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OBAMA RETURNS
pesky Joe Biden (JAS) won’t let Barack Obama (FRA) get back to work
— As I’ve mentioned sometime before, I hate how recent SNL eras like this often have the audience pointlessly applaud when someone at the beginning of the cold opening starts speaking. I especially don’t like it in this particular cold opening, because it distracts from Jason-as-Joe-Biden’s funny “Get me Jack Bauer!” opening line that he says into the intercom, and the applause causes him to repeat the line to less comedic effect.
— TWO consecutive episodes with an Obama-in-the-Oval-Office cold opening? At least this one isn’t an address to the nation, plus at least this one has Jason’s Biden as the much-needed comic relief.
— A thin premise, but Jason is selling it well in the way that he typically can, especially as Biden.
STARS: ***
MONOLOGUE
tween girls (KRW) & (ABE) & a middle-aged man (FRA) are huge fans of host
— Zac Efron literally sliding onto the stage on his knees. An energetic and rather unique monologue entrance at this point of SNL’s run.
— When this monologue originally aired, a lot of online SNL fans, including myself, initially confused Abby for Casey in the first cutaway to Abby and Kristen as Zac Efron fangirls in the audience. (Even the SNL episode guide I borrow my sketch synopses from erroneously credits Casey in Abby’s role in this monologue, as seen here.) It was something about Abby’s facial expressions that caused the mix-up among us fans. Hell, even watching this monologue now, 11 years later, I still, at certain points, find Abby to have an uncanny resemblance to Casey with the facial expressions she’s making in this. The resemblance is almost downright freaky.
— Zac’s direct-to-camera thank-you message to tweens is actually very funny.
— Blah at Fred playing not only yet another gay role, but apparently a child predator role (at least leave the latter to Will Forte, who has the ability to make that type of role funny without making me groan.) I do admit, though, to getting a laugh from Fred’s definition of the “tween” knockoff word “twifty”: someone between ages 40 and 50.
STARS: ***
TODAY
Kathie Lee Gifford’s (KRW) son Cody (host) takes after his mom
— (*groan*) This again.
— Right at the start of this Today installment, Kristen’s Kathie Lee Gifford actually got a laugh from me for once – a very guilty, oh-so-wrong laugh, with her random, un-PC imitation of how deaf people talk. I also like Michaela-as-Hoda-Kotb’s nervous reaction to that.
— I don’t know why, but I’m actually finding myself being amused by Kristen’s Kathie Lee shtick so far in tonight’s Today installment, which is surprising, given how I usually can’t stand her in these sketches. Perhaps something about the atmosphere of tonight’s general episode is making this sketch work for me…so far. We’ll see if my goodwill is going to last for the remainder of this sketch.
— Odd how Michaela’s Hoda sets up a tape of celebrity congratulations messages in a way that makes it seem as if we’re going to see various messages, only for it to end up being ONE: Fred as Penny Marshall. In dress rehearsal, this sketch actually had more celebrity messages during this portion of the sketch, including Jason as Harry Connick Jr. singing (IIRC) “It Had To Be You”.
— Zac is doing a good imitation of Kristen’s Kathie Lee shtick.
— I loved seeing Michaela’s Hoda finally lose her temper and bitterly smash a bottle over Kristen-as-Kathie-Lee’s head (which unfortunately has no effect on her).
— Overall, nice to see a Kathie Lee/Hoda Today sketch actually work for me for once. I wonder if I’ve finally come around on this recurring sketch, or if it’s just tonight’s episode where this recurring sketch works for me. I guess we’ll see when I cover the subsequent installments of this sketch (plus Kristen-as-Kathie Lee’s appearance in an upcoming Celebrity Jeopardy sketch in this season’s finale).
STARS: ***
GILLY
Gilly intimidates & terrorizes her fellow students at a science fair
— (*groan x infinity*) These Gilly sketches have officially become recurring.
— With this being placed right after the Today sketch, this is another episode this season that makes me feel more like I’m watching an episode of The Kristen Wiig Show rather than an episode of SNL. SNL’s favoritism towards Kristen shouldn’t get to the point where they bunch all of her sketches back-to-back at the top of the show.
— Pretty fun accent from Zac’s foreign exchange student character.
— As usual, I’m actually getting mild laughs from the supporting characters in this sketch, but the actual Gilly portions of this sketch are fucking insufferable for me.
