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Saturday Night Live Season 32 Episode 10

Jake Gyllenhaal/The Shins

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AIRED: 1/13/07

Live from New York, it's... Jason Sudeikis!

Sketches include "21,500 More Troops," "Deep House Dish," "Bronx Beat," "Trump's Press Junket," "Juliano's," "Laser Cats 2" (film), "Stock Footage Awards," "Law & Order Auditions," "Handicapped Matchup," and "Kaplan, Lebowitz, & Dolemite."

The Shins performed "Phantom Limb" and "New Slang."moreless

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Cowboys all over the world rejoice...

4.0

By whoaitsconner, Mar 02, 2009

It's January! That mean's its the worst part of Winter! Ew. Anyways, it's been a month since our last episode which was actually a memorable one. Jake Gyllenhaal is our host with musical guest The Shins. I'm pretty excited to be back at doing this.

Message From GWB: Wow. Just wow. Ever since Suds took over the George Bush role, these sketches have been so poorly written. I actually like the new Sud's impression a lot botter than Forte's too.

Monologue: A mildly entertaining monologue, but only because of Suds and Forte as the gay cow-boys. Jake can sing, though.

Deep House Dish: This sketch again. This gets even more poorly written every time it airs. Can we stop with this sketch? I kind of laughed at Andy's new character when this aired for the first time this season, but that could only last for 1 minute of the whole sketch. On the other hand, Kristen was really smoking hot in this.

Bronx Beat: I guess this was somewhat decent, but not because of Gyllenhaal. I really hope if this does become recurring, they start to pick up a point to the sketch.

Donald Trump: This was actually pretty decent. But, it dragged on. "Jabba The Rosie" was the best sketch.

Cool Restaurant: Wow. Talk about a poor excuse for a sketch. This was not funny at all, and if any funniness built into it, it was ruined when this turned into a huge drug joke.

Laser Cats II: Eh. It was really only funny the first time with Lindsay Lohan. You can really do it only once, or else the "it's so bad, it's good" thing starts to fall off tracks.

Stock Footage Awards: I had chuckles here or there, but I couldn't help but start feeling pain by how much this episode is going into the pits.

Musical Performance: The Shins perform "Phantom Limb" which is a great song.

Weekend Update: Most of the jokes were pretty funny, which kind of helped bring this episode out of being a total slump. But, Whitney Houston was not funny, and Armisen's Steve Jobs was funny last year during the iPod Nano segment, but this segment was just old. There was a LOT of energy from Amy tonight.

Law & Order: This just turned out to be a really really silly sketch. I guess if this were plugged into a good episode, I'd laugh at it, and think nothing of it, but this was just contributing to the evening.

Wheelchair Date: A one-premise sketch. Besides, the cast was on auto-pilot by now.

Musical Performance: The Shins perform "New Slang" which is the song from Garden State. It's yet another amazing song.

Attourney At Law: Was this a sketch? It was about 25 seconds long, and I really didn't find any attempt at a joke.

I don't remember the last time I found a show this bad. I really didn't start watching religiously until this season, but, the episodes I had watched weren't as bad as this one.

Jake wasn't really as good as a host as I was expecting. In fact, he was pretty bad. I'm not sure if he's the worst thus far, but yuck. The Shins were a really good musical guest. I really hope to see them on the SNL stage again sometime.moreless
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An average show with a great dancing caveman.

7.0

By FarleyRules, Nov 09, 2008

Bush cold open - This failed to grab me. I still think they need to try something different with Bush. Grade: D

Monologue - OK, but did not make me laugh. Song and dance numbers on SNL (with a few notable exceptions) are usually pretty bland. This is not one of the exceptions. Grade: C

Deep House Dish - Why oh why does this sketch continue to live? Is it there to provide a showpiece for the costume designer? I have never enjoyed this sketch and it continues to disappoint. I'm surprised something this weak gets placed at the top of the show. Does anybody actually think this is funny? Grade: F

Bronx Beat - Amy and Maya get to do the Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks style talk show. The main difference? Attitudes was friggin' hilarious! Some so-so Bronx accents are not enough to compensate for weak writing. Even Jay Mohr's "Good Morning, Brooklyn" was better than this. Definitely a weak start to the show. Grade: D

Donald Trump - OK, things are finally starting to pick up. As predicted by several members on this board, SNL did cover the Rosie vs. Donald feud. We have seen Hammond do this role a zillion times, but it was pretty funny last night. Still not as funny as the real life feud though. You have to see it to believe it. Grade: B

