bob_barron 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 SNL Review- Dane Cook/The Killers Sorry this is so late y’all. My computer was in the shop until Tuesday and I didn’t have a chance to write it till now. Plus it’s Dane Cook- he sucks. But greetings and/or salutations, and I look forward to reviewing yet another SNL Season. Sports Report- Saints- Who would believe the Saints would be in first place after 25% of the season is done. They’re probably not going to make the playoffs in the end, but I’m keeping the faith. The Saints ARE coming. Leafs- I feared for the worst facing Ottawa twice in two nights, but tonight was a nice ass whooping. Canucks- One game in, one goal by Linden. Good enough for me. Mailbag!!!!!- [email protected] writes- Ellen DeGeneres / No Doubt December 15, 2001 HI YOU AROTE A REVIEW ON THIS, VERY GOOD BY THE WAY, QUESTION, BY ANY CHANCE HAVE ANY IDEA IF THIS IS ON A VHS OR DVD, MY SON HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THIS SNL EPISODE FOR A LONG TIME AND WANTS IT FOR GRADUATION, HE'S 11 YEARS OLD, IT WAS WITH ELLEN DEGENERES, WILL FARRELL, MUSIC GUEST STAR NODOUBT, IM LOSING MY MIND SEARCHING AND SEARCHING CAN YOU HELP ME THANKS DESPERATE MOM, STATEN ISLAND NY. That’s a lot of shouting. Marc Jennings is the best resource for SNL tapes though. The s-n-l.com message board has a folder devoted to tapes and all that. Danny Mendlow writes- A fan of Sketch, and Bertuzzi... may just enjoy this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIo0cfmKj3Y True story- the minute Bert was traded, I officially condemned what he did to Steve Moore. There was a ceremony and anything. Carly Jaspon writes- hi i was just wondering if there was ever a skit done on snl about a highschool football team who turned away strippers during a team party please e-mail me back Not that I can recall. If there was one, and the strippers were hot, that’d be awesome. [email protected] writes- Hey Bob- I want to contribute something to your mailbag that probably you may have never received before. I was hoping if I could make you think a little more deeply this week. So here it goes- Do you believe in God? Why or why not? If you think God exists, then how can you explain why bad things happen to people? You know, things like the following- - 9/11 - Columbine - Violence in the Middle East - O.J. getting off - Serial killers like Ted Bundy and B.T.K. killing people Plus, do you believe in existence of heaven and hell? Why or why not? I’m a born-again Christian, just like HBK and Eddy. But I think I’m beginning to lose my faith. I remember you once mentioned in your reviews that you’re Jewish. So I was wondering what the Jewish faith teaches about the existence of God and life after death, and about why bad things happen in the world. I’m very interested in what you have to say, Bob. Thanks. Later, Ken Yes, I believe in God. I’m not too religious, but I do have a Bible and if I need to, I will consult to. Why do I believe? Because I’ve felt God’s love and I believe he’s been there for me. You have to believe in someone who was portrayed by Mrs. Landingham on Joan of Arcadia. Why do bad things happen to good people? I don’t know, but I remember someone wrote a book called Why Bad Things Happen to Good People. I did not read it. And OJ getting off was awesome, don’t hate. I mean God can do a lot, but make Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden competent is not one of them. Oh and by God, you mean God, not the John Lennon song of the same name. Wanna be in the mailbag??? Email me at [email protected] And now the review.... Cold Opening Cast- Amy Poehler, Jason Sudeikis, Kristin Wiig, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Andy Samberg Thoughts- This was a pretty flat way to begin the new season. Nothing much to complain about, it just wasn’t that funny. Forte tried but the material just wasn’t there. I did like this skit because they mentioned the Saints going 3-0, which is awesome. I know that’s a Jamie Klein reason for liking something, but the last time I remember the Saints being mentioned on SNL was during the SuperFans skit when Farley hosted, and that was when Mike Ditka said they sucked. So it’s nice to see the Saints get some love. But yea, this was kind of lame. **3/4 Monologue Cast- Dane Cook Thoughts- Wow, Dane Cook is terrible. His delivery is rushed, his payoffs are terrible and he just goes from one random bit to the next, so it’s disjointed. And he’s a joke thief so screw him. * Airport Security Cast- Cook, Kenan Thompson, Sudeikis, Rudolph, Armisen, Poehler, Forte Thoughts- Maya’s annoying airport security guard character returns. I