506606 Sun Apr 06 06:38:53 -0700 2008 44 33 Food Media and News 0 3566311 Did anyone see it? Just watching now ... Sun Apr 06 06:38:53 -0700 2008 10985 MMRuth 1 3566552 Yep, I saw it. As a Christopher Walken fan I made myself watch SNL. I was disappointed in Walken for appearing to read the teleprompter for most of his sketches. Although I did find some stuff funny. I liked the Top Chef parody, the bit about the faux hawks, the absurd challenge, the Padma impersonation and the guest judge Wylie thingy.... I thought it was good...not great...but good. Will someone pleeeeeeeease give Christopher Walken his own cooking show!!!! Now that I would love! Sun Apr 06 08:23:19 -0700 2008 3566311 10726 TrishUntrapped 2 3569768 Christopher Walken was on Jon Stewart and apparently he's an excellent chef and loves to cook, so that wouldn't be too much of a stretch. Mon Apr 07 10:30:35 -0700 2008 3566552 76776 Elyssa 3 3570070 Walken grew up in Astoria and his dad ran a bakery. Lidia Bastianich used to work in the bakery when she was a teenager, and she and Walken became close friends as a result of both of them working there together (and still are, I believe). So I would guess the bakery is the genesis of his cooking chops. Mon Apr 07 11:33:16 -0700 2008 3569768 10157 farmersdaughter 4 3570799 Righto. There is a video of Chris making a chicken and pear crisps somewhere on YouTube. Instead of "More cowbell," he might say, "This dish needs more Babybel..." on his cooking show. Mon Apr 07 14:09:38 -0700 2008 3570070 10726 TrishUntrapped 5 3570840 Here's a link to the video. http://www.imcooked.com/view_video.php?viewkey=5ff68e3e25b9114205d4 Mon Apr 07 14:20:13 -0700 2008 3570799 124435 sharonlouk 6 3572432 Thanks. Just watched the video and, more than being impressed by the small details that clearly indicate Walken knows what he's doing in the kitchen, I was impressed by his diction. He spoke in a rather normal manner with none of the odd rhythm I usually usually associate with Walken. I guess I'm not the only one since that rhythm was the basis for the humor in the Walken family reunion skit on SNL. Tue Apr 08 04:19:04 -0700 2008 3570840 61567 Indy 67 1 3566629 Please -- if anyone finds the sketch on YouTube, the NBC website, or anywhere else, please post a link. I was asleep, and I'd love to see it before the reruns. Sun Apr 06 09:01:44 -0700 2008 3566311 10855 nosh 2 3569242 That was a rerun. Mon Apr 07 08:26:13 -0700 2008 3566629 116638 southernitalian 3 3569294 Was it - the intro was topical in terms of the election, I thought. Mon Apr 07 08:38:52 -0700 2008 3569242 10985 MMRuth 4 3569332 I could swear that I have seen that birth control commercial (which was hilarious by the way) and that Panic at the Disco CD is really old. Not sure why they would perform those songs now. Mon Apr 07 08:46:35 -0700 2008 3569294 116638 southernitalian 5 3569346 http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/recaps/#cat=33&mea=1528&ima=41213 Mon Apr 07 08:49:36 -0700 2008 3569332 10985 MMRuth 4 3569547 But the election's been going on for the last year anyway, so a repeat might not have been all that off in topicality. :-) Mon Apr 07 09:35:48 -0700 2008 3569294 10532 LindaWhit 5 3569557 True - but it was about Hillary getting out of the race, so it seemed pretty timely to me ;-). Mon Apr 07 09:38:56 -0700 2008 3569547 10985 MMRuth 6 3569603 Well, I've been saying she should get out of the race since she entered the race, so..... :-) I would love to see this clip if anyone finds it on SNL or YouTube. I was already snoozing away by the time SNL came on this past Saturday. Can't remember the last time I actually stayed up to watch it. Mon Apr 07 09:50:01 -0700 2008 3569557 10532 LindaWhit 3 3570063 I don't think it was a rerun. Mon Apr 07 11:32:05 -0700 2008 3569242 10726 TrishUntrapped 3 3570444 I don't think so. The cold opening was about the release of the Clintons' tax returns and that is a recent event. Mon Apr 07 12:53:06 -0700 2008 3569242 61567 Indy 67 3 3570885 That was not a rerun. But it was the 10,000th time that Walken has hosted. Mon Apr 07 14:30:30 -0700 2008 3569242 14838 Dave and Stuff 3 3570959 The birth control skit commercial wasn't new; I've seen it before. I think they use it to fill space, kind of like they did with the commercial last season for stronger urinary flow (Urigro?). They must've played it five times or more last season. Glad they busted on the faux-hawks. Those things just look ridiculous. It's hard to be all, "Look at me! I'm so cool and novel" when more than one person is doing the same exact thing. Mon Apr 07 14:51:50 -0700 2008 3569242 92744 invinotheresverde 4 3571052 Thanks. I thought I was losing my mind. Panic's CD was really old so not sure why they were promoting it, Tina Fey was on that birth control commercial (weilding an axe - how funny was that?) and she's nolonger on the show, and he has hosted so many times it is hard to recall. But I thought the Top Chef skit with the fauxhawks was too current to be a rerun so I was confused. Mon Apr 07 15:17:54 -0700 2008 3570959 116638 southernitalian 5 3577509 Panic's CD is brand new; it just came out last week. Sometimes they re-run the fake commercials - that was the only old thing on the show. Wed Apr 09 11:28:32 -0700 2008 3571052 135447 boingo2000 6 3580512 "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" was on Panic's CD "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" that