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Recap: 'Saturday Night Live' – Jennifer Lawrence and The Lumineers

What will be deadlier: the arena from "The Hunger Games" or Studio 8H?

By Ryan McGee Saturday, Jan 19, 2013 11:00 PM

Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Lawrence

Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Lawrence

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After over a month off, “Saturday Night Live” is back with recent Golden Globes winner Jennifer Lawrence as 2013’s first host. That month hopefully recharged the batteries of all involved in this show. In greater likelihood, it gave the writers the opportunity to craft the longest version of “The Californians” in history. Along for the ride tonight is musical act The Lumineers, whose song “Ho Hey” I heard no less than five times in my car today. It’s possible that I’ve been incepted by the neo-folk pop music scene, is all I’m saying.

Let’s keep track of that throughout tonight’s proceedings. As always, I’ll be live blogging the show, giving grades to each individual sketch along the way. As always, you’ll take any difference of opinion from your own as a slight that can be only answered via a pistol duel at dawn. Why should 2013 be any different from 2012?
 
Come back starting at 11:30 p.m. EST, and we’ll get this party started.

 

Piers Morgan Tonight: Well, here’s one way to catch up on all the happenings during the time off. Up first? Jason Sudeikis as Lance Armstrong, still “apologizing” for his actions without really doing so. “Am I sorry I did it? Yes. Ish. No.” Up next? Manti Te’o, played by…Bobby Moynihan? Sure, why not! Te’o seems still unaware of the extent of the hoax perpetrating upon him. Finally, Kate McKinnon appears as Jodie Foster (via "SNL" character Sally O’Malley, whom Foster herself seemed to invoke on Sunday) to explain the speech given at the Golden Globes. As per usual in the “Piers Morgan Tonight” segments, no one element gets enough air time to really land, but all are pleasant enough on their own. If this had just been Foster, we might have had something special. As such, this was a safe re-entry into the world of the show.  [Grade: B-]
 
Monologue: Lawrence says that the best part of the Golden Globes was meeting “the most fun person I’ve ever met: Tommy Lee Jones!” Bill Hader sits stone-faced in the crowd, breaking from his cold stare only to do the Tommy Shuffle for her. She insists that while she didn’t insult Meryl Streep at The Golden Globes, she does plan to roast her fellow Oscar nominees. What follows is basically David Spade’s “Hollywood Minute”, only delivered by someone way, way, way prettier. (“Whatchu talkin’ ‘bout, Wallace?”) Lawrence is game, but reads the jokes off far too fast and with too little vocal variation. Still, let’s chalk this up to nerves and hope she settles in as the show moves on. [Grade: B-]
 
Starbucks Verismo: Ever long for the experience of having your name and/or coffee understood incorrectly at a Starbucks? Well, now you can have the same annoying time at home. Be sure to also order Verquonica, the companion piece that will argue with Verismo over said order! Here’s perfectly sound idea on paper that ends up not making much of an impression in practice. Once the first joke was delivered, everything else was fairly predictable. Not a particularly strong return for the show thus far. [Grade: C]
 
Girlfriends Talk Show: Wow. Another iteration of this sketch, once again in the post-monologue slot. Lawrence plays Jesse, a new best friend for Cecily Strong’s character. She is a wanna-be punk who has been to New York at “least” two or three times and keeps hinting at her imminent bisexuality to seem edgy. Aidy Bryant is still the MVP of this sketch, doing more with less and making her few lines count. (“You wish you pooped little pellets!”) The first time around, this sketch felt fresh. This time around, it feels like each of the three actresses have been superglued to the couch with their heads forced to face straight ahead. Essentially, it’s a radio play that happens to be broadcast for television. Lawrence wasn’t asked much to do here, and didn’t really do much beyond the bare minimum. [Grade: C]
 
Post Hunger Games Press Conference: Poor Peeta. No one has any questions for Peeta. Tim Robinson’s ill-prepared journalist provides the biggest laughs so far, apparently unaware of the rules of The Hunger Games but incredibly interested in Seneca Crane’s “insane” beard. (“Sorry…our normal Hunger Games guy is out sick.”) Jay Pharoah’s journalist gets to the tough questions, asking if Katniss used PEDs or if Peeta used performance-reducing drugs. In some ways, this is an insanely dated sketch. On the other hand, this was also the first spark of life all night. The combination of Lawrence’s deadpan delivery, Taran Killam’s droopy-eyed performance, and the variety of questions from the well-written journalists made this a well-executed sketch. It didn’t rewrite any rules, but executed a tried-and-true format with great skill. [Grade: A-]
 
