Comments on: Monday Morning Quarterback: SNL Season 34, Episode 7 http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/03/monday-morning-quarterback-snl-season-34-episode-7/ A television blog Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sara http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/03/monday-morning-quarterback-snl-season-34-episode-7/comment-page-1/#comment-105787 sara Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:45:37 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=3985#comment-105787 I found myself laughing out loud a lot during this episode. "Night School Musical" really did it for me. And Bill Hader, dear Lord, how I love Bill Hader. The McCain appearances felt really strange to me. Like...shouldn't he be taking this more seriously? I found it weird that he would agree to poke fun at himself at this late date like that. "I'm John McCain and I'm broke"? That's just an odd thing for a presidential candidate to say. Super, super odd. I found myself laughing out loud a lot during this episode. “Night School Musical” really did it for me. And Bill Hader, dear Lord, how I love Bill Hader.

The McCain appearances felt really strange to me. Like…shouldn’t he be taking this more seriously? I found it weird that he would agree to poke fun at himself at this late date like that. “I’m John McCain and I’m broke”? That’s just an odd thing for a presidential candidate to say. Super, super odd.

]]> By: jesse http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/03/monday-morning-quarterback-snl-season-34-episode-7/comment-page-1/#comment-105761 jesse Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:21:32 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=3985#comment-105761 I think the Olbermann sketch should've gone straight to the bit about his cat, or gotten there faster, or had a better route to it. That didn't come up until about halfway through, and the first half of the sketch is the basic "familiar guy does this annoying thing a bunch of times" format that I have no use for. Kenan's bit was good, though, yeah. I like his propensity for playing weird old men. The Hader thing, I dunno, to me it *started* like one of those sketches where the joke is that someone is gay and that's weeeeiiiird or whatever, but they took it in such a bizarre direction that the joke became much more specific, and clear that *this* guy was weird, not that he was weird cause he's gay. I think the Olbermann sketch should’ve gone straight to the bit about his cat, or gotten there faster, or had a better route to it. That didn’t come up until about halfway through, and the first half of the sketch is the basic “familiar guy does this annoying thing a bunch of times” format that I have no use for.

Kenan’s bit was good, though, yeah. I like his propensity for playing weird old men.

The Hader thing, I dunno, to me it *started* like one of those sketches where the joke is that someone is gay and that’s weeeeiiiird or whatever, but they took it in such a bizarre direction that the joke became much more specific, and clear that *this* guy was weird, not that he was weird cause he’s gay.

]]> By: Maggie http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/03/monday-morning-quarterback-snl-season-34-episode-7/comment-page-1/#comment-105758 Maggie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:05:44 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=3985#comment-105758 I thought Affleck did a pretty great job. I loved the Olberman thing; it went on for a while, but that was kind of the point, and I thought it built well. But my favorite sketch of the night -- and the one that got the most laughs from my viewing companions -- was Kenan's old man sex tips tape. The Bumblebee! The one where he ran around the room in circles! At first I thought it was just gross, but then it became inspired. Also I thought the Bill Hader gay brother thing was more than a little off. I'm sure I'm being sensitive, but I didn't get what was funny except for "he's SOOO gay and gay people like weird things." Bill Hader is hilarious and should get better things to do. My all-time favorite Ben Affleck sketch is the Ben Affleck/Mango sketch which the internet tells me is from 2000, because it allowed me to refer to him forevermore as "Ben WHOOfleck??" http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99mmango.phtml I thought Affleck did a pretty great job. I loved the Olberman thing; it went on for a while, but that was kind of the point, and I thought it built well. But my favorite sketch of the night — and the one that got the most laughs from my viewing companions — was Kenan’s old man sex tips tape. The Bumblebee! The one where he ran around the room in circles! At first I thought it was just gross, but then it became inspired.

Also I thought the Bill Hader gay brother thing was more than a little off. I’m sure I’m being sensitive, but I didn’t get what was funny except for “he’s SOOO gay and gay people like weird things.” Bill Hader is hilarious and should get better things to do.

My all-time favorite Ben Affleck sketch is the Ben Affleck/Mango sketch which the internet tells me is from 2000, because it allowed me to refer to him forevermore as “Ben WHOOfleck??” http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99mmango.phtml

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