This is basically a brief review as opposed to a long and regular review. It�s like a RECAPLET and not a recap. With this being football season and with me being out last night, if you add that to all the other tasks that are building up and the fact that people are bugging me every. Damn. Day. There�s no way that I can get a decent review in here before the day ends. There�s just not enough time. It�s like impossible. I was hoping that it would be just difficult, but now it�s just impossible. And that�s even with me cutting out pretty much everything.
Yeah, it should just be difficult, meaning that I�d either stay up late and recap, or just crash and then get up early and recap first thing, or even split half the review for being up late and then waking up a little early, which is just plain stupid. Well, it�s a little dumb, because I�d only get 5 hours of sleep, and that�s not a lot of rest on a weekend day.
Let�s see. I have a lot of things to do. I was swamped with work all week, which made me tired as all hell. So, I chose the option of crashing (beyond my control really) and waking up earlier. It turns out that I didn�t get up as early, but it really wouldn�t have mattered, since I�m getting my balls busted anyway, and in addition, I still have stuff to do. Therefore, I gotta get as much or all of it done ASAP so that it�ll be easier to write a long review and have it posted here on Sunday. Until then, all I have is this recap to follow, but with the two or three other places that I post the reviews, I hope to have that up within the week. I couldn�t even finish Jack Black and I needed to change some things, but I didn�t and probably won�t get to it ever.
Enough about me, let�s get to the review:
TOP STORY:
Arnold�s Governor of California. Personally, it would have come as a surprise if he didn�t get elected. It was so obvious, but 20 years ago, no one would have seen it.
WEATHER:
WTF. It�s like October now, but during the week, it felt like August. While the nice weather is decent, I�m in the autumn mode, and prefer a milder climate. I don�t want anything less than 35-55 degree F, but temperatures over 65 during this time of the year isn�t right when it lasts too long. The same goes for February when it rises to 60 and above. However, February starts the run towards the summer, whereas October is two months removed (or one) and it�s the holiday season. Whatever.
SPORTS:
Tampa Bay and Indianapolis? Best. Game. Ever. Except not. It was an awesome game, no doubt, with Tony Dungy�s revenge and whatnot, but I believe that the Miami-New York MNF game in 2000 was better. It was more realistic, and still more amazing, because New York wasn�t about to quit, nor was Miami about to let New York pass them up that easily. JMO, but the game in 2000 was better than this past Monday�s game, despite it being Dungy�s revenge.
If you wanna holla feel free to do so. The Yahoo email is snlspy25. It�s also disclosed up above where my name is.
The Review:
Of course several people are not going to get Justin a chance, but whatever. Ten-to-one this will be a reverse of Robert DeNiro�s episode, where everyone was hoping for the best and got nothing.
HARDBALL:
Yes! It�s great to see this again. Imagine if Darrell had left. There would be no more Hardball. This guy brings the snark all the time. Hopefully the joke on Hardball being shut down was an act (a la Jack Handy�s Lost Deep Thoughts in 1998). However, the ending was still funny
99/100
MONOLOGUE:
Well, this pretty much sucked.
50/100
DOUBLE DUTY:
This actually sounded pretty good live, but it�s losing some points thanks to the segment that preceded this.
87/100
PUNK�D
Man, this was great stuff! I wished that this had gone on longer, but it really didn�t. Of course, that can be a good thing
97/100
ARNOLD PRESS CONFERENCE
The only thing that saved this sketch from complete failure was the stuff that was placed at the bottom of the screen
48/100 � Original score plus 48 for the stuff that was placed at the bottom of the screen
NICK AND JESSICA
Sigh. I remember when I used to like Jessica Simpson. It�s not often that I remember my nightmares, considering how that jump out of bed immediately so as to forget your dreams and nightmares crap actually works.
0/100 � Original score minus 2 for the disappearance of any sympathy I had on this sketch
BENNY�S VS. OMLETTEVILLE
This was alright. I had to laugh because this was bad comedy played by Parnell, which of course worked.
77/100
DIRECTV
I�m glad that SNL spoofed these. As usual, they did it right. It�s commercials like these that make SNL watchable. Now, if they can only do it a few more times, but not too many times.
100/100
THE MINORS FROM BOSTON
This was good.
96/100
GENTLEMEN, GOODNIGHT; LADIES, GOOD MORNING
Great song; one of my favorites by Justin
100/100
SATURDAY NIGHT NEWS
Seriously, every once in a while I don�t mind a correspondent-less WU, but the rant is the worst thing that I�ve seen since they took over in 2000.
60/100
SHANNON OSBOURNE
No comment.
71/100
KERMIT
I now completely realize why Fred wasn�t bumped up and Will was. It�s because of stuff like this. Will deserved the promotion and Carson was right: He�s so damn funnier than Fred. Fred has that Gabe guy, but that�s pretty much it. Will doesn�t get used that much, and that�s how it�s difficult to notice how great he is.
100/100
CARL
In his first appearance on SNL since 1988, he was okay. I basically appreciated this a lot more than necessary because I think Carl�s awesome. Not awesome enough to get 100 out of 100, but it was just okay.
80/100
GIRLS LOVE JUSTIN
It�s usually skits like this where I completely talk about stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with the skit. However, I really am pressed for time (and I�m actually surprised on how this recap isn�t as short as I thought it would be). I may not have to add anything else!
40/100
MUSICAL GUEST IS THE HOST OF TONIGHT�S SHOW
Well, this was pretty decent. I might have to watch it again and give this a higher score. But until I do, this get a�
90/100
BARRY GIBB
Thank goodness that this won�t be recurring; at least let�s hope not.
10/100 � Original Score plus 10 because I�m guessing that this won�t ever happen again
Average: 70.88
It was an O.K. show. Definitely not as good as Jack Black�s show (sans the MG), but pretty good.
Okay, before I go, here are the results of the game:
Justin Timberlake: 12
FRA: 1
RAD: 3
JIF: 5
TIF: 1
WLF: 1
DAH: 2
SEM: 1
FIM: 1
CHP: 3
AMP: 3
JER: 4
MAR: 3
HOS: 4
KET: 2
Justin Timberlake: 12
SG: 1
WU: 2
Cold: 4
LFNY: DAH
Several people forgot to look at Justin Timberlake both on a host�s outlook, and Justin Timberlake as a musical guest. I did mention that you had to indicate Justin twice in some way that will earn you credit. You�ll earn credit for Host points, but not for the MG.
If there�s a mistake, LMK as soon as possible! Also, if you want to play, feel free to do so. All you have to do is email me your picks in the format above, or you can post in the thread on where the game�s mainly played (although I�d rather you email, esp. if you don�t know where the game�s mainly played).
A bigger review should be up within the week, along with the entire result of the SNL Players Prediction Game. The review surfaces in three places: My site in this short version, and then updated later; the final draft on VOY, and then this version on here.
Thanks for reading, and see you next week, where we�ll have host Hally Berry and musical guest Britney Spears. Bye.
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