Kristen Wiig on SNL

[Andy]

Every character she does bugs the shit out of me.

Bad enough that I had to post about it on a message board.

How did she get on SNL when she so clearly belongs on MadTV?

[erechoveraker]

http://shampoovsconditioner.ytmnd.com/

I dunno, I think she is funny more often than not.

Also, for the record, I am pro conditioner.

[Andy]

I think she could be funny, but it seems like every character she does is just a ridiculously annoying madTV character.

[Tom Scharpling]

You could not be more wrong.

WRONG!

Tom.

[erechoveraker]

She was perfect on the WU tonight, which is also kind of scary too.

Also I don't think you've watched enough Mad TV if you're saying this.

Edit - also, what Tom said.

[cutout]

I love her. She seems divisive though, among comedy nerds anyway.

[<<<<<]

I haven't watched SNL in awhile (apart from the viral skits everyone obsesses over) so I'm not overly familiar with her work.  She's a good looking woman though.

[Regular Joe]

I opened this right as I was watching her do the 'Obama is a Muslin' lady on weekend update thursday. I could see if any one of her sketches was turned into a Waynes World type thing, it could get ridiculous (I worried about this when she started out a while back with that Target lady), but she is aware enough not to go over that line, I think, not to mention she's funny as hell.

It seems to me that the new age of snl has shaped her in a way, it's like she came to quickly realize the "It's Pat!" kind of sketch is boring and the fastest way to annoy people.

[John Junk 2.0]

Kristen Wiig is good, I think!  Although I don't watch that show very much, actually.  I've just had a crush on her since she played the basket case first wife in Walk Hard.  Also, Maya Rudolph is the one that sucks, though i don't know if she's still on the show.

[billybro]

Kristen Wiig can be funny, but most of her recurring stuff is Molly Shannon-level annoying.

I get the Mad Tv comparisons, her characters and voices remind me too much of Mo Collins.

[Jouster]

Also, Maya Rudolph is the one that sucks, though i don't know if she's still on the show.

She is not.  I agree that Kristen Wiig is good.  She goes very broad sometimes, but she's also capable of great, more subtle stuff.  She's versatile.

[daveB from Oakland]

Also, Maya Rudolph is the one that sucks, though i don't know if she's still on the show.

She is not...

Maya's Donatella Versace impersonation always cracks me up.

[cutout]

If you Google "Wiig + Target Lady", you don't get any videos -- anyone know why? I've been hearing a lot about that sketch, but never seen it.

[<<<<<]

SNL seems to do a relatively adequate job of policing the internet for unauthorized leaking of material.  I mean, heck if I know for sure, but that's the way it seems.

[Itslikeimsayin]

I love this:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/17003/saturday-night-live-weekend-update-judy-grimes

Well, it was the first Judy Grimes sketch from Weekend Update. It plays on Hulu, but once I pasted it here, it says it can't be played. Go to Hulu and search for Judy Grimes.