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Jay Mohr was a sports agent in Jerry Maguire. In Action he was a TV exec I think. I'm voting for Ned and Stacy. I loved season 1

. Except for the Punching Wall there really isn't much violence on Top O' The Morning. But it does have similiarities with Scottish Football Hooligans Weekly which is not a bad thing. The RAW Replay has saved my life on my occasions and I love Canada for it. Had HHH been in better shape I would've liked the match a lot more. With Flair looking like he's about to die, HHH gassed and Batista tripping over his own two feet- The name Evolution is deliciously ironic. Ben Affleck showed up in the February 6th, 1999 monologue for when Gwennie hosted. Gwyneth was pretending to be British and took questions from the audience. (Including a pre-hot Tina Fey.) They had this exchange: Ben: Hold On... Gwyneth! It's me... It's me Ben... Gwyneth:I'm sorry? Ben: Ben! Ben Affleck. Gwyneth: Oh-ho! Ben Affleck, the charming American actor I worked with in "Shakespeare In Love". Ben: Uhh... Gwyneth, why are you speaking in an English accent? Gwyneth: English people always speak with English accents love! Oh you Yanks are so humourous.. spelled with a "O-U-R". Ben: But you're not British. You're American. You were born in Los Angeles, you were raised in New York. You're whole family's American. I know that. Gwyneth: Well it's odd that an American would know so much about me, an English woman. Ben: I don't know... I don't really think it's odd. I mean... you know.. we... you know... we DATED. We broke up like a month ago, it was in all the papers. Didn't you read about it? You know what? You don't have to do that. People will still take you seriously as an actress, you know, even if you're American. Gwyneth: Really? Ben: Yeah... don't go all Minnie Driver on me, ok? (Thanks snltranscripts)

That is true. Oh okay. I thought there was some sort of Bangkok product they were plugging. Ben may not be a good actor but he's really funny. He was funny the last time he hosted SNL and I remembered his cameo in the Gwyneth Paltrow episode was hilarious.

saturday-night-live.com is a great resource as is nbcmv.com.

Good review Bob, I just have one beef with it. I understand where your coming from mole. The reason I don't give a summary is because I assume most people who read my review have seen the show and it would take too long for me to write. Top O' The Morning is an Irish talk show hosted by William Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzwilliam. (They've heard the jokes so save it! Yea- save it!) Ben Affleck played their cousin named Ronald McDonald and he talked about the St. Paddy's day party he was going to throw. Kenan's really funny. It seems like he's been getting a good amount of airtime recently- which pleases me. They don't seem to give Finesse too much to work with. The last episode was just an exception. I think people hate Ben just because of the overexposure he got with his relationship with J-Lo which isn't really his fault. I think once people forget about Bennifer he will be less hated.

