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As political comedy, the cold open was a flabby nothing Flogging disgraced Republican sex creep Matt Gaetz weeks after his candidacy to be Donald Trump’s henchman in the Attorney General’s office is as telling as it gets for this Saturday Night Live Take on a safely fading target so nobody can get too mad, say literally nothing about him, and let the makeup department go nuts (Sarah Sherman’s botox-ed Gaetz seems to be auditioning for Smile 3
) As for Spade’s Biden, even the hint of swatting Church Lady’s judgement back into her smug little face (“Last time I checked, Jesus wasn’t walking around in a robe with no underwear hanging out with prostitutes” “Uh, I think he was”) is clearly secondary to Spade making dick jokes and Carvey’s rote mugging Even the “Satan had a good year” musical closer is half-written and sheepishly performed What’s most surprising is how neither Carvey nor Spade truly seemed into this, a fatal quality for a needless retread that could only conceivably been saved in performance
The Perry recognition will arrive just a week before she is set to release her sixth album, 143, which will feature Kim Petras, Doechii, and 21 Savage The LP has had somewhat of a tumultuous launch since she released its lead single “Woman’s World” in July She quickly followed the track with “Lifetimes” earlier this monthNFL season is halfway over, and Heidi Gardner comes out
Her Dookie son was drafted this year, so she’s new to fame She wants Shaboozey and comments on a Jost joke about cucumbers Hernandez plays her athlete son, he is dead behind the eyes (I like this Hernandez performance better than the braying act earlier in the show
) Some people should not get famous, Che notes, as the camera cuts to JostAs pointed out in the first proper Please Don’t Destroy sketch to air this season that wasn’t a commercial, serious actors don’t always do great on “Saturday Night Live” Either they’re not actually funny, or they get too in their head about being perceived as funny as they think they are, and the result is a guest-host turn that feels too effortfulDana Carvey’s season 50 “SNL” residency continued with the revival of his Church Lady character in the cold open, the first time we have seen “Church Chat” in the program since 2016
Church Lady began by calling 2024 “the most satanic year ever,” referring to the Hawk Tuah Girl, the movie “Wicked” and pop star Sabrina Carpenter “You know who that is best carpenter?” she asked “Jesus!” Church Lady welcomed former US
Attorney-designate Matt Gaetz (Sarah Sherman), who was subjected to jokes about his facial features, and Hunter Biden (“SNL” alum David Spade, Carvey’s “Fly on the wall” podcasting co-host), who at one point said, “Excuse me,” and leaned into comparisons with Jesus, another son forgiven by his father The last guest was baseball phenomenon Juan Soto (Marcello Hernández), who got a tweak on one of the church lady’s catchphrases when she replied: “Well, isn’t Spanish?” The cold open ended with the Church Chat dancers joining in a song that might have been called “Satan had a good year”On July 31, it was announced that Maya Rudolph would return to portray vice president and presidential nominee Kamala Harris through the 2024 election season The next day, cast member Punkie Johnson announced that she would be leaving the show after four years
On August 2, cast member Molly Kearney announced their departure after two seasons as a featured player On September 9, it was announced that Chloe Troast would also be departing after one season as a featured player On the same day, it was announced that three new cast members would be hired as featured players: Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline Featured players Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker, who joined the cast along with Kearney prior to season 48, will be promoted to repertory status
“For example, there’s a nasty rumor that Irish people have sex with our cousins, right? That’s offensive and it’s ridiculous We have sex with our second cousins,” Mescal quips “People also think the Irish hate British people That’s not true
We just don’t consider them people”Church Lady last appeared in season 42 during Weekend Update to talk about the November 2016 presidential election (Back in season 41, Ted Cruz, played by Taran Killam, and Darrell Hammond's Trump were Church Lady's guests FWIW) I am unclear why we are going to the Church Lady well now
I get Carvey’s Biden was essential earlier this season, but feels like that was the most relevant moment for such a legendary incisive cultural sketch character But this echoes that they should just call Carvey a cast memberMescal’s short monologue first focused on his reputation for very serious roles in movies such as “Aftersun” and “All of Us Strangers,” and not for comedy He joked that he’s either doing nude scenes or crying scenes or nude crying scenes
A brief clip superimposed one of those performances on footage from “Gladiator II” The actor then discussed his pride of being Irish, taking a few shots at England and US mascots and greeting Hernández, who came on stage in short shorts to appear more Irish like Mescal
Gladiator II is a Ridley Scott movie I am joined today by former SNL cast member Jeff Richards, who was on the show back when Josh Hartnett came to host, promoting Scott’s Black Hawk Down He notes the Attack of the Clones sketch which cast him and Hartnett as members of N*Sync: “I remember that one because of all the choreography, which I’d never really had before except maybe in elementary school”A bachelorette party is out for a Magic Mike-style show
My first thought: Is this a Domingo prequel? It’s mostly the same performers, but I note Dismukes is in the revue Instead, this is a male stripper pirate story, practically straight from Pirates of the Caribbean The women lament the wild level of detail and lack of skin
Mescal’s short monologue first focused on his reputation for very serious roles in movies such as “Aftersun” and “All of Us Strangers,” and not for comedy. He joked that he’s either doing nude scenes or crying scenes or nude crying scenes. A brief clip superimposed one of those performances on footage from “Gladiator II.” The actor then discussed his pride of being Irish, taking a few shots at England and U.S. mascots and greeting Hernández, who came on stage in short shorts to appear more Irish like Mescal.Gladiator II is a Ridley Scott movie. I am joined today by former SNL cast member Jeff Richards, who was on the show back when Josh Hartnett came to host, promoting Scott’s Black Hawk Down. He notes the Attack of the Clones sketch which cast him and Hartnett as members of N*Sync: “I remember that one because of all the choreography, which I’d never really had before except maybe in elementary school.”A bachelorette party is out for a Magic Mike-style show. My first thought: Is this a Domingo prequel? It’s mostly the same performers, but I note Dismukes is in the revue. Instead, this is a male stripper pirate story, practically straight from Pirates of the Caribbean. The women lament the wild level of detail and lack of skin.
