The glory days of
Saturday Night Live are long since gone. While the show generally offers a great opening sketch, you might has well turn it off after that and concentrate on your butterfly decoupage project. However, when some of the old guard returns, there is still an inkling of the clever routines that once made
SNL "must-see" TV. This weekend, for example, Will Ferrell returned for one of his
Celebrity Jeopardy tournaments, portraying the show's host, Alex Trebek. For non-American readers,
Jeopardy is generally praised for being one of the few remaining game shows that rewards intellect over theatrics. However, when the program occasionally invites celebrities on, it is mocked for having to dumb-down the questions. In the
SNL routine, Tom Hanks appears as himself in a self-deprecating manner and squares off against Darrell Hammond's hilarious, sex-obsessed Sean Connery. Norm McDonald also returns to do his impeccable Burt Reynolds impersonation. To view
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