Lindsay Lohan, of all people, helped bring a spark of energy to the sliding "Saturday Night Live." Although smoking has made her voice so weak and raspy that she'll probably soon be making movies in sign language, the episode wasn't at all bad, by recent standards.
This week there are a trio of clips:
First, the fake commercial for a rather specific moisturing product. Then, an excellent "Saturday TV Funhouse" about the sinister truth inside the Disney Vault. And finally, the SNL Digital Short "Lasercats."
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Caught parts of it myself... I did kinda laugh a little during the coin slot thing and the Disney thing.
Then there was the house music show, which seemed 10 years past relevant + not funny. And the dessert skit, which was so dumb I had to turn the channel. And they did an O'Reilly spoof, which just seemed sad, even amatuerish, after to Colbert's nightly brilliance in that realm.
I don't watch these shows a lot, but we were flipping back and forth last night between that and MadTV and actually commented on how un-funny they both were. With SNL, I think the words, "perhaps it really is time for them to put that franchise to rest...it hasn't been funny in years" were uttered.
It's frightening to think last night's show was an improvement from other recent efforts. I hope MadTV isn't going the same route. SNL has been sad for years, but MadTV always makes me laugh my ass off.
Posted by: Jack Malebranche | April 16, 2006 at 10:20 PM
She needs to look up OVEREXPOSURE
Posted by: beautifulatrocities | April 17, 2006 at 10:57 AM
hehe .. Lion King 5: Simba Sits In for Meredith...i'm still laughing at that one.. :)
Posted by: Kevin | April 18, 2006 at 07:09 AM