SNL: Liam Neeson / Modest Mouse

Comedy superstar Liam Neeson and some band called Modest Mouse were tonight's SNL guests.  Here's my totally worthless recap:

* Kerry Calls Bush: Eh.  I'm glad the election is over.

* Monologue: Stereotypes are challenged.  Laughs are hard to come by.  I sense Liam Neeson will be in drag at some point in the show.

* Star Jones: So, Star Jones is getting married? News to me. But then again, who the hell cares about Star Jones? Is "The View" still a big deal? I didn't even know it was still on. Liam plays Sean Connery, in a slap in the face to Darrell Hammond. Kenan Thompson in drag. Liam's turn is coming.

* Real Commercial: Alec Baldwin is guesting on "Las Vegas".  How did his career come to such a crashing halt?

* Irish Home Makeover: Eh, angry Irish accents are kinda funny.  A few chuckles here.

* Bonerjuice Commercial: Hey, commercial reruns already.  Five shows in.

* Jasper the Parrot: Ah, the birth of a recurring sketch. Not bad, but it's going to be run into the ground soon. Sort of a low-key Mr. Peepers. I really admire Fred Armisen's composure though... he never breaks character. He was the only one who kept it together during last year's Debbie Downer debacle.

* Wake Up San Diego: A weak variation of Morning Latte. Talk show hosts keep dancing to music being played. Thankfully, since Neeson is one of the leads this won't be a recurring one.

* Modest Mouse performs: I don't know a damn thing about this band, but it was nice of them to let homeless people be their background singers. One guy in the band just plays maracas. I don't think I understood one word.

* Weekend Update: You can really tell that Darrell Hammond studies every nuance of the political people he impersonates. His John Ashcroft is pretty good. But on the other hand, why would anyone ever need a John Ashcroft impersonation. Good lord, they just played with Barbies for five minutes in reference to something naughty Tara Reid did recently.  Will Ferrell did the college student thing on WU much better.  I don't even get the last joke.

* Appalachian Emergency Room: "I done contaminated my tater tots."  Heh, tater tots is a great punchline for any joke.  Try it sometime.

* Real Commercial: Must buy Elf Tuesday on DVD.  I haven't even seen it and I already love it.

* Lost Weed: Bleh.  Neeson wants to borrow a drug sniffing dog to find his weed.

* Modest Mouse performs again: I can understand them better.  The homeless people don't participate.

Again, a very average show. Kenan Thompson was in a lot of sketches, so that's good. Neeson never got in drag though... must have failed at dress rehearsals.