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 on February 27. 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.
THE BEST NEWS OF THE WEEK
Bernie Mac is hosting!
NCAA
The only #1 seeded team that I chose not to advance to the Final Four in the biggest of the contest I participated in advanced to the Final Four. Good thing Syracuse beat Texas! I can enjoy the week now.
MY GAME
I haven�t even started to tally this up. However, I�m glad that all the regulars got their picks in this time around. The only thing that I don�t like is how the MVP is being decided. I focused on the people who participated in the most of the games having the advantage, and not the people who didn�t participate in the most of the games having the disadvantage. I�ll probably end up recognizing both sides, though.
THE SHOW
Bernie Mac is the star tonight. If SNL is smart, they would have let him write at least half of the stuff. Bernie is funnier than the writers on the show.
And now, the review
BUSH
I�m going to give this a 75. I didn�t see all of it, but I would have given the same score for other reasons anyway.
75/100
MONOLOGUE
This was great stuff, and it put all other monologues (and that includes Walken�s) to shame. It wasn�t too short, and it wasn�t too long.
100/100
BOSTON TEENS
These aren�t too bad, but I don�t understand why, out of all the other shows, it shows up on a show a black guy hosts. I can�t wait until the end of the review where I try to pick the stuff that looks like it was written by Bernie Mac.
85/100
THE GAME SHOW
This happened to be the point in which I actually had to laugh at the concept of Jimmy and Horatio being in this sketch. I also had to laugh at the fact that a blind person would assume that Darrell was doing his Regis impression and getting some airtime.
95/100
COMMERCIAL
This was not written by Bernie; otherwise, they wouldn�t have Will trying to dance.
65/100 = original score plus about 30 more points for showing some sympathy.
THE PIANIST
I really don�t have any comment, nor do I have an alternative title for this, and I shouldn�t grade this. All I can say is, �Where was the peanut M&M guy?�
70/100
AND NOW HERE IS TONIGHT�S VERY SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST!
It�s crap. Crap. Crap. Mega crap.
60/100 = original score plus 55 so that it doesn�t kill the overall rating for this show.
SATURDAY NIGHT NEWS
The jokes really didn�t make me laugh, but at least Tina said that they all sucked in the first place. However, I�ve gotta give points for the return of Drunk Girl. The country thing saved this.
80/100
THREE STOOGES
This is around the part of the review in which I don�t care anymore. I�m tired, my car sucks, losing an hour doesn�t help, and the weather dropped again. The only reason why I scored this sketch as high as I did was because if I wasn�t tired, I�d probably explain why I the score was double what I�d normally give to something like this. On a completely different note, the tribute to Mr. Rogers will be apart of my reviews for the remainder of the season.
90/100
THE SMOKING BAN
I believe that if I were the guy making the rules, there would be a lot of things that I do before banning smoking in bars. Okay, don�t smoke in a bar; more time to drink, and more power to you! But this was classic or common Jimmy, when he couldn�t find anything to do with his hands. Speaking of Jimmy, for a second, I thought that they were going to pull off another Bloater Brothers skit, until I recognized Amy.
70/100
SECOND TIME AROUND
The only great thing about these are Maya�s lack of breaking character and her voice.
80/100
RERUN
I actually had to give a LOL for the fact that Amy acted like a normal mother, and then used her kids to clean up crap. Just great.
95/100
SADDAM
Wonderful, well written stuff. I can�t help but to think that Horatio�s the right person for Saddam, and not guys like Hammond, Kattan, Kroeger, Piscopo, Breuer, Koechner, Ferrell, Fallon, or Hartman. The bomb thing made the sketch even more watchable. It�s one of those sketches that really don�t have a plot or a theme that can save SNL.
100/100
MUSIC
It sucked. American Idol finalists are even better than this nonsense.
0/100
DON BANKS
When Dean showed up, I thought it was some bigtime black guy, but then who wouldn�t. Nice mentions of everyone.
100/100
AVERAGE 77.67
The show was watchable. I probably would have reviewed it better had I been more attentive. I hate spring forward time. I�ll probably touch it up when it airs again in the summer, or sooner than that. Anyway�
See you next time.
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