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On Breaking Down Each Cast Member's Contributions to SNL Season 36

I really believe that this cast and crew of very talented writers and performers are under appreciated. Bill Hader's Herb Welch and James Carville have left me in stitches every time they were on the show. I actually adored Wigg's Gilly and Penelope, though sometimes repetitive I loved how the writers managed to put her in different situations to see how she would react (Gilly in the Glee parody was hilarious). I find Andy Samberg's Digital shorts to be a great way of blending the very popular style of "Web Humour" into such a traditional show. I also found that this season Andy has been able to do a wider variety of characters such as One Take Tony and Mort Mort Feingold rather than just celebrity impressions. I think that Nasim Pedrad will turn out to be an SNL all star just judging by her timing, and character work this season. I love the energy that Bobby Moynihan brings to his characters and his overall versatility. All of the featured players have shown that they are there for a reason and have all given great performances throughout the season. Jay is a great impressionist who will continue to get better and better and Vanessa Bayer's Miley Cyrus always manages to crack me up. Taran Killam showed crazy character commitment when playing Gerard Butler and always goes all out. The rest of the cast never ceased to amaze me with their constant re-invention of themselves (Fred's Ricardo in TCM, Kenan's Jimmy MacMillan, Jason's Devil and Abby's Rachel Maddow clearly stood out) and of course Seth Meyers great delivery in Weekend Update. It's true that the show can sometimes be hit or miss, but in five or ten years no one is going to remember the sketches that didn't quite work, they will remember the ones that made them laugh. Their never truly was a "Golden Period", but as time progresses the not so nice memories fade and the great ones remain.

Posted on August 26, 2011 at 10:48 pm 0