STARS: *½
THE ALLIANCE OF DIRECT MAIL MARKETERS
direct mail marketing rep’s (JAS) defense of junk mail is unpersuasive
— Jason’s friendly spokesman character exaggerating the “usefulness” of junk mail is providing several laughs.
— The photo they use as an example of a citizen with an STD (the second-to-last above screencap for this sketch) is the same photo that was previously used as the photo of Amy Poehler’s character’s allegedly-slutty dorm roommate in the NCAA Tournament Pool Party sketch from the season 32 Peyton Manning-hosted episode.
— A lot of good little laughs all throughout this.
— Fantastic spokesman performance from Jason, well-executing this commercial’s Jim Downey-written (I assume) dry humor.
STARS: ***½
UNDERAGE DRINKING
of the drinkers in a bar, (ANS) & (host) are by far the least underage
— Very funny gag with the kids at one table simultaneously taking a bomb shot, by each dropping their shot glass into their beer mug and drinking both of those drinks together.
— Hilarious line about gerbils (little girls who go after older guys) being the opposite of cougars.
— Funny brief walk-on from Kenan as a bouncer.
— I like the PSA twist at the end with Bill reprising his impression of “disgraced former New York governor” Eliot Spitzer.
STARS: ***½
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Zero”
WEEKEND UPDATE
New Jerseyite same-sex couple approves of Vermont’s gay marriage statute
after bashing host, Angie Tempura goes gaga for him when he appears
dissed by the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Jon Bovi moves into other genres
— Oh, no. The return of the Same-Sex Couple From New Jersey, after a (merciful) two-and-a-half year absence. Despite being progressive in regards to SNL’s portrayal of gay people, I’ve never found these characters funny.
— (*groan*) That hacky “whacked a guy” joke from Fred and Bill…
— The second and final appearance of Michaela’s Angie “Bitch, Pleeze” Tempura character. I was disheartened to have a negative reaction to her when recently reviewing her first appearance (that negative reaction of mine surprised me, given how much I used to like this character back when this season originally aired), but I hope to have a better reception towards this second appearance of hers.
— I did get a laugh from the way Michaela delivered her first “Biiiiiiitch, pleeeeeze” in tonight’s commentary.
— Speaking of Michaela’s good delivery, something about her delivery of the line about Nicolas Cage making her want to barf blood cracked me up.
— Despite my more positive reaction to tonight’s Angie Tempura commentary so far, there’s still a weird anti-comedy vibe I’m getting from this character, and I’m not even sure that’s what Michaela is going for.
— Tempura’s uncharacteristic fangirl-y reaction to Zac Efron’s walk-on is funny.
— I’m glad that I enjoyed tonight’s overall Angie Tempura commentary MUCH more than I enjoyed her first one. Too bad this is her final appearance, but then again, after that ending with Zac, I’m not sure where else they could’ve taken this character if she made any future appearances had Michaela been given a second season on SNL. That ending with Tempura happily walking off with Zac seemed like a very fitting conclusion for her as a recurring character, whether SNL intended that or not.
— I see Seth is now introducing a third Update commentary. (*sigh*) Would it kill SNL to do a solo Seth Meyers-era Weekend Update with only one or two guest commentaries? Four months into this solo Seth era of Update, and we have yet to get a single Update with less than three commentaries. Are they padding out these Updates with so many commentaries because the Update writers perhaps aren’t familiar with how to write Update for only one anchorperson, after having gotten so used to Update having two anchors for so many consecutive seasons?
— Oh, turns out tonight’s third Update guests are Jon Bovi. Seems really soon to bring them back after their previous Update commentary from only three episodes prior, but I’m certainly not complaining, as I absolutely love these characters.
— Jon Bovi’s “Good Medicine” song has stuck in my memory over the years.
— Absolutely hilarious bit with Seth questioning Jon Bovi on why they consider “speedstick” to be a suitable opposite word for “sure” during their opposite version of the song “That’s What Friends Are For”.
— As always, Jon Bovi is a fucking blast. SNL sure lets these Jon Bovi Update commentaries go on for a LONG time, but again, no complaints from me when their commentaries are as damn fun as they’ve been.
STARS: ***
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 4: NEW SENIOR CLASS
Troy (host) reveals lack of singing in real world
— The closest to a noteworthy role that the sadly-fading-away Casey Wilson has gotten in a damn good while.
— I like Casey’s cheery and smiley “Okay” after Zac sternly tells her “Back off!”