18 Hobbit Films: Well, this feels inevitable. The jokes are built into each film title, such as “The Hobbit 11: Trying To Split A Complicated Dinner Bill” and “The Hobbit 13: Gandalf Tries To Remember A Name”. Things are funny…and then they get janky for a while. Still, dwarves sing Billy Joel’s “The Longest Time”, so this is pretty much my jam. And then, for some reason, the video buffers. On live TV. It’s truly bizarre. It’s so bizarre that I can’t really ding the grade for the proceedings. I’ve seen plenty of things go wrong during a live sketch. I had no idea that “SNL” actually livestreamed its preproduced materials through a dial-up modem. [Grade: B+]
 
Johnny Two Tones: A couple east at a diner with an old-time flair with waitresses that intentionally insult the customers. Naturally, Lawrence’s waitress isn’t so much “sassy” as “generally horrible”. The show seems to think Lawrence isn’t allowed to smile, as every character she’s played thus far as been either sullen or dead-serious. Maybe they learned a lesson from trying to make Daniel Craig too wacky. But man, it’s a monotonous series of characters for her to play, no? On top of that, the sketch establishes a general pattern (nice service, then mean service) with little variation or build. Seeing Lawrence’s character interact with other customers, as she did momentarily near the end, would have established a nice back-and-forth rhythm. Oh well. [Grade: C-]
 
(Hey!) It’s The Lumineers! (Ho!) (Hey!) It’s that song again! (Ho!) I’ll never escape it! (Hey!) I mean, I really like it and all! (Ho!) But my God, it will haunt me until my grave at this rate. (Hey!) I wonder if Mumford And Sons ever throw darts at pictures of this band! (Ho!) Will we look back in five years and wonder why this kind of music was suddenly popular again, the way we now look back at that brief period in which everyone pretended to like swing music again? (Hey!) [Grade: B+]
 
Weekend Update: There are dozens upon dozens of possible talking heads to introduce as the first one in 2013, so naturally “SNL” picks Anthony Crispino, one of three worst possible options. I love me some Monyihan, but this is his worst character, bar none. But the show LOVES this character, and so here we are. And the next guest was…no one. They had a month to come up with ideas, and the best they could do was this. That’s almost unfathomable. Maybe the show needs another month off. The jokes delivered by Seth Meyers were fine. And there’s no rule saying how many talking heads need appear in an “Update” to make it successful. But with all that’s happened in the time between shows, “Update” should be bursting at the seems, not struggling to fill its slot. [Grade: B-]
 
Top Dog Chef: Oh. Oh no. If you’re an “SNL” fan as well as a Furrie, you’re in total heaven right now. At least the show let Lawrence have some fun by freaking out upon hearing a doorbell ringing, so that’s something. Without Monyihan’s flamboyant contestant Hershey, this would have been an extremely painful segment. Even if you could see what would happen a mile away with Hershey, Monyihan’s exuberant delivery gave the proceedings enough juice to help me power through. Here’s a fun mental exercise: imagine if Louis C.K. had been asked to do this sketch. So, points to Lawrence and company for professionalism in the face of a terrible sketch. But let’s all go and pretend this never happened. (That might serve us well for this episode in general.)  [Grade: C]
 
Richard And The Buffalo: This was one of my favorite sketches last season, though I’m extremely surprised to see it return.  Let’s just say my delight did not seem to be shared by many. Basically, this is a combination of jokes about the radio show’s early time slot (“Even Al Roker’s still asleep!”), the dark conditions of its Minnesota setting (“Flo Rida is from Florida, which is the farthest away place in the world!”) and the crazy chemistry between Killam and Monyihan. On top of all that goodness, Lawrence seems more alive than at any point thus far, game to show off her character Busty Rhymes’ horrific lyrical skills and serious promotional skills. Vanessa Bayer, who has been relatively AWOL tonight, grounds the show as news anchor Karen/MC Jigglebutt. Despite my love of this sketch, I’m also praying that the show doesn’t run it into the ground before the 39th season starts. Which…pretty much means I’ve just ensured that will happen. [Grade: A-]
 
