A Saturday at home again
The band practiced on Friday night and there was no show this weekend. This meant Saturday was spent at home with the fam. Unfortunately, Band Mom was sick so that took some of the fun out of a night at home with the crew. But one positive about being home on Saturday night for a change was I could watch Saturday Night Live. And bonus this week’s host was Jason Lee. I’m a big fan of Lee. He was great in all of the Kevin Smith stuff that he did (Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back). My Name is Earl just kills me. And you gotta love the guy who voices the super villan in an animated flick (The Incredibles). And the musical guest was not some sucky pop act it was Foo Fighters. Also NBC ran a 2 hour My Name is Earl marathon from 9 to 11….snoogins.
Maybe Band Mom’s illness spread to me and affected my sense of humor or maybe I got my hopes up too high or maybe this was just one of the worst episodes of SNL ever. There were only 3 segments that even got a laugh out of me…The shows an hour and a half and I laughed for about a total of 2 minutes. The first laugh came with an HGTV spoof with Lee talking about winterizing your home by putting caulk in the cracks. And many caulk comments. And talking about black caulk for the bathroom and the female host not really liking caulk, and the male host never finding caulk when he needs it, but quite enjoying caulk. I think you can see why that’s pretty funny…I hope…
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The second laugh was during Weekend Update when Finesse and Kenan did a great Donovan McNabb/Mom McNabb bit talking about the whole T.O. thing. (Sorry I’ve always liked Kenan, since Destiny watched him on All That.) And the final laugh came during a skit called ‘Stachin’. The skit itself wasn’t all that good, but Jason Lee being a ’70s porn star was quite funny and the fact that Horatio Sanzwas laughing through his part made it that much funnier. I was waiting all night for Lee to play a porn star with that stache he’s got goin for Earl. Other than that the Foo Fighters were cool. That’s it. An hour and a half and 3 sketches that drew laughter.
Speaking of Jason Lee and earlier Kevin Smith. I can’t wait for Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks. I’ve been following the video journal and Lee was in it performing The Tounge Song with Mewes (you know Jay of Jay and Silent Bob). This better not be as big a let down as this weeks SNL. Somehow I don’t think it can be. Ever since I saw Clerks at some small screening in Philly when I was still in school, I’ve been a huge fan of Smith’s stuff. And Jason Lee has been in a bunch of that stuff (see the links above). Oh well just some links for anyone who cares to check out the Clerks 2 stuff.
I’ll be home next Saturday as well, because the band is playing on Friday. This is a biggie. Its our last show of the year and its at Nicolozakes in Fairpointe, OH. Some of Keyser’s friends from Evolution will hopefully be out to see us. Also we know some folks from this side of the WV panhandle are going to make the trip. So it should be a good night. Hopefully we’ll see you all there.
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