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    11/17/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    I have that same bamboo-patterned shower curtain. Some of the leaves form a pattern that looks like the face of Ursula the Sea Witch. #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    I was wondering where the College Humor MTV show writers went. Nice of Lorne to hire them. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    The disappointment here was that either January doesn't naturally have the crispy-snap that Bets Draper has, or for some reason she was directed to not display it on SNL. For example, her Shapes and Gestures in the Rear Window skit were excellent, but when she delivered a line it just fell flat.

    Same problem with the "party planner" skit. There were some brilliant one-liners in there ("And when a black person shows up... just kidding, party joke" and "if it's diarrhea, you must go live in the woods like an animal") that played off the neanderthal racism and sexism of the early sixties, but her delivery of those lines didn't hit the mark as it should. I suppose it's because I could imagine Bets saying these things, sarcastically or no, fixing the camera with that gimlet stare and icy tone that brings Don back to earth. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    That was an awful show, no doubt.

    I'm assuming that 99% of you didn't make it that far, but I think the writers sent us a message with that last sketch (Sukekis/Jones on the picnic blanket looking at clouds), namely "this is basically what January Jones is like in real life."

    And she didn't even do a half-decent job at that. When you can't even play yourself... yeah, maybe Ashton had a point. #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    Charles Rocket, come home. All is forgiven. #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    @recentlyparoled: He's already gone home, theologically speaking. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    SNL is only ever as good as its writing.

    Also... Go read "Live from New York" by Tom Shales. Great read and he doesn't let anyone off easy. #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: SNL is only ever as good as its fart jokes/making fun of the blinds' inability to know where the camera is situated. #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    I only watched SNL to see January Jones as something other than a tight ass. Disappointing to say the least. The writing for the show has become so bad that I think a troupe of Kindergartners would come up with better skits. The Black-eyed Peas (yeah I watched that far) reminded me of a group of stoned friends I knew once who rang my bell at midnight to entertain me with their perceived inspired squarks . . .
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    11/16/09

    @MassimoWoodpecker: I can't watch the Black Eyed Peas. They seem like kids with ADD and can't seem to stop moving. It's nerve-wracking. Can they EVER stand still for five seconds.

    Dear SNL writers, I would love to see a skit of the Black Eyed Peas waiting at a bus stop, please. Make it so. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of Weezy F Baby Weezy F Baby
    11/16/09

    @A Message To Rudy: [www.hulu.com] #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    @Weezy F Baby: LOL. Thank you for that. Glad to see I'm not the only one to see them that way. Never saw that clip because I pretty much stopped watching SNL about three years ago. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of LarsThorwald LarsThorwald
    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    The si9ngle two worst episodes ever had Louise Lasser and Milton Berle as hosts, and yes, I saw them, and you will never see them again because Lorne Michaels won't let them be aired.

    But this episode? This one was really close. Sedekis was in almost every sketch. When Jason Sedekis is your go-to guy for comedy, you are in a very, very bad place. #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    @LarsThorwald: I love Louise Lasser and would kill to see that SNL. Was it really as bad as everyone says? What were the sketches like? #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    @nozer: Lasser was stoned out of her mind the entire week. It wasn't so much that the skits were bad; it was that she was dazed and unable to successfully navigate herself through them. #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    @A Pimp Named DaveR: That just makes me love her even more. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of musicmope musicmope
    11/17/09

    @LarsThorwald: As a child, Ricky Lee Jones' music appearance scared me. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    I'm sending Pacquiao over there to kick all of their asses. #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    Get off your high horses. Farting Grace Kelly was funny. #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    @anchower: GTFO. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    11/16/09

    @anchower:
    I KNEW Jim Anchower would like that! #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    First time I've been happy not to be able to get Hulu overseas. And the Peas? I lasted to :20 (put your hands together. And what. Smash them through the screen?) #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/16/09

    @SarahHeartburn: That's a start! #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of alexa_havens alexa_havens
    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    "Watch how January Jones breaks character at 4:55 and laughs."

    That fact that this skit even made it past the four minute mark is astonishing.
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    I may be wrong, but by the end of the episode, I turned to my boyfriend and said, "Did she seriously only have five sketches, one of which was pre-recorded, and basically sit and look pretty in 3 of them and lay down in the other one? That's it?!"

    His opinion of the show was thus:
    1. (opening monologue) She's skinny!
    2. Who is she? Okay, but who is she?
    3. SNL has dropped the bar so low to fart jokes?
    4. This is why I get the remote control.

    Also, I know the Black Eyed Peas have been around awhile(never purchased any of their music, but I'm at least aware)...aside from music videos, I've never seen footage of them live(okay, okay, their was the leather get-up moment on GMA)...they seriously don't play any instruments? Guitar keyboard does not count. My two year old nephew could do that. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of blamenotmylute blamenotmylute
    11/16/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    It's funny because I went to a panel at the Paley Center and one of the panelists was an SNL writer. They were talking about "keeping it fresh in tv writing in the age of the internet" and the dude didn't even have a computer. He also was so out of touch with what is new and funny and edgy and interesting it was pathetic. And he was just one of the panelists. Most frustrating, irritating things I've been to.

    If that guy was any indication, SNL needs to completely re-vamp their writing staff (especially the criteria from which they choose their staff!), and this episode was proof of that. Someone who is at least a decent actor can sometimes gloss over bad writing, but January Jones seemingly cannot, so it just made it all the more obvious. They can't seem to find the point where something that is funny in a table read is also funny on stage in front of a live audience and also translates to live TV. Maybe if they were a bit more in touch...maybe if they read the internet and saw what people find funny/they say about the show. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    11/16/09

    @blamenotmylute: If that guy was any indication, SNL needs to completely re-vamp their writing staff (especially the criteria from which they choose their staff!),

    It seems as if they spend more time picking people to BE funny in front of the camera than actually giving them funny things to say. #saturdaynightlive
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    Image of Jsmoke Jsmoke
    11/15/09

    In reply to Was Last Night's SNL Really The Worst Episode Ever?
    Does anyone remember a Adam Sandler/Tim Meadows skit called "Cap'n Jim and Pedro"? Now that was some funny shit. The current writers need to find that one in the archive room and watch it over and over again and maybe they'll learn how to get a few chuckles. #saturdaynightlive
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    11/16/09

    @Jsmoke: Yes, yes I do, oddly funny stuff. #saturdaynightlive
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