Dissecting the Weekend Update -- Saturday Night You Bull Sessions

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Date Posted: 19:45:11 09/10/05 Sat
Author: Prateek S.
Subject: Dissecting the Weekend Update
In reply to: jennings imitating Patrick Lonergan 's message, "REVIEWS: Steve Carell 09/03/05" on 23:52:03 09/04/05 Sun

I didn�t write anything for the WU this week... so I thought I would do a joke by joke analysis.
Well we definitely didn�t delay the hurricane jokes. It�s not a bad thing but... it�s all about perspective. I�m not offended, but I know SNL would have definitely limited their jokes. In the 1st episode after 9-11... not only was it a month later but they kept the references to minimum. So yeah that�s something to think about since it�s only been 2 weeks.

Hurricane: sympathy... not really. The turnaround with the joke about people leaving. Not the best joke considering... some people didn�t even have the resources to move. Buses and transportation weren�t provided till much later in the situation, gotta get the facts right before we joke about it.
Taft: What better to follow a hurricane joke than a Hitler reference... acceptable joke though
Chief Justice: Heh yeah... good jab at this whole John Roberts mess.
Saddam Hussein: Yes... we all want to see him die, but as a joke on WU... it just doesn�t work, nothing new or interesting. But that�s just me.
Australia: Does the writer of this joke have a hatred of Australians? There are special forums for this kind of material.
Australia Frogs: Clever punch line and this is my first favorite joke of the week!
Condileeza Rice: Solid joke I ended up chuckling at the Oreo line.
Dick Cheney: This Wu bit was waaay too short! I�ve never heard Refugee by Tom Petty. I know I know, I suck. But repeating lyrics from a song isn�t the best comedic piece for WU, it�s better as a musical bit in a sketch.
THE LONG Gay Marriage Joke: We go from too short to TOO LONG! Sorry but this was a swing and miss.
Marine lights: Solid joke... uh HI MOM!
Rumsfeld: Heh, I laughed at the thought of Donald Rumsfeld sitting next to Al Roker and Triumph on Squares.
Vincent Fox: Standard Mexican joke... but you would�ve made Carlos Mencia very proud... or angry. He�s always yelling on his show.
Hong Kong: I hated Ovaltine as well, my second favorite of the week!
Japan Cheese: Kind of sick, but funny nonetheless, my final favorite of the week!
Ann Rice: Vampire author... okay I guess.
ABC: Yeah... this would have definitely received some booing! Uh yeah...
Diddy: This was waay too short again, except this time... it was so short it lacked a punch line. Sorry, but I think it would have been better if you did a commentary on how white he�s become.
VMA: It was simple, but it�s about time somebody dissed the VMA�s.
Nicholas Cage: We get it... he�s intense, and it�s not funny anymore
Drew Barrymore: The �Drew Barrymore is crazy�jokes are old also.
Jude Law: You could have stopped the joke after �pulling the old Hugh Grant routine�. The rest was pointless. Then again... Hugh Grant prostitute jokes are getting stale.
Donald Trump: I�m tired of Trump period. Humor-wise we�ve done it all and I�m tired of his goddam show. Why can�t he just go back to his real estate ventures and leave showbiz! But the eerie thing is... Trump might be stupid enough to actually say that line.
Nick and Jessica: Make sure your punch-line is spelled correctly. Was it �stay in the car� it should have been �Nick has been asked to sing in the car�.
Roger Ebert: That�s the problem when we try to take a jab at comedic movies that are actually good. There really was nothing special about this review. It was almost like a time filler or something. And there was no point in dissing The Office... it�s the only decent show on NBC! Except for that sketch comedy show that we talk about a lot. That�s also why I only stuck with bad films for my sketch. The best way to do a review bit is to slaughter a horrible film, pick out everything annoying in it and there were plenty of bad films for you to use... ones I didn�t use due to time were Hustle and Flow, Red Eye and Underclassman.

I think I was a little harsh this time, but I think it�s time to get harsh. It�s a harsh review that will better our comedy. But yeah... it was still a decent WU. Well I�m going to try and get the rest of the show reviewed, but please... if anyone else has time please make some comments.

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Thanks, Prateek. -- Jim Bevan, 21:25:50 09/10/05 Sat
- Reviewing the Stevenator's show. -- Jim Bevan, 15:30:26 09/12/05 Mon