Whoops! SNL newbie Jenny Slate dropped the f-bomb during her debut, prompting a late night flurry of speculation. Whether they kick her off or not (let's really hope they don't), the Internet has already given her the ultimate gift. Play her off (and into memedom), Lornecat!
Movie Buzz With the news of MacGruber making the jump from SNL to the bigscreen we should take a second to remember the sketches that SHOULD have been made into full length films.
Melanie Hutsell, SNL's top player for a brief period in 1993 (remember her Jan “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” Brady?) has reappeared with an impressive impersonation of butter enthusiast Paula Deen. And, just for the record, we'd like to adopt Paula as our nana. (And we'd take Melanie as the weird aunt, too, just so she doesn't feel left out.)
TV Buzz “Motherlovers” may, indeed, have been the best part of this weekend's SNL, but we think the commercial spoof about Moms mispronouncing the names of celebrities comes in a close second. And now that Mom's finally coming around to Twitter, wait 'til she gets a load of Kashi Thatcher's tweets!
TV Buzz Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg reunited their Dick in a Box characters for Motherlovers on Saturday Night Live this weekend. It was all about f***ing each others mothers for Mother's Day.
TV Buzz This weekend's Saturday Night Live featured High School Musical star, Zac Efron, who gave his HSM friends a little sad advice about the real world — in which singing & dancing don't really prepare you for being a grown up.
TV Buzz I think the point of this sketch is that pretty much anyone can do a better Obama impression than Fred Armisen. It definitely has its moments though.
If you weren't sure if last night's Saturday Night Live MacGruber skit was a parody of an ad or an actual ad, this year's Superbowl answered that question. The soft drink giant craftily (or not so craftily) spun Will Forte's MacGyver impression into a spot for Pepsi. Is this a first for SNL — turning their skits into actual ads, instead of just parodies? The only redeemable aspect of this one is that Pepsi was able to afford the real MacGyver, who guest-starred in the ads.
Neil Patrick Harris Week (TM) continues! This round-up of his best musical bits is worth checking out, if only for the Les Mis and Mr. Sandman clips. NPH also does magic and juggles, as evidenced in the videos below. Please make this man the permanent host of SNL.
Mad Men’s handsome, silent, mysterious leading man gives the rest of us some tips on how to get the ladies. The fourth step is always the hardest.
John McCain finally gets the public Bush endorsement he’s been waiting for. When you’re in that voting booth, think of George W. Bush’s face.
Sarah Palin appeared on SNL’s Weekend Update, too, but Amy Poehler had to take over the mic when it came throwing out the rhymes. With a “Lazy Sunday” vibe, Poehler’s “Palin Rap” also involved shooting moose. Best part is watching Palin get down and funky in her chair.
Celebrity Buzz The youngest Baldwin got a shout-out on SNL last night when Sarah Palin called him her “favorite Baldwin brother”. He’s best known for his roles in 1995’s The Usual Suspects and Biodome, but in 2001 became an outspoken born-again Christian. Just last week, he challenged Barack Obama to a boxing match and said he’d move to Canada if Obama is elected.
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Kristen Wiig is arguably SNL’s new Will Ferrell: an “everywoman” with enough versatility to effortlessly turn nuanced characters into fan favorites. Here are ten examples of Kristen at her finest. We applaud the choices, although the list forgets one crucial sketch: Virgania Horsen’s Hot Air Balloon Rides.