HOOPS
Boring week. Either that, or I just was too busy with the snow and everything else this week to follow the NBA. I guess besides Kobe dunking over Yao-Ming and the fact that the NBA is still on ABC, that�s all I have to say about hoops this week. I hope to have more in two weeks. In fact, I will; it just might not be a lot, that�s all.
COLLEGE HOOPS
Three weeks ago, PITT was an iota from reaching the #1 seed. Now, as #9, they�re trying to get back up there by beating the hell out of RU. Unfortunately, RU isn�t ranked, by it still made the Panthers look good.
WRESTLING
HHH/Steiner II and Bischoff/Austin (II). I think HHH could pull it out, but if Steiner is on his way to returning back to a heel, he�ll win, so that Brock/Steiner is not a baby face/baby face gig.
BOXING
HEEEEEEEEE�S BAAACCCCKKKK!!!! Tina�s joke came a tad too late, IMO. You know Mike�s back when, despite the flu, he takes out Clifford Etienne in less than a minute. When someone adds insult to injury and carries their opponent out �on his shoulders,� it�s great to know that boxing can be considered something to talk about again on a regular basic.
POLITICS
Nothing that big for me to talk about here, but I�ll use this to bring up other pretty big news for the week. Don�t go to clubs, and trust no one.
MY GAME
Last week, I said, �Well, I�m sure that the scores will go up next week, unless they decide not to do �The Continental.� That would be no good. I already have to apologize for the people who selected Wake Up Wakefield to surface next week. It would have helped some people had we known about some spoilers from the show, guarantee or no guarantee.� While on a regular basis, it was difficult, fortunately on a bonus standpoint: VERY WELL DONE PEOPLE! Last week, the winner walked out with 54 points, and this week, the lowest score was 56 points. The total amount of points was up to 2445, and the average was 188.08. Wow. The unfortunate thing for this in the future is that it might not be so simple, which is why I held the sketch thing for this week. Anyway, the results will surface within a week. If you have not yet won the game at least once since the Drew Barrymore show, then you�re not the winner this week. Sorry.
THE SHOW
This show was the best show this season without a shadow of a doubt. Also, I�m not saying it was just because Will Ferrell was on, and at least half the people will probably think otherwise but not say so upfront. I think Eddie Murphy was the other person who came back too soon after a decent send-off, meaning the following season. While I think Will�I�ll rant on this later. I�ve gotta rant on Queen Latifah hosting in two weeks. I don�t care what other people say, but it�s about time. The way things looked as of late, we were in the current run where we would be stuck with no black host in addition to no former castmember hosting all the way until 2005, with the exception of October or November of 2004. Someone finally came to their senses and realized that it�s time for a change, and the little plan was not working. The cast thing is a pain, and it�s obvious. 1996-1997 was the best season, in which 7 former castmembers (including 5 consecutive) hosted the show. We need to get some more former castmembers to host and to not just make cameos, ESPECIALLY when not one person has been announced in the opening credits. I can see how one would keep it a surprise, but when someone is making several appearances on one show, and we know ahead of time, mention them in the opening montage, and edit out some of the people (HOS) that won�t even be appearing on the show!
Well it�s great to see an African-American host again. I�ll be even happier when March 8 comes and goes, and I can say that Queen Latifah�s show was great, and not Trista Rehn�s show was so and so. The bottom line is that it�s not always the cast and the writing that can bring down the show; it�s who is on the show and how they �perform� on it. Great acting and an excellent sense of humor is a must. As for the show, I should not even review it, since I�m probably going to end up giving 100/100 for all the sketches. But, I�ll explain why if I ever did that. There isn�t ever going to be a show were the average is 100 or just plain 0. No one�s perfect, and SNL has been on the air for almost 28 years.
And now, the review
HARDBALL
DARRELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I�m sorry, but I had to give a shoutout, since we all expected this to be his only appearance for tonight. Hammond was happy, the Cold Opening was great, especially with Walken, and it�s great that a recurring sketch such as this one can work well without Tracy and/or Chris. Despite DAH�S mood, I must comment on why Lorne �refused� to let Darrell out of his contract, when he fell ill last week, and when he wanted out in the first place two years ago. It would make sense to use DAH if you�re going to keep him, and give Maya a rest. Apparently, the lack of DAH for whatever reason is not working nor helping the show people! I think DAH�S done after this year, but for security reasons, he should return one more year, for a better ending, and in the event that Jeff Richards might not be that good of an impressionist.
