Normally, I usually do that pre-review thing, and I actually have a lot to rant about, but I�m pretty tired, and even if I wasn�t, I wouldn�t do it. There�s only room to talk about one thing that�s bigger than all of the other things put together.
MISTER. FRED ROGERS
I'm glad to see that I'm far from being the only one who loved Mr. Rogers. It hit me pretty hard (probably harder than most) when he died last Thursday. Being from the same area of Pennsylvania, it's a big blow when someone, especially someone as nice as Mr. Rogers, passes away. I met him, no joke, 20 years ago, and he was so kind, that he made other kind people I knew look not so kind. I've run into him and conversed several times between then and now, but despite not actually being the best of friends with him, he was always a friend to me, and I always respected him.
Now that he's gone, the world is a sadder place. Mr. Rogers will forever be considered one of my best friends. If there's anyone that deserves to go to Heaven, it's him.
"Any man's death diminishes me." - John Doone
Goodbye Mr. Rogers. We all love you and you will be missed by everyone.
MY GAME
It�s hard to believe that there are only six more shows left, which means that there are six more games before the big awards outlook and the end of the season. The winner this week has already won the game this year. It seems that for the most part, the person who wins the game, as of the Jeff Gordon show has already won at least once, and it�s never occurred where someone won the game twice in a row. Anyway, the results will surface soon. Also, someone earned all three multiplier points, which pretty much means that for every point earned, it�s worth 30 total points. This has happened before, but that was thanks to a technicality where a bird opened the show.
THE SHOW
Coincidentally, one of the sketches that was cut had Queen Latifah portraying Oprah, the last female African-American host to guest host on SNL. This should be a great show. We�ll see.
And now, the review
60 MINUTES
When Darrell came on as Clinton, I was like, �Finally!� I consider Darrell�s impression of real people as recurring roles, and Clinton is his best role. When Darrell came on as Clinton, I enjoyed it the best I could, since this could have been his only appearance tonight. Dan Ackroyd as Dole didn�t really add anything to the sketch, nor did it take away. Basically, it was DAA as Dole as Ackroyd.
86/100
MONOLOGUE
At first, I got upset over the fact that HOS and SEM were interrupting Queen Latifah�s monologue, for she doesn�t need help in order to be funny, especially with this cast. Then I got it, and then�
82/100
BABY K
At least Dean was given something to do.
84/100 = original score plus 6 for Dean being given something to do.
REGIS (AND KELLY)
Amy cracked me up as Darrell. Clearly, this skit wasn�t about Queen Latifah AI character; it was about Amy�s Kelly Ripa. Darrell�s a lucky guy. I don�t have any comment on Chris�s Gelman.
88/100 = original score plus 10 for the ongoing Ripa joke.
SOMEBODY RIPS ONE OUT
This wasn�t good at first. Then I changed my mind about this. I had to laugh. Normally, I�d conclude that this was humor for a 14 year old, retarded, and maybe deaf and blind SNL fan. However, I�m getting sick of all these reality shows, that debut bi-weekly. I�m glad that SNL came up with one of their own, something original.
94/100
WHERE ARE THEY NOW
I really don�t have any comment, and I shouldn�t grade this. All I can say is, �I didn�t hate it.�
77/100
I�M A CELEBRITY�WHO FARTED?
This wasn�t bad; it didn�t suck. However, I didn�t laugh this time. Once was enough, and normally things come in threes when it gets boring. I think if they were to get more laughs a second time around, I would have done something like this:
7 Celebrities, one 8� by 11� room. Somebody is breaking wind. It could be one person. It could be two people. It could be, ALL OF THEM! Who will survive. The last person to leave the room wins.
SOMEBODY CUT THE CHEESE�GET ME OUT OF HERE! Coming April 1 on ABC.
83/100
SATURDAY NIGHT NEWS
It�s amazing how Jimmy can�t keep a straight face, but right after Tina�s jokes, he doesn�t even come close to not smiling. I believe next year is Jimmy�s last (at least at the Desk). JER�S Dustin was excellent, and makes up for the nonsense known as Baby K. It�s pretty scary that HOS as Khalid Shaikh Mohammed resemble each other (HOS looked almost EXACTLY like him)! Chris�s Trevor came out of nowhere, in similar fashion as JER�S Louie Anderson from last year. Overall, this was great.
96/100
MUSIC
I have never heard of Mr. Dynamite, and that�s too bad for her. Eventually, she�ll be heading into Joe Piscopo�s crew, or maybe wherever A-HA went.
60/100
GIVE UP THE HAM
This is part of the review where I just don�t care anymore. However, I think WLF and CHP saved this sketch from going completely nowhere.
82/100
X-PRESIDENTS
Nice! No matter what, it�s great to see these cartoons back. RBS did a great job here. The Powerpuff girls thing was just priceless.
99/100 (original score plus 7, representing how long TV Funhouse has been on SNL)
PROFILES IN JAZZ: ALBERTA JONES
Thanks to this sketch, I declare Darrell as the player of the night. It was basically old school night. First Clinton, and now Jack Perkins. I didn�t really pay attention to the other stuff; Jack Perkins was all this needed to get�
100/100
WALGREENS
The only funny part was the end, where they all laughed and the screen froze, a la several TV shows back in the day.
63/100
TRIBUTE TO MR. ROGERS
We love ya, Freddy, and we�ll never forget you.
100/100
AVERAGE 85.29
The show was above average. Also, it�s worth watching during reruns. Let�s hope Salma�s show will be worth watching during reruns.
See you next time.
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