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I'm kinda surprised- the show hasn't been getting good reviews and I thought it was great from top to bottom. It's not even like I'm biased towards Colin Firth or something. I'm getting tons of heat for giving ***** to Tim Calhoun- what can I say? I was dying. The skits that they cut sound pretty funny as well. Whenever he makes the stupid joke, does the goofy face and says DIOS MIO it gets me everytime. Glad you're coming around YNA. Maya Rudolph goes almost every show without producing a laugh from me. It's nothing new. I figured Colin would be a good host. I loved him in Bridget Jones, British people are funny and he brought a lot of energy to the show. Dumb joke, funny face, dios mio=laughter. I'm weak what can I say? I think the fact that he's fat is the reason he's employed. I wish he would lose weight and get fired.

SNL Review- Since I’m going to Wrestlemania this week- next week’s review probably won’t be up until Tuesday instead of Monday night. Sports Report- Maple Leafs- I’m very happy about the acquisition of Brian Leetch. As someone who had to put up with the Rangers my whole life (even though their collapse has gone from ‘funny’ to ‘pathetic’) I know that Leetch is a terrific hockey player who busts his ass and will give it all to help his team win- and the Leafs need that. If he brings a Stanley Cup home to Toronto I’ll be willing to forgive his 1994 Conn Smythe Trophy. I’m very happy that Eddie is back because they need him or else they are screwed. The Leafs need to get that second seed. The Devils are dangerous in the first round and as much as I rag on them I wouldn’t want to face Ottawa or Boston either. Here’s hoping Eddie can lead them to victory. Canucks- The Canucks sure do know how to win at the right time. Except for one costly lost at Detroit they’ve been unbeaten in 5 out of their last 6 and are slowly closing in on the slumping Avalanche. The goaltending has really stepped up and the Big Line has been playing great recently. Hopefully by the time you read this they will be in first place. The 2003 Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils- With Boston, Toronto and Ottawa battling it out for the Northeast Trophy- the Devils have fallen by the wayside and are now the 6th seed. Somehow Tampa leaped into first place (“Wrap your minds around that one”- Amy as Avril) so seed #6 is not as desirable as it once was. They seem to be on a bit of a letdown after their three game winning streak and now is not the time for that. I don’t see them catching Philly so they just have to ensure that they don’t fall into the 7th slot. Nets- Well the winning streak had to end sometime. All these losses to Western Conference opposition is starting to bother me since it makes them look weak and casts serious doubts over their ability to hang with the big boys. They can’t let Shaq destroy them like he did yesterday. I guess that’s what Kidney Boy was for. K-Mart has really stepped up his game. I went to the Nets game on the 28th and his caught block was insane. I hope this move to Brooklyn happens because it’s getting pathetic going to Nets games and seeing Joe Piscopo being treated as a big name star. They just need Kidd to get healthy and I think they’ll start rolling again. Not like it really matters- they got the Atlantic division and the #2 seed all sowed up. Mailbag!!!!!!!!!!!!!- Nothing in the mailbag again this week but Sean recently started posting the reviews so I’m hopeful I’ll get some mail in the coming weeks. Wanna be in the mailbag???? Email me at [email protected] To anyone in the Toronto area- I’m going to be participating in my universities Star Search contest in the comedy competition so if anyone wants to come out and see how funny I am (answer: Not very) it’s March 15th at 9 pm at Oakham House in the Ram in the Rye on 63 Gould St. in Toronto. I just hope I still have a voice after going to two Ring of Honor shows and Wrestlemania XX. But if you want to come out and see me bomb on stage- there ya’ go. My incredibly brief thoughts on the Sex and the City finale- Charlotte has a baby. John. I’m happy. This concludes my incredibly brief thoughts on the Sex and the City finale And now the review.... Cold Opening Cast- Ana Gasteyer, Darrell Hammond, Will Forte, Horatio Sanz, Kenan Thompson Thoughts- Nice to see Ana back on SNL and doing her Martha impression that we all know and laugh. Kenan was pretty funny as the juror and I really enjoyed Forte. Horatio’s Rosie O’Donnell impression is just funny the minute you look at him. Darrell’s Ted Koppell is an oldie but a goodie that I always enjoy seeing him bust out. A few of the lines fell flat but this was very funny with a great effort by all involved. ***3/4 Monologue Cast- Colin Firth, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Seth Meyers Thoughts- Did we really need to hear Maya doing British theatre in that awful voice? Oh come on- you know I have to pick on her for something. The part where the girls act out British theatre to try to get with Colin wasn’t really that funny but then SETH!