SNL Review- Ben Affleck/NERD I know this is two weeks late and here’s why: The night of Ben Affleck/NERD I was in Elizabeth, NJ attending a Ring of Honor show. Now the show was awesome, I met Dusty Rhodes and a guy got piledriven off the top of a cage through two tables but I felt a tinge of guilt knowing I would have to miss SNL. But I had someone tape it for me so I figured it was all good. I came home on Monday ready to watch an SNL I’ve heard great things about. Then I found out my friend didn’t tape it. To say I was pissed would be a huge understatement and I let loose a stream of words that contain 4 letters. I’ve only missed one SNL in 8 years and I didn’t want to make it two. I could’ve downloaded it only I lack a computer so that was out. Finally I got a friend in New York to send it to me and it got here yesterday. I missed RAW to watch this (I caught the replay) and now I can finally watch it. (I’m not going to do a sports report since I’ll have way too much ground to cover and there’s another live episode this week to talk about it) Mailbag!!!!!!!!!!!!! Emily Spivey writes- Hey, Maya Rudolph is not ugly. And, by the way, it's a sight for SNL reviews not hockey re-caps. You're boring. CJ Well beauty is a subjective thing and I think Maya Rudolph is pretty ugly and not at all attractive. Calling me on my hockey recaps is quite odd since hockey takes up only a few lines in the review while my actual review of the show is like 3-4 pages long. So don’t worry- my hockey recaps don’t interfere with me going on tangents on how much I love Seth and hate Maya. Wanna be in the mailbag??? Email me at [email protected] And now the actual review… Cold Opening Cast- Ben Affleck, Jimmy Fallon, Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Chris Parnell, Seth Meyers, Horatio Sanz Thoughts- I always like seeing the Bahston Teens even though they haven’t been as funny as they once were. I’d been waiting for them to say something about the Alex Rodriguez trade and I was glad we finally got to see them and I was even happier when this skit was hilarious. I couldn’t stop laughing the minute they panned to Seth and then seeing the reaction on Sully and Denise’s face was too much and I couldn’t stop laughing. I was even in more shock when Seth and Affleck kissed. That’s quite the odd way to get over J-Lo. This was just hilarious and I loved the enthusiastic LFNYISN. ****1/4 Monologue Cast- Affleck Thoughts- Ben Affleck may have been horribly overexposed to the point that it killed his career but I gotta give the guy credit for being able to have a sense of humour about it. He also has a natural charisma and good comedic timing that makes him very funny. And I would so buy a Mary Kate and Ash-fleck shirt. This was very funny and I enjoyed most of the t-shirts. (Even though Ben-Gay was a tad lame) It’s been way too long since we had a good monologue (2 months!) so this made me very happy. ***3/4 Z105 Cast- Affleck. Fallon Thoughts- They just did this skit and there’s no reason to do it again. At least last time they had a good foil in Jessica Simpson to play off of. This time they had nothing to work with. Dueling crazy morning show hosts may sound good on paper (well actually it doesn’t) but the execution sucked. Jimmy’s character simply is not funny. The characters on his morning radio show are not funny either. Ben tried but he couldn’t really get anything out of this either and the part where they kept trying to one-up each other got annoying fast. Please never do this character again. My sanity depends on it. *1/2 Gigli Cast- Affleck, Poehler, Chris Parnell, Fred Armisen Thoughts- My sympathies go with whomever had to watch Gigli to write this skit. Now that’s dedication to your craft. If I ever met Ben Affleck I would ask: When making Gigli did you sense things were going off the rail or was this whole thing a huge shock? I haven’t seen Gigli but I have a feeling people were just out to get Ben and Jen and trashed the movie as a result. Anywho… this had a tremendous premise and was really funny but I just felt it was lacking in spots and the lines could’ve been funnier. The ending was also really flat and awkward. But I shouldn’t be putting down this skit since it was hilarious in spots and Fred was great. Ben’s defence of the title was goldage. Ben yelling at Frondi and the reactions from everyone was also really funny. A very good skit and it was great seeing Ben once again being able to make fun of himself. ***1/2 TV Funhouse Thoughts- I always enjoy hearing that we have a Robert Smigel cartoon to look forward to even though he’s misfired the past few weeks. The Passion of the Dumpty was pretty funny and I loved seeing Mel get interviewed and then clips of the Passion. The big highlight was the George W. Bush campaign ads and it confirms that Smigel’s still got it. I loved the second ad because the cartoon was starting to drag and the Bush ads were a great pick-me-up. Really good stuff and I hope this means Smigel is out of his slump. ***3/4 Appalachian Emergency Room Cast- Affleck, Meyers, Darrell Hammond, Poehler, Parnell, Maya Rudolph, Will Forte, Finesse Mitchell Thoughts- Apparently they did this in the Jennifer Aniston episode but that episode was so forgettable that I don’t even remember it. A quick check reveals that I gave it **3/4 and since it aired at 12:45 am I don’t think they give the skit a lot of time. This time they did give it a lot of time and it was hilarious. Amy was awesome here. Her Southern accent was top-notch and I loved the drawl she used. Parnell and Affleck were also really funny. Affleck and the ferret equals pure awesomeness. I’d love to see this become a recurring character because I think SNL can get a lot of mileage