Starting with…
The Good
Weekend Update:
Headlines(7)-I laughed at 70% of the jokes, but it’s not like I actually remember
any of them…
The Meh
Cold
Open:Inaguration(5)-It’s MLKJr day, and he wants to gossip, because dang
it, “today is my day off!” This was kind of amusing, but it really gets
frustrating when writers don’t actually do their research. I’m about 90% certain MLKJr wouldn’t be happy
with Obama’s policies, considering he was, at least, a moderate, if not an
actual, conservative.
Monologue(4)-This
was saved from the bad by the strength of it’s three(!) celebrity guests,
Seinfeld, Samberg, and Cameron Diaz, giving Adam Levine advice ala The
Voice. The only time we actually had to
listen to Adam speak was when he was being coerced into taking off his shirt,
which: nice.
Digital Short:
YOLO(4)-I think I didn’t like this because it went safe. It had some crazy ‘advice’, and some normal
advice, like it didn’t really know which way it wanted to go. I think it may have been better if all the
advice was good, and the chorus was insane, or all the advice was insane, and
the chorus was sincere. It may have even
been better if it built from sane to insane, but it jumbled them up in a soupy
mess, and the juxtaposition didn’t enhance the humor, it dampened it.
Bar fight(5)-So
Maroon 5, Train, and Jason Mraz walk into a bar… This was a solid concept, but
the piss-poor acting of Adam Lavine sunk it a bit. Luckily, the whole sketch wasn’t built around
him…
The Ugly
Commercial:Rosetta
Stone(3)-Skeezy guys want to learn Thai to do ‘things’ in Thailand. I feel like this would have been stronger if
this had been cut differently, but as it was, the producers of the commercial
were oblivious to what the guys were saying?
It doesn’t pass the smell test to me.
Circle Work(2)-Gay
stereotype sketch #1. This was the least
noxious of the two, because it at least acknowledged it was being a stereotype,
unlike…
Firehouse(1)-This
entire sketch was a gay stereotype as well, but instead of jokes, it relied on
Bill Hader yelling as loudly as he could.
It was almost like he was trying to channel Martin Short, of whom we’ve
already seen enough of.
Commercial:Sopranos
Diaries(3)-I think if I knew the source material, I may have found this
more funny, but at it was, ehh.
Weekend
Update:Segments(3)-Arianna Huffington was obnoxious as always, and the Ray
Lewis joke, singular, went on for way way WAY too long.
Catfish(3)-This is
another source material issue for me, but it was mostly generic reality show
jokes, and only one show specific joke, so I’m not sure the point of using this
particular show.
Janet’s Apartment(1)-and
this is what happens when the whole sketch is built around Adam Levine. I think it could have actually been funny,
but Adam didn’t commit at all, and it was incredibly distracting.
Biden Bash(3)-This
was saved from a one by the Biden Bashing, but the jokes themselves were not
strong, and were symptomatic of the rest of the show.
The Rest
The musical guest did not tickle my fancy, but if rap is
your thing…
Adam Levine was terrible.
Like I said in the apartment sketch, he didn’t commit, and it occurred in
just about every sketch. He didn’t take
his eyes off the cue cards, and every performance was stilted and wooden.
There were some good moments, but this episode was not good
on the whole, and a lot of that can be placed directly on the host
performance. Hopefully the writers
learned a bit from this, and don’t give Justin Bieber a lot to do.
With a 3.38 average score, this was clearly a tanked
episode. Let’s see how it ranks.
1. 11/10 Anne Hathaway/Rihanna(6.60)
2. 12/15 Martin Short/Paul McCartney(5.90)
3. 11/3 Louis CK/fun. (5.89)
4. 11/17 Jeremy Renner/Maroon 5(5.83)
5. 9/22 Joseph Gordon Levitt/Mumford & Sons (5.71)
6. 9/15 Seth McFarlane/Frank Ocean (5.38)
7. 10/13 Christina Applegate/Passion Pit (5.09)
8. 10/20 Bruno Mars (5)
9. 12/8 Jamie Foxx/Neyo(4.3)
10. 10/6 Daniel Craig/Muse (4)
11. 1/26 Adam Levine/Kendrik Lamar(3.38)
12. 1/19 Jennifer
Lawrence/The Lumineers(3)
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