‘SNL’ with Steve Martin not so funny
Poor Saturday Night Live. Ever since their return from the holidays, the live comedy sketch show has been anything but funny.
This past Saturday, comedian and actor Steve Martin hosted SNL and it was their best episode of 2009. But that really wasn’t hard to achieve.
This was Martin’s 15th time hosting SNL and some people think that he is to blame for the episode’s failure. TV blogger Leslie Gray Streeter remarks that Martin should have noticed that the writing wasn’t funny during rehearsals. Streeter believes that Martin wasn’t used to his full potential and was wasted on bad writing and I have to agree.
To be fair, however, Martin is understanding less and less each day just what “funny” is as he is starring in another absurdly silly Pink Panther movie set to hit theaters this Friday.
So what did you think? Was Martin the problem with the newest episode of SNL or was it just more bad writing?
Despite the gaffs, there were still a couple humorous moments in the episode:
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Fake commercial for edible Pampers
Angelina Jolie impersonation during Weekend Update
You can view more clip’s from the SNL with Steve Martin at Hulu.com
Next Saturday on SNL: Some guy no one’s heard of. Okay, that was mean. It’s Bradley Cooper. Yeah, I had IMDB.com-him too. He is one of the cast members of the upcoming movie He’s Just Not That Into You which is also set to hit theaters this Friday.
While I may not have high hopes for Cooper, I do have high hopes for Alec Baldwin who will be hosting on Valentine’s Day (with musical guest the Jonas Brothers… snore).
So my fingers are crossed for hilarity since I can’t recall a time when Alec Baldwin hosted SNL that I wasn’t laughing hysterically.
Will Baldwin breath life into SNL and inspire the writers? Or will they waste another hilarious host on dull material?
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