Methinks that when Tina Fey left SNL, she took all the decent writers other than Seth Meyers with her. And look at the guest roster, both past and upcoming. SNL hasn't seen such a hodgepodge of A-listery since.....well, a very long time. When Christopher Walken stops coming, you know you've got some trouble on your hands. For the love of god, Lorne Michaels, stop firing your actors and start firing your writers instead. Most of their hosts this season are TV stars - Jon Hamm, Bryan Cranston and the like. Nothing against those lovely people, but 30 Rock bagged Julianne Moore, Matt Damon, Elizabeth Banks, and Michael "Wesley Snipes" Sheen for the finale alone, and Queen Latifah and Paul Giamatti are next this season. That just shows: most actors will do anything that will allow them to have fun and take advantage of great writing and great characters (except for certain *cough* actors who only think Acting is too dignified for comedy - you know who I'm referring to), and if SNL won't allow them to, then by god they'll find something that will.
Now, if only I can get my hands on some tickets for that live 30 Rock episode.
No comments:
Post a Comment