SNL Recap March 10, 2012: Jonah Hill/The Shins

March 13, 2012

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Coolio: 1963-3162

Cold Opening – The Rush Limbaugh Show
The gag got old, but there was enough variety such that the laughs had no definitive endpoint.  Taran’s Rush was solid; at first, I figured that Bobby would be playing him, and then for about a minute or so, I thought it was Jason.  So what I’m saying is, Taran did a good job of playing what I imagine Jason Sudeikis playing Rush Limbaugh would be like. B

Jonah Hill’s Monologue
Jonah does a good job playing pompous.  Now that he’s lost weight, maybe he should get fewer lovable schlub roles and more entitled jerks. B

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 3/10/12

March 10, 2012

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Wait! I wasn’t done … When are we ever done?

Original Version
1. Jessie J – “Domino”
2. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
3. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
4. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
5. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
6. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
7. Train – “Drive By”
8. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
9. Foster the People – “Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)”
10. Young the Giant – “Cough Syrup”
11. Bruno Mars – “It Will Rain”
12. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
13. Safetysuit – “These Times”
14. Graffiti6 – “Free”
15. Adam Lambert – “Better Than I Know Myself”
16. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
17. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
18. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
19. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
20. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Lights
3. We Are Young
4. Domino
5. Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)
6. Cough Syrup
7. It Will Rain
8. Set Fire to the Rain
9. Free
10. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
11. Ass Back Home
12. These Times
13. Better Than I Know Myself
14. Breathing
15. Drive By
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. International Love
18. Fine By Me
19. Not Over You
20. I Won’t Give Up

Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 3/6/12

March 8, 2012

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Obviously, “Is Anybody Out There” was on the countdown only because K’Naan was a guest, and why did “Paradise” suddenly pop back on even though “Charlie Brown” is Coldplay’s current single?  And why did “Sorry for Party Rocking” fall off after only one week while “Sexy and I Know It” hangs around?  (To be fair, on that last one, “Sexy and I Know It” probably is still getting more airplay in general.)

Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
3. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
4. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
5. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
6. LMFAO – “Sexy and I Know It”
7. David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj – “Turn Me On”
8. Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
9. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
10. Tyga – “Rack City”
11. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
12. Coldplay – “Paradise”
13. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto (Remix)”
14. Flo Rida – “Good Feeling”
15. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
16. Jessie J – “Domino”
17. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
18. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
19. Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris – “We Found Love”
20. Jay-Z and Kanye West – “N****s in Paris”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. We Found Love
3. Paradise
4. Sexy and I Know It
5. Good Feeling
6. We Are Young
7. Domino
8. N****s in Paris
9. Set Fire to the Rain
10. Turn Me On
11. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
12. Rack City
13. The Motto (Remix)
14. Is Anybody Out There
15. Ass Back Home
16. Glad You Came
17. Young, Wild & Free
18. Breathing
19. International Love
20. Turn Up the Music

SNL Video Recap March 3, 2012: Lindsay Lohan/Jack White

March 7, 2012

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SNL Recap March 3, 2012: Lindsay Lohan/Jack White

March 5, 2012

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Kristen Wiig!

Cold Opening – Fox Report
After buttering us up for months with all this talk about Mitt Romney’s “human sons,” they finally get their day on screen!  In this season’s batch of cookie-cutter Mitt Romney cold opens, the references to his sons have consistently been one of the best moments, so they all shined brightly, whereas Mitt didn’t have much else to talk about otherwise.  There was some sort of joke waiting to happen with Kid Rock, but it never did.  I must have been too generous to those other Romney cold opens, because this one was better, and I’m giving it about the same grade. B-

Lindsay Lohan’s Monologue
It was quite alarming (pun not initially intended, but accepted) when Lindsay stepped off the stage, and the sirens went off.  I really did not know what that was at first.  I thought it might have been a fire or a security alarm.  Anyway, the references to Lindsay’s past were expected, but the ways in which they went down were surprising and witty.  Jimmy’s cameo was expected, Jon Hamm’s was not – thanks for the surprises, and for making them meaningful. A-

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 3/3/12

March 4, 2012

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Slowly but surely, Gotye for the win.

Original Version
1. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kll You)”
2. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
3. Jessie J – “Domino”
4. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
5. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
6. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
7. Foster the People – “Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)”
8. Train – “Drive By”
9. Bruno Mars – “It Will Rain”
10. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
11. Madonna ft. Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. – “Give Me All Your Luvin'”
12. Young the Giant – “Cough Syrup”
13. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
14. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
15. Katy Perry – “The One That Got Away”
16. Safetysuit – “These Times”
17. Adam Lambert – “Better Than I Know Myself”
18. Graffiti6 – “Free”
19. The All-American Rejects – “Beekeeper’s Daughter”
20. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. We Are Young
3. Domino
4. The One That Got Away
5. Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)
6. Cough Syrup
7. It Will Rain
8. Set Fire to the Rain
9. Free
10. Give Me All Your Luvin’
11. Stronger (What Doens’t Kill You)
12. Ass Back Home
13. These Times
14. Better Than I Know Myself
15. Drive By
16. International Love
17. Fine By Me
18. Beekeeper’s Daughter
19. Not Over You
20. I Won’t Give Up

Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 2/28/12

March 2, 2012

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I think Zach Galifianakis should take over as host of this show.

Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
3. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
4. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
5. LMFAO – “Sexy and I Know It”
6. Tyga – “Rack City”
7. David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj – “Turn Me On”
8. Flo Rida – “Good Feeling”
9. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
10. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
11. LMFAO – “Sorry for Party Rocking”
12. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto (Remix)”
13. Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris – “We Found Love”
14. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
15. Outasight – “Tonight is the Night”
16. Jessie J – “Domino”
17. Bruno Mars – “It Will Rain”
18. Rise Against – “Ballad of Hollis Brown”
19. Jay-Z and Kanye West – “N****s in Paris”
20. Madonna ft. Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. – “Give Me All Your Luvin'”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. We Found Love
3. Sexy and I Know It
4. Good Feeling
5. Tonight is the Night
6. We Are Young
7. Domino
8. N****s in Paris
9. Set Fire to the Rain
10. It Will Rain
11. Sorry for Party Rocking
12. Ballad of Hollis Brown
13. Turn Me On
14. Give Me All Your Luvin’
15. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
16. Rack City
17. The Motto (Remix)
18. Young, Wild & Free
19. Glad You Came
20. International Love

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