don’t know if this merited being the first skit, but this was pretty funny. Fred and Will were both really funny here, especially Fred bringing up the turkey sandwich thing. And I loved Kenan’s William Regal face after Forte talked about the gel on the airplane. Good stuff, and I’m glad they kept Dane as a straight man. *** Hugo Chavez Political Roundup Cast- Cook, Armisen, Darrell Hammond, Hader, Poehler Thoughts- Sigh, Darrell. There is really nothing left to say. But I think he’s going to be in the cast until the end of time and we have to accept that. It’s awful, but it’s a part of life, like the common cold. This was okay, but Amy’s Kim Jong IL was pretty bad. I did laugh at a Horatio Sanz impression being replaced by Amy though. Dane Cook’s Saddam Hussein was terrible. And I did miss the UN speech by Chavez, so some of this was lost on me, but I liked the impression. I also liked Bill as the president of Iran and them all saying they would want to live in America. This was alright. **1/2 SNL Digital Short: Cubicle Fight Cast- Cook, Samberg, Hader, Sudeikis, Armisen, Wiig, Poehler, Thompson Thoughts- This skit involved violence, Dane Cook getting his ass kicked and Jackass style humour, so of course I enjoyed it. I do wish that Dane hadn’t won the fight, because Bill Hader>Dane Cook. And his name is Dane. Jason channelling his inner Gary Cole (we all have one) was amusing, and of course the graphic violence at the end- awesome. Good to see the Lonely Island guys still coming through with the Digital Shorts. ***1/2 Al Pacino Checks His Bank Balance Cast- Hader, Wiig Thoughts- Bill Hader’s Al Pacino returns. Awesome. I was hoping they would do this in the Spacey episode to do another Glengarry parody. Now I know that they did a Glengarry parody in December, but you really can’t get enough parodies of Glengarry Glen Ross. Especially if they did that scene where Pacino continually calls Spacey the ‘c’ word. Hader’s Pacino is hilarious and this was a great way to use it. Even though Pacino seems like a Citibank guy. ***1/2 The Killers “When We Were Young” Thoughts- The Killers look like the biggest bunch of losers since well, the last band that appeared on SNL that I mocked. Hearing songs after they’ve been Video on Trialed is hard, since I just can’t take it seriously. He doesn’t look like a thing like Jesus- seriously- what the hell? Where did that even come from? And who is the Killers’ image consultant? I mean, who actually said, “Okay guys, the lead singer has to look like River Cuomo, the guitarist has to look like every other long haired loser bassist, and the drummer- make him look like Jason Lee.” Oh, the song was good. *** Weekend Update Cast- Brian Williams, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Hammond, Rudolph, Sudeikis, Samberg Thoughts- Hmmmm, do I begin with going crazy over Seth being on Update, or rant about the way the whole thing was set up? Let’s rant. Who decided to have SNL come off from a long commercial break with a brief vignette with Brian Williams, a pointless 30 Rock ad and then ANOTHER commercial break? Because of it, I missed the first little bit of Update. It’s not my fault, blame the Saskatchewan Roughriders and their inability to punt in a timely fashion. Thankfully, the magic of torrenting let me watch it again. So Seth’s doing Update. My long awaited dream comes true. Am I happy with the decision? Of course. Do I think it was the best decision to make? I don’t think so. I love Seth and I’m excited to see him at the desk every week, but I think he was due in 2004. I personally think Sudeikis would’ve been the best choice. He’s only in his third season, he’s headed for breakout status and I think Update could’ve been the thing to put him over the top and make him THE man. With Seth, his time had passed and I think the ship has sailed. He’s going to be awesome at Update, but I think SNL could’ve made an even better choice. I also wish Lorne had finally ditched the co-anchor format. Jimmy and Tina were great but their currently tanking in movies and soon to be tanking on TV, respectively. Amy and Tina tried to do the Girls Gone Update thing and it was painful. Now Amy and Seth have great chemistry in skits, but I’m unsure of how they’ll do together at the desk given that Amy sucks. The bit with Brian Williams was hilarious and a great way to start off Update. And yes I’m counting it as one skit since it all took place at the Update desk. The intro sucks, but that’s picking nits. The Clinton-Condi commentary was lame, I’m officially tired of Darrell’s Clinton. Samberg as Dustin Diamond didn’t work for me, as I wasn’t feeling the voice. Sudeikis’ commentary