There were a number of awkwardly-matched duos — Benedict Cumberbatch and Jennifer Aniston, Salma Hayek and Kevin Hart, Julianna Margulies and Don Cheadle, Renner and J. Lo, and Ricky Gervais and his ego. But the worst were Fey and Poehler’s old "Saturday Night Live" pals. Called to honor screenwriters, the two did an interminable routine where they deliberately misremembered scenes from such classic movies as "Jaws," "The Godfather," and "The Terminator." Indeed, they seemed to be mangling the made-up scenes as they went along. The bit did its purpose, showing how smart the screenwriters were for not actually including any of this material, but like too many "SNL" sketches, it didn’t quit until long after the dead horse had been beaten into the ground.
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