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The Not Ready For Prime Time Players
Saturday Night / Saturday Night Live October 11th 1975
#dan aykroyd#Dylan O'Brien#John Belushi#Matt Wood#Chevy Chase#Cory Michael Smith#Jane Curtin#Kim Matula#Garrett Morris#Lamorne Morris#Laraine Newman#Emily Fairn#Gilda Radner#Ella Hunt#Saturday Night Live#Saturday Night#Not Ready for Prime Time Players#my gifs#tv edits#tv : Sketch Comedy#Movie edits#Movies : biopic#Comedy#I'm so excited! Lamorne looks SOOO perfect!#I'm also super curious how they portray Jane#This movie taking place during the First Episode really makes it an interesting moment in time because none of them knew what to expect#Both from the show and each other#ugh I kinda wish it was gonna be a series because the first five years of SNL will always be Fascinating to me#Also Side note that tiny big of Kim as Jane... She could easily be cast as a young Madeline Kahn too... Just saying
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Let's Review: Saturday Night
Biopics, not unlike live TV, are a tricky tightrope walk.
The line that actors and directors have to toe is razor thin and always shifting beneath their feet. The sweat starts to bead at the very beginning of conception, when an actor is chosen to mimic, and more often than not resurrect, any given celebrity/historical figure/actual real person of note for any particular project. And the very act of mimicking the appearance and mannerisms of these people strikes at the very heart of acting itself, which can be described as the uncanny ability to completely transform oneself, both physically and mentally, into a different person.
In short, to convincingly create a character.
Biopics pose a particularly unique challenge, wherein the actor has to both create a fictionalized character that can work within a fabricated narrative structure while still recreating a non-fictitious person who is then expected to reenact events important to both the person and the world at large.
Scrutiny and criticisms (from both the general public and the people who lived it) are hardwired to the very DNA of this genre in a way that no other genres are. Not to mention all of the fans that come out of the woodwork when these projects premiere, who are always more than ready to shoot down and fact-check every fictitious addition/omission/discrepancy, beating every bush into oblivion.
It is very easy to screw up spectacularly (and very many have) but these projects can also be absolutely magical when you get it right.
It can be tricky enough doing justice representing one key figure in the world of entertainment. Now add half a dozen more. And we have an ensemble biopic, a creature that just adds more balls for us to juggle.
So now, really, a biopic chronicling the chaotic countdown towards the very first SNL live show is nothing short of catching lightning in a bottle. At the very last minute. Almost on accident. After every other conceivable thing goes very, very wrong. Only to become, somehow, very, very right in the end.
Like lightning, this film has a zappy, kinetic energy to it (helped in very large parts by the editing, camerawork, and Jon Batiste's exciting frenetic score) as it zips and weaves it's way around every square inch of 30 Rockefeller Plaza on the night of October 11th 1975, playing out in roughly real time from 10pm to 11:30pm (aka showtime). It doesn't hold your hand so much as roughly drag you up and down the studio, huffing and puffing as the unsinkable Lorne Michaels (anchored by an earnestly steadfast Gabriel Labelle) rushes to put out little fires that keep popping up all over the place (mostly figurative, one very literal).
You've got a ragtag group of untested comics with large personalities that occasionally bump against each other like bowling balls against pins; some of whom wonder what they, as real actors, are even doing there. There's an anarchic writer with SNL's first head writer Michael O'Donoghue (played by a magnetic Tommy Dewey) pushing back for artistic freedom against the prudish NBC censor (the hilariously sour-pussed Catherine Curtin) in a heated interaction that marks a particularly bright spot in both the film and the fast-paced, wise-cracking script. Then there's countless technical problems with both the sound and lights, not helped by bitterly rebellious crew who won't even help a pour guy lay down some bricks. And all of this in service towards a sketch comedy show that, having run for 3 hours in dress rehearsal (a dress rehearsal that wasn't even taped) that has to be severely trimmed down for primetime.
And of course, there are the NBC executives that are breathing down their necks, waiting for Lorne and the show to fail. A show that, even Lorne admits, nobody has really figured out yet. As he states in one of the film's best lines, he has the ingredients in mind, just not the amounts.
Not to mention the Alpaca.
