SNL 40 Episode Discussion

learned:

* imma let you finish but lemme make this quick. i don't have to do this, right? this is just a retrospective, repeats and old clips, right? IT'S NEW!? damn.

* this was to the Oscars what the alternative prom is to the prom.

* i'm live-tweeting this btw.

* RIP Jon Lovitz

* Sinead O'Connor was busy.

* Bass-O-Matic: this inspired Billy Mays, but it also inspired Vince Offer.

* the best part about improv is the breaking/corpsing. ponder that for a millennium...

* we're all having a lot of fun here, but if i can be serious for once, those auditions were real and fascinating. that must be so scary and intimidating. i love acting but i hate auditions.

* Dennis Miller was in the building but then that joke about the Fox News blondes.

* i really want to see those Lorne Michaels/Miley Cyrus photos.

* Tina Fey getting eaten by Land Shark: Illuminati confirmed, i mean fetish satisfied.

* can something be both an institution and bad? can something be both an institution and an albatross?

* speaking of the Illuminati, Kanye: as much as i admire Sia's musical gifts, i admire her creativity when it comes to covering her face more.

* now that i have time to reflect, the best part of The Californians is when they all go to the mirror.

* Audience Q&A was so Carol Burnett Show. now when i think of Seinfeld, i will forever have the image of Disneyland burning burned into my psyche, pun sadly intended.

* Wayne's World: conundrum for millennia: comedy without catchphrases is more satisfying, but catchphrases are the only things that are remembered a millennium down the road.

* Eddie Murphy: oh Murph, i love seeing you, but that's it? i was hoping for something a bit more than you nervous at your high-school reunion. he really didn't want to be there, huh. i want to see those photos.

* best sports host: Andy Roddick.

* goodnights: Lorne Michaels's handshake diss: man, will Steve Martin EVER get the respect he deserves?

* after last night, it's hard to beat the drum for this show's cancellation. its history is undeniably rich and storied, and it just seems that it's too late now to cancel it, it missed decades ago the natural cancellation date most shows hit. it will never be cancelled, creating more and more history forever. just remember, history can't really be history until it's history.

* is it weird that Lorne Michaels, the head of this gigantic comedy machine, seems completely and utterly humorless?

* if i had to pick one thing, one thing i will always associate with this show, remember for millennia, it has to be: the backstage orgies. the tender sex. i mean the tenor sax, the "Waltz in A" theme at the end of each show is the true classic and takeaway, man i love that wistful song...