Cool Restaurant - This was kind of interesting because it was so different and unexpected. Not a lot of laugh out loud moments, but still kind of funny to see the dancing meatballs. Most certainly inspired by the California Raisins. Except who thinks of the Raisins anymore? That was 20 years ago! Grade: B+

Laser Cats 2 - When I saw Hader and Samberg in Lorne's office I knew we were going to see the sequel to the hilarious Laser Cats. This installment did not live up to the first, but it was still fairly entertaining. The extremely low-budget home-movie feel definitely helps it and things like using a copier as a hand scanner. I liked it, but not nearly as much as the original. Grade: B

Stock Footage Awards - The first true laughs of the night, from me anyway. Those types of images do get used over and over on news broadcasts. So this sketch poked fun at the re-used images and the absurd number and types of award shows out there. I thought it was well-written and performed by all. My second favorite sketch of the night. Grade: B+

Weekend Update - Good jokes this time (Air Force underwear) and a great Steve Jobs bit made this one pretty funny last night. It could have been better without the Whitney bit. We have seen this SO many times before and there is really nothing new being done with it. Flush it. Grade: B+ (Could have been an "A" without Whitney dragging it down).

Law & Order Acting Workshop - I don't watch Law & Order so I don't know how bit players act on the show. I suppose it would be funny to L&O fans. I thought it was OK, but lacked any punch. There was nothing to really make me laugh or even smirk. Grade: C

Wheelchair Blind Date - My favorite sketch of the night. The writers dealt with a topic that is often considered taboo: disabilities. And it was handled in a way that was funny, yet true. Grade: A-

Kaplan, Leibowitz & Dolemite - Not much to say here. A 1-minute parody of those horrible attorney commercials that air on local stations. Not bad, but not great. Grade: B-moreless
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Jake Gyllenhaal was a superb host. But how does 'Deep House Dish' keep making it past dress?

6.5

By SilkySalamander, Mar 15, 2007

Cold Open - I can't quite figure out what happened to Jason Sudeikis. I find his Dubya impression, to put it bluntly, awful. Well, maybe not awful as compared to anything I could attempt --- but he just doesn't seem to have the voice or the expressions down. He rushes through the punch lines, blatantly reads from the cue cards, refuses to change his facial expression (what happened to the famous Dubya smirk and eyebrow spasms?) But the killer is that the sketch just never seemed to end. The joke was delivered early but the sketch seemed to grind on long after it was time to move into the montage.

Monologue - Wow, this monologue had me fooled. It somehow flirted with every monologue cliche in the SNL playbook, but delivered in troves. First I thought that it was going to be filled with lame (and unbelievably lazy) Brokeback Mountain jokes. Then it looked like it would be another "chat with the audience" snoozer. Then, as Jake broke out the cross-dressing, it looked like a repeat of the Antonio Banderas monologue from last season (wherein fine-looking men cross dressing apparently require no further efforts at humor). And then, finally, it looked like a lame song with the ball carried by the cast while the host just reads the cue cards. But Jake was great -- an awesome falsetto, an admirable willingness to look plain silly and, well... he seemed like he was having a blast up there.

Deep House Dish - This sketch is awful and I don't know why it keeps being recycled. There's a difference between recurring sketches and recycled sketches, and this damn sketch never seems to change. Even Kenan's lines never vary -- the 27th time that he says "Ooo-wee T-Shane" is not as funny as the first. Although it wasn't funny the first time he said it either... How this consistently gets through dress is a mystery for the ages.

Bronx Beat - Funny characters made this sketch work. No real plot to speak of, no 'big ideas', not even a lot of punchlines. But Amy and Maya must have had a ball rehearsing these characters, and that fun came through in the performance. I foresee a recurring sketch here. Let's just hope that there's somewhere else to take the joke.

Donald Trump Press Conference - We've seen it. We've seen Darrell Hammond's Donald impression, we've seen this media non-issue replayed on the morning news, and I think the real thing is way funnier than this lame sketch. It's tough to satire something that's already absurd, but the writers should have had the good sense not to try.

Cool Restaurant -- Weird. But still funny.

'Laser Cats' 2 - Another recycled sketch. But in this case, I think the premise is hilarious enough to merit another edition. But I'm not asking for Laser Cats 3 -- quit while you're ahead, fellas.

Stock Footage Awards -- An 'idea' sketch -- and a cute idea, I thought. Who films that stuff, anyway? Kristen Wiig's Jane Pauley impersonation was impressive -- Darrell Hammond needs to retire.

Weekend Update --Seth Meyers is growing on me, but WU still just isn't clicking. I think that Amy Poehler's hammy approach is all wrong -- she hits each punchline like a whack-a-mole game (good jokes don't need detailed instructions on when to laugh). Seth's more deadpan style is OK, but he's just not a terribly funny performer. I can't see him doing stand-up, and I really believe that WU requires a solid stand-up performer. I hope they go back to the single-anchor format next season -- then we'd see if Seth can really pull WU back from the brink.

