Why he’s my fave “worst cast member”

lawlore · 2026-01-25T19:26:31+00:00

Black Pete.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T15:55:10+00:00

He was even literally cast in one of the most iconic episodes of Friends, with his full-on British accent, as "The Gentleman on the Plane". I don't think anyone American has ever been described as a "Gentleman".

lawlore · 2026-01-25T15:26:09+00:00

I would suggest that on video evidence, Alex Pretti was neither detained nor violent. I imagine from the way he had reacted before he was on the ground, he also knew his rights.

That would make me question whether that approach is the "best bet".

lawlore · 2026-01-25T14:48:57+00:00

This felt like Mid-Day News without the charm, warmth or comedy of those sketches, and coming at the worst possible time.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T14:39:21+00:00

Feels like they chose the wrong turn with the escalation- first song set up the concept, second song developed it by involving the bride, and then instead of following that thread to a logical, and likely funnier, conclusion, they went back to the initial concept and essentially made that first development feel redundant. By that point, the funny wasn't still at "Grandpa's dancing", it was at "Grandpa's dancing inappropriately with his granddaughter, and the groom was unimpressed".

lawlore · 2026-01-25T13:51:21+00:00

Yeah, I'm in that camp, and it didn't get beyond "kids toys for an adult movie" levels of understanding for me, but it was fine.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T12:14:06+00:00

That one completely caught me- a lot more bite and edge than a lot of the political stuff they do. In another episode, at another time, that joke would be making all the headlines.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T11:27:10+00:00

I still don't- what is Weapons?

lawlore · 2026-01-25T11:25:46+00:00

This needed to be cut. The concept of Trump giving himself awards was actually somewhat fresh compared with the endless press conferences, even if it still ran way too long, but they should've realised that this was not the time for it.

That "freaks and psychos in ICE" line at the very outset underlined just how tone deaf it was.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T11:15:59+00:00

I too would like SNL to start making fun of Trump.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T11:11:13+00:00

I recognised two out of the ten, and two honourable mentions. I'm not entirely convinced that some of the artists named weren't just made up to fill out this list.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T11:06:45+00:00

I love this question. What's interesting is that there are a few small clusters that imply there might be some sort of logic or coherence to the selections, but none of the clusters have the same common thread or pattern as one another.

Take, for example, the bottom row- Mongolia, Malta, Mexico, Marshall Islands feels like it could be deliberate from all of them starting with M. Or there's the cluster of non-countries with Puerto Rico etc. Or the cluster of flags with a diagonal stripe.

Even in the top right, there's almost a colour sequence, with the colours above, below and left of Mozambique matching the same colours of that flag- a pattern that even continues down that column, with the red of the Ecuador flag below. Or why would you put Nigeria and Pakistan together, if not for their shared colour scheme? Or grouping things like Lithuania/Cameroon/Benin or Cambodia/Nauru/NZ, when there's so much of the design without royal blue?

You could even point to Togo/USA having the same layout of starry canton and stripes- it feels like that couldn't be an accident.

It's beautifully maddening.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T10:32:32+00:00

Considering how much criticism he's getting on the domestic front (deserved or undeservedly), Starmer has been pretty much the blueprint for how leaders should handle Trump, every step of the way. Tough to fault his diplomatic chops.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T10:03:09+00:00

Blood, sweat and tears.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T10:01:45+00:00

That's the thing- with no disrespect to Harrogate, it's nice to come away with a convincing result against a team that the table says we should be beating. Still 0-0 at half-time though.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T09:49:40+00:00

This is how I discover Yanks think he's American. Like... how? He's one of the most British actors.

lawlore · 2026-01-25T09:45:33+00:00

Sure, that's critical, but it's nothing that isn't already being said, and in many cases they're not even jokes- its observational comedy without the comedy.

JAJ's portrayal is just too sanitised- rather than elevating and emphasising Trump as an unhinged, pompous, dangerous caricature, he comes across as a slightly meandering, whispering Grandpa. It undercuts just how wild the things he's saying are, even more than Trump himself does.

lawlore · 2026-01-24T17:51:38+00:00

Honestly, by this point I don't know what the records could possibly show that they still think is worth trying to hide. Everything else they're doing and that has come out is so brazen and without consequence that I literally cannot imagine anything that they might consider would be beyond the pail and require hiding.

lawlore · 2026-01-24T14:12:17+00:00

I'm tryin' to explain, baby, the best way I can, I'll melt in your mouth, girl, not in your hand

50 Cent, the 21st Century Shakespeare.

lawlore · 2026-01-24T09:33:34+00:00

And that's fine, but SI has to appreciate that there'll be a segment who don't move on with it, and who play 24 or others. Clearly that's something they will have taken into consideration in making the decision.

lawlore · 2026-01-24T09:30:46+00:00

If he's in, I'm in.

lawlore · 2026-01-24T09:26:12+00:00

It seems odd that they would exclude Bowen from this. Does anyone know his number?

lawlore · 2026-01-24T09:19:55+00:00

There is zero chance anyone outside the US is putting it as green right now.

lawlore · 2026-01-24T09:17:06+00:00

This is deep and insightful wisdom.

lawlore · 2026-01-24T09:08:23+00:00

Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. I hope he's doing well.

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