Comments on: “Saturday Night Live” Musical Guest List More Notable For Who Isn’t On It

By: ampersandparade

ampersandparade — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:48:30 +0000

@katles: Off-topic, but I like that record a lot, and would love to see some of the songs performed in a live setting, especially "I Am The Cosmos." Also, my grandma has the biggest crush on Ryan Reynolds ever, his Entertainment Weekly cover (stolen for the doctor's office) has been on her coffee table for MONTHS.

By: Maura

Maura — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:43:13 +0000

@chachwitablog: The latter was actually in reference to Ms Spektor.

By: chachwitablog

chachwitablog — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:16:54 +0000

“…one act that’s continually teetering on the precipice of annoying omnipresence, and one act who is fine enough, but will probably not inspire a lot of people to set their DVRs before heading out into the weekend wilderness.”

I disagree with your second statement. I will definitely set my tivo to check the GaGa performance later. (But also because I like Ryan Reynolds.)

By: katles

katles — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:10:50 +0000

I know it wouldn’t happen, but Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn as musical guests with Ryan Reynolds would be cute. Maybe she’ll pull a Jessica Biel and pop up elsewhere.

By: Audif Jackson Winters III

Audif Jackson Winters III — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:54:59 +0000

One of the sketches on the night Regina Spektor appears should be Regina singing that track from her new album where she imitates a dolphin. By making seal noises.

By: brasstax

brasstax — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:34:03 +0000

While we’re on the subject, I don’t expect Megan Fox to really be a barrel of laughs either.

By: Maura

Maura — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:25:04 +0000

@brasstax: Ohhh, Gamer! Meh, they should have booked Ludacris instead.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:21:48 +0000

@brasstax: And let’s not forget he recently starred in that post-feminist (i.e. setting-feminism-back-40-years) “comedy” – and even with quotation marks I use the term loosely – The Ugly Truth. Clearly, this episode will only be worth watching for Shakira.

By: brasstax

brasstax — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:09:42 +0000

@Maura: He was Leonidas in 300 (a movie which, admittedly, I haven't seen, but doesn't appear very comedic from the outside). Plus, he's going to be in that terrible Gamer movie this fall. Typical action star lah dee dah. The only actor of that type I've seen score points on SNL is The Rock (pardon me, Dwayne Johnson), and that's probably just because he's generally funny anyway.

By: Maura

Maura — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:53:08 +0000

@brasstax: Why? (I really don't know who he is.)