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[bengraven]

Updated guest list is bonkers. NBC is going balls to the wall to try and resurrect the SNL brand.

It's a major anniversary for a cultural touchstone.

Does it really need to be scrutinized? Fucking internet...

 

[Plinko]

Resurrect? It still does great. It's as relevant as always.

LOL no.

 

[krpiper]

Will this be available to stream anywhere tomorrow?

Is this part of the netflix streaming deal? As I work 2nd shift tonight

 

[The Elite]

Catherine Zeta-Jones?

Really?

 

[Cheebo]

Will this be available to stream anywhere tomorrow?

Is this part of the netflix streaming deal? As I work 2nd shift tonight

Netflix doesn't do new stuff as it airs for anything.

 

[DietRob]

It's a major anniversary for a cultural touchstone.

Does it really need to be scrutinized? Fucking internet...

Hahahaa... I also got bombarded on twitter with a link to my post here. People are really catching feelings over SNL's decline.

 

[Blader]

Will this be available to stream anywhere tomorrow?

Is this part of the netflix streaming deal? As I work 2nd shift tonight

It'll be on Hulu.

 

[krpiper]

Netflix doesn't do new stuff as it airs for anything.

I thought netflix had a "day after" deal with SNL, was that maybe Hulu i am thinking of?

 

[The Elite]

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/nine-lives-saturday-night-live

Looks like we're at the SNL doomed portion of the cycle.

 

[Nether!]

I'll watch the special without a doubt.

I love SNL, even though I often don't like it.

 

[Sanjuro]

God. I love the sketch where they kill all the cast members and Lorne saves Jon.

 

[kirby_fox]

It'll be on Hulu.

That's good, I get off at 8 and was hoping to watch from the beginning instead of joining mid-stream.

I also need to be in bed super early so good news all around.

 

[Akahige]

God. I love the sketch where they kill all the cast members and Lorne saves Jon.

Wqtching VH1 also.

 

[hokahey]

Looks like we're at the SNL doomed portion of the cycle.

Exactly. As a 35 year old SNL fan and Nintendo enthusiast since early childhood, these cycles are all too familiar. And the people that declare DOOMED look just as silly now as they did 10, 15, 20 years ago. You're not cool for being the one loudly declaring the end of a cultural icon. In this case, you're just one idiot in a long line of them.

 

[oatmeal]

Unsure if you have seen it, but Rolling Stone did a top 141 list of all the cast members:

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/saturday-night-live-all-141-cast-members-ranked-20150211

Great read.

 

[The Lamonster]

Looking forward to this.

 

[Cheebo]

Unsure if you have seen it, but Rolling Stone did a top 141 list of all the cast members:

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/saturday-night-live-all-141-cast-members-ranked-20150211

Great read.

Norm being so low on the list, way below forgetable cast members is insane. Even if you don't count his time as Weekend Update he was a vital element of the Celebrity Jeopardy sketches and made them what they were.

 

[Sanjuro]

Norm being so low on the list, way below forgetable cast members is insane. Even if you don't count his time as Weekend Update he was a vital element of the Celebrity Jeopardy sketches and made them what they were.

Chris Rock being in the top twenty is enough to kind of discredit that list.

It's an interesting read to find many of the members who fell through the cracks on their way out.

 

[DietRob]

Unsure if you have seen it, but Rolling Stone did a top 141 list of all the cast members:

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/saturday-night-live-all-141-cast-members-ranked-20150211

Great read.

Man, I will give credit where it's due. SNL sure did help launch tons of careers. This was an interesting piece. I don't agree with all of their placings but it was a great way to look back.

 

[Dishwalla]

Did they ever offer a collection or anything of all the Wayne's World sketches?

 

[the_firewithin]

whatever they do involving phil hartman tonight will hurt

 

[Wag]

Are you from the future? I mean, the TV listings haven't changed, whereas they did for this morning (e.g. no Meet the Press on NBC). And there is absolutely no way something as significant as this special would be preempted, even if the storm was ongoing (and right now, it's basically over).

I haven't looked at the list of guests. I want to be surprised. SNL media blackout!

On my FIOS cable box guide for WHDH it says "Blizzard coverage" all night during prime-time.

