Saturday Night Live

I hope they keep Jay around, he's really talented he's just being underutilized... they ought to actually write some sketches for him!

Paul Brittain is kind of invisible too. Vanessa Bayer and Taran Killam are the only new ones who really made an impact this year.

it's still weird to me that they fire ppl after one season

yeah i don't remember anything paul brittain's done except that one character that jaymc said he did at improv

they really need to hire some new writers... and get rid of Seth Meyers...

On the whole, this season's been funnier than SNL has been in a while imo. I'm sure a few new writers would be a good thing, but no matter who you bring in they all still have to answer to Lorne.

well they chewed up & spit out hannibal burress xp

yeah i think this season has been the best in a while

They should end more sketches with Kenan as Louis Armstrong in a little circle in the corner.

They should end more sketches with Kenan as Louis Armstrong in a little circle in the corner.

That too.

I don't know if I've ever seen a host used less than Ed Helms. granted, I watched the show on demand, where they cut out the monologue and a few sketches, but that small role in the Ambiguously Gay Duo sketch was literally the only time I saw him until after Weekend Update, well into the 2nd half of the show.

Yeah. I was looking forward to it, since I went to college with him, but couldn't believe how little he was in it. Maybe they spent all week filming Ambiguously Gay Duo. I have a theory that whenever they cut to a commercial they've already shown, it's going to be a thin episode.

Helms played the banjo in "What Up with That."

GAGA.

and timberlake

but GAGA!!

they're gonna give her a big ten minute block like they did jay-z right?

gaga's on? i guess i have to go figure out how to get this to appear on my tv

shit, that's one of the best lonely island songs ever

the melody in the hook is just the shit

eh I didn't find it that funny tbh... I chuckled, that's it

interesting tho that gaga will have a gay rights anthem on the charts at the same time as she's singing on a song that expresses a sentiment (jokingly or not) that is at least mildly homophobic

yeah it wasn't even really that funny, i kind of wish it was a real, normal song tho -- from a pure musical standpoint i loved it

i would go see a "the pianos of lady gaga" exhibit at the smithsonian in 20 years

yeah, the actually song was pretty cool melodically, I agree.

anyway great performance by GaGa, love the piano-version of "Edge of Glory"

"edge of glory" & "judas" are roughly 50,000x better than "born this way"

lol @ Gaga

I missed everything that happened after the What's That Name? sketch (left the house I was watching it at). Anything else funny after that?

I thought the whole episode was pretty decent. I think there wasn't a single skit that wasn't a recurring skit, but they were all pretty funny takes on them. Normally I'm like "uh, this skit again" but they were good. Especially What's That Name.

xpost Johnny you missed Barry Gibb Talk Show!

Shockingly, Fallon didn't break. May have been the best BGTS ever.

I would kind of love it if Justin Timberlake joined SNL

Did Gaga don some weird pregnant suit? And then at the end, were they trying to make it look like they were pulling something out of her vag?
Found it all a little confusing. Love the Barry Gibb talk show.

JT & Gaga could totally slot into regular cast

Weird pregnant suit: check
Giving birth to glitter goop: check

She did don a weird pregnant suit, and then they put her in stirrups, but then they completely punted on having her give birth despite a conveniently-placed pull tab on the front of her outfit. I felt robbed.

oh wait was she supposed to be birthing GLITTER

what am I saying, of course she was

lol forever

Yeah, I was really expecting them to pull that ring on the front of belly.
I also felt a little robbed.

I was convinced there was a puppy in there

Thought this would've been a decent midseason episode; as the season finale, it felt a little short on fireworks.

Would have been awesome had they pulled the tab and JT popped out.

If they'd have pulled the What Up With That? and the live-action Ambigously Gay Duo from last week's episode and slotted them in the best of this weekend's, you'd have had the perfect season finale.

Yeah, but then no one would've tuned in because last weeks was so bad.

True, but, y'know, sacrifice.

Bill Hader is the official "cast member who breaks" now, right? (I get why, esp. in the Stefon sketch, but still)

For some reason it's funny when Hader does it but was always lazy when Fallon did it. (Hader obvs funnier, but still.)

God, remember the "Leathuhh" sketch w/ Fallon/Sanz? Did they ever NOT break? Like, even once?

Watching the rerun; I had no idea Jessie J sang like that! Too bad her songs are horrible because wau

You mean the second song, right? I was pretty impressed iirc

this was def my favorite sketch of the season http://www.hulu.com/watch/206141/saturday-night-live-worst-of-soul-train

yeah that was pretty great