February 4, 2017 – Kristen Stewart / Alessia Cara (S42 E13)

Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars

OVAL OFFICE
Donald Trump’s (Alec Baldwin) hostile phone calls alienate world leaders

— The first appearance of Alec Baldwin’s Trump as president.
— I did laugh at Baldwin-as-Trump’s first “Australia sucks, etc., prepare to go to war” line over the phone, though they end up making that a mantra of this cold opening.
— A huge laugh from the “Guy who pays for the wall says what?” “Que?” bit between Alec and Alex.
— The second consecutive cold opening with a Weekend Update character/impression of Kate’s (though this isn’t the first time her Angela Merkel appeared outside of Update).
— I hate those long mid-sentence pauses Alec often makes as Trump. I know he’s spoofing an actual vocal mannerism of the real Trump’s, but something about the way Alec does those pauses hurts the humor of those lines for me.
— Kenan’s delivery of his threatening message to Alec’s Trump made me laugh.
STARS: **½


MONOLOGUE
KAM & AIB fear that former Trump tweet target host is too cool for school

— Those Trump tweets about the Kristen Stewart/Robert Pattinson relationship are REAL?!?
— Something about Kristen Stewart’s delivery of this monologue’s material is coming off iffy to me so far.
— The Kate/Aidy bit in this is only mildly funny to me. Nothing great.
— There’s the famous F-bomb in this monologue. Kristen said it so quickly and mumbled it so much that I and probably a number of others wouldn’t have even caught it had she not had that reaction immediately afterwards.
— Speaking of reactions to Kristen’s F-bomb, Kate and Aidy’s reactions are very funny. I also like how afterwards, while saying the usual “We got a great show for you etc.” tagline, Kristen throws in an “and I’ll never come back” ad-lib about her F-bomb.
STARS: **½


U.S. CUSTOMS WELCOME VIDEO
Homeland Security employee (BEB) shoehorns travel ban into customs video

— The sloppy occasional voice-over additions from Beck are hilarious.
— Out of all the Beck voice-over additions, I particularly love the part where, when he’s saying a rapid succession of “No”s in regards to who in a photo of people at an airport will be allowed to travel, he initially responds to the sight of a little boy in the photo by quickly saying a faux-sincere “Awww!” before immediately saying a stern “NO.”
— The “highly detailed questionnaire” (the fourth-to-last above screencap for this commercial) is hilarious.
— Very sharp satire here. I am loving this commercial.
— Beck’s final line, in which he reacts in frustration to being told over the phone that a judge blocked the travel ban, was clearly thrown in at the last minute, after this commercial was filmed, given the fact that the blocking of the travel ban didn’t happen until the morning of this episode.
STARS: ****½


UCONN DRY FRIDAYS
(host)’s blitzed anecdotes wow college alcohol education class attendees

— Yeesh, Kristen’s delivery of that “no-hawk” bit was AWFUL and ruined the gag.
— Mikey’s always perfect at playing this type of laid-back, affable straight man role who tries to come off relatable to the people he’s speaking to and tries to maintain that laid-back affability when reacting to something weird. I particularly like his delivery of the “You can go ahead and…pop that beanie back on” line that he keeps saying throughout the sketch.
— Kristen’s delivery continues to be very iffy, which is a shame, as her lines in this sketch are very good, and her personality does seem right for this role. Her lines are still somewhat making me laugh despite her iffy delivery, but I can’t help but feel that this sketch would’ve been much better if they had done it with another female host this season. Emma Stone in particular would’ve killed it in this sketch.
STARS: **½


TOTINO
hungry guys go without Totino’s Pizza Rolls amidst torrid lesbian romance

— Our third and final installment of this fantastic annual Super Bowl tradition of SNL’s.
— An absolutely FANTASTIC turn this commercial unexpectedly takes once Vanessa meets Kristen’s character.
— Kristen: “Hi, I’m Sabine. What’s your name?” Vanessa: “I…I never had one.”
— Vanessa, after being told by Kristen to stay with her: “(softly) But…what about my hungry guys?” Kristen: “What are YOU hungry for?”
— The slow-motion montage of Kristen and Vanessa’s romantic, passionate embracing is utterly classic. I particularly love the part with them speaking to each other in a foreign language.
— Overall, a masterpiece, and the absolutely perfect conclusion to this amazing trilogy of Totino’s ads. And after getting familiar with Vanessa’s likable character over the course of these three ads, it’s so satisfying to see her have such a happy conclusion.
STARS: *****