100/100 = original score plus 7 for Walken finally opening the show
MONOLOGUE
Well, we all knew that he was going to go this. However, I�ve never really seen the girls on this show before, but that�s not what made this monologue, nor would a promo for Poolhouse Junkies even though it�s with Chazz. Hopefully in a month, I�ll see Walken walk out with another Oscar, since Gangs and Chicago bested Catch Me.
99/100
PRANKSTERS
If Walken had not been in this, the skit would have just �all right� as the �Chris and Maya on her prom� fiasco was completely so original and �silly.�
98/100
THE CONTINENTAL
I knew it wasn�t going to be as good as the others, but they did this, which had they not, then I�d have to say whomever is responsible for what shows up on the show needs to go.
99/100 ((original score � 8 � 34) * 2 + 3
LOST AT SEA
This wasn�t good. I�m sorry, but I didn�t think it was the best thing on the show today.
90/100 (for trying)
BLACK HISTORY MINUTE (AKA AFRO-AMERICAN ARCHIVES)
Dean was great in this. No matter how many times he plays Don Cheadle, it�ll never get old (especially in Dean�s) case. I have no comment on Tracy, since he was only in stills. I think he�s gone, but for security reasons, he should return one more year. There is no guarantee that he�ll get as lucky as some people thought Tim Meadows would get.
95/100
COLONEL ANGUS
This was too funny for me to even comment. The sketch or play speaks for itself.
96/100
SATURDAY NIGHT NEWS
From now on, unless I forget, that�s what this will be called. Tina and Jim took Weekend Update, and turned it into crap, and crap into the Super Bowl.
I can�t call this WU because it�s been a lot better than this for twenty years. Tina basically didn�t give a damn about this, nor did Jimmy. And then Steve Martin shows up. I must say that Steve�s appearance was not pointless in this �SNL NEWSBREAK.� In fact, his appearance was more to the point than his appearance on the Eddie Murphy hosted show. It was great seeing Steve on the show for the first time since 1998, and wouldn�t you know? I believe around this time 10 years ago, he showed up pretty much unexpected on Weekend Update, to David Spade�s misfortune.
Will had a big send off last year, and it would have made sense if he didn�t show up for a whole season, so that his return next season would get an even bigger ovation than tonight. Nevertheless, it was more than great seeing Will on the show. It�s not like he popped up before Christmas, which would have been no good, and Britney Spears could not bring Will Ferrell down. I had a feeling with the Colin Farrell thing that this would have been done a lot sooner had Will still been on the show.
100/100 (Original Score plus 12 for Will and Steve appearing together, and 3 for Maya bringing us a better version of Christina than the crap SMG had to offer)
MUSIC
Foo Fighters are back, but that doesn�t mean that I�m going to give the music a perfect score.
90/100
LOVAHS
It may be nice to see Will again, which is why this score is up 20 points from the original score, but I believe that they could have had Will do a lot of other things besides this.
90/100
MUSIC
Nice!
100/100 (original score plus 15 for Jim Carrey being in this)
THE RIALTO GRANDE CASINO
This is basically the best thing to end the show with. Fred Armisen�s role is really what makes these things work. Add that to Walken being in this, and you get�
100/100
AVERAGE 96.42
The best. Show. Ever. Well, at least for this season it was. It was nice to see all the people who showed up today. With Steve�s appearance, it finally gives Rachel Dratch and Maya Ruldolph the honor to say that they finally did a show with included Steve, and it also give Will Forte and Fred Armisen the honor to say that they finally did a show with included Will Ferrell. Now, all we need is Tim Meadows to show up randomly (which could make some sense in two weeks, and I�ll explain later, maybe), and then Dean, Seth, Amy, and Jeff can say that they finally did a show with included Tim Meadows.
That�s it for two weeks. See you in two weeks!
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