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The cold opening with Darrell doing his funny Al Gore and Seth rocking the Kerry impression. Weekend Update although it was too short. Kerry meets Bush meets Clinton was the usual good political humour. Spy Glass rocked the kasbah with the greatness of Seth and Amy. Well there was only one other segment (The Diana Ross thing) For the most part the jokes were great and Tina rebounded from a subpar outing. The political humour skits I'd disagree with that. But that's SNL. It is a bunch of immature guys getting together and writing a comedy show. It's been that way for a while. If that's the most unfunny SNL you've seen then your lucky man. It was a piss poor SNL but they did try to pull it together in the end. This SNL actually did give me hope- 1) They have a potential new Bush in Forte (and so far it looks good) 2) Seth is getting a lot more airtime That's two things that are something to definetley look forward to. Hmmmm- dl Elijah Wood/Jet or Megan Mullally/Clay Aiken.

Last year SNL was treading water for the first half of the year but once the Walken show aired every episode after that was good. Losing Will did hurt- I'm not going to deny that. Having no more Bush really has hurt the cold openings. But in his last year he wasn't that great and seemed to fall back on his recurring characters too much. I never thought about Ana. They really only have one talented woman in the cast (Not counting Tina) I heard they hired some woman from Second City Chicago. None of the decent Versaces have been b/c of her. That's sad.

Well the show wasn't very good. By my count SNL has had: 6 thumbs up episodes 2 thumbs down episodes 4 thumbs in the middle SNL hasn't been very good this year so I guess this show is a good representation of SNL sadly. I wouldn't go thar far. The show really picked up once Weekend Update started and they finally busted out some funny skits. I will not deny the show was awful up until then. Yea- Forte was good as Bush. If this was his audition then he passed with flying colours. Hammond has been awful this year. He had a career resurgance in 2002-2003 but is flushing his legacy down the toilet this year. I don't keep on the writer situation because it's pretty hard. I do know that Hugh Fink left the show and he was a really funny guy. Adam McKay left a few years ago which hurt Will Ferrell a lot. The writing isn't that great and they do deserve some of the blame. But there's a lot of dead weight on the show that needs to go. Yea that bothered me too. Jarrett's Room wasn't even that bad this week but once they did that it all went to hell.

Brian- Can you shorten your sig? It stretches the page.

Don't forget ROH on March 13th. Sounds like a great show for TNA though. Will they be doing this every month??

Royal Rumble 2002- It has a great Jericho v. Rock title match and a good Rumble. Vince v. Flair is fun to watch and Edge v. Regal is a major mark out moment for me. No Way Out 2002- Not much to see here. I liked this more then most people did but there really isn't much to see. Wrestlemania X-8 Hogan v. Rock is a must see. HHH v. Y2J and Flair v. Taker are both good matches while the rest of the card is in the **ish range. Backlash- Edge v. Angle is excellent and Tajiri v. Kidman is really good too. Eddy v. RVD is good but a bit flat. The rest is awful. Judgement Day- JD is a another mixed bag. RVD v. Eddy and Angle v. Edge once again are good matches. I really enjoyed the HIAC match even though a lot of people hate it just for the ending. The rest sucks. KOTR- An awful, awful, awful show. Jericho v. RVD is the one good match. Hogan tapping to the anklelock is nice and all but the match is horrible. Flair v. Eddy is 20 minutes of boredom. Watching Eddy dog it is not pretty. Vengeance- An interesting show. Jericho jobs to Cena, Benoit/Eddy job to the Dudleyz and Regal jobs to Jeff freaking Hardy. The main event kicks ass and the show overall is fun to watch. Summerslam- The best PPV of 2002 bar none. HHH v. HBK, RVD v. Benoit, Eddy v. Edge, Angle v. Rey are all fun to watch. UnAmericans v. BookDust is dissapointing but the show as a whole is great. Unforgiven- A two match show. Eddy v. Edge and Benoit v. Angle are both MOTYC. The 8-man tag is fun to watch and Jericho v. Flair is good but way too short. The two title matches both left a sour taste in my mouth. No Mercy- Angle/Benoit v. Rey/Edge is many people's picks for WWE MOTY and I can't say I disagree. Brock v. Taker is a really good bloody brawl. Survivor Series- I was there so I'm biased. The Elimination Chamber is a good but flawed match. Brock v. Big Show is a must see just for the insane love the crowd gives Lesnar. The rest of the show is pretty good- nothing sucks. Armageddon- A snoozer of a show. HHH v. HBK is beyond boring. Eddy v. Benoit is good but there's nothing else to see. The DVD contains Angle v. Edge v. Eddy v. Angle from SD! which is a great match. I'll do 2003 in a second. Overall I'd rank them- 1. Summerslam 2. Royal Rumble 3. Wrestlemania X-8 4. Survivor Series 5. Unforgiven 6. Judgement Day 7. Vengeance 8. Backlash 9. No Mercy 10. Armageddon 11. No Way Out 12. King of the Ring