out of this and it’s something they can do with any host. **** Only Bangcock Cast- Meyers Thoughts- I haven’t seen these ads before so I really don’t know what they were spoofing. This was pretty funny though and Seth had me cracking up as usual. It was refreshing to see a commercial that didn’t involve Huggie’s Thongs for once. *** N.E.R.D. Thoughts- I really didn’t know who these guys were but I know they are apparently these big time producers so I expected something really good and I was really disappointed. I do remember Pharrell Williams as the drummer in that horrible Beatles tribute from the Grammys. The song was way too slow paced. I liked the chorus (that’s when it got really good) but the rest of the song was draggy and it sucked. What was the deal with that dancing girl? She looked like she was about to have a wardrobe malfunction at any moment. ** Weekend Update Cast- Tina Fey, Fallon, Rudolph, Hammond, Mitchell Thoughts- I was very happy seeing Tina channel the spirit of Norm by making an OJ joke. And it was a really funny OJ joke at that. So kudos to Tina. I really enjoyed the STDs joke, the joke on Tina and Jimmy meeting (But I still plan to kill you), and Tina’s Martha/Clinton joke. There were a few misfires (Tina’s first Martha Stewart joke, her Bush joke) but other then that it was the usual great WU from a jokes standpoint. Finesse’s commentary was alright even though I’m still not sold on him at all. Maya was also alright but nothing too special. But of course the true highlight was Darrell once again doing his Bill Clinton impression. It’s ALWAYS funny and I never get tired of him doing it. Everything he said had me laughing my ass off (Where’s the impeachment) and this was a perfect way to end WU on a high note. Good jokes and two so-so commentaries but Darrell bringing the awesome as Bill Clinton was the big highlight for the second week in a row. **** Top O’ The Morning Cast- Affleck, Meyers, Fallon, Forte, Sanz, Mitchell, Kenan Thompson Thoughts- YES!!! They brought back Top O’ The Morning! It’s been too long since I got to see this and absence did indeed make the heart go fonder. I thought this one was the best one yet. I also admire Seth for being able to avoid what Ben and Jimmy did and not crack up. Top O’ The Morning seems to always make Seth almost crack up thankfully he’s able to avoid it. Even though I thought this was great I do have one complaint: What happened to the Punching Wall??? I liked Seth’s acknowledgement that the flashbacks were not pre-taped and Kenan and Finesse showing up out of nowhere was hilarious. Ben Affleck held his own here, Forte was funny given his one line and Horatio going straight through the wall was a great way to end it. My only complaint is that this was Kenan’s one skit and come on: The brother deserves more. Great stuff here and I hope we don’t have to wait another 10 months for another Top O’ The Morning. **** Only Bangcock Cast- Affleck, Poehler Thoughts- This one misfired. I laughed at Ben Affleck playing himself but that was about it. * Donnie G and Sidecar Cast- Affleck, Poehler, Sanz, Rudolph, Armisen Thoughts- A pretty funny premise and the bit with Ben getting confused about his right and left was funny and it was so so true. I also laughed at Horatio saying: I’ma ITALIAN! I thought the ending was really weak and I didn’t like that SNL teased us with Fred getting killed again and then just went: Oh- he’s dead. I want to see carnage! This was alright and I like seeing people get hurt so I’ll say: ** Only Bangcock Cast- Kelly Ripa, Affleck, Meyers, Hammond Thoughts- Random Kelly Ripa cameos, killer lizards, Ben Affleck in drag, and Darrell playing an old man? This was very bizarre but it was also pretty funny. Tied with the first for best of the parodies. *** N.E.R.D. Thoughts- Aside from artists who sit on stools my second big pet peeve is when artists plug their albums on SNL. First of all: Being on SNL is supposed to be publicity enough and you’re supposed to be so good that people will go: Hey that guy was really good. I’m definitely going to go buy the CD now. Plugging your CD is just really lame and incredibly shameless. Devoting a whole portion of your song to it is just really sad and pathetic. I actually didn’t even mind the song but the shameless plugging really pissed me off and caused me to lower the rating by a bit. So remember my rules for singing on SNL: Don’t suck, don’t do weird dance moves, don’t be boring, don’t sit on a stool, don’t play a slow song for your second song and don’t plug your album. *1/2 Full Moon Killer Cast- Affleck, Parnell, Poehler, Forte Thoughts- You KNOW you got a kick ass, awesome, excellent show when even the last skit is really funny. Amy and Chris were really funny here and the whole thing was executed perfectly. I loved the thing at the end (“You should’ve seen the look on your face!”). I just wish Will had had a bigger role in the skit since he always shines in weird bizarre skits like this. Good stuff and a good way to end a great show. *** The Bottom Line- Avg. skit was *** making this an easy thumbs up show and one of the best episodes of the year. There were three **** skits here and it only had a few misfires. The show was consistent and everything seemed to be getting laughs. Ben Affleck was a great host and he was very funny and the writing played to his comedic strengths. The musical guest was disappointing and pissed me off but that’s one low point of an otherwise great show. SNL has been on a ROLL since they let go of Jeff Richards and I’m hoping they’ll be able to keep it up in April- especially with the two hosts they picked. After a slow start to begin the season it’s great to see SNL kicking ass again. Thumbs Up

