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Freaquency posted:Nobody should use an SNL musical performance as a measure of if a band is good or not Oh of course not, I’ve heard them a bunch before. Sometimes a live performance can swing my opinion though, alas definitely not the case last night.
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Almost without fail I'll be disappointed in a band I like when they perform on the show because of the acoustics but I've found some new ones that have overcome it. That recent Bleachers performance was fantastic. They had such a fun positive energy that it overcame the studio's sound stage.
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Feb 27, 2022 20:14
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Great episode all around. And maybe the best musical theater bit since the Les Miz lobster one. Puppy Galaxy posted:He’s loving Olivia Munn Granted, I have no idea why being afraid of Kanye would keep Pete away, since he wasn’t there either. edit: nvm, I just got it. Been a long day, sorry thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Feb 27, 2022 |
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Feb 27, 2022 21:29
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Jolo posted:Almost without fail I'll be disappointed in a band I like when they perform on the show because of the acoustics but I've found some new ones that have overcome it. That recent Bleachers performance was fantastic. They had such a fun positive energy that it overcame the studio's sound stage. I think having a multichannel setup for my tv audio has always helped when it comes to the notorious sound mixing they have. It’s still not perfect, but rarely does it bother me. Same with The Weeknd’s super bowl show that everyone complained about, I didn’t really have too much of an issue hearing the vocals. Yeah Bleachers set was definitely a highlight especially given they had next to no notice. Weren’t on my radar until then, but pretty fun.
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Feb 28, 2022 04:57
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EL BROMANCE posted:I think having a multichannel setup for my tv audio has always helped when it comes to the notorious sound mixing they have. It's really not a mixing problem, it's that the acoustics in the studio suck for live music. The sound gets absorbed completely by the walls and ceiling, and it just winds up being incredibly unpleasant to listen to. Studio 8H was originally built for radio broadcasts, and it really has not kept pace with the advancements in A/V technology over the past few decades.
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Feb 28, 2022 05:01
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The sole cut for time sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sLIaq8upV8 And one of the two cut after Dress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i03c2Ns75Yw Was hoping they might upload Alex and Melissa's Update cuts, but no dice
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Feb 28, 2022 06:02
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ArtVandelay posted:He's going to hate himself for years over that blown line. I can't wait to hear him talk about it on the podcast. Yeah, you can tell that bothered him. And the director, camerman, and/or technical director too. Rarely see botched coverage or cuts in SNL!
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Feb 28, 2022 06:30
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It’s wild how much better the Mulaney Eps are than the normal menu. Also, no Pete was a pleasant surprise. I really don’t want to see his inevitable smirking Kanye set.
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Feb 28, 2022 15:59
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a new study bible! posted:It’s wild how much better the Mulaney Eps are than the normal menu. Yeah, my pet theory has been that the writers all try a little harder because he's "one of them", but it's also probably that the whole writer's room just gels a bit better with another writer in there than a random celebrity throwing loving terrible ideas out there, or vetoing actual good ideas.
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Feb 28, 2022 16:08
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I imagine his years in the writer's room as a member and leader also allow him to draw the talent out of people. Coming up through the trenches and now seeing both the back- and front-end, he is uniquely positioned to get the most out of writers and cast members while understanding how the two work together.
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Feb 28, 2022 17:20
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Being a former writer, he's likely coming into the week already with some skit ideas and possibly already written out. So they end up with less work and not craming the whole week coming up with the skits. Also they can spend 8 minutes of the episode on a food musical number.
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Feb 28, 2022 18:53
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Mulaney was fine, but I don't think the writing was all that much better - aside from the obligatory Food Musical sketch, there were two sketches that were basically carbon copies of previous sketches, plus the standard Five-Timers sketch, plus no cold open. Also, none of the subsequent Food Musical sketches have been nearly as good as the original Diner Lobster. I will die on this hill.
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Feb 28, 2022 19:18
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I think the writing this year in general has been markedly better than than the last few.
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DaveWoo posted:Mulaney was fine, but I don't think the writing was all that much better - aside from the obligatory Food Musical sketch, there were two sketches that were basically carbon copies of previous sketches, plus the standard Five-Timers sketch, plus no cold open. Well you can't top the Diner Lobster, but you can at least make something close to it.
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DaveWoo posted:Mulaney was fine, but I don't think the writing was all that much better - aside from the obligatory Food Musical sketch, there were two sketches that were basically carbon copies of previous sketches, plus the standard Five-Timers sketch, plus no cold open. I’m with you. I think the musical conceit is tired and they shouldn’t feel obligated to keep up the recurring bit, but people expect it now. Johnson family reunion was a very funny bit. Standups are just better than improv people. a new study bible! fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Feb 28, 2022 |
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Feb 28, 2022 20:05
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I feel like my last post was a bit too negative, so I'll say this - Monkey Judge was a solid sketch, and the PDD video was their funniest one to date.
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I think the thing that Diner Lobster did right and, as far as I know, the others didn't is that Diner Lobster vaguely took the story and music of one musical and made it about something absurd, while the other ones were just a collection of parody songs from miscellaneous musicals without any real story cohesion. Not that Diner Lobster had a particularly cohesive story to it.
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carticket posted:I think the thing that Diner Lobster did right and, as far as I know, the others didn't is that Diner Lobster vaguely took the story and music of one musical and made it about something absurd, while the other ones were just a collection of parody songs from miscellaneous musicals without any real story cohesion. I know that Diner Lobster used Les Miz, and this most recent one was a medley. Were the other ones medleys, or were they based on one musical? I honestly can’t remember.
