It”s a fairly big production for so small a joke, and the anti-climax that cuts it off is probably the point. There”s not much of a joke here, except the production itself, which depicts a celebration not unlike Luke Skywalker and Han Solo receiving medals after blowing up The Death Star. Ī New Day: Cheetos-stained denizens of New York emerge from their apartments upon learning about the city”s more tolerant marijuana laws. But I laughed a lot here, especially at Kyle Mooney”s strong work and odd verbal phrasings. I almost wish the “Moment Alone” didn”t reveal the contestants weren”t fully cured by the host”s admissions, since I enjoyed the fact they these idiots recognized their stupidity almost immediately upon the twist being revealed. It”s a simple premise with fantastic execution, especially since it”s not clear until the end whether or not Strong”s character is in on the joke or not. Match”d: What feels like it's going to be an entire sketch based around the word “horny” gets a twist when the host/ex-Marine (Harrelson) reveals that he”s the father of the contestant (Cecily Strong). In a pure vacuum: A few of the gags land, but most are telegraphed once the concept is established. This is probably fine for those who haven”t seen “Too Many Cooks,” but it”s wholly redundant for those that have. The Dudleys: Ah, the perils of crowdsourcing creative television decisions! (A thing that has never actually happened, but let's just roll with it.) It”s a little odd to have this come out the same week as “Too Many Cooks.” Sure, the two are cut from different cloths, but once you”ve seen “Too Man Cooks,” it”s just hard to move onto anything else, even if they involve “Crazy Eyes” from “Orange Is The New Black.” This feels like 1) the show being oddly reactive to something without actually adding anything to the table, or 2) having bad pop-culture timing. This was all sloppy as hell, but also designed for news outlets to talk about the cast of “The Hunger Games” being on “SNL” tomorrow, and as such worked as designed. And it”s not just the male leads, but Jennifer Lawrence (or “the REAL Taylor Swift” according to Harrelson) as well! Lawrence completely flubs a joke about Harrelson always being stoned, but because she”s Jennifer Lawrence it”s somehow TOTALLY ADORABLE. Thank God the male leads of “The Hunger Games,” Josh Hutcherson and Chris Hemsworth, appear to save him (and us) from the ill-advised ditty. He”s here to sing, and I really wish he wasn”t. Monologue: Harrelson has a bone to pick with Taylor Swift”s album “1989,” the year that he originally hosted. For something that started out as tepidly as it did, the sketch definitely built up steam as it went, even if it wasted Sasheer Zamata as FLOTUS. There”s even something approaching teeth here when McConnell overtly comments upon Obama”s race. Obama/McConnell Drink: It”s a political cold open in 2014, so it”s time for Publisher”s Clearing House jokes! Topical! Still, the image of Obama and McConnell freaking out over Hillary Clinton calling them is fairly amusing, plus Jay Pharoah and Taran Killam have a lot of fun acting progressively drunker. Unless you”re just hear to say how the show hasn”t been funny in years, in which case, I give you a hearty Jebediah Atkinson-esque suggestion to read the NEXT article on this fine website.Ĭome back at 11:30 pm EST when things start off properly! We”re all here because we love “SNL,” even if we don”t always love the same parts with equal vigor. As always, you shouldn”t worry too much about the grades. What”s hosting a live sketch-comedy show on top of that already stuffed year? I”d be shocked to not see a parody of at least one (if not both) of those aforementioned pieces of pop culture, but mostly I want to see Harrelson let his comedy freak flag fly with this cast and see what happens.Īs always, I”ll be grading in sketch in real time. In that time, he”s gone from “lovable bartender on 'Cheers'” to someone who is simultaneously part of one of Hollywood”s biggest film franchises (“The Hunger Games”) and co-lead in one of 2014″s most talked-about television shows (“True Detective”). It”s been twenty-five years since Woody Harrelson originally hosted “Saturday Night Live,” and more than two decades since his last appearance on the show.
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