Hugh Laurie (House) hosting SNL tonight

[J D]

For any House fans out there;
hope it'll be a decent show

[mascan42]

On an all new House . . . House has to kill five newborns to save SNL from its own awfulness.

[KevSlider]

Tonight on an all new SNL: House has to navigate his way through BAD LONG DRAWN OUT BITS.

fuckin' mascan beat me to first post.

[FMDoug]

Borat killed

[LiddyRules]

First off I think Laurie is killing. Secondly, I don't think the audience got the folk singer gag (which I thought was really funny).

[J D]

I thought today's show was actually really good

[thelord68]

Hugh Laurie comes from a sketch/improv comedy background, not to mention British shows such as Black Adder, so I expected him to do well. Loved when he couldn't get his glasses on in the Queen sketch and just throws out the "they were an affectation anyway" line, showing how to deal with a problem without bringing things to a skreeching halt.

My problem with SNL in general, is that the skits run too long and everyone says their lines and waits for the reaction before they or someone else says the next line. No one wants to step on or get stepped on, and the comedy suffers as a result. The Hardball sketch was a perfect example. What makes the real shows so absurd and a target for satire is the way the host talks over, or at the very least, ignores what the guest is saying, and then the acrimony between guests with differing views. The SNL sketch had none of that. It was painfully sloooowwwwww and was just a vehicle for the players to show off how well they could sound like the real people.

I would rather them look and sound less like the real people and go for the jokes. Chevy Chase never made any attempt to look or sound like Gerald Ford, but he made his career on pratfalls based on Ford's clumsiness.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

Beck kicked ass as usual.

[MrBogey]

Hugh was good but the majority of the sketches stunk. They should have just let Hugh write the sketches since he is pretty good at it. Someof his Fry and Laurie bits were great bits of absurd dry humor.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AaYJ-Fevoic

[Fallon]

This week was probably the best show in the last couple of years, I can't remember the last time they didn't start the show with Bush or a news program spoof.

[GLENN_THE_TOOL]

god i totally forgot he was on SNL until ten minutes before the show was over. i don't think i've ever been bummed about missing an ep of SNL before this one.

[BigTony]

Only good thing about the show was the Borat bit in the beginning. The rest was just .... 'eh.... same 'ole, same 'ole!
New York: Home of the Jew ---- I almost spit out my drink!
--Tony

[kloraferm]

I watched most of it since I'm a House fan, and from what I saw, Hugh was funnier than almost all of the regulars (Amy Poheler [sp?] is usually pretty funny on weekend update, and Darrel Hammond did a Chris Matthews sketch that I got a chuckle or two out of)

[MilkmanDan]

That was the best episode of SNL (not so much the sketches) I've seen in years. Laurie was phenominal, still love his old appearance with Frye on the Young Ones on celebrity challenge. Becks 2nd song was one of the most bizarre coolest things I've seen on SNL.
Didnt know Hugh Laurie could sing.