LIVE CHAT: SNL 40th Anniversary Special

[Morbs]

I think the cleavage joke didn't land because the audience was mystified by who Elisabeth Hasselbeck is.

[Galileo908]

Trotting out all the WU recurring characters, I see. Starting with Emma Stone with Roseanne Roseannadanna. And Edward Norton as Stefon.

[WendyCR72]

Emma Stone actually did...decent as Roseanne Rosannadanna, but...it just seemed a bit wrong.

[Guest]

Emma Stone doing Gilda.  Just. no.  Proves how special Gilda was by how much it sucked.

[Fisher King]

OMG!!!!

[ABitOFluff]

Edward Norton as Stefon!

[Galileo908]

Edward Norton. You were no Hulk, and you are certainly no Stefon. But I loved when Real!Stefon and Seth showed up.

[bmoore4026]

Show Edward how it's done, Stephan.

[Morrigan2575]

Land Shark...oh would have preferred Land Shark but I don't like Melissa McCarthy

Edited February 16, 2015 by Morrigan2575

[WendyCR72]

NO.

 

This is all wrong.

[formerlyfreedom]

I hung up on my brother for Update.

[Galileo908]

Land Shark DID show up at the Update Door one time.

 

And speaking of sad imitations, Melissa McCarthy as Matt Foley. But she tried her best. But holy shit, I loved her crashing through the desk.

Edited February 16, 2015 by Galileo908

[bmoore4026]

NOOOOOOO!  The Update Desk!

[Guest]

Love Jane's warning that its always a shark.

 

Didn't like any of the hosts doing impressions of characters.

[dcalley]

They'd better show Amy's Palin rap.

[WendyCR72]

Jane, you ignorant slut.

[Irlandesa]

Quick solution to the Update Desk problem---rehire Jane Curtain.

[Samsnee]

It really shows that only certain people can play these characters.

[kib]

Sorry, the homage to favorite characters was a bit like those endless fun house mirrors... without the fun

[Galileo908]

No Cecily Strong or Horatio Sanz in the update anchor montage?

[absnow54]

They skipped Bill Murray too.

[Ms Blue Jay]

Norm MacDonald was suuuuuuuuuuuuuuch a cutie.

 

There is never enough Stefon on this show.

 

Edit:  They definitely showed Charles Rocket.   More than once.

 

Okay Horatio Sanz was an anchor?  I was watching during his years and I completely forgot.  

 

Quick solution to the Update Desk problem---rehire Jane Curtain.

 

Gorgeous woman :)  Loved her bit.

Edited February 16, 2015 by Ms Blue Jay

[WendyCR72]

Charles Rocket was missing. He did Weekend Update, too.

[Morrigan2575]

Father Guido Sarduci

[ebk57]

Father Guido!!!  I swear the guide we had on our tour of the Vatican talked just like him and I laughed through the whole tour...

[Galileo908]

My mom is a spitting image of Roseanne Roseannadanna.

 

So great to see Father Guido Sarducci, The Girl you Wish You Hadn't Started A Conversation With At A Party, and Al Franken on the Update montage.

Charles Rocket was missing. He did Weekend Update, too.

No, they showed him.

And I called it, 4 other Update anchors! Kevin, Norm, Colin and Seth! But where's Chevy and Bill Murray? EDIT: Nope, there he is. Chevet Chase.

Edited February 16, 2015 by Galileo908

[bmoore4026]

Oh, they lined up the male anchors by height.  Interesting.  Colin Quinn is really short.

[Morrigan2575]

Oh this could be good or bad...Morris!

Edited February 16, 2015 by Morrigan2575

[Galileo908]

Garrett Morris doing god's work talking for Chevy.

 

and COLON BLOW!!

[ebk57]

Oh this could be good or bad...Morris!

 

Thank you Garrett Morris for making it good!

[kib]

Charles Rocket was missing. He did Weekend Update, too.

Never accuse Lorne Michaels of not being benevolent, Rocket got 60 frames of airtime.  

[vb68]

The line of the night might be Jane's "I use to be the only blond doing the fake news.  Now there's a whole network devoted to it."

[WendyCR72]

Poor Garrett Morris if that's all there is!

Phil Hartman, how I miss thee.

[bmoore4026]

Colon Blow :D  I forgot this one

[Growsonwalls]

Oh snap, a Norm MacDonald OJ joke. Awesome.

[Samsnee]

I love we're seeing so much Phil Hartman tonight.

[Ms Blue Jay]

Oh snap, a Norm MacDonald OJ joke. Awesome.

 

I missed it!?!?

[Irlandesa]

Oh snap, a Norm MacDonald OJ joke. Awesome.

Was that the one that got him fired? 

[Galileo908]

The prop guy who worked on Colon Blow used to be a regular on Fark.com According to him all the bowls were filled with sawdust.

[Carey]

(Super) Colon Blow.  Yes, a great SNL commercial (to shed a tear over)

[VCRTracking]

I give Emma Stone a pass mainly because she's been such a vocal Gilda fan.

[kib]

Oh snap, a Norm MacDonald OJ joke. Awesome.

BTW - That's what got him canned. Dick Eberhard was EP at the time and he, and old NBC Sports associate Don Ohlmeyer and OJ were best buds.  Bye Norm... 

Edited February 16, 2015 by kib

[helenamonster]

Aw man, I wish WU had been longer. I could have watched Jane, Tina, and Amy do a full segment.

 

I didn't think the impressions of impressions were too bad. Melissa flattening the desk was all kinds of awesome.

 

Pretty cold of them to leave Cecily out of the line-up of anchors, though.

[Galileo908]

Martin Short!

[Guest]

Martin Short never fails to annoy the crap out of me.

[Galileo908]

Pretty cold of them to leave Cecily out of the line-up of anchors, though.

And Bill Murray and Horatio Sanz.

[Fostersmom]

Good lord, Martin Short is so fucking annoying. 

[Carey]

They also left out Christopher Guest. I can't defend Cecily, but Mr. Guest really did it only 11 times.

[bmoore4026]

Two more hours to go.

[Galileo908]

Maya as Beyonce is all kinds of awesome.