Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars
PUPPET BUSH
George W. Bush (JAS) perversely feels vindicated by Iraq failures
— This ends up being the last time we’ll be seeing Jason’s Bush for over a year (he completely skips season 33). I will not miss seeing these tepidly-written straight-to-camera Bush-addresses-the-nation pieces that Jason often gets stuck with.
— An odd but pretty funny first cutaway to Darrell’s Dick Cheney silently giving Jason’s Bush a thumbs-up.
— The occasional cutaways to Darrell’s Cheney are getting old, but are sadly the funniest thing to me in this cold opening so far.
— I like Darrell’s Cheney missing from the cutaway to him after Jason-as-Bush’s remark about critics being right about the Bush administration conducting the Iraq war incompetently.
— Maya’s Condoleezza Rice randomly being thrown into the end of this and saying “Live from New York…” was taken at the time by online SNL fans (including myself) as one of many signs in tonight’s season finale that this is Maya’s final episode. We would end up being wrong about that, but I do believe that Maya did originally intend this to be her final episode. From what I remember hearing, her coming back the following season was a late-in-the-summer decision she made only as a favor to Lorne, who asked her to come back because he wasn’t satisfied with any of the women he auditioned that summer to fill in Maya’s spot in the cast. The announcement of Maya being in the season 33 cast wasn’t even made until literally just two or three days before that season premiered, which is insane. And, IIRC, when she initially signed a contract for that season, she didn’t sign for a full season, which is why she bails after the writers strike starts a few episodes into that season. (She doesn’t even appear in the special Michael Cera-hosted writers strike SNL episode at the UCB Theater.)
STARS: **
MONOLOGUE
proud of his place of birth, host is in a “New Jersey State Of Mind”
— When mentioning the characters he would see on SNL when staying up to watch the show as a kid, I love that Zach Braff mentions Toonces alongside Church Lady.
— I don’t think I’m going to care for this monologue, and not just because it’s another musical one. I’m not caring for the insider New Jersey premise.
— The inclusion of the cast dressed as New Jersey landmarks was somewhat fun, but was too brief to salvage this monologue.
STARS: **
PUPPY LOVE
apartment-seeker (ANS) falls in love with (host)’s talking dog
— Wow, a Digital Short right after the monologue? That’s new.
— Funny voice of the seductive dog. Who IS that doing the voice anyway? It doesn’t sound like a cast member. Is it perhaps Jorma Taccone or Akiva Schaffer?
— I love Andy’s mock-dramatic delivery of “You used me.”
— Blah at the ending with Andy making out with the dog in slow-mo. Could’ve done without that, even if that was the only logical conclusion of this.
STARS: ***
PROM COMMITTEE
popular (MAR) & (AMP) quash prom theme ideas of Lyle Kane (WLF) & others
— Funny bit regarding why Amy and Maya’s characters are each called B.J.
— The debut of Will’s short-lived but very funny Lyle Kane character, who I admit I’ve completely forgotten about until now.
— Ugh, I don’t like the idea of Zach’s tongue-in-cheek, meta Garden State-obsessed character. Between the monologue and this sketch, Zach has been kinda putting me off as a host. Something seems really self-indulgent about him.
— A fun ensemble piece with everyone in the cast each getting their own chance in the spotlight.
— While the celibacy bit with Kristen and a sexually-tense Bill feels kinda derivative for SNL, it’s being executed well, especially Bill’s reaction to Kristen innocently touching his back.
— Random inclusion of Darrell as a Sean Connery lookalike, even if it does tie into the 007 prom theme. Funny line from him, though, about the two B.J.s.
STARS: ****
DEEP HOUSE DISH
(MAR), (host), (AMP) & (WLF) perform quirky jams
— I admit to laughing at the exaggerated quivery laugh Kenan did in response to a joke from Andy, even though it feels like Kenan’s done stuff like that ad nauseam during his SNL tenure.
— I think there’s been a Dora The Explorer reference in just about EVERY episode in the last quarter of this season, which I guess shows how big that show was at this time. An interesting time capsule in hindsight.
— Amy continues her streak of appearing as a different singer in every single Deep House Dish sketch to air up to this point.
— Ha, a Deep House Dish musical performance is actually making me laugh for once: the Brown Eye song with Amy and Will. Catchy beat to it, too.
— The voice Amy’s using during her and Will’s post-song interview is basically a variation of her Rosie Perez voice.
— Something about Will’s accented delivery of “It’s so obvious!” was hilarious.
