DARK SHADOWS FORUMS

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Title: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: ShadowsAtlanta on November 03, 2006, 06:04:28 AM
If DS were to be resurrected as a Saturday Night Live skit, who should take the starring roles?

So far I have Rowan Atkinson as Barnabas and Anna Nicole Smith as Angelique.

Ideas?    [hall2_grin]
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: retzev on November 03, 2006, 06:24:10 AM
I love the title of this thread  ;D

Will Ferrell as Quentin Collins?
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Zahir on November 03, 2006, 03:35:39 PM
Heh heh.  This is silly.  But I likes silly.

Martin Short as Willy.
Tina Fay as Dr. Jula Hoffman.
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Gerard on November 03, 2006, 03:47:02 PM
Church Lady as Abigail Collins!

Gerard
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: MagnusTrask on November 03, 2006, 05:37:03 PM
I'll take Rowan Atkinson and Martin Short as anything.     Baldrick=Willie?    EdGrimley=Willie?    Hugh Laurie as George=Roger?   
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: CastleBee on November 03, 2006, 05:58:25 PM
Time warping back to the 70's...

John Belushi:  One of the Trasks - I can easily see him rolling his eyes from side to side looking pious.

Chevy Chase:  Quentin - stumbling around with his brandy snifter.

Bill Murray: Willie

Jane Curtin: Elizabeth

Dan Ackroyd: Rodger - I think he could do a great snob.

Gilda Radner: Vicki - because she could act so clueless.

Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Bette on November 03, 2006, 08:22:01 PM
Nora Dunn as Julia.

Gilda Radner as Amy.
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: CastleBee on November 03, 2006, 08:41:46 PM
Quote from: Bette on November 03, 2006, 08:22:01 PM
Gilda Radner as Amy.
Brilliant! Wish I'd thought of it - she was great with goofy little girl scenarios.

I was also going to try to work Don Novello's Father Guido in somehow but, he was like the anti-Trask IMO (maybe they could have had a clerical smack-down or something).  I just love that character...especially his Find the Popes ina the Pizza sketch.

One last comment - wouldn't Toonces the Driving Cat have been just THE purrrrrrfect pet for Collinwood? Everyone hop in the limo and Toonces could take them for a drive - right off Widow's Hill!
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 03, 2006, 09:15:23 PM
Quote from: CastleBee on November 03, 2006, 08:41:46 PM
wouldn't Toonces the Driving Cat have been just THE purrrrrrfect pet for Collinwood? Everyone hop in the limo and Toonces could take them for a drive - right off Widow's Hill!

OMG - I forgot all about Toonces. Toonces would definitely take everyone for a drive off Widows' Hill!  [lghy]
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: MsCriseyde on November 03, 2006, 09:51:59 PM
Quote from: CastleBee on November 03, 2006, 05:58:25 PM
Chevy Chase:  Quentin - stumbling around with his brandy snifter.
This is getting a little bit off topic, but Chevy Chase guests on Law & Order tonight in what's being billed as his first dramatic role. It's loosely based on Mel Gibson's DUI arrest. Then again, I guess seeing how Chase handles this could affect some of the responses in this thread.  [hall2_smiley]
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: MagnusTrask on November 04, 2006, 01:18:15 AM
Quote from: CastleBee on November 03, 2006, 05:58:25 PM
John Belushi:  One of the Trasks - I can easily see him rolling his eyes from side to side looking pious.

Chevy Chase:  Quentin - stumbling around with his brandy snifter.

Bill Murray: Willie

Jane Curtin: Elizabeth

Dan Ackroyd: Rodger - I think he could do a great snob.

Gilda Radner: Vicki - because she could act so clueless.

Each one of those is pefect!
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Para L. Time on November 04, 2006, 09:02:16 AM
If a sketch were being done with the most recent cast, this is who I think would play:

Fred Armisen= Nicholas
Rachel Dratch= Angelique
Tina Fey= Victoria
Will Forte= Willie
Bill Hader= Roger
Darrell Hammond= Stokes
Seth Meyers= Chris/Tom
Finesse Mitchel= Joe
Chris Parnell= Barnabas
Amy Poehler= Carolyn
Maya Rudolph= Maggie
Andy Samberg= Julia
Horatio Sanz= Sam
Jason Sudeikis= Jeff
Kenan Thompson= Elizabeth
Kristen Wiig= Victoria
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: BuzzH on November 04, 2006, 03:23:48 PM
Quote from: Para L. Time on November 04, 2006, 09:02:16 AM
Kenan Thompson= Elizabeth

LOL!  *Love* it!  I just watched an ep from a few years ago where he played Cliff Huxtable, right down to the COSBY sweater!  Hilarious!  ;)
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Bob_the_Bartender on November 04, 2006, 05:54:05 PM
How about Jim Belushi as Garth Blackwood or Joe Piscopo as Harry Johnson?
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Brandon Collins on November 05, 2006, 02:16:31 AM
SNL has sucked as of late so I haven't watched it in YEARS. But...

What about Michael McDonald who plays Stuart on MadTV as David? And the lady that plays his mother could be Vicki lol. Or Maggie.
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Para L. Time on November 05, 2006, 04:57:40 AM
Oops! I just realized I put down two Victorias! And I forgot David! All right, everyone else is still the same, but:

Kristen Wiig= Sarah Johnson

and

Jimmy Fallon= David Collins
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Nancy on November 05, 2006, 05:03:08 AM
I'd love to see a take on DS directed by Tim Burton.

Nancy
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: MagnusTrask on November 05, 2006, 05:12:30 AM
For what it's worth, only the original 70s cast were the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" (called that because ABCs simultaneous "Saturday Night Live" had the "Prime Time Players").    So any other comedians are fair game, if you want to include later SNL casts.    SCTV and Kids in the Hall, or Python??
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: ShadowsAtlanta on November 05, 2006, 03:20:20 PM
Yes, anyone and everyone is fair game in this thread.   [hall2_wink]
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: IluvBarnabas on November 05, 2006, 03:46:57 PM
Actually Tim Burton directing DS would be a fantastic idea....he certainly has a flair for directing and producing weird, ultra-dark but fascinating movies.

Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Raineypark on November 05, 2006, 07:40:09 PM
Haven't we agreed, in some past thread, that the Holy Grail of DS re-makes involves Tim Burton and Johnny Depp?.....(if Depp ever decides to give up his  Keith Richards imitation act?)
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: IluvBarnabas on November 05, 2006, 07:42:19 PM
I actually thought Depp could make a cool Barnabas....question is who would make a cool Quentin? I have been racking my brain and haven't come up with anyone.
Title: Re: Not Ready for Prime Time DS
Post by: Barnabas'sBride on November 05, 2006, 09:00:28 PM
Quote from: Raineypark on November 05, 2006, 07:40:09 PM
Haven't we agreed, in some past thread, that the Holy Grail of DS re-makes involves Tim Burton and Johnny Depp?.....(if Depp ever decides to give up his  Keith Richards imitation act?)

That would certainly be my Holy Grail DS-remake. He's the only actor that I would want to play Barnabas on the big screen. But if he wants to continue as Captain Jack Sparrow for a little bit longer, I won't complain, since I adore Pirates. 8)