A real disappointment to us all...

Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning was on Saturday Night Live the other night and I caught some of it. There were a few good stretches, such as the opening monologue when he introduced his father Archie Manning ("He taught me everything I know."), his brother Eli Manning ("the quarterback for the New York Giants") and his mother Olivia Manning ("She never made it in the NFL. She didn't have what it took. She got cut by th Dolphins and tried in Canada for a little bit. She's been a real disappointment to us all.") I also liked the ESPN NCAA Tournament Pool Party.

But the best bits I saw were the United Way commercial and the Maraka cartoon. The United Way commercial was a play on those TV bits, with Peyton Manning verbally insulting kids as they fail to catch his passes, teaching kids how to break into a car, and drinking a beer in front it them. The Maraka cartoon was a play on the Dora cartoons and children's interactive cartoons in general. As a father who's son gets enposed to interactive cartoon son Playhouse Disney, this was a great bit.