SNL Video Recap 10/15/11 Anna Faris/Drake
October 19, 2011
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SNL Recap October 15, 2011: Anna Faris/Drake
October 16, 2011
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Our asses will explode.
Cold Opening – A Message from the Mayor of New York City
As Nicholas Fehn would say, this is real smart stuff. Bloomberg spinning the Occupy Wall Street protests as evidence of NYC as the greatest city in the world was delightfully twisted, and the references to the earthquake and last winter’s snow were welcome. B+
Anna Faris’s Monologue
This was the absolute epitome of half-assing a monologue … and still managing to wring several laughs out of it. Anna’s throaty way of talking and big eyes allowed for perfect reactions to those pressing questions. And although Abby does a great Anna Faris impression, the “Hannah Garis” bit was exceedingly pointless, but thanks to Anna playing along, it wasn’t all bad. B
SNL Video Recap 10/8/11 Ben Stiller/Foster the People
October 15, 2011
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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 10/15/11
October 15, 2011
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Who else has noticed how good a band Cobra Starship is?
Original Version
1. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
2. The Script – “Nothing”
3. Adele – “Someone Like You”
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”
5. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
6. Jason Derülo – “It Girl”
7. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
8. Cobra Starship ft. Sabi – “You Make Me Feel…”
9. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
10. Kelly Clarkson – “Mr. Know It All”
11. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
12. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
13. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
14. Dawes – “Time Spent in Los Angeles”
15. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
16. The Civil Wars – “Poison & Wine”
17. O.A.R. – “Heaven”
18. Mumford & Sons – “Roll Away Your Stone”
19. Lady GaGa – “Yoü and I”
20. Bush – “The Sound of Winter”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. Someone Like You
3. You Make Me Feel…
4. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
5. Moves Like Jagger
6. Mr. Know It All
7. The Sound of Winter
8. Roll Away Your Stone
9. Brighter Than the Sun
10. Time Spent in Los Angeles
11. Poison & Wine
12. Stereo Hearts
13. Skyscraper
13. Tonight Tonight
13. Yoü and I
16. Heaven
17. Nothing
18. Just a Kiss
19. Not Over You
20. It Girl
SNL Recap October 8, 2011: Ben Stiller/Foster the People
October 11, 2011
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Cold Opening – Mitt Romney Press Conference
The last couple of seasons, SNL has insisted on almost always opening with politicial material, whether or not they writers had anything worthwhile to say. But with this sketch, they showed that they knew exactly what was going on, and it has been a while since that has been the case. The fact that the impressions weren’t all that great is forgivable, considering that neither Romney nor Christie have particularly distinct voices. God help the comedy world if Romney is elected. There will have to be a lot of sketches like this one if he is, I guess. B+
Ben Stiller’s Monologue
A few good cracks (“the Jewish Willy Wonka” “so, Gene Wilder?”) stuck within an overly broad and unsatisfyingly random premise. C+
Lincoln Financial Group I
They’re on to something. This reminded me of a video starring my brother. B
VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 10/8/11
October 11, 2011
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Adele is again wasting no time.
Original Version
1. The Script – “Nothing”
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Rain Dance Maggie”
3. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
4. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
5. Adele – “Someone Like You”
6. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
7. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
8. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
9. Jason Derülo – “It Girl”
10. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
11. Cobra Starship ft. Sabi – “You Make Me Feel…”
12. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
13. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
14. Kelly Clarkson – “Mr. Know It All”
15. Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
16. Dawes – “Time Spent in Los Angeles”
17. Mumford & Sons – “Roll Away Your Stone”
18. Lady Gaga – “Yoü and I”
19. O.A.R. – “Heaven”
20. The Civil Wars – “Poison & Wine”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. Someone Like You
3. Super Bass
4. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
5. Moves Like Jagger
6. You Make Me Feel…
7. Mr. Know It All
8. Roll Away Your Stone
9. Brighter Than the Sun
10. Time Spent in Los Angeles
11. Poison & Wine
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
SNL Video Recap 10/1/11 Melissa McCarthy/Lady Antebellum
October 11, 2011
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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
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
SNL Video Recap 9/24/11 Alec Baldwin/Radiohead
September 30, 2011
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I have started a video review series of SNL on my YouTube channel to go along with my written word recaps. Here’s the first one:
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