Oh, and Andy Kaufman's there. As well as Jim Henson and his Muppets. Both of whom are brought to impressive, gangly life by Nicholas Braun (aka Cousin Greg from Succession) pulling double-duty as the unconventional comic and innovative puppeteer with an equally commendable, underperforming monotony that provides the perfect sounding board for everyone else to bounce their insanities against.
The entire ensemble and supporting cast collide and compliment each like a finely tuned jazz band, creating great conflict in the cacophony and allowing great soloists to shine through all the noise.
Perhaps the most obvious standout is Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase (I'm sure he wouldn't have it any other way).
The natural physical resemblance always helps but Smith manages to effortlessly portray the egotistical smarminess of Chase in a way that's served him well in his other past roles.
This is the part of the review where I get to flex and say that I liked Cory Michael Smith before he was cool and btw I'm glad that he's getting bigger and better roles in his career. Good for him.
Shoutout to his kooky turn as Edward Nygma/Riddler on Gotham. Do yourself a favor and check it out. You won't be disappointed.
But if I had to pick a best supporting actor, I would have to give it to Matt Wood for his take on the late great John Belushi.
In any other movie, his part probably would've been much bigger (that's what she said). But all jokes aside he's wisely used rather sparingly, glaring at us from the background until he's brought in to punch up the tension with his explosive temper and mercurial demeanor. Your eye can't help but wander over to this strange little man who's obvious talent tips both the show and film's scales towards greatness, even as everyone can already see the deep shadow starting to darken the doorway.
One underappreciated aspect of the biopic is the opportunity it gets to lend voices to people who wouldn't otherwise get a chance to tell their side of the story. With all the big egos swinging their dicks around Saturday Night, the spotlight smartly tends to swing more towards Garrett Morris, the token black member of the cast.
You probably wouldn't have thought much about Garrett Morris before going to see this movie. But my hope is that after seeing this you'll go Google him and then hopefully Hollywood will finally give him his flowers. Played with indignant dignity by newly minted Emmy winner Lamorne Morris (no relation), Garrett rightfully chafes against having to play into limited black stereotypes, especially given that he graduated from Juilliard and performed on Broadway.
And finally, I would be remiss not the mention the incredible women of Saturday Night.
Like very much of SNL's history, the female cast members and writers, especially Lorne's wife Rosie Shuster (played with tender grit by the incomparable Rachel Sennott), have had to fight tooth and nail to make their voices heard. The film takes great strides to spotlight Rosie as the great unsung hero of Saturday Night, giving meat to a supporting wife role that far too often comes delivered bareboned. One of the very favorite lines in the film has Rosie desiring to be a writer rather than a wife and eventually choosing to go by her maiden name in the show's credits, her supportive husband by her side.
Although not the focal point of the film, their efforts do manage to shine brightly through the cracks, giving us glimpses into sketchwork that would lay the groundwork for future SNL superstars like Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph.
The fact that they get to do it while harassing former teen star Dylan O'Brien (aka Stiles from Teen Wolf) is just an added bonus.
But in all seriousness, O'Brien makes for a fun, buoyant Dan Aykroyd.
Without trying very hard, Saturday Night would've been able to give older viewers a shot of nostalgia for the early days of SNL while also giving younger generations a great first step back into learning about the early history of SNL, a show which is currently airing its 50th season and still going strong. The fact that it's also a great movie is truly an added bonus and a gift to the state of current cinema.
At the end of it all, Saturday Night is able to prove that while a biopic doesn't have to get all the facts right, it certainly has to capture the vibe. And it certainly does so, making us feel what it was like to be there in Studio 8H during a chaotic October night in 1975, where the Not Ready for Primetime Players were just trying to put on a show.