Jericho v. Rock fought at 3 PPVs and feuded for a while. Never faced off at WM

HHH/Taker wrestled at WrestleMania X-7. Might want to change that Look above NY Untouchable. Already corrected and I didn't need to use that horrible emoticon to do it. Austin v. McMahon never happened at WM either

I think you mean Austin v. Taker 'Sault. How about Austin v. Angle as a match that never happened at WM?

I'm sure they considered it but Piper's refusal to job to anyone probably put the kibosh on it.

Well looking at a little more recient time..... Survivor Series 02' Elimination Chamber. That was a HUGE pop for HBK. I'm not sure if it was for his win or they were happy it was over :-D DFA The crowd would've popped for anyone but HHH (or Kane really) winning that night. RVD and Booker T both got huge pops. I remember a lot of the guys were going for HHH at the end. (Our section was chanting Triple H) HBK winning at Wrestlemania would be beyond stupid. The guy had two chances to win the title and choked both times. The first one was totally his fault. Benoit could win the title at Wrestlemania and since Shawn beat him on RAW there's a logical reason to grant him a title shot.

Does Yokozuna's Banzai Drop count? If not, then yeah...Savage's elbow drop. It was asked "top rope". Thus the last time was probably Savage. Although for some reason, I keep thinking Michaels (I know he didn't, but I keep thinking it). Michaels won Wrestlemania XII, RR 97 and Survivor Series 2002 with Sweet Chin Music. You know how he won the other one.

Savage won at WMIV with the elbowdrop. He won at WMVIII with a rollup

This movie would definetley sell. Tons of people watch the show whether it be on HBO (Where it does great ratings) or on DVD (where it sells very well) Depends on what they do. The problem is that I really don't see what Miranda could do. If the movie is 90 minutes of Carrie struggling with Big/Commy/whomever then yes- it will be quite boring. While I do take issue with how they've handled some of the chararacters recently (Give Charlotte a baby. Get Carrie the fuck out of Paris) the show has still been quite strong. In fact- Out of the Frying Pan (which aired just a few weeks ago) is one of the best episodes of the show I've seen. As long as the movie isn't Carrie-centric it should be fine.

According to mapquest Wilmington is 30 miles from Philly

treble charged seemed to like it. The skit just didn't do it for me at all. I muttered: What the hell was that and moved on. I was very excited to see SNL spoof one of my favourite bands...and then they screwed it up. I had never heard of her until SNL but I just remember people telling me how awful 'Milkshake' was. Bringing Ferrell back for a debate would be cool but then you're just setting up the guy who has to do Bush after the election (Assuming he wins) for failure. I wouldn't mind seeing Forte as Bush. He really couldn't be much worse then Darrell or Parnell. Still don't know why Jeff was fired. I'm probably seeing the cast on Saturday so I may ask. He hasn't updated his site at all which is kinda weird. I heard he did a Bush impression as well which makes his firing all the more strange.

