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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: toetyper on October 04, 2009, 11:05:27 AM
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osmonds v phillipseseses
A for humor
D for accuracy'
http://www.hulu.com/watch/99951/saturday-n...ive-family-feud (http://\"http://www.hulu.com/watch/99951/saturday-night-live-family-feud\")
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If you're watching such a skit for accuracy, you're trying way too hard.
"Stay tuned for Celebrity Press Your Luck with guest Roman Polanski" made me laugh out loud real hard. Everything else, like almost everything SNL the past decade, was not that good.
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'227623\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 11:19 AM\']If you're watching such a skit for accuracy, you're trying way too hard.[/quote]
I knew I was doing something wrong, but then again I like my parodies at least %64.81
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[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'227617\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 11:05 AM\']A for humor
D for accuracy[/quote]
One of the things that has historically made their game show skits work is a fundamental understanding of the genre (or specific game) they're spoofing. They've done Family Feud "right" before, it was just a dreadfully long time ago (http://\"http://www.hulu.com/watch/19600/saturday-night-live-coneheads-family-feud\").
I see how this got past the pitch meeting. It's a one-joke premise, but it's a GREAT one joke. ("See, Mackenzie Phillips is on Family Feud, and one of the questions is 'Name something you do with your dad'!") The problem is that to this generation, classic Feud (and for that matter, Donny and Marie's bickering) is ancient history. Mostly, that just makes me feel old. I also wouldn't give it an 'A' for humor.
/Something else that makes me feel old: Not completely realizing that those really were Lady Gaga and Madonna catfighting in the music show skit.
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While watching the sketch, a thought crept into my mind: "Somebody is totally gonna pick this apart on GSF". I knew someone wouldn't disappoint.
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[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'227617\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 11:05 AM\']A for humor
D for accuracy'[/quote]
F for speeling (http://\"http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8517/snlcelebrityfued.jpg\")
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[quote name=\'Mr. Matté\' post=\'227631\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 12:39 PM\']F for speeling (http://\"http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8517/snlcelebrityfued.jpg\")[/quote]
Good catch. Man, that is sad.
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For some reason, I lol'd hard at the uneven strike boxes, which were just as gaudy on the original version.
But the Combs Feud theme for a 1981 show? WTF?!?!/1?
/Seriously, good stuff...loved the "other Osmond" getting a strike before he even spoke
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[quote name=\'Mr. Matté\' post=\'227631\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 12:39 PM\'][quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'227617\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 11:05 AM\']A for humor
D for accuracy'[/quote]
F for speeling (http://\"http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8517/snlcelebrityfued.jpg\")
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Good, somebody else got this up so I don't have to upload the screen capture. I did like the "because you're probably home sick" line.
--Mike
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[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'227641\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 01:43 PM\'][quote name=\'Mr. Matté\' post=\'227631\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 12:39 PM\'][quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'227617\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 11:05 AM\']A for humor
D for accuracy'[/quote]
F for speeling (http://\"http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8517/snlcelebrityfued.jpg\")
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Good, somebody else got this up so I don't have to upload the screen capture. I did like the "because you're probably home sick" line.
--Mike
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I caught the spelling error, but for some reason I thought they did it on purpose.
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[quote name=\'bwood\' post=\'227654\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 04:50 PM\']I caught the spelling error, but for some reason I thought they did it on purpose.[/quote]
Me too, cause they did get it right in the title card.
It took them too long to get to the "Something you do with your dad" line, and the Osmond side really didn't do much for the sketch. Although the sketch was a one trick pony, I thought the Richard Dawson impersonation was funny. The Roman Polanski line had me laughing, too.
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[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'227667\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 07:09 PM\']I thought the Richard Dawson impersonation was funny.[/quote]
That *was* a surprisingly good Dawson. :)
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[quote name=\'Mr. Matté\' post=\'227631\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 11:39 AM\'][quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'227617\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 11:05 AM\']A for humor
D for accuracy'[/quote]
F for speeling (http://\"http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8517/snlcelebrityfued.jpg\")
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You know, my wife asked about this as she briefly saw the opening. I wasn't looking at the screen, but I can tell her she was right about it. That is bad.
-Ryan
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I prefer the Coneheads on FF better.
Brian
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'227626\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 10:33 AM\'][quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'227617\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 11:05 AM\']A for humor
D for accuracy[/quote]
One of the things that has historically made their game show skits work is a fundamental understanding of the genre (or specific game) they're spoofing. They've done Family Feud "right" before, it was just a dreadfully long time ago (http://\"http://www.hulu.com/watch/19600/saturday-night-live-coneheads-family-feud\").
I see how this got past the pitch meeting. It's a one-joke premise, but it's a GREAT one joke. ("See, Mackenzie Phillips is on Family Feud, and one of the questions is 'Name something you do with your dad'!") The problem is that to this generation, classic Feud (and for that matter, Donny and Marie's bickering) is ancient history. Mostly, that just makes me feel old. I also wouldn't give it an 'A' for humor.[/quote]
I said it's easily the worst executed FF sketch I can recall on SNL. No opportunity to steal, which they've previously gotten right. Other members of both families (Ken Osmond, who actually did appear on a FF special; Bijou and Chynna Phillips) could have been used. They didn't even bother to put survey numbers after the answers, which they previously did right. (I thought the Roman Polanski bit was a clever add-on.) For that matter, they could have used those extra family members to keep it at five per team instead of four.
