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SNL is Friggin' Horrible! Except when Timberlake is hosting. (1 Viewer)

23 great SNL sketches from this season that have nothing to do with Trump - Vox

This list likes Julio Torres and Mikey Day a lot more than I do.  So while I disagreed with some of the entries, it was interesting reading the arguments for them.

And yes, "Haunted Elevator" (the David S. Pumpkins sketch), and "Totino's" (the pizza rolls ad that swerved into a lesbian tryst with Kristen Stewart and Vanessa Bayer) made their list.  

 
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First weekend update summer edition was ok.  Thought this second one was really strong.  Most of the jokes were strong.  Fallon, Meyers and Tina Fey all a lot of fun and the Neil degrasse-Tyson was fun, even if not accurate.

 
Successful Emmy season for SNL.

Dave Chapelle and Melissa McCarthy won Guest Actor and Guest Actress.  Officially for hosting SNL, though I suspect McCarthy's many appearances as Sean Spicer throughout the season were a factor.  Would have preferred Tom Hanks over Chapelle in this category: Hanks was hysterically funny as the MAGA Black Jeopardy contestant, Sully with his fame going to his head, and of course David S. Pumpkins.  But Chapelle's monologue was dynamite, the election-viewing sketch with Chris Rock hit hard, and the structure to bring back some old Chapelle's Show characters was clever.

Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon won Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress in a Comedy.  As fun as Baldwin was, I suspect this award was a referendum on Trump as much as it was for Baldwin's acting.  McKinnon's Emmy IMO is well-deserved and she is on her way to being one of the greatest SNL cast members of all time regardless of era or gender.  And I'm saying that as someone who was slow to warm up to her.  

Vanessa Bayer and Leslie Jones were also nominated for the award McKinnon won.

Don Roy King won a Best Directing award for the Jimmy Fallon episode.  They could have picked one of many, but I imagine they picked the Fallon one because of how elaborate the monologue number was, and how sneaky complex that time travel Family Feud sketch was.  

And Lorne won for the show winning Best Variety Sketch Series.  Not exactly punching in their weight class going up against Billy On The Street and Drunk History, but a win's a win, I guess.

 
Bruce Dickinson said:
Successful Emmy season for SNL.

Dave Chapelle and Melissa McCarthy won Guest Actor and Guest Actress.  Officially for hosting SNL, though I suspect McCarthy's many appearances as Sean Spicer throughout the season were a factor.  Would have preferred Tom Hanks over Chapelle in this category: Hanks was hysterically funny as the MAGA Black Jeopardy contestant, Sully with his fame going to his head, and of course David S. Pumpkins.  But Chapelle's monologue was dynamite, the election-viewing sketch with Chris Rock hit hard, and the structure to bring back some old Chapelle's Show characters was clever.

Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon won Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress in a Comedy.  As fun as Baldwin was, I suspect this award was a referendum on Trump as much as it was for Baldwin's acting.  McKinnon's Emmy IMO is well-deserved and she is on her way to being one of the greatest SNL cast members of all time regardless of era or gender.  And I'm saying that as someone who was slow to warm up to her.  

Vanessa Bayer and Leslie Jones were also nominated for the award McKinnon won.

Don Roy King won a Best Directing award for the Jimmy Fallon episode.  They could have picked one of many, but I imagine they picked the Fallon one because of how elaborate the monologue number was, and how sneaky complex that time travel Family Feud sketch was.  

And Lorne won for the show winning Best Variety Sketch Series.  Not exactly punching in their weight class going up against Billy On The Street and Drunk History, but a win's a win, I guess.
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agree about Baldwin, who was up against some deserving performances/performers IMO. 

loved King's speech, especially his repeated efforts to get the camera on his daughter (jokingly, not homerly). 

 
and the Emmy nominations for sloppiest Lorne Michaels bonesuck are:

- Fallon

- NBC

- anyone who wants to go to the right NY parties

- Lorne Michaels

- any writer looking to pump his CV without actually writing sum'n funny

- David S Pumpkins

any questions?!

 
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Long Ball Larry said:
First weekend update summer edition was ok.  Thought this second one was really strong.  Most of the jokes were strong.  Fallon, Meyers and Tina Fey all a lot of fun and the Neil degrasse-Tyson was fun, even if not accurate.
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Tina Fey's "sheet cake" monologue was genius, and even more fun for me watching the reaction to it from people who didn't get Fey is a satirist at her core who was doing satire.  
Plus, "sheetcake" as a verb has entered the lexicon of a circle of my brick-and-mortar friends, which is awesome.  "My in-laws are in town this weekend, I'm gonna have to sheetcake it to survive."