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That joke would work better if Rob was still a part of ROH. I really hope AJ says no to this. He's said on occasion that he prefers ROH to TNA (Gee- can't imagine why) so I hope he sticks to that and tells TNA to fuck off

Booker and Eddy have fought twice in WWE. They fought on July 7th in the RAW where everything went wrong. The match was really rushed and had a botched finish and neither looked like they wanted to be out there. They fought again on July 28th. It was again too short and a bit slow but it was pretty decent. Hopefully they gave them some time. I also like that they seem to be building up Eddy as a fighting champion. It reminds me of Bret Hart in 1992.

I watched the match a few days ago. Austin spazzing out and just swearing a blue streak when Rock won't die is awesome. My favourite sequence (well one of my favourites since I love the match) is when: Rock goes to chase after Vince and he runs back into the ring right into KICK WHAM STUNNER. I was so sure with this was it, everyone was sure this was it but Rock kicks out at 2.99999. Austin just has this freaked out look on his face. Awesome awesome awesome

Well there are obviously going to be Iraqi rebels who are going to attack. But the point of that poll is to show that most Iraqis feel their lives have improved from a year ago.

On a personal level, seven in 10 Iraqis say things overall are going well for them — a result that might surprise outsiders imagining the worst of life in Iraq today. Fifty-six percent say their lives are better now than before the war, compared with 19 percent who say things are worse (23 percent, the same). And the level of personal optimism is extraordinary: Seventy-one percent expect their lives to improve over the next year. (From abcnews.go.com) Is that why he invaded Afghanistan? Cause they just reek of oil.

Eddy Guerrero, Nunzio and Paul London are WWE wrestlers who worked for ROH. Tajiri is good friends with Rob. I know Steven Richards was at Glory by Honor 2

I just come to this folder to find out if John Kerry served in Vietnam. Anyone know?

After reading one of the threads mentioned I think you're perfectly capable of doing that yourself. YOU JUST GOT ZINGED!

Do I get a cookie?

Yea- the minute he locked it in me and my friend started chanting that. I'd like to take credit for it...but I won't. No one picked up on my We Want Paul chant during the Cruiser Open. We also chanted Holy Shit when Lesnar locked in the bearhug

Good to hear. The whole sequence with Benoit having the crossface locked in, HHH about to tap, powering out only for Benoit to hang on and see the Game tap is something I'll never forget. What a show

How loud was the crowd for Brock v. Goldberg and Benoit winning on PPV? For those who were at the show- did HBK get a big pop coming out? I was peeing

