A Very Good SNL

Last night's SNL (Saturday, May 14th, 2006 -- I guess by Monday, "Last night" really won't work anymore) was one of the best in awhile.

The show has always been hit-or-miss. A good skit here. A bad skit there. But on a rare occasion, the entire episode can be good. Last night's was one of those episodes. The host was Julia Louie-Dreyfus and the musical guest was Paul Simon (who's looking oooooold) *.

There were two skits in particular that stood out. One was the opening with Al Gore as the President talking about how great everything's going (too much oil, huge budget surplus, friendly with all the countries in the Middle East). It was a funny skit, yet... made me kind of think "what if...". What if the 2000 election had ended up the way it SHOULD have ended up.

The other skit of note was about a class for using MySpace.com. It was funny because, with the exception of one mother who wanted to help her daughter set up an account, the rest of the class was filled with stalkers and pervs. Hysterical (yet, unfortunately, true).

* -- About Mr. Simon. I listened to his album a few times now and I think it's one of the best albums he's done in a long time. Brian Eno's production tricks definitely went a long way towards raising the bar on an already strong set of songs.