bob_barron

This thread is begging me for to read it and get spoiled. I'm probably going to watch the second to last episode tonight and then when I see it and I can give some big ass Sex and the Analysis. As it stands now: Carrie: Carrie moving to Paris is total bullshit and makes no sense. Carrie is her column. Carrie is all about NY. Her moving to Paris is totally out of character and makes her seem like a complete moron. The commy is a complete fuckhead towards her and is so wrong for her. It's painful to watch. I don't get how Carrie can drive Big out of her life and dump Aiden and yet fall head over heels for losers like Berger and the commy. She once broke up with a guy who said he was tired of NY! Carrie is NY. Bottom line. It seems like Carrie has noticed her friends all moving on and she's stuck writing her same old column. But that's no excuse for her to just rush off to Paris. God I hate Carrie. Samantha: I love the Samantha breast cancer storyline. Ever since she finally broke up with Richard Samantha had been given nothing to do but get laid and be filler. But she's found new life with the cancer storyline and her relationship with Smith has become very interesting. I'm very intrigued over how she will end up. I see her completely surviving the cancer but will she marry Smith? Just stay together with him? Smith hasn't really shown any flaws yet (Like Richard had) and him shaving his head for her was such a great moment. Miranda: Miranda seems to be done. She's married, has a family and lives in Brooklyn. I'm so happy they didn't dick us around and put her and Steve together. It wouldn't have been right any other way. I love Steve. I think he's the greatest guy ever. Her role seems like she'll just spend her time arguing with Carrie and getting her to come back home. It's so scary how right she was during the squabble they had. Charlotte: Everyone knows by now that I LOVE Charlotte. She was initially the reason why I watched the show and I became hooked on it because of her character. She better fucking get pregnant. She's been trying for 40 episodes now and it's getting old. Week after week they constantly tease us about her getting pregnant and then pull some stupid bait and switch that does nothing and at the end Charlotte recovers and we see she has strong maternal instincts and deserves a baby. IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE. So please I beg the writers- Get that girl knocked up or else you would've made two seasons of Charlotte's life completely pointless. I think the episodes from the last half of season 6 have been good for the most part. I hated the premiere and found last week's episode to be too Carrie-centric (I hate her so much) but for the most part the episodes have been good. I have to give special props to the episode where Steve and Miranda get married and the episode where they decide to move. Those two episodes were some of the best episodes of Sex and the City I have ever seen. Oh and btw: Carrie should end up with no one but renew her friendship with Big.

Canada Condemns 'Racist' Conan O'Brien TV Show 1 hour, 49 minutes ago By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's government on Friday condemned a show by U.S. late-night television host Conan O'Brien that insulted people in French-speaking Quebec and seemed to suggest everyone in the province was homosexual. Ottawa and the province of Ontario paid $760,000 to help O'Brien -- who appears on the NBC television network -- bring his show to Toronto for a week to boost the city's profile after a deadly SARS (news - web sites) outbreak last year. But the federal government said O'Brien had gone far too far with the show broadcast on Thursday in which he went to Quebec, a province which has had separatist governments for much of the last 20 years and is a delicate political topic in Canada. "We want to disassociate ourselves from the comments which were broadcast last night because we do not support them in any way," junior government minister Mauril Belanger told Parliament. At one point in the show, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog -- a hand puppet that is a regular on the show -- said to a Quebecer: "You're French, you're obnoxious and you no speekay English." It told another: "I can smell your crotch from here." O'Brien's team were also shown replacing street signs in the province with those that read "Quebecqueer Street" and "Rue des Pussies." Alexa McDonough, a legislator for the left-leaning New Democrats, described the program as "racist filth" and "utterly vile" and demanded the government seek the return of the C$1 million subsidy. "There may be those who would say, 'Isn't this interfering with freedom of expression?' It's not interfering to say we will not publicly fund this kind of vile, vicious hatemongering," McDonough told reporters. Belanger did not commit to asking for the money back. No one at NBC was immediately available for comment. The complaints over the puppet's comments come on the heels of a similar uproar following criticism of European French-Canadian hockey players on CBC television by the country's best-known sports commentator, Don Cherry. The "Late Night" show, which taped in Toronto all this week and featured guests such as Jim Carrey (news) and Mike Myers (news), was broadcast in Canada by CHUM television, which said it regretted any offense that may have been caused. "We offer our apology and assurance that it is never our intention to air programing that offends any of our viewers," the station said in a statement. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog has landed in trouble before, most famously when it had an altercation with rap singer Eminem (news - web sites) at a music awards show in 2002.