I don't remember who Flair did it too but he ballshots someone in RR 92, the crowd goes 'Ohhhhhhhhhhhh' and Gorilla says all slowly and sternly: Did you see that? Jericho is about to get Pedigreed on a chair. HHH stops to shove the ref so Jericho seizes the opportunity and just NAILS him in the balls. Great spot

It's Maroon 5. I heard one of their songs on the radio and I thought it was a good listen so hopefully they will break the bad mg streak. With Octane- I've never seen Fast and the Furious and it's various knockoffs so all of the jokes were lost on me I guess. ::marks out for exclamation DUD::

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I don't know if I can handle seeing Maddux in a Yankees hat. I almost vomited seeing Glavine in a Mets cap. Maddux is my favourite baseball player ever. I can't bare to see him sign with the team I hate so much

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK This can't happen. This just can't happen. Go to the Cubs Maddux. Go to the Cubs. Don't do this to me

I got all sad and teary at the beginning. Charlotte adopting doesn't exactly warm my heart but whatever gets her a baby. She really should get pregnant though. I mean- throw me a freaking bone. It's funny watching Carrie in Paris and realising how right Miranda was. She'll come back soon. Oh and GO BIG GO. That's so awesome that he's gonna go after her. I still don't think they should end up together since deep down Big is still Big. Carrie should end up alone but become good friends with Big. Oh and she should be in New York. Not Paris. So moving to Paris cost Carrie: Her column, her apartment and her Carrie necklace. 0-3.

So is basically Kanyon can't work anywhere that has a national TV deal?

I think it's that the wrestler will be released after 90 days. So Kanyon will still be getting paid his downside guarantee