Incidentally, Donny and Marie Osmond are sort of an ironic choice for the other team. In the early 1980's, SNL had a couple of sketches where Donny and Marie ended up making out!
/Something else that makes me feel old: Not completely realizing that those really were Lady Gaga and Madonna catfighting in the music show skit.
I figured it was really Lady Gaga, only because she was the musical guest. My wife had to tell me that it was Madonna.
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'227828\' date=\'Oct 6 2009, 01:54 AM\']Incidentally, Donny and Marie Osmond are sort of an ironic choice for the other team. In the early 1980's, SNL had a couple of sketches where Donny and Marie ended up making out![/quote]
Yes it was - Donny was Gary Kroeger (yes, that's what he did before he became a game show announcer), and Marie was Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'227623\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 08:19 AM\']If you're watching such a skit for accuracy, you're trying way too hard.[/quote]I wasn't watching for accuracy, but I'd say there's a big difference between "It sucked! They had an answer worth only one point and the show would NEVER do that!" than wondering why the steal has been replaced with "well, let's just continue with the Other family!" It's not like Family Feud is that esoteric a format. But the fact that they spent all of the creativity on getting the Dawson impression down pales in comparison to....
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'227626\' date=\'Oct 4 2009, 08:33 AM\']I see how this got past the pitch meeting. It's a one-joke premise, but it's a GREAT one joke. ("See, Mackenzie Phillips is on Family Feud, and one of the questions is 'Name something you do with your dad'!")[/quote] Really? Even if you give the writers a freebie because of her book, it still feels really skeezy to be making fun of that.
(And I've argued with my sister before, but that was just absurd. "Put him up for adoption!". Apparently the Donny/Marie shtick eluded me.)
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'227918\' date=\'Oct 6 2009, 07:47 PM\']Apparently the Donny/Marie shtick eluded me.)[/quote]
You're too young. Part of the schtick on their ABC variety show in the 70s was the sibling rivarly bit.
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Am I the only one who thought that--besides a few moments and gestures-- the guy who did Dawson really wasn't that good? He had Dawson's body language and mannerisms down, but his voice didn't sound like Richard's at all! I feel like it would be a lot funnier had the Dawson impression been more spot-on.
Also, it seemed the audience picked up on some of the little Dawson mannerisms that he's known for, thus leading me to believe it's not *ancient* history as others have said. Of the classic game shows currently on GSN (which aren't in first-run as well), I'd say Dawson's Family Feud (along with Match Game) is the best known to the general public/most popular.
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[quote name=\'Walrus5241\' post=\'228095\' date=\'Oct 8 2009, 07:16 PM\']Am I the only one who thought that--besides a few moments and gestures-- the guy who did Dawson really wasn't that good? He had Dawson's body language and mannerisms down, but his voice didn't sound like Richard's at all! I feel like it would be a lot funnier had the Dawson impression been more spot-on.[/quote] Neither was the guy who was supposed to be President Obama, from what I heard.
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[quote name=\'Walrus5241\' post=\'228095\' date=\'Oct 8 2009, 10:16 PM\']Am I the only one who thought that--besides a few moments and gestures-- the guy who did Dawson really wasn't that good? He had Dawson's body language and mannerisms down, but his voice didn't sound like Richard's at all! I feel like it would be a lot funnier had the Dawson impression been more spot-on.
Also, it seemed the audience picked up on some of the little Dawson mannerisms that he's known for, thus leading me to believe it's not *ancient* history as others have said. Of the classic game shows currently on GSN (which aren't in first-run as well), I'd say Dawson's Family Feud (along with Match Game) is the best known to the general public/most popular.[/quote]
To be fair, an impression is not something you just pick up on Wednesday and then have mastered by Saturday, especially when you are also working on other bits. Mannerisms are easy to pick up, the voice can take weeks if not months to get to sound reasonably close, especially for a voice which is unique as Richard's. If you see some of the iconic impersonations on SNL over time (Carvey's Bush, Ferrell's W, Hammond's Clinton), they will be a lot rougher in the beginning until they had sometime to hone them. Or you can go the Chevy Chase-Gerald Ford route, and just do mannerisms and ignore the voice. And if you're never going to use it again (I doubt we will ever see Mr. Dawson become a regular impersonation), why should Jason Sudekis really spend a lot of effort on it?
--Mike
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Funny, I actually thought it was a pretty reasonable Dawson, with some of the inflections.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'228165\' date=\'Oct 10 2009, 03:32 AM\']Funny, I actually thought it was a pretty reasonable Dawson, with some of the inflections.[/quote]
One of the few things game-show-related my college roommate got into was an impression of Dawson shouting "Not there!" when an answer failed to make the survey. We had it down pat.
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For last night's rerun of SNL which included this skit, the spelling error in the intro was corrected (http://\"http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3235/celebrityfeud.jpg\").
/Now when will they bring (insert your favorite former cast member here) back?