peter Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 This probably isn't worthy of its own thread, but there isn't one in the "Entertainment and Celebrities" section yet... A 40th anniversary special aired this evening on American television for Saturday Night Live. As many of you know, Madonna has appeared many times over the years, once as host and once as musical guest. The other times were guest appearances. Anyway, Madonna popped up three times this evening, all in archival clips: Her introduction of herself as host ("Hi, I'm Madonna and I'll be your comedy love slave tonight") appeared in the general retrospective, along with her appearance in the Linda Richman sketch that included Roseanne Barr and Barbra Streisand. Much later in the program, when they had a reel dedicated to the pre-taped 'short films,' they included a brief shot of her when she parodied the "Justify My Love" video with Wayne and Garth (Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey). It did not appear that she attended the event, although I'm sure she was invited. Musical guests for this evening included Paul McCartney, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West (with Sia), and Paul Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_system Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Oseary was the after party, he just shared a video of Primce on Imstagram. Madonna was with her children at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ditaluver Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I wish she would have gone But her clips were my fav part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Genevieve Vavance Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Jon Lovitz died? is this news, this popped up on my tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 just a quick question about SNL... when MADONNA did that skit with Lady Reductive, what is the one that was shown? The conservative clothed MADONNA or the one with only the bra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amzer801 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 On their YouTube channel it's the conservative one. Gaga had fucked up the beginning of the other one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agclef Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 She was SOOO GREAT when she hosted - she should make another appearance with the album coming out - of course it would be awesome if she hosted too, who knows!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 jump straight to @4:00... watched Lady Gaga turn and look awkward she looked she was about to trip over herself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider of the lost Ark Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Maybe we should rank her sketches on SNL? 1) Coffee Tawk 2) Marika 3) Truth or Dare 4) Happy Birthday Mr President 5) the "Joan Collins" one 6) Princess Diana 7) That telephone call one Although I must admit I never found 6 and 7 funny. Do I forget about any other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qans1990 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Maybe we should rank her sketches on SNL? 1) Coffee Tawk 2) Marika 3) Truth or Dare 4) Happy Birthday Mr President 5) the "Joan Collins" one 6) Princess Diana 7) That telephone call one Although I must admit I never found 6 and 7 funny. Do I forget about any other? I like the one where she pokes fun about the photographers at her wedding with Sean Penn, and each sides family members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaElectronica Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I loved when Kristen Wiig would portray Madonna on SNL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Jon Lovitz died? is this news, this popped up on my tumblr No, Jon Lovitz did not die. It was a running gag on the special -- they kept including him in the tributes to the folks who have died, but then they'd cut to him in the audience, and he'd be going "WTF?!" He was in on it, I'm sure. Sorta lampooning the celebrity death hoaxes in a way. just a quick question about SNL... when MADONNA did that skit with Lady Reductive, what is the one that was shown? The conservative clothed MADONNA or the one with only the bra? On their YouTube channel it's the conservative one. Gaga had fucked up the beginning of the other one. The more conservative outfit was the dress rehearsal, which went off correctly. The live one (which is what aired the first time it was broadcast) had the more skin-baring outfit for M. There are varying accounts as to who is at fault, but ... there was so much applause when M turned around that it wasn't possible for the two of them to start their singing on time. (Lady Gaga had the first line, and she didn't come in when appropriate.) Unfortunately, there were backing vocals (on "looks like your wig needs a FIX!") on the backing track -- so there was no way for them to just start a measure late and have everything be okay. So the sketch kinda suffered. Since then, I think SNL has been sharing the dress rehearsal footage more, because they nailed their lines and choreography correctly that time. M's outfit is the giveaway -- otherwise, we might never have known the difference when they replaced the footage. (There are other little nuances, I think, when they are on the couch with Kenan, but the performance piece was really flubbed, unfortunately.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Maybe we should rank her sketches on SNL? 1) Coffee Tawk 2) Marika 3) Truth or Dare 4) Happy Birthday Mr President 5) the "Joan Collins" one 6) Princess Diana 7) That telephone call one Although I must admit I never found 6 and 7 funny. Do I forget about any other? Fairly recently, she appeared with Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake in a sketch where the guys play Bee Gees. Barry Gibb showed up, too, if I'm not mistaken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nefarious Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 She looks so good here. Same with the Truth or Dare sketch, all I kept thinking about was how amazing she looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nefarious Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) No, Jon Lovitz did not die. It was a running gag on the special -- they kept including him in the tributes to the folks who have died, but then they'd cut to him in the audience, and he'd be going "WTF?!" He was in on it, I'm sure. Sorta lampooning the celebrity death hoaxes in a way. The more conservative outfit was the dress rehearsal, which went off correctly. The live one (which is what aired the first time it was broadcast) had the more skin-baring outfit for M. There are varying accounts as to who is at fault, but ... there was so much applause when M turned around that it wasn't possible for the two of them to start their singing on time. (Lady Gaga had the first line, and she didn't come in when appropriate.) Unfortunately, there were backing vocals (on "looks like your wig needs a FIX!") on the backing track -- so there was no way for them to just start a measure late and have everything be okay. So the sketch kinda suffered. Since then, I think SNL has been sharing the dress rehearsal footage more, because they nailed their lines and choreography correctly that time. M's outfit is the giveaway -- otherwise, we might never have known the difference when they replaced the footage. (There are other little nuances, I think, when they are on the couch with Kenan, but the performance piece was really flubbed, unfortunately.) Interesting. I hated that skit anyway. I always cringed when Gaga said "We're pop icons", considering only one of them is worthy of that title and it ain't her. I thought that skit was beneath Madonna to be honest, she is worthy of greater comedy material (as she's proven). On the plus side at least she looked hot. Edited February 19, 2015 by nefarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Interesting. I hated that skit anyway. I always cringed when Gaga said "We're pop icons", considering only one of them is worthy of that title and it ain't her. I thought that skit was beneath Madonna to be honest, she is worthy of greater comedy material (as she's proven). On the plus side at least she looked hot. Agreed. Especially in light of everything that has happened since, it feels a little misguided. But you're right -- she looked good. When I was at the bookstore this week (trying to see if they had the issue of MOJO with M on the cover -- alas, it was STILL David Bowie), I picked up a copy of People magazine's special collector's issue honoring SNL's 40th anniversary. Madonna is in it quite a lot, actually. The Wayne's World with Madonna was listed as one of the best of the 90s, and they had a huge full-page picture of the Linda Richman sketch with M. She was mentioned in other places, too ... like Sean Penn's Church Lady sketch, and she is visible in the background of another full-page photo of Jimmy Fallon (as Barry Gibb) with Timberlake. There are quotes in the back extracted from a book titled Live from New York (a history of SNL). The comments (one from a show writer, another from Damon Wayans) refer to Madonna's hosting gig during the show's 11th season. They are not very complimentary. (The writer claimed they got a high number of complaints because the show was terrible, and Wayans claimed Madonna had developed a facial tic by the time the show was about to start -- that her eye was popping off her face. Really terrible quotes. I find it suspicious, though, that she has been back SO many times since then. Obviously Lorne Michaels likes her and believes in her comedic capabilities and commanding presence.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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