Okay- Here's my LIVE REPORT!!! Before the show going in I saw Big from TE and Harvey Wippleman. I was seated in section 40 Row L. In front of me were these two kids who were totally cool and was laughing at all of my smart ass comments. I was dissapointed there was no Heat match. The crowd just went insane during America the Beautiful and when the show began. I had goosebumps and it officially sunk in what I was witnessing. Cena v. Show: Match was WAY too long. I really don't see why people act like Big Show is good now. He still seems to suck in my book. Cena was very over and he knew when to make his comebacks and all that so the match had good heat. I thought his rap was good even though him playing to the crowd at the beginning was cheesy. I enjoyed the ending. 4-way: I chanted 'Garrison Cade', 'Let's Go Cade', 'We Want Cade' and all this other stuff and everyone around me was cracking up. No one gave a shit about them- it was sad. I don't know why they didn't just make it Dudleyz v. Book/Rob since La Res and Cade/Jindrak did absolutely nothing. Decent match. Jericho v. Christian: This was really good and I could tell they were trying really really hard and I appreciated it. I hated the ending and the heel turn but the crowd was into it. Really good stuff. Rock-n-Sock v. Evolution: Rock's pre-match promo was awesome. Even though I think Batista is terrible- I really enjoyed this match. Foley's elbow off the apron, Rock and Flair going at it, Flair doing the Flair Elbow- GOLD. The ending was a big letdown for me as I really didn't want to see Foley to job again. I can't believe Rock came back just to job to Evolution. A very well worked match if a bit slow at times. Crowd was really into it. The Hall of Fame thing was very classy. Pete Rose getting booed was funny stuff. Jessie looks really weird. The first ever Playboy interpromotional tag team evening gown match: I went to the bathroom and ran into Hillbilly Jim. Then I called my friend as I promised I'd call her when the first ever Playboy interpromotional tag team evening gown match was on. I came back and the match ended a few seconds later. Cruiserweight open: What was the point of having those guys on there? I would've made it a 6-pac match with Rey, Kidman, Ultimo, Tajiri, Noble and Chavito. These guys were pretty much sent out there to die and I felt bad. Some really nice spots though even though it was poorly booked. Goldberg v. Lesnar: Oh. My. God. I figured it was going to be uhly but I didn't know it was going to be this ugly. The crowd chanted: You Sold Out, Boring, Take it Home, You Both Suck, Austin, This Match Sucks, We Want Bret, We Want Hogan, and refund. This was worse then Jeff Hardy at ROH. Austin looked bored the whole time. It was hilarious watching MSG shit all over both guys and the match. A fan dressed as Hogan was doing Hogan stuff the whole match which distracted everyone. Austin stunning everyone got a huge pop. I really wish I could've heard how JR and King spun this match. Goldberg's entrance SUCKS live. SD! tag titles- I can understand not giving the belts to WGTT since no one gave a shit about the match and no one would give a shit about a title change. Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi were booed for the most part. It was sad seeing them get booed doing the post match dance knowing that 4 years ago that got a gigantic pop. Victoria v. Molly- Whatever. Victoria took forever to cut off her hair which pretty much killed the crowd's interest. I feel bad for Molly Holly. She shaved her head and no one cared. Eddy v. Angle- This was excellent. Goldberg v. Brock killed the crowd and this brought them back. The crowd was appreciative of all the matwork and Angle had a lot of fans. The finish was genius. Taker v. Kane- If I actually cared about Old School Undertaker I'd probably be upset but I never got why people wanted Old School Taker back anyway. Taker got a Jesus pop- it was so loud. Paul Bearer coming back was really cool. Thankfully they kept this really short so the crowd didn't figure out that both guys still suck hard. Crowd booed Taker's Last Ride attempt. Benoit v. HBK v. HHH- Oh. My. God. Probably the best match I've ever seen live and certainly the most emotional. I was on Shawn's ass the whole match cracking everyone up and just having a great time. I had about 1000 heart attacks and was on the edge of my seat the whole time. When HBK hit Benoit with Sweet Chin Music I almost renounced my faith in God. When HHH went for the Pedigree I was breathing so heavily and was feeling really queasy. Benoit had that crossface on for what seemed like a year. We kept chanting tap tap tap tap and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I was so worried HBK would come back in or HHH would counter or something bad would happen. HHH tapping was surreal. The Garden EXPLODED and we just went crazy. I was hugging, high fiving and getting all emotional over what I had seen. The greatest thing I've ever seen at a wrestling show. Matches like that are why I watch wrestling. Eddy and Benoit's family coming out was a really nice touch and I just was amazed at what I was witnessing. God Bless Benoit. Oh and after the show who did I run into???? THE DAMES!~ Dames cried when Benoit won the title and he says hi to everyone. He'll have internet again in a few weeks.

Because they always seem to deliver at Wrestlemania. (Yes- I liked X-8 too) I'm so excited for this show. It's the first Wrestlemania I've ever attended live. I'm missing three days of school during the busiest time of the year to see this show and I think it's totally worth it. I can't wait for Sunday

I went back home- had a good time. Saw some comedy shows, stalked some celebrities- same old same old.

Hi Eagan.

Hey! I have a fan! I think I actually did admit the few times that Maya Rudolph made me laugh. The formula for a show is: **.5 and up=thumbs up **.3-**.5=thumbs in the middle **.2 and under= thumbs down And Maya Rudolph simply isn't funny. She doesn't make me laugh. And I think she's incredibly ugly. So when she portrays Charlotte York it makes me sad. The funny thing is: I've actually met Maya Rudolph many times and she has never given me cardiac arrest. I'm glad people are reading though. I don't think Maya deserves to be on the show- there must be a funny woman out there who's better then her.

In an interview with PWInsider Gabe repeatedly said that Rob won't make a dime