— Good conceit to this High School Musical parody, with Zac’s character deflating the students’ spirit by letting them know the horrors of what the real world is like after you graduate from this particular school.
— Darrell-as-Walt-Disney’s bitter, deadpan line about “Jews” cracked me up. A good use of Darrell’s extremely low-energy performance style from these later days of his SNL tenure.
— Overall, actually a well-done High School Musical sketch.
STARS: ****
LEAVING FOR WAR
freakishly fast (CAW) chases her doughboy beau’s (host) departing train
— Wow, I thought it was a big deal that the fading-away Casey Wilson got a semi-noteworthy role in the High School Musical sketch that preceded this, but that’s nothing compared to this, as Casey gets an actual STARRING role! Feels like it’s been almost ages since the last time she had the sole lead comedic role of a sketch (I’m not counting co-starring roles in this case).
— I like the effects SNL is doing to make it look like the train is starting to take off, complete with street lights passing by the screen.
— Very fun premise to this, with Casey chasing down the speeding train that Zac is on. Good use of a greenscreen, too.
— Bobby temporarily steals this sketch with his hilarious brief appearance, and, as I always say, I always like the pairing of him and Casey.
— Great performance from Casey all throughout this sketch, and I love the part with her immediately returning with a fish after she fell into a creek off-camera.
— When this sketch originally aired, at this late point of this season, it gave me renewed hope on Casey’s chances of being brought back for the following season. Sadly, she would end up NOT being brought back, and this sketch, instead of being a last-ditch effort that saved her from getting fired, would instead end up being her final SNL lead role. At least she went out on a good note.
STARS: ****
GINO’S PIZZA ROLLS
actress’ (FRA) frenetic line reading ruins a pizza roll commercial shoot
— Not only do we get Fred in his bazillionth drag role (and his second one tonight alone), but, at first glance when this sketch starts, the choice to have a man play this particular female role seems random.
— I admit to getting a good laugh from Fred’s first “HEY! I! AM! YOUR! MOTHEEERRRRRRRR!”
— As the aforementioned joke repeats and escalates, I’m having very mixed feelings, but I think I’m leaning more towards the “I don’t like this” side, sorry to say.
— I don’t care for the bit right now with Fred’s character filming a whole bunch of over-the-top takes in a row.
— I admit that I originally found this sketch to be pretty much a laugh riot back when it originally aired, which was back in the days when Fred was one of my favorite members of the then-current cast and he could do no wrong in my eyes back then (for the most part). As I pointed out in some recent reviews, I’ve been disheartened to recently discover in my SNL project that Fred’s work in seasons 32-34 is NOWHERE near as consistently good as I had remembered (hell, I’d argue he’s had far more misses than hits in the season I’m currently reviewing). And now, though this isn’t quite as bad, I can’t help but see this sketch as a precursor to the particularly annoying, unfunny drag roles Fred would do quite a bit in what are known by a number of SNL fans as Fred’s official bad years (seasons 35-38), which we are soon approaching.
— For such a young actor not experienced in sketch comedy, Zac’s doing a great job keeping a perfectly straight face at Fred goofily yelling in his face throughout this sketch.
STARS: **
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Maps”
FOOT RUB
(JAS) teaches little brother (host) foot rub technique by giving him one
— Jason has been all over tonight’s episode. A very strong night for him.
— Very funny line from Jason about Zac wanting to get his “ranch dressing” in his girlfriend’s “Hidden Valley”.
— Great character from Jason, and I love his various quirks.
— Hilarious running bit involving the crusty t-shirt, baby oil, and Lane Bryant catalogues that Jason “mysteriously” keeps by the table.
— A hilarious foot rub sequence. I particularly love the Batman “Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na” bit Jason does during it. Jason is performing this whole sketch so damn well. One of his best performances ever.
— Very funny climax to this sketch, with Jason getting so into the romantic music that he almost puts Zac’s foot in his mouth. The audience goes wild during this part.
— Overall, while I’ve always liked this sketch a lot from my past viewing of it back when it originally aired, my current viewing has made me find this sketch even better than I did in the past, so much so, that it’s now officially become a new favorite of mine. Such a fantastic and very underrated sketch. Literally just about every single moment in it hit with me.
