Saturday Night Live TV Show • Page 469

think the first draft was the last draft for that one

 

lur

 

Probably toward the bottom of the season but DeBose really brought it, she was so much fun to watch. Makes sense with her stage experience

 

Wow I can't believe they cut Pete on Update for that Elmo bit after the couple days he's been having

 

There were a few misses for me, including the restaurant sketch but more hits than misses.

Chris shined in this one.

 

Yoooo they got Freddie Gibbs in a sketch! Song/sketch are whatever but that rules

 

All On Me definitely should have been in the show. I can't believe Freddie Gibbs is at a level now where he can make a random cameo in an SNL sketch, that's insane

I think the Eric Adams sketch should have been the cold open, axe the Biden Spider-Man sketch altogether and put the cut sketch in instead

 

I didnt realize all on me was cut.... That to me, was one of the best sketches of the night!

 

Agreed on all of it.
Eric Adams was way too long too.

 

Aside from a bunch of memes about stealing people's girlfriends what was noteworthy about the last few days for him? Not sarcasm, honest question what I've missed lol

 

Kanye West put a line about fighting him in a song that dropped this week. I think that's the only thing that went beyond day-to-day tabloid stuff.

 

all i could think of during that Elmo bit on Saturday night

 

tbh I don't fully understand how this is a criticism or how it qualifies as lazy.
Is quick turnaround on timely pop-culture topics not SNL's bread and butter?

idk maybe I put more value on a genuinely good Elmo voice than most people lol

 

It's just repeating something that was viral on Twitter, it doesn't add anything and it doesn't do anything interesting or insightful with it. It's just the same exact thing from the Sesame Street clip. You could just watch that clip again because the clip itself is actually funny. This is just "hey, remember that thing that was funny on Twitter this week?" Sure the impression is good but that's not enough. The writing and the concept itself is incredibly lazy.

 

Ahh okay, I can see that.

For me, a bit like this is more or less expected every week or two because for a few years now they've seemed to enjoy A) forcing in wholesome-ish, universal-ish references (e.g. Melissa's impressions), and B) acting as a mass pop culture ICYMI.

That said, there's no denying that they're playing to the lowest common denominator when they do it, so I definitely see your point.

 

Have all the cut sketches been posted yet, like they said they would?

 

I agree that it’s lazy, but it also feels like very online Twitter posters that think because something was popular on Twitter that it was popular anywhere else.

 

Doesn't get lazier than their political cold opens. They barely even change anything from the news stories, especially during the Trump years

 

Bowen Yang is on the latest episode of Conan O'Brien's podcast

 

Chris Redd was also just on for those interested both are great