I used to have trouble telling the difference between Jeff Richards and Seth Meyers. Now I know. Seth is the one who is gainfully employed. Jeff is the one who got his ass fired. Sports Report- Leafs- Eddie Belfour needs to come back now. Trevor Kidd is awful and the Leafs are suffering with him in the net. That game against Buffalo was disgusting. Nothing makes me madder then blow 3 goal leads at home. But Eddie come back! Canucks- The division is slipping further and further away and I am not happy about it. They need to catch Colorado so they can home ice throughout the playoffs. The fact that they’ve lost to such poor teams and the fact that they have played like they don’t care really pisses me off. Things better improve soon. The Canucks cannot afford to play like this. The 2003 Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils- Not a good week for the Stanley Cup Champs. A rare loss to the Rangers and a costly loss against the Flyers do not a happy hockey fan make. At least they fell to the 6th seed which is the seed you want in the Eastern Conference due to the overall suckiness of the Southeast Division. Nets- The Nets have won 10 games in a row. Every game they have won has been by 10+ points. Byron Who? Mailbag!!!!!!!!!!!!- Hey Bob- Big Fan. Sundays aren't the same without reading a Bob Barron review, anyways, I have a simple question for you: In your opinion, what is the best SNL duo, there ever was? And out of the current Cast who would you say? Personally, I'm a Seth/Amy fan, but Fred/Will also have potential. Thanks a lot! Dan Fuitt Why thank you Dan. I think it sucks that I can’t get my reviews up on Sunday anymore as writing them on Monday in between class is a pain in the ass. But I do try to get them ASAP. Best SNL Duo is a good question. I’m gonna go OLD SCHOOL and say Aykroyd and Belushi. They worked so well together and I love the Blues Brothers. I’m a big Seth and Amy fan as well. With skits like Home Pregnancy, Lil’ Sleuths, Spy Glass and the Peter Pan Complex Skit they always seem to bring out the best in each other. Wanna be in the mailbag???? Email me at [email protected] The Sex and the City finale airs February 22nd and I suggest you all watch it. It’s a show I love almost as much as SNL. I’ll probably do some sort of retrospective in one of my March reviews. (Guys- you can skip that one) And now the review… Cold Opening Cast- Darrell Hammond, Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers Thoughts- I’m so happy John Kerry is kicking ass because this will mean lots of airtime for Seth which I whole-heartedly approve of. It’s always nice to see Darrell bring back his Gore impression. Poor Al. He ditched his boy for Howard Dean and then watched as Howard Dean fell flat on his face. This was really funny as we got to see two good impressions and a lot of the lines here worked. Amy as Tipper Gore seemed a tad out of place and I didn’t like it. I also enjoyed Darrell’s enthusiastic LFNYISN. Good to see Seth given the ball with Kerry. Should make the election interesting. ***1/2 Monologue Cast- Drew Barrymore, Rachel Dratch Thoughts- I don’t know who played C3PO, Darth Vader or ET and it’s going to bother me. I figured that Darth Vader would be Adam Sandler making a cameo but it was not to be. This was not very funny. I didn’t really find the humour in people insinuating Drew was in various 70s and 80s movies. The stuff with ET and the Atkins diet was pretty funny but the rest was junk. The third bad monologue in a row. *1/2 Versace Cast- Barrymore, Maya Rudolph, Horatio Sanz, Poehler Thoughts- THEY JUST DID A VERSACE! God I hate this character. It just is not funny and never has been. The only times there were ever Versaces that I tolerated were because of other people doing funny impressions. Amy’s Madonna was good but the interplay between Versace and Elton was painful. Drew’s Courtney Love had potential but they ruined it by having her have that stupid argument with Versace. Versace is awful and the impressions just couldn’t save it. * Jarrett’s Room Cast- Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Sanz, Meyers Thoughts- I can’t believe they still do this skit. It’s dead. Seth as usual was the highlight of Jarrett’s Room- I love DJ Jonathan Fienstein. And yes- I’m still waiting for Jeff Jarrett to come out and El Kabong Jarrett. The skit was doing just fine until they did the dream sequence with Jimmy and Barrymore. Then it completely fell apart and never was able to recover. I actually like the interplay between Gobe and Jarrett- it’s funny and cute but once Drew came in this just fell apart fast. Not even Seth singing Hey Ya could save this. ** Access Hollywood Cast- Barrymore, Fallon Thoughts- Whoa- Captain Lou Albano came out of nowhere. You know I marked out. Jimmy’s Pat O’Brien is good but I don’t like that he constantly points out what’s supposed to be funny about the impression. I mean he has a nasal voice- you don’t have to mention that fact every few seconds. Drew as Charlize Theron was okay but got old real fast. The one thing that really picked this up for me was the 80s WWF footage. The rest was nothing special. On the Classic SNL Darrell played Captain Lou Albano. Odd. **1/2 Octane Cast- Meyers, Rudolph, Finesse Mitchell, Kenan Thompson