Let's talk Weekend Update correspondents. They are often my favorite part of the broadcast. I need to go back and watch all the ones from the 80's again because I don't remember too many from back then, so for now, I'm going to concentrate on the 90's and forward, except for one.....
Annoying Man. Self-explanatory:
Possibly my favorite - Grumpy Old Man. Dana Carvey. He would often start to crack up while doing this character, which always makes it better:
One of the least appreciated correspondents from the 90's was Drunk Girl. I think this character was on only a handful of times, but I loved her - it was probably the hair arms and the exposed, flabby belly that won my heart:
Completely un-PC, but Ike Turner has a special place in my heart:
We'll wrap up today's discussion (there will definitely be more) with my current favorite. Stefon:
My latest obsession has been watching older Saturday Night Live episodes from the 80's and 90's. Being that I'm almost 40 years old, I remember these episodes well. Hulu Plus has all the episodes, with mostly all of the sketches (they do edit out a few of them for length).
I've enjoyed exposing my boys to the early days of Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, and Mike Myers, whom they had no idea were ever on SNL.
However, I've run into something that's been painful and irritating. Kevin Nealon doing Weekend Update. Weekend Update is one of my favorite things about SNL, and always has been. The commentators from the early 90's (such as Opera Man, Ike Turner, and David Spade) are hilarious. But, Mr. Nealon...ugh, he's horrible. It's not so much the jokes - you can't blame that on the host - that's the writers' issue. It's the delivery.
He stumbles constantly, sometimes starts saying the wrong part, and in general is just horrible with the presentation. It's quite painful to watch. Surprisingly, he never messes up the Mr. Subliminal editorials, which are always funny. Thank goodness!!!
My favorite will always be Norm MacDonald. He did a great deadpan. Plus, the OJ jokes never get old. Although not an OJ joke, this is probably my favorite bit that he did:
