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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