SNL's 50th Anniversary

[d.anders]

I had a friend tell me no one cares about SNL anymore. He said comedy is dead. Cancelled. Jimmy Fallon kept making reference during the show to the "four people" watching on Peacock. I happened to be one of the four.

I haven't watched SNL in years, but I thought this might be fun. Sadly, I didn't know most of the musical guests, and rock'n'roll isn't really my thing. I thought there might be more comedy, but the only thing that made me laugh out loud was the sketch with Will Farrell and Ana Gasteyer, playing music teachers. Very funny.

I wasn't familiar with Belinda Carlisle, but she totally impressed.

Not sure what to say about Cher. The shocked faces on the crowd were quite interesting to observe.

I guess it's true, Meryl Streep and Martin Short are a thing?

Did anyone else watch?

[CuriousByNature]

I taped it so I can fast forwards through the parts I might find uninteresting.  

[+ ApexNomad]

4 hours ago, d.anders said:

I wasn't familiar with Belinda Carlisle, but she totally impressed.

I almost clutched my pearls. For shame on you.

 

[d.anders]

3 hours ago, CuriousByNature said:

I taped it so I can fast forwards through the parts I might find uninteresting.

I thought the show was supposed to go live at 8pm on Sunday (yesterday), so I was surprised that on Peacock, at 7:50 pm, it was there, and the fast-forward worked. Jimmy Fallon kept saying it was Valentine's Day, and that was the 14th, so I was a bit confused. Discovering that fast-forward worked was a godsend. Several of the musical acts were not my thing, and the show is 3 hours.

Edited February 17 by d.anders

[d.anders]

1 hour ago, ApexNomad said:

I almost clutched my pearls. For shame on you.

I'll own the shame. However, that song, Heaven is a Place on Earth, is way too pop-y for me, and the music video is terrible. She looks like she's trying to scratch a genital itch against a wall, and her voice sounds nothing in comparison to how she sounded last night, singing that haunting ballad with acoustic guitar and gorgeous violins.

[viewing ownly]

10 minutes ago, d.anders said:

I'll own the shame. However, that song, Heaven is a Place on Earth, is way too pop-y for me, and the music video is terrible. She looks like she's trying to scratch a genital itch against a wall, and her voice sounds nothing in comparison to how she sounded last night, singing that haunting ballad with acoustic guitar and gorgeous violins.

I dislike that song and video, too! I do like "Mad About You" by her, though. D. Anders, it's also pop, so you'd dislike her music in general.

I'm looking forward to watching the special when I get around to it. Will Ferrell truly did save SNL from extinction in his time, similar to Bowen Yang now. 

[+ ApexNomad]

3 hours ago, d.anders said:

I'll own the shame. However, that song, Heaven is a Place on Earth, is way too pop-y for me, and the music video is terrible. She looks like she's trying to scratch a genital itch against a wall, and her voice sounds nothing in comparison to how she sounded last night, singing that haunting ballad with acoustic guitar and gorgeous violins.

That song is almost 40 years old - of course her voice is going to sound different. She has other great songs in her catalog. 

[BuffaloKyle]

6 hours ago, d.anders said:

I thought the show was supposed to go live at 8pm on Sunday (yesterday), so I was surprised that on Peacock, at 7:50 pm, it was there, and the fast-forward worked. Jimmy Fallon kept saying it was Valentine's Day, and that was the 14th, so I was a bit confused. Discovering that fast-forward worked was a godsend. Several of the musical acts were not my thing, and the show is 3 hours.

You watched the concert that was the night before the special. This was the opening of the special that was on NBC last night. It's now on Peacock to watch:

 

[d.anders]

15 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said:

You watched the concert that was the night before the special. This was the opening of the special that was on NBC last night. It's now on Peacock to watch

Thank you for that clarification. I think I only saw one ad for an SNL Anniversary event on Peacock. My Amazon Firestick had a constant ad for it, and it said, "Sunday night LIVE at 8 PM." I had no knowledge of there being two shows. Since I have Peacock, I'll look for the other show.

18 hours ago, ApexNomad said:

She has other great songs in her catalog.

I recently spoke to a friend who said the same thing. I did not know my friend was a life-long fan. He never mentioned her.

[+ ApexNomad]

2 hours ago, d.anders said:

Thank you for that clarification. I think I only saw one ad for an SNL Anniversary event on Peacock. My Amazon Firestick had a constant ad for it, and it said, "Sunday night LIVE at 8 PM." I had no knowledge of there being two shows. Since I have Peacock, I'll look for the other show.

I recently spoke to a friend who said the same thing. I did not know my friend was a life-long fan. He never mentioned her.

Try some of these:

 

Edited February 18 by ApexNomad

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I don't know who paid to have Sabrina Carpenter so featured on the live show, but damn it felt like a round peg in a square hole.

She doesn't have a voice outside of her own pop songs.  And she proved that. 

[BuffaloKyle]

7 hours ago, BenjaminNicholas said:

I don't know who paid to have Sabrina Carpenter so featured on the live show, but damn it felt like a round peg in a square hole.

She doesn't have a voice outside of her own pop songs.  And she proved that. 

I thought she sang pretty good in the opening number. The biggest problem was that her and Paul Simon just do not mesh well together at all. Then in the Domingo sketch she was intentionally not singing good so she's not standing out from the other girls. They've done that sketch with other singers and they all do that.

[Rod Hagen]

"Who's Dead Now Ford?"  Excellent.