was awesome. He sounded just like John Bradshaw Layfield, that I was hoping he would say: I’m a wrestling….God. He was great though- lots of good lines, especially about using the ‘n’ word and being Jewish. I hope Jason’s commentaries become a regular fixture at the desk. Now onto Seth and Amy. Amy wasn’t as bad as she’s been in the past, but still had the problem of flat jokes and rushed delivery. I thought Seth did a fine job. A lot of his jokes worked, he had very flew misses, and I loved his first Burt joke and first Bush joke. He needs to stop doing the Jim Halpert smirk and he’ll be great. I think he’ll only get better. This Update was much better then most of the Fey-Poehler and I’m confident about what the desk is going to be like this season. ***1/4 H20 on the Sunset Strip Cast- Cook, Forte, Wiig Thoughts- I was digging this skit, since I usually enjoy the bizarre Will Forte skits and the water falling was funny. But man, those attempted references to Studio 60 and the “playing fair” references to SNL and 30 Rock just died and killed the skit dead. If SNL wants to take potshots at Studio 60- go for it. It’s not hard to find things to mock so go for it. Don’t tack it on the end of the skit and kill the whole thing dead. Aaron Sorkin’s a drug addict, Matthew Perry loves Vicodin almost as much as House and Timothy Busfield was in Little Big League- right there for mockery. **1/4 The Killers “The Boning Song” Thoughts- I don’t know if this song qualifies as part of the emo genre, but it seemed pretty emo to me. And lame. Come on Killers, you can do better. And Not Rivers Cuomo- the white jacket- no. ** Farrah Fawcett for Ocean Save Cast- Poehler Thoughts- Hey, remember in 1997 when Farrah Fawcett was on Letterman and came off as being incredibly ditzy and spacey and/or on drugs? That was NINE years ago. Yea. ½* Got to Go Cast- Everyone but Seth Thoughts- The guys spraying the water on Fred was the only highlight of this skit. And I’m counting the Farrah and Got to Go as two separate skits since Farrah didn’t do anything in the Got to Go skit, and these were two separate premises. Same rating though! ½* Whitney Houston for GEICO Cast- Rudolph, Samberg Thoughts- As much as I’m thrilled with cast purging, Maya couldn’t have been included too? I mean it’s not like her last movie was buried by the studio or anything. Oh wait…. This wasn’t bad and by last skit standards was pretty good. The GEICO ad with Little Richard owns. **1/2 The Bottom Line- The avg. skit was **.31 making this a thumbs in the middle show. SNL was forced to deal with a host with little talent, and I think they did the best they could given the circumstances. Instead of writing around the host, they just didn’t write for him at all. While this wasn’t a good show, I think you can take a lot of positives from it. Update’s going to be better and I think a tighter cast is going to make the show much more fun. Thumbs in the Middle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Is Parnell gone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Connzilla Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Bill Hader’s Al Pacino is the only good thing about SNL right no. Once Ferral, Fallen, Morgan, And Otearie left the show went down hill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Yes, Parnell was fired. Again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Yet Maya Rudolph and Darrel Hammonds remain on the show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J.T. 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Dane Cook > SNL Cast Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Dane Cook and his wannabe Robin Williams act sucks, guy... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Yea, the cast purging didn't go far enough. I guess they wanted more then one minority, so they kept Maya around- who knows. Dane Cook > SNL Cast No Dane Cook sucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NYankees Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Yea, the cast purging didn't go far enough. I guess they wanted more then one minority, so they kept Maya around- who knows. Dane Cook > SNL Cast No Dane Cook sucks. Bob Barron and I finally agree on something. The sky has fallen, pigs fly and Hell has froozen over. Dane cook is so fucking overrated it is not even funny. I listened to his comedy albulm and laughed once in the span of 80 minutes. The only people who like Dane Cook are college girls because they think he is hot not funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 It took you a week to do this? Dane Cook and his wannabe Robin Williams act sucks, guy... Still better than redneck standup. I'm going to youtube.com to search for "j9yhjmyi"! