SNL Recap October 1, 2011: Melissa McCarthy/Lady Antebellum

October 2, 2011

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Cold Opening – The Lawrence Welk Show
Lawrence Welk Show sketches have held up remarkably well considering that the only thing different about them is a new person’s reaction to Dooneese.  So the logical next idea was to have another weird sister.  Melissa’s buck teeth (and other beaver-esque qualities) were sort of amusing, but they also made it difficult to understand anything that she was saying.  The most notably unique aspect of this sketch was actually Lawrence himself, who was more animated than usual, as his comments showed a greater awareness of what was going on. B

Melissa McCarthy’s Monologue
This monologue went on forever – not in the sense of, “this is so boring, please kill me now,” but rather, in the What Up With That sense of “I can’t believe this is happening … I can’t believe this is still happening.”  Post-Bridesmaids, the Melissa McCarthy-Kristen Wiig partnership felt quite natural. B

Lil’ Poundcake
The shockingly sensible shock value of the revelation of Lil’ Poundcake as an HPV vaccine was sufficiently shocking.  But then not much else happened. B

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 10/1/11

October 1, 2011

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I preferred O.A.R. when I had a more nebulous recognition of them.

Original Version
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”
2. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
3. The Script – “Nothing”
4. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
5. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
6. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
7. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
8. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
9. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
10. Jason Derülo – “It Girl”
11. Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
12. Adele – “Someone Like You”
13. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
14. Lady GaGa – “Yoü and I”
15. Cobra Starship ft. Sabi – “You Make Me Feel…”
16. Dawes – “Time Spent in Los Angeles”
17. Michelle Branch – “Loud Music”
18. Mumford & Sons – “Roll Away Your Stone”
19. Coldplay – “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall”
20. O.A.R. – “Heaven”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. Someone Like You
3. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
4. Super Bass
5. Moves Like Jagger
6. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
7. You Make Me Feel…
8. Loud Music
9. Roll Away Your Stone
10. Time Spent in Los Angeles
11. Brighter Than the Sun
12. Stereo Hearts
13. Yoü and I
14. Tonight Tonight
15. Skyscraper
16. Heaven
17. Nothing
18. Just a Kiss
19. Not Over You
20. It Girl

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