PRESS CONFERENCE
belligerent Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) briefs & berates the press

— The debut of Melissa McCarthy’s Sean Spicer impression.
— When this originally aired, I remember that my shocked “Oh, that’s Melissa McCarthy!” reaction happened at the exact same time as the audience’s, when the camera cut to a close-up of McCarthy about 20 seconds after she entered this sketch.
— I love the extended pause McCarthy’s Spicer takes in the middle of his speech while chewing that ridiculously huge wad of candy.
— A lot of laughs from the ways McCarthy’s Spicer keeps twisting bad statements around to make them seem like the reporters at this press conference were the ones who said them.
— A great sequence with McCarthy’s Spicer using ridiculous props to make his point.
— Feels odd seeing Kristen Stewart playing a reporter like most of the cast is playing, but I guess they had to work the host into this sketch SOMEHOW. McCarthy’s dominant presence here actually made me temporarily forget who the actual host of this episode is.
— A very funny cutaway to Kyle as a CNN reporter locked in a cage.
— The mere gleeful, open-mouthed smile on Kate’s face when she enters as Betsy DeVos is cracking me up.
— A big laugh from the cut-off ending to Kate-as-DeVos’ speech, immediately after her guns-in-schools mention.
— Man, McCarthy is playing this material to perfection (even with the occasional line flubs). Even being aware of the McCarthy-as-Spicer follow-up sketches (none of which I recall being quite as strong as this one, but we’ll see), and the fact that this is the debut of the “women playing male members of Trump’s cabinet” habit that I would end up getting so tired of, I’m still currently finding this first Spicer sketch to be amazing to watch.
STARS: *****


MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Scars To Your Beautiful”


WEEKEND UPDATE
on the eve of the Super Bowl, David Ortiz (KET) lists other endorsements

— Colin and Michael are so damn good by this point of their Update tenures that they even managed to get a lot of great laughs out of Michael completely botching the hell out of his “If your kid’s dog dies, you don’t tell them…etc.” bit.
— I love Colin’s speech about how much we’re learning about government and the world from Trump.
— Some of Kenan-as-Big-Papi’s endorsements tonight aren’t quite as hilarious as usual, but they’re still making me laugh a lot, and his Little Scissors bit is certainly up to par.
— Keeping up tonight’s trend of priceless huge Update gaffes (and priceless huge gaffes in general tonight if you include Kristen’s F-bomb in the monologue), we get a classic one with Colin ending the Big Papi commentary by VERY prematurely saying his “For Weekend Update, I’m Colin Jost” sign-off into the camera, before realizing there’s still several minutes of Update left. When this episode originally aired, this gaffe of Colin’s had me laughing for about a minute straight. Michael also has an excellent ad-lib in response to that gaffe of Colin’s, telling him “You just saved my job”, a callback to Michael’s own huge gaffe earlier in this Update.
— Colin, in an ad-lib right before delivering his first joke after his aforementioned huge gaffe: “I want to quote our host from the monologue.”
— Yet ANOTHER great ad-libbed callback, this time with Michael referring to Lady Gaga as “Lady Haha”, which Kenan’s Big Papi did earlier in this Update.
— Very strong ending to this Update with Michael’s Patriots vs. Falcons joke. This is also a rare Jost/Che Update to NOT end with a guest commentary. (Maybe that explains Colin’s gaffe from earlier.)
STARS: ****½


FAMILY FEUD
Steve Harvey (KET) queries supporters of Falcons & Patriots

— Surprisingly, Kenan’s Steve Harvey isn’t saying his usual comical one-liner about each celebrity contestant right after they make their intro statement.
— Interesting seeing Kristen completely playing against type as Gisele Bundchen.
— I absolutely love Alex’s Casey Affleck impression. He is nailing Affleck’s sleepy, monotone voice, and is also making it funny. As I said in a previous review, I always love when a cast member impersonates someone who recently hosted at the time, as it makes me assume the cast member developed that impression after having gotten used to that host’s voice and mannerisms from working with them all week.
— Kenan’s Steve Harvey, when Kate’s Justin Bieber is trying to impress Kristen’s Bundchen by doing his usual shy/swaggy mannerisms: “I got some bad news for you, playa – that don’t work on women that’s GROWN.”
— The casting of Leslie as Samuel L. Jackson is so damn weird and random that it’s kinda working for me. I’d like to think that weirdness and randomness of the casting is also what Leslie herself is visibly cracking up at.
— I’m enjoying the “laugh” that Bobby’s Bill Belichick keeps doing.
STARS: ***


