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Saturday Night Live Season 32 Episode 12

Drew Barrymore/Lily Allen

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AIRED: 2/3/07

Live from New York, it's... Seth Meyers!

Sketches include "American Idol," "The Dakota Fanning Show," "Dioxin Poisoning," "Body Fusion" (film), "Target Greatland," "Nervous Job Interviewee," "Versace Super Bowl Party," "Country Club Valet," "Firestarter Smoked Sausages," "The Formosa," and "Nelson's Baby Toupees."

Lily Allen performed "Smile" and "LDN."moreless

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nervous interviewee

7.5

By stevendouglas1, Feb 03, 2013

Hilarious !
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That's what Drew said?

7.5

By whoaitsconner, Feb 23, 2009

Drew Barrymore is our host tonight, with musical guest Lily Allen. Drew is joining the five timers club, and you almost want to say "finally". Hosting for her first time in 1982 makes her the widest host span in the shortest amount of hosting gigs. It's Lily's first time as musical guest, and I like her lead song that I've heard maybe twice, "Smile". I have no other info on her album.

American Idol: Talk about a slow beginning! I really didn't get a laugh out of this sketch, other than noticing Amy and Kenan starting to laugh when Amy's Paula hair got all messed up after she was talking to the twin dogs.

Monologue: This was a really funny monologue. My favorite part was at the end when Kenan was leading Will out. But, the writers made a good point on the love comedy formula.

The Dakota Fanning Show: This was a random bit, and I really laughed at Drew's Abigail Breslin. Bill also did a great Daniel Radcliffe. My favorite line was when Dakota tried to top Abigail saying "I get raped in my next movie."

Poison Therapy: This was yet another weak sketch. I mean, it's only two sketches thus far, but I was wondering "how did this get put on top of everything else in dress?

Body Fusion: This was a really funny digital short. It's always nice every once and a while to have a digital short not star Andy. The cheap music and terrible tracking was a great add-on too.

Target Greatland: I guess this was funny. Drew pulled this sketch off, but really, the purpose of the Target sketches are for the guest hosts to make the sketch.

Nervous Interviewee: Drew was great in this. She really carried this sketch, which was actaully a well-written sketch. It's about time SNL did a "That's what she said" joke.

Musical Performance: Lily performs "Smile" and proves that her voice isn't remixed, or digitalized. She actually has a great voice. Nice song, as I stated above, too.

Weekend Update: This week was a really fun update. This is one of the first Kenan commentaries that I actually laughed at in a while.

Versace Super Bowl Party: It's good to see Maya's Donatella back, but I really hope she doesn't overkill it for the rest of this season. Seth and Drew were great as the Beckhams. I also loved the resurection of Armisen's Prince, but the random Elton John impression by Horatio was just not needed.

Jo Jo The Valet: A pretty average sketch. I chuckled here and there, but the only real laugh was from Armisen's appearance as the boyfriend.

Firestarter Sausages: This was a really random funny commercial. I laughed a lot at this. Especially Jason's singing.

Musical Performance: Lily performs "LDN" which is a nice song, but not much.

Peter O'Toole and Drew: An average 5 to one sketch. I really only enjoyed the bringing back of Bill's O'Toole.

Nelson's Baby Toupees: A random repeat. I really didn't laugh at this much when it aired last January.

Avery good return for SNL. Especially after January's two-episode crap fest. I'm being harsh. The Piven broadcast wasn't really hard to watch. Drew's hosting abilities once again brought this to be a really fun show, while Lily Allen's music also helped the show.moreless
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There was nothing that was great, but a lot that was mediocre to bad. What's most disappointing is that Drew can really be funny with the right material, but it just wasn't there.moreless

6.0

By FarleyRules, Nov 09, 2008

American Idol - The whole animal thing got old very quickly. Parnell made a much better Simon than Sudeikis. Grade: C-

Monologue - Enjoyable bait-and-switch bit. We thought we were going to get another look at the Five-Timer's Club, but instead saw how to create, destroy and amend a relationship in less than 2 minutes. I liked Forte's scheduling of a 5-minute "appointment" with Drew. Even better was the Say Anything reference by Samberg in an attempt to win back Drew. Not too shabby. Grade: B+

Dakota Fanning Show - Not much to say here. There weren't too many laughs. I appreciate trying to do something different, but a 12-year old girl is an odd target. The world is absolutely FULL of adult buffoons. Grade: C-

Marriage Counseling - I thought this was a well-written sketch that had a nice build to it. I would have liked more of a twist at the ending, but oh well. All of the actors did a great job. Forte, in particular really shined. My favorite of the night. Grade: A-

Body Fuzion Digital Short - Took me back to the days when exercise videos passed as p0rn for sex-starved teens. Pretty funny parody of the 80s workout shows. Not laugh-out-loud funny, but smirk worthy. Grade: B+

Target Lady - A very easy sketch to write. Consequently, a boring sketch to watch. This has never been particularly funny and is certainly not getting better. Poor Kristen. Grade: D

Interview - This sketch depended entirely on the frenetic performance of Drew in order to succeed. Drew did the best she could with weak writing, but there wasn't much to work with. Grade: C+