I think the Wayans thing could be that he intentionally screwed up his lines so that it made no sense because he was frustrated about SNL. I haven't read Live from New York... in a long time so I could be wrong on that one. I've been to 10 SNL dress rehearsals which is how I've seen a lot of skits that have never made it to air.

Damn- If there were more posts like Loss' in the New Questions thread then the WWE folder would definetley be improved. Excellent post Loss. I learned a lot

Not the best evidence in the world- but there you go. Also- Naibus didn't hijack the thread. It's a stupid thread to begin with and none of the comments in the thread had anything to do with the original post.

Okay- but assuming if the guy was warned he obviously hasn't listened and is one of the cancers of the folder. And I believe Mulatto showed he was a PBP in another thread.

But the topic is dead to begin with. It's a stupid topic anyway. And about what humongous said to Besus- How Besus hasn't been warned for rule #3 is beyond me.

People like humongous2002 give the WWE folder a bad name since they just have this straight like smark opinion and can never back up anything they say.

Tajiri was the ref for Noble v. Nidia. Noble won with a rollup. Nidia got all upset at Tajiri afterwards and Noble assisted her in kicking his ass. They fought at No Mercy and Noble won

In terms of getting fired- can't think of any. Dana Carvey left in the middle of the season though.

Burn zing slam right there. I think Megan Mullally was funny but her voice is really annoying. It could be worse though. SNL could get Christina Agulera to host. Oh wait....they did. I enjoyed the zings even though I did feel the slams were not up to the level of the zings

Shit- treble charged is getting owned tonight. It's a same Damaramu is a fat sister fucking redneck retarded hick (since he's from Oklahoma and all) or else I would think he was smart.

Why so uppity? Because just about everyone on this board seems to have a brain malfunction when it comes to my state. I'm getting tired of repeating myself. The point should be hammered home by now. You still haven't answered my question. Too busy fucking your sister like everyone in the state of Oklahoma does?

He's annoying, regardless of the music he likes (or doesn't like). And you're going to do exactly what about me annoying you? Whine about it? That's about all you can do. So suck it up. In Oklahoma High School was this the equivalent of turning someone around and ritualstically fucking them in the ass? I'm still not understanding people acting like Oklahoma is some weird foreign country where everyone goes about their lives differently. This state is just like any other state......except Arkansas....that's where the weird cousin fucking and backwards hickness comes from. See I've never been to Arkansas but apparently I'm allowed to make that claim because stereotypes are A-OK on this board. Now if I said "All Mexicans are lazy boarder jumpers that need to get a job" I'd be crucified for making a racist stereotyping remark.....but apparently it's ok for everyone to assume what goes on in this state without actually knowing what the fuck they're talking about. I'll keep that in mind. No my High School was like every other High School in the country. Stupid cliques and weird social standards that would never work in real life. It's a yes or no question

He's annoying, regardless of the music he likes (or doesn't like). And you're going to do exactly what about me annoying you? Whine about it? That's about all you can do. So suck it up. In Oklahoma High School was this the equivalent of turning someone around and ritualstically fucking them in the ass?

Stop whining. I'm not. It's merely an observation. Which is true.......this board is high school. Eternal High School........that can be good or bad depending on who you're talking to...... Did you ever figure out what a throwback is?

From wwe.com- WWE’s Talent Relations Department has announced that Chris Kanyon has been released from his contract as of Monday, Feb. 9. Hopefully he can go on the indies and make some money for himself. I felt bad for him since he had been doing absolutely nothing for a year.

Goldylocks. Cell phone store. 'Nuff said

There will be no disrespecting burns, zings or slams in this thread. Thank you.

Yea- That's the burn zing of the century right there. Poor Parnell can't catch a break. Lorne's powerless though. He was 100% against the Norm firing yet couldn't do anything about it. He has superiors at NBC and they can tell him what to do and go over his head. That's corporate life I guess.