#saturday night live#jason reitman#lorne michaels#gabriel labelle#chevy chase#cory michael smith#john belushi#matt wood#rosie shuster#rachel sennott#gilda radner#ella hunt#dan akroyd#dylan o'brien#laraine newman#emily fairn#garrett morris#lamorne morris#jane curtin#kim matula#finn wolfhard#nicholas braun#andy kaufman#jim henson#cooper hoffman#kaia gerber#tommy dewey#michael o'donoghue#george carlin#matthew rhys
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'Saturday Night' Seeks to Capture the Prelude to One of the Biggest Seventh Days of the Week of All Time
'Saturday Night' Seeks to Capture the Prelude to One of the Biggest Seventh Days of the Week of All Time
I’m not Chevy Chase, and they’re not (CREDIT: Hopper Stone/Columbia Pictures) Starring: Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Kaia Gerber, Andrew Barth Feldman, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, J.K. Simmons, Jon Batiste, Naomi McPherson, Taylor Gray,…
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TIFF '24: 'Saturday Night' Review
#SaturdayNightMovie Review: "Being a longtime fan of SNL, Jason Reitman’s "Saturday Night" had a similar feel to Lorne Michaels capturing lightning in a bottle. It is an electric deep-dive into the birth of one of the longest-running comedy series on TV."
By: Amanda Guarragi There has always been something special about New York City on Saturday nights. Whether going out on the town or staying in, the media has always made the “Big Apple” appealing with the city’s bright lights. Nighttime in New York means an endless world of possibilities and a never-ending night that is bound to end up as a story. Fifty seasons ago, Lorne Michaels had a sketch…
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Saturday Night - Movie Review
TL;DR – A movie that embraces the chaos of its subject matter with such reverence it ends up hurting the final product. ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene.Disclosure – I paid to watch this film Saturday Night Review – Today, we are looking at a bit of an odd duck of a film. One that swings wildly, stampeding through the chaos of its subject material…
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Cory Michael Smith, Lamorne Morris, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Ella Hunt, Kim Matula, and Dylan O’Brien.
Dan Aykroyd (Dylan O’Brien) restrains an irate John Belushi (Matt Wood) as Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) and Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt) look on alongside alarmed crew workers.
The cast and crew watch a crucial performance: (from left) Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Jane Curtin (Kim Matula), Cooper Hoffman as NBC’s weekend late-night exec (Dick Ebersol). Behind him is Dan Aykroyd (Dylan O’Brien) and Laraine Newman (Emily Fairn). Writer Rosie Shuster (Rachel Sennott) stands at center, alongside Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris), writing and performing duo Tom Davis and Al Franken (Mcabe Gregg and Taylor Gray) and the overwhelmed producer, Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle.)
First look at Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, Matt Wood as John Belushi, Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman, Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster, Mcabe Gregg as Tom Davis and Taylor Gray as Al Franken in Jason Reitman’s "Saturday Night".
Release Date: October 11, 2024 in theaters
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The Mosley Review: Saturday Night
As a theatre kid, this film was a cathartic experience. I vividly remember the intense feeling of excitement, anxiety and readiness to perform in a auditorium packed to the rafters with over three hundred people. The hours leading up to the curtain rise, you are feverishly combing over every line of dialogue, tracing every step of your blocking and making sure every costume fits and each change was seamless. There's no thrill like live theatre and that is what this film captures on another level. Many have wanted to do a "making of" or origin story of Saturday Night Live, but this film decided to do something even better than a standard biopic. From the moment the film begins, you are both a fly on the wall and in the shoes of the man that created what has now lived on for 50 historical years. It changed broadcast television and the world of comedy forever and it wasn't without its doubts and difficulties. This film captures that fateful night and the 90 minutes leading up the iconic opening in break neck speed and a pulse pounding way that was truly unexpected and welcomed.
Gabriel LaBelle was fantastic as the ambitious, passionate and stressed out comedic genius, Lorne Michaels. I loved that no matter what, he was on task the entire time and even though the pressure steadily increased throughout the night, he was ready to deal with anything. I felt his anxiety, determination and heart as Gabriel brings to life that inner creative force of the visionary. Rachel Sennott was awesome as his wife, Rosie Shuster. The two of them had a working relationship that was both filled with love, trust and friendship. They worked so well off of each other even if their relationship wasn't traditional. Cooper Hoffman was great as his co-producer, Dick Ebersol and loved his loyalty to Lorne. He was sort of the balance in the chaos that set him straight and told him the truth when he needed to hear it. They had a great chemistry and it was a highlight of the film. Tommy Dewey was hilarious, witty and strongly sarcastic as Michael O'Donoghue. I loved his quick insults and humor that felt modern and revolutionary in its delivery. He has an amazing standoff scene with the "Standards and Practices" editor that was darkly offensive, sharp and hilarious. Willem Dafoe is no slouch and as David Tebet, he delivers as the main NBC network executive Lorne has to prove himself to. The tension of broadcasting something untested was truly highlighted in their scenes together. J.K. Simmons is like a good luck charm to every film and as the legendary Milton Berle, he was truly having fun as the rightfully larger than life entertainer.
