Saturday Night Live TV Show • Page 697

Yeah it was running waaaaay late

 

and that was snl50 guys

 

I hope that "Sarah is leaving" joke wasn't real lol

 

Beppo was my favorite sketch of SNL50

 

The Goodnights without the awkward cutoff

 

Had to watch late

Cold open was funny, I liked the fourth wall break bit. JAJ is in a tough position for me because his Trump is amazing and obviously he's going to need to be used a lot but I'm so sick of the real guy that it kinda blends into the bit for me

Monologue was cute, I loved that they got the whole cast in there

Channel 4 News had a funny premise that may have overstayed its welcome a bit but I enjoyed it a lot

PDD video was a little all over the place but it was definitely funny and I appreciate that they branched out more this season

Spanish sketch had a super funny premise and I genuinely enjoy Bad Bunny's acting performances on this show, him becoming a friend of the show has been unexpected but a pleasant surprise

Bowen's Still Straight was basically the same joke as the first one again but I did like the turns it took

Mike Myers/Kanye sketch definitely had some laughs and I love the writer that came up with the idea but it wasn't hilarious

Bad Bunny performance was cool. Not exactly my type of music but he's a talented guy

Super fun WU and one of the best joke swaps yet. I fully expected to go into this with Jost and Che confirming it's their last episode, which I guess it still could be, but nothing really indicated that

Intimacy Coordinators sketch unfortunately didn't work for me at all

TVTakes wasn't great either

Victorian Ladies at Lunch was super chaotic which had me enjoying it a lot. I think Chloe was genuinely having a hard time with the "food"

Scarlett is definitely in the pantheon of great SNL hosts but this episode kind of fell off after Update unfortunately. Still enjoyed it a ton and overall think this season was one of the better ones in recent memory

 

Chris Parnell still doesn't know why he was fired and rehired at 'SNL'

 

5 best episodes this season for me were were Bargatze, Grande, Mulaney, Gaga and Jack Black.

 

Lots of talk online how Bowen was super emotional at wrap and might be out…

 

It was "I just found out who you were this morning," and Bowen punching the wall for me

 

i saw a tiktok theorizing there'd be this mass exodus after this season and i don't get it. except maybe bowen after seeing those goodbyes.

 

Post-season 50 does feel like a good time for some change. I think they need to finally end Jost/Che Weekend Update and find new host/s.

 

The joke swap where Che tells Colin “I love you” does feel like a goodbye from Che

 

Che and Bowen felt most like they had what could be interpreted as fairwell moments.

 

Che and Jost should definitely go. I feel like it’s too early for Bowen, but also I think he’s been in the most movies/shows and has a successful podcast, so he doesn’t really need SNL any more. I imagine Devon Walker’s got to be gone, considering he was underused as both a featured player and cast member.

 

SNL has felt like Bowen's show since the big 2022 exodus where McKinnon and Davidson left. Sherman and Marcello I think are ready to step up and be the main faces of the show in his absence. I think this season they already kinda brokeout and have been.

I like Mikey Day, but I think his clock is winding down. He's been there forever and he has a bunch of film projects he's writing in development (he's doing the live action Inspector Gadget remake and some other stuff for Disney)

 

make Carl Tart a cast member dammit

 

I like those pivotal seasons in SNL history where a bunch of stuff changes. Like I was recently watching some Season 31, 2005-2006. SNL makes the switch to HD. Fey, Dratch, Parnell, and Sanz leave. Hader, Wiig, Samberg, and Sudeikis debut (probably the greatest debut SNL featured player lineup ever). The following season Meyers became WU co-host.

 

Who takes over Weekend Update once Che & Jost are out

 

I think Longfellow would be decent in that role. Really he only stands out in WU bits. He has the kind of sardonic sarcastic personality that a lot of the most iconic Update hosts have had.

 

Sarah and Bowen are probably too leftist for update unfortunately

 

I hope Walker stays and actually gets a chance to shine because on podcasts outside of SNL that dude is legit hilarious.

 

Finally watched "Ladies and Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music". Got chills multiple times (Billy Preston, Sinead, Rage, 9/11), angry (Kanye), laughed hysterically (TLI, Ashlee Simpson, Sandler). Questlove knocked it out of the park.

 

Out of the current cast Longfellow is really the only solid fit for WU in my opinion

 

They need to return to the single WU host model.