Hmmmm- I hope I'm not the only one who loved the cab skit. I haven't read any other reviews of the show yet (mainly cause I was working on this all day). The thing with Oprah was once I got the joke- that was it for me. While I thought cab got funnier and funnier.

I have to agree to that. I was having trouble keeping up with the zing celebration. I should've taped it so I could study it.

Well Sean Bradley started that thread at 11:35 on Saturday right during the montage so I don't think it's really a rumour. I just know that right now he's gone for good. I would really like to find out why though

Nothing yet. All I know is that he is gone for good. It's kind of odd since I couldn't find any articles on the situation and is bio is still up the NBC site. Hopefully we'll find something out soon.

Sorry this is so late guys. But not having a computer and incredibly busy Mondays will do that to you. If only Howard Dean hadn’t YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAED Jeff Richards would still have a job. Think about it. Sports Report- Leafs- They’ve played great recently except for one misstep against Chicago. The team is really starting to come together and are playing well as a team. I shudder to think about how good they will be when Mogilny comes back. Those two games against Ottawa were great games. Canucks- Even though their 5 game winning streak was snapped against the Rangers (ugh) they have played fine hockey over the past couple weeks. It’s a shame that the Avalanche have played God hockey over the same time period since I can’t have them winning the division. Special props to Clouts for his solid play. The 2003 Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils- They have played decent hockey over the past few weeks going 5-3. The Flyers look like they will be tough to beat so they may have to play for 4th place. I personally recommend they play for 6th place due to the fact that the Southeast division sucks. Nets- Well it looks like they made the right decision in firing Byron Scott. The guy was a good coach and his heart seemed to be in the right place- but the players just weren’t into him and weren’t playing the best basketball they could. This little white dude must be doing something right- the Nets have won 8 in a row and K-Mart is playing his ass off. Mailbag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- Ken Hayashi sent me a very detailed prediction list for Wrestlemania XX. His matches were- Chris Benoit v. HHH- World Title Goldberg v. Lesnar- WWE Title Taker v. Kane Eddy Guerrero v. Angle Cena v. Edge- US Title Molly v. Trish v. Jazz v. Victoria- Womens Title RVD v. Y2J v. Book- IC Title Rock-n-Sock v. Evolution Dudleyz v. Rodney Mack/Mark Henry Rey Rey v. Tajiri v. Chavo- Cruiser Title Well we know Mark Henry is off of Wrestlemania and Edge won’t be there either. Aside from the omission of HBK this card isn’t half bad. I would stick Lita in the women’s title match but other then that- I kinda like this card. I think Wrestlemania XX will still be a fun show anyway. Dear Bob, I recently visited your website and saw that you had a messge board regarding SNL and Justin Timberlake. do you happen to have a copy of that episode that he hosted. I am very interested in purchasing a copy, i just havent found one yet. Thanks Shannon Gadoury I don’t tape any of the SNLs so I don’t have it. I’m sure SNL will rerun it soon though. If anyone has a copy and is willing to sell it- drop me a line in the mailbag. Wanna be in the mailbag?????????????? Email me at [email protected] Cold Opening Cast- Darrell Hammond, Seth Meyers, Will Forte, Chris Parnell Thoughts- Darrell must’ve been taking lessons from Robert DeNiro. Could he have made it any more obvious that he was reading the cue cards? I was trying to follow the skit but watching Darrell’s eyes move slowly from left to right was funnier then the skit itself. I assume this is the last time we will see Parnell’s Lieberman as the Jomentum has stalled for good. That’s a shame since I always enjoyed his impression. Will Forte has also toned down his John Edwards impression from crazy psychotic Southerner to just plain Southern fellow. And I like it better that way since John Edwards isn’t really a mad psycho. Seth’s John Kerry is awesome and I’m so happy that John Kerry is the Democratic frontrunner since this means lots of airtime for Seth until the election in November. This was kind of disappointing since I usually love SNL’s political humour (unless it involves Darrell doing Bush of course) and while this was funny it wasn’t a **** cold opening or anything like that. And they had to bring up the Boob of Doom somehow so