Mark Wahlberg Slams "Saturday Night Live"

UPDATE:
Mark Wahlberg wants to punch Andy Samberg, he said Thursday.

PREVIOUSLY:
Mark Wahlberg is not a fan of a "Saturday Night Live" sketch from October 4th called "Mark Wahlberg Talks To Animals" (scroll down to see it). In Sunday's NY Post, Wahlberg has a Q&A to promote his upcoming movie "Max Payne," and towards the end is asked what he thought. In the skit, Andy Samberg plays Wahlberg as he talks to a dog, a goat, a chicken and a donkey. It's described on NBC's website as "Barky Bark and the Donkey Bunch." Sample dialogue, "Hey dog, what's up? I like your fur... say hey to your mother for me."

Wahlberg said of the sketch:

Someone showed it to me on YouTube. It wasn't like Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin, that's for sure. And "Saturday Night Live" hasn't been funny for a long time. They've asked me to do the show a ton of times. I used to watch it when Eddie Murphy was there and Joe Piscopo and Bill Murray. I don't even know who's on the show now.

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Comments

[enochroot]

03:18 AM on 10/19/2008

he did a skit tonight and seemed to make fun of himself wanting to punch sandberg.

seriously though, this is and has been a joke. what person threatens bodily harm to someone (which is a crime) which involves flying from california to nyc in 1 day, shows up at a secure studio, gets inside,etc­.

it's just a joke and has been....ma­rky mark and adam are in on it

[mathme]

11:52 PM on 10/27/2008

Same clothes, too, it was actually a brilliant set up for something that wouldn't have been funny at all without the intervenin­g week. Great that they put such a nonsense skit on just to set up a cameo a week later. Is that meta? It seems meta.

[NixModern]

03:28 AM on 10/16/2008

Mark is a poor sport as usual.

[ersf]

12:41 AM on 10/19/2008

Don't they teach you to roll with the punches? That skit was funny. Mark, you're not funny. Loosen up, dude.

[cfreedom]

11:32 PM on 10/15/2008

Wahlberg's excellent. Too bad. He should've laughed it off. Better, he should go on and do a skit with Samberg.

[politicalgal1]

11:06 PM on 10/15/2008

Need a laugh? See the new SARAH PALIN BARBIE DOLL:

http://www­.aboomer.c­om

[monty]

07:15 PM on 10/15/2008

He doesn't like it because it was funny.

And Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy haven't been on SNL in, like, 20 years!

[mikemedeiros]

05:44 PM on 10/17/2008

Murray about 28 years , Murphy and Piscopo about 25 years. Way to stay current on Pop culture Marky. I'm surprised he was even allowed to stay up that late back then.

[OReillyIsSatan]

04:56 PM on 10/15/2008

What an absolute toolbox. This sketch was funnier than any of the painful/ob­vious Palin sketches.

[hortonhearsawho]

04:02 PM on 10/15/2008

This may very well be the one conversati­on sarah does comprehend­...

[wingnutslayer]

03:56 PM on 10/15/2008

So what! So what! So what! So what! Soon we'll see a sketch of Marky Mark standing in a soup line. When will Americans ever become serious people? Dogs will be reciting the Gettysburg Address before that happens. Are you feeling that good 'ol national pride yet? Stop the freakin' wars before we export any more of our pathetic "culture" to a world that just doesn't care what we think anymore.

[KMan1]

11:45 AM on 10/15/2008

That was so lame I laughed.

[JamezQ]

10:30 AM on 10/15/2008

this isn't news and isn't a slam... I hate these type of headlines

[projectgirl]

09:34 AM on 10/15/2008

project girl here again. I should have proofread my last comment, darn it!!! I meant that I am disappoint­ed that SNL is considerin­g having Sarah Palin on the show. I did not mean to do the double negative.

[projectgirl]

09:32 AM on 10/15/2008

This little tidbit has been on your site for a few days now. Is this really news. Is this designed in some way to take a bit of the limelight away from SNL? Believe me, I am disappoint­ed that having Sarah Palin on the show is disappoint­ing, but I'm not sure this little piece of bad press about SNL is really going to connect those dots if that's what your after. If you think this is interestin­g news, that's just lame.

[knixphan]

05:24 AM on 10/15/2008

Okay, guilty... I laughed!

No particular reason...I just started thinking about Mark talking to animals...

It got a chuckle - nothing heavy :)

[AlteSoldier]

04:46 AM on 10/15/2008

GOP targeting ACORN to 'intimidat­e, suppress' voters, Purge Voters

http://new­s.bbc.co.u­k/1/hi/wor­ld/america­s/7658182.­stm

http://www­.bradblog.­com/?p=645­3

http://216­.87.173.33­/media/200­8/0810/ap_­acorn_resp­onds_08101­4a.flv

http://raw­story.com/­news/2008/­Obama_camp­aign_GOP_t­argeting_A­CORN_to_10­14.html

Look out for STUFF like the above "voter purges" and report them to the right authoritie­s including the Obama Campaign ...
http://my.­barackobam­a.com/page­/content/c­ontact/

Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680

[jayburd]

03:38 AM on 10/15/2008

I'd hardly call that a "slam." It was an honest assessment of the show which is, most of the time, not funny. It's only been better lately because politics always makes for great comedy sketch material.

Andy Sandberg's impression of Mark Wahlberg is very good but the talking with animals sketch pretty much sucked. On the other hand, Adam Sandler's way over the top but not-quite-­as-accurat­e impression of Marky Mark way back when on the "Sinatra Group" sketch had me peeing in my pants it was so funny.