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Dane Cook and the Killers. It's like appointment television for idiots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I personally like danes stanup but have found him not that funny in movies and snl skits. but I missed this show on sat so I cant comment. I just watched cooks hbo speical and it had me in tears. Though most of his humor is just observational statements and manic/somewhat rushed delivery. But the routine was funny to me so whatever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I just watched cooks hbo speical and it had me in tears. How defining Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I just don't get how Dane Cook is supposed to be funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I don't know maybe its the fact that he does more than just stand there or sit on a stool telling his jokes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Dane Cook and his wannabe Robin Williams act sucks, guy... Robin Williams' act isn't original, guy. He's criticized as one of the biggest thieves in the business. Nonetheless, Dane Cook is alright. He goes overboard on a lot of stuff, but I think he's pretty funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I don't know maybe its the fact that he does more than just stand there or sit on a stool telling his jokes. I guess I always miss the jokes. Bad ears or hella stoned or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Dane Cook and his wannabe Robin Williams act sucks, guy... Robin Williams' act isn't original, guy. He's criticized as one of the biggest thieves in the business. Nonetheless, Dane Cook is alright. He goes overboard on a lot of stuff, but I think he's pretty funny. so he's ripping off and already ripped off act...even better...smart ass Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I don't know maybe its the fact that he does more than just stand there or sit on a stool telling his jokes. But he's not funny! Who cares how much he runs around and flexes his muscles or whatever-the-fuck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 These people care... http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=77917 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 He's like a kid with ADD reading Seanbaby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Dane Cook and his wannabe Robin Williams act sucks, guy... Robin Williams' act isn't original, guy. He's criticized as one of the biggest thieves in the business. Nonetheless, Dane Cook is alright. He goes overboard on a lot of stuff, but I think he's pretty funny. so he's ripping off and already ripped off act...even better...smart ass Why am I a smartass? Because I called you guy, guy? Or because I don't hate a popular comedian? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Dane Cook isn't even ripping off Robin Williams. I don't think he suffers from nosebleeds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwest27 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 I still like Dane Cook. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted October 6, 2006 These people care... http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=77917 Don't forget these! http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=82173 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Yeah, I don't think there's a copyright on hyperactive comedians. I don't think Robin Williams ever said "Hey, remember, remember fuckin' Optimus Prime? *Bsssh! Ohhh I just got punched in the face! *screams*" There I just distilled a Dane Cook special. And for the record, I think Robin Williams' stand-up is worse, though he's had some great movies. And I must express my admiration for Cooks' Alien impersonation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Dane's last cd made me laugh more than the past 5 years of SNL...80 minutes > 5 YEARS OF SNL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 There's actually a Killers' song called "The Boning Song"? Dare I ask for lyrics? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 The only funny thing in the entire preview for Employee of the Month was the scene with the car and that didn't even involve Dane Cook. But combining Cook with SNL? I'm shocked a black hole didn't open and suck us all in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chazz 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2006 Is this the first time in SNL history that a season opened up with no new cast members or featured players? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
