SNL May 13
Preliminary Review of the opening 25 minutes:
Opening Skit with Al Gore: LAME. No way around it. His non-stop poking fun at his loss of the 2000 election has turned into a complete and utter joke, except that it’s not funny, and no one has told him. Come on - it’s been more than five years, Al - GET. OVER. IT.
Monologue with Julie Dreyfus: Pretty good. A bit un-nerving to notice that Julia looked an awful lot like Molly Shannon. Great to see Jason Alexander, but it’s too bad that Jerry’s bit couldn’t have been a bit more involved. And where was Michael Richards??
Fake Commercial for the TechPack: a few years behind the curve — just a rip-off of the very real Scott-E-Vest.
“The Morning Show” skit: very funny! Everything went wrong, and it just got funnier! I actually laughed out loud when they cut to the “traffic report” and the entire crew was wishing Stan a happy birthday. Yes, I actually laughed out loud during an SNL skit…can’t remember the last time that happened!
I only got a peek at the homeless guy at the restaurant bit. Slightly humorous, I guess. I am a big Seinfeld (reruns) fan, so I probably should have watched the whole thing, but I work Sundays, and have to be up at 5, so that puts a damper on the whole SNL thing. Besides, my wife watches MADTV, and goes back and forth so much, it drives me nuts to sit there with her.