The Lumineers return to the stage. Apparently, they have another song. Who knew? I kid, I kid. This time around, they perform “Stubborn Love”. I’m so happy that it’s anything besides “Ho Hey” that I want to kiss this song full on the lips. It’s possible that I’m also starved for anything made of quality tonight. We’ve had two good live sketches and one decent pre-produced piece that was marred by technical difficulties thus far. I’m gonna go stare at my Swarovski crystals and hope for a good sketch to end the night. [Grade: B]
 
Danielle: A Free European Woman: Hey, it’s late-night “SNL”, so why not have a parody of some late-night Cinemax programming? This…this is extremely, extremely strange. The horrific overdubbing may or may not be completely accurate for this type of programming (I plead the fifth), but it also gives off the effect that everything is running extremely, extremely fast. The audience clearly has no idea what to make of these proceedings, and neither do I. (There's a difference in understanding what's being parodied and understanding WHY such a parody need exist in the first place.) By the end, I worry that I’ve been slipped a whole mess of drugs and now live inside The Matrix. For sheer bravado, I don’t want to completely punish this segment. On the other hand….THEY HAD A FREAKIN’ MONTH OFF AND THIS WAS AMONG THE BEST MATERIAL THEY CONCEIVED. [Grade: D+]
 
Civil War Lovers: Two lovers exchange letters during a time of great strife in our nation’s history. Maybe I’m super punchy right now, but Robinson’s “bro” soldier is making me laugh out loud. It’s a strange sound, one unfamiliar tonight in my office. (“I was shot…for treason!”) It’s a one-note joke, and eventually fizzles out, and for some reason Lincoln is there at that end to grieve this poor excuse for a soldier. But I’m happy, primarily because this wretched episode is over. [Grade: C+]
 
Best Sketch: Richard And The Buffalo
 
Worst Sketch: Danielle: A Free European Woman
 
The Verdict On Lawrence: When given good material, she rose to the occasion. But the show spent the first hour giving her intentional dour roles, and the sketches around her were generally subpar. I don’t think any single host could have elevated this installment above and beyond what it was. At least Adam Levine has a fairly easy job next week. After all, it’s hard to see the show being worse than this anytime soon. That “SNL” had a bad episode isn’t a big shock…except that after such a long off-cycle, you’d think there would be a backlog of ideas that would produce a much stronger episode upon return. But you’d think wrong.
 
What did you think of tonight’s episode? Did Jennifer Lawrence hold her own on the live stage? Sound off below!

 

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    Mojo CoCo

    Theyre really hurting trying to get the audience used to a Wiig/Armisen-less weekend update. Seems like theyre trying to wind down Bill Hader as well.

    Lawrence's delivery is great. I wish they would put her in some funny sketches, she'd probably do better than most hosts.

    January 20, 2013 at 1:37AM EST Reply to Comment
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      leslie Snl hasn't been on my time yet. I just was trying to see what songs the lumineers played and stumbled onto this site. IObviously if hey ho & stubborn love are the only songs you know by the lumineers your not a fan. May I suggest flowers in your hair, classy girl, big parade... the whole CD.

      January 20, 2013 at 3:42AM EST
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      neverthehero couldn't agree more Leslie.

      January 20, 2013 at 3:18PM EST
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    23553

    Is it just me, or was Busty Rhymes a blatant ripoff of Jean-Ralphio?

    January 20, 2013 at 1:48AM EST Reply to Comment
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      filthyfowl Right down the the structure of the rhyme.

      January 20, 2013 at 9:13AM EST
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    Jonathan

    I loved the height joke in the Hunger Games sketch.

    Glad someone else noticed how little they tried to disguise how small Josh Hutcherson is.

    January 20, 2013 at 1:48AM EST Reply to Comment
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    BenS

    That...that was incredibly disappointing. I was hoping for something that was interesting while working (grad school whooooooo!) This was not it... There was the...yup, just the Hunger Games.

    Also, re: the Lumineers and Mumford. Both of them opened for OCMS right before each blew up. OCMS in concert is a bit why fiddle music is popular I think. See: the Grand Ole' Opry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwPoEdd5e8I

    January 20, 2013 at 2:06AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Willo

    What was nice about this episode is that even though the sketches were subpar, Lawrence still came off well in the end, which is really important for any guest host but more so for a young, Oscar nominated guest host. You almost feel as if the show was holding her back from her true potential. Also, as a former sportswriter, I can attest to the absolute truthfulness of the Hunger Games post game press conference.