STARS: *****
GOODNIGHTS
IMMEDIATE POST-SHOW THOUGHTS
— A solid episode. The post-Weekend Update half in particular had a lot of strong pieces, especially the final sketch, which is an underappreciated Jason Sudeikis gem. This episode in general had such a good vibe that it even made me enjoy some recurring bits that I didn’t enjoy previously (Today, Angie Tempura).
MY PERSONAL CHOICE OF “BEST OF” MOMENTS FOR THIS EPISODE, REPRESENTED WITH SCREENCAPS
RATED SEGMENTS RANKED FROM BEST TO WORST
Foot Rub
Leaving For War
High School Musical 4: New Senior Class
Underage Drinking
The Alliance of Direct Mail Marketers
Today
Weekend Update
Obama Returns
Monologue
Gino’s Pizza Rolls
Gilly
HOW THIS EPISODE STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING ONE (Seth Rogen)
a step up
My full set of screencaps for this episode is here
TOMORROW
Justin Timberlake
I didn’t expect Efron to be a “bad” host, but he was a lot better than I expected. He fit in very well. Lots of good straightman work and his mugging in the Kathy Lee sketch is fun.
Also, another annoying hot Wiig take of mine: I don’t mind Gilly. It’s super repetitive but it’s not absolute death like I expected when I first watched it.
High School Musical 4 was the first SNL sketch I ever saw.
I thought Efron was a good host–he would have been a welcome returning host, and he’s done enough in recent years that I’m surprised he hasn’t been on again.
This is one of the better Today Show sketches, I would agree–I think this one and the one where Nasim is Hoda and Fallon is Regis is the best. The Jenny Slate ones always seemed melancholy because Slate played Hoda very pathetically.
The pizza roll sketch has stuck with me for a while but not in a good way, as it’s not even in the top 5 pizza roll-related SNL sketches. I kind of like the basic joke here, but why not cast a female cast member in the lead? (It’s the part I could easily see Kate or Aidy playing nowadays)
I did feel like the change to solo Seth as Update anchor resulted in way more guest commentaries, an unwelcome trend for me as I tend to have a “minimum of two guests” limit for me. I was really stunned that the Bitch Pleez blogger was only on twice–I swore she was on a lot more than that, but I guess she just made a good impression on me.
I don’t really love this episode, but it’s solid enough, and I enjoy the long rush of “conceptual” sketches at the end that don’t use recurring characters, a TV show format, or directly parody anything. Not all of them are good (the pizza rolls one sure isn’t), but I like when the show tries to avoid obvious premises. Jason and Zac show a ton of chemistry in the end sketch–would have been a fun pairing in some film.
Hey Michael Cheyne. IT Would Not Have Been As Funny IF Kristen OR Michalea OR Any Body Played The Mother ! They Did NOT Have Kate Or Aidy In 2009 ! ! IT Might Have Been More Accepted IF Chris Farley OR Adam Sandler OR Maybe Even Will Ferrell Had Played The Mother, But They Were NOT There Either ! ! ! I Feel Like You And Stooge Would Have Accepted Bill OR Bobby OR Maybe Even Will Forte IF They Had Played The Mother ! ! !
I was pleasantly surprised at how good of a host Zac Efron was. He committed to the material without going over the top like some other former teenage star hosts.
This is one of the greatest stretches of 10-1’s in the history of the show. Lighthouse, Rocket Dog, Muppet Bus, Foot Rub, and Goodnight Saigon from the Ferrell season finale. Great performances, great premises, a great way to end a show.
Every year or two the fans of a band will get mad because they think that appearing on SNL is a sign of selling out. Personally, I was excited that they booked Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who did a great job especially on Maps, but a lot of dyed in the wool indie-rock types thought otherwise.
There is another Jeff Montgomery sketch that gets cut. This one follows the original premise from the Jon Hamm episode while switching Halloween for Easter.
Wow another episode with Darrell making a small 20 second cameo. At this point I’m surprised he didn’t just leave the show mid-season when the election was over Dana Carvey in 1993 style.
At the time I assumed they’d probably bring Casey back because I figured it would look weird only having one non-FP woman in the cast since she was the only one up for a bump into main cast after 2 seasons as FP. But nope, I believe next season is the only in the shows history with only one woman in the repertory cast. Looking back now it definitely looks like the writing was on the wall, similar to when Jason Sudeikis was brought in at the end of Rob Riggle’s season and was seemingly replacing all the roles Rob used to play, it felt that way here with Abby as unoffical early Casey’s replacement in the backhalf of this season. At least she got out with one last sketch.