STARS: **
TV FUNHOUSE
by RBS- on Oprah, presidential candidates air shocking revelations
— Feels a little weird to hear an impression of early-era Barack Obama, before the days when people started noticing his distinct vocal mannerisms. As expected, whoever’s voicing Obama in this cartoon is using a pretty generic voice for him.
— Some pretty funny revelations from the candidates, especially Obama’s real name, and both of Bill Richardson’s halves being Mexican.
— For some reason, Oprah’s facial expressions in this cartoon are making me laugh.
— The violent brief fight between John McCain and Rudy Giuliani feels like a throwback to early TV Funhouses, back when humor like that was much more common in these cartoons of Robert Smigel’s.
— Clearly, Smigel must’ve gotten word that this is potentially Maya’s final episode, as he includes a headshot of her in the ending credits of this TV Funhouse.
— Overall, a rare good cartoon during these waning days of TV Funhouse. It felt good to consistently laugh for most of this, after how weak the last few TV Funhouses prior to this were.
STARS: ***½
SONG MEMORIES
“The Weight” evokes creepy memories in (host) & other icky reminiscers
— This sketch has officially become recurring.
— Hilarious punchline to Jason’s oral sex story.
— I like how every song in these Song Memories sketches reminds Bill of “muh dad”.
— Another great punchline, this time to Will’s drunk-driving story.
— Blah, what’s with Zach’s story immediately being about him mailing people his own poop? That’s too dumb and blunt even for the silly nature of these Song Memories sketches. Not even the Rachael Ray punchline could save Zach’s story.
STARS: ***½
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Makes Me Wonder”
WEEKEND UPDATE
Aunt Linda isn’t going to enjoy the upcoming summer blockbusters
Sam Waterston (FRA) objects to AMP’s Law & Order joke
Whitney Houston (MAR) celebrates summer with cocaine brownies
— Meh, Aunt Linda once again. Thankfully, this ends up being the last time we’ll be seeing her for a long while, as she’ll be joining Jason’s Bush impression on a year-long hiatus.
— At least Aunt Linda’s commentaries are getting shorter and shorter lately, which almost seems to be the writers admitting the thinness and diminishing returns of these pieces.
— Wow, Amy’s surprisingly been having some strong jokes tonight. Usually, Seth gets the better jokes.
— Fred’s Sam Waterston impression always cracks me up, and I like how they kept this appearance brief and simple.
— Ha, a reminder of ABC’s ill-fated decision to make a TV series out of those Geico caveman ads from this time.
— I think that’s Colin Jost I’m seeing in the punchline photo to Seth’s soccer joke just now (the fifth-to-last above screencap for this Weekend Update). Funny to see him on Update in this capacity years before he would become an Update anchor.
— Another meh, as we get the return of Maya’s Whitney Houston, who’s been pretty insufferable in most of her appearances this season.
— A rare instance of breaking from Maya when she randomly calls Amy what sounded like “Seth Meyers”. Possibly another sign tonight that Maya was potentially on her way out.
— And now we get yet another sign of Maya’s potential departure, as her Whitney randomly returns to the Update set at the very end of this Update after Amy and Seth’s sign-off to be embraced by Amy and Seth with a big hug and what appeared to practically be a dry-hump session on the Update desk right before the camera faded to black.
STARS: ***
LA RIVISTA DELLA TELEVISIONE CON VINNY VEDECCI
host & Vinny Vedecci fight language barrier
— Another sketch tonight that has officially become recurring.
— Bill continues to be an absolute riot as this character.
— Great to see Bill work in his funny Peter Falk vocal impression that he last did on Weekend Update in his very first episode.
— A good laugh from the Scrubs clip being re-dubbed into a deep Italian drama.
— Quite a lot of projectile vomiting in the last quarter of this season. I do love the way Vinny Vedecci responds to the vomiting in this sketch by saying “She vomit! In your face!”
STARS: ****
BRONX BEAT WITH BETTY AND JODI
unpaid production intern (host) fills in for a no-show
— A Bronx Beat sketch airing THIS late in the show, around 12:40? After the previous installments of this sketch all appeared with the first 15 minutes of the show? Wow. I take this as an admission from SNL that tonight’s Bronx Beat is not up to snuff and/or must’ve received a poor audience reaction at dress rehearsal.
— This sketch feels really rushed so far, and a lot of the usual beats from Amy and Maya’s characters feel kinda half-assed tonight.
