Comments on: Live From New York, It’s Zac Efron!

By: Mad.

Mad. — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:33:58 +0000

Was I the only one who thought the “Brother-Foot Massage” sketch was hilarous, if not cringe-worthy? That one had me laughing our loud and grossed out at the same time. Zac has nice soft clean soles…

By: Spice

Spice — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:24 +0000

In the first Picture – with the sun Glasses – it could have been Rob Lowe like 25 years ago….. freaky.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:20:38 +0000

@Roxster: I agree with everything you said.

I think they played to his strengths (young, hot, a part of the Disney franchise) and threw in wacky characters which was nice in a sense to know it wasn’t his comfort zone. They did the Gilly skit with Rosario Dawson. I actually thought the Kathy Lee one was awkwardly funny. I enjoyed Walt Disney making an appearance as well welcoming “Troy” back into the fold.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:24:13 +0000

My fave was when he did the comercial with Andy Samberg…that was pretty funny.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:58:30 +0000

Those videos were the first I’ve seen of last nights show since I was out celebratin’ Easter Weekend =) but I gotta say the guy at least seemed to try. The open was alright… I’ve seen both way better and way worse opens. I really liked him in the science fair skit… but I agree the skit on a whole needs tweaking… without seeing any other footage I would say he did fairly well all things considered… I do think though that the writing could have been better!

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:47:22 +0000

Zac needs a haircut.

By: meg

meg — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:26:23 +0000

yeah, these weren’t so funny. though i don’t believe it had anything to do with zac; snl just isn’t as funny as it used to be.

By: la princesa

la princesa — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:54:01 +0000

The skits weren’t funny. I don’t think that is Zac’s fault, though. HSM4 was funny, as was the one with him & Andy in the bar…that’s all I can recall.

By: Canuck

Canuck — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:43:52 +0000

I totally agree. I think Zac could have had a really funny show, but the skits were really terrible. The whole “Zac’s fans are 13 years old thing” got old after the intro. I disagree though Trent, I thought the science fair skit was terrible. I’m not sure much would have saved it – except that guy with the broken arms. He was legitimately funny!

In sum – I was disappointed with the show except for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs who were awesome.

By: Vada

Vada — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:25:06 +0000

Yeah, he’s adorable and a good singer, but… that’s about it. YYY was amazing as usual – I agree, Trent, a new song would have been nice.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:03:23 +0000

My favorite sketch was the snarky blogger on Weekend Update. You can watch that video here:
http://gotchamedia.blogspot.co.....leeze.html

By: Elise

Elise — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:06:26 +0000

It’s funny, I fell asleep during Zac’s opening monologue but woke up as soon as I heard Karen O start singing. Glad I didn’t miss them!

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:17:32 +0000

I think Zac did a good job and did the best with what he was given. He might not have been a laugh-out-loud funny host but I would attribute that rather to the fact that he was given the role playing the straight man opposite the wacky characters in basically all his skits. With better writing or if you give him some crazy characters he would have been funnier – but that’s SNL’s problem and not Zac’s

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:10:07 +0000

Yup it was pretty bad. But that’s SNL these days for you. I miss the old days when it was always hilarious. If it were just Andy Samberg all the time, it would be a better show. Looking forward to justin timberlake bein on it again, he should be great.

By: Mariah

Mariah — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:14:59 +0000

Last night’s episode was SO boring. I turned it off like 20 minutes in.

By: procrastination101

procrastination101 — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:43:00 +0000

i thought he held his own, and really worked with what he had, but if anything didn’t work, it was because of the writing. snl is just like that these days :-\

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:16:34 +0000

I thought he did ok…he looked great though! :)

By: Roxster

Roxster — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:49:34 +0000

I thought he held his own, I think maybe a little better then 5 out of 10. The Gilly skit is a reoccurring one for them, and I used to hate it at first but now its sort of grown on me. Nothing made was really hilarious, but it wasn’t bad. I thought the HSM skit was good, though you’re right they could have done a little more with it. The Kathy Lee one usually annoys me but I thought he did a good job as Cody, plus it was funny to see him with that hair and dressed all preppy haha. Overall I would say it def gave me a higher opinion of him (not that I had a much of one before cause he IS the lead ftom hsm) but he was decent and I thought it was cool he made fun of himself with the HSM skit and the opening.

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:33:33 +0000

@Taylor — totally agree, love Maps but a new song would’ve been better.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:25:49 +0000

Tuned in last night just to see them perform. Loved Zero, they were great with both songs but I was a little disappointed to hear them play Maps (not that I don’t love that song though). I wish they did another song off their new album (which is amazing). I wonder’s whose decision it was to have them sing Maps instead of something new.

By: Janice

Janice — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:44:03 +0000

Trent! YYYs! They still give me chills, watching them perform. Their new record is amazing, just like all their other ones.
:D

By: J

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:33:42 +0000

Trent – never really known, but are you a fan of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?
IMO, they are one of those rarely great bands you come across that continue to surprise you as each album passes.
I figured you would be the type that is into them.