Season Finale time! Thanks to Jason Sudeikis,
Andy Samberg and
most importantly Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader, this
season was a notable
improvement over the episodes that have dampend SNL
since the kick ass
2001-2002 season. Each finale also raises the
potential cast departures
issue. As always, Darrell Hammond, Horatio Sanz,
Chris Parnell, Rachel
Dratch, Maya Rudolph and Tina Fey are all on my list.
Maybe May 2006 will
be when I finally get my wish...and while we're at it,
maybe its time to
consider letting Finesse go too.
Hyping up his role as Lex Luthor in Superman Returns,
Kevin Spacey is set
to make his return to SNL. The January 1997 epsiode
he hosted was
brilliant. Not only did it feature those hilarious
"Star Wars 20th
Annivesary" outtakes with Spacey as Jack Lemmon and
Walter Mathau, but it
was also the first time Norm MacDonald did his
fabulous David
Letterman/Late Show spoof. It was there Spacey let
loose a dead-on William
Hurt impression that I would not mind seeing again. "I
experienced a
CA-THARSIS!"
Also pushing a summer release is musical guest Nelly
Furtado. Like Spacey,
Furtado has some SNL experience under her belt due to
a musical guest spot
back in 2001. She was only given time for one musical
performance in that
episode, so maybe she'll get the full two-spot
opportunity this time. I
say minor buzz.
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Kevin Spacey returns for a second time this
week as SNL host and
is, in my humble opnion, completely capable of putting
on an amazing show,
especially if his 1997 debut is any indication. Not
many actors can pull
off the truly best quality of being utterly creepy in
movies yet
surprisingly hilarious on SNL(ala Christopher Walken),
but luckily for us,
Spacey is one those that can. Despite being a great
host, however, one
also needs to have the power of superb sketch writing
to acheieve a
genuinely outstanding show. My newfound confidence in
the writing crew has
been wavering since the Hanks and Dreyfus episodes,
both of whom were
terrific hosts but whose episodes suffered because of
mediocre skits.
Hopefully the writers will pull it together this week,
especially
considering it is the season finale, and give Spacey a
classic show to be
remembered.
I have to say that Nelly Furtado seemed like a
surprising choice for the
season finale's musical guest. Other than the fact
that she has a new
album coming out, I haven't heard a thing about her in
the last few years.
I'm sure she'll do a decent job, as she seems to be a
respectable musician.
I guess I just pictured a more explosive act to take
up the final musical
slot for the season.
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