Seth Meyers' Unaired Weekend Update Jokes

As my readers know, I had the privilege to see Seth Meyers perform stand-up this summer.  During the end of his set, Seth pulled out a notebook and shared several unaired Weekend Update Jokes. Luckily, I recorded this section of the show and can post them now. Enjoy!

According to the state of Alaska, Sarah Palin spend over $21,000 for her family to travel with her on official business - In fairness to Palin, when she leaves them home alone they get pregnant.

Paul Barnes, the reverend of a Denver super church, resigned after confessing to having sex with men - Barnes said he often begged God to end his homosexual urges but unfortunately God just kept introducing him to hotter and hotter dudes.

A man in Washington state was charged with animal cruelty after he was caught having sex with the family dog - Even worse, it was make-up sex.

According to a recent study of 25 European countries, Frenchmen have the longest penises with an average length of 15.98 centimeters - but that doesn't make me upset because I don't understand the metric system.

Police in Germany arrested a man with no arms for trying to steal a tv from an electronics store - the police said it was an easy arrest because the man was unarmed.

A boy who was lost in the amazon rainforest was found after seven days - unfortunately he was found by tigers.

And my favorite:

A lesbian couple was kicked out of a Missouri Ihop after a customer complained about their kissing - said the couple "We're upset, but its not going to stop us from eating out."

Keep reading the blog - a full Season 38 preview will be coming out soon!

Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig Earn Emmy Nominations, Seth Meyers Kills on Comedy Tour

Funny as on the show? Absolutely

Seth Meyers, currently SNL's longest tenured cast member (can you believe it?), is showing no signs of letting up. I was fortunate to snag a ticket to one of his stand-up shows last Friday and was thoroughly entertained all night.  The amount of content he covered was tremendous: the election, his love life, his trip to las vegas, and Weekend Update.  A gained a new level of respect for Meyers after he brought it for a good hour and fifteen minutes.  After seeing his performance, I couldn't help but dig into the surprising amount of SNL news surfacing recently.

Bill Hader was recently nominated for the Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, the first SNLer to be nominated for this award since Eddy Murphy in 1983. In his New York Times interview on the nomination, Hader defers credit to the cast and writers of the show: "I’m only as good as our ensemble is, and as good as our writers are."  Coincidentally, he hears about his nomination from some guy riding by on a bicycle. Kristen Wiig earned a Emmy nod as well, for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.  The Show as a whole earned an impressive total of 14 nominations.

Akiva Shaffer, former SNL writer and director of The Watch has assured viewers that the Lonely Island will continue to produce content for SNL.  Shaffer hopes the he, along with Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone will find time in their shedules to meet up and produce more content.

Leather Jacket? Check

Keeping with tradition, NBC confirmed that Saturday Night Live will produce two prime-time specials this fall. These will, of course, be focused on the election and will air on September 20 and 27. 

Critics still insist that Jason Sudeikis will be leaving this fall, but there remains no solid evidence to substantiate this claim.  To my surprise, one blog even predicts Jay Pharoah could leave.  Sudeikis's departure seems more and more likely, but I cannot conceive Pharoah leaving so soon.

With so many changes this summer, several news site have discussed the future of the show (LA Times Article).  I agree that SNL is seeing the largest changes since the mid-nineties, but hope is alive in Studio 8h.  New talent abounds, and more screen time could push youngsters Taran Killam, Nasim Pedrad, or Kate Mckinnon to step up.  The fact is SNL has maintained an audience of about 7 million per show since 2004.  There's change coming this fall, but I'm excited for the new possibilities.