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Saturday Night Live Season 32 Episode 13

Forest Whitaker/Keith Urban

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AIRED: 2/10/07

Live from New York, it's... Darrell Hammond!

Sketches include "Valentine's Day with the Cheneys," "Bronx Beat," "Andy Everywhere" (film), "Assagio's," "Urigro," "Man Versus Beast: The Road to the Final Four," "Love, Whitney," "Am I a Crazy Street Person?," and "A Message from the Staten Island Zoo."

Keith Urban performed "Stupid Boy" and "Once in a Lifetime."moreless

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6.5

By whoaitsconner, Feb 23, 2009

Forest Whitaker was our host this evening with musical guest Keith Urban. Not a big Urban fan, but I'll try to stay with an open mind.

Valentine with the Cheneys: A pretty funny political opening, compared to other ones we've gotten this season. My favorite card was the card from the men in Iraq.

Whitaker's Monologue: The performance was really good, since I like those two songs. Did Maya look pregnant again or is it just me?

Bronx Beat: Bette and Jodi are back already! The sketch was pretty funny, but Kristen and Forest made this sketch with the awkward couple who doesn't know they're a couple until the end.

SNL digital short: Andy Popping into frame: Another awesome Lonely Island short, that's not necessarily funny, but entertaining.

Assagios: This was hilarious. Forest is actually proving him on being a great character actor for SNL.

Urigro: Repeat. If we're going to do a commercial repeat, Sale-Mart or EZDate would be more appropiate.

The Road to the Semi Finals: It was a weaker sketch of the night. I laughed a little at the amount of blood being lost.

Musical Performance: Keith Urban performs "Stupid Boy". I guess it's a good song, but I didn't enjoy it all too much.

Weekend Update: Very very slow Update this week. The blackness scale was a hoot, while the astronaut commentary by Jason was just boring. Jokes were either hit or miss. 50/50 on the hit/miss.

Love Whitney: Eh. I'm really sick of Maya's Whitney Houston. It feels like Maya has overdone the impression this season already. It was alright, I guess, but, nothing special.

Am I a crazy Street Person?: Very funny gameshow parody. Forest was really good in this, and so were Will, Fred, and Kenan.

Musical Performance: Keith performs "Once in a Lifetime" which is a sort-of boring song, for me atleast.

A Message from the Staten Island Zoo: While the rap wasn't really that funny, Kristen was really funny at the end with her reaction. Hey, it's a 5 to 1 sketch.

Tonight's episode was a tad above average, and Forest proved himself as a really good host. I wasn't sure on how he would do, but he did great. Keith Urban was one of my lesser favorite musical guests this season.moreless
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It was a pretty good show tonight. The only real clinkers were the monologue and the Whitney show. I absolutely love the fact that the only recurring sketch we saw tonight was Bronx Beat.moreless

7.5

By FarleyRules, Nov 09, 2008

Cheney Valentines - One of the best political openings of the year. Placed in a different setting with lots of good jokes. It also wasn't overly long. Grade B+

Monologue - Another lame monologue with lots of singing. Not funny in the least bit and not particularly entertaining. Forest's vanity segment. Grade D

Bronx Beat - Much better than it was the first time around, but it still didn't make much of an impression on me. I actually thought the guests were funnier than the hosts. It also went on a bit too long. Grade C

Andy Popping into Frame digital short - Not one of the better shorts as there wasn't much to it. It definitely would have benefitted from some more clever entrances.

Singing Waiter - A one-joke premise that would have failed had it not been for Forest's hilarious over-the-top performance. He turned a potential DOA sketch into a winner. Nice job Forest. Grade A-

Man vs Beast - This one wasn't going anywhere until a mauled and heavily bleeding Sudeikis appeared speaking in a calm voice despite his injuries. I don't think we've seen this much blood on SNL since Clooney's monologue and Danny's impression of Julia Childs. Grade B+

Weekend Update - There were some good jokes, especially the Pelosi joke and Mickey Mouse. The funniest line of the night was delivered by Sudeikis when as the love-triangle male astronaut, he said "The best tang in the galaxy need not be mixed with water" to Amy. That was a good bit. It didn't quite compensate for the weakness of yet another Jesse and Al commentary. I think Darrell may have earned a new nickname tonight: Darrell "ham it up" Hammond after he proceeded to mug for the camera for about 30 seconds for no apparent reason. Grade B

Whitney's Valentine's Day Special - As if the WU appearances weren't bad enough, now Maya has turned her Whitney impersonation into a full sketch. I didn't think it was possible, but Maya actually has a sketch that is more irritating than Donatella. That must have taken a lot of effort on her part. And surprise, surprise, Kenan came out in a wig yet again. What a great idea. "Bobby Beeeeee!" Yech! Grade F

Am I A Crazy Street Person - Very reminiscent of Geek, Dweeb or Spaz without as many options for the contestants. The characters were very funny though. Forte, in particular, makes a highly believable nutjob. The sketch could have had a better resolution, but still it was very good. Grade B+

Staten Island Zoo - This short about Sloths looks very much like the work of the Lonely Island crew. One of the funniest bits of the night. Too bad it was saved for the end. Grade A-moreless
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Kinda got lost in the Forrest

6.5

By antnee1515, Feb 28, 2007

You would think that with a great (and academy award winning) actor like Forrest Whittaker, the show would have been a classic. I mean this guy received a scholorship to sing opera when he was a youngster. And yes, they showcased his talent in the opening and in the restaurant sketch, but he's Forrest F'ing Whittaker man! maybe he was nervous. maybe he isn't made for imrov-like sketch comedy. Maybe it was an off week...moreless
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A 7 on the Blackness Meter...

7.0

By Darth-Revan45, Feb 18, 2007

What do you know, this episode did not suck for once. The sketches were funny, the Music was good and Forest was a good host. I laughed and mabye SNL is back on track.

COLD OPENING: Dick and Lynne Cheney read V-Day cards, but it tries to pin down EVERYTHING bad that Dubya is doing. The cards were alright but please god stop running these things so hard.

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MONOLOGUE: Oh dear god Maya is singing again! Well at least Forest has a nice voice, and since I saw this as just a Musical Preformance, I will grade it as that.

7

“Bronx Beat”: These ******* are back again! Betty and Jodi try to hook up two people because they look cute together, if I ever go to the Bronx please shoot me because I will not be able to stand people like this, but I do know someone from the Bronx and they captured the "P****-ness" of Bronxites quite well.

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DIGITAL SHORT,“Andy Everywhere”: We just see Ardy popping into frame with his goofy grin, and Forte was desperate to get some Scene time so he horned in, I enjoyed this gofy little thing just for how weired it was.

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“Assagio’s”: God this was painfull, sure Forest sang quite well but this went on for too damn long. But a few points for Forest having a nice voice [I feel kinder today]

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“Urigro”: Not this again... I wont even bother grading this.

“Man Versus Beast”: Greg Gumbel and some PETA maniac are hosting a Man versus Animal comabt show, crappy at first but the end just garnered a few extra points, it was nice to see good makeup on SNL.

7

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE,”Stupid Boy”: I liked this song, and Keith is less Country than I thought he was.

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WEEKEND UPDATE: I am so sick of Amy's one-liners, at least Seth is funny. The Blackness Meter was funny and Kenan did not drag something down for once. And Bill Oefelein's attitude was annoying, but seeing Amy getting turned on was entertaining.

7 “Love Whitney”: Dear god Whitney Houston again! We get the ******* point Bobby B now shut up for once!

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“Am I a Crazy Street Person?”: A Game show where you need to guess if someone is off their gourd. and Forest's character was a child like dimwit while Kristen was the normal one. Mildly entertaining but the acting was good.

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MUSICAL PERFORMANCE “Once in a Lifetime”: A good song as well, I enjoyed it.

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“A Message from the Staten Island Zoo”: A Zookeeper introduces a little Low-Budget metal Sloth video, and is perplexed by it. My god I laughed at how stupid this was, not bad for a "10 to 1".

Overall SNL may be back on track, this was a good episode, and I hope next week's Dwight-fest is entertaining.moreless
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Terrible, just terrible

2.7

By furiousfunk, Feb 13, 2007

Forrest Whittaker makes a big mistake going on SNL when their entire writing staff is on crack.

The opening skit was alright with a few laughs. The monologue was typical, not funny and boring. The Bronx beat bit was just pitiful. Both Amy and Maya do a fantastic job impersonating Bronx accents and mannerisms but the skti was poorly written and not much to laugh at other than the funny accents of Bronx Women. The sad part is that this was the best sketch of the night. EVERYTHING else was just pure tripe, it was not worth watching. Andy Samberg's short video was cute if it was a web bit on youtube but was not good enough for SNL. Weekend Update was OK, Amy did great as alwaysl, Seth had some good lines but he is still ruining it because of his smarmy delivery, he needs to be replaced now. Overall I cannot believe how bad this show was with Forrest Whittaker, he's a great actor but he cannot be funny when the skits and lines are just that terrible.moreless
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- During the "Man versus beast" sketch, after the big black "CENSORED" box appears, you can in fact see the man in the azure jumpsuit who is supposedly being maimed by the cougar off-screen. He pops up for a sec in the upper right corner, very much alive, well and standing on his feet.
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- In the "Assagio's" sketch, you can see Fred Armisen quickly switch from his normal glasses, into cracked glasses.
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- Seth Meyers: The FDA on Wednesday approved over-the-counter sales of the weight loss drug Orlistat. Next up for the FDA? Recalling Orlistat.
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- Seth Meyers: Richard Knoebel, a police chief in Wisconsin, wrote himself a $235 dollar traffic ticket, and docked himself four points on his driving record for driving past a stopped school bus with its emergency lights flashing. Knoebel then argued the ticket and beat himself half to death.
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- Seth Meyers: An Illinois man, who is a Chicago Bears fan, will legally change his name to Peyton Manning after losing a Super Bowl bet. Though as far as his family is concerned, he'll always remain "Rex Grossman."
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- The "Am I A Crazy Street Person?" sketch was first cut from the Jake Gyllenhaal broadcast.
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- The cold opening in dress rehearsal was a sketch about Lisa Nowak, the astronaut who drove from Houston to Florida. The cold opening was changed for the live show and this sketch changed into a commentary by a Top Gun-like astronaut (played by Jason Sudiekis who also appeared in the dress rehearsal as this same character) on Weekend Update for the live show.
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- A sketch was scheduled to air in the 10-to-1 slot where Fred Armisen shows Forest Whitaker how to pick up women in a food court, but it was cut for time reasons.
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- Andy Samberg did not appear in the live broadcast.
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- The short film about sloths that appeared in the "Staten Island Zoo" sketch was a homage of sorts to the internet humor site RatherGood.com.
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