— I did get a laugh just now from Amy’s “balls of garbage” line during the bit about how restaurants make meatballs.
— A few laughs during Amy and Maya’s interview with Zach, but this still feels below par for a Bronx Beat sketch.
— I cracked up at Maya randomly saying “I’m sicka seein’ Tony Soprano doin’ it” at the end of this sketch.
STARS: **½
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Won’t Go Home Without You”
MELISSA
homely receptionist Melissa (FRA) displays her infatuation with host
— Ugh, we’re closing the season with a random Fred-in-drag sketch?
— I think I recall hearing this got cut from an earlier season, but I forgot who the host in the sketch was.
— Maya appearing in a prominent role in yet another sketch tonight is yet another sign that this was potentially her final episode.
— Boy, this sketch is awful, and feels like a really unfortunate precursor to the typical annoying work that Fred would often do in his later seasons. A shame, considering I generally still like him by this point of his tenure.
— Aaaaaaaaand as if this sketch wasn’t already bad enough, both it and this season in general closes with one of the cheapest, desperate, hackiest attempts at a laugh ever: a man-on-man kiss. Not to mention it’s the second segment tonight to end with a cheap, unconventional kiss (the Digital Short being the first one).
— Overall, wow, this has got to be one of worst season-ending sketches in SNL history. Can’t think of any time prior to this where I gave the final sketch of a season a measly one-star rating. I guess the Bag Lady short film from the end of the final episode of season 6 comes close (if memory serves correct, I gave it one-and-a-half stars), but that episode wasn’t an official season finale.
STARS: *
GOODNIGHTS
IMMEDIATE POST-SHOW THOUGHTS
— A pretty forgettable season finale, and an unexciting way to end this season. There was some good stuff tonight, but barely anything stood out as particularly strong, there was too heavy a reliance on rehashed sketches, and the episode ended with one of the worst season-ending sketches in SNL history.
MY PERSONAL CHOICE OF “BEST OF” MOMENTS FOR THIS EPISODE, REPRESENTED WITH SCREENCAPS
HOW THIS EPISODE STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING ONE (Molly Shannon)
a big step down
MY PERSONAL CHOICE OF “BEST OF” MOMENTS FOR THIS ENTIRE SEASON, REPRESENTED WITH SCREENCAPS
HOW THIS OVERALL SEASON STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING SEASON (2005-06)
a slight step up
My full set of screencaps for this episode is here
TOMORROW
Season 33 begins, with host LeBron James
Agree with you about Braff, there’s always been a smugness to him.
I can remember pretty much everyone at the old s-n-l.com board being disappointed with this one
BJ and BJ are my #1 in “SNL characters I would enjoyed if they recurred”!
Regarding the Geico Caveman sitcom, Nick Kroll got cast on it and thus declined to audition for SNL for season 33. Cavemen got canceled pretty quickly and Kroll eventually auditioned for season 34.
While promoting A Very Punchable Face on Late Night, Colin and Seth revealed that Seth wrote Prom Committee and the characters (Colin mentioned Fred’s Mets fan character specifically) are mostly voices/characters the cast did around the office that hadn’t made it on the show as of yet.
That Melissa sketch at the end is made even worse by the fact that they cut an Introverts sketch where Neil & Jean discuss the merits of various office supplies they wish to buy from a Staples clerk played by Braff.
Yeah, this episode has a negative reputation. Prom Committee and Vinny were the only sketches I liked, I think, and I agree that Braff’s presence was kinda off. It’s another meh season finale, especially for such a strong year. Watching along with your reviews has confirmed for me that ‘06-‘09 is my second favorite era of the show, only behind the ‘80s. S31 was pretty good, but this was an even tighter and better season overall. Matthew Fox and Dane Cook in particular are two of my all-time favorite episodes.
Weirdly, Zach Braff is the last person to host a season finale that isn’t an alum or someone who’s hosted before.
Hello Ruby. You DO Mean The Last Part OF The 80’s Like Around Maybe 1986 Don’t You ? This Was With Phil, Jan, Dana Cast ! The First Part OF The 80’s Was Horrible With Gilbert Gotfried And Charles Rocket Cast ! The Only Good Members Were Eddie Murphy And Joe Piscopo ! There Were A Few Other Bad Group OF Cast Members After That !
After ten years, good bye Lukasz Gottwald. And starting with season 33, we’re introduced to his successor, Jared Scharff.