Now the biggest thing this film captures is the night the original cast of SNL prepared to take the stage and all the high jinks that ensued before cameras rolled. Cory Michael Smith was absolutely brilliant and spot as Chevy Chase. He captured his comedic timing, wit and charm as the leading man in the room. He instantly would draw the most focus when in attendance of meetings or even just hanging out with his fellow cast members. Ella Hunt was sweet as Gilda Radner. She nailed her shy and loveable personality as you see the start of a love triangle between her and another classic cast member. Dylan O'Brien was outstadning as Dan Aykroyd as he pulled off his iconic speech pattern and cadence. I loved that he highlighted the flirtatious nature of Dan and his ever expansive attention to detail in one particular sketch. Emily Fairn was great as Laraine Newman and she looked almost exactly like her. She was very spunky and quirkie. Matt Wood was fantastic and unpredictable as John Belushi. He looked and sounded just like John as he nailed his personality and his devotion to comedy. He was a troublsome person and he brings that to life in many scenes. Kim Matula was great as Jane Curtin and she highlights her striking sense of humor and line delivery in one particular scene in the film. Lamorne Morris was perfection as the legendary Garrett Morris. Lamorne is known for his brilliant impressions, but he becomes Garrett instantly the moment he moves and speaks. Nicholas Braun was a complete chameleon in his portrayal of both Andy Kaufman and Jim Henson. He disappeared into both characters and he nailed Andy's childlike charm and comedic timing and definitely brought to life the soft spoken and kind nature of Henson. What a wonderful cast.
The score by the wonderful Jon Batiste was funky, smooth, warm, and fueled the tension of the story. It kept the pacing of the film up and the stress level high in the constant drum beat that felt like the heartbeat of the film. He gets a chance to perform as the great Billy Preston in number of scenes and he was great as well. Visually, this film was stunning and felt like I was watching a documentary shot on Super 8 film stock. The attention to the detail of the many film scratches and subtle dots in the scene transition was great. There are so many Easter eggs and beginnings of classic SNL sketches that you see being constructed that any die hard fan will catch. Jason Reitman has truly made pulse pounding, stressful and beautiful love letter to the greatest sketch comedy show on television. This was truly one of the best film experiences I've had in a while and most definitely one of the best films of the year! This is a must see!! Let me know what you thought of the film or my review in the comments below. Thanks for reading!
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Kimberly Matula has been casted as Jane Curtin in Saturday Night, an upcoming film about the beginnings of the legendary Saturday Night Live. Alongside Kim, this movie boosts a cast that includes the likes of Finn Wolfhard, William Dafoe, Dylan O'Brien, J.K. Simmons, Matthew Rhys, & Lamorne Morris.
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The Librarians (2014) 图书馆员
Starring: Bob Newhart / Christian Kane / Jane Curtin / John King / John Larquette / Lindy Booth / Matt Frewer / Noah Wyle / Rebecca Romijn / Lesley-Ann Blade Genre: Drama / Comedy / Action / Fantasy / Adventure Country/Region of Production: United States Language: English Date: 2014-12-07 (USA) Number of seasons: 4 Number of episodes: 42 Single episode length: 42 minutes Also known as: Librarian IMDb: tt3663490 Type: Crossover
Summary:
The series follows four people newly recruited by The Library: Colonel Eve Baird (Rebecca Romijn), of the NATO Anti-Terrorist Unit, destined to be the new Guardian; Ezekiel Jones (John Harlan Kim), a consummate thief who can hack an NSA computer as easily as he can steal a Fabergé egg; Cassandra Cillian (Lindy Booth), a brilliant scientist and mathematician who possesses a trace of magic; and Jacob Stone (Christian Kane), polymath, linguist, expert in architecture, art, art history, archaeology and world cultures of the past and present, including Native American cultures, and other fields too numerous to mention, including bar fighting. The latter three received invitations from the Library at the same time as the current Librarian, Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle), but for various reasons didn't show up for their interviews.