I’m glad they got it over with in the cold opening. ***1/4 Monologue Cast- Megan Mullally, Clay Aiken, Hammond, Meyers, Horatio Sanz, Forte, Parnell, Jimmy Fallon, Fred Armisen, Kenan Thompson, Finesse Mitchell Thoughts- I’m not a big fan of the song and dance monologues where all they do is song and dance because well- that’s not funny. To me it’s just boring and gets old very quickly. You have to wonder what Jeff Richards’ would’ve added to this skit. I enjoyed a couple of Mullally’s lines here including her claim that she’s more boobular then Debra Messing and that they should call Will and Grace- Jack and Karen. But the rest of this was just boring singing that did nothing but make me long for there to be hockey on. * Celebrity Poker Cast- Mullally, Parnell, Fallon, Meyers, Hammond, Sanz Thoughts- They actually did this skit in the Elijah Wood dress rehearsal. Of course it was hilarious and easily a ****1/2 skit so it was cut. In that skit Tina did an impression of….Megan Mullally. Well at least it comes full circle. This was not half as good as the Wood skit unfortunately. I didn’t enjoy Mullally’s impression of Tammy Faye Messner and a lot of the jokes seemed to fall flat. Seth’s Carrot Top was hilarious and the highlight of the skit. He did the two queens bit in the Wood dress. Darrell’s Geraldo was good as always and Horatio’s Gene Shalit was good since it was kept in moderation. In the Elijah Wood dress they had Darrell Hammond as Kevin Pollack. I liked Jimmy’s better so that was a good move. This was pretty good but I just kept thinking how it couldn’t reach the levels from the Elijah Wood dress. **3/4 Huggies Thong Cast- Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch Thoughts- They could've delved into the problems created by Maya doing a black man but since this is just a time filler commercial- there was sadly not enough time to devote to the potential problems among close minded friends and family. And that's a damn shame. ** Peter Pan Complex Cast- Mullally, Amy Poehler, Meyers Thoughts- I think Seth Meyers wrote this skit because on his wall he had a Pittsburgh Steelers poster and his room was full of Red Sox paraphernalia. So kudos to Seth for a great writing job and another great performance. Amy Poehler played her role as ‘exasperated lady friend’ very well. Seeing as how she seems to be given that role every week I guess she should be good at it by now. Megan Mullally was hilarious and hammed it up to perfection. Everyone seemed to click very well here and what resulted was a funny skit. **** Golden Globes Cast- Mullally, Poehler Thoughts- At first I thought that was an actual shot of Megan Mullally from the Globes but don’t worry- I soon realised it was part of the skit. I enjoyed the Golden Globes this year but mainly cause Renee Zelwegger won for Cold Mountain. I still think it’s crap that Mary Louise Parker won for Angels in America. Have I seen Angels in America? No. But come on- how could her performance be better then Kristin Davis on Sex and the City? Sorry- I’m ranting. I know on Sharon Osbourne that Amy said she doesn’t have many impressions but I have to say that I really enjoyed her Sharon Stone. Megan Mullally making funny faces at the camera was cute but wore thin after a while. I also didn’t like the ending of Mullally attacking Stone. It just didn’t work. The bulk of the work fell on Amy Poehler and she did a very good job. ***3/4 Oprah Cast- Mullally, Poehler, Tina Fey, Dratch, Rudolph Thoughts- I’ve heard a lot of praise for this skit. (Well I talked to two people and they both liked this) I just wasn’t feeling it. While the concept is funny I did see this done in a similar fashion on Jimmy Kimmel Live. It started out pretty funny but then it kept going and going and going and I got really bored. I did enjoy the girl on girl kissing and the arm getting ripped off. I know I pick on her and insult a lot but Maya Rudolph did a really good impression of Oprah. So while the skit did have its good points it just never really clicked with me and became tedious towards the end. *1/2 Fun in a Taxi Cast- Mullally, Thompson, Mitchell Thoughts- This skit was AWESOME. I was in tears watching this. Kenan was in rare form and was just fantastic. He’s been a terrific addition to SNL and it’s good to see SNL giving him a chance unlike other black cast members like Dean Edwards and Jerry Minor. I was laughing at everything Megan Mullally was saying and Kenan’s facial expressions and just everything he did was great. My only complaint was Finesse. Him entering the skit kind of killed the momentum the skit was building up and I felt he could’ve played his role a lot better. Still