MEET CUTE
(PED) & (host) agree to date without exchanging information

— Nice seeing Pete do a piece like this, which allows him to stretch his acting chops. He’s doing a very solid job here.
— A good laugh from Mikey’s cold and blunt delivery of “No” in response to a long question Pete dramatically asks him while pouring his heart out.
— Very funny scenes of Pete’s increasing desperation and panicking when trying to find where Kristen lives. I also like how those scenes are juxtaposed with shots of Kristen’s character going through typical upbeat romcom tropes.
— Good ending.
STARS: ****


MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “River Of Tears”


WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Willy Wonka’s golden ticket reveals Charlie’s (host) grandparents’ health

— Wow, and I thought Pete played against type in the Meet Cute short. He’s completely stretching his range in this short. This has to be the most I’ve ever seen him disappear into character. Keep in mind that I haven’t seen SNL’s current 46th season, where I hear Pete’s been better than ever and has been doing well playing types of roles that are very different from what he was previously known for playing. I’m looking forward to seeing that when I reach that season in this project.
— A decent reveal of the grandparents being able to walk, much to Kristen-as-Charlie’s upset shock.
— Kristen, when angrily mentioning the things she did for Mikey when she thought he couldn’t walk: “I washed your balls!” Mikey: “I didn’t ASK you to. I also thought that was strange.”
— I’m pretty meh on that ending.
STARS: ***


GOODNIGHTS


IMMEDIATE POST-SHOW THOUGHTS
— A slow start with the cold opening, monologue, and UConn Dry Fridays sketch (though the U.S. Customs Welcome Video commercial was very strong), but after that, this episode really took off. Two back-to-back five-star segments, one of the best-ever Jost/Che Weekend Updates, a great Meet Cute short, and two decent post-Update sketches. Kinda like this episode itself, Kristen Stewart had a rough start in her first few performances, but after that, she was fine for the rest of the show, and was especially good in the pre-tapes.


MY PERSONAL CHOICE OF “BEST OF” MOMENTS FOR THIS EPISODE, REPRESENTED WITH SCREENCAPS


RATED SEGMENTS RANKED FROM BEST TO WORST
Totino
Press Conference
U.S. Customs Welcome Video
Weekend Update
Meet Cute
Family Feud
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
UConn Dry Fridays
Monologue
Oval Office


HOW THIS EPISODE STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING ONE (Aziz Ansari)
a slight step down


My full set of screencaps for this episode is here


TOMORROW
Alec Baldwin

23 Replies to “February 4, 2017 – Kristen Stewart / Alessia Cara (S42 E13)”

  1. Very strong ep, much more so than Kristen’s next episode which was kind of a disaster IIRC.

    Glad to see Spicer get a full 5. It’s a harbinger of a lot of awful things to come, but as a pure piece of comedy it’s pretty gold. I’m sure some comments will disagree, but let’s remember to play nice, everybody.

  2. “I hate those long mid-sentence pauses Alec often makes as Trump.”

    Even worse is the little purse lips mugging face he CONSTANTLY does as Trump, something the real Trump rarely, if ever, even does.

  3. I feel like Kristen’s hosting talents more than you did. Kristen has a swagger that makes her seem like the coolest person in the world. That Dry Fridays works for me because of that swagger. I imagine it would be harder for Emma Stone do pull that off.

    It is nice thing that Sean Spicer was one of the people that got fired early on in the Trump administration. That prevented Melissa’s McCarthy impression for getting old like (honestly) all of Kate’s impression of people in Trump admin.

    1. Speaking of Spicer, it’s interesting to me SNL gets so much shit for Trump hosting during his campaign, while Colbert doesn’t nearly enough for A: doing a pretty soft couple interviews with him the 2 chances he got, and B: doing a bit with Spicer (in front of a bunch of celebrities cheering him on, including Melissa). I had so much respect for him in his Comedy Central days, and I was so pissed watching both of those. To go from his White House Correspondent’s Dinner speech to…THAT. Ugh.

