![]() Unfortunately, those are the only real laughs I’ve been getting from this sketch so far. Oh, Tony’s basically doing Stallone as Rocky. Yet another Italian stereotype character from Tony. A pretty biting premise, but for some reason, the result isn’t doing much for me.Įthnic cliches include a Rocky-inspired Hamlet Support American troops in El Salvador & “buy a bullet for a hungry kid” Loved Eddie’s “I don’t need no out-of-work white people on my show!” and “Get a job!” complaints when finding out that Robert is from the canceled series “Vega$”. ![]() Tonight’s Robert Urich/Burt Reynolds running plotline seems to have already ended right now, as Eddie has suddenly removed Robert’s Burt disguise. Some of Robert as Burt’s racial jokes to Eddie are pretty amusing. Robert’s high-pitched Burt Reynolds laugh is really funny. Robert Urich makes his first sketch appearance of the night, still keeping up the “Burt Reynolds” facade from earlier. Host mimics Burt Reynolds on Raheem Abdul Muhammed’s show A fairly funny premise, with Joe’s mid-sentence pauses making his statements sound very dirty before he eventually finishes the sentences. Okay, I’m now finally seeing where this is going. What exactly IS the joke of this sketch so far? What’s with the big pink smudges on the corners of the screen all of a sudden? (you can see it in the first screencap above) Very distracting. I can see why Eddie would later get tired of doing this character and would request that the writers kill him off.Īn in-studio look at a Paul Harvey (JOP) broadcast Honestly, his whole routine is pretty much a one-joke bit that was only truly hilarious in his very first sketch (the classic “Buh-Weet Sings” Album sketch). Hate to say it, but I think lately, I’ve been starting to get a little tired of the whole Buckwheat routine. Overall, pretty fun musical performance, but not the classic I wanted it to be. I like how lyrics have now started showing up on the bottom of the screen, and I also like how Eddie has gone into the studio audience. I was just about to ask if this was the first time the credited musical guest of an SNL episode was a character played by a cast member, but then I remembered the Blues Brothers. The whole idea of this is really creative. A very brief segment, with Robert coming out onstage as Burt Reynolds and throwing to Buckwheat’s musical performance.īuckwheat sings a Motown medley with the Dupreems Continuing the premise of the cold opening, Robert is pictured here with a mustache and is announced as Burt Reynolds. At this point, I can’t wait until they bring back the traditional “Live from New York…” tagline next season, because they’ve noticeably been struggling lately trying to find other ways to end a cold opening. That’s the second time I’ve said that in my last few episode reviews. Very awkward “segue” to the opening credits. Who IS that doing the Burt mouth, anyway? The Clutch Cargo-style moving mouth on the Burt Reynolds picture is pretty funny. ![]() I wonder if that’s a dig at how the second half of this season in general has been having an endless string of bland, forgettable, unexciting hosts, which I complained about in my last review. I liked Mary’s dismissive comment about how nobody knows who Robert Urich is anyway. This canvas is painted with the finest acrylic paint.Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 starsīurt Reynolds’ ghost (JOP) comes when host tires of being compared to him These designs are all meant to be humorous, witty, and have a touch of crudeness which present an alternative, modern twist to the open-minded stitcher. The character was finally gone for good.Or was he? This hand-painted, custom needlepoint canvas, is created on 18 count Zweigart mono canvas. It had to be drastic - they decided to shoot and kill Buckwheat. So, the writers and Murphy came up with a great idea. ![]() People would ask him everywhere he went, to impersonate Buckwheat and it just didn't have the same meaning anymore. This character went on for a couple of years until Murphy was so sick of portraying Buckwheat that he needed to end him. With that he continued on with a record of songs that he had compiled. Remember me?" He did this in an impression that raised questions of racial insensitivity. One of his beloved characters, was the unforgettable, 'Buckwheat' from "Our Gang." He first introduced this character in 1981, by saying, "Hi, I'm Buckwheat. Eddie Murphy brought an entirely new energy and dimension to the failing show in the early 80's, with his dynamic characters and incredibly funny humor. If you grew up watching Saturday Night Live in the 1980's, then you were aware of a comedian getting his start on this show. "Wookin' Pa Nub/Buh Weet Sings" - 80's Cassette Tape from SNL skit - shaped needlepoint ornament/small pillow/wall hanging/appliqué/inset
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