One day I was just a normal girl, now I am girl that is addicted to your movie reviews. Keep ‘em coming! ❤
@heavenly55232 ай бұрын
Well I say if you have to be addicted to something it's better to be addicted to something that makes you feel good and is healthy too like Fish Jelly! I'll take that any day
@shondanesbittfair96742 ай бұрын
Same girl, same.😀
@marcirelisАй бұрын
Same!
@t.r.g4595Ай бұрын
It’s always the conversation Joseph’s body language has with the audience when Nick starts analyzing or digging up deep cut movie references 😅
@thatonegeeksite5251Ай бұрын
It always looks like they’re irritating each other. I love it lmao
@opalrhue9032Ай бұрын
“There is something unavoidably superficial about it”…to come up with a summarization as good as this, off the cuff … just makes me happy. 💚🤗
@RichardHannay2 ай бұрын
Nick just naming Jason Wrightman films off the top of his head like he’s memorized them all 😆
@tammajammaАй бұрын
I don’t know if it’s a generational thing, but the Garret Morris storyline was just beautifully executed to me. That funny song he sang was one of his most famous contributions to the show. A fan of SNL would recognize it right away. It was a very raw take on race from the perspective of a black man delivered with pure sarcasm. That song was the answer to the question “Why am I here?” It disturbs me how poorly younger generations understand nuance. If you need it spelled out for you, you suck out the marrow of the message.
@nastee10Ай бұрын
I have to disagree slightly about the Garret Morris arch. He spent the whole movie trying to get somebody to admit he's the token Black guy. His sound check scene was obviously meant to show us why he was there and that he was not a token. If the point didn't come across, then I guess it failed. But, it worked for me.
@AmarisFredeАй бұрын
The way Nick's shirt is crumpled, I thought it showed a mutant with a crab arm. 😅
@MaD-gs9qxАй бұрын
I was in high school at a weekend party, and the whole party paused the festivities to watch SNL. The skit we howled at that night was the pot grower's union spoof of a union commercial that was popular on the tube at that time (1976). It's so much fun! Check it out.
@jequalsmcsquared27 күн бұрын
I’ve seen a lot of criticism of Saturday Night that had me wondering, “Am I biased? Because I think all these criticisms are stupid. Am I blinded by nostalgia? Is it because I watched while deeply depressed and highly anxious so I needed something lightheartedly entertaining and this delivered?” But seeing your critiques, I think, nah, the complaints I heard were stupid because all of these makes perfect sense. I still really enjoyed it, of course, but this was all right on. Very spot on review.
@lightuponlight67272 ай бұрын
At 56, I vividly remember that first SNL show. I thought it was weird and funny but most memorable was the musical guest ...the amazing Rickie Lee Jones... singing her now classics "Chuck E.'s in Love, Young Blood" and the following day I begged my mom to bring me to the record store to buy a cassette tape of her album. I've been fan of her music ever since but stopped watching SNL years ago. lol
@JesseGallaghers2 ай бұрын
Disappointed about the Gilda Radner portrayal being unmemorable (context, I was born in 89 and watched 70s episodes of SNL that came on early Sunday morning; Gilda was always my favorite).
@ramunebradfordtake2710Ай бұрын
Really?! There is literally a club named after her. That's wild.
@NeonSpoon-q1uАй бұрын
Trailer didn’t sell me, I laughed once.
@claus_valcaАй бұрын
That’s more than the times I laughed 😛
@dafttool2 ай бұрын
Chevy Chase didn’t have a taint associated with him at this point in his career. That came later, especially after SNL.
@MrGMovieReviews2 ай бұрын
Sam Rockwell SHOULD play Carlin
@scifibri23762 ай бұрын
True Story: Kenan Thompson has been a cast member for half of the time SNL has been on the air LOL!
@jool4867Ай бұрын
After everything we’ve learned about Hollywood it makes you wonder what he had to do to get that.
@jasonkerest2517Ай бұрын
I will defend the Rosie Shuster portrayal and characterization; in the scene with Dan Aykroyd hitting on her following her around she explains her and Loren's relationship that she had "toilet paper tits", and said she wasn't the dream girl, she wasn't the homemaker, she wasn't the girl next door, she wasn't the kid sister. Then Aykroyd asked "What are you then?", and she says "I'm the writer". Later towards the end they asked her again how she wants to be credited and she says Rosie Shuster, then comments that Loren Michaels real last name is Lipowitz, which, to overly dissect this a bit, means he has an Anglicized last name and she's going by her non-Anglicized birth name, which is both feminist and traditional. Right before the show goes "Live". Loren and Rosie briefly hold hands, which sums up what the are: The Power couple, she's the woman behind the man.
@FishareFriendsNotFood972Ай бұрын
This sounds like a fun nostalgic time for older New Yorkers such as myself
@Oonagh722 ай бұрын
Watch “A Futile and Stupid Gesture”. It’s a really good SNL film. Even if you know nothing about SNL it’s just funny. SNL came out 20 days before my third birthday. I was allowed to stay up and watch it. I don’t remember the first episode per se. It was just a thing I have always watched.
@ahunt10542 ай бұрын
I just saw Jim Henson Idea Man, a Ron Howard doc about Jim Henson and they do discuss how hard the SNL time was for Jim. The SNL team did not like the muppets and they were mean to him. I haven't seen this movie but it seems like the Jim Henson portrayal is accurate or at least accurate to the SNL perspective of Henson.
@Madbandit77Ай бұрын
You forgot The Front Runner as part of Jason Reitman's filmography.