 

[vatstep]

whatever they do involving phil hartman tonight will hurt

It's sad, but if you've never read this article about his death, it's pretty stunning:

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/21/phi...tragic_death_of_a_saturday_night_live_genius/

On my FIOS cable box guide for WHDH it says "Blizzard coverage" all night during prime-time.

FIOS needs to get their shit together.

 

[Cheebo]

Phil Hartman's daughter said on twitter that she will be on the SNL special tonight.

https://twitter.com/birgenhartman/status/566713025009582080

 

[Sanjuro]

Phil Hartman's daughter said on twitter that she will be on the SNL special tonight.

https://twitter.com/birgenhartman/status/566713025009582080

Ohhh

 

[Sanjuro]

I highly anticipate a Blues Brothers 2000 reunion tonight.

Spoiler

:'(

 

[Link1110]

Looks fantastic. Wayne's World is practically a lock, but where's Darryl Hammond I want celebrity jeopardy. I guess Ferrell and MacDonald can hav Trebek and Burt Reynolds, but you need Sean Connery

 

[jett]

I guess there's no chance of this being streamed online.

 

[Avon Barksdale]

 

[Cheebo]

Looks fantastic. Wayne's World is practically a lock, but where's Darryl Hammond I want celebrity jeopardy. I guess Ferrell and MacDonald can hav Trebek and Burt Reynolds, but you need Sean Connery

Hammond is the announcer for SNL now. He is there.

 

[fritolay]

VH1 showing specials of previous episodes. It's pretty cool because they also show some of the bands that played during each time period.

 

[thefro]

My guesses:
- Political sketch to open with all the Presidents
- Coneheads sketch
- Wayne's World
- A couple sketches built around Eddie Murphy's characters
- Celebrity Jeopardy
- Some other skit to cram in a bunch of recurring characters for cameos who don't fit in anywhere else
- Weekend Update with all the ex-anchors, and tons of guests. Probably will be a full half-hour alone.
- Some sort of musical skit with Sandler/Fallon/etc other people who sing/play guitar
- SNL Digital Short
- TV Funhouse
- Skit where Aykroyd/Murray mentor the new "Ghostbusters" cast
- Some new stuff

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Unsure if you have seen it, but Rolling Stone did a top 141 list of all the cast members:

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/saturday-night-live-all-141-cast-members-ranked-20150211

Great read.

Norm being so low is criminal, but I appreciate the respect for Hartman, Hader, and Poehler.

 

[Sanjuro]

Norm being so low is criminal, but I appreciate the respect for Hartman, Hader, and Poehler.

I think Hartman is even too low for that list.

 

[robotrock]

Oh fuck, Kanye is on this tonight? Can't miss that!

 

[gabbo]

My guesses:
- Political sketch to open with all the Presidents
- Coneheads sketch
- Wayne's World
- A couple sketches built around Eddie Murphy's characters
- Celebrity Jeopardy
- Some other skit to cram in a bunch of recurring characters for cameos who don't fit in anywhere else
- Weekend Update with all the ex-anchors, and tons of guests. Probably will be a full half-hour alone.
- Some sort of musical skit with Sandler/Fallon/etc other people who sing/play guitar
- SNL Digital Short
- TV Funhouse
- Skit where Aykroyd/Murray mentor the new "Ghostbusters" cast
- Some new stuff

Only if Gerald Ford falls into/knocks over something

 

[Cheebo]

My prediction is Chevy Chase will be the one to do the "live from New York" bit at the start.


Pre-show just started on NBC btw

 

[Sanjuro]

It's like the NBC Oscars!

 

[Cheebo]

Sarah Palin and Alec Baldwin so bizzare

 

[LProtag]

I guess I should watch this.

 

[Dishwalla]

Could Sarah Palin be any more irrelevant? Why is she even here?

And they are still calling her governor...

 

[The Elite]

Palin and Baldwin. This shit is already great.

 

[Sanjuro]

Another Baldwin is nailing Palin.

 

[Razorskin]

I'm confused, it's Sunday.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Palin and Baldwin. Wow.

 

[no maam]

Watchin for Eddie.

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

I'm actually really excited for this even though I haven't kept up with SNL in years. The guest list is insane.

 

[Cheebo]

Al Roker calling the girl with Murphy "your frie....date" haha.

 

[The Elite]

Eddie already seems a bit odd about the whole thing.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Eddie keeping it cool.