    That said, how the hell did we not get Stephen A Smith on a week where the two biggest news stories were related to sports? (The best joke of the night was the one where they tied both together in Weekend Update).

    January 20, 2013 at 2:11AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Jonathan

    Yeah, whatever the problem was tonight, it wasn't Lawrence.

    Although, I liked Top Dog Chef more than others likely did and hated Girlfriends even more.

    And glad they brought B108 back.

    January 20, 2013 at 2:13AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Ernst2k

    Did anyone else catch during the goodbyes when the dude from the Lumineers flipped his hat from his foot on to his head, and Lincoln dancing all crazy in the background? It was almost the best sketch of the entire night in those 10 seconds!

    January 20, 2013 at 2:15AM EST Reply to Comment
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      dave I have to agree. Stelth Ulvang's hat flip at the end was the best moment of the show. Stelth is amazing. Anyone else notice he played barefoot. I understand he plays at least ten instruments.

      January 20, 2013 at 5:45AM EST
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      Trilby You see that hatflip all the time on the subway but with a ball cap.

      January 21, 2013 at 11:28AM EST
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    Franc

    yup, agreed pretty much %100. maybe they can have Jen back on when they get their crap together.

    January 20, 2013 at 2:16AM EST Reply to Comment
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    kyled13

    I think the glitch in "The Hobbit" sequence was to make fun of the "Peter Jackson's S#!TVISION" thing, maybe.

    January 20, 2013 at 2:27AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Randy

    A lame episode. SNL has a beautiful, talented actress in the house, and she was massively underutilized. I thought she was great in the Hobbit sketch, especially when she yelled, "No, we're NOT!" The biggest disappointment is that she wasn't given material in which she might have soared, and yet despite that, she gave it her best. I hope they have her back in a couple years. But Ryan is right - after being off for a month, you think the writers would've had a boatload of great sketches to consider. I wonder how bad the sketches were that were cut out from the 2-hour dress rehearsal. Also, why underutilize such great talent as Kate McKinnon and Jay Pharoah?

    January 20, 2013 at 2:35AM EST Reply to Comment
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      spoobnooble I'm just glad they finally gave Tim Robinson some airtime for once.

      January 20, 2013 at 8:00AM EST
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    mgrabois

    Having grown up in the late 70s/early 80s where stuff like "Danielle" was what they did have late at night, I found it incredibly spot-on and I thought it was the funniest taped bit. The bad dubbing and inane, sped-up dialog gave me flashbacks, because in my early teens this was all we had if we wanted to see boobies. But I guess if you're trying to appeal to guys in their 40s, that's the wrong audience.

    And I liked Girlfriends Talk Show (I really like Cecily Strong's characters) and Top Dog Chef while not being fond of the radio show skit, so who knows.

    Jennifer Lawrence acquitted herself well. It's nice to see someone of her generation being so talented yet down-to-earth (as I've seen in some of her interviews) - I'm looking at you, Lindsey Lohan.

    January 20, 2013 at 2:49AM EST Reply to Comment
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      DB Cooper Agree. You may need to be 35-45 to get that one. But if you are, you do.

      January 20, 2013 at 2:57AM EST
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    alynch

    "And there’s no rule saying how many talking heads need appear in an “Update” to make it successful. But with all that’s happened in the time between shows, “Update” should be bursting at the seems, not struggling to fill its slot."

    You have it backwards. Guest segments on Update ARE what you do when you're struggling to fill up time. It's easier to eat up three minutes with a single bit then to have to write six different jokes.

    January 20, 2013 at 3:11AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Lee Harvey

    I might be the last person on earth to have heard that Ho Hey song, but if I ever hear it again, I might go on a killing spree.

    January 20, 2013 at 4:13AM EST Reply to Comment
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      Lee Harvey At 12:39 a Buick commercial came on featuring animals with flashing lights on their heads. It was funnier than 90% of this show.

      January 20, 2013 at 4:41AM EST
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    Nelson

    I am not a huge fan of SNL anymore, but I still watch it. I always read the hitfix recaps and reviews of the show.