Jared is still there now, the longest guitar player tenure that the SNL band has ever had.
Hello Calle. Are Those Writers On Saturday Night Live ?
No, they’re guitarists for the Saturday Night Live Band.
The voice of the dog in the digital short is Jorma Taccone.
Not a total clunker, but still an underwhelming season finale. The story about Maya checks out, and even though I thought she had a very up and down SNL tenure, I’m sad that she only has four episodes to go (and it feels mostly like a victory lap, to boot). I guess I forgot how much I didn’t like the Melissa/Brian Grazer sketch.
Year 32 wasn’t perfect, mostly because of the inconsistent writing, but I loved this particular ensemble. In a just world, Forte’s weirdness would have been more front and center, give or take a sketch about Ginzu knives.
IIRC, the next show is one of only two instances in the show’s history (the other being Year 2) where the opening montage from season premiere is completely unchanged from the previous year. I’d mention the Year 37 credits, but Nasim was promoted to repertory.
S29 and 30 had lackluster finales, while S31 had a great one. So, it’s only fitting that SNL reverts to a bad finale in S32.
Amy gets a new wig for S33, season which is unfortunately interrupted by a strike.
I was expecting to dislike this episode more than I did, based on its reputation, but it’s definitely not the finale that a mostly good and confident season deserved.
I think I’m not quite as unhappy as I might be otherwise because it takes a lot to make me dislike Vinny Videcci or Bronx Beat (I would agree this is one of the least memorable installments of the latter). I also slightly prefer the bar song sketch in this one to the first, mostly due to Bill/Will/Jason having their performances more in sync. I’m also amused that the show decided for two seasons in a row (Lohan’s nearly being the finale as well) to have sketches that rely Will as a stripper for some quick laughs. Deep House Dish mostly washed over me, but the “brown eye” song is amusing. Will also looks oddly like Dan Crenshaw in this sketch.
The last sketch is godawful, and the TV Funhouse just seems endless to me. I feel a bit bad for Jason because having Darrell hanging all over the cold open feels like an implicit admission from the show that the impression is not working. That’s not his fault.
I would agree about Zach Braff’s smugness. The musical part of the monologue doesn’t bother me as much as it should, as I am not fond of musical monologues, but it does feel like a blatant plug for Garden State, as does his part in the classroom sketch. There is some good stuff in that sketch but I wanted to like it more than I did.
Braff’s last involvement with SNL was, apparently, a few years ago, when he was one of the parade of former hosts (like Christine Baranski and Rosie O’Donnell) to ask to play a Trump White House fixture. His character would instead, two years later, be played by a box of snakes (please watch that Almost Live sketch if you have time [I’m not saying SNL ripped off Almost Live]).
https://time.com/4886020/zach-braff-stephen-miller/
I really really really really DID NOT like the commentaries on this Update. I’d probably end up putting this on my ‘worst Update’ list thanks to them. Fred’s impression baffles me, but it is quick enough. Maya’s Whitney and the Aunt Linda, on the other hand, weigh the whole thing down for me, and I was especially put off by the end of the Aunt Linda commentary where she just starts making racist jokes. It’s a fine line between a character like, say, Drunk Uncle, where we know he’s meant to be a bigot, and a character we are meant to just see as goofy fun who suddenly starts throwing that type of talk around. It crashes what is an increasingly tired character right into a ditch where she should have been left. Unfortunately this episode serves as something of a harbinger for Kristen and Fred for the direction they will be taking the show.
This does feel like a goodbye for Maya. I am glad to know more about the plans for her at this time because I was very perplexed – there’s an article from days before the premiere where her exit is announced and then suddenly another article comes out that says she decided to stay. I remember a lot of talk about an impending strike, so Lorne must have had an idea – it does make sense to ask Maya to ride out the last few pre-strike episodes rather than introduce a new cast member who doesn’t get a chance (not that poor Casey Wilson ever gets much of a chance anyway).
@Jack, thanks for mentioning the dress cuts for various episodes. I do wish we could have seen that office threesome recurrer over a few of the moments we got here, although they probably would have ended up plugging Garden State…
My views after watching the full season aren’t significantly changed from how I felt when watching random episodes – it’s a terrific cast with some moments of brilliance and creativity, at times given wonderful writing, but many times boxed in by the same fears and pandering and lack of faith in viewers that has so often let the show down in the last few decades. Still, most of the episodes were pleasant and watchable and with SNL, you take what pleasures you can. I will enjoy these next few seasons while we have them.