Wheelchairs -- I liked this sketch. The premise wasn't so much amusing as discomforting (who hasn't tried setting up your two friends with harelips?), but Jake and Maya's over-the-topness was hilarious. I'll start reacting that way from now on. "What? No!"

And... I don't really remember the last sketch. But the title was funny.

Musical Guest -- The Shins are great; not flashy or bombastic; just superb musicians and performers. I think the musical guests on SNL have been much better this season than last. Better Shins and Corinne Bailey Rae than Ashley Simpson and Korn.moreless
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Not very good.

3.0

By ssj5goku2005, Feb 11, 2007

Not very good. SNL has let us down with this episode, anyone agree? It had it's moments, such as "Cool Food" and "Laser Cats 2" which earned it a 3 instead of a 1. Jake Gyllenhaal was a great host. It wasn't his fault. In closing, I guess I'll say that SNL has had a great 32 years. It hasn't let us down. Ever. Yes, I said it has let us down earlier in this review, but I meant as a let down for the season. Not for the series. Anyways, SNL has had a great 32 years without giving us an all-bad season. This episode's funny skits earned it 2 extra points. I would watch this if I absolutely had to, but I'd rather pick the Ludacris episode, or the Jeremy Piven episode, or others. This probably isn't the worst episode, but it wasn't one of the best.moreless
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A very memorable performance by Jake Gyllenhaal.

8.6

By stitchfan85, Jan 18, 2007

This is one of the slightly better episodes of SNL in recent years. I thought that some of the skits were longer than they needed to be, like the Brooklyn ladies talk show, which was just stupid. It just made fun of how people from brooklyn talk. i think the most hilarious skits were Jake's monologue (parody of "Dreamgirls"; Jake in drag actually has a pretty good falsetto singing voice!), the Laser cats digital short, the wheelchair setup, and the mtv skit. My most favorite of this episode is the Law and Order class skit. i am a l&o fanatic, and it is hilarious to see them joke about how important those people on l&o with the 3 lines are. for some reason, i just felt like there weren't as many skits in this episode, which was disappointing. also, the last skit of the show, the "lawyer ad", wasn't funny at all. i wish they had added in another one of the "out of breath jogger from 1992".moreless
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- Rob: What exactly did you think the two of us would have in common?
  Jamie: Yeah, what specifically was it?
  Jeff: Oh, so many things...
  Anna: So many things.
  Jeff: For one, you got great personalities.
  Anna: Such great personalities...
  Jeff: Your noble spirits...
  Anna: So noble...
  Jamie: And?
  Jeff: And that's about it. Great personalities... noble spirits...
  Anna: Oh my god, are you two noble.
  Rob: You think, maybe, it might have something to do with the fact that we're both in wheelchairs?
  Anna: Whaaat?!?
  Jeff: No!
  Anna: Whaaat?!?
  Jeff: No!
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- Amy Poehler: David Beckham, the British soccer star, has signed a $250 million dollar deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team...which apparently exists.
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- Amy Poehler: New research shows that women think men with square jaws are good short-term partners, while men with softer, rounder faces are perceived as better long-term mates. In other words, you date Bert but you marry Ernie.
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- Amy Poehler: During his primetime address to the nation Wednesday, President Bush announced that he is sending 21,500 more troops to Iraq. Unfortunately, they're improv troupes. (Image of Amy and two guys goofing around)
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- Amy Poehler: The White House this week launched an aggressive effort to sell the American public on President Bush's new Iraq strategy, including Wednesday night's primetime address, a visit with troops at Fort Benning, Georgia on Thursday; and tomorrow night, (image of "Desperate Housewives" cast) guess who's moving in to Wisteria Lane!
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- During the telecast Jake Gyllenhaal wore a T-shirt with the name "Ramona" on it. Ramona is the name of his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal's daughter who was about three months old when this episode first aired.
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- Sketches cut after dress rehearsal include: a game show parody called "Am I A Crazy Street Person?" where contestants have to differentiate professionals from crazy street people (would later air in next month's Forest Whitaker/Keith Urban episode); a commercial about snow blowers that allow mountaintop resorts to stay open year-round; a sketch about Siamese Twins (Will Forte, Jake Gyllenhaal) who teach a class; a Digital Short) where an actor (Andy Samberg) plays various roles in a movie trailer; a sketch where a "Beetlejuice" DVD left at the workplace leads to questions of ownership among co-workers.
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