

#WILT CHAMBERLAIN HOWS THE WEATHER UP THERE UPDATE#
We get the debut of what would go on to be a running gag in Queen Shenequa’s Update commentaries, where Kevin attempts to state something in Swahili to Shenequa. They’ve also changed her outfit into the one that she would go on to regularly wear in all of her subsequent appearances. Queen Shenequa officially becomes recurring. Queen Shenequa delineates her Kwanzaa prayer agenda

Wednesday (Christina Ricci) & Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) Addams present host Overall, one of Phil’s lesser-known great performances. Strong ending with the newspaper story “Local Reporter Shoots Self” accompanied by a picture of Phil, followed by “Asians Attack Base” being a small story buried within pages of the newspaper. There goes what’s always been my absolute favorite moment of this sketch: Phil’s priceless delivery of the great line “I’ll tell ya what’s happening in the weather: it’s raining BOMBS in Hawaii!” I’m really enjoying Phil’s increasing antsiness throughout this. WAR!”, and then sheepishly sitting back down when his declaration fails to elicit a reaction from the other guys. I love Phil standing up and declaring “Gentlemen: WE. Some pretty good laughs from Kevin seriously considering mundane local stories as potential front page headline material over the Pearl Harbor bombing. I like that they’re doing a sketch about the Pearl Harbor bombing, since the original airdate of this episode (December 7, 1991) is the 50th anniversary of the incident. Newspaper editor (KEN) doesn’t think Pearl Harbor is front-page material An overall strong ensemble piece where everybody was given their individual chance to shine. Hammer’s a good sport to allow these jokes, and he’s getting good laughs with his constant denial that he has a bad haircut. Great turn with the group calling Hammer out on his own bad haircut, when he’s not even a group member and is only there to support his wife. Julia’s uptight rant about how there’s nothing wrong with her hairstyle is providing good laughs, especially her mention that she’s had the same hairstyle since the 60s. Julia’s wig reminds me of the one she wore in the Tough Girls sketch from the recent Linda Hamilton episode, only less curly and without the white streak in the middle (side-by-side comparison below). I like Rob’s stand up comedian character using the group meeting to try out his comedy material. Funny gradual reveal of what exactly this is a support group for. (SIF) moderates meeting of a support group for people with bad haircuts Speaking of the musical guest stage, it has noticeably been expanded to a much bigger size than usual tonight, presumably so they can fit in Hammer’s insanely large number of backup dancers. Much like Sting’s monologue from the preceding season, this monologue transitions into a full-fledged musical performance on the musical guest stage. Very good MJ voice from Rock, and he’s getting good laughs with his over-eagerness to “throw down”. What “challenge”? Does anyone know what this is all about? Did Hammer recently publicly challenge the real Michael Jackson to a dance-off or something? When Rock’s Michael Jackson enters, he tells Hammer “I’m ready to accept your challenge”, with absolutely no context given for what he’s referring to. Thank god Rock has shown up as Michael Jackson to save the day. The beginning of this, with Hammer talking about himself in third-person while bragging about how great his career is going, is pretty much a chore for me to sit through. Michael Jackson (CSR) wants to go head-to-head with host Very funny part with the voice-activated frog band dancing around while an unaware Bush is somberly addressing recently-released hostages. Good turn with Bush hawking various random products, especially the beaded seat cushion and the voice-activated frog band toy (the latter of which brings back SO MANY childhood memories of often seeing it displayed on a table outside of stores on the street in New York when walking past those stores with my mom or dad). Some pretty good laughs from Bush going on about how great malls are. Surprisingly, this is the first time we’ve seen Dana’s Bush impression all season. To help the economy, George Bush (DAC) suggests items for consumers Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars
