Ken Tucker is Right: Nasim Pedrad is Criminally Underutilized

The last few weeks of Saturday Night Live have been real bummers for those of us who have been looking forward to seeing more Nasim Pedrad.  Nasim is virtually invisible (as are Abby Elliott and Jenny Slate).  Meanwhile, Kristen Wiig dominates the program.

I'm not alone in that assessment.  Over at Entertainment Weekly, Ken Tucker supplies a review of last night's SNL, making the same observation.  Here's an excerpt of his nice blow-by-blow account of the program:

Butler had to compete for screen time not only with Bud Light, but also with Kristen Wiig, who seemed to be everywhere. Sketches would begin with one premise — say, Butler as an ad-agency rep coming up with ideas about how to make cottage cheese sexy — only to have Wiig enter and take over the sketch doing one of her 25 interchangeable nervously-awkward characters. I’m not saying Wiig isn’t talented; it’s just that she’s being stretched too thin. Couldn’t Abby Elliott, Jenny Slate, or Nasim Pedrad have been used more prominently to give her (and them) a break?

The answer to Ken's question is a big ol' YES!

Free Nasim Pedrad!  Free Nasim Pedrad!

Oh, and one other thing about last night...  SHAKIRA IS INSANELY HOT.

Saturday Night Live, Tonight, October 10 -- Hoping for More Nasim Pedrad!

Can't wait for tonight's show.  Hoping that we'll see a little more of Nasim front and center.  She did well as the the Iranian Prez's wife last week, so there's definitely potential for MORE PEDRAD (a potential replacement for "more cowbell"?).

Tonight's host:   Drew Barrymore.

I had to choose between a picture of her in tiny underwear and this little pj-style t-shirt and the shot of her in Firestarter.  I went with the Firestarter option because the other one was just too hot to handle.

Don't forget to watch Nasim Pedrad on Saturday Live tonight!