This year, we have several new cast members to fill in the departed cast of K.Wiig, Abby Elliot, and Andy Samberg. They are heavy-set female, generic female, generic male, and ugly guy. I saw the ugly guy most through the show, while Vanessa Bayer took the lion’s share of the female leads. SNL? Stop trying to make Bayer happen…she’s almost as bad as fetch.
I’m going to follow the same format I did last year, with
the good, the bad and the meh, starting with:
The Good:
Lids-Gangam Style(7)-I’m
not sure if I put this one so high due to it actually being funny, or if it has
more to do with the lack of actual good material tonight. In any case, the random gangam dancer to
brighten the store clerks day had me laughing, and then when the actual guy came
out, it was great.
Intro to Puppets(8)-From Keenan’s fail at voices, to Bill Hader’s PTSD soldier, this sketch had me rolling. And then when Hader made out with the puppet in the end? Gold. In other news, apparently, I’m five.
Wooden Spoons(7)-This sketch, when written out, seems like a terrible idea. But then, ‘the river what took my son’*head bow.* I was dying.
The Meh:
Cold Open:Democratic
rally(4)-This may show my bias, but I’m pretty sure this would have been
funnier if any of the jabs were true.
Monologue(6)-The
entirety of this was Seth McFarlane doing his voices, and then making fun of
the fact that it seemed like he was schizophrenic, with the voices in his
head. It had it’s moments, but went on
far too long.
Commercial:Obama(5)-Again,
my bias on this shows, and the jokes would have been funny if they were even
remotely true.
Sex after 50(5)-The
overall concept was great: talk show host is ill, her ill-equipped producer
sits in and messes everything up.
However, the content was excessively crude, just because they
could. Honestly, it could have worked
with any topic, and didn’t need to be sex related to be funny.
Eastwood &
Chair(6)-See, this is how you do political satire. You don’t need to bash the views, just make
fun of their weird/goofy ways of expressing those views. However, it still wasn’t incredibly funny,
but it did have a couple of moments.
Weekend
Update:Headlines(6)-9 of the 14 jokes were funny to me, but none were
really memorable, so the six works.
Army Training Camp(4)-Another
sketch that a)went on too long, and b)made fun of a strange topic.
Steve Harvey
Makeover(5)-This was…weird. I didn’t
really get it, though the white Steve Harvey was kind of amusing. Is Steve Harvey even relevant?
Restaurant Blind Date(4)-Interesting
concept, poor execution. This is where
my Beyer is going to happen thing comes from.
In another person’s more capable hands, this may have verged on funny,
but as it stood, no.
The Ugly:
Weekend
Update:Segments(3)-Honey Boo Boo is a terrible show, and to acknowledge it’s
existence is to give it power. Ryan
Lochte was amusing for what it was, which was making fun of a person for their
terrible interview skills, when all they have really done with their life is
swim. Talk about low hanging fruit. Mimi Morales could have been good, but the
boyfriend piece was obnoxious, and made me want to punch someone.
The Rest:
The musical guest wasn’t terrible, but he doesn’t do my kind
of music. SNL probably only brought him
on due to his controversy earlier this summer.
I think it was kind of sad that I found one of the actual commercials
funnier than most of this episode. “$5
pizzas? That’s crazy, there are no
rules!” *Proceeds to take off shirt* “Put your shirt on” “Okay, one rule!” I was dying laughing at that for a good
minute, it was almost ridiculous.
The average score this week was 5.38 which is…kind of higher
than I expected, but it is the new year.
1. 9/15 Seth McFarlane/Frank Ocean (5.38)
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