Saturday Night Live

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
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Dead from Gaga/Kellz

that was so good

speech critic is a great bit

"mountaintop fish on a hot day"

Yeah, speech writer could become my new favorite recurring Weekend Update character

how many speeches are there for him to do though

Blockbuster Video thing was awesome.

This has been really good

yeah outside of the opener. i liked the acting school one, and this current sketch with aging rockstar is really sharp

So did she fire her manager for putting "Applause" in that car commercial

The Ms. Germanotta sketch made me a little sad.

Yeah, she's far too open about her insecurities about being a has-been.

gaga was great. speech critic had me dying. good ep.

I had no idea what the cup song was until tonight

Let me get this straight. There's 81 million views on a video with an intro that's over a minute long and has the unwieldy, totally fucking ridiculous title "Cups (Pitch Perfect's "When I'm Gone")"

"You have to see this video! It's a great song called "Cups (Pitch Perfect's "When I'm Gone)." What? Yeah that's the title. No, Pitch Perfect was a movie. Yeah, we saw Taken 2 that week. Anyway, you watching it? I know nothing is happening. Ok, just keep watching. Keep watching. Yeah the intro is like a minute. I don't know why."

Repeat 81 million times

tbf it's not like anyone pays you to keep up w/ this garbage

i saw the movie & i didnt even remember that song til i watched the video

kind of an old song guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyb1GCuCy2I

IMWOYP pitch perfect / cup song was like a momentous event of 10 months / mightaswellbeyears ago

Wait snl did something with cups

?

Rick Ross doing cups was the funniest thing last night.