OMG: NPH + Liza with a Z = Gayest SNL EVA

As the adult child and brother of alcoholics, I am not enamored with Liza in the least.  I loved her album Liza with a Z, but that's it.  Otherwise, I couldn't care less about her.

Sorry to be a buzzkill, but I don't support alcoholics or drug users.

And this will be the first time I've ever watched an episode all the way through.

...Sally Bowles version 3.0 (in the film, with Jill Haworth being the original Broadway version 1.0 and Judi Dench being version 2.0 on the West End). This would make NPH Emcee version 7.7 (being the 7th actor to play the Emcee in the 3rd Broadway revival, following the film and 2 previous West End productions)...?

in the sketch "Liza in the Morning" or something like that? It was a one-time deal, though I think they were hoping it would catch on.

Anyway, Molly Shannon was fantastic as Liza and had this absurd conversation with a robotic Mr. Blue Bird perched on her window. Julianne Moore was the guest host that week and appeared in the sketch as Gillian Anderson playing Scully from the X-files. Julianne/Gillian/Scully and Liza are having happy talk with big cups of coffee.

Julianne/Gillian/Scully: Liza, this coffee smells suspiciously of whiskey.

Molly/Liza: Well, it's coffee to me, baby [big high kick].

Brilliant!

 

As great as the Cabaret bit would be, it's WAY too insiderish for SNL.  I'm betting they've got NPH as his "How I Met Your Mother" Barney character claiming he can pick up any woman... cut to Liza...

Terrible episode.  NPH delivered well what he was given, but there's not much anyone can do with the unfunny.  Very disappointed.(The Liza sketch was probably the best of the night and the only one that made me chuckle).

said above, the problem was not NPH who did the best he could with the dreadful material they gave him. What a waste of my time and his. SNL owes him an apology. (Caveat: I fell asleep the last half-hour so perhaps the rest of the show was brilliant. Oh, look, the Nobel award committee just arrived at my door to give me this year's Nobel Prize too.)

said above, the problem was not NPH who did the best he could with the dreadful material they gave him. What a waste of my time and his. SNL owes him an apology. (Caveat: I fell asleep the last half-hour so perhaps the rest of the show was brilliant. Oh, look, the Nobel award committee just arrived at my door to give me this year's Nobel Prize too.)

You guys are tough. I thouhgt NPH did pretty good on the show. I enjoyed myself. I knew that SNL had lost the great writing and comedic geniuses of Fey and Pohler. What's really left? Neil gave the show the life that it needed.

On a side note, SNL, since MadTV is going off the air, can you hire some of their best performers and writers? Bobby Lee needs to be on a sketch show and you need to try something different. Its just not working. 

Thanks. 

For those in the U.S. you can see the Liza cameo sketch on Hulu.

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I know it's hard to believe but the NPH show was one of the better SNL shows overall. None of the skits were as awful as usual and NPH was one of the best hosts they've had in a while.

The Frost/Nixon, Broadway, and hamburger skits were pretty funny. 

This is the first time I've felt that the company actually rehearsed their skits more than usual.

Of course the appearance of Liza was fun, though they should have had NPH interact with her.