This week’s SNL was the season finale, and the last show for
several current cast members, including Andy Samberg, Kristin Wiig, and rumored
Jason Sudekis. Mick Jagger hosted, and
did a passable job, though he really showed why musicians aren’t the greatest
hosts, what with his awkward line readings and blatant staring at the cue
cards.
But what of the show, you may ask? Well, let me tell you with
The Good, the Meh,
and the Ugly!
The Good:
Cold Open:Lawrence
Welk(7)-I don’t usually like this one, but the inclusion of Jon Hamm at the
end really getting into K. Wiig’s character amused me for some reason. This was the first of many sketches that
features K.Wiig tonight.
Insurance Conference(8)-Mick
Jagger as…not himself, at a karaoke bar where all the singers are doing bad
Mick Jagger impressions, and all he could do was limply deny the ableness of
the singers. It was great, especially
him sing-talking satisfaction at the end, when all his new friends ditched the
him.
Digital Short:Lazy
Sunday 2(9)-Oh, my goodness, this was fantastic. Not quite as good as the perfection that was
the original Lazy Sunday, but they played that off well, and I was rolling the
entire time. I think all questions of
Andy leaving were quelched with the last line of this song, which was basically
“This is where I started, and this is where I end it.”
Musical guest(8)-Mick
Jagger sang with both Arcade Fire, the Foo Fighters, and John Beck. They were really good performances, with the
exception of the ‘political’ song that really wasn’t…if you are going to make
fun of a person, it’s probably not good form to talk about what a nice person
they are before cutting them down…that just makes you look like a dick…but I’m
not the song writer, what do I know?
Weekend
Update:Stefon(8)-This sketch is good normally, and Bill Hader just killed
it this week. ‘Evil celebrity chef Wario
Betalli’ indeed.
High School
Graduation(8)-This was just an excuse to have a K.Wiig goodbye scene in the
show, but I’m not complaining. It was
almost as good as the Tiny Fey one. The
bands came back and played some goodbye songs while the cast danced around the
stage with her. Apparently, I’m not the
only one who got misty-eyed, if the tweets and things I’ve seen are any
indication.
The Meh:
Monologue(5)-Nothing
spectacular to see here, Mick Jagger answering frequently asked questions,
without many actual laughs beyond the ‘Did you ever get satisfaction?’
question.
Classic GSN:Secrect
Word(6)-I normally don’t really like this sketch, but it very nearly worked
this week for whatever reason. I think
it had something to do with it’s length, which was shorter than normal.
Politics Nation(6)-I
heard somewhere that SNL does in fact have a couple of conservative writers on
staff, and this was the first we’ve seen from them since the public employee
awards a couple of years ago. Normally,
I’d be all over it, but they were making fun of Al Sharpton, and as much as I’d
love to laugh in his face, it’s too much like punching a puppy for my tastes.
Weekend
Update:Headlines(5)-Eh. Some of the
joke were ok, but a bunch fell flat as well.
6/11 jokes get a thumbs-up from me.
SYTYCD@an outdoor
music festival(6)-I know it is SNL’s MO to run a joke to the ground, but I
didn’t know they were so good at it.
This was already a short sketch, and still had way too much filler, and
repetition of jokes. The joke in and of
itself was decent, but three times over it got old.
The Californians(6)-Again
with this sketch. At least it had a
Steve Martin cameo to bring it up a bit.
I feel like this one probably didn’t need to come back, but with half or
more of the reoccurring sketches leaving with K.Wiig, I guess they needed to find
new ones.
The Ugly:
None again this week!
Overall:A decent show
this week, with a great send-off for K.Wiig, though I do feel kind of bad for
the ones that didn’t get a send off. (6.83)
Let’s see how it stacks up to the other episodes!
1. 5/19 Mick Jagger 6.83
2. 4/14 Josh Brolin 6.17
3. 5/12 Will Ferrell 6.00
4. 4/7 Sofia Vegara 4.85
5. 5/5 Eli Manning 4.53
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