    You gave the Top Dog Chef a grade of a C. I thought that was the funniest sketch by FAR. That is why you have to take these reviews with a grain of salt. The part in top dog chef when they brought out the cat was hilarious

    January 20, 2013 at 4:40AM EST Reply to Comment
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      Lee Harvey I cracked up at the dogs reacting to the doorbell and the cat.

      January 20, 2013 at 4:43AM EST
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    Guest

    The best segment was the opening one with Piers Morgan one with Lance Armstrong and Manti Te'o. Most of the other sketches left me wondering what they were doing. I didn't see Hunger Games so that sketch made no sense to me. Also I am unfamiliar with Jennifer Lawrence and a little introduction in her monologue would have helped. Her work here left me thinking she is not a very good comedic actress.

    January 20, 2013 at 5:15AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Buffett fry

    You people are completely out of your minds. This episode was by far this funniest episode of the season. I couldn't stop laughing. Jennifer, the cast, The Lumineers were incredible. Also didn't any of you notice how much the women from The Lumineers resembles Abby Elliott?

    January 20, 2013 at 8:05AM EST Reply to Comment
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      buffett fry actually she looks a lot like marion cotillard as well

      January 20, 2013 at 9:37AM EST
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    Ken from Chicago

    It's the flu season
    So you gonna have issues
    If you get the sniffles
    Get a big box of Kleenex
    -- Busty Rhymes

    January 20, 2013 at 9:16AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Bill

    Danielle was the best sketch, Richard And The Buffalo the worst. Sorry. I'm in my 40s and immediately understood what they were satirizing. It was spot on, the accents they use for dubbing, the awful "loses something in the translation" of the script. The rap thing is just more dumb ass rap humor. Who cares?

    January 20, 2013 at 9:42AM EST Reply to Comment
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      ryanmcgee It's not about understanding what they were satirizing. I understood the reference. I just didn't think it was remotely funny, went on three times longer than it should have, and didn't justify its existence. Mileage will vary on all of these sketches, obviously. But that's where I came from on this one.

      January 20, 2013 at 11:56AM EST
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      Bill Sure it's about what they are satirizing. I'm not begrudging you your opinion, so don't begrudge me mine.

      January 20, 2013 at 1:49PM EST
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    Ken from Chicago

    The Fiscal Cliff, the Golden Globes, Gun Debate, Chris Christie vs Repubs, Hillary Clinton sickness deniers, Inauguration, upcoming movies. A wealth of potential sources for parody.

    Surprisingly they didn't go with Keenan in drag (or use their female African American memb-er, oh, that's right, SNL doesn't have one) for the obvious Oprah's Return-er Oprah / Lance interview.

    If they wanted to be edgy they might have parodied the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) or the Television Critics Association (TCA) presentation of upcoming or returning shows.

    January 20, 2013 at 9:51AM EST Reply to Comment
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    lo

    she was terrible. She is overrated as an actress and this showed it

    January 20, 2013 at 10:11AM EST Reply to Comment
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      Cam Two oscar nods by 22 says otherwise. The writing was flat and awful. SNL needs to find writers who can better translate comedy to the individuality of each host.

      January 20, 2013 at 3:23PM EST
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      Kimberly I stopped having faith in the Oscars a long time ago... And I completely just stopped watching or reading about it since "Crash" won Best Picture. What the hell was that?!

      January 21, 2013 at 2:20AM EST
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      JP Agreed. I don't understand the love she receives. Jennifer Lawrence is not a trained actress, and it shows in her acting. She wasn't that good in Silver Linings Playbook ( her line delivery was painful and her bad PA accent ) , and hosting SNL conveyed her acting limitations. Jennifer was wooden and boring, with weak acting- very similar to Jeremy Renner. Not everybody has the chops nor the personality to host SNL- Robert DeNiro & Sean Penn were atrocious and the best examples. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Jon Hamm, Seth McFarland, and Melissa McCarthy can pull-off hosting SNL. The SNL producers need to , first, hire better writers and, secondly, be more selective with the SNL hosts.

      January 22, 2013 at 5:18AM EST
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    Patrick

    This episode felt like the female version of the Jeremy Renner. A host with little comedic skill and overall poor writing with a few funny moments sprinkled in. Are they going to make every female host be on "Girlfriends"? It was cute with Anne Hathaway, not so much with Lawrence.