Thoughts- What the hell was this? Seriously- what the hell was this? Kenan was funny but I did not get this at all. This show needs an enema. * Kelis Thoughts- Three problems here- 1) This sucked 2) They still haven’t changed the train sign 3) What’s a milkshake? That about covers my problems with Kelis. Hopefully next week these Maroon people will end the bad musical guest streak. It currently sits at 3. ¾* Weekend Update Cast- Fallon, Tina Fey, Rudolph, Mitchell Thoughts- Tina and Jimmy- this show needs help. Help us out. This was a excellent Weekend Update but was way too short. Seriously- did we really need the skit with that Scott Waino guy? No. That could’ve been devoted to a funny commentary (Seth!) or more jokes. The jokes were really top-notch and excellent. There wasn’t one joke that I didn’t laugh at and Tina rebounded from her off week which is good to see. The bit with Tina and Maya wasn’t great but there were a couple laughs and I enjoyed Finesse Mitchell. This was awesome but needed to be much longer to truly be a classic. **** W meets Kerry Cast- Barrymore, Parnell, Will Forte, Meyers, Hammond Thoughts- Hmmmmmmmm. I wonder if Will is the new Bush or they just needed Darrell free to do Bill Clinton. If you need a new Bush you can’t do worse then Forte. He was pretty funny as Bush and well ‘pretty funny’ destroys Darrell’s attempts at the president. Nice to see Seth getting airtime to establish his John Kerry impression. It’s always good to see Darrell’s Clinton since it’s probably the best impression he ever did. The interplay been all three was pretty funny with lots of retorts back and forth. Drew as Hillary didn’t work for me at all even though ***1/4 Larry King Cast- Barrymore, Fallon Thoughts- Damn SNL- don’t tease me like that! While Jimmy’s impression was nowhere Norm’s greatness it was still very good and quite funny. Drew did a very good impression of Anna Nicole Smith and the skit was very well written with lots of funny lines from both sides. Anna Nicole Smith is a very easy target so you might as well get her when she’s in the news. I actually saw her on Larry King Live (there was nothing else on) and this was pretty accurate. A very funny skit. Could this show be making a comeback? ***1/2 Spy Glass Cast- Barrymore, Meyers, Fallon, Poehler Thoughts- SPY GLASS!!! I love Seth. I love Amy. And I love Seth and Amy skits so of course I would love Spy Glass. The jokes were very funny and the British accents were top notch. I also enjoy Jimmy’s Pat O’Brien when he is in an English setting moreso then when he is on Access Hollywood. I don’t know why but he’s funnier in England. I didn’t much care for Drew Barrymore here as she brought it down a bit. Seth and Amy were the highlights and it was good seeing them get more airtime in a funny skit. ***3/4 The World of Scott Wanio Thoughts- Ummmmmmm what? I now do not care for Scott Wanio’s world at all. I’m kind of pissed since Tina was in two skits that got cut and in its place we get an unfunny skit about a dude and a microphone. The fact that no one noticed that he didn’t have a microphone was not that funny. Who knew? I will admit to laughing really hard when he had a shirt that said: I don’t have a microphone (or something like that) The rest of this was pretty bad. * The White Stripes Cast- Barrymore, Fallon, Parnell, Thompson Thoughts- Ahhh they blew it! I LOVE the White Stripes and I was hoping that this would be an awesome parody of one of my favourite bands. This was way too short and despite the fact that Jimmy and Drew got the impressions down pretty good they didn’t let the skit develop. I would’ve liked to have seen the White Stripes in action fighting crime or singing songs or doing something. Having them screw up bank robberies is kind of lame. Good impressions, good set up but incredibly lame execution. ** Kelis Thoughts- This song was much better then that horrible Milkshake song. It really doesn’t take me a lot to like the second performance. I’ll ask for is lots of energy and the attempt to somehow make me interested. This was also a pretty good song which is always a plus. So kudos to Kelis for almost redeeming herself for Milkshake. **1/2 Prince Cast- Barrymore, Rudolph, Armisen, Thompson Thoughts- As last skits go this was pretty good. Fred was funny as Prince and Kenan just walking in as George Clinton cracked me up. Maya as Beyonce didn’t work for me since Beyonce is remotely attractive and Maya is not. Drew was okay as Pink. Could’ve done without it but it didn’t bring down the skit or anything. **1/4 The Bottom Line- Avg. skit was **.3 making this a thumbs in the middle show. The first half of the show was terrible and it was headed towards the territory of Drew Barrymore’s last appearance on SNL and this time they wouldn’t have anthrax to blame. Weekend Update lit a fire under their asses as the show had a pretty strong finish and a bunch of good skits. The political skits were very well done and I love seeing Seth, Kenan and Amy continue to get a good amount of airtime. The show may not have been very good but it did have a lot of positives. I’m not too hopeful about Christina Agulera next week as she has never given me any indication that she’s funny. The writers will have to work really hard for her. Thumbs in the Middle