 
Tom Hanks’s beloved SNL character from last season, David S. Pumpkins, is getting his very own NBC special. According to Variety, the network will air a half-hour animated Halloween special this year starring Hanks as Pumpkins called The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special. The voice cast will also feature fellow SNL host Peter Dinklage, Bobby Moynihan, and Streeter Seidell and follow Pumpkin “and his skeleton sidekicks who show a young boy and his sister the true meaning of Halloween, answering none of their questions along the way.” The special will air on NBC Saturday, October 28th at 11:30pm.
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It wasn't awful - except the breaking - first time ive been able to say that in three yrs. Last year (i'd quit watching the show but always give premieres a chance) i was out 45 seconds into 1st sketch after monologue. Maybe i've set the bar low enough now but there was no blatant incompetence, as has marked the last few years. I'd love to be back on the train because SNL was my cultural religion for 40 yrs, so we'll see.

 
Long Ball Larry said:
hey, they took my suggestion.
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I wonder how much of McKinnon’s alien interrogation testimony is secretly rewritten after dress rehearsal, like John Mulaney used to do with Stefon to #### with Hader.  

Also open to some of it being improvised, but McKinnon seems to be checking the cue cards during the sketch, and phrases like “double-barreled pinkeye” and “my pink pocket and stink rocket” are so specific.

It’s a break-fest when she gets rolling with that character, so much so it was impressive how well Strong kept it together when everyone else was breaking and Gosling was completely gone.

 
Bruce Dickinson said:
I wonder how much of McKinnon’s alien interrogation testimony is secretly rewritten after dress rehearsal, like John Mulaney used to do with Stefon to #### with Hader.  

Also open to some of it being improvised, but McKinnon seems to be checking the cue cards during the sketch, and phrases like “double-barreled pinkeye” and “my pink pocket and stink rocket” are so specific.

It’s a break-fest when she gets rolling with that character, so much so it was impressive how well Strong kept it together when everyone else was breaking and Gosling was completely gone.
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while Update is written right up til air, sketches are seldom rewritten for anything but time, but i would guess if someone came up with something like "girl scar & salad bar" (tho S&P and, therefore Michaels, wouldnt be happy about it) late, McKinnon might keep it in the back of her head for use.

 
Tired of Baldwin as Trump. It's played out.  Weekend Update used to be fun and was often the only watchable bit during the "lean" SNL years. Now it's all Trump. Again, played out. 

Fliplets was a cool premise but went in a weird direction. Could've been a great semi-regular skit if not for the dark turn that made it a one-timer imo.

Jay-Z is terrible. Both "songs" were horrendous.

 
Also Sam Smith looks like he just walked up on stage at karaoke bar in 2002. 

His voice is too good tho 

 
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Mr. Ham said:
 And if you're married to the antiquated idea that you need as powerful a collection of guns to buddy up with your militia buddies to counterbalance the might of the most powerful and technologically advanced military in history, then definitely don't stand your ground vote and send a message we don't need a military like this.   
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Kind of a funny schedule tonight.  Re-run of 2014 ep hosted by Jim Carrey from 10-11, and the David S. Pumpkins animated special on at 11:30.

Who’s hosting: Almost exactly three years to the date of the last time he hosted SNL, Jim Carrey will return to the stage. The Halloween-inspired episode will mark the third time Carrey has hosted the show. He first appeared on SNL as a host in 1996 with guest performances by Soundgarden and again in 2011 with The Black Keys.

Who’s performing: Australian rapper Iggy Azalea is set to take the stage.

Where: The show will air on NBC.

When: SNL kicks off at an earlier timeslot than usual, 10 p.m. ET. The David S. Pumpkins special will air during SNL’s regular 11:30 p.m. ET time slot.

Can it be live streamed: Yes! Both SNL and the David S. Pumpkin Special will be available via live stream on NBC’s website and the NBC app. The show can be watched on Hulu, as well. Shortly after the shows air, clips and highlights from the episodes will be uploaded to SNL’s Youtube channel. Viewers can also follow the conversation surrounding both shows by following SNL’s social media.
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wikkidpissah said:
One of the worst cases of "not getting it" i've ever seen a network perpetuate. Taking a truly offbeat premise and turning it into a ScoobyDoo/Daniel Tiger lessontoon is close to the stoopitest thing i've seen on TV
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Right, the sketch was funny because it was just so random. It's not something that's really repeatable.

 
Ilov80s said:
Right, the sketch was funny because it was just so random. It's not something that's really repeatable.
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Naw, you could kinda do a Beetlejuice thing with him, make him be so wrong he's right with what he thinks is cool and/or appropriate and have the kid educate himself by correcting him. And, if i was still sketching, i would have explored having beatboys constantly at your side about 47 times. Just takes writing is all.

 
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