tell me what's happening.

fuuuuuck

I'm at work and totally forgot to set up the VCR!

I heard from my ex in PTown who is watching now that she did a funny skit as Paula Abdul that's all he'd tell me... I'll catch it when it's on in America's Finest City

I am and she is Great! I LOVE Janet as a Performer .. The Prince show parody was funny. Janets songs are Really good. I was always a fan of hers.

Music sucked. You could hardly hear her vocals and the beat in the first performance reminded me of another song, but I can't put my finger on it.

She spoofed her Superbowl "wardrobe malfunction" twice. Once as Condeleeza Rice and again as a young Janet.

But how's her acting? She usually sucks nuts I'll see it later on (West Coast)...

Two bad songs and a bunch of Superbowl/tit jokes.

Pretty sad.

Her Condi impression was fantastic! Too bad the pathetic SNL cast and writers let her down, as they do anyone hosting. Poor Amy Poehler; she was dazzling on Conan and is in purgatory on that hellhole.

I thought she did an AWESOME job and how can someone not like the songs?? It's not like they don't sound like everything else she's ever done.

EverlastingNow said:

Janet did a great job. She's come a long way, and comic acting seems to be something she can do with ease.

Her spoof of Rice was dead-on hilarious. She missed on Paula Abdul's voice during *that* skit (trying to avoid a spoiler for those who taped it), but she looked like she was trying hard not to laugh, too.

Janet's been doin' the same dance moves for a few tours, now, so I wasn't expecting much for the performances. I thought the first performance was better, but you couldn't really hear her vocal track that well. (Oh, come on, y'all know she wasn't singing...)

On a scale of 1 to 10, it was a real solid 8. The writing for the skits seemed better than of late; when I saw the Good Times skit, I got the impression the writers had been trying to develop some Jackson-specific skits for a while. The Jackson-tour spoof skit went really well, too. Janet even touched on some of the rumors about her.

I wish Beyonce would teach some of these people how to sing AND dance simultaneously Nah, I know it's hard to do but the lip syncing is just

That Good Times skit was stupid

CalhounSq said:

Beyonce stops dancing to sing

Janfriend said:

But her mic is on during most of her performances right?

CalhounSq said:

well...beyonce isn't dancing like Janet and Janet isn't (and can't) sing like Beyonce.


it is time to go back to singing....fuck this syncing stuff...and what makes it worse is some can lip sync well.....

i thought the show was pretty good...the dance performances were okay but janet did a really good job with the skits..

and most importantly she came off as human...

Fun stuff, especially her Condi Rice impression (that was ON the money). She was trying not to laugh in several spots (ex: the Brian Fellows skit, where they're on the airplane together), but overall she came through quite well. She also seemed to be one of the least fake, most human hosts they've had in awhile.

BTW, did anyone else think Janet looked her age for once? Without tons of makeup, she looks 37.

The two songs she did were "All Nite (Don't Stop)" and "Strawberry Bounce".
[This message was edited Sun Apr 11 9:22:20 2004 by VoicesCarry]

Spoilers in case you taped it!

I was watching the news right before the show and they really fucked up and they actually showed some clips from the show! I’m not sure if these were rehearsals but if they were they must have been dress rehearsals because I saw

-a clip of Janet as Condi
-a clip of Janet in “Good Times”
-a clip of Janet performing “All Night” (probably) but she may have been wearing a different shirt
-a clip of Janet and the “Ghetto Girls” waiting for Janet tickets
-a clip of Simon talking with Tina Fey during the news (they must have scraped that).

And it was only like a few second clip! Keep in mind I live in Michigan and that is the East Time Zone, same as SNL. I’m just wondering where they got this cause it kind of spoiled the surprises! It just sucked that they did but since there were a few differences I guess it was indeed live. Anyway, I thought Janet was excellent (the Condi one blew my mind, but notices that she screws up and calls Cheney “Mr. President” but nothing is made of it) in every skit and the musical performance where quite good. It was the usual “All Nite” except with different outfits and I honestly think she was singing most of it. “Strawberry Bounce” was a suprise (didn’t we all think she was going to do “I Want You” or maybe “Just A Little While”). The lamest skit was the Simon Cowell judging that stupid Easter preformance...poor Chris Kattan came back for that? Also, the cork sucking thing was lame and I couldn’t believe Janet kept laughing through the whole thing. And “Prince Show” was a near carbon copy of the orignal skit. It was better the first time but I liked Janet’s Paula Abdual. I think Janet did damn good in most of the skits but screwed up a few times (most real actors do and not to say that Janet isn’t a real actor). I think that SNL did a better job of writing this time for Janet but it could have been better.

They tape a dress rehersal with an audience about an hour two before the the show that gets broadcast. that's prob where the clips you saw came from

Janfriend said:

It was so horrible I couldn't stop watching.

I caught the last 20 minutes of SNL.. The skit i saw her in, she could't hold a straight face..

As far as her performing goes, she is still using the same moves that she did back when she was doing Rhythm Nation... Her and her brother need to go and see the a new Choreographer.

BabyCakes said:

The last 20 mins of any SNL is always garbage and the muscial guest tends to preform either a hit or something new off the album that probably isn't single material (Janett opting for "Strawberry Bounce" was OK I guess but its one of the lesser songs on DJ). Anyway, you missed some great skits with Janet like Condi, the monolouge, Brain Fellows (definately the best Brain Fellows they've done), "Good Times" and Janet as a ghetto Janet fan! It was good stuff.

VinnyM27 said:

The Janet fan one was funny especially when the white guy looked at Keenan and was like "Can you help us out" and Keenan was like "Nooo, I'm scared of those people just liek you are!"

Janfriend said:

I think he is m favorite on the show! I thought he was funny way back on Nick...and I used to hate Nick when I was that old!

VinnyM27 said:

the Good Times skit had one thing going--keenan was a hoot as FLORIDA. He had her down!

bluesbaby said:

Agreed.


Damn! Damn! Damn!

bluesbaby said:

He's great. I really hope he starts doing more things and gets into movies (granted, he was in "Good Burger", which I just can't take myself to see).

Janet making fun of PAULA ABDUL!? THat was a trip, guess she really dont like her 2 this day!

The GOOD TIMES SKIT WAS GOOD, fuck all yall! "is this a bad time 2 say i got Sickle Cell?!"

the Prince show!!!??


we were a regular family..and oh..my brothers were in this band.....oh and those are my other 2 brothers and sister...i dont really know their names and i never talk 2 them ... LOL!
[This message was edited Tue Apr 13 12:10:10 2004 by paisleypark4]