Saturday Night Live

Oh wait, I forgot Brooks Whelan is one of the guys I couldn't picture. I think it's Beck Bennett and John Milsner (?) who are the same guy twice and SNL only needs one of them.

brooks whelan is a bro, did the pest control sketch which if that takes off could be a vote in his favor (i thought it was ok but thought it was norton who sold it). milsner's the little guy, hasn't made an impression on me yet. bennett's the at&t guy, reminds me of sudeikis for reasons i can not justify so far.

One of my LA standup friends is pals with Whelan and she says he's great. I'll take her word for it, because the only things I recall him doing are the pest control sketch and that bit about his tattoos on Update.

I have no idea how anyone can tell these FIVE new white guys apart.

There's Kyle Mooney with the puffy hair
The dude who looks like Eric Copeland from Black Dice
And then three other white guys ????

I had to gis Eric Copeland, but I'm guessing that's O'Brien. Though maybe a little like Whelan in some photos. So who knows.

They're all just versions of Josh from 30 Rock.

We should be asking which of them will be asked to put on weight over the summer if Moynihan decides to leave the show anytime soon

Beck Bennett looks the most pre-disposed to adding some winter weight.

But if he's supposed to be the Sudeikis replacement, it will have to be another one.

I only recognize Bennett because of the AT&T ads. I can't put names to the others.

guy whose misinformed abt the news is classic

I love Anthony Crispino, but the character jumped the shark when Moynihan made the high-pitched voice, which he used to just inadvertently slip into, a trait to sell for laughs on its own.

but that seems the case almost w/ every cast member (eg killiam seemed barely on it last week)

Killam was actually tweeting during the show:
https://twitter.com/TaranKillam/status/394323102668455936

I seriously have no idea why a sketch show would hire three white guys that all look the same.

triplets of hellville

lol is whiney prosopagnosic?

three white guys that all look the same

This is my sketch group's name now.

16 Nov ... Lady Gaga host/musical guest
23 Nov ... Josh Hutcherson (Hunger Games, et al), Haim (musical guest)

:D

holy shit if this is how they write for black performers its just as well they don't hire more.

I dunno, I cackled a few times at How's He Doing?

this is like the slushpile from madtv. i wonder if they put kerry washington into an 80s powersuit because that's when that sketch was written.

Miss Universe sketch was really cringey.

ethnic stereotypes on parade

Post-Miss Universe, this episode tanked HARD. Credit to Kerry Washington for really committing to every character she played (except whatever that was in the cartoon game show sketch), but tonight could've been so much better.

Maybe Lorne could rent some of Jimmy Fallon's writers.

i thought kerry washington's miss uganda was pretty funny, but i felt like i was being racist or something for laughing. & then i was thinking, is there any possible way for a show who's only real trick is "dumb/weird/otherwise 'other' character in whatever such situation" to be both inclusive (racially/culturally) + then also funny? and then i started thinking about that 'is all comedy inherently conservative' thread.

Well, a Miss Universe sketch is just a bad premise. Set up exotic characters and knock them all down. Der. I mean, Miss Bolivia had cocaine on her face. D'ya'getit? Hilarious.

There's no shortage of good writers out there, but SNL seems to be a magnet for the laziest shittiest coasting-est writers on the market.

Cecily Strong seems to have laid claim to that twilight zone after Weekend Update, though. Her best stuff almost always comes in the final third of any week's show.

man kerry washington was great. good episode for jay pharoah. no great sketches, enjoyed the opening, how's he doing, mooney's thing. actually laughed: jay's shaq, wondering 'is that lady sovereign?' ffwding thru eminem.

they literally had al sharpton or was i imagining that

I dunno, I cackled a few times at How's He Doing?

Yeah, I think they've done that sketch once or twice before and this was definitely the best version I recall. I laughed.

That parody of What Does The Fox Say was bizarre, like Weird Al in reverse. "Let's take a funny song and make it LESS funny!"

Liked the teeth-clacking way Kate McKinnon as Angela Merkel said "texts".

yeah the what does the fox say thing (plus the boy dance party and probably a couple of other similar things i'm forgetting) made me think that ppl have been way too hard on lonely island

I actually had to pause my dvr and get out my computer and finally watch the fucking fox video before diving into that parody

and boy aren't you glad you did

I quite enjoyed Nasim's motivational speaker/sound effects character, and the odd-ball ice cream sketch. Kerry Washington was a great host.

I actually had to pause my dvr and get out my computer and finally watch the fucking fox video before diving into that parody

Ha, we did the exact same thing.

I know it's about as big a target as possible, but I laughed at the "Date or Diss" MTV dating show parody a few times.
"I've got a birthmark that screams." and "my teeth are allllways bleeding."

The tone of the MTV thing was just perfect.

Are people watching lady gaga on this? That opener was badass

u mean the rob ford thing? dude that sucked!

Oh god no, I mean the broadwayed out version of applause she just did

I predict she will either be an awesome host or they won't do shit with her

Hmmm

So far better than average, though the bar is awfully low.

Cover songs sketch was pretty ace.

we've all seen rob ford press conferences and he doesn't have that stupid accent so its bs they gave it to him.

his actual antics are way more outrageous than that sketch

Yeah the express yourself gag was pretty awes

Jay pharaoh is pretty great huh

Uh hello
R kelly

Dead from Gaga/Kellz

that was so good