SNL: Week 10
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yendiJames Franco helped nail down a damned good show to close out the decade. There were a few misses, but most skits were worth watching.
The Lawrence Welk Show: Of all of Kristen Wiig's characters, this one's one of my favorites. And having the sisters as the back-up singers was a nice twist on the typical skit.
Franco's monologue: A funny monologue with some straight-up jokes (and I loved the comment about SNL not having an election this year). It's always good to see this much enthusiasm from a host, as well as a willingness to make fun of himself.
What Up With That: My favorite recurring skit of the year. I hate Mike Tyson with a flaming passion, of course, but the rest of the skit was as brilliant as always. And hey, John Stockton!
The overly-affectionate family. I think this one debuted when Franco hosted last year. It's insanely over-the-top, and might have featured the longest male-on-male kiss I've ever seen on network TV. Abby did a great job as the straight woman here.
The Tizzle Wizzle Show: Wow. This was so wonderfully wrong. On every level. I adored this, especially Franco's reactions to every odd change.
The Manuel Ortiz Show: It's a one-joke skit, but it worked well enough.
Weekend Update: Seth was on his a-game, as always. Bobby as Snooki was a brilliant bit. The unprepared singers wasn't quite as brilliant, but was still cute.
Illiterate frathouse: Funny, even if it was obvious where it was headed.
Vincent Price's Holiday Special: As always, great imitations. The Liberace/James Dean bit went way further than I'd expected it to go. Come to think of it, so did the Kate Hepburn bits.
Christmas Tree shopping: Silly, but Franco made it work.
Dildos: Meh. One joke, and it barely worked.
Mark Wahlberg Talks to Christmas Animals: Cute, but nothing we haven't seen before.
Overall, a great show, with the only subpar bits occurring after the second musical bit, where they belong.
The Lawrence Welk Show: Of all of Kristen Wiig's characters, this one's one of my favorites. And having the sisters as the back-up singers was a nice twist on the typical skit.
Franco's monologue: A funny monologue with some straight-up jokes (and I loved the comment about SNL not having an election this year). It's always good to see this much enthusiasm from a host, as well as a willingness to make fun of himself.
What Up With That: My favorite recurring skit of the year. I hate Mike Tyson with a flaming passion, of course, but the rest of the skit was as brilliant as always. And hey, John Stockton!
The overly-affectionate family. I think this one debuted when Franco hosted last year. It's insanely over-the-top, and might have featured the longest male-on-male kiss I've ever seen on network TV. Abby did a great job as the straight woman here.
The Tizzle Wizzle Show: Wow. This was so wonderfully wrong. On every level. I adored this, especially Franco's reactions to every odd change.
The Manuel Ortiz Show: It's a one-joke skit, but it worked well enough.
Weekend Update: Seth was on his a-game, as always. Bobby as Snooki was a brilliant bit. The unprepared singers wasn't quite as brilliant, but was still cute.
Illiterate frathouse: Funny, even if it was obvious where it was headed.
Vincent Price's Holiday Special: As always, great imitations. The Liberace/James Dean bit went way further than I'd expected it to go. Come to think of it, so did the Kate Hepburn bits.
Christmas Tree shopping: Silly, but Franco made it work.
Dildos: Meh. One joke, and it barely worked.
Mark Wahlberg Talks to Christmas Animals: Cute, but nothing we haven't seen before.
Overall, a great show, with the only subpar bits occurring after the second musical bit, where they belong.
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Date: 2009-12-22 04:00 pm (UTC)That one had me laughing out loud.
Too many of the recurring bits have played out their one joke.
But to be fair, I passed out on the sofa before the Christmas Tree Shopping sketch was on. Unfortunately, I woke up for Dildos.
Muse was disappointing as well. They did their level best to duplicate the songs as produced for the albums without displaying any musical interpretation or artistry at all.
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Date: 2009-12-22 05:05 pm (UTC)