Cold Open: Dershowitz in Hell
Trump’s attorney, Alan Dershowitz (Jon Lovitz) gives his defense statements...in Hell!!!
• Jon Lovitz makes his first cameo appearance on the show since 2011. But did it really have to be in this sketch? This is one of the worst cold openings of the season. The fact that it literally takes place in Hell is a perfect omen for the rest of the episode.
• I just want to say that Beck Bennett is one of the worst impressionists the show has ever had. His Mitch McConnell is no exception, constantly making these dopey faces in order to get the audience to laugh (kind of like what Baldwin does with his Trump).
• It’s a real big shame seeing Lovitz reduced to performing in this trash, especially when you realize that he’s a Trump supporter. Was this sketch intended to punish him for his beliefs? It wouldn’t surprise me.
1/5
Monologue
Driver tries to prove he isn’t like the characters he plays by sharing some cool facts about himself.
• Definitely an unusual monologue. While still not very funny, Driver is pretty charming here.
• I got a brief chuckle when he said he was dragging this out so he doesn’t have to perform a sketch he doesn’t like near the end of the show.
2/5
Sketch: Sleepover
A dad (Driver) questions who clogged the toilet during his daughter’s sleepover party.
• Blah. More lame potty humor. Throw in some lame jokes about feminine products and you have the recipe for an awful sketch. If I wanted an SNL sketch with good jokes about feminine products, I’d watch those ESPN Classic guys.
• McKinnon’s wig in this sketch disgusts me for some odd reason. She wore a different wig in dress rehearsal, from what I’ve heard. I wonder why they changed it.
1/5
Sketch: Undercover Boss: Where Are They Now?
Undercover Boss checks up on Kylo Ren to see if he kept his promise for a better company.
• The sequel to an extremely popular sketch from Driver’s first hosting appearance. I still haven’t seen that one, but I heard it was pretty funny, so I had high hopes for this one. Sadly, this one does not live up to its predecessor.
• Maybe I’d like this one more if I’d ever seen an episode of the show it’s parodying, but, I haven’t, so the jokes are all lost on me.
• One last observation: they have a Stormtrooper make a “Deez Nuts” joke. What year is this?
1/5
Sketch: Del Taco Commercial Shoot
An actor (Kyle Mooney) gets notes on his performance in a commercial. Or, in other words, “AW MAN, I’M ALL OUT OF CASH!!!”
• Do you like hearing the same phrase repeated over and over? Well, don’t watch this sketch! This is one of the worst SNL sketches I’ve ever seen. The only joke in this one is the constant repetition of “AW MAN, I’M ALL OUT OF CASH!!!”, and it gets worse every time they say it.
• Apparently, the part where they keep repeating “AW MAN, I’M ALL OUT OF CASH!!!” was even longer in dress rehearsal! Too bad shortening it didn’t make it any less annoying.
• As usual, the sub-mental losers on the SNL Reddit were crazy for this shit. They kept spamming the phrase (you know the one) for the rest of this episode’s discussion thread, and well into the next week’s. I haven’t visited that subreddit since then.
-5/5
Sketch: The Science Room
A professor (Driver) struggles to educate two students about how balloons work.
• This sketch from Season 43's Sam Rockwell episode becomes recurring.
• The best example of this type of sketch is one that Phil Hartman did back in the late 80s. That sketch is automatically funny because it involves Hartman yelling at children. This one, on the other hand, is a total snooze. It also could have benefitted from Sam Rockwell dropping the f-bomb again.
1/5
Film: Slow
An R&B song about lovers taking things real slow.
• Ugh, why does EVERY short film this season have to be a song?!? It’s not even a good song, either.
• I don’t know what the audience is laughing at, because I certainly don’t find anything about this sketch funny.
0/5
Musical Performance: “You Should Be Sad”
• Yeah, I am pretty sad right about now. This episode is horrendous!
Weekend Update (featuring Carrie Krum and Melissa Villaseñor)
• After starting off with a pretty good Adam Schiff joke, it’s immediately back to basics with these morons.
• There’s an absolutely horrific joke about Mitch McConnell “watching an orphanage burn”. We get it, you guys think Republicans are evil! Tell some more jokes!
• They make a fidget spinner joke. Again, what year is this?
• Weekend Update travel correspondent Carrie Krum makes a return appearance. Once you’ve seen all of this shitty character’s appearances, you’ve seen them all.
• Melissa Villaseñor also has a commentary here, where she sings some songs she wrote for each of the Oscar nominees. All of the songs are the exact same, and she mentions, UGH, “white male rage” at the end of each one. Bleccch!!!!
• Halsey had a commentary of her own in this episode’s dress rehearsal, where she played Meghan Markle. I don’t know why they cut it (time, perhaps?), but it sounds really interesting.
• At the end, a memorial card is shown for Buck Henry, who died the week before this episode aired. If only he could see what this show has become...
0.5/5
Sketch: Medieval Times
An actor at Medieval Times goes off-script.
• SNL takes on Medieval Times! Too bad SpongeBob did it better in an episode that aired nearly 15 years ago. That’s pretty much all I have to say about this one.
1/5
Sketch: Cheerleading
A group of cheerleaders is determined to continue on despite major injuries.
• This is supposed to be a parody of a Netflix show that my mom watches about cheerleaders. A good parody is supposed to make sense even without you seeing the original. This, unfortunately, is NOT a good parody.
1/5
Sketch: Marrying Ketchup
Two bottles of ketchup argue on their wedding day.
• The initial visual of Driver and Strong dressed up as ketchup bottles was slightly amusing. If only a good sketch followed it.
• Then it suddenly turns into a metaphor for inter-racial relationships. Just the thing I want to see in an SNL episode!
2/5
Final thoughts: WHAT. A. FUCKING. JOKE. I thought Driver’s last episode was pretty bad, but this is easily worse. Now, to be fair, he tried his best, but not even he can save such horrid material.
Best sketches: NONE
Worst sketches: They all sucked, but Del Taco Shoot, Slow, and Villaseñor’s Update commentary were particularly bad.
Next review: JJ Watt/Luke Combs. Good lord, do I have a lot to say about this one...
AW MAN, I’M ALL OUT OF CASH!!!!!
• At the end, a memorial card is shown for Buck Henry, who died the week before this episode aired. If only he could see what this show has become...
0.5/5
Sketch: Medieval Times
An actor at Medieval Times goes off-script.
• SNL takes on Medieval Times! Too bad SpongeBob did it better in an episode that aired nearly 15 years ago. That’s pretty much all I have to say about this one.
1/5
Sketch: Cheerleading
A group of cheerleaders is determined to continue on despite major injuries.
• This is supposed to be a parody of a Netflix show that my mom watches about cheerleaders. A good parody is supposed to make sense even without you seeing the original. This, unfortunately, is NOT a good parody.
1/5
Sketch: Marrying Ketchup
Two bottles of ketchup argue on their wedding day.
• The initial visual of Driver and Strong dressed up as ketchup bottles was slightly amusing. If only a good sketch followed it.
• Then it suddenly turns into a metaphor for inter-racial relationships. Just the thing I want to see in an SNL episode!
2/5
Final thoughts: WHAT. A. FUCKING. JOKE. I thought Driver’s last episode was pretty bad, but this is easily worse. Now, to be fair, he tried his best, but not even he can save such horrid material.
Best sketches: NONE
Worst sketches: They all sucked, but Del Taco Shoot, Slow, and Villaseñor’s Update commentary were particularly bad.
Next review: JJ Watt/Luke Combs. Good lord, do I have a lot to say about this one...
AW MAN, I’M ALL OUT OF CASH!!!!!
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