Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-02-16 (Sunday)

On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:51:56 -0800, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 2/17/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
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What did you watch?

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As expected, no movies. But I did get through most of the SNL 50 special.
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I watched:
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SNL 50 - I didn't see all of this - I saw the end of the first airing,
and the first 3(!)-hours of the second airing, so I maybe missed some of
the last 15-20 minutes of this.
   But, while it wasn't the show's best skits, I enjoyed the overall
nostalgia ("Coffee Talk" lady is back!), and most of the "celebrity
cameos" (not Baldwin!  >:/ ), in the special.
   One thing is for sure - a number of the old timers (I never did see
Chevy Chase or Jane Curtin) still have it, esp. Eddie Murphy! Get this
guy his own show!!

I didn't see Chase or Curtin live at the show so I'm not sure if they
were there. Of course both got a good deal of air time in the clips
from the past.

What did you watch?

I watched much of the SNL 50th special. Which was a nice addition to
seeing the first SNL episode from 1975 on Saturday night. I thought
Baldwin wasn't even going to show when there were clear places he
would have fit, but then they brought him in towards the end. I was
particularly touched by that last clip showing John Belushi as an old
man visiting the graves of all his former cast mates.

I also finished up THE DIPLOMAT. I wondered where they were going with
the addition of a blonde Allison Janney as the USA's VP, but then
there was the surprise ending which sets up a third season

What did you watch?