My SNL Reviews are back, baby!!! I decided that my mental state has recovered enough for me to want to continue.
So, what are we waiting for? Let’s do the time warp again!!!
Today’s Retro Decimator Quote is...
"My favorite female cast member just continues to get better. I’m really eager to see what she does going forward." (from my Season 47 overview, 2022)
This was in regards to Ego Nwodim's stellar year she had in Season 47. Little did I know that the following season would go on to be her worst one...
Cold Open
Pete Hegseth’s address is interrupted by President Trump
• A text crawl…is it too late for me to retire my reviews again?
• On the plus side, I love how the first person we see is one of the new cast members!
• Sadly, he’s only there to introduce the real focus of this sketch, Pete Hegseth, played by Colin for some reason.
• For the record, this is Colin’s 13th season on the show. This is absolutely unbelievable. When I started watching regularly, he was only in his 5th. He outstayed his welcome long ago, and I don’t know why SNL hasn’t realized that yet.
• I don’t know how accurate Colin’s “impression” of Hegseth is, but knowing him, it’s probably not.
• *sigh* Another one of those routines where Trump interrupts a sketch to talk about himself. Why do they keep going back to this format????
• If you’re wondering whether or not he’s gotten any funnier since my last review…don’t worry, he hasn’t.
• I don’t see the point in discussing this any further when it’s exactly the same as every other time they’ve done this but. Moving on…
Note: We have several new cast members this season, most of whom I have never heard of. The newbies are Jeremy Culhane (who we just saw in the cold open), Kam Patterson, Tommy Brennan, Veronika Slowikowska (what a mouthful), and our old friend Ben Marshall from Please Don't Destroy, who have unfortunately broken up (although Martin Herlihy will still be contributing solo films).
The intro is also the same as last year, but obviously with the newbies added and Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker, and Emil Wakim removed.
Monologue
Bad Bunny talks about
