Live From New York, It's Saturday Night!

Disappointing show tonight. Kevin Spacey was the host, which has been a good thing in the past. Tonight, not so much. Sure, there was the best installment ever of The Falconer, and there was a very funny parody of The Usual Suspects, which I didn't see coming. The opening monologue of Kevin Spacey on American Idol was funny but the rest was take it or leave it. Last week's episode with Julia Louis-Dreyfus was so much better; actually, it was probably the best installment all year.

And what is up with Nelly Furtado? Her two previous albums were wonderful, so this change in style is a little disconcerting. She had such a style of her own before; this just felt like she was copying what is out there these days. It didn't even sound good. For shame, Nelly.

After the new SNL, there was an old show from 2000, with Britney Spears as host and musical guest. Surprisingly, it was a very strong show. There was a Chris Parnell rap about Britney (his raps are always so funny), an installment of the Ambiguously Gay Duo, and a lot of well-paced skits. However, many things about it felt like I was in the Twilight Zone. Britney was looking good, funny jokes about McCain endorsing Bush for President (hahaha), about Clinton philandering, about Angelina Jolie and her recent marriage to Billy Bob Thornton. Strange. By the way, watching this old episode explained something from the new Update tonight. At the end of Update tonight, there was a tribute to Tina Fey with her favourite characters singing to her, and one of them was Rachel Dratch as a creepy baby with an arm sprouting from her head. This was supposed to be the child Angelina had with her brother. It made it funnier to know that.