Well, that was just...fine? "Fine" is the worst thing that can happen to "SNL." You're always hoping for an outstanding episode (something to argue about in the comments: when was the last top-to-bottom A+ episode of "SNL"?), but a truly awful one can just be just as entertaining. Katy Perry hosted the show this weekend, and although she wasn't great (her timing was a little off and she tripped over her lines occasionally), she didn't bomb, either. The rest of the cast at least looked comfortable around her, unlike when Miley Cyrus came to Studio 8H last season. She sang and smiled a lot, and wasn't asked to do too much heavy lifting — and there was only one joke about her boobs, which came during the last segment of the evening.
So, yeah, it was fine, with the exception of the Bowl-Cutted One, Robyn, who kicked ass.
Yikes. This was Darrell Hammond's first return to "SNL" since his tell-all, and it couldn't have been more disappointing. The Donald Trump-based jokes fell flat, because all Donald Trump-based jokes fall flat — he's too obvious of a target. It really made me pine for the days of Donald Trump's House of Wings.
Worth it for Jay Pharoah's impression of Cuba Gooding Jr. and the fact that the promo left in Seth Meyers, who actually appears in New Year's Eve.
Kristen Wiig's new character, Kalle. Thoughts? I thought she was fine (Wiig played her well, but there was only one joke: "We have a clip!"), but if history has taught us anything, we'll hate the over-used Kalle soon enough. Also: check out the number of times Perry blinks. It's terrifying. (Perry needs to ditch the blond hair, BTW.)
It's nice to see Val Kilmer off the streets.
Weekend Update had my two favorite segments of the evening, neither of which was Alec Baldwin's guest appearance as the American Airlines pilot who kicked him off his plane. They were: Wiig's flirtation expert, Rebecca LaRue, and Bill Hader's Stefon. I could watch an entire episode of Wiig playing with her hair and Stefon doling out such holiday hot spots as Hey!, now managed by Fat Sayjak. Like Hader, I lost it at the second mention of Spud Webb.
If you were waiting for the writers to make a boob joke, the closest you got was Perry revealing that she has a tattoo of Jewel above her right breast. That's the most action Jewel's had since 1997! Ba-zing! But yeah, this would probably the best actual sketch of the night.
Robyn's awesome. Lip-syncing, I think, but still awesome.
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Looks like Robyn walked into a barber shop and asked for the Moe Howard.
One Magical Night was probably the best sketch and, just like the other best sketches of the season, buried at the end.
I’m not gonna lie, Wiig spreading her legs open on Weekend Update was pretty hot.
UU, was that a Bobby Slayton joke you just referenced? My respect for you grows deeper and deeper, good sir.
She wasn’t terrible, but she also didn’t do anything to justify her hosting gig.
Wiig’s been more less hit, more miss lately, but Rebecca LaRue was great. And Stefon is automatically the best part of any episode he’s in.
@LaSchmoove, if it was a Bobbly Slayton reference it was unintentional.
Matt Damon – King of the Cameo
Robyn looked like Mary Stuart Masterson in Some Kind of Wonderful.
Nice call, FWM.
@FuWaMe, agreed, and that isn’t a bad thing at all.
Careful guys(@FWM, UU and GL), you’re showing your age. The kids on this board may not understand why we think that’s a good thing.
Great minds, UU…
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@bob Psh, of course we know what Some Kind of Wonderful is—it starred the guy who directs episodes of Glee (Eric Stoltz) and was written by the same person who penned Flubber.
/knows he’s playing with fire, especially because he likes Some Kind of Wonderful
What’s all this have to do with Grand Funk Railroad?
/I’m old, too
@XXj
That’s some powerful magic you’re purporting to speak about. Gadzooks with the holy twine about it all.
I liked the Queen and Pippa/Kate sketch. It was dumb, but enough to make me laugh.
I so want a Human Boombox.
Any episode that has Stefon in it is not merely okay. It is well-worthwhile.
Also that picture of Kate Upton in her nunkini keeps showing up, and that needs to be in every SNL episode too.
I’ve tended not to give a shit about his personal life, but Alec Baldwin is a giant gash who should have been thrown from the plane while at cruising altitude, and SNL enabling his childish shit makes them worse than Tebow.
“when was the last top-to-bottom A+ episode of “SNL”?”
1981, I’m pretty sure.
Although I had a good buzz working that night, so I might be misremembering it. Anyway, it was the night Bill Murray came out at the close and announced that the Soviets had invaded Poland. Damn, I’m old.
It was a decent show.