@kumaridesilva399220 күн бұрын
I did not understand what Rosie was trying to say when she says "I'm married to you but I'm not your wife" wtf? At times the structure of the film a frenetic 90 min in real time worked against it because stuff like the fist fight and bricks felt forced
@ararazul9638Ай бұрын
They didn't show it, because the movie ends on "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night", but I always thought it was kinda funny that Don Pardo flubs the voiceover on the first episode. He says "Not for ready prime time players" instead of "Not ready for prime time players". What I like about the movie is that it gave the same vibe as that first opening, that anything could go wrong at any moment.
@TheBearAspirinАй бұрын
Not sure if the 2002 book about SNL was a source because that was pretty definitive and had so much background insight. SNL is pretty infamous for overlooking the contributions of Larraine Newman, Jane Curtin and Garrett Morris. Even Gilda Radner is overshadowed by Belushi and Chase (and later Bill Murray). In 1979, Cicely Tyson was the host of SNL and the cold opening is one of the best as far as I'm concerned. Garrett Morris comes out in drag as Cicely Tyson and begins her monologue and then Ms Tyson walks up on the stage upset and addresses how Morris has come to this point where he's pretty much reduced to the token person of color. It's a funny opening but also had a serious undertone. SNL in it's heyday could be masterful in it's nuance. I catch occasional episodes now and then but the golden years were amazing.
@ronrocАй бұрын
This puts me in mind of the Aaron Sorkin show, STUDIO 60 ON SUNSET STRIP, that is loosely based on SNL.
@Madbandit77Ай бұрын
The film does echo that criminally short-lived TV series along with Robert Altman's swansong "A Prairie Home Companion".
@Madbandit77Ай бұрын
The film echoes Studio 60, along with Robert Altman's swansong film, "A Prairie Home Companion".
@chaisepomme4070Ай бұрын
Kid playing Mozasu is so darn cute.
@bobcobb365412 күн бұрын
Lorne got a shot because he and Dick Ebersole spent the previous year poaching the Second City and National Lampoon All Stars. Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi all had a growing fanbase from Lampoon before they set foot inside 30 Rock.
@SidneyMarie1232 ай бұрын
Did you guys ever review the “lighthouse” with Robert Pattinson? If so I can’t find it on your page and I’m too scared to watch it before a review and I don’t trust anyone else
@fishjellyfilmreviews2 ай бұрын
No but Nick gave it 4/5.
@erikchristensen8222 ай бұрын
Nick gave it 4 of 5 on Letterboxd which he doesn't give that often so he very strongly liked it. I don't see Joseph's rating or a review by them or Nick for it.
@nicolealie7138Ай бұрын
I liked the movie although it doesn't really say anything much or shed light on the characters. However, I saw it play at TIFF and that was an audience primed to love it as Lorne is from here and came up through the city's comedy scene. I wish the film had more space to show how messy, drugged out, and ego filled those early days reportedly were. Or how complicated and entangled all those people actually were. Plus, the film tells us nothing about Lorne except he thinks he's a genius which I think was a miss especially given his later reputation in the industry. I agree the actor playing Chevy was the best part of the film which I thought really worked as he was the breakout star of the early seasons which reportedly caused a lot of tension with the rest of the cast. I really liked that they showed Rosie as she wasn't just his wife but his writing partner since they were kids.
@jay-dubb.dubb.68Ай бұрын
21:14 He's got short shorts!! 🩲😮🎉
@puspavelai8353Ай бұрын
For someone, like me, who's only like seen Foo Fighters on stage on SNL (KZbin here), I feel your comments, surprising! I mean, like no explanatory notes, also the characters driving the format is unclear? Maybe, the magic for its longevity is in not knowing 🤨😉
@kellyrob42962 ай бұрын
I’m EXCITED for this one….(I don’t get out much…) I hope it’s a good one!!✌🏼😻
@LMason-qd7sq2 ай бұрын
I like the poster
@stevekasan3105Ай бұрын
I wanted to see this at tiff then I saw the tickets and like, yeah I'll wait I thought this was about the creation and lead up to airing not the on the day lead up to the first episode
@AlexDelarge1990Ай бұрын
Honestly the Carlin portrayal was the only thing that threw me off... everything else, was great
@donniemoder1466Күн бұрын
My problem with this film I haven't seen but heard director's interview where he said he made up many scenes even though he did hundreds of interviews to research before writing the script. It isn't a true story, just based on a true story that happened 50 years ago. Milton Berle was nof there the 1st night of SNL, just made up stuff.
@NeeksRus28 күн бұрын
I don’t think Lorne and Rosie were estranged; it sounded like they had an open marriage. He asks her if she’ll be spending the night with Dan Akroyd, etc.
@nicholaspruitt90322 ай бұрын
Hello Boys!
@ghostbusterscollector8593Ай бұрын
I've never seen the show.
@bobcobb365412 күн бұрын
The first episode itself was extremely messy.
@Jaa2139819 күн бұрын
Thought it was boring and unfunny. Didn't laugh once and I'm pretty easy to entertain.
@americanpancakelive2 ай бұрын
I love the old SNL casts because I am old. Back then it was so much more subversive and the musical artists were more cutting edge. YET, I have no desire to see this, I think because all those seemingly cool, smartly irreverent artists grew up to become either assholes, shawdy, totally tragic etc. Like I don't care about them. I will wait till this comes on Hulu.
@AmarisFredeАй бұрын
Sorry to ask, but what does shawdy mean in this context? Urban dictionary doesn't have one coherent answer, and the rest of google search just says it means short.
@Madbandit77Ай бұрын
Netflix.
@jool4867Ай бұрын
How did Lorne Michaels get this opportunity? The same way every rich man gets opportunities, nepotism.
@bobcobb365412 күн бұрын
Lorne’s dad died when he was a kid. His father had no involvement in the broadcasting or entertainment industries. How does nepotism play in?