  4. Melissa McCarthy cameoing as Sean Spicer was the best and worst thing to happen to SNL.

    It got a whole of attention afterwards, but it lead to Lorne and Co. getting random celebrity cameos at the expense of the cast.

  5. To be honest, I forgot about Meet Cute and Family Feud when I typed that previous comment. I do find it funny that a Willy Wonka-related sketch aired at the time I was obsessed with that movie, but that’s just me.

    As for tomorrow’s episode, I feel this is an example of actors hosting SNL after making several cameos that season, like with Larry David the previous season. They’re also doing that later this season with Maya Rudolph. On an unrelated note, I have to ask: if they’re gonna invite an SNL alum to host, why can’t they pick someone who’s never hosted before, like Will Forte or Jason Sudeikis? I’d welcome those two more than Maya.

    Sorry, this blog has given me way too much to think about…

  6. one of the things about watching Kristen’s two episodes she hosted is that her laid back, chill, kinda low-key delivery is just how she is. She was a lot better at playing against-type and going into her range in the pretapes and the second half of the show, but a lot of the first half [and, as i recall, most of her second show] were laden with the low-key, mildly-stoned delivery she’s comfortable with. I do think that said demeanor was a great way of winning over a viewing audience that still thought of her as ‘the lead from the Twilight movies’- arguably her just flat-out admitting ‘i’m so gay, man’ in her monologue paved the way for her as a lead actor more than any other public outing could have done. So, regardless of the quality of the show, I do think this SNL changed her career trajectory a great deal. Also, right after doing this episode she chops off all her hair and films Underwater, which wouldn’t come out until after her second hosting appearance.

    Speaking of, you can tell they thought highly of Kristen as a host/presence cause they invite her back despite dropping an f-bomb. Add her to the wall with Aerosmith and Paul Shaffer.

    Totino is the Warmest Color [okay maybe it’s just me that calls it that] is the best of the three Totinos ones. No contest.

  7. Stewart is just too laid back for me as a host. I guess it’s better than chewing the scenery, but bored and too cool for school isn’t good either. Just my .02. I was shocked when she was brought back.

  8. Here’s Chris and Sarah after leaving the show talking about all three Totino’s pieces. Included is Chris’ suggestion that they took the love story out of the house, but Sarah said it should stay in the kitchen.

    https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/snl-totinos-sketches-vanessa-bayer-chris-kelly-sarah-schneider-interview.html

    Also, here’s Vanessa answering a question during her most recent Watch What Happens Live appearance where she has to rate the kisses between Pratt, Gosling and Stewart.

  9. Absolute love this episode. One of my all time favorites for all the reasons you explained in your review, added by the fact that I actually enjoyed Kristen Stewart’s awkward energy. I only knew her from Twilight so I was really glad to see that her mopey demeanor was just relegated to those films; she came off fun here. I think I have a thing for awkward and/or non-descript hosts considering the Louis Gossett Jr. and Matthew Fox episodes are also some of my favorites.

    “I can’t help but feel that this sketch would’ve been much better if they had done it with another female host this season. Emma Stone in particular would’ve killed it in this sketch.”

    IIRC, large swaths of Stewart’s season 45 episode were things cut from a previous Emma Stone dress rehearsal. That episode has garnered an infamous reputation but I think there are worse ones in that season. A huge step down from this one though.

    “Keep in mind that I haven’t seen SNL’s current 46th season, where I hear Pete’s been better than ever and has been doing well playing types of roles that are very different … I’m looking forward to seeing that when I reach that season in this project.”

    To quell potential disappointment, my previous comments about Pete made his improvement sound more drastic than it is (I know I wasn’t the only one commenting this, but still.) He gets a greater variety of roles than just “young guy” now, but there are brief moments in season 44 where he plays against type too, so it’s not a super abrupt transition. It’s him getting better at live sketches in general that made it come off abrupt.

    1. Also, the Dry Fridays sketch might be the weakest piece aside from the open, but even that has “go ahead and pop that beanie back on” which is the quintessential Mikey Day line that I still see quoted to this day. That’s all you need to show someone to explain what he contributes to the cast.

      It’s hilarious to me when Mikey shows more understated discomfort, so it’s disappointing that that’s gone away lately. The “don’t say ‘damn’ please” from the previous episode is another fun example.

