I enjoyed seeing all the past cast members, and it was pretty well put together. Bass-O-matic was fun, so was Weekend Update with Jane Curtin, & Jeopardy.
The modern era was wasted with the lame Californians, which is pretty much just them talking weird. A one off sketch they insist on repeating. The 10 minutes kissing Eddie Murphy's butt to get him on the show was ridiculous too. After all that buildup from Rock, I expected at least some standup but nothing. Same with Chevy Chase (who doesn't look too good).
Wish theyd done more with Billy Crystal, and some more characters they ignored like Ed Grimley.
There were some missing cast members too, like Victoria Jackson, Christopher Guest, Rich Hall, Rob Schneider.... Even Garrett Morris only cameoed. With that many great comedians in the cast, and so much stuff to choose from, it seemed silly to bring in Melissa McCarthy and the rest to ape what the others do better. Why have her do Chris Farley when there are already much better clips of the real thing?
As far as music, Miley being normal was a nice surprise, Paul Simon was excellent , I won't comment on Kanye, and can they just make Paul McCartney part of the band officially? I think he's on the show like every other week now.
The modern era was wasted with the lame Californians, which is pretty much just them talking weird. A one off sketch they insist on repeating. The 10 minutes kissing Eddie Murphy's butt to get him on the show was ridiculous too. After all that buildup from Rock, I expected at least some standup but nothing. Same with Chevy Chase (who doesn't look too good).
Wish theyd done more with Billy Crystal, and some more characters they ignored like Ed Grimley.
There were some missing cast members too, like Victoria Jackson, Christopher Guest, Rich Hall, Rob Schneider.... Even Garrett Morris only cameoed. With that many great comedians in the cast, and so much stuff to choose from, it seemed silly to bring in Melissa McCarthy and the rest to ape what the others do better. Why have her do Chris Farley when there are already much better clips of the real thing?
As far as music, Miley being normal was a nice surprise, Paul Simon was excellent , I won't comment on Kanye, and can they just make Paul McCartney part of the band officially? I think he's on the show like every other week now.
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