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Comment on ‘SNL’ season finale full of goodbyes by Hungover Uncle

Hungover Uncle — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:46 +0000

Next season, SNL will shine thanks to the strong female cast members. Losing Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, Jason Sudekis and at some point Seth Meyers is a huge hole to fill, but I think this season saw the emergence of some very strong female cast members, and Lorne Michaels will build on that.

I hope to see Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Cecily Strong continue and build on their strong performances from this season, and expect Nasim Pedrad and Vanessa Bayer to carry a much bigger role with the characters they have currently. Bobby Moynihan, Kenan Thompson and Jay Pharoah have developed some really great characters as well, and these will be the guys that will carry the ball for the most part from the male cast members. The pressure will really be on Taran Killam and Tim Robinson to develop new characters and impersonations to balance out the cast.

The biggest question will be who will replace Seth Meyers on Weekend Update. I just don’t see any of the remaining cast members taking the anchor desk and maintaining the same level as Meyers, but I said the same thing about Norm MacDonald when he took over, and he turned out to be one of my all time favorite Weekend update anchors.

The one thing that I am sure of is that Lorne Michael’s comedic brilliance will outshine any casting deficiencies created by the departure of these 4 long time cast members. I can’t wait for season 39!

Comment on ‘SNL’ season finale full of goodbyes by Brian Mou'tard

Brian Mou'tard — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:44:50 +0000

I’m really going to miss Bill Hader, and Fred for that matter. SNL has seen stars depart before. Next year will just be different, but more of the same. The writers are the important ones!

Comment on ‘SNL’ season finale full of goodbyes by amjit

amjit — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:10:01 +0000

Poor Kanye, his alter ego; bozo the clown, seems to be taking over.

Comment on “See-TV you later” says CTV Toronto’s Christine Bentley, signing off after 35 years by Scribbles

Scribbles — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:24:29 +0000

Yipes….just scanned through these comments and there sure isn’t a lot of love or patience for Christine’s replacement Michelle Dube.

“Sit up straight”, “Don’t wave your arms around”, “Stop wearing sleeveless”, “Quit looking down at the prompters”, “You’re too full of yourself”.

A quick show of hands…how many of you have co-hosted a nightly news broadcast?

Give Michelle a break. Sure she’s not Christine Bentley, but that’s no reason to bite her head off. I’m sure even Christine herself was a bit rough around the edges when she first took on her anchor role 35 years ago.

Christine Bentley left some mighty big shoes for Michelle Dube to fill. Perhaps we should all give her a chance to grow into them instead of being so critical.

Comment on Reporter congratulates Matthew Perry on sitcom axe by Dean O

Dean O — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:19:57 +0000

Who thinks this FOX reporter is a complete Moron for congratulating someone on their show being “axed”? That’s like congratulating someone on the death of a relative. Perry should have popped him in the eye “old time hockey” style.

Comment on Kristen Wiig return bloody funny by earl

earl — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:30:32 +0000

one of the worst episodes of the season. seems like the more you anticipate a good guest on SNL the weaker the performance. Zack Galifanakis was FAR better last week. i’m not expecting much from Ben Affleck next week so it might be a decent show.

also, why mention kanye and his talentless & useless waste of oxygen, kim?

Comment on Zach Galifianakis takes over ‘SNL’ by Ruben

Ruben — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:58:06 +0000

The Jennifer Aniston Look-Alike skit was my favorite out of them all. It was cool seeing Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms on the show as well. I liked Zach Galifianakis, but I am looking forward to seeing Kristen Wiig this weekend for sure. I worked a little late at DISH last night, so I set my DVR to record the show and watched it this morning. While I’m cleaning the house and watching my TV shows, I am able to pause in one room and resume in another with my DISH Hopper, so I can still be productive while catching up!

Comment on “See-TV you later” says CTV Toronto’s Christine Bentley, signing off after 35 years by JohnRawlins

JohnRawlins — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:28:18 +0000

Many thanks for a great 35 years, Christine…you done well.Welcome Michelle and may we have another beautiful 35! Good luck to you and CTV.

Comment on George Stroumboulopoulos headed to CNN for 10 Friday interview shows this summer by Gerald

Gerald — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:34:48 +0000

Only two words: GO, STROMBO!!

Love his interviews, and cannot wait to hear the feedback from US audiences.

Comment on Vince Vaughn is the invisible man on ‘SNL’ by Gerald

Gerald — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:31:23 +0000

In most SNL episodes the sketches focus on the cast members and may provide the host with only a supporting part.
Vaughn’s turn at hosting just followed that pattern; overall it was okay.
The Melissa McCarthy episode was just brilliant, so of course any follow up ones will seem lacking.