisen Thoughts- Message to SNL: That whole TATU phenomenon happened sometime more then a year ago. Now no one really cares about them so spoofing them now does nothing except make me angry that SNL again teases HLA and again doesn’t deliver. Enough already! Fred was really funny as Leonard and I loved Will Forte's video. The makeout song was cute and it was made even funny by seeing Jeff Richmond sing along it in dress rehearsal. And I always mark out for random bunny cameos. All this cannot change the fact that it was Club Traxx so it didn’t have a fighting chance to begin with. ** Billy Joel Cast- Lohan, Tina Fey, Sanz, Poehler, Rudolph Thoughts- I don’t really follow him that much but has Billy Joel gained that much weight that Horatio Sanz has to play him? This was really bad as it was a one joke skit and the one joke was not very funny. I mean wow Billy Joel can't drive- sides aren't really splitting. I was waiting for something to happen and nothing did. They also wasted Tina in a skit- don’t get my hopes up like that. This was terrible and should've been cut. 1/2* Harry Potter Cast- Lohan, Dratch, Seth Meyers, Parnell, Sanz Thoughts- Ohhhhhhhhhhh yea. Damn. Those three words easily describe this one. Tina: So does anyone have any ideas for this weekend? Writer: Well uhhhhh you know how Lindsay you uhhhhh ummmmm are uhhh very well umm you know well developed and ummmmmm I was thinking ummm uhhhhh we could ummmmm do a uhhhhhhh skit about ummmmm your uhhhh well developedness. Lindsay's best features are her luscious boobs and I was very happy that SNL decided to do a skit based on around them. Let's be honest here- if Dog Show was playing in the background I would still love this skit because I'm a pervert who likes Lindsay Lohan cleavage. The magnifying glass? Awesome! When I wasn't being a pedophile I did happen to notice a lot of funny lines and good double entendres. I'm glad SNL got the most out of their female host this week. And once again: Damn. ****1/4 Usher Thoughts- I didn’t really know much about Usher beforehand but damn that boy can dance. I also loved the fact that everyone in Usher's band was wearing a Braves hat- including Usher. So he gets a bump in star ratings there. The song was decent, I enjoyed Ludacris' cameo (Bill O'Reilly must've been pissed) and they wore Braves hats. Good enough for me. **1/2 Weekend Update Cast- Fey, Fallon, Sanz Thoughts- For those wondering the heckler was one of my fellow standbys and he was escorted out and is banned for life. Sucks to be him. This was a pretty weak Weekend Update with nothing standing out. The jokes were pretty good but nothing you'd remember the next day. (I had a lot of trouble remembering the cut jokes- even though I wrote them down) And Tina's 'Yea I hate Bush' jokes are getting kind of old. I thought Jimmy handled the heckling very well and I applaud him for his professionalism. Horatio was ok as the GED guy. He didn’t make me want to take a baseball bat to his forehead which is an improvement compared to his previous times at the Update desk. There's not much to complain about Weekend Update- it just was not very funny. None of the cut jokes were that great either so I'm not too sad. ***1/4 Sleepover Cast- Lohan, Poehler, Sanz Thoughts- When I saw this skit in dress my reaction was: Yea- this is so cut. But they actually kept it on the air! I don’t get how Amy can molest and harass Horatio for a whole skit and he smiles and Jimmy winks at Horatio and we get Gary's Fish Tanks all over again. Amy was really funny here and I'm glad they gave her a skit to showcase her ability to be really annoying and funny. I didn’t get how Lindsay's character went from hating Amy to liking her in the end. I just loved how the skit moved so fast and everyone was keeping up. Amy earns many gold stars for this one. I wouldn’t mind seeing them try this character again since Amy is just awesome at it. ***1/2 Debbie Downer Cast- Lohan, Dratch, Fallon, Sanz, Poehler, Armisen Thoughts- Okay here we go…. Cracking up is something I hate. Part of the fun for me of SNL is watching these people do these tremendously funny skits and not acknowledge it all. I think laughing on the air cheapens the skit. It's also very unprofessional. I mean these people are on a live TV show with a job that many people would kill to do. So I feel that it's a slap in the face to the fans of the show. Sitting there and laughing at yourself is not funny. It's lame and shows lack of self esteem. It also wastes good airtime. I loved Debbie Downer. The premise and execution of the skit were