Phelps on SNL

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Former Member — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:44:18 GMT

Not one of their better shows. I thought that one of the funniest bits that included Michael was at the very end, the "Michael Phelps 12,000 Calorie Diet" where they had people eating foot-high stacks of pancakes, entire hogs, etc. And a warning on the screen, "Warning: Diet may be fatal." Agreed on the last sketch. Watching SNL w/ a DVR is awesome. You can skip the things you want to skip. But I gotta say that I haven't skipped through that much the last couple of seasons. There have been some classic sketches the last few years, even contributing greatly to the rise of youtube as an economic and cultural juggernaut. "The Chronic cles of Narnia", "*** in a Box" and the one w/ the president of Iran were ginormous. The opening skit has almost 3.2 million hits on NBC's official site. That's hella impressive. www.nbc.com/.../

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Former Member — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:24:48 GMT

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aquageek — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:27:07 GMT

This had to be the single worst SNL I've seen in years, not one funny skit, a true stinker.

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Paul Smith — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:12:03 GMT

SNL's been lane for years.....

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Former Member — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:42:34 GMT

Never mind MP, the writing was awful. The material these days is far too fluffy and PC. They need to get meaner and more cynical.

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Former Member — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:29:27 GMT

Phleps was very phunny. Maybe he should next be the Philadelphia Phanatic!

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osterber — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:23:44 GMT

The problem is, no matter what content you gave him, it still wouldn't be funny. They wrote lots of content that had almost zero lines for him to say. He had perhaps 2 lines in each sketch that he was in. -Rick

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Former Member — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:17:20 GMT

Hate to say but I knew he'd be a bust. The guy is beautiful to watch in the pool but is just a regular guy out of it. Yesterday I flipped through the Sports Illustrated special edition all on Phelps--GREAT shots in there. I would much prefer to look through that than watch SNL.

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Former Member — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:08:17 GMT

The opening sketch with Poehler and Fey as Clinton and Palin was funny. Other than that it was virtually unwatchable. The pepper smell in the restaurant skit was hard to watch. Do people actually get paid to write stuff like that?

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aquageek — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:45:24 GMT

If they are looking for a swim star with any potential to have some comic skills, I think the best possible option would be Gary Hall Jr. Yes, put on Hall Jr, known by dozens worldwide. I think putting on the third place qualifier at trials would have been a stroke of brilliance to bring in the viewers over the recent most successful Olympian ever.

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SLOmmafan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:17:54 GMT

If they are looking for a swim star with any potential to have some comic skills, I think the best possible option would be Gary Hall Jr. MP does not have a colorful personality, so I wasn't expecting much. Some of the skits seemed like re-done versions of older, better skits - but that happens after 35 years of going at things.

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knelson — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:02:16 GMT

The opening sketch with Poehler and Fey as Clinton and Palin was funny. Other than that it was virtually unwatchable.

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Former Member — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:08:36 GMT

I agree that he had lame material...I really didn't think last nights SNL was that funny at all...kinda a cruddy way to start their season. They could have done much more with MP. But, then again...he did stubble over the few lines that he did have several times...so maybe that has something to do with their choice in what scripts were used.

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Former Member — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:45:18 GMT

I missed the first half. I thought he did ok. It wasn't hysterical, but he wasn't too awkward. I thought the Charles Barkley skit was funny, and it allowed MP to stay in character. I'm sure their staff has made a career out of propping up non-acting hosts. Lil' Wayne was so painful I had to change the channel.