Weekly SNL thread — Page 74

One of the weakest episodes in this very weak year. Poor Brie Larson was never given ONE JOKE to land!

Laughed a lot at Weekend Update. Kate McKinnon can do no wrong. Otherwise I should have gotten 2 extra hours of sleep Saturday night.

Alec Baldwin still rules as Trump.( couldn't believe they got away with the "quote".)  Day Off was good.( loved the escalation)  Crucible Cast Party was painfully funny ( ah memories).  Pine Ridge was OK to meh. 

Diego Phones Home didn't completely work but when it did, it was good.  ( lying on the truck w the girlfriend)

Wells Fargo was good as far as it went but there could have been a bit more bite ( i guess w  a Bway star they went a little heavy w the musical stuff)

I thought Lin Manuel did very well the teacher skit  ( oy I had one like that).

And his "monologue" rocked . Solid B+ to A-.

It's funny how they got Lin and blunt back to back. 

It was a joke that it was actually Emily Blunt in that crappy little film. That was the point of the joke. 

Jordan Catalano said: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf with hamsters??? AMAZING. 

 

All in all, I think it's one of the strongest episodes (start to finish) in a very long time. 

 

UMMM didja see the "Pink Party Bus" bit?( PACING!)  I hemmed a pair of trousers it took so long !

The Bake Off had so much potential and  didn't really deliver.  Brit slags not fit for Big Brother? 

Did like Update "future newscasters".

B- to C+

 

 

 

 

Hokay sexy-

Maya Rudolph quote

The lovely Emily Blunt seemed pretty underused throughout the night. 

It's really bad especially with all the material out there.  They dint even do the stalking Trump funny and they had a week to do it.

In my opinion, last night's Black Jeopardy was their best sketch in a very long time, and one of the best ever in their 40+ years. 

Did it start late for everyone? I'm wondering if it was still live in my area since the news broadcast before went over a half hour to show the Cubs winning. 

I loved the video with aidy, Vanessa and Cecily. I also thought lady gaga gave one of the greatest musical performances on the show in a VERY long time.

Call_me_jorge said: "I also thought lady gaga gave one of the greatest musical performances on the show in a VERY long time."

I hadn't heard the song "A-Yo" until last night. I liked it, and I liked her singing it, but I thought Gaga's performance was weak. She looked like she was very close to stumbling throughout the choreography, which seemed just a hair too difficult for her - especially when she was side-by-side with her back-up dancers. She looked uncoordinated and awkward, barely lifting her foot off the floor for that kick, etc.

Her hat was too reminiscent of Madonna's "cowgirl" styling that she did a while back. ...and what was she trying to accomplish with that guitar at the end?

Still, I thought she sang the heck out of a very fun song -  "A-Yo, A-Yo! We smokin' a bong!"

(I know.. it's "We smokin' 'em all)

The final category on the Black Jeopardy sketch.  So good.  If just half an episode's sketches were that good this show could be amazing.  One thing that was so wonderful about that sketch was that it got funnier and funnier right up until that brilliant ending.  The opposite of what usually happens - a slow, painful petering out to a whimper of a final line.  

 

Also, I've had that flippin David Pumpkins song stuck in my head all day.  

A great episode- and finally, we're seeing more well-crafted sketches that actually build rather than run in place and then abruptly stop. Maybe having Hanks- one of the all-time great hosts- caused everyone to step it up.