funny to begin with. And then the giggles started. Here's why I'm not writing a 100 page rant on why Rachel Dratch should die: 1) The irony: Here you have Rachel Dratch playing a character named Debbie Downer yet she can't keep a straight face and it looks like she's about to piss herself laughing the whole time. Just watching her attempting to fire off those lines in that voice while just fighting a losing battle was so much fun to watch. Notice how Jimmy and Horatio just laugh and you just sit there and nothing happens? This was different. I loved how the live part ends with Rachel struggling to control herself and they cut to a pretape of Debbie Downer in full Debbie Downer form. Gold. Rachel about to cry but still having time to make the face: Awesome. 2) They got Fred Granted- while Fred didn’t die laughing like the others- he broke character for a second and was on the verge of laughing. This is a guy who sat there expressionless during Gary's Fish Tanks and waited patiently for Horatio and Jimmy to finish. It's like when Phil Hartman cracked up as Frankenstein. When you can finally get the one guy to crack- you know you did well. 3) Lindsay Lohan: I love thee Okay- going into this show I didn’t like Lindsay Lohan at all. I thought her attractiveness was overrated (Freckles!), her voice was grating and she starred in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. Because of this skit I am now a fan of Lindsay Lohan. (The fact that in the cut Spyglass she said 'Cheeriatzi' in a British accent also helps) Again- I don’t like cracking up but I'll say this: Lindsay Lohan attempting to control herself, standing up, yelling at Rachel and then just losing it four seconds later is probably the funniest thing I've seen on SNL this year. I just couldn’t stop laughing when I saw that and I keep visualising it in my head and it's just so funny. I just watched it again and yea- Lindsay MAKES this skit from 'Yawn' to 'Classic.' The camera zooming in on Rachel the minute she loses it was also a site to behold. Was Debbie Downer great? Yes. Do I want them to do this again next week or even next season? No. It was just one of those things where it all came together perfectly. They shouldn’t even do Debbie Downer again. Just let the moment stand. **** Usher Thoughts- In dress he wore the Braves hat. In the live show he didn’t. To quote Jerry Seinfeld: What's the deal with that? I also had to put up with people going: BURN IT USHER! BURN IT! Since he cheated on Chili- shouldn’t she be burning his stuff? It makes sense. I must give kudos to Usher for checking out Lindsay's chest in the goodnights. You made us all proud. *1/2 Adult Film Awards Cast- Sanz Thoughts- I pretty much let my inner Beavis and Butthead out for this one as you guessed it: I laughed at every dick/penis pun they did. And they mocked poor Jimmy Kimmel. The skit was only like 10 seconds long so I cant really give it that high of a rating but it was cute, they mocked people I like seeing be mocked and they said the word dick a lot. **3/4 The Bottom Line- Avg. skit was **.5 making this just barely a thumbs up show. There were some terrible crap at the beginning but Lindsay Lohan's breasts and Lindsay Lohan's inability to stay in character really did save the show. The rest of the show was **-***- nothing really to write home or complain about. I thought the show was smartly cut. They kept in skits I thought were getting snipped and everything that was really funny or got a great reaction was left in. It wasn't a great show but I liked it and it got people talking. I can't wait for next week's: It should be amazing. SNL Trip Report- When we last left me at Saturday Night Live, I showed porn to kids, got threatened by a midget and met Robin Williams. I arrived at the standby line at 10:30 pm. Now I know what you're thinking: Don't you usually get to the line at 10:30 AM even though you know 50 people get in so essentially you end up wasting 20 hrs of your life? Yes. I had things to do on Friday and went to see Mean Girls which explained my late arrival. As I was walking to the line I passed Darrell Hammond and we exchanged pleasantries. I really want to complement him on Scary Movie 3. But what do you say? You were AWESOME as a pedophile in that movie. Great stuff man. I got to 49th st and saw Rachel Dratch. So far so good. I went outside and noticed the line was long and there were lots of people in front of me. Not gonna spin ya- lots of expletives. I went and put my stuff down and then went back inside. I was talking to some friends and noticed this