~ saved the day with his Hugh Grant impression which has always been one of my favourite things he did. It was the usual hilarious impression even though Hugh doesn’t stutter that much anymore. The interplay between Seth and Colin was cute. This started off slowly but rebounded quite nicely. **1/2 Problems with the Accents Cast- Firth, Chris Parnell, Jimmy Fallon, Poehler, Dratch, Meyers, Finesse Mitchell Thoughts- I guess this is what Cold Mountain would’ve been like had Jude Law shown up drunk to the set. This was pretty funny- I enjoyed Rachel with the megaphone and I thought Colin gave a game performance. Parnell was great as the Chinese guy and he had a great accent. This could’ve been funnier but was very solid and had good effort from everyone. *** Ferecito Cast- Firth, Sanz, Fred Armisen Thoughts- Ferecito is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Ferecito so much. This is meant as a compliment: Fred is great at making bad comedy incredibly funny. Ferecito’s jokes were hilarious and Horatio Sanz even had me laughing. Colin Firth’s bad British humour was also pure awesomeness. When this skit began I thought it was going to be a lame skit where everyone speaks Spanish and no one laughs but I was so happy to see Ferecito back. And when he said “I’m just keeeeeeeeding” it made me very happy. I hope they make this character recurring- it’d been too long since we had some Ferecito goodness. ****1/4 Now for Ferecito’s fanbase I present this review en Espanol- Ferecito está detrás!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amo Ferecito tanto. Esto se significa como elogio: Fred es grande en la fabricación de mala comedia increíblemente divertida. Las bromas de Ferecito’s eran hilarantes y Horatio Sanz incluso me tenía el reír. El mal humor británico de Colin Firth’s era también awesomeness puro. Cuando este skit comenzó I pensó que iba a ser un skit cojo donde cada uno habla español y nadie risas pero me placía tan ver la parte posteriora de Ferecito. ¿Y cuándo él dijo el?I’m apenas keeeeeeeeding? me hizo muy feliz. Espero que hagan este it’d que se repite del carácter sido demasiado largo puesto que teníamos cierta calidad de Ferecito. **** ¼ TV Funhouse Thoughts- TV Funhouse dissapoints again sadly. Even though I enjoyed the nod to my favourite cartoon ever (Duck Amuck) this was just way too short. Funny- but way too short. And it sort of jumped around. It first looked like a general spoof of FCC Regulations and then turned into a parody of Duck Amuck. I guess I was dissapointed since I wanted Smigel to shock and offend me- and he didn’t. Despite the problems I had with this it was still very very funny and had a good lines and the usual Smigel goodness. I just miss his ****+ cartoons. *** Tim Calhoun Cast- Firth, Forte, Parnell Thoughts- Oh yea! I love Tim Calhoun a lot and it’s one of my favourite recurring commentaries on Weekend Update. Whomever decided to give him his own skit is a genius and deserves a gold star. Forte was ON here and all of his lines were pure gold. “This would be so much better if you didn’t have the tape.” Colin was also really funny here as the lawyer and the part where he was whispering into Calhoun and Calhoun was repeating it right after was hilarious. Parnell also played the straight man to perfection. Will Forte has been feeling it this year as he’s produced great skit after great skit. Even when his stuff doesnt work I just like that he’s not afraid to be different or weird- he just wants to be funny. So kudos to Forte on a great season so far and for having his best skit ever. Now if only he could ditch the Falconer. ***** Norah Jones Thoughts- I like Norah Jones a lot. She’s a good singer and a very nice person. She did win 6 Grammys after all. In one year no less. I slagged her a bit last time she was on SNL because while she was good, she was kinda boring. I really enjoyed her this time around. Her song was a lot of fun to listen to and wasn’t boring at all. The good SNL musical guest streak is at two. ***1/2 Weekend Update Cast- Fallon, Tina Fey, Rudolph, Poehler, Sanz, Dratch, Hammond