Promos (oddly with no one in the cast):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZxPEYY3rU0
Lyle Kane is one of my favorite Forte characters. I use the voice and “Hi derr” all the time when ordering food on the phone.
Zach Braff has always struck me as the kind of guy that friends would introduce to you as the funniest person in the room and then when you meet him he just spouts off ca. 2002 email chain jokes for an hour and cliche deep statements to impress women.
I do the same “Hi derr” voice. That and Forte’s “Oh Hi Jojo” voice from the Barrymore episode never left me.
I think in isolation the Garden State character Braff plays in the very funny prom sketch would be fine–it comes off as more self-indulgent immediately following the monologue. This episode is medium to decentish until Update and then it goes off a cliff. I agree that the ending sketch is one of the worst things EVER to air on SNL. There are season finale episodes of SNL in which the show pulls out the stops and there are episodes in which everyone seems eager to dash off for the summer–this is one of the latter, which is odd, because the season overall was good.
Here are the average ratings for Season 32:
*may not represent review’s perception*
3201: 7.3 (Dane Cook)
3202: 5.6 (Jamie Pressly)
3203: 4.1 (John C. Reilly)
3204: 7.1 (Hugh Laurie)
3205: 7.1 (Alec Baldwin)
3206: 5.8 (Ludacris)
3207: 6.6 (Matthew Fox)
3208: 5.7 (Annette Bening)
3209: 6.0 (Justin Timberlake)
3210: 5.8 (Jake Gyllenhaal)
3211: 7.0 (Jeremy Piven)
3212: 6.6 (Drew Barrymore)
3213: 6.5 (Forest Whitaker)
3214: 6.9 (Rainn Wilson)
3215: 6.6 (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
3216: 6.8 (Peyton Manning)
3217: 6.8 (Shia LaBeouf)
3218: 4.7 (Scarlett Johansson)
3219: 6.8 (Molly Shannon)
3220: 5.5 (Zach Braff)
Best Episode: 3201 (Dane Cook)- 7.3
Worst Episode: 3203 (John C. Reilly)- 4.1
Season Average: 6.3
I remember reading back then that Zach was supposed to host the Jeremy Piven episode. But then the movie THE EX got delayed to May, so he winded up doing the finale instead. I guess they must have been eager to have him host.
I mainly remember the sketch involving the song “The Weight”….
Season Averages Ranked Best to Worst
#14 – 7.2
#15 – 7.1
#18 – 7.1
#17 – 7.0
#21 – 7.0
#22 – 7.0
#24 – 7.0
#16 – 6.9
#23 – 6.9
#26 – 6.8
#13 – 6.7
#25 – 6.7
#3 – 6.6
#4 – 6.6
#27 – 6.6
#2 – 6.5
#12 – 6.5
#1 – 6.3
#10 – 6.3
—> #32 – 6.3
#5 – 6.2
#9 – 6.1
#28 – 6.1
#31 – 6.1
#8 – 6.0
#19 – 6.0
#7 – 5.8
#11 – 5.7
#29 – 5.7
#20 – 5.6
#6 – 5.3
#30 – 5.3
For those interested: Highest Ranked and Lowest Rated Shows
8.9 – Jerry Seinfeld (17.18)
8.8 – Alec Baldwin (15.18)
8.8 – Christopher Walken (18.04)
8.5 – Tom Hanks (14.01)
8.4 – Tom Hanks (16.08)
8.3 – Christopher Walken (15.11)
8.1 – David Alan Grier (21.08)
8.1 – Jim Carrey (21.20)
8.0 – Steve Martin (3.18)
8.0 – Chris Evert (15.05)
8.0 – Robert Wagner (15.08)
8.0 – Kyle MacLachlan (16.01)
8.0 – Ray Romano (24.15)
8.0 – Christopher Walken (25.16)
7.9 – Tom Hanks (17.19)
7.9 – Sinbad (18.07)
7.9 – Kevin Spacey (22.10)
7.9 – Steve Buscemi (23.17)
7.9 – Christopher Walken (28.13)
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4.9 – Steven Seagal (16.18)
4.9 – Steve Martin (20.01)
4.9 – Colin Farrell (30.07)
4.9 – Cameron Diaz (30.16)
4.9 – Eva Longoria (31.06)
4.8 – Frank Zappa (4.03)
4.8 – Jamie Lee Curtis (6.04)
4.8 – Robert Culp (7.18)
4.8 – Jerry Hall (11.10)
4.8 – Christian Slater (19.05)
4.8 – Jennifer Aniston (29.09)
4.8 – Lance Armstrong (31.04)
4.7 – Sally Kellerman (6.09)
4.7 – Teri Garr (11.06)
4.7 – Johnny Knoxville (30.18)