red haired girl talking to these two guys. It then hit me: HOLY CRAP- THAT'S LINDSAY LOHAN. (Okay- I didn't get excited or anything. It was more like: Oh- Lindsay Lohan) I told Lindsay how much I loved Mean Girls and she said: Good- you should see it again. Lindsay was very nice- she signed and took photos for everyone. I had heard rumours that Lindsay wasn't nice at all and I'm glad that wasn't true. She's a good egg. Len Berman came down and told me that the Leafs had won which officially made this night awesome. Jimmy came down later and said he didn't know whether he was leaving and probably would decide during the summer. Jimmy was his usual beyond nice self and was relieved to find out I wasn't dead. I also saw Christopher from the Sopranos but I didnt know his name so I said: I liked you as Christopher from the Sopranos. Even though I knew it was a longshot- I decided to join three other guys for what used to be a Friday night tradition for me....the long wait for Tina. I told these guys that Tina usually doesn't come out till 4 am and sometimes you don't see her at all. These guys were undettered and I admired their perserverance and their willingness to keep hope alive. (tm me). They reminded me of a young me. But miracles of miracles- Tina and Lorne came down at the same time at only 2 am. Tina coming down at 2 am? What is this world coming to? Tina was very very nice and we had an awesome encounter. She was happy that I saw Mean Girls and even thanked me for seeing it on the first day. We also discussed the awesomeness of Tim Meadows in the movie. Lorne was in a rush and wasn't very nice but I was pleased by just having a great Tina encounter. After Tina had come out I pretty much decided to call it a night. Even though I wasn't very tired the last few hours were as usual hard to get through but I had a good time hanging out with the fellow standbys. The NBC page came out exactly at 7 am. That's dedication to your craft. I got #24 for dress which worried me. I'd never had a number that low for standby and thought my streak of getting into 10 out of my last 11 shows was over. That Saturday afternoon I went back to NBC to see the people I missed. Darrell Hammond shook my hand as he went in and Jimmy waved. I saw Tina again and again we conversed about Mean Girls. I got a handshake from Will Forte and was a dick to Seth about the Bruins losing. (Sorry Seth!) Amy came in but was listening to a walkman so I didn't want to bother her. I saw Lindsay Lohan again and she signed and took photos for everyone again. I went back to see if I got in and found out I had been upgraded to #15 for dress. Yay. I was still nervous about getting into the show just because I always am. But I soon found out that once again- I WAS IN!!!! Now what you've all been waiting for.... WHAT GOT CUT!!!!!!! JB Smoove did the warmup and was not very funny. I miss Dean. They showed the Mom Jeans commercial. Cheerleaders Cast- Lohan, Dratch, Poehler, Parnell, Rudolph, Sanz, Thompson, Mitchell Thoughts- Cheerleaders throw Amy in the air...and she doesn't come down. This causes problems. Horatio played an astrophysicist. Kenan was a minister givng a eulogy for Amy's character. Amy was hung by wires for much of this skit. This skit had a lot of funny lines but the crowd was DEAD for this so it came off as flat. **1/2 Fun in the tub Cast- Lohan, Rudolph, Forte, Parnell, Armisen Thoughts- While taking a bath Maya introduces Lindsay to her new stepfather named Dadrick played by Will Forte (also in the tub). We soon meet Will's brother Mahsister (Chris Parnell- also in the tub) and somehow Fred Armisen was in the bathtub as well. Lots of playing on words here but I could tell it was getting cut. *** Adventures of Harold Thoughts- A film by T. Sean Shannon about a bald kid. Did nothing for me. DUD Spyglass Cast- Lohan, Poehler, Meyers, Sanz Thoughts- The usual from the Spyglass crew. Lindsay played a teenage reporter (I would fuck her if she said nothing but the word 'Cheeriatzi' with a British accent for the rest of her life) and Horatio was a British Gene Shalit. ***1/4 Limeade, Risk and feuding siblings Cast- Lohan, Parnell, Sanz, Armisen, Poehler Thoughts- Lindsay got into an argument with her brother (Parnell) and his loser friends. Amy as their mom tried to mediate. Somehow this turned into a plug for Limeade. 1/4* Even though I didn't think the show was that great (It still is a thumbs up because it was smartly cut) I still had a great time doing standby. Be here next week as I attempt to see a dream lineup- Snoop Dogg/Avril Lavigne.

