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 Previously, on Saturday Night Live... Dakota Johnson acquitted herself nicely, I thought! She did a reasonably good job committing to the premises she was given, which honestly, could have gone farther out there. The Internet at large flipped out over Father Daughter Ad, which spent a long time building up a sappy premise only to take one of the sharpest left turns in recent SNL history to suddenly inject ISIS into it. People, predictably, flipped out. It's a shame, too, because Giuliani Cold Open was a much better cold open than we usually get, a great conceptual piece that worked even if you haven't seen Birdman yet. Say What You Wanna Say was a nice premise executed nicely (What if you could just say "gently caress it" to routine politeness?) made better by a fantastic song choice. Press Junket was the sole aired sketch specifically dealing with Fifty Shades (more on that below), but it took the really bizarre step of having Kyle Mooney play a way-too-young kid somehow both getting and not getting what he'd seen. Both people executed well, but I felt like the writing could've been sharper somehow. Nothing was outright bad, but I Can't Even was one joke told repeatedly mixed with a dash of KIDS THESE DAYS, Emergency Room was a well-researched Star Trek bit that didn't really go anywhere, and Mr. Riot Films was (broken record time) executed well technically but the sum total of its observations was "People on YouTube are bad at advocacy", which... yes? And? Weekend Update is still showing steady signs of improvement. Che and Jost continue to improve their delivery, and all three correspondents (Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Kanye West, Riblet) did exactly what they needed to do, especially Riblet, who really needs to stick around and continue to be the weirdest meta commentary ever. Oh, and I take it back, Net Neutrality was outright bad. I'm biased, I guess, but it's an important topic that got completely glossed over for cheap Internet stereotype jokes, and it didn't even have the decency to attempt to point out that nobody understands it. It was one or two steps away from the joke literally being "Man, that Net Neutrality thing is so confusing, amirite?" There was one cut sketch: New Playroom. How anyone involved thought this would ever make it to air is beyond me, and I think that was the point. There are way too many dildos and other paraphernalia on screen and explicitly referenced for this to be anything other than a sketch that awkwardly plays at dress and then gets posted on the Internet. I almost wish they'd be more explicit about making web-only sketches if they're going to push at boundaries like this. The actual comedy content of the sketch was boilerplate SNL, with the only real redeeming feature being the sheer shock value of whatever the hell that 5 dildo chair was that got wheeled by. This week, on Hey Guys, Marvel Movies Are Still A Thing, Right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp_8WpHQapM Chris Hemsworth is here! Oddly enough, I could've sworn he hosted before, but I must've gotten him mixed up with someone else. That sounds really mean to him, and it is, because he's got plenty of charisma and handles his rather... pompous (?) character of Thor really well. All this to say that he's got the chops, as long as he loosens up a bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8_CRpL6wk Ya know, as far as country bands go, you could do a lot worse than Zac Brown Band. I can't help but feel like their inclusion is some sort of attempt to balance out Hemsworth by picking something AMERICA(tm) to be the musical guest, but that diminishes their actual talent and listenability. Should we be cynical this week? I leave that up to you, I'm too lazy to decide. Up next... Um... nobody's said anything! Probably a couple weeks off. Here's hoping we get some really awesome guest like Tina Fey.
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Mo0 posted:I Can't Even was one joke told repeatedly mixed with a dash of KIDS THESE DAYS  Mo0 posted:Oh, and I take it back, Net Neutrality was outright bad. I'm biased, I guess, but it's an important topic that got completely glossed over for cheap Internet stereotype jokes, and it didn't even have the decency to attempt to point out that nobody understands it. It was one or two steps away from the joke literally being "Man, that Net Neutrality thing is so confusing, amirite?" With that out of the way, that cut sketch was pretty bland. It was an interesting premise that was toned down too much, and suffered for it. Interesting you suggest going balls-out with web-only sketches; NBC is preparing to offer an SNL/Tonight subscription service. Cut sketches, which have proven popular on Youtube so far this season since SNL began uploading them regularly, could be an attractive supplemental value-added feature. There's also 30 years of cut sketches gathering dust in the vaults, to which access would alone be worth the few bucks a month. Whether anything cool like that would actually HAPPEN, who knows.
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pwn posted:Not to sound tinfoil, but I feel like this is a top-down directive from Comcast. As someone who until recently was the MSNBC version of those Fox News viewers who leave the channel on for ambience, and who stupidly expected people like Maddow and Hayes to be all over NN, this is definitely not tinfoil territory. If I want to see televised coverage of it, I end up on Thom Hartmann or Amy Goodman. Also thread bump I guess.
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I heard here and there that Hemsworth is supposed to be a funny motherfucker, but I guess we'll find out.
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This hillary is hella weak
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Gotta establish the Hillary impersonation now
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Pinwiz11 posted:Has Kate played Hilary before? If she had I don't think they'd be having her do it right now.
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Mar 8, 2015 05:33
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Mar 8, 2015 05:34
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FishBulb posted:Gotta establish the Hillary impersonation now I thought Vanessa Bayer was the goto Hillary too.
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Mar 8, 2015 05:35
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I get to watch this on my new LED TV. Yay!
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Mar 8, 2015 05:37
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I didn't know there was a mini Thor.
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Mar 8, 2015 05:37
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I would rather watch Kenan Thompson than Liam Hemsworth in pretty much any role
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Mar 8, 2015 05:38
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Nice monologue.
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Mar 8, 2015 05:40
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I bounced around Hollywood for days.
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That was perfect
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Mar 8, 2015 05:41
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We're looking for a Thor-type, not the actual Thor.
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Mar 8, 2015 05:41
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Hah! And here's the actual American Express commercial!
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Mar 8, 2015 05:42
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Immediately followed by an actual American Express ad
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Wait are they actually airing the real commercial that was being parodied right after the parody?! This is legendary bad timing.
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Mar 8, 2015 05:42
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Full speed ahead. I just realized I am spending money for SD poo poo. This TV is now ridiculous.
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Parody, original
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Mar 8, 2015 05:43
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Yeah Mindy Kaling is such a beast amirite
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Mar 8, 2015 05:43
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Chris Hemsworth american accent is awesome.
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Taran is trying so hard not to lose it
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Wasn't this premise done by Amy Adams and Kristen Wiig?
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Mar 8, 2015 05:47
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Ehh I go to the bathroom on this thing...
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My dick's bigger!
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Mar 8, 2015 05:48
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Mar 8, 2015 05:48
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MY DICK'S BIGGER!!! It's not... 
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Mar 8, 2015 05:48
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Keenan, you funny person!
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Haha closed captioning bleeped it out
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pwn posted:the writers are crushing on hemsworth. Gunna start getting old real fast
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LESLIE AS PORTIA!!!
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Che outside of update!
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What the gently caress
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