Saturday Night Live

(Oh sorry, I see that was already covered.)

1976 Peter Gabriel + 1986 Natalie Merchant + 1996 Bjork = Arcade Fire chick

don't think i'm just kneejerk hating on Arcade Fire when i say the digital short's second half was totally unnecessary.

the monologue was omitted from the OnDemand rerun, so if it was for musical clearance issues i'm grateful that i was spared hearing Scarjo sing

Er, the Arcade Fire portion of that Digital Short was the only reason it was worth existing. Otherwise it was just another lol lame Sandberg can rap! ish.

how so? it didn't make it any funnier, it was just a mildly unexpected addition to the joke that had already been established, whereas good Lonely Island stuff elevates the premise or does a weird twist at the end.

anyone else love the Brokeback Mountain sketch at the end? shit killed me, i think i'm starting to like Vanessa Bayer.

I don't get your complaint, I mean, how is Arcade Fire suddenly bursting in and joining in NOT a "weird twist at the end"? You saw that coming? I get if you think it was stupid, but I feel like it was totally in line with the Lonely Island stuff.

Loved that kid actress skit, yeah. Also, loved the Unstoppable skit because it made fun of exactly the same things I've been laughing at since I saw the original trailer.

the "unstoppable" sketch was p much the only funny thing in this episode

like i said, it was unexpected, but mildly so. maybe less so if they weren't the musical guest of the episode, but i mean it wasn't outta nowhere WTF crazy or anything. (xpost)

I'm beginning to feel like there's a lot of SNL parodies that I haven't been fully appreciating because I don't have cable and don't otherwise watch much TV. Had no idea, for instance, that Millionaire Matchmaker was a real show.

I have cable and get most of the references and wish they would do FEWER parodies.

Yeah, I had no clue that was a real thing.

Feel like the school kid skit was just an excuse to get ScarJo in a schoolgirl outfit. Hader's facial expressions keep those Hollywood Dish skits from getting as old as they otherwise would.

was nick zinner (the guitarist the yeah yeah yeahs? i think that's his name.) lurking in the back during sprawl ii?

i swear to god bill hader used to work in the cafeteria at my old job. Probably not.

looked like Nick Zinner playing w/ Arcade Fire for sure.

they really need to knock it off with fake telemundo talk show sketch

Oh yeah, I blocked that out completely because it is the worst ever. Also, hate that they even had to shoehorn Wiig into that.

anyone else love the Brokeback Mountain sketch at the end? shit killed me, i think i'm starting to like Vanessa Bayer.

yeah, that one and her character in the millionaire matchmaker sketch were my 'i could love you' moments with her

and scarjo kind of sucked all around on this i thought

i never have high hopes for scarjo as a host and in comedy movies she's almost always a dud, but generally on SNL i think she does alright

Generally but she did kinda suck this time.

Going to see Paul Brittain perform at iO in Chicago on Tuesday. Excited!

horsepuss on saturday.

Abby's got Rachel Maddow's look and facial things down, but the voice mannerisms seem a little wrong.

Kenan as Charlie Rangel = lolsamillion

the only thing that skit was missing was a good denzel washington impression

on the last two shows, there were NO real "everyone stare at crazy kristin wiig" sketch - of which there's usually multiple in an episode. it's not that she wasn't around, or not even doing repeat bits, but that she was always paired with an equally nutty character so there was more going on than just her beating a bit to death by her lonesome. reakky hope this is a trend they'll continue.

man i love sudeikis

Whatshername is pretty good as Miley.

Penelope sketch feels like it's dying.

It died two years ago.

diddy-dirty money is so awkward

For real. Isn't it time he just started going by Sean Combs for everything? Like, Sean Combs & Dirty Money would sound much better.

Queen sketch was surprisingly hilarious.

yeah that was good -- armisen as the queen qualifies as actual absurd humor

oh shit this is killing me

two weeks in a row that the funniest thing in the show has been a food network impersonation

no clue who he is imitating so not really funny at all

worst sounding sushi roll at guy fieri's southern bbq & california style sushi restaurant tex wasabi's

I love Sudekis.

Doughnuts + KY Jelly + cigarettes + horse tranquilizer = the "Amy Winehouse"

aris spears probably just threw his coffee table through his tv

lol

tbf, he could've gone there on Mad TV.

Enjoying this episode more than any of the other ones I've seen recently, but that might just be Anne Hathaway.

I just learned that Fred Armisen could be cast in the Rick Moranis roll for Ghostbusters III in a pinch.

Mega-Mart commercial goes viral in 3...2...

hillbilly and cholo fuel

I've never seen Florence perform live before, so I don't know if she's fallen prey to SNL's notoriously bad soundsystem (monitors anyone?) or if she just has no control over her voice at all...but this is DIRE.

I can't stand her music so I'm not a good judge. It always sounds shit to me.

fake kids movie soundtrack as a lame excuse for people to throw out brief musician impressions again.

People who SHOULD host Saturday Night Live that probably never will:

J.K. Simmons
Reggie Watts
Donald Glover & Danny Pudi
Martha Plimpton
Andrew W.K.
The cast of iCarly