She didn't laugh cause of those two. She laughed cause she fucked up her line, realised it and then just lost it. In my soon to be published review (OMG SHILLING) I wrote 500 words defending Debbie Downer. EDIT: They also were cracking up during the dress rehearsal version of Debbie. It just occured during the end and it wasn't as bad.

Brock is/was a very good worker. He controlled the pace of the Eddy match as he was on offence 90% of the match. Look at matches like Big Show v. Eddy where Eddy gets the piss beaten him out of the whole match. Not as good. And Big Show still isn't that great yet Brock was able to pull a miracle out of him with the stretcher match at Judgement Day. I love watching Brock v. Goldberg. Just watching the crowd tell both men: We hate you now leave was beautiful. At one point Brock locked in a bearhug and we chanted: HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT. Brock's face turning bright red was goldage. The Summerslam 2003 match was AWESOME. I loved watching Brock just dominate Angle the whole match while Kurt does everything he can to outsmart Brock and win the match. Sure Lesnar was made to look like a bitch but I don't care. You need to watch it again. The first 30 minutes of the ironman were eh as Lesnar stalled way too much. I really enjoyed the last half- I was out of breath from watching it. They need to show it uncut though since the commercials kept killing the momentum

If they did Debbie Downer again and everyone cracked up again- it wouldn't be funny at all. If they did Debbie Downer again and no one cracked up- everyone would be dissapointed. On Friday Maya was telling people that she had retired Versace after the Barrymore show. But of course these stupid fans asked her to bring it back. Fuckers. I completely agree with you Banky. I hate cracking up too. But sometimes it is justifiable and funny. Debbie Downer was funny all cause of Lindsay.

Mole- I met her Friday night when she was leaving SNL. That's when I got the pic and the Mean Girls poster signed. I saw her again Saturday afternoon but didn't go up to her. I just took pictures for my friends.

I actually ended up liking the show. Dress was just underwhelming as no skit really stood out (except one) and there were lots of crap. For the first time they actually did a good job in choosing what skits to cut. Usually I come home and find out that my favourite skits got the axe. And chaosrage- after watching Debbie Downer I became a Lindsay Lohan fan

Tina wasn't really picked on in high school- she was a mean girl in the sense that she loved finding out information on possible and using it to be mean to them. Tina was a major nerd and unattractive to boot. So she definetley wasn't a Plastic. She wanted to do the movie because she read Queen Bees and Wannabes and thought it was hilarious and it'd make a very funny movie

Mean Girls was excellent. A very smart script, good direction, lots of fun and TIM MEADOWS made me love this movie. I'm probably seeing it again next week. I'm so happy that Mean Girls was #1. I was worried it'd get lost in the shuffle

Is that because they blow up quickly?

After seeing Mean Girls I found it hard to be anti-Lindsay Lohan since I loved the movie so much. I told her it was an awesome movie and she told me to see it again.

Well it IS Usher. If he was smart he would've just stared at her chest during dress so no one would notice. I'll try to have my review up today- I was up for 40 hrs so I'm a bit tired. I really want to ask someone in the cast which writer was the major perv

I thought that skit with Amy and Lindsay having a sleepover had cut written all over it. Thank God SNL proved me wrong. Yea- the Harry Potter skit I gave ****1/4. I kinda feel dirty giving it more

Somebody learned something from Mean Girls

I can't believe Fred lost it. I remember in Gary's Fish Tanks when he just sat there and stared at Horatio and Jimmy as they lost it and his expression didn't change

In dress they lost it a bit towards the end. Rachel just screwed up her lines and that was it. I don't like cracking up but Lindsay Lohan's attempts to stay in character for .00001 seconds and then failing miserably was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Uhhhhhh did you actually see the movie??

This next skit is actually quite funny

I can't believe that one of the writers had the balls to come up with that skit

None. He thinks she's ugly because of freckles, remember. LMAO @ the Harry Potter skit. best snl skit in 30 years. I did concede that I find her a lot more attractive after meeting her. And yes- the Harry Potter skit owned so much. That's the only T&A skit involving Lindsay chaos- the show is downhill from here

The Harry Potter skit was my favourite- and I really enjoyed Forte's W. But so far they are cutting this show very poorly

I saw the dress rehearsal for the show- it's not very good. Everyone should see Mean Girls- Tina Fey's writing is brilliant, Tim Meadows is hilarious and it's just a great very funny movie. It's getting positive reviews for a reason

It's not surprising first day sales were big since teens often will see a movie the first day. But I know people who went to theatres where Mean Girls was sold out and it wasn't in teen populated areas. I think the good reviews and the constant press that Tina did for the movie really helped.

I don't think you're Mean Girls target audience kkk. I saw a lot of ads for Mean Girls and I didn't like them since they were misleading. Instead of focusing on the fact that it's a very smart and very funny movie about teens they made it look like your average teen flick.

I'm the one who is supposed to blow his load over this and proclaim Tina and Tim Meadows the next big box office stars. Considering that Confessions... opened to only 9 million and the whole movie was built around Lindsay Lohan- she has a way to go