Cold Open
Trump calls up various members of his cabinet.
• A dumb meta joke about how all the female members of the cabinet are played by Ashley.
• This is just like that awful Trumpwin cold open where the real Stormy Daniels showed up at the end. But the less said about that one, the better.
• Kenan as Tiger Woods is here to make limp jokes about his recent car accident. All these months later, when said incident has mostly been forgotten, I fail to see the point of his inclusion. It doesn’t help that Kenan looks and sounds nothing like him.
• Chloe’s awful Melania “impression” somehow sounds even worse here. Thankfully, we won’t have to see it again as Chloe’s only got a few episodes left.
• Colin’s Hegseth routine has completely run its course. And he still goes on to appear in all three remaining episodes of this season! Not even Trumpwin was this overused.
Monologue
Colman talks about his role in Euphoria before setting a good vibe in the studio.
• I’ve never seen Euphoria, but I loved Colman as Joseph Jackson in the Michael Jackson biopic that came out right after this episode.
• While I’m not laughing at a lot of the material, I’m finding him to be a really charming host so far.
• The shot of Leon Pendarvis shrugging was pretty funny.
• It feels so good hearing the audience applaud Jeremy when he shows up, although his scene wasn’t anything special.
• The woman in the audience who Colman charms is Jimmy Fowlie’s partner in crime Ceara O’Sullivan.
• Who are the two people making out? Probably some more writers.
Sketch: Fashion District Robbery
A poorly dressed criminal is wanted by police.
• I liked James’ opening line about how we can experience NYC’s urine smell for ourselves.
• Just from the look of these characters, I can tell I’m gonna hate this sketch.
• “D’artangan Meringue”? Ugh.
• Colman’s lispy voice is also not doing it for me, though props to him for at least trying.
• No comment on Mikey’s weird homosexual stereotype walk-on.
• Colman’s actually starting to sound more like he came from a rejected “Men on Film” sketch.
• The ending with JAJ wearing the same outfit as Colman was pretty stupid, but he did look funny in it.
• I had hoped that all of these poor attempts at camp would disappear once Bowen left, but I guess not. In fact, they’ve only gotten worse.
Fake Ad: Uneek Cutz
A black barbershop is just what you need to get through marital problems.
• Tommy looks a lot like John Mulaney whenever he wears glasses.
• Great concept. I feel like black barbershops are an untapped gold mine that more people should make jokes about. Sure, there was that sketch with Dave Chappelle a few years ago, and that scene in Coming to America, but I want more, damn it!!!!
• The “ghetto” humor is coming off better in this ad, I presume because an actual black person wrote it.
• Colman seems to be going for an Eddie Murphy impression here.
• Great scene where they witness a shooting take place nearby.
• I love the short cut they give to Ben.
• Mikey: “By the way, fellas, I’d smash Pam all day!!!” *barbers cheer* Also, the fact the Mikey is wearing a durag in this scene makes it even funnier.
Sketch: Artemis II
Astronauts interrupt a video log with their antics.
• Getting bad vibes from the text crawl at the beginning…
• I love the attempts to make everyone look weightless.
• This feels like a ripoff of a sketch from the atrocious Steve Carell episode in Season 44 that also involved things going wrong during a space broadcast.
• Ugh, Marcello’s mugging away as usual.
• One thing this has going for it is Colman’s wonderful performance. Very subdued and full of wonder at being in space. If only stupid Marcello would let us enjoy it properly!
• It felt really cathartic seeing him push Sarah out of the way.
• Heh, you can clearly see someone’s hand holding up the hat as it’s “floating”. That’s pretty bad when my favorite part of the sketch is a blooper.
• And we end on a bit of random gross out with Mikey’s boogers? Eeewwww!!!
Sketch: The Knowledge Hour
A TV host breaks out after his furniture gag doesn’t work.
• “You’re watching PBS.” PLEASE. STOP.
• “Henry Debris”? Not the worst name I’ve seen on this show, but still pretty lame.
• I love the filter applied to this to make it look like a retro series.
• Kam sure earned his salary tonight by playing a silent bookcase.
• This is a really fun and absurd sketch so far, and Colman is giving it his all.
• I wonder who the “plant” is.
• Wonderful shot of all the objects in the room leaving.
• Great interplay between Andrew and Colman, which ends with their characters getting married.
• One of the best “everyone dances” endings I’ve ever seen.
• Finally, a sketch that didn’t make me want to hurt someone!
Musical Performance: “Choka Choka”
Weekend Update (featuring Two Kids From The Back Of The Bus and Lindt Greer)
• Colin’s now resorting to making up a fake Trump post just so he can point out how indistinguishable it was from a real one.
• That Strait of Hormuz pun was awful.
• Priests molesting children are so funny, you guys!!! Please laugh!!!!
• I believe this Back Of The Bus commentary was cut from the Gosling episode.
• Why has Kam been on Update so much this year? Meanwhile, Jeremy’s been on twice, while their fellow newbies have only been on once each.
• I think I can see why this was cut before…because it absolutely blows.
• Ah, now we have another Jane commentary where she plays a character instead of herself. I loved the last one she did, can she impress me again?
• Jane: “There are only two rules of sex. 1. Have fun. 2. No raping.”
• “I can’t define sex, but I know I’m having it.” There’s some really good lines in this!
• I’m glad they paired her up with Che again instead of Colin, because I’m sure he would have ruined this.
• This might sound crazy, but Jane is slowly becoming one of my favorite cast members.
Sketch: Grandpa’s Wake
Two people find out what their deceased grandfather’s lifestyle was like at his funeral.
• Already a bad omen when Kenan arrives as a pimp. He must have played more pimps in his career than Rudy Ray Moore!
• I had to laugh at Veronika’s odd raspy voice. It reminds of that wrinkly old lady from the SpongeBob episode where they sell chocolate bars.
• When the camera gets closer, it becomes apparent that the person in the coffin is just a dummy.
• Colman’s character looks pretty funny.
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