In a break with the concept established in the films that there can be only one Librarian at a time, the first episodes reveal that the state of the world is so dire that it needs a team of Librarians, with Baird serving as Guardian of all four. With the help of Jenkins/Galahad (John Larroquette), immortal manager of the Library’s Annex, they solve impossible mysteries, rewrite and fix key moments in history, recover powerful magical artifacts, fight against supernatural threats, and learn important things about themselves and each other. In the first season, they battle the forces of the Serpent Brotherhood, led by the mysterious immortal Dulaque (Matt Frewer). Carsen, who spends the first season searching for the main Library (removed from time and space at the beginning of the series) appears in some episodes.
The second season offers up a pair of new villains, both from fiction: Prospero (Richard Cox), from Shakespeare's The Tempest, and Moriarty (David S. Lee), Sherlock Holmes' chief nemesis. The former is positioned as the greater evil, attempting to use magic to destroy the world in order to remake it more to his liking. Moriarty is more of a gray villain—generally aligned with Prospero but willing to side with the Librarians when it suits his own interests.
The third season introduces a new adversary, Apep, the Egyptian God of Chaos. Defeated centuries before by the first Librarian, Judson (Bob Newhart), and his Guardian, Charlene (Jane Curtin), he is resurrected when his sarcophagus is opened and embarks on a mission to release pure evil into the world, possessing many different people along the way. While they are trying to stop Apep, the Librarians' actions are closely monitored by General Cynthia Rockwell (Vanessa Williams) from a new secret government agency, called DOSA (Department of Statistical Anomalies).
The fourth season does away with season-long story arcs in favor of stand-alone episodes, with three ongoing issues: Before the vernal equinox, Flynn and Eve must undertake a ceremony that will bind them to each other and to the Library, as Charlene and Judson did before them. They will become immortal and bind the Library to Earth, giving it a human connection and a human heart rather than the cold, implacable and dangerously self-centered attitude that would characterize it without that bond. (We learn in season three that the Library is a conscious entity.) The return of Nicole Noone, Flynn's first Guardian, believed dead and now immortal, raises many questions. And conflict arises between the Librarians over former Librarian Darrington Dare's assertion that there can only be one Librarian at a time, or the result will be disastrous. These three stories are not resolved until the last episode.
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Saturday Night - 2024
October 11th 1975
Gilda: "You get to be the hot one." Laraine: "Jane's the hot one." Jane: "I'm the mom... The still fuckable mom."
#Saturday Night#Saturday Night 2024#Spoilers#Saturday Night Spoilers#The Not Ready for Prime Time Players#dan aykroyd#chevy chase#Jane Curtin#garrett morris#Laraine Newman#Gilda Radner#Cory Michael Smith#Ella Hunt#Dylan O'Brien#Emily Fairn#Lamorne Morris#Kim Matula#my gifs#movie edits#Movies : Biopic#Movies : Saturday Night#I like it very much they did a great job and not just the not ready for prime time players#everyone was great I am so excited to watch it again hopefully soon#Also as a Jane fan I am SOOO glad the let her be fun and playful#I think Jane gets a wrap for being very strict and straight when really she's just discipline and hard working#but she is also insanely quick witted and funny and playful and the movie portrayed that which I love#I also loved that the movie wasn't about the not ready for prime time players it was about Loren and trying to pull the show together#but the cast was still there and they each had a moment#I also loved that the girls were almost always together playing around in the background#SNL 50
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SKETCHER ON THE RISE
Opening here in the Valley today; wide October 11:
Saturday Night--The evening in question is October 11, 1975, and we're at 30 Rock in Manhattan, watching the final rehearsal for the very first episode of Saturday Night Live. Out on the sidewalk an NBC page (Finn Wolfhard) is trying to scare up an audience for the show, but passersby aren't interested in free tickets for this moment in broadcast and cultural history. Up in the studio, the camera darts and weaves through the chaos backstage and onstage as the minutes tick down to 11:30 p.m. in something approximating real time.
Through most of the movie, director Jason Reitman follows the frantic pipsqueak Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) as he scurries from one absurd crisis to another. These range from getting a live llama up from the loading dock to getting bricks laid on the stage while union stagehands refuse to help to getting John Belushi (Matt Wood) to sign his contract.