I just realized it’s sad Michaela never really got a full-fledged sketch of her own, not counting Angie Tempura on WU or playing straightwoman to Kristen in the Today Show sketches. I believe she might’ve been the first cast member since the Michael McKean-Chris Elliott season to only spend less than a season on the show.
“I AM YOUR MOTHER!” works for me but I see why people are put off by it. The choice of Fred being in drag is odd, considering it’s a very The State/KITH-esque not-played-for-laughs type drag, yet we have three underutilized women in the cast. It’s not like Fred was the only one who could sell this bit; I can easily imagine Casey in the role.
It could’ve escalated a lot better, too. And the beats with Jason are unnecessary. It almost feels like a precursor to the Mikey Day/Streeter Seidell sketches of modern SNL where every part of the sketch has to be broken down by a straightman in a very repetitive manner. Still, I love the idea and the initial way Fred screams the line is great.
I think it was around the time Portlandia started when it seemed like Fred started phoning it on more on SNL and saving all his best ideas for Portlandia.
As much as I can’t stand the Gilly character, Will Forte’s character is great in those, his voice just cracks me up immediatley
The sketch with Casey chasing the train seems like a more high concept version of the cut sketch with Ashton Kutcher she did the previous season with the broken up girlfriend Ashton can’t get rid of.
Not as surprising now since Efron has done some solid work in comedies since then, but at the time I remember being pretty impressed with him as a host, since he was pretty much just doing Disney Channel tier comedy for kids stuff at that point.
Why’d they have to waste Darrell on such a hacky, overused joke?
This episode was a turning point for me. It where I not only started to dislike Fred, but couldn’t wait for him to leave the show.
Gino’s Pizza Rolls was the worst I have seen him in on the show. Being in drag, yelling, hitting with plates, and just phoning it in made this horrible for me to sit through. Even in second showing, it was even worse.
This season was where I really started to dislike Fred a lot. His take on Obama and tired takes on the same characters he played were just awful. I couldn’t sit through his work anymore between this show and when he finally left as a regular.
As for this episode with Zac, I felt it was more towards kids. Some of the sketches were good like Foot Rub (one of Jason’s best) and Leaving for War (Casey’s best work). Others like High School Musical 4, Today, Gilly, and the aforementioned Gino’s Pizza Rolls were just awful.
Gilly was the same as the first, and I remember hearing children in the audience laughing at that crap. High School Musical was only funny if you watched the movie (which I didn’t), but it wasn’t, and Darrell’s appearance felt was tacked on. Today was forgettable. Gino’s would have been a lot better if Fred wasn’t in it, but thank goodness for Jason.
I also didn’t care for Angie Tempera. That catchphrase was tiresome after a while, and I felt the ending with Zac was a cop out.
The whole episode even soured me on Jon Bovi. Sad because they’re usually good.
I’m finding this season to be a split season. One that was good, and the other that was bad. I thought it got horrible after Amy left and never quite recovered.
By the way, what happened to the Yeah Yeahs?
The girl in the striped shirt (on the right, see screenshot in sketch description) is Lorne’s youngest daughter.
I love the HSM parody. It’s one of the best parodies SNL has done in a long time. I wonder if parodies like this and the Disney Channel takedown Miley Cyrus does a few years later have extra bite because of ex-Disney hosts who have an axe to grind. There’s so much fun to be had here, but my favorite part is always Bobby’s hurt, impassioned, “THAT’S NOT TRUE!!!” and Abby looking into the camera before Zac shuts her down. Darrell also gives me some of the biggest laughs he ever gave me as a cast member in this sketch. Andy’s body pops at the end are also absolutely perfect. The jab about poor Lindsay Lohan unintentionally puts a line between how SNL handled her hosting stints (shoving her into some crass adult-oriented material) and how they treated Zac (there is some adult-oriented humor but much less). Zac’s episode is sort of a template for what we will get with other teen idol hosts in the next few seasons, and, since it went over well, seems to help push the emphasis toward those types of hosts and also younger, or more “up” and “kids’ show host” type cast members (the casting of Abby and Bobby also helped further that path).