Thoughts- This was the usual very good Weekend Update but it just wasn’t one of the great WUs that we’ve come to know in life. Two of the commentaries were very weak. Maya’s Martha Stewart thing was just bad. I groaned when I saw that Horatio Sanz would once again be on WU but at least he wasn’t horribly offensive. He just wasn’t that funny. Poor Elijah Wood. He’s a great host and SNL rewards him by having Rachel Dratch impersonate him. Tina and Jimmy seemed to be a bit too loose at times and some of the initial jokes bombed. I always enjoy seeing Darrell bust out his Bill Clinton impression and his analysis of the vice presidential candidates was awesome. It definetley ended WU on a high note. Even though this WU wasn’t as good as the Updates from February I’m glad they gave this one a lot of time instead of cutting it short like they’ve tended to do. Overall this was a good Update that could’ve been fixed with better jokes and less commentaries. ***1/2 Overzealous Staff Cast- Firth, Sanz, Parnell, Meyers, Thompson, Armisen Thoughts- As much as I enjoyed the ending with Seth and Fred in bed this one didn’t really go anywhere and the initial premise wasn’t funny to begin with so this was pretty much DOA. I love Kenan but he’s not going to get a laugh out of me by trying to have gay sex with Colin Firth. Nothing personal though. This just never could get anywhere. * Meet the Press Cast- Hammond, Forte Thoughts- This seemed like it was trying real hard to capture the greatness of the McCain show where he appeared on Meet the Press and was pestered endlessly on whether he would run for president in 2004. Tim Russert: What if President bush does not run? Sen. John McCain: I don't see any reason- Tim Russert: What if he forgets to run? Sen. John McCain: Alright, Tim.. alright, Tim.. Tim Russert: The President forgets to run for re-election.. and the Republicans are without a candidate. Does John McCain then step in to fill that void? Sen. John McCain: I would call the President, and remind him to run. Greatness. I admire the effort but they just couldn’t top it and a lot of Tim Russert’s questions just weren’t very funny. The “negative” ads they showed were alright and both guys did very good impressions but in the end it just wasn’t as funny as I hoped it would be. **1/4 The Sopranos Cast- Firth, Hammond, Poehler, Meyers, Sanz, Forte, Thompson Thoughts- This skit also fell flat even though I thought it had a pretty good premise. I thought Firth was really good as Paulie. Maybe it’s cause I was so tired but nothing was making me laugh here. I did like the part where they watched the Season 4 DVD to try and remember when it happened. When the skit began I thought this was going to be like the Sopranos skit from a long time ago where they played up the critical acclaim the show was getting. This was alright but needed to be a lot funnier. *1/2 Norah Jones Thoughts- This song was good but it suffered from the usual problem I have with the second song. Don’t play a slow soft song with ten minutes left in the show- I don’t want to doze off and miss something. This was a nice song though so I shouldn’t complain too much. I know nothing about the band N.E.R.D- I just hope they don’t suck. **1/2 Jesus Hill Cast- Firth, Rudolph, Forte Thoughts- It’s a shame they put this on at 12:54 because this was hilarious but was just too short. Forte was amazing here and this was so incredibly tasteless that I couldn’t help but laugh. But then it just ended out of nowhere which sucks cause I think this could’ve been great had it been given some actual time. Another great effort by Forte even though he was sadly cut off at the knees. *** The Bottom Line- Avg, skit was *** making this an easy thumbs up episode and the best episode of the season by far. Even though the show went a bit downhill after WU the show was consistent with *** skits up and down the show. Will Forte was amazing here (the guy carried a ***** skit!) and is quickly becoming one of my favourites on the show. If I didn’t love Tina and Seth to death he’d be 1 or 2. It was also good to see Darrell get to bust out some of his better impressions. As apathetic as I am towards Jeff Richards’ firing (it’s not like they fired someone important) I’d have to say that one positive is that my two favourite guys on the show have gotten increased airtime from it and SNL is starting to turn itself around. 4 out of the last 5 shows have been thumbs up so who knows- maybe they can build some momentum. Ben Affleck seems like a funny guy so this week’s show should be good as well. Thumbs Up

