Weekly SNL thread

[jasonf]

I thought the Australian movie and that ridiculous mountain one were the only bombs of the night. I even liked the hotel check out skit in a kind of British humor way. The last sketch, for some reason, had me laughing harder than almost anything else all night.

[CapnHook]

The mountain sketch only worked because you could see each one of them almost crack up inside. It was so ridiculous that they had a tough time keeping it together, especially Louie CK.

[Jordan Catalano]

I thought the mountain sketch was awful and not in a good way but in the opposite way. The last skit worked because it was funnier than most of what we had seen before, besides the Lincoln film, the opening monologue, girl at the party and I think one other bit.

[Jungle Red]

That's graceful.

Can't wait to watch it!

[bobs3]

I can only hope that they do "Diane Sawyer drunk on the air" this weekend.

[Wynbish]

Let Kate McKinnon do it!

[CapnHook]

The slop-n-swish video was HILARIOUS.

[Mr Roxy]

Good opening bit. Homeland parody was dead on. Pharoah on Weekend Update. Everything else fell flat especially McD sketch

[SNAFU]

Love Bobby as Drunk Uncle! Thought it was a very strong show actually.

"Why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from the immigrants!"

[supportivemom]

The opening sketch and the monologue were the best to me. I was hoping they would do the march though during the Les Miz song. I love Anne Hathaway! She looks really cute in that haircut.

[Jon]

Bill Hader's Mandy Patinkin was dead-on.

Rhianna really can't sing at all, can she?

[taboo123]

Thought it was the best show of the season. Everything was fun!!
Anne was perfection and love.


Except Rihanna. God she's whiny useless. Her first performance reminded me of those Karaoke kiosks at Six Flags where you can sing and have groovy cheap green-screen images on back.

[AC126748]

Wow, did I watch a completely different episode? I thought last night was an (almost) all-around bomb. The Homeland sketch was dead-on and the only completely funny sketch of the night. I thought the cold open was PAINFUL and the jokes on Weekend Update were weak. Seriously, for the first show after the election, I was super disappointed.

[dtzumbrunnen]

Sloppy Swish, McD's, Jay as Obama on Update, and the Ellen sketch were all at the top of my list.

Why does Rhianna keep coming back, though? Ugh. At least her backdrop gave something interesting to look at!

[Marianne2]

I missed most of the show because I fell asleep. I know, so why should I have an opinion? Well, I woke up as Rhianna was performing and thought I was watching a completely different program because of the background. I went to change the channel to make sure I still had NBC on. It was too much.

[Wynbish]

I'm glad someone else liked the McD's sketch. "Badda ba ba ba go kill yourself!" The Ellen Show sketch and the last sketch from last weekend are two examples of pretty good post-Update sketches. Anne got in "trouble" last time she played Katie Holmes, so it was funny to see it again.

The opening was not funny enough. I figured it would be more biting, and between that and the monologue, I thought this would turn into Jason's last show. The girlfriends talk show was sad. I know she has barely been there, but Aidy does not seem to bring too much to the table.

At first, I thought the Mokiki sloppy swish video was trying too hard to fill the Lonely Island void, but it was great!

And is it me, or does Taran not have that bad of a singing voice?

[Jordan Catalano]

I loved the Mokiki video and was thrilled Anne did Katie Holmes again. That HOMELAND bit was HILARIOUS ad I actually really loved the Romney opening. I laughed really hard at that one.

[wickedfan]

Loved Girlfriends (though it ended kind of abruptly), McDonald's, Mokiki (it was so odd that it worked), American Gothic (Hathaway and Sudeikis made it work) and Homeland.

Everything else was painful, which, thankfully, wasn't a lot. The Ellen sketch wasn't funny, save for Hathaway's dead-on Holmes, which was only on for 10 seconds.

I will say that Cecily Strong has become the new MVP of SNL. No matter what she's in, I always laugh.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

I thought it was a great episode.

[SNAFU]

I thought the Mitt Romney Cold Opening was pitch perfect! It was funny, a bit sad and poked some fun at the Romneys. There is no fun at being cruel and kicking someone when they are down.
As much as I didn't like Mitt, I do kind of feel a bit sorry for him that he was so wrapped up in his own bubble of entitlement that he and Anne were probably designing the White House China instead of bothering to write a concession speech.

[AC126748]

I think I laughed twice during the cold open: the line about Paul Ryan carrying Wisconsin and the Trump joke. As someone else noted, I guess I was expecting it to be more biting. The whole milk bit seemed weak and reaching. Even McKinnon, who's been brilliant as Ann all season, seemed out of it--but I'd blame the writing there. She wasn't given anything to do.

The Girlfriends sketch was embarrassingly bad. The McD's sketch had a few isolated laughs, but it didn't sustain any momentum.

I clocked out after Weekend Update; apparently, it seems like most of the good stuff happened after that point. Maybe I'll check it out on Hulu later today.

[Wynbish]

I don't think The Ellen Show sketch is on Hulu. They usually leave one sketch off, and that was it.

[EricMontreal22]

I found it pretty funny overall--the Ellen sketch seemed spot on to me--and a rare SNL skit I wish had gone on a bit longer.

[Wynbish]

Does anyone else hope Vanessa gets to do at least one more Miley Cyrus Show? It could be about her hair and planning her three weddings.

[dtzumbrunnen]

Wyn - I wish there could be a full Miley Cyrus show. I love it! There is always good, ridiculous Miley material!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

I thought the Girlfriends sketch was hilarious. ?"YOU should be called Roach Warehouse!"