The Kathie Lee part still went on too long for me but I did enjoy the material once Cody joined her. Here is the real Kathie Lee, responding in the same aggressive-aggressive way she seemed to respond to the show’s take on her. (Matt Lauer warning)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TYzH_lfoXM
There’s something extremely funny about SNL joking on Zac Efron’s pervy male fans at the start of the night and then by the end giving them such pure fetish material as they did with Zac and Jason in that last sketch. That was not written in the original sketch – Jason decided to just go with it on air.
https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2011/02/07/sudeikis-and-tell
Another article from after the episode aired answered questions about whether worries of foot fetish content had kept the sketch off Hulu and the NBC site (it was the song, not the foot).
I had almost forgotten Bill was in this episode until I remembered the New Jersey retread (and Spitzer). I don’t mind these characters, even though they did not need to return, but it did annoy me that they spoiled the cheap laugh I got from the “whacked” joke by having to explain it to viewers.
(Seth also explains to viewers about Jon Bovi, even though they had only been on a few episodes before and the joke was obvious, so I guess we are fully into the days of the show thinking we are idiots [then again some fans are always happy to prove them right…]).
Jason’s heavier involvement in this episode is a huge boost to the quality – he and Will are great on Update (I love Will’s puppy-like glee through this bit), he’s terrific in that dense commercial (I wonder how Jim Downey feels about Sudeikis, as he’s one of the few cast members, especially of later years, who could translate his work), and he’s terrific in that last sketch. It tells you something that he only gets to return to the fore if Bill has a light night, just as Bill was used much less when Jason was in a heavier spotlight from 05-08. I have to wonder what might have been for these years if they had both gotten a chance.
I can’t remember exactly what Casey said about the train sketch – was it that Seth had to suggest to her about making it more humorous? I can see both points if that is the case, but it’s also a very different type of comedy that SNL needed at this point. What a contrast between Casey’s goodbye and the very next sketch, an unbearable mugfest and yelpfest from Fred that reminds me of every bad James Anderson piece of the last decade (I can tolerate these a little more with Cecily or Kate but they are never really for me).
I wonder if there is a reason they had Kristen and Abby playing tweens in the monologue then had actual tweens in the bar sketch. Was it because of the Fred part of the monologue? That could have been (happily…) ditched. Speaking of that sketch, I was wondering if Andy was reprising his fake ID character from Shia’s first episode. Does anyone know?
Oddly enough, it’s the recurring characters in Gilly who bother me – not because of Bobby or Kenan, but because they emphasize the rigid format. This character didn’t need to return, even if Kristen does a fine enough job, but if she went around to different places I would enjoy it more (at least with Will there – I have zero interest in these without Will).
Promo:
Hey John. The Funny Thing In The Bar Was That Children Were In A Bar Where As They Wanted Teen Girls Excited To See Zac So They Had Abby And The Other Who I Forgot Who IT Was ! ! They DID Have Gilly AT A Different Place ! They Were AT A Science Fair And The First One Was Just In Class AT School ! !
I don’t hate Gilly as much as other hated recurring characters. I’d rather watch all of her sketches over watching Ching Chang or Helen Madden. Just wait until we get Garth and Kat. Fuck I hate them. Such self-indulgent garbage.
The idea of a “new generation” of High School Musical becomes hilarious after Disney actually DID so with “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” on Disney+.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are on hiatus, but Karen O has released a string of good solo albums.
Another “just fine” episode. I predicted tonight’s Gilly sketch would be the one that would be on Wiigy’s TBO DVD, and besides the “Glee” parody in Year 36 it was probably the strongest Gilly sketch (though that’s not saying much). I didn’t “get” Jon Bovi the first time around, but they grew on me. I’m surprised Efron hasn’t hosted again.
Once again, I either missed this or I forgot most of the material after it aired. Though come to think of it, I might’ve remembered the Gilly, Today, and last Casey solo sketches…
Once again, I either missed this or I forgot most of the material after it aired. Though come to think of it, maybe I might’ve remembered the Gilly, Today, and last Casey solo sketches…
I was at the afterparty for this episode. My friend, who worked for the show, got yelled at for taking pics with Zac Efron. He could not have been nicer.
I enjoyed the Angie Tempura appearance – and I do think it’s fair to call it anti-comedy. She thinks her comments are incredibly witty/vicious/hilarious, but they’re actually incredibly corny. The humor doesn’t come from the quality of her comments, but from her awkward persona and unearned confidence.
Here’s some pictures of the Greg sketch that got cut from this episode:
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I don’t know about you, but I think we really suffered from the loss of this one.
Darrell looks ridiiclous in that second pic…. playing a…. teen?!?