Even though Betty White has been around longer than the whole cast of Saturday Night Live has been alive combined, she never hosted the show until last night. Lorne Michaels made a mistake never having on her before because anytime she was on the show, I laughed. Whenever anyone else was on the screen, I didn’t. Betty White has true comedic timing and I hope that everyone who worked with her yesterday learned from her because the one thing that was evident is that they so need to. Really. Really.
Seriously the one thing I learned from watching Saturday Night for the first time in years, is that the show isn’t funny. Can someone please explain to me why anyone ever thought Molly Shannon was ever funny. Stop showing your crotch and keep hoping they bring back Kath & Kim. But enough about her.
Seriously how awesome was Betty White? Obviously the people of Facebook know more about what makes a good host than the people booking SNL because the show had its highest ratings since November, 2008. According to Extra Betty scored an 8.8 rating in the overnights, topping everything else that aired on Saturday night! You go girl! As Justin Bieber Tweeted, “BETTY WHITE RULES”
You can watch the three best skits that were posted online from the show above and the whole show below!
Saturday Night Live did something funny yesterday and it was at the expense of the Shake Weight informercial. Granted I am surprised it took so long for someone to make fun of it in the same way they did. Make sure to watch it all the way through because the ending is the funniest part and rip-off of a Family Guy episode.
Zach Galifianakis was on Saturday Night Live and The Hangover star shaved off his beard for a bit during the show. I don’t think I have ever seen him without his trademarked beard and I am bummed we didn’t get to see his clean shaven without the wig on. I want to see if he was cute under all of that hair.
BTW I can’t believe how fast he was able to shave his facial hair off.
One of the things that has been continually funny for Saturday Night Live is how well the comedians on the show mock the Presidents and one of the alumni of the show who has now crossed over to the internets held a reunion of the past and current SNL Presidents on FunnyOrDie.com. Will Ferrell put on his George W Bush suit and invited Chevy Chase (Gerald Ford), Dan Aykroyd (Jimmy Carter), Dana Carvey (George H. W. Bush), Fred Armisen (Barack Obama), Darrell Hammond (Bill Clinton) and non-SNL alum Jim Carrey (Ronald Reagan) to do the same and they did. All of this was under the direction of Opie Cunnigham aka Ron Howard, who earned that perfect nickname on SNL 30 years ago!
So why did Will do this? Well it wasn’t to prove that SNL can be funny if it is on the net instead of on TV, but because FOD teamed with the Americans for Financial Reform coalition to urge financial reform in Congress including an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency that will stand up for the average consumer. Did they get the message across to you? I am not sure if they did, but I do know they had me laughing and wishing that SNL was funny as that five minute webisode.
BTW Funny Or Die is now on HBO and you know what it is over 30% funny!
Once again we were reminded just how funny Saturday Night Live is because yesterday Madonna joined Lady Gaga in a sketch that should’ve been funny, but wasn’t. It makes me long for the days when she did the classic Coffee Talk with Babs and Roseanne. That is when the show was funny.