that’s just a very minor quibble for an excellent skit that hit on all cylinders. Probably the best skit of the season so far and it was very close to hitting *****. ****3/4 Clay Aiken Thoughts- I know my track record with music isn’t good. I like Avril and Justin and I remember not liking Bruce Springsteen very much when he played SNL. But not to worry- I think Clay Aiken’s music sucks. I gave him a chance but damn- I don’t know why anyone would idolise him. Well I guess that’s why Reuben won. Plus- after watching Conan O’Brien rip into the guy every week- it’s hard to take him seriously. At least he seemed happy to be on stage. ¼* Weekend Update Cast- Fey, Fallon, Dratch, Armisen Thoughts- I thought this Update was kind of mean. A lot of Tina’s jokes caused me to have the reaction ‘Whoa- that was mean’ instead of ‘Whoa- that was funny’. I don’t know what it was but she just seemed to be in a bad mood and was taking it out on her jokes. Jimmy’s Howard Dean bit also bothered me since it happened almost a month ago. It’s old news. No one cares about the crazy speech anymore. I remember being upset when Jimmy Kimmel devoted a whole segment to mocking the speech and that was two weeks ago. I don’t want to make it sound like I didn’t like this Update- cause I did. Most of the jokes were very funny and I loved the Tina Fey college years joke. I also enjoyed Jimmy’s American Idol bit. Fred Armisen’s Indian guy was back and that made me happy. It’s just so bad and stupid that I can’t help but love it. I hope they do it again. And what happened to Ferecito? I miss him. Rachel Dratch’s Barbra Walters didn’t do much for me. This was a good Weekend Update but not up to the levels that they can usually hit. Oh and bonus points go out to Tina for using the word “redonkulous”. I had to write that down. ***1/4 Wizard of Oz Cast- Mullally, Poehler, Rudolph, Meyers, Sanz, Parnell, Dratch, Forte, Hammond, Armisen Thoughts- Kudos to Amy Poehler for another good impression as she was very good as Dorothy. And Darrell’s kooky cameo at the end was awesome. This was pleasantly funny as I was laughing at a good bit of it and it was fun seeing all of the cast in Wizard of Oz garb. Megan Mullally showing up to sue Dorothy was funny stuff. Not much to say about this skit. It was funny- nothing more, nothing less. *** Zing meets Slam Cast- Mullally, Meyers, Parnell, Dratch Thoughts- I marked out like a bitch when I knew we were getting another taste of what zings Dave Clinger had to offer. The scary thing is- is that the minute I saw Parnell I knew we were getting more great zings. I love this character so much as Seth is in rare form when he does it and his zings are great. Megan Mullally tried to keep up but come on- you can’t beat zing even though her slams were quite good. I think she was so in awe of the zingmaster that she screwed up her lines at the end. Seth’s final zing celebration was so drawn out, so intricate and just so amazingly funny that it reminded why Seth is God and why it’s a travesty that he has been chronically underused this year. Seth was all over this show and he happened to be in two **** skits and stole the show in a lacklustre Celebrity Poker. Go Seth Go! **** Clay Aiken Thoughts- They really need to change that train sign. SNL has had two bad musical guests in a row (and a third with Kelis coming up) and I’m getting tired of staring at the same towns listed on that train sign again and again. So throw me a freaking bone here! At least Clay had energy to make up for his dreadful song. ¼* Leon Warwick Cast- Mullally, Aiken, Parnell, Poehler, Thompson Thoughts- Who would take Parnell seriously as a security guard? Not me. This was a nice little skit to end the show on. Kenan was pretty funny as Leon Warwick and Megan was okay as the Bonnie Raitt relative. It was cool that Clay Aiken did two skits for SNL. You rarely see that these days. This skit could’ve been funnier (Megan especially) but I’m not going to complain too much at 12:50. **3/4 Bottom Line- Avg. skit was **.6 making this is a thumbs up show. There was a lot of terrific stuff on this show and Seth Meyers was great throughout. There were some low points (the monologue) and a better musical guest would’ve easily improved the avg. skit rating. I’m not going to complain on a show with three **** skits and Seth all over the show. Megan Mullally was a great host- almost as good as Jack but better then Will. Hopefully Drew Barrymore will be good next week and SNL can start to build some much needed momentum heading towards the second half of the season. If this episode is any indication- SNL will be able to survive without Jeff Richards. Thumbs Up