After a bout with food poisoning last night (who would have thought two chicken enchiladas could do so much damage??!), I am hoping to recover this evening by watching the first new episode of "Saturday Night Live" since early November when the Hollywood Writer's Strike ceased production.
I was a huge fan of the show when growing up in Salem, Va., in the 1980s. But, in recent years, my interest has shifted to "Austin City Limits" which surprisingly seems to show as many reruns as "SNL" even though it was one of the few shows not affected by the strike. But, one can only watch John Mayer perform so many times.
Mayer will not be the musical guest on "SNL" tonight, but rather those honors will go to country singer Carrie Underwood, whoever she is (I haven't followed country music since Garth Brooks emerged in the 1990s).
The host of tonight's show will "SNL" alumnus and Hollywood writer (well, actually she lives in New York) Tina Fey, who recently won an Emmy for acting in "30 Rock," a brilliant sitcom that she created.
Lorne Michaels told "The New York Times" that he is very disappointed that the show missed much of the election cycle. He told Bill Carter of the "NYT" that he would have liked a chance to rib former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (Michaels incidentally has been listed as a donor for John McCain's campaign, which is shocking considering that Michaels once employed Al Franken).
Tonight's show will mark the first of our consecutive live "SNL" broadcasts. It is something that Michaels is apprehensive about, but he feels that it needs to be done as he told the "NYT:"
"We haven't done that since 1976," Michaels told Carter, "when I came to the conclusion that it was a very bad idea."
UPDATE 2/24: This proved to be a pretty good show. There were surprise cameos from Mike Huckabee, who was actually quite funny, and Steve Martin. Fey was a great guest host. I loved how she refered to Rush Limbaugh as 'the Jeff Conaway of right-wing talk radio' during a Weekend Update commentary segment.
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