came out in 2005. Odd. Regardless, I loved the show and the Padma performance was spot on. Thu Apr 10 08:08:03 -0700 2008 3577509 116638 southernitalian 7 3580908 Ah...I didn't watch the second-song performance. Their first song was the single from the new CD. As for the sketch, I thought it was a good idea, but the execution was a little half-a**ed....seems that TC is ripe for a really good satire, but this one seemed thrown together. Thu Apr 10 09:29:10 -0700 2008 3580512 135447 boingo2000 4 3571947 I, too thought the faux-hawk part was hilarious. However, I don't see why it's impossible for more than one person to be cool and novel. Mon Apr 07 20:19:44 -0700 2008 3570959 161585 miss_bennet 5 3580465 Sarcasm, mb; those faux-hawks so aren't cool OR novel anymore. Thu Apr 10 07:55:27 -0700 2008 3571947 92744 invinotheresverde 1 3566682 Where is the video posted? It's not on the NBC's SNL video page. I've sorted for new videos, and they're only showing links to last night's cold opening, the Walken family reunion, laser cats, suprise party, and pregnant man. Sun Apr 06 09:15:34 -0700 2008 3566311 61567 Indy 67 2 3566713 I has taped it on my DVR/Cable box. Sun Apr 06 09:26:16 -0700 2008 3566682 10985 MMRuth 1 3567470 my heart dropped when i saw the wiley character, but i thought the whole skit was great, especially andy samberg Sun Apr 06 14:38:06 -0700 2008 3566311 173021 hungrystudent257 1 3570830 You can see the parody on: http://eater.com/ Mon Apr 07 14:18:44 -0700 2008 3566311 10726 TrishUntrapped 2 3570866 Thank you! Mon Apr 07 14:25:05 -0700 2008 3570830 10763 Miss Needle 2 3571065 Thank you! Not their very best parody, but as a TC fan I found lots to like and laugh at. Now if someone could only link me to a clip of the "Angry Dog" SNL parody ad. Mon Apr 07 15:23:16 -0700 2008 3570830 10855 nosh 2 3572312 Thanks for posting. I think Christopher Walken was excellent, and I really liked his calling Padma 'lady'. Tue Apr 08 00:07:10 -0700 2008 3570830 16734 Lizard 2 3577998 I watched this last night. Thought it was very poorly done. Just not funny, for the most part, and Walken having to read the teleprompter was irritating. Wed Apr 09 13:11:42 -0700 2008 3570830 10532 LindaWhit 3 3578079 I once read that the producers schedule the skits in the order of how funny they think they are--the funniest ones go earliest. I did note that this skit appeared after the fake news, which is not a good sign. As someone mentioned previously in this thread and as you pointed out, Walken seemed to be reading from the teleprompter the entire show. Disappointing, I agree. Nevertheless, I still thought it was funny. Andy Samberg really cracked me up with the oddball almost-but-not actually-sense-making cooking lingo he kept blurting out. "My emulsion isn't separating!" "I have to make a roux!" "I need the olive oil, too." And I thought the faux-hawks were funny --but especially on Kenan Thompson on whom it looked most ridiculous. ~TDQ Wed Apr 09 13:29:17 -0700 2008 3577998 12005 The Dairy Queen 4 3578138 See, it's been so long that I've even watched SNL that I don't know any of the players anymore. :-) But if by Kenan Thompson, you mean the one wearing what seemed to be a fake black wig that with a big fauxhawk - yes, that was funny. :-) Wed Apr 09 13:42:13 -0700 2008 3578079 10532 LindaWhit 5 3578233 Yep, that was Keenan! ~TDQ Wed Apr 09 14:03:24 -0700 2008 3578138 12005 The Dairy Queen 1 3572507 HA! Funny. Thanks for posting this or I might not have made a point of watching the show. The fake "annuelle" ad with Tina Fey was a repeat--Fey hosted the first SNL that aired after the writers strike ended and it aired for the first time then, but the rest of Saturday's show was new. Apparently, Walken (and Alec Baldwin) has a standing invitation from Lorne Michaels to host SNL. All Walken has to do is call Michaels up and say he's ready to do the show again and they work him into the schedule. Funny, eh? ~TDQ Tue Apr 08 05:17:35 -0700 2008 3566311 12005 The Dairy Queen 2 3668022 Apparently Walken won his bet with Baldwin about who could host the show while stoned on Klonopin. Thu May 08 07:54:50 -0700 2008 3572507 170007 Ryan Goldschlager 1 3574145 I didn't get a chance to see this and I can't find it anywhere online. Anyone have a link? Tue Apr 08 13:04:38 -0700 2008 3566311 112406 Chew on That 2 3574148 There's a link in a post above .... http://www.chowhound.com/topics/506606#3570830 Tue Apr 08 13:05:12 -0700 2008 3574145 10985 MMRuth 3 3576520 Unfortunately, the panel says "Video not found". Wed Apr 09 07:49:49 -0700 2008 3574148 91415 hungry_pangolin 4 3577029 Try this: http://www.seriouseats.com/required_eating/2008/04/in-videos-saturday-night-live-parody-of-top-chef-snl-christopher-walken.html Wed Apr 09 09:45:21 -0700 2008 3576520 15357 Justpaula 1 3578620 I finally saw it! For anyone that thought it was "pea" foam...that's Marshmallow Peep foam! Too funny! Wed Apr 09 15:42:07 -0700 2008 3566311 112406 Chew on That 1 3580307 The ending was pretty weak. They had Walken walking around with the raw beets the entire sketch. IMO it would have been funnier if when they asked him what he had prepared he just handed them to the judges and said "I have some beets". Then he wins due to his minimalist approach. Thu Apr 10 07:12:33 -0700 2008 3566311 73013 LabRat 2 3580345 I know - I kept expecting that to be the ending as well. Thu Apr 10 07:21:28 -0700 2008 3580307 10985 MMRuth