Philadelphia Front Page News TV-Radio Entertainment News Brief: Review: 'SNL50: The Anniversary Special' a gift to the show's truest fans Forward news by ARCAMAX frontpagenews1@yahoo.com
“SNL50: The Anniversary Special” could have been a clip-heavy
retrospective featuring the most memorable moments from the show’s rich
history. Instead, the three-hour-plus spectacular was fueled by fresh
skits aimed directly at die-hard fans who know the difference between
Chris Kattan and Chris Parnell.
The writers room, which included Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, cooked up
bits that brought back favorites like Kristen Wiig’s Dooneese, the
singing sister with tiny hands and a huge forehead; Bobby Moynihan’s
Drunk Uncle, and — in a double whammy — “Bronx Beat” with Poehler and
Maya Rudolph hosting Mike Myers’ Linda Richman. Did you get a little
verklempt?
Returns were often spruced up by big-name cameos. Meryl Streep, who
has never hosted the show, popped up as the mother of Kate McKinnon’s
alien abductee, admitting that her space misadventures exposed her as
the devil who wears nada.
Jack Nicholson made a rare public
appearance to introduce Adam Sandler. Rachel Dratch’s Debbie Downer made
Robert De Niro snap. In a new installment of “Black Jeopardy!” one of
the contestants was Eddie Murphy, who provided a pitch-perfect
impression of Tracy Morgan, who was standing right beside him.
The
celebrities sometimes felt shoehorned in. Murphy was pulled out of his
sketch without explanation so that Tom Hanks could toss in a few lines.
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