    2. Yeah, I don’t know if there will be much as much of a gap between Pete 44 and 46 in the faster pace of these reviews, especially because his 44 sketches can be watched now without being negated by the sobering news about his mental health struggles through the season. Zapping through those 15 episodes of season 45 also doesn’t have the same impact as how profoundly uncomfortable and strange Pete’s situation was (trashing the show in interviews, missing so many episodes that at one point I was pretty sure Rachel Dratch had made more appearances than he had, that damage control promo he did with Mulaney, etc.)

      I do think we all have overhyped Pete’s work, but I still believe it’s been very good this season.

    3. This is true that part of the reason Pete’s commitment in the new season has been so impressive is that in S45 he seemed to care about the show less than ever.

  10. I’m going to be contrary about the season 45 episode – there’s only one sketch that seriously annoys me (the dog reporter sketch – probably the apex of animal-based sketches that season). I can also see why many people felt that the cold open was Elizabeth Warren propaganda (although at least it is tightly written and does not have 15 cameos). The monologue is mostly awkward. The episode has that odd, unfinished energy that a lot of episodes have had in recent years, which hurts much of the live portion of the night. However, there are several sketches that try to stay out of the norm and mostly work, there’s also one of my favorite sketches (weak ending aside) of last season as well as probably being the best of Aidy’s many “vamping” sketches (New Paint), two wonderful pre-tapes, an interesting Heidi and Melissa Update feature, and Kristen herself remains a compelling presence, pure nerves but difficult to look away from. I saw some people (@Ruby may have been one) who suggested that Kristen’s nerves in the first episode may have been tempered by her cursing in the monologue (similar to how Bill Hader’s nerves were calmed when he would screw up a line), whereas in her second stint, she never quite got that break. I don’t think it’s a bad episode by any means – I think it’s one of a number of episodes around that time (Will Ferrell’s being another) which get a harsh appraisal because of many longstanding problems surrounding SNL, but which still have worthwhile moments.

    As for the 2017 episode, I think it’s pretty strong. This season mostly knows what to do with hosts, so it’s not all down to her, but I do think Kristen is an example of the bizarre dynamics of SNL. You have longtime comic talents like Paul Rudd or Steve Carell who just never quite fit into the show for me, whereas Kristen seemed to click without a great deal of difficulty. Take the Dry Friday sketch – I think Emma Stone would have been fine too, but there’s an authenticity to Kristen’s performance that helps lift this from the familiar and somewhat phony work from a number of the cast here. And of course, Kristen is excellent in the pre-tapes. I love this ending for Totino’s and I also love that I don’t have to qualify my praise because as is often the case, the idea is good but the execution is not. Both are fantastic.

    (I have seen some Youtube comments wondering if Beck is playing the same character each time and got together with Vanessa once she and JK Simmons broke up, only to treat her the exact same way)

    If I try to isolate this Spicer sketch, there are some moments worth watching, but it’s just not really to my taste – high-energy, but very exhausting and mostly reliant on a system that guarantees diminishing returns. It’s basically Matt Foley all over again (no wonder Melissa wanted to play him).

    Moving beyond the sketch, the chain reaction of complete absurdity and putting much too much importance on SNL’s place in society or in politics was truly embarrassing. In general there is way too much navel-gazing about SNL’s political material, but it reached past parody status here. I still cringe when I think of Rosie O’Donnell changing her Twitter profile to a ‘shopped image of herself as Steve Bannon to try to get a cameo. And for all the hype about how these appearances caused Sean Spicer to be fired and how important the material was as a result, Spicer went on to be embraced by the industry, chumming it up on awards shows with Colbert and appearing on Dancing With the Stars, before sliding right back into a high-profile, well-paid job. So what did he lose, exactly?

    The only ones that lost are the viewers who had to sit through months of media puffery and years of female cast members going in drag and mugging away to try to recreate a 2017 sugar high.

    Promos:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDzwSYj3LQ

  11. I now think this was the first ep of “SNL” I watched on my new big-screen TV while my house was being renovated after the flood the previous August. And for those wondering, this will be the last time I even mention my living conditions during this period…Oh, and yes, Melissa McCarthy’s portrayal of Sean Spicer was over-the-top hilarious! Subsequent sketches, not as much but I remember still laughing somewhat during those as well…

  12. The rare Baldwin Trump opening where Alec doesn’t say “Live from New York…” The only only other one was three years later in the J.J. Watt episode.