4.7 – Lindsay Lohan (30.20)
—> 4.7 Scarlett Johansson (32.18)
4.6 – Malcolm McDowell (6.02)
4.6 – Charlene Tilton (6.11)
4.6 – Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey (29.10)
4.6 – Ashton Kutcher (30.15)
4.5 – Nancy Kerrigan (19.15)
4.5 – Bob Saget (20.19)
4.5 – Halle Berry (29.03)
4.4 – Tom Green (26.06)
4.3 – Robert Hays (6.08)
4.3 – Kate Winslet (30.04)
4.2 – Milton Berle (4.17)
4.2 – Deborah Harry (6.10)
4.2 – Matthew McConaughey (28.11)
4.1 – George Foreman (20.09)
—> 4.1 – John C. Reilly (32.03)
3.7 – Donald Trump (29.16)
3.6 – Deion Sanders (20.13)
3.6 – Hilary Swank (30.13)
3.4 – Sarah Jessica Parker (20.05)
2.9 – Paul Reiser (20.15)
Her are the five star sketches from the 06-07 season:
Poland Spring Delivery Men (Dane Cook)
Carpool (Alec Baldwin)
The Platinum Lounge (Alec Baldwin)
History Buff (Matthew Fox)
Dick In A Box (Justin Timberlake)
Staten Island Zoo (Forest Whitaker)
Business Meeting (Rainn Wilson)
United Way (Peyton Manning)
TV Funhouse (Peyton Manning)
Locker Room Motivation (Peyton Manning)
Dear Sister (Shia LaBeouf)
11 Sketches, up one on the previous season, but still shy of 00-01’s numbers (15). Then again, I would probably have about 15 sketches for this season – at least (justice for the Drew Barrymore episode). I think the strong material in this season is REALLY strong and this season produced more classics than this list indicates (I’ll put it this way, how many of this season’s sketches that are not on this list would you say are better than the Needleman sketch from 83-84?)
And now the ****½ sketches:
Airport Security Seminar (Dane Cook)
New Co-Anchor (Dane Cook)
Monologue (Hugh Laurie)
Advance Man (Hugh Laurie)
TV Funhouse (Alec Baldwin)
The Tony Bennett Show (Alec Baldwin)
Mountain Man (Matthew Fox)
Monster Under the Bed (Annette Bening)
Laser Cats! 2 (Jake Gyllenhaal)
Poison Therapy (Drew Barrymore)
Body Fuzion (Drew Barrymore)
Andy Popping Into Frame (Forest Whitaker)
Monologue (Rainn Wilson)
First Day at Work (Rainn Wilson)
SNL Special Report (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
*The First Person in the History of the World to Dance (Jeremy Piven)*
Because of the small cast and the “hipper” musical guests, this era reminds me so much of the late 80’s. So that’s when I started watching SNL again. And when this cast disappeared, I lost interest in the show again.
Think about it:
Fred Armisen = Dana Carvey
Will Forte = Jon Lovitz
Bill Hader = Phil Hartman
Seth Meyers = Dennis Miller
Amy Poehler = Victoria Jackson
Maya Rudolph = Nora Dunn
Andy Samberg = Mike Myers
Jason Sudeikis = Kevin Nealon
Kristen Wiig = Jan Hooks
I mean as far as roles on the show go.
HOW THIS EPISODE STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING ONE (Molly Shannon, as of September 12, 2021)
a slight step up
I recently discovered and have been binge-listening to Dana Carvey and David Spade’s Fly on the Wall podcast (which in turn has led to me binge-reading this blog — wish I’d known about it during its run!). On the episode with Bill Hader, he coyly discusses what is clearly this Vinny Vedecci sketch (he mentions it was his second season, it was the writer’s last show, and the sketch had a puppet throwing up on the host). Apparently after dress, Zach sounded off angrily about being vomited on and wanting it to be toned down for the live show. Obviously, his request was ultimately declined.
If the time code in the URL doesn’t work, it’s 40:10 in: https://youtu.be/UEah0GbQdT0?t=2410
Just came searching for the episode that Hader was referencing and found this…..JOB WELL DONE!