Cold Open
The Easter Bunny invites some friends over to celebrate the holiday with him.
• Bowen is surprisingly fitting as the Easter Bunny.
• UGGGHHHH!!!! Kate’s “impression” of Dr. Fauci is back yet again! Thankfully, this is the last time we ever have to see it.
• As usual, this Fauci routine is leaving me completely stone-faced.
• Fucking kill me, now we have an appearance by Cecily Taylor Greene. Is it just me, or is that a toy gun she’s holding?
• Horrid jokes about how “straight” Christianity is, citing how we eat the body of a shirtless dead guy.
• Chris Redd’s Eric Adams becomes recurring, and it still isn’t very funny.
• Mikey debuts a baffling Elon Musk impression that sounds more like Hans and Franz. I did giggle at his corny attempt at a laugh, though.
• Chloe’s awful Britney Spears is back. It’s official, this episode wants me to suffer.
• Kyle as Jared Leto totally fell flat for me.
• Just when it seems like this is wrapping up, we get an unwelcome return from Trump. I find it hilarious how the audience doesn’t even applaud when he shows up, as if they’re tired of his constant appearances as well.
• His rambling dialogue routine has gotten extremely stale. The real Trump is far more comedic with the shit he says than any parody of him could ever dream of.
• Yet another horrid cold open. When was the last time we even had a good one?
Monologue
Lizzo addresses rumors about herself.
• What the hell is she wearing?
• I wonder if her story about hosting a TED Talk about twerking is real.
• Despite not being a fan of her music, I thought Lizzo was really charming here.
Sketch: Guess That!
A trivia game show where one contestant (Lizzo) won’t cooperate with the rules.
• Ugh, the host’s name is “Clint Litoris”. Despite this not being an Anderlette sketch, that is very much something that they would come up with.
• SNL’s game show sketches are getting very stale, and this one is no exception.
• Lizzo is still doing a great job despite the weak material.
• Kenan has to stifle back his laughter at one point during Lizzo’s tirade.
• I love Chris’s delivery of “And funky towels!”
• When Kenan asks if any of the contestants have ever been on a game show before, I like Ego’s response that she’s been on The People’s Court.
• The other contestants starting to side with Lizzo’s character is kind of lame and predictable.
• Were we supposed to see a cameraman at the end?
Film: TikTok
More scrolling through various TikTok uploads.
• Not this crap again! Why are they making this recurring?
• Hey, Aristotle still exists! At this point, the writing is already on the wall for him and it’s sadly obvious that he won’t be back next season.
• No comment on that makeup we briefly see Andrew wearing.
• As you can imagine, I’m laughing even less at this installment.
• Second episode in a row with Kate as an old lady.
• Somehow, this TikTok sketch was worse than the original. It still baffles me that the Please Don’t Destroy guys are responsible for these.
Sketch: Black Eyed Peas
The singing group tries coming up with new song lyrics.
• Really? A Black Eyed Peas sketch in 2022?
• I do not buy Cecily as Fergie AT ALL. Kenan’s will.i.am impression is at least funny in how bad it is.
• Chris Redd’s apl.de.ap is probably the strongest, though that isn’t saying much.
• This sketch makes me feel really old, as I remember when “Boom Boom Pow” was a new and relevant song. Where did the years go? I could’ve gone to college and got a diploma, but instead I’m stuck reviewing shitty SNL sketches like this one.
Sketch: Six Flags
A man finds out that his date’s grandfather is Mr. Six.
• Speaking of unwanted reminders of the 2000s, now we have a sketch about the dancing Six Flags guy.
• Sarah Sherman joins the drag club by playing Mr. Six. To her credit, though, her dancing is really on point.
• Thanks for explaining who Mr. Six is, Mikey! I couldn’t tell at all!
• Ego with a bald cap is not something I ever wanted to see.
• Of fucking course Kate had to be in this too. We all know how much she loves dressing as old men!
• And there’s Aristotle again! This has to be the largest amount of screentime he ever gets in an episode.
• Weak dance party style ending.
Please Don’t Destroy: Lizzo Has Writer’s Block
Lizzo gets the help of the PDD crew in writing new songs.
• Always nice to see the host get involved in these.
• The guys’ pathetic attempts at song “lyrics” are great.
• The best part is when Lizzo pukes after hearing Martin sing “My girlfriend dressed like SpongeBob!”
• Lizzo: “Guess I gotta go get killed by Andrew Dismukes.”
• A funny conclusion where, out of all the ideas they come up with, she picks the one about a horny zookeeper.