    Totino is the perfect capper to a strong trilogy. I honestly got a bit emotional during this one when rewatching all three of them back-to-back in a compilation.

    Charlie’s Grandparents feels like someone just discovered the joke online that week and made it into a sketch. There’s barely a twist to the premise beyond pointing out how easily Grandpa Joe got out of bed. It did take a minute for me to realize it was Pete when watching it live though, so props for that. Vanessa’s line was funny, but even that was diminished by having her repeat it.

    1. “Charlie’s Grandparents feels like someone just discovered the joke online that week and made it into a sketch.”

      Yea, I thought I remembered that being one of those jokes you see every once in a while online – kind of like the thing about Raiders and how Indy doesn’t actually affect the plot.

  13. One way to describe why the Spicer sketch works here, but later celebrity cameos do not is through this trope:
    https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FranchiseOriginalSin

    Basically, the concept worked initially for Tina as Sarah Palin or Larry David as Bernie because it was spot-on casting that highlighted the public consensus of their similar appearance (it helped that their impressions were likable too) and there was an understanding that the candidates had little chance of being elected into office by the time they were satirized on the show. When it came to Alec Baldwin, however, his impression was meant to be a temporary gig that could be used to generate ratings to recreate the ’08 buzz before Kate would supposedly play the president. Since no one at the show thought he was going to win, the impression had a concise, memorable characterization with a clear ending written in. Instead of recasting the role after the election, they took the route of trying to hold on to the media attention Baldwin gave them and continued having him return for all four years of the term.

    In the case of Melissa as Spicer, it sprung from being the person best suited for portraying the manic energy of the role along with the convenience of her being in New York during that particular period. This meant there was time to create a fleshed-out interpretation and rehearse the part, unlike future celebrity guest stars who would typically arrive just for the live show to put on a wig and quote one of their own movies.

    Because of the success the Spicer segment brought, they doubled down on the cameos while taking airtime away from the cast. It’s gotten to the point where having no cameos is a bigger surprise. The Aziz Ansari show is the first of only six episodes from Season 41 to now without any cameos at all (and two of those episodes still have Baldwin doing a voice-over). The endless cameo-fests brought us low points such as an extended “Meet the Parents” recreation, bringing on James Corden despite having zero prior connection to the show, and the 2020 debate sketches that drag on forever with little to none of the cast in them.

    It doesn’t help that there’s an unspoken rule where only one person can play a certain role. Gone are the days where Will Ferrell could leave a popular impression behind while someone else takes over in spite of how difficult it ended up being. Now you have Fred Armisen making numerous appearances to do Michael Bloomberg just because he played him a few times when he was in the cast.

    Another facet that comes from this sketch is the women playing male politicians. Starting out as just an initial sight gag before the material overshadowed it, the fact that that Sean Spicer wasn’t played by a man was enough to rile the guy and have the show expand the bit with Kate to try and get another reaction. It reached the point where she has basically played all of the male cabinet members interchangeably without good material to back the impressions, mainly relying on the tired novelty of a woman playing a man.

    In short, the celebrity cameos worked initially due to the circumstances, but their constant use resulted in empty pandering for cheap applause and media attention for easy clickbait articles. Jim Carrey stepping down from the Biden impression and Alex playing the role are small steps in the right direction, although it’s currently unclear if it will stick.

    1. You said that almost none of the Regular Cast was in The Debate Sketches ! Kate was Elizabeth Warren ! Bowen Yang Played Andrew Yang ! Colin Joist Played What I Call Mayor Pete ! They DID Have Maya Play Kamala Harris ! They DID Have Rachel Dratch Play Amy Kublarchar !

  14. I remember the day after this episode aired. I didn’t see it but my (female) friend was very excited about Kristen Stewart saying she’s gay, while I was excited about the fact that she dropped the F-bomb (my friend must have made it sound a lot worse than it actually was).

    This was a great final installment to the Totino’s commercials (though the second one is my favorite). And what the hell, the Sean Spicer sketch was in THIS episode? I completely forgot Kristen Stewart was in it. Hard to remember anyone in that sketch who wasn’t Melissa McCarthy tbh.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Discover more from The 'One SNL a Day' Project

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading