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Tag Archives: SNL
SNL: Will Farrell/Usher
COLD OPEN
ZOË RICE: When Sudeikis leaves, I will miss his Biden. This was a fun vehicle to work in Will Farrell’s George Dubya. Enjoyable.
MONOLOGUE
ZOË RICE: Farrell’s goofiness can pull off a lot, in this case the Mother’s Day monologue.…
Posted in Arts & Culture
Tagged Digital Short, mother's day, review, SNL, Usher, Wil Forte, Will Farrell
14 Comments
SNL: Eli Manning
COLD OPEN
ZOË RICE: The Fox News spoof wasn’t a home run, and it lagged a bit (with weirdly dated references, to Christmas trees for instance), but it was passable.
HOWARD MEGDAL: SNL’s Fox News problem is that it is consistently battling The…
SNL: Josh Brolin/Gotye
ZOË RICE: One of the better GOP candidate opens this election season. Getting them away from the debate podiums helped. Fun scenario and good work by all.
HOWARD MEGDAL: Feels like Jay Pharoah’s impressions, to SNL, are frequent flier miles about to expire. Got to use them somewhere. Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Culture
Tagged Gotye, Howard Megdal, jay pharoah, Josh Brolin, laser cats, review, SNL, spell gotye, spielberg, Zoe Rice
43 Comments
SNL Cast Changes
ZOË RICE: Although I will miss Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, and Andy Samberg when they leave SNL, the show itself will probably only really miss one of them. Continue reading
SNL: Sofia Vergara/One Direction
COLD OPEN
ZOË RICE: An opener that captures Mitt Romney’s disingenuous pandering and the essence of his campaign woes. A chuckler more than a guffawer, but well done.
HOWARD MEGDAL: Agreed. Perfectly fine, but doesn’t attach to any particular…
SNL: Channing Tatum/Bon Iver
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COLD OPEN
ZOË RICE: I was utterly enchanted by this view of two years into the “future,” and I may have to use “May divorce be with you” in conversation somehow. I found it a…
SNL: Daniel Radcliffe/Lana Del Rey
ZOË RICE: Howard asks for more Sudeikis as Mitt, and we get it. Howard, can you also ask for a #1 Mets starting pitcher? Sudeikis got the rigidity right, and Romney’s distance from the common man. The firing jokes were on point. A solid open.
HOWARD MEGDAL: This was a solid opener, and captured the zeitgeist of politics perfectly. SNL is hopefully getting its election year fastball back. Continue reading
SNL: Jimmy Fallon/Michael Buble
COLD OPEN
ZOË RICE: A thinly veiled metaphor – an alumni hero is back in town, and the cast is letting him in through the back door to party. I think it’s apropos to open with a nostalgic sketch,…
Posted in Arts & Culture
Tagged Jimmy Fallon, Michael Bublé, nostalgia, review, SNL, Tim Tebow
2 Comments