Belushi is immobilized by anger at having to wear the silly bee costume, until he's taunted by his cocksure castmate and rival Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith), at which point Michaels must keep the two men from pummeling each other. There are also executives and affiliates for Michaels to schmooze, with the diplomatic help of his long-suffering, appeasing Programming Executive Dick Ebersol (Cooper Hoffman), and technical difficulties to solve, and sketches and musical numbers to be cut; the earlier rehearsal ran three hours. And Jim Henson (Nicholas Braun) would like somebody to write a script for his Muppets to perform.
And so on. At heart this is an old-school "hey kids, let's put on a show" movie, with Michaels in the Mickey Rooney part. But like it or not, this isn't just any show. Even in its formidable best vintages, Saturday Night Live has never been the finest sketch comedy show on TV. But it has almost certainly been the most directly and widely influential, and Reitman's movie makes the case that its very existence was a tenuous fluke, borne of a squabble between the network and Johnny Carson over weekend airings of reruns of The Tonight Show.
The script, which Reitman co-wrote with Gil Kenan, feels romanticized, but it also ingeniously finds ways to incorporate references to classic bits that came on later episodes, like Julia Child's kitchen accident or Garrett Morris singing "Gonna Get Me a Shotgun." When these and countless other iconic gags are spun past us in such a concentrated way, we realize the degree to which SNL has inhabited our generational psyches.
Not everything works, but like the show it's celebrating, Saturday Night barrels along even when jokes fall flat, largely through remarkable acting. LaBelle, from Spielberg's The Fabelmans, is willing to play Michaels as a bit of a pretentious, self-important young ass, which goes a long way toward holding sentimentality at bay. It helps you buy into the hero's determination to get the show on, both because he believes his vision could be great and because he knows this night might be his only chance to take over the asylum.
Rachel Sennott strikes a strategically seductive tone as writer Rosie Shuster, the insufficiently-recognized wife of Michaels. The huge supporting cast includes impressive work by Dylan O'Brien as a handsy Dan Aykroyd, Nicholas Podany as Billy Crystal, Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman, Kim Matula as an alluring Jane Curtin, Lamorne Morris nailing the voice and body language of Garrett Morris (no relation!) and Ella Hunt coming about as close as a mortal could to capturing some of the enchantment of Gilda Radner. Some of these work better than others, but none are embarrassments.
Amusing in smaller turns are Matthew Rhys as George Carlin, J.K. Simmons as Milton Berle, Jon Batiste (who also wrote the score) as Billy Preston, Tracy Letts as Herb Sargent, Willem DaFoe as forbidding NBC exec David Tebet and Robert Wuhl as director Dave Wilson. There's also a startlingly chameleon-esque double role; see if you can spot it.
With Batiste's insistent jazz pushing Michaels along through the halls and dressing rooms, the film often recalls Inarritu's Birdman, from 2014. But I found Saturday Night much more enjoyable than Birdman; it's Birdman with a heart, and without the sour, unearned cynicism.
I'm predisposed to like show-biz stories, and I well remember watching, at 13, that baffling but entertaining first "cold open," between Belushi and headwriter Michael O'Donoghue (Tommy Dewey). So Saturday Night admittedly had an advantage with me. But it wouldn't have held me without Reitman and his cast's skillful execution of Hawksian overlapping dialogue and manic ensemble hum. SNL has turned many of its performers into stars, and this film could do the same.
#saturday night movie#saturday night live#jason reitman#gil kenan#gabriel labelle#matt wood#rachel sennott#cory michael smith#nicolas braun#dylan o'brien#jon batiste#lamorne morris#kim matula#lorne michaels#30 rock
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A titkok könyvtára (2014-2018), 4. évad
A titkok könyvtára (2014-2018), 4. évad
Fájó szívvel írom a negyedik évados kritikámat, mivel már biztosan tudom, hogy sajnos kaszálták a sorozatot, sőt még az aukciós is lezajlott, ahol a kellékeket is elárverezték. Egyszerre szomorú és szégyenteljes, hogy egy ilyen remek, okos és vicces sorozatot lelő a TNT csatorna.
