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Posted: April 6, 2008 11:31 pm
by Salukulady
sorry I missed it...hafta catch it on the rerun.....but thanks for showing the link for the cowbell skit....gets me everytime....

Posted: April 7, 2008 12:32 am
by moog
chippewa wrote:I'm always amazed that they rehearse for most of the week, they're only in a few live skits, but still have to stare at the cards most of the time. I'd think even the non-actors could pull that off. I'm not expecting an Emmy-worthy performance on SNL, but still....
Sometimes the hosts are stuck doing a million of other things outside SNL during run throughs.

Posted: April 9, 2008 12:14 pm
by MileHighPirate
I thought the same thing (about the cue cards).

I
STARE
AT
LINES
AND
TRY
TO
CONVINCE
AUDIENCE
I
AM
FUNNY.

Well, you're not. Turned it off because it looked like Walken, who CAN deliver comedy sometimes, showed up at the last minute and said, "OKAY. Let's do this!"

Posted: April 9, 2008 1:27 pm
by blackjack
jonesbeach10 wrote:
chippewa wrote:
MacPhin wrote:
moog wrote:It was okay. I was distracted by him looking at the cue cards the entire show.
me too. i was a bit disappointed by that.
I'm always amazed that they rehearse for most of the week, they're only in a few live skits, but still have to stare at the cards most of the time. I'd think even the non-actors could pull that off. I'm not expecting an Emmy-worthy performance on SNL, but still....
And he's hosted what, 3245 SNLs by now?
The Family reunion was good though.
I consider that a "Walken signature" I always look for him to read that cards. He is THE biggest offender, but I still find it funny.

Posted: April 9, 2008 3:51 pm
by PackPhanGirl
He scares me [smilie=paranoid.gif]