Timberlake-Hosted Saturday Night Live: Unsurprisingly Excellent

Gibb isn't Australian, he was born on the Isle of Man and grew up in Manchester. He's more of a Mancunian than he is an Australian, as evidenced by his accent (correct me if I wrong about that, though). I wonder whether Fallon even knows that Manchester and the Isle of Man aren't part of Australia.

i'm a bottle

@eatsshootsleaves: I think it's a reference to the days when Tina Fey and Will Ferrel was on the show.

@i'm a bottle: Well, when I first saw the author's name, I thought "Charles Foster Kamer."

It still stuns me that Timberlake is as funny as Walken or Baldwin as an SNL host. But he's a natural for this stuff.

Will Ferrell hosts next week which means if anything we'll get some Celebrity Jeopardy and that's fine by me.

I wish someone would take Mr. Timberlake into a quiet room and explain to him that's he's not nearly as popular as he believes he is.

Susan Sarandon is a MILF? No no no......

jorel845

@i'm a bottle: Sorry, Mr. Kamer.

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@Jason Yarn: I agree. Why on earth is SNL always so funny whenever Timberlake hosts but sucks, like, every other time?

Naturally, I didn't see it last night. I miss the funny ones.

OrneryBabe

Mr. Kramer, are you or have you ever been a member of a college fraternity?

i'm a bottle

Either I'm too old or I've been in Europe too long, but I didn't laugh once.

Maybe I need to be drunk for it.

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I think the Digital Shorts are the only part of the show that is worth watching.

@eatsshootsleaves: maybe they meant it was FOR Jimmy.

Charlotte Rae's Web

@Excusado: If we have to explain it to you, then you are hopeless to get it anyway.

Charlotte Rae's Web

@souldecirce: Yeah, I'm trying to think of one funny Fallon sketch.

I thought the show was a terrible reshash of Timberlake-hosted shows past. Last night's presentation lazy warmed over sketches inspired by a lazy warmed over guest host proves that anytime one person so dominates a sketch show -- guest or regular cast member --that show will fail comedically.

How could you leave out the 'Coming to America' sketch where JT slayed with his Britney line and the follow up about guys?

Since he blows everyone out of the water, why hasn't NBC flown a 777 full of cash to his house to get him to do the Timberlake Variety Hour?

Jason Yarn

@eatsshootsleaves: I agree with the premise, that JT's presence made the show watchable--and funny--but Jimmy Fallon does not hearken glory days.

souldecirce

Wait, Jimmy Fallon is a reminder of the show's glory days?

eatsshootsleaves

to: matttymcd

Yes, you have lost your ability to recognize humor!

NowAvailableinExtraStrength

Yeah, the digital short was a chuckle and a half at best, and the rest seemed kind of...terrible. Did I lose my ability to recognize humor?

Can someone explain that hideous Gibb skit to me? And the existence of Ciara?

Excusado

Is this the Parade magazine website?

uncle_wiggly

@i'm a bottle: rehearsal.

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@CamoZombie: Someone good would have noticed that in rehersal and would have done something with it.

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@CamoZombie: So he doesn't write and he can't act comically? What's his function?

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@i'm a bottle: Fallon didn't write the sketch.

Jimmy Fallon had a busy day yesterday: [www.timesunion.com]

Cookie Guggleman

Nouriel Roubini pops up in an SNL skit and Gawker doesn't say anything? Are we ignoring Mr. Poon Art now?

@i'm a bottle: Hwwwwat? Yeah, you're right. It worked for me at one your time.

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@LipstickedRottweiler: Actually, those clips are working overseas.

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this was written by Justin Timberlake's biggest fan. I did enjoy the trekkie skit and Nimoy. Jimmy Fallon is not funny and that skit has always been terrible, at best.

tonilost

Wish I could see Motherlover but those MotherF*#%ers at NBC Universal continue to restrict online access to their video clips by overseas viewers.

Justin Timberlake/Susan Sarandon may be my new OTP.

