"SNL" was REALLY proud of its recent history during last night's episode. Whether it was appearances from former cast members (host Will Ferrell, Will Forte), resurrecting old characters (George W. Bush, the Culps), or honoring milestones (the 100th Digital Short), very little felt new, especially in the first half.
They were so busy celebrating themselves, in fact, that they forgot to write any good sketches, Lonely Island excluded. You've got one of the funniest people on the planet as your host, a former cast-member at that, and the best the show came up with is bringing back one of his weakest recurring characters and whatever the f*ck was going on in "Broadway Sizzle". At times, I actually forgot Ferrell (who, to be fair, seemed a little under the weather) was the host because he was absent so much of the time.
Don't look so proud of yourself, Lorne. This was the most disappointing episode of the season.
Meh. (I don't wanna hate on someone's mom — on Mother's Day, no less.)
This is where I would have embedded a video of the Culps, but because of dumb copyright rules, I can't. The sketch was terrible anyway (I've never understood their ideal — uncool people singing hit songs isn't a funny premise), so here's a GIF of Jon Hamm humping Justin Bieber:
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There were three jokes going on at once (the announcers, including Will Forte, talking about tampons; lady golfers; and Will Ferrell hitting on people before making an announcement about O.J. Simpson), and none of them landed. Women playing golf is such an easy, endlessly funny topic, too! Heh, lady golfers.
At least this was dependently hilarious. "...with the skin of a sundried Gremlin and the hairline of a Puerto Rican Beetlejuice." How has Liam Neeson not hosted "SNL" since 2004?
Despite myself, I laughed. It wasn't doing anything new, but Lonely Island has created enough good characters that, fine, let it celebrate itself. Plus, they got Jon Hamm to hump Justin Bieber (as you've already seen), and it's always nice to see Justin Timberlake with a box on his dick, Natalie Portman rap, and Michael Bolton dressed as a gay pirate. This video is gonna be posted to a lot of people's Facebook Walls today.
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Jay Pharoah must hate everyone. There were some funny ideas here (Doctor Silky Delicious, a wig wearing glasses, Usher as a pimp), but the sketch never coalesced into anything funnier than its general premise. At least we'll always have the memory of Abby Elliott wearing this dress:
It took over 70 minutes for Bill Hader to make an appearance. That's not cool. You know what else isn't cool? This is likely one of Kristen Wiig's final "SNL" sketches, and although she occasionally bugs me, she deserves better than, ugh, "Broadway Sizzle."
I can't wait until this season is over.
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I almost made it through that Digital Short w/o laughing – Bieber, fuck – but Bolton and Hamm back to back just isn’t fair. Sergio!
you can expect to see bieber in a lot of those digital shorts next season as they are attempting to legitimize bieber in the same way they did with timberlake.
I am glad I am not the only one who didn’t find last nights episode hilarious. I know how funny Will is, and i thought maybe I was just too tired to really appreciate it. Apparently it just wasn’t up to par.
Though the Digital Short was very entertaining.
The episode was so bad (“How bad was it?”) my fiancee actually told me to put the Lakers – Nuggets game back on. That was a silver lining.
The with the Broadway skit to me was the premise. Is there still even a local access channel anywhere?
Hey Charles Barkley, can you sum up last nights’ SNL in one word?
“Turrible.”
Most disappointing indeed. How are you going to waste Ferrell and Forte like that? I only really laughed at Nic Cage and the Digital Short, because Nic Cage and Sergio will never not be funny.
Okay, so I also laughed really hard when Sudekis refered to a maxi pad as a “downstairs patch for your baby hatch.” I know it’s awful, but it got me.
Anyone who finds women’s golf funny has never seen Mi Hyun Kim swing a 52” inch driver. Sexier than a stripper wrapping around a pole, I’ll tell you what.
Community.
Airing Fridays at 8:30pm.
With a Whitney lead in.
Fuck.
Fridays at 8:30?
Finger-pistol-to-temple.
this was going to be the last season, anyway, right. this will tie up the 4 year story line and allow jeff to keep his date at the steakhouse or whatever it was. look, it’s coming back and at least the show will get to tell the story it wanted to without having the burden of dragging it past it’s sell by date, like the office and so many many shows before it. this is a good thing. and like all good british shows this will give us closure on the group, by them drinking hemlock in the library in the very last scene of the show. noice.
Every Skit seemed like they were going to add in an old Will Ferrall character, ONLY to ram us. Broadway sizzle, No Goulet?, Espn 1994, no Harry Caray? Come on SNL just go back to your old roots.
I was disappointed in the lack of celebrity jeopardy, too.
At least they didn’t do the cheerleaders.
Way, WAY too much Keenan. I also hate how in every Culps skit, there’s a spot where Ana turns around and shakes her ass and the crowd LOSES ITS F**KING MIND BECAUSE IT’S SO HILARIOUS.
Oh yeah, I want to start a war.
Nasim Pedrad > Abby Elliot
I’m with ya, buddy.
fuck you, son.
*throws concussion grenade over wall*
TIME TO DIE, BITCHES!
What up with the psycho-eyes on McKinnon?
they are terrifying, aren’t they? pwoper fatal attraction. although, i still would… naturally.
Was Chris kat tan unavailable for the Roxbury guys skit. What is love needs to come back
Appropriate to a mother’s day show, a bunch of things got a comment of “cute”. I was happy when Timberlake, Hamm, and Portman all popped up in the short. After the news was over, it became the typical fast-forward-fest.
There was so much potential to the Funkytown skit. It would have almost worked better if they threw out the script and just improved something with those outfits. And yes, I too said, “That’s all you’re going to do with Jay Pharaoh?”
One of two black guys on the show, and they give him a speechless role wearing a diaper in a sketch called “Funkytown.”
Who was the short lesbian in Lonely Island?
Just saw this. Screw you, Usher.