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Live from New York, Ben Affleck ruins my Saturday night

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Holy jeebs McCain and Fey hawking for "QVC"!


What the fudge is Ben Affleck doing hosting? His next project "He's just not that into You," doesn't come out til February 2009.


so this skectch mocking "The View," could stand a chance, but these women are so nuts they're hilarious so who knows how this sketch will turn out. Fred Armisen's Joy Behar is divine,& I kinda want to punch Kristen Wiig and the new girl playing "Jennifer Aniston" in the face, so i guess they're doing a good job, since that's kind of how i feel about both those women.[and no i'm not advocating girl-on girl violence, i'm just not a fan of either one of them.] Ben as Alec Baldwin, yay! [30 seconds pass] Ben as Alec Baldwin, boo! very,very bad.
Wow this sketch is dying very quickly. & as I type Ben has broke character & started to laugh.

ok so maybe this "Countdown with Keith Olberman" sketch stands a chance. Keenan is going to kill this sketch. As someone who catches part of "Countdown" almost every other night, Ben's playing him a little too seriously. Keith is absurd, but jnows he's
Ok Ben cracked two & a half times during this sketch alone.
Though he killed it, in the end when he blew up over being rejected by a Co-op board.
Ok make that 3 and a half.

That's it, I'm just watching this ep now just to see how many times Ben can't keep it together and starts laughing.

November 15, Paul Rudd will host, with musical guest Beyonce. that should be promising.
Ugh Valkyrie trailer. This looks worse than Pearl Harbor... Hey Ben Affleck starred in that (& Alec Baldwin was in it too.)

This is officially the Kristen Wiig show. Ben was great as the creepy white ghetto UPS delivery guy. And he almost cracked. The count is up to 4.

Jason Sudeikis why don't we see more of you? You were so great on 30 Rock as Floyd. Giraffes! GIRAFFE! This basically a a digital short without Andy Samberg. the next time i'm in NY, I'm totally going to the Staten Island Zoo.

I don't really watch American Idol, but I did for David Cook, and watching him perform is not helping me to remember why. He sounds a bit pitchy dawg & I'm not feeling this song at all. So much so I fast forwarded through the 2nd half of the song.

The real reason I tuned in tonight was to watch Seth Meyers work the desk solo during Weekend Update. Now that Amy has had her baby, he'll be going at it alone. While I'll miss Amy terribly, she deserves/needs this break, and I'm as giddy as a a diabetic on Splenda to have some 1 on 1 with Seth...& apparently John McCain. Isn't it way past his bed time? He IS a Grandpa!

I love when Seth gets excited and just keeps smiling & nodding, so he doesn't put his foot in his mouth. Phil Spectors hair IS insanity. Entourage is pretty douchey lately. Hey the 1st Will Forte appearance of the night. Will and Fred are always great together. but most importantly, let us all praise Darrel Hammond.

Bill Hader you are beautiful (and I mean deathly pale, tall, awkward and hilarious) he kind of looks like a vampire, and should totally do a cameo on "True Blood" next season. oh and this Zolinski Brothers sketch is totally/maybe a Wachowski brothers knock.

Ok David Cook's 2nd song was sooo much better. Wtf he should have done this 1st. Whatever its not like Ill be listening to the radio for either anyway. Ok and now I know why this dude won American Idol and he was pitch perfect. Seriously idk who told him to open with that 1st single, but they should be fired. Oh and "his band" is tight.

I have a secret obsession with Germany and this Bieroff Brothers sketch is pretty great considering how weak this episode was.

Wow this episode was kind of atrocious, I should have gone and seen RockNRolla at 12:40am like i intended.


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MACGRUBER: Father and Son

possibly one of my all time favorites

Jon Hamm rocks my world

Holy bejeebus his episode of SNL was everything I wanted it to be (which was basically for him to play Don Draper or a version of him in every sketch he's in) and more. I was so excited/desperate to see it I raced home after The Faint show to see it.

Congrats to Amy Poehler who wasn't on the show tonight because she was having her baby!
Speaking of babies, I want to have Seth Meyers'...in an alternate universe of course/ or in 5 years, for the time being i just be in his orbit. He's doing such a great job as head writer and am so proud of the material he's put out this year. The fact that he also has an incredibly talented ensemble to stage what he oversees helps of course, which is why alums like Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Chris Parnell and Maya Rudolph have come back.

I have to give a shout out to Will Forte because he never fails. He is amazingly brilliant and not just because he played a ROBOT TELEPHONE. And though Kristen Wiig was only in a few sketches she of course was divine.

I do have to quote from the show and share:
"Mmm I want me some Jon Hamm John Ham.

There's been a whole mess of fingers in Butts ever since... I can't wait to lick the crack in Butts."

Oh and this little band called Coldplay performed. A # of people have told me they're not into Coldplay because they think they're depressing, but I actually have always found their music incredibly powerful, really uplifting, beautiful and just plain fun because they're clearly enjoying themselves. Which may be part of the reason they got to play 3 songs over the common 2 every other band gets to do, & was totally evident when they closed the show with their 1st single "Yellow." Oh and at the very end of the song Chris Martin said "Barack Obama,"which I can only imagine was an endorsement of some sort, though he can't vote, but is clearly very very interested in the outcome.

All in all I thought it was a pretty fantastic show and possibly my most memorable episode.
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Representing the Write-In party Tim Calhoun

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MACGRUBER: In Financial Ruin

i've adored Orville Willis Forte IV since he started on SNL 6 years ago. and one of my favourite sketches he does is MacGruber. i hope you enjoy it as much as i do!