And the bit with Britney & boys makes me wish that Popslash was still an active fandom.

Nora Bombay

@i'm a bottle: I doubt the actors would know off the top of their head where barry gibb was born.

@Charlotte Rae's Web: uh, well can you try?

It's a 5 minute clusterfuck of bad singing and unintelligible dialogue that is not helped *at all* by subtitles.

Faillon and Timberlake think it is so hilarious they break character every time they do this skit by snickering, so I think it's some huge inside joke to them. For me it's one of the worst skits ever.. EVER!

squidbait

I suppose we just weren't watching the same show, because I thought this episode was absolutely horrid. It followed the exact same blueprint from Timberlake's last appearance a couple of Christmas' ago.

I have been an avid SNL fan since '92 or '93, and the last few years have been almost unbearable to watch. SNL is going through a severe dry spell right now.

Ciara, honestly, that was one of the worst performances ever. I think her music sucks to begin with, but wow.

And I'm sorry, but as a[n] SNL snob, I don't think you're allowed to joke about how many times you've hosted if you're not in, or close to the double digits. Three times? No sir!

ibelonginnyc

Hellooo Zachary Quinto!
Do I have to see the movie now?

@i'm a bottle: Here's an interview with Andy Gibbs, he seems like a great guy but sounds like he could start crying at any point. Of course, the SNL actors lack the ability to make a character seem real yet find the humor in him/her:

+ Watch video

And yelling "I'm Barry Gibbs" and then having a hyperactive episode after each person speaks is not good comedy.

i'm a bottle

@CamoZombie: Exactly.

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Could we post the Ciara numbers? I just want to watch her back-up dancers again.

pastoralia

@missdelite: Yes.

pastoralia

A mixed bag. JT is talented and game, but that coming-to-America skit? I kept waiting for Babs to show as Yentl...

Jerome Joseph Gentes

Timberlake pretty much rocks, and I never thought I'd say that until he started doing SNL. And I was psyched to see Fallon, especially flashing his diploma at the end.

@persimmon: I did too! I don't feel so nerdy or blind.

@squidbait: Or it's one of the best skits ever, depending on where you hide your sense of humor.

parkslump

@General Halfshaftery: Define your terms. "Popular"? I think he might be just about as popular as he believes.

@Jason Yarn: The Britney line was my fave of the night. JT's got serious comedic delivery.

DahlELama

@Excusado: Went on a bit too long, maybe, but I always liked that sketch. To me, it's funny because it suggests that Barry Gibb is so damaged from using his falsetto for so many years, on so many tours and albums, that he can no longer get a sentence out without breaking into a full-on high-pitched squeal.

Honkychimp

@General Halfshaftery: I'll take that job, though I can't guarantee that I wouldn't use the opportunity to offer him sexual favors.

Gumbina80

@i'm a bottle: there's not much humor in reviving a "character" (andy gibb was a real person) who died, rather tragically, from overdosing on cocaine. probably why he sounds like he's about to cry, because the end of his life was probably not very long after that was filmed.

why any gibb brother would make an interesting or amusing character on a show aimed at your average 14 year old is beyond me.

thatgirlinnewyork

I still fell asleep half way through, but that may have just been my painkiller/Svedka nightcap.

@CamoZombie: Nor does it matter to the sketch.

crookedlawyer

Count me among those unimpressed. The first time JT hosted - hilarious! The second time - pretty funny though familiar. This time - completely warmed over version of outings one and two. Honestly, put in just the minimum of effort to prove you can do something other than warble "C'mon down to Omeletteville/Plasticville/et al!" Just showing up and walking through the third version of the exact same thing doesn't make you funny. JT is obviously deluded enough to feel like he's funny just by walking in the door. Next time, do something...ANYTHING different, or please turn down the hosting gig! Also, Britney comment - completely unfunny and mean spirited. Ass.

VitoLazork

Anyone have a count on the number of times Fallon broke character and started laughing? This time, was it over ten or twenty?