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A titkok könyvtára (2014-2018), 4. évad
A titkok könyvtára (2014-2018), 4. évad
Fájó szívvel írom a negyedik évados kritikámat, mivel már biztosan tudom, hogy sajnos kaszálták a sorozatot, sőt még az aukciós is lezajlott, ahol a kellékeket is elárverezték. Egyszerre szomorú és szégyenteljes, hogy egy ilyen remek, okos és vicces sorozatot lelő a TNT csatorna.
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Fandom List
Hello! This is the fandom list for the prompt requests. I’m sorry for it being small, these are mainly my comfort characters and the ones I know I can pull a decent work. Actually, It’s been three years since I’ve written in my own volition and it will be the first time I’m writing fanfiction in English... Oh, enough with the excuses.
Se você quiser uma fanfic em Português (BR), pode pedir também.
➱ Prompt List ✎
Send your requests HERE ♡
Books
A Court Of Thorns and Roses
Feysand
Azriel
Cassian
Throne Of Glass
Rowaelin
Manorian
Dorian Havilliard
Aedion Ashryver
Lorcan Salvaterre
Lysandra
Fenrys Moonbeam
Manon Blackbeak
Novels
Heaven Official’s Blessing (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
HuaLian
Pei Ming
He Xuan
The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
WangXian
Jiang Cheng
Jin Ling/Jin Rulan
Lan Sizhui/Lan Yuan/Wen Yuan
Lan Jingyi
Wen Ning/Wen Qionglin
Wen Qing
The Scum Villian's Self-Saving System
BingQiu
LiuShen
Liu Qingge
Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint
Joongdok
Yoo Joonghyuk
Kim Dokja
Solo Leveling
Sung Jin-Woo
Comics
Eleceed
Seo Jiwoo
Kayden Break
Dr. Delein
Wooin
Jisuk Yoo
Jiyoung Yoo
Inhyuk Goo
Subin Lee
Seongha Park
Iseul Ju
Curtin
Basically very character
+You can hit me up with a character from a webtoon, if I’ve read I will right about them.
Marvel
Steve Rogers/Captain America
James "Bucky" Barnes/Winter Soldier
Stephen Strange/Dr. Strange
Celebrities
Artists
Machine Gun Kelly/Colson Baker
Adam Levine
Wanna a fanfic/imagine with any of these characters? Request it HERE ♡
#acomaf#acotar#acowar#a court of thorns and roses#feyre archeron#rhysand#feysand#cassian#azriel#fandom list#masterlist#acotar fanfic#acofas#azriel fanfic#acotar imagine#throne of glass#tog#rowaelin#manorian#dorian havilliard#aedion ashryver#lysandra#fenrys x reader#fenrys moonbeam#lorcan salvaterre#manon blackbeak#heaven official's blessing#tian guan ci fu#hualian#hua cheng
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Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits REVISITED
Greetings and Salutations!
Thank you so much for Your continued support for this channel and everything we have done thus far.
Everyone who has taken the time out of their schedules to watch anything and everything we do here at the Nostalgia Road Trip really means a lot to us and there is no better way to reward your continued support but with a Music Video Marathon.
As the title suggest, we revisit the old 90s album (an Cartoon network/TBS television special) Saturday Morning Cartoon's Greatest Hits and give it our own unique spin on the special/tribute album. Gone are the Drew Barrymore hosted segments that were in the beginning, middle and end of the songs and we replaced it with more footage of the cartoons While also including some tracks from other Various Cartoon shows of the 90s. It is something that we have wanted to do for quite some time and hope that it will bring a smile to those that remembered this particular album. For those who don't remember, then we have a treat for you, because we guarantee you the greatest experience for both your eyes and ears as you embark on a tour de force of sights and sounds from the various bands of the 90s with their amazing renditions of classic cartoon theme songs.
So it is because of that, and your support for this channel, that we wanted to do something for you all to lift up your spirits and bring a happy smile to your face with SATURDAY MORNING cartoon's greatest Hits REVISITED!!!! (P.S: Two tracks had to be omitted from the original soundtrack as YouTube Copyright was not allowing us to use them, But we think the replacement tracks we made to take their place will make surely make up for those) with that out of the way LET'S START THE SHOW!!!!!!!!
