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Grex Scifi Item 36: Scifi actors can do comedy
Entered by kaplan on Mon Feb 7 16:28:28 UTC 1994:

Did everybody watch Patrick Stewart host Saturday Night Live this week?  I
really enjoyed it.  I'm not usually a SNL watcher.  The newscast could
have been a lot more funny.  I couldn't believe how many sketched PS was
in.  Of course I loved the TNG sketch.  I'm sure I'll chuckle every time I
see Riker putting his shoulder into it like that!  A few of the sketches
(Sexy Cakes) went on a bit long, but that's no big surprise - it's why I
stopped watching SNL in the first place.  His monolog about Trek trivia was
brilliant.  It was so intelligent compared to Shatner's infamous 'get a
life' comment.  Well, what did everybody else think?  Who taped it?

6 responses total.

#1 of 6 by robh on Mon Feb 7 21:32:15 1994:

I've been pretty disgusted with SNL of late, and most of the episode
did nothing for me.  The Scottish Psychiatrist sketch, on the other
hand, had me ROTFL non-stop.  (Careful, Rob, your kilt is showing...)

#2 of 6 by vidar on Tue Feb 8 00:32:06 1994:

Of course SciFi people can do comedy.  Battlestar Galactica was good, but it
was all one big joke.

#3 of 6 by dam on Tue Feb 8 00:37:32 1994:

ya know, with all their marketing, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT until today!
I guess I'll have to watch the TV guide and catch the next 'encore
presentation' of it, I'm sure it'll be around somewhere eventually.

#4 of 6 by kentn on Tue Feb 8 01:12:03 1994:

I gave up on the episode after the Love Boat: the next generation
sketch moved slower than molasses and garnered most of its laughs
from having cameo appearances.  Bleah.

#5 of 6 by young on Thu Mar 3 03:49:18 1994:

I missed the Patrick Stewart SNL, but it sounds like I wouldn't have
missed much.  Those who hate SNL hated it, and I hate SNL.  The pity is
that they have great concepts but are unable to execute them (like the 
superheroes sketch a couple years back).

Back to topic, William Shatner is  a GREAT comic actor for the same 
reason Leslie Nielson is:  he can take himself seriously no matter what
he's doing or how ludicrous it is.

#6 of 6 by wasichu on Sun May 15 03:17:10 1994:

 
 I certainly hope Patrick Stewart can do comedy...he has had enough
 acting experience...

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