Just a heads up - Neil Young and Jack Black on SNL

[johnnie]

I know many people refuse to watch SNL any longer (I still think it has it's moments), but I wanted to make sure that if you are a Neil Young fan you know that he is musical guest tonight. Jack Black can be funny here and there and I know there are a lot of his fans here at DU.

[swag]

1. I hope some East Coasters

brief the rest of us on the goings on, particularly Neil's performances.

Thanks in advance.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

2. i'll tivo

and skip to neil

snl is irrelevant and has no political edge-often leans to the right these days, actually.

[johnnie]

3. I never remember it being really political

They have always thrown some politics in, but it wasn't meant to be a political show. It is just a comedy show with musical guests. Even going back to the days with Radner, Belushi, Aykroyd and the rest they only did politics here and there. They did a lot of of Landsharks, Coneheads, Samurais, Wild and Crazy Guys and once in a while Aykroyd did Jimmy Carter.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. there's been tons of great political stuff on snl

franken wrote lots of sketches during his two stints on the show-his best work during the '88 primaries. dana carvey was a factor in poppy's defeat, i believe. there have been plenty og reat snl impressions of politicial figures - bush I and II, pat robertson, clinton, perot, george will, john mclaughlin, nixon, kissinger, ford, strom thurmond, etc

the late great mike o'donahue trashed reagan in the classic bizarro earth sketch.

a few weeks ago I saw SNL actually backing the line that christmas is being 'secularized' and I knew it was time to pull the plug on the show

[mitchum]

5. Ah, someone else who refers to O'Donoghue as "the late great"...

because he was. Rest In Peace.
Did You know that there is a longtime DU-er who had a longtime relationship with O'Donoghue? Any time that I get a laugh from her I feel as if I have received an ovation from the toughest room in the world.