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thrawn527 posted:I know that Diner Lobster used Les Miz, and this most recent one was a medley. Were the other ones medleys, or were they based on one musical? I honestly can’t remember. New York Musical, Airport Sushi and Bodega Bathroom were medleys.
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thrawn527 posted:Yeah, my pet theory has been that the writers all try a little harder because he's "one of them", but it's also probably that the whole writer's room just gels a bit better with another writer in there than a random celebrity throwing loving terrible ideas out there, or vetoing actual good ideas. they also sometimes wait to pitch stuff to people they know will get it and do a good job with it. norm talks about the tic tac toe sketch they did on the bill pullman episode that pullman tries his best to ruin by playing it as an over-the-top greaseball game show host. it's still a great sketch thanks to the premise and norm's performance, but as he says here: https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/953793414465708032 norm's commentary at 8:13 here (the actual host the next week was dana carvey, but he's still right, it would have been an all-timer with either of them and now it's merely excellent.)
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R. Guyovich posted:they also sometimes wait to pitch stuff to people they know will get it and do a good job with it. norm talks about the tic tac toe sketch they did on the bill pullman episode that pullman tries his best to ruin by playing it as an over-the-top greaseball game show host. it's still a great sketch thanks to the premise and norm's performance, but as he says here: Holy poo poo, I've never seen this sketch before. It's amazing, but you're right. What the gently caress is Bill Pullman doing?
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the one good moment pullman has in there is when he's waiting for norm to hammer in the x and kind of resignedly picks up a newspaper. it gets a big laugh because it hints at the deeper world of the sketch, that this has been going on for months and the host has stuff set aside for the inevitable breaks. if he'd played it with those undertones the whole time it would have been perfect
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The joy of Diner Lobster was sticking with one gimmick so the jokes all cascaded into each other. “Clawsette” isn’t as funny a payoff without the set up of the rest of the bit. That’s why the medleys never work as well: it feels like a Frankenstein sketch. They need to bring the focus into one musical and make Phantom about Pizza Rat or whatever, rather than making a hodgepodge from 6 different musicals. Pulling from multiple sources just doesn’t work as well. Also, anyone else  at Mulaney making the same B&H joke as pwn? Which writer is a lurker, PM me for more great advice!
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:The joy of Diner Lobster was sticking with one gimmick so the jokes all cascaded into each other. “Clawsette” isn’t as funny a payoff without the set up of the rest of the bit. I feel like the medley sketches work for a totally different reason. You're waiting to see what song is coming next. Which maybe was necessary after the first one? I'm not a huge musical fan, but I was raised in a musical theater house, and I have a lot of friends who went into that life, so I KNOW musicals. So when a new song starts, I get a bit excited when I recognize it. And one of the few musicals I genuinely enjoy myself is Jesus Christ Superstar, so when this week's sketch pulled that one out, I freaked. So while I agree that Diner Lobster is the best version of the concept, I get why the other versions work, too. And yeah, I went back and watched them all again since I asked earlier what they were. Solid gold. thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Mar 2, 2022 |
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I suppose I think it would have been better if they made all of the songs parodies of Superstar, ending with subway Jesus as the big reveal. I think I also would have appreciated the obvious effort of fitting the two together. Maybe they just think musicals other than Les Mes aren’t well known enough to pull multiple songs? Or maybe I’m the odd man out and everyone else likes the jukebox style more, like you mentioned!
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:I suppose I think it would have been better if they made all of the songs parodies of Superstar, ending with subway Jesus as the big reveal. I think I also would have appreciated the obvious effort of fitting the two together. Nah, I'm with you. The Lobster one was the best for that very reason and they are probably different now because writers... they probably just forgot what the gently caress they even did the first time.
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For some reason that made me realize why Davidson wasn't a part of Mulaney's show. You have to cut those kinds of influences out your life during rehab.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:For some reason that made me realize why Davidson wasn't a part of Mulaney's show. You have to cut those kinds of influences out your life during rehab. Oh...that sucks but is understandable... 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f619noX6Yhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKiWjdZ5ps4 Oscar Isaac makes his hosting debut tonight, though you may remember his guest appearance earlier this season https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHvLhviwK30 Charli XCX returns for her second time officially, after being cut from the Paul Rudd show back in December. She is likely to perform the following tracks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw_Gtwdnp1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggrYaDxyrGM Back in December the songs she rehearsed on Thursday were "Good Ones" and "New Shapes," hopefully maybe one day they release those rehearsal tapes. Tonight's Vintage is Kevin Hart with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis from March 2 2013. This episode is most notable for the Tim Robinson runner "Z-Shirt."
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Unrelated to tonight's episode, but does anyone know who wrote Jimmy Tango's Fat Busters? Maybe Adam McKay?
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Pete was not there because he was filming a movie
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Decent opening sketch, but their take on Trump still feels too tepid. And JAJ's voice has this growl that's kind of distracting.
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Phil Hartmon on: Sweet Mowir Vowiengtiome. My Lobe of mine!
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Who was that playing Trump in the cold open? Austin something? He's pretty good at it, at times his voice is spot-on.
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Raw intercourse.
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As someone who has watched many Paw Patrols and wonders why the neoliberal mayor of Adventure Bay outsources all of the citys services to a private organization with no oversight....that sketch really spoke to me. I liked the last 2 sketches but this meatball one seems kinda dumb
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Hamster hamster meatball.
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