Complete track listing:
1.) Dig "Fat Albert Theme" (from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids) Ricky Sheldon & Edward Fournier 01:14:19
2.) Violent Femmes "Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You)" (from The Jetsons) William Hanna, Joseph Barbera & Hoyt Curtin 05:00:06
3.) The Reverend Horton Heat "Jonny Quest/Stop That Pigeon" (from Jonny Quest/Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines) William Hanna, Joseph Barbera & Hoyt Curtin 08:28:10
4.) Sponge "Go Speed Racer Go" (from Speed Racer) Nobuyoshi Koshibe 11:37:15
5.) Helmet "Gigantor" (from Gigantor) Louis C. Singer & Eugene Raskin 14:44:19
6.) Liz Phair with Material Issue "The Tra La La Song" (from The Banana Splits Adventure Hour) Mark Barkan & Ritchie Adams 18:57:22
7.) Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donelly "Josie and the Pussycats" (from Josie and the Pussycats) Denby Williams, Joseph Roland & Hoyt Curtin 22:11:15
8.) Tripping Daisy "Friends/Sigmund and the Sea monsters" (from Sigmund and the Sea Monsters) Danny Janssen & Bobby Hart 25:03:14
9.) Mary Lou Lord w/ Semisonic "Sugar, Sugar" (from The Archie Show) Jeff Barry & Andy Kim 29:25:07
10.) Toadies "Goolie Get-Together" (from The Groovie Goolies) Linda Martin & Janis Gwin 33:17:15
11.) Face to Face "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (from Popeye) Sammy Lerner 37:03:13
12.) The Murmurs "H.R. Pufnstuf" (from H.R. Pufnstuf) Les Szarvas & Paul Simon 39:58:06
13.) Frente! "Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sun Shine In" (from The Flintstones) Stuart Hamblen 43:16:09
14.) Wax "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" (from The Ren and Stimpy Show) Charlie Brissette & Christopher Reccardi 46:47:06
15.) The Ramones "Spider-Man" (from Spider-Man) Robert "Bob" Harris & Paul Francis Webster 50:26:01
16.) Butthole Surfers "Underdog" (from Underdog) Chester Stover, Watts Biggers, Treadwell Covington & Joseph Harris 52:32:05
17.) Matthew Sweet "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" (from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!) David Mook & Ben Raleigh 56:25:02
18.) Osaka Popstar and the American Legends of Punk "Sailor Moon" (from Sailor Moon) Misuzu Takahashi, Mari Nishimoto & Misae Takamatsu 59:36:05
19.) Steve Nelson & Thomas Sharp "Darkwing Duck" (from Darkwing Duck) Philip Giffin 1:00:58:21
20.) The Tender Box "Spectacular Spider-Man" (from The Spectacular Spider-Man) 1:03:50:03
21.) Downstait "Fight As One" (from The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes) Bad City 1:06:21:04
22.) Osaka Popstar and the American Legends of Punk "Astro Boy" (From Astro Boy) Donald Rockwell & Tatsuo Takai 1:09:51:04
23.) Memo Aguirre, Nick Carr, & Noam Kaniel "He-Man Main Theme": Spanish Version (from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) Shuki Levy 1:11:22:09
24.) Dj Lee (Youtube) "G0, Gadget! Go!" (from Inspector Gadget) Shuki Levy & Haim Saban 1:13:21:20
25.) The Jets "Rescue Rangers Theme" (from Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers) Mark Mueller 1:16:16:22
26.) Dale Schacker "Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs"(from Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs) Charles Bernstein 1:19:53:21
27.) Lion "Transformers" ((from The Transformers) Vince DiCola, Ford Kinder, Anne Bryant, Norman Swan & Douglas Aldrich 1:22:22:10
28.) The Covers Duo (Youtube) "Go Go Power Rangers" (from The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) Ron Wasserman, Haim Saban & Shuki Levy 1:25:58:04
#saturday morning cartoons#classic cartoons#80s cartoons#90s cartoons#popeye#the flintstones#the jetsons#josie and the pussycats#darkwing duck#chip n dale#disney afternoon#spider-man#transformers#cartoon theme songs#mighty morphin power rangers#saturday morning tv#saturday morning#inspector gadget#sailor moon
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