Weekly SNL thread — Page 71

"Hey guys, crazy question: Is our friend Claire actually Chris Hemsworth?"

"I knew I shouldn't have hired these men when they showed up with little dance bags that said, 'Tisch School of the Arts' and then they asked if I supplied character shoes. Now, gentlemen, listen up: If you want to continue working at this establishment, you must expose your stinky peanut and testiballs."

Updated On: 12/13/15 at 01:15 PM

Being such a musical theatre nerd, I was a sucker for "Debra's Time." Cecily Strong is on fire this season.

Otherwise, I thought it was a sloppy episode, lots of line deliveries made it seem like the actors hadn't seen any of the dialogue before that moment, lots of missed cues and flubbed lines. And then they repeated a filmed bit because of timing issues. I think Hemsworth is game but after the giddiness of Ryan Gosling's stint last week, this was considerably less memorable.

I thought Will Farell's material was pretty funny.

MEET YOUR SECOND WIFE was genius on every single level. I'd say it deserves a place on the "funniest skits of all time" list.

This is episode in general is close to perfection. And Maya Rudolph. MAYA. F'ING. RUDOLPH.

The only dud was the lesbian sketch, I thought. The rest of the episode was was pretty great. And I was just thinking how for a last show of the year the episode was short on surprise guests when suddenly there was Maya Rudolph walking away with the rest of the show

His Bill Cosby was wonderful.

His character in the Lesbian sketch, is a reoccuring charater.

ETA: I had to be difficult for him to do that as Cosby was his mentor.

Updated On: 12/20/15 at 01:45 AM

Oh, and we got more Sarah Palin! How could I have forgotten!!!!

No one does Palin's word salad like Tina Fey!

Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "…My favorite Keenan characters were the "Zut alors!" guy on Update and the host of What's Up With That."

Switch “Zut alors!” guy (Jean K Jean) with the “Hey, SHUT UP! We did this for YOU!! ” gym teacher and those are my favs. Jean K Jean rubbed me the wrong way from the start, it's just a rehash of Pierre Escargot from All That. I know that's not actually true, they're not the same character at all. But as an 80s baby I have a strong fondness for Pierre and Kenan+Parisian accent will always = Mssr. Escargot.

Honourable mention goes to Reese De'What from Cinema Classics. The alternate Casablanca ending sketch was where Kate McKinnon became a star for me, but even with how funny she was in that sketch I still remember Reese just as equally and he only bookends the sketch. Hearing him pronounce his last name puts me in stitches.

Selena should have been the host and music guest. I do not like this host. I don't even know who she is.

It was a very stressful show this week due to the blizzard. Last minute rehearsals, things not arriving. I am amazed how well the show turned out! I am sure many were put up in the Waldorf-Astoria last night!

It played understandably under-rehearsed to me but Ronda Rousey seemed to be genuinely having fun even if she didn't have much to do. Often that's all the show needs to make it work.

Loved the SAG award segment, the bullying bit (Vanessa Bayer is on fire this season), and especially Bland Man which I think is a great concept to showcase the incredible female cast on the show right now. Tina Fey's Palin seemed a bit more tentative than in past outings, but she's so good as that character and Darrell Hammond is such a perfect Trump that it was still a highlight of the evening.

Call_me_jorge said: "Selena should have been the host and music guest. I do not like this host. I don't even know who she is."

She could barely handle the short opening bit and The Bachelor sketch. And she seemed lost during her second performance. I doubt she could have made it through a full show. I also found it rude and class-less that she couldn't even acknowledge the great finger snappers and the dancers that made her performances partly bearable at the end of each song.

Updated On: 1/24/16 at 07:31 PM