Well if this is true then the show at the RexPlex is off which makes me question its validity.

I think Bob is still apart of 1W. It's Dave that left

I don't think it will be three months. I saw Rumble at FYE in the end of February. 'trane's Canadian and has to wait the extra two months. I'll be attending the show.

This incident never really happened like that. The guy in the Post ended up having to retract this. Read Bill's book for more detail.

IIRC, it was against Curt Hennig on the "brand extension draft" edition of RAW - March 25th, 2002, if my dates serve me as well. It was actually against the Godfather on an episode of Jakked

What about people like me who have listened to Howard since they were 4? I think Howard is harmless for the most part- Unless your little boy stays up till 11 pm to watch Howard on E!- it's not like they can see anything

NEW YORK - Martha Stewart (news - web sites) was convicted Friday of obstructing justice and lying to the government about a superbly timed stock sale, a devastating verdict that probably means prison for the woman who epitomizes meticulous homemaking and gracious living. (from the AP btw)

I think its pretty obvious her racial/nationality background is the same as Drop Dead Fred...as in "Imaginery" YOU JUST GOT ZINGED!

http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=973&p=1 Column by Mike Johnson at PWInsider about this

That's retarded. Don't take things so seriously- it's just an e-fed. I want to read it!

But with ROH not looking to make much $ with Rob still around- I don't see why he would want to stay around and just drive his promotion into the ground

Well at least Rob didn't violate the Code of Honor

But who would you promote? Funaki is a joke. Shannon Moore is a joke and not very good. Kidman never seems to get over. I guess there's Ultimo but it'd be hard to buy him winning since he never does.

Who else can you put it on though? All of Kidman's pushes have bombed. Dragon, Moore and Funaki never win. The rest are heels

I'm gonna be in general admission probably near the entranceway like always

I went to Ring of Honor and all I got was my dick sucked by Rob Feinstein

You do realise that this is just an internet message board right?

He lost an I Quit match to The Rock but he only quit so they wouldn't attack Chyna

Starrcade 95 is a great show and one of the best WCW PPVs ever. Liger v. Benoit is very good and Ohtani v. Guerrero is excellent. That dropkick Ohtani does to Eddy was sick. Kanemoto v. Wright isn't too bad either. Flair v. Sting v. Luger is an awesome match with Flair just mindfucking both guys and the continuation of the Luger v. Sting storyline. Even though it's too short Flair v. Savage is the usual goodness between the two. I also learned to never ever let Randy Savage blade me. The commentary between Brain, Dusty and Tony is hilarious. Dusty's rant during Ohtani v. Eddy had me on the floor

Bubba would never settle for seconds. He means Hillary

You got it mole. The minute I heard Tina was writing a movie I knew I had to see it. Not only that but- TIM MEADOWS!~ is in it. He's one of my favourite SNLers of all time. He's the teacher in the first scene of the trailer. Amy Poehler is in it too. I hate Lindsey Lohan (even though she has a nice rack) so hopefully Tina's written words will be able to carry the movie.

Mean Girls and Kill Bill Vol. 2 are the two films I want to see

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