March 10, 2002

 
In other news, I was very disappointed by Jon Stewart's guest-hosting appearance on Saturday Night Live last night. My expectations were very high - Stewart is normally one of my favorite comedians, but nearly every sketch last night was uninspired and mostly unfunny. It certainly wasn't all Stewart's fault - most of the cast seemed to be sleepwalking through this episode, and the writing was way below average in many skits. Please bear in mind this is SNL I'm talking about - below average can be really quite painful.

There were bits of quality - Tracy Morgan and Rachel Dratch were in a good skit playing themselves interviewing Jon Stewart, Tina Fey had a great one liner about not being a convincing Ashleigh Banfield in a sketch, and Stewart had a funny bit about coming off of the bench to fill in for Jimmy Fallon during Weekend Update - but that's about it. It was nice to see Chris Parnell back in the cast after being temporarily let go, even though he wasn't particularly funny in any of last night's skits. Will Ferrell wasn't in last night's show either; which was very unfortunate, and a bad sign for what will happen to the show once he finally leaves it in the near future. There are a number of solid comedians in the cast (namely Fey, Dratch, Fallon, Morgan, Amy Poehler), but somehow when Ferrell isn't around, it seems to falls apart.