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Anyone else think the airing of a Norm OJ joke was Lorne atoning for his sins?
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Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special |OT| (Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, etc)
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I wonder if television will even exist 60 years from now.
ThreePiMatt
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I would assume that the lack of sketches for some of them was just because of a lack of schedule to reherse. I imagine they'd still want to be a part of the show, but just couldn't make commitments to actually be a part of rehersals, so a simple speech was the best they could do.
Pop-O-Matic
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At that point the only person from the first episode still living will be Andy Kaufman.
Allforce
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I had no idea this was even in the works and tuned in randomly during the red carpet special at like 7:45. Watched the entire thing, what a great show. I lost it so many times, especially the perfect callback to "Lovitz is dead" during the tribute to cast and crew who have passed away.
CreeperBlocks
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That running gag of Jon Lovitz being dead is so funny to me I don't know why
They totally knew all that ahead of time, too. Poehler said it right off the bat, everyone just thought she was joking.
wanderingprostheyltite
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Montages: The Reunion
TheAbsolution
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Yeah whoever said this was like a high school reunion was right.
I thought it was a pretty good show, excuses for meeting up aside.
Celebrity Jeopardy and the digital short were the highlights for me.
I thought it was a pretty good show, excuses for meeting up aside.
Celebrity Jeopardy and the digital short were the highlights for me.
My highlight was the music reunion with Opera Man, Blues Brothers, ect.
Mushroomer25
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I enjoyed it. The montage segments got a bit over the top, but it had such a genuine air of fun & positivity - it's great. But if you really wanted to just get to the good shit - I'd say watch Jeopardy, the Auditions, Update, Chris Rock's introduction for Eddie Murphy, the Questions from the Audience bit, and the Breaks Digital Short.
mariachi507
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I had to miss the show, is there anyway to watch it on NBC.com or something?
LyleLanley
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Bill Murry singing the Jaws theme song was up there as well.
fallengorn
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I enjoyed it for what it was. If you saw the 25th Anniversary special you knew what to expect. (As far as musical guests for a special go, they'll never top Elvis Costello/Beastie Boys.)
Having Bill Murray reprise Nick Winters was a treat.
Having Bill Murray reprise Nick Winters was a treat.
valkillmore
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Absolutely.
There weren't any skits at all for the 25th if I remember correctly, where there? And musical characters don't count
Discotheque
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Celebrity jeopardy
Seinfeld talking (especially with Larry David)
Kanye west
Bill Murray/jaws
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
Wayne's world
Chris Rock and Louis CK
In that order. Californians was current SNL tier basura and I'm sad that the gawd eddie Murphy didn't do anything.
Seinfeld talking (especially with Larry David)
Kanye west
Bill Murray/jaws
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
Wayne's world
Chris Rock and Louis CK
In that order. Californians was current SNL tier basura and I'm sad that the gawd eddie Murphy didn't do anything.
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I'm totally cooling with the actors breaking but Wiig breaks after every single line that it's hard to get into the skit.
If SNL is still around, then definitely.
JadanSheridan
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"Whore Ads"
fallengorn
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Eh, it's been awhile, but I think there were a handful of sketches.
Ecto311
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Thanks but goddamn that loads slow as fuck - my wife missed it so we were looking for it. She seen the rest of the show so has no idea she missed the best thing about the entire show. I could have turned it off right after this and missed very little but we watched the entire thing. Got a tv antenna since we hate cable just for this show and it was worth it.
aparisi2274
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She went coocoo, and nobody wants to associate with her anymore...
megamerican
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I'll take it for what it was. Loved seeing Norm featured relatively heavily. Celebrity Jeopardy was great, Wayne's World worked out better than I thought it would. The Californians was fucking awful. Taylor Swift and the old lady getting absolutely no reaction was so awkward and cringey.
And yeah Eddie was a serious letdown. Chris Rock's introduction built this guy up so much then he just comes out and looks like Franco hosting the Oscars.
And yeah Eddie was a serious letdown. Chris Rock's introduction built this guy up so much then he just comes out and looks like Franco hosting the Oscars.
Lets all take a minute to appreciate that she wasn't on the show.
I wish Eddie Murphy had done something. Seriously, if he says he doesn't want to do anything, make him do something anyway.
I would've even been fine with Eddie Murphy trying to break to commercial and then Mike Myers coming out in a Shrek costume, bellowing "Get out of my swamp, Eddie!" and then Eddie Murphy storming out of the building pissed off.
I would've even been fine with Eddie Murphy trying to break to commercial and then Mike Myers coming out in a Shrek costume, bellowing "Get out of my swamp, Eddie!" and then Eddie Murphy storming out of the building pissed off.
theres no room that says scoundrels on it
ot: i liked the californians. its always been too long but i crack up every time for some reason
JadanSheridan
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That gets said every 10 years or so. It'll get good again, it always does.
This current crop probably has one of the strongest female ensembles in a very long time.
And, like, this gets said every year. It's still one of the highest rated programs on NBC. It will run for another decade, if not significantly longer.
TheAbsolution
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Nah, more likely he didn't want to do one.Poor Eddie Murphy.Looks like they may have had a skit planned but something went wrong?
Avon Barksdale
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If you don't have a DVR, NBC will re-air the 40th Anniversary Special on Friday.
Kibbles
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@shoemakermike - McCartney Jimmy Danny Taylor Swift singing "when I saw her standing there". Snl after party. Insane.
questlove: I don’t need to do anything on turntables: Jimmy, Taylor, Justin, Jim B, Dan A, form a superband Swift’s confidence and command of this band is friggin a site to see. She killin it. #SNL40 #SNL40afterparty
questlove: I don’t need to do anything on turntables: Jimmy, Taylor, Justin, Jim B, Dan A, form a superband Swift’s confidence and command of this band is friggin a site to see. She killin it. #SNL40 #SNL40afterparty
the_firewithin
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This shit is dumb
RadioHeadAche
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I enjoyed it on my dvr; the full three and a half hours would have been tough. A nice tribute, good music, and decent sketches.
the_firewithin
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Digital short was good
What a disappointment. Every time a pre-recorded clip came on, I was hoping to see more of those, rather than the current, live awkward disasters. The whole live comedian doing a famous dead comedian's character was just not funny at all. I love Snow and McCarthy, I think it would have been better to just have shown some classic moments with the real deals. Instead, we get the Sandler bro's doing that awful number, or the Californians going on forever. I think the Wayne's World and Jeopardy moments were probably the highlights. Oh well, maybe it's just me having the Sunday blues.
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