October 24, 2004

Girl, You Know It's True

I didn't see it, but tonight on "Saturday Night Live" Ashlee Simpson was apparently caught lipsynching, as a pre-recorded track of the singer performing her hit "Pieces of Me" began playing before she began singing. The clip is here; it's unbelievable how silly these singers look dancing when they're not singing simultaneously.

Does this mean SNL's musical performances are always lip-sunk? How long have they been? Maybe the sketches should be pre-recorded too- that way, they'd no longer be ruined by giggling. Expect to hear a lot more about this in the coming days.

The IFILM download service skyrocketed with the Jon Stewart/Crossfire thing a few weeks ago; this should be just as big.

Posted by Stephen Silver at October 24, 2004 02:56 AM
Comments

I wish Will Forte's Zell Miller impression had been lip-synched. Even I can do a better Zell Miller impression than that.

Posted by: Jim Treacher at October 25, 2004 04:25 AM

Will Forte sucks, and should be swiftly turfed from getting to do political impressions. Seth Myers can stay as Kerry, but I'm pretty sure Darryl Hammond is going to have to do everyone else.

And not all SNL performances are lip synched. I recall one week where Kid Rock was on where he mocked Britney for lip synching the week before.

Posted by: Gib at October 25, 2004 01:25 PM
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