Weekend Update - Lame jokes combined with a nanny commentary that was supposed to be funny. Didn't quite work out that way though. "What, no Hammond? Oh dear, whatever shall we do? Let's get Kenan to put on a wig AGAIN and play a nanny this time. That will go over BIG." Um, yeah, sure. Grade: C-

Donatella's Superbowl Party - I can barely even describe to you how much this recurring sketch pains me to watch it. I honestly thought this was gone for good, but alas, we were "treated" to one more go with the same dull sex jokes and annoying impersonations. Who in their right mind thinks this funny? Anybody? And to make matters worse, this "sketch" served as a weak substitute for the much-anticipated Superfans reunion. I am truly embarrassed for all of the casual SNL fans who tuned in to see if it would happen and got this instead. Nice way to bring the old-timers back into the fold. Grade: F

Jo-Jo the Valet - A dead-end sketch with no real premise other than a wimp who wants to jump the hottie at the country club. Chris Kattan might have been able to rescue this turkey with a stellar performance as Jo-Jo, but it will have to go down as DOA. Grade: D

Firestarter Smoked Sausages - Mildly amusing. It was kind of fun to see Drew as the Firestarter girl again, but it was not particularly funny. Grade: C

O'Toole & Barrymore at the Bar - Good to see Hader getting some airtime. And he does do a great O'Toole impersonation. The problem was with the material. It was pretty slim. By the end I was hoping for a cameo from Bill Brasky or one of his colleagues. Still, good to see Hader though. Grade: C+

Baby Toupees - Rerun. Therefore, not worthy of comment.moreless
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Like Drew's choice of men – very hit or miss...

7.5

By antnee1515, Feb 28, 2007

this episode was both very funny and very lame. it's hard to really tell which side won. When the laughs were big (and they were) it was a classic SNL effort. But on the other hand, some of the sketches went nowhere. Don't get me wrong, Drew is a great host and her comic timing is very good. But something was out of wack on this one – Not to mention Lilly Allen's dress!moreless
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Semi-good.

10

By UnfortunateDog, Feb 11, 2007

My first actual review for SNL. Not the first episode I saw though.

So, we get some spin-off thing bad joke, American Idol copy; animals tring to perform with talent. Blah.

The rest of the skiots were - eh, normal. Nothing special...EXCEPT for "The Dakota Fanning Show".

That was possibly the funniest thing. Excluding some others I don't need to metion. So, just a basic SNL.

Lily Allen's performance was good. She performed one of my favorite songs that she sings: "Smile". I never heard "LDN" or whatever it was, but it has a catchy tone hidden in there and it, possibly, another one of my favorite songs.moreless
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Amy Poehler	Herself
Andy Samberg	Himself
Bill Hader	Himself
Darrell Hammond	Himself
Don Pardo	Announcer
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Lily Allen	Herself	Guest Star
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- In the "Dakota Fanning Show" sketch, Dakota (Poehler) claims she's not familiar with the TV show "Family Guy." Dakota should be familiar with the show because she's done voice work for them in the past. She was credited in the episode "To Live and Die in Dixie."
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- For a brief instance in the "Versace Super Bowl Party" sketch, the score "Chicago 7, Indianapolis 7, Halftime" is flashed on Donatella's TV screen.
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- During the "Job Interview" sketch, a boom mike can be briefly seen at the top of the screen.
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QUOTES (2)
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- Amy Poehler: Senator Barack Obama proposed for the first time setting a deadline for withdrawing troops from Iraq as part of a broader plan aimed at bolstering his foreign policy credentials. Because if you don't know your foreign policy, you might only get elected President twice.
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- (Peter O' Toole and Drew Barrymore are talking about being drunk in Hollywood)
  Peter O'Toole: Technically, I've been dead for at least ten years.
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- Sketches cut after dress rehearsal include: a parody of VH1 programming where C-list celebrities offer commentary on Super Bowl XLI; "Gulliver's Travels," a sketch in which Lilliputian women wonder how "large" Gulliver really is; and a sketch where two men (Jason Sudiekis, Andy Samberg) have a confrontation while waiting in line at the movies.
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- The "Firestarter Smoked Sausages" sketch first appeared in the dress rehearsal of the Barrymore/Kelis broadcast in Year 29 with Horatio Sanz in the role of Lonnie. Jason Sudeikis, who took over the role of Lonnie, also wrote the sketch.
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- Seth Meyers appears in two sketches outside of Weekend Update, the first time he has performed in other sketches since getting the job.
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- Darrel Hammond did not appear in this episode, though his voice was heard at the end of the "Firestarter" sketch.
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- With this broadcast, Drew Barrymore joins Candice Bergen as the only female members of the Five-Timers Club.
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- During the American Idol skit, a turtle walks towards the door and Simon (Jason Sudeikis) says "other door" several times. This in reference to Idol contestants walking into the locked door after being rejected from the show.
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- Drew Barrymore "reprised" her role as Charlie McGee from the 1984 film Firestarter in the sketch "Firestarter Smoked Sausages."
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