Musical Performance: “About Damn Time”
Weekend Update (featuring Cesar Perez)
• Funny to hear the audience’s boos and hisses after Colin’s joke about Kamala.
• I chuckled at Michael’s ghost guns/Ghostbusters joke, despite how lame it was.
• They just had to sneak in a “cops are bad” joke, didn’t they?
• Melissa appears for what I believe is her final time at the Update desk. This time, she’s Colin’s “driver”, Cesar Perez. This is the second week in a row that she’s played a man.
• Something about this character reminds me of Fred Armisen as Fericito, except nowhere near as funny.
• I like the goofy pictures he’s showing of his relatives, especially the one of his nephew.
• Despite my initial skepticism, this commentary wasn’t too bad. It’s always nice to see more Latin American representation on this show.
• Overall, one of the more tolerable Updates we’ve had in quite a while.
Side Note: We get a dedication to Gilbert Gottfried, who died not long before this episode. Even though he was only on the show for 12 episodes (and made a voice cameo in that “Titey” cartoon for Smigel), it’s great to see SNL acknowledge him.
Sketch: Throne Room
Two planners organize a party for their god-king.
• Ugh, another Cecily-starring sketch. This is gonna suck…
• Is that a real snake that Kenan’s holding?
• No comment on the scene where Andrew gets his ass slapped by Punkie.
• I have no words regarding Aidy’s character.
• Aristotle in his third sketch of the night! Too bad he has only a couple lines.
• Super lame twist where it’s revealed that the king is just a young child. It looks like the same kid who was in that Please Don’t Destroy sketch a while back.
• What a boring, unfunny sketch. I did like how nearly the entire cast is in it, though (except for Che, Jost, Pete Davidson, and JAJ).
Musical Performance: “Special”
Sketch: Orchestra
A twerking flautist attempts to join the symphony orchestra.
• Chris playing one of those “sleazy” roles of his that I love so much.
• Any promise this sketch had fizzles away as soon as Lizzo…*sigh*…starts twerking.
• Kenan seems to be wearing a wig of his old Kenan and Kel hairstyle.
• Even in a small role, Kate is mugging up a storm. Just three episodes to go before I’m rid of her…
• I feel sorry for poor Alex. He has to remain still while Lizzo twerks her fat ass in front of him. I don’t know how he isn’t breaking.
• Lame and predictable twist where she reveals that she has to twerk, or else her playing is terrible.
• I thought I was going to puke when everyone else started doing it too. What a shitty ending.
Sketch: Beanie Babies
Steve (Andrew Dismukes) learns that his Beanie Baby collection is worthless after trying to invest in them.
• This sketch caught my interest when I saw it was about Beanie Babies! For those who don’t know, I absolutely love these little guys, and we have a whole bunch of them at our house.
• The ones on Andrew’s dresser that we happen to have are Inch, Rocket, Echo, Batty, and Saffire. Most of the ones I don’t recognize are Beanie “BOOs”, and there’s another shelf of them that the camera doesn’t show us.
• I like Andrew’s slow-burn reaction when he finds out that his collection is worthless, followed by him angrily tipping the dresser over. Ouch, I feel sorry for those poor Beanies!
• Loved the random reference to “talking out of (his) butt like Jim Carrey does!” Even better is when he bends over and shows us what that looks like.
• Andrew’s shitty picture of Luigi is great, as is his insistence that it’s Mario.
• Lizzo’s “crying” looks more like laughing.
• Not a big fan of the “text crawl” ending, but this sketch was mostly solid.
Cut for Time: Food and YouTube
A song about watching YouTube videos while eating.
• The look of Chris’s character is hilarious.
• I liked the brief glimpse of a video called “White dudes that CAN jump”.
• This song is kind of catchy. It also has a nice Lonely Island vibe to it that I really like.
• Chris: “Did you know that George Washington’s real name is Malcolm X?”
• It figures that Bowen’s character would be interested in The Golden Girls.
• Even Lizzo is coming off pretty well in this song.
• Great final verse where the lyrics are indecipherable because they have food in their mouths.
• Overall, a nice little music video that should have been in the episode.
Final thoughts: Another mixed bag, but it was better than I thought an episode hosted by Lizzo would be. She made even the weakest material come to life with her enthusiasm. Would I be okay with her hosting again? Yeah, I guess.
Best sketches: Lizzo Has Writer’s Block, Cesar Perez commentary, Beanie Babies, Food and YouTube (Cut)
Worst sketches: Cold Open, TikTok, Black Eyed Peas, Throne Room, Orchestra
Next review: Benedict Cumberbatch/Arcade Fire
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