    January 20, 2013 at 10:41AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Ken from Chicago

    (Ho) We the People,
    (Hey) in Order to form a more perfect Union,
    (Ho) establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, (Hey) provide for the common defence,
    (Ho) promote the general Welfare, and
    (Hey) secure the Blessings of Liberty
    (Ho) to ourselves and our Posterity,
    do ordain and establish
    this Constitution for the
    United States of America.

    If the Lumineers did Schoolhouse Rock.

    January 20, 2013 at 11:04AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Princess Die of Whales

    I knew when I watched the promos with Jason Sudekis that the show was going to be awful. It's like they had absolutely no idea what to do with Lawrence, so they just did nothing. It felt like the season got off to such a good start, but now the writers are just buying time until the end of the season. Jennifer Lawrence was great...the writers, not so much. At least she didn't get killed by a whale.

    January 20, 2013 at 12:43PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Princess Die of Whales

    Write a comment...I knew when I watched the promos with Jason Sudekis that the show was going to be awful. It's like they had absolutely no idea what to do with Lawrence, so they just did nothing. It felt like the season got off to such a good start, but now the writers are just buying time until the end of the season. Jennifer Lawrence was great...the writers, not so much.

    January 20, 2013 at 12:43PM EST Reply to Comment
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    neverthehero

    It's not the Lumineers fault that Top 40 radio picked this song up and you never venture out into alt. rock stations. I'm in Columbus, OH and 97.9 picked it up and they will never play another song by them again. Cd 102.5 was already on their next song by the time POP radio caught on and are now killing the song. It's just like Of Monsters and Men. IT's not their fault that top 40 radio doesn't want to play any other song of theirs besides their most popular. I guess my point is, your dismissiveness of the genre really irritates me as you are subtly suggesting that their music only has a vapor-like quality to it.

    January 20, 2013 at 3:17PM EST Reply to Comment
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      CrumbThumber "Will we look back in five years and wonder why this kind of music was suddenly popular again, the way we now look back at that brief period in which everyone pretended to like swing music again?"

      This is a fascinating comment. This type of music has had a devout following for years and years, and then the top 40 finally plays it and everyone thinks it is brand new.

      January 20, 2013 at 7:24PM EST
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    pjyenn

    don't like it really!

    January 21, 2013 at 2:02AM EST Reply to Comment
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    pjyenn

    don't like this eps..snl blew me off!

    January 21, 2013 at 2:02AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Kimberly

    I never understood Jennifer Lawrence's hype. Sure, she's not a bad actress, but I know so many other very talented young actresses who aren't get as much attention as Adorable Jen. One that comes to mind is Elizabeth Olsen.

    And, yeah, I noticed how nervous she was in her monologue. I've never seen an actor read so obviously off his/her cue cards.

    January 21, 2013 at 2:18AM EST Reply to Comment
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      penny Thank you! Agreed. In every skit, Jennifer's eyes were glued to the cue cards, and that was one of the factors that hurt her SNL performances. The poor girl brought no personality to her hosting gig. Lawrence is one of those actors that needs a script and a strong director, so she can give a decent performance.

      January 22, 2013 at 5:45AM EST
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      Kimberly *aren't getting

      Typos are my pet peeves damn it...

      Glad you agree Penny. I hate bashing people on the Internet, but this needed to be said. I'd like to say she'll be passe once the Hunger Games trilogy ends, but I'm afraid not. Just look at Kristen Stewart...

      January 22, 2013 at 11:25PM EST
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      JG wow look who has a OSCAR NOW! SUCKA

      February 26, 2013 at 5:37PM EST
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      Kimberly I'm glad you rely on the Oscars to dictate who is considered the "best". You're right. Having a mind of one's own is way overrated. I stopped believing in the integrity of the Oscars when Crash won Best Picture.

      But I knew she was going to win. She was a favorite. I still think others were more deserving but...meh.

      February 26, 2013 at 10:20PM EST
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    MagicHipple

    Different strokes I guess...
    But girlfriend talk show: F
    Hobbit Movies: A+

    January 21, 2013 at 3:36AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Trilby

    Lumineers, I was right, they ARE porcelain tooth fronts. Why would a band take that name for itself?????

    January 21, 2013 at 11:26AM EST Reply to Comment
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