tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post71296996286473835..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Saturday Night Live: Louis C.K. & Sam SmithAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-57334693289105690342014-04-07T17:13:21.696-05:002014-04-07T17:13:21.696-05:00@Matt: I miss that kid she played who was unusual...@Matt: <i> I miss that kid she played who was unusually, awkwardly chummy with her parents.</i><br /><br />Me too. Bedelia. I'm glad Blam knew that so I didn't have to look it up. <br /><br />@Blam: <i>There's a sitcom Pedrad's been cast in that wasn't picked up for this season but is getting retooled, produced by Lorne Michaels' company, and my assumption is that she's been too busy with that.</i><br /><br />That would be nice. If she's MIA because she's off working on something else, so be it. At least she's not just sitting back stage every week, twiddling her thumbs. Unless of course she is, which would be sad. <br /><br /><i>I'd rank this as easily one of the best shows of the season, meaning we actually disagree for a change.</i><br /><br />Eh, we don't disagree strongly. I didn't hate this episode, I just didn't love it. As I mention in my post on the Anna Kendrick episode, a lot of these middle of the road episodes seem to hinge on where I'm at while watching them. For whatever, the latest episode worked better for me than this one, but maybe I was just in a better mood watching that one. I certainly can't begrudge anyone liking this one more (or vice versa). <br /><br />Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-45126489631124546232014-04-07T16:38:42.470-05:002014-04-07T16:38:42.470-05:00I'd rank this as easily one of the best shows ...<br>I'd rank this as easily one of the best shows of the season, meaning we actually disagree for a change.<br /><br />Not only did <i>Weekend Update</i> finish abruptly; what was there was subpar. (I was reminded of the old joke "The food was terrible — and the portions were so small!") Aside from that and the cold open, however, I thought it was an unusually strong episode. Although "Black <i>Jeopardy</i>" was probably my favorite of the night, most of the rest was admirably weird, from "Dyke and Fats" to "Mr. Big Stuff" to the odd sketch with Louis CK and Vanessa Bayer playing detectives maybe about to have sex while delivering their lines so woodenly I had to check my ears for splinters. (I don't know what was up with that one or with the one with CK and Bayer talking outside her apartment, but "shhhhh...ut up" was oddly hilarious despite the fact that the rest didn't really work.)<br /><br />You're right about the man-as-baby sketch being inconsistent, which does bug me. For some reason, though, I liked it better this time around than when it debuted. Maybe I was just in a really charitable mood that night.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-53005404910225056262014-04-01T22:27:02.564-05:002014-04-01T22:27:02.564-05:00@Matt: I miss that kid she played who was unusuall...<br>@Matt: <i>I miss that kid she played who was unusually, awkwardly chummy with her parents.</i><br /><br />Same here. Bedelia. I had to look it up earlier this season after making basically the same comment. There's a sitcom Pedrad's been cast in that wasn't picked up for this season but is getting retooled, produced by Lorne Michaels' company, and my assumption is that she's been too busy with that unless she has absolutely terrible luck in terms of sketches getting axed. I really enjoy her, though, so it's a shame she's been so absent on <i>SNL</i>.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-30004704758100633802014-03-31T12:14:09.484-05:002014-03-31T12:14:09.484-05:00There was some funny stuff in this episode, but th...There was some funny stuff in this episode, but the thing that cracked me up the most was Louis C.K. with a full head of hair a couple times. For some reason putting a hairpiece on him strikes me as really hilarious.<br /><br />Also, poor Nasim! I think she's great and very pretty, too, and she almost never shows up anymore. I miss that kid she played who was unusually, awkwardly chummy with her parents.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.com