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December 20, 2014 – Amy Adams / One Direction (S40 E10)

Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars

A VERY SOMBER CHRISTMAS WITH SAM SMITH / DR. EVIL ADDRESS
Dr. Evil (MIM) thinks North Korea & Sony Pictures should up their game

— At first, I almost thought Beck’s opening voice-over was him attempting to do a Don Pardo vocal imitation.
— Taran’s Sam Smith impression is always funny.
— Was it intentional for Taran to point in the wrong direction when singing the “decorate the tree” lyric? The tree is in the opposite direction he pointed to.
— Wow, Mike Myers as Dr. Evil out of freakin’ nowhere!
— Mike has absolutely still got it as Dr. Evil.
— Ha, when this originally aired, I remember wondering if that Uber mention from Dr. Evil infuriated the SNL fans who complained online about the various Uber mentions that this season’s Chris Rock episode contained.
— Some good lines and slams from Mike’s Dr. Evil here, including the self-deprecating Love Guru slam. However, the humor in this Dr. Evil speech isn’t quite as strong as I want it to be, and a few of his slams feel too tame.
STARS: ***½


MONOLOGUE
KRW adds pizzazz to host’s rendition of “We Need A Little Christmas”

— MUSICAL MONOLOGUE WARNING
— Wait, screw what I said above. More like: KRISTEN WIIG CAMEO WARNING
— The audience proceeds to give Kristen’s entrance what practically feels like a 30-second applause break. Oh, so you mean she’s NOT still in the cast? Could’ve fooled me with how often she’s appeared after leaving.
— Amy Adams, to Kristen: “Isn’t this the second time you’ve crashed my monologue?” Hell, Amy, it’s the second time Kristen crashed someone’s monologue THIS SEASON. Also, to nitpick, Kristen technically didn’t crash your previous monologue, Amy. You brought her up onstage yourself to address the facial resemblance that people say you and her have.
— At least Kristen appearing in Bill Hader’s monologue earlier this season made sense, given the Skeleton Twins movie Bill was promoting. But this??? Come the hell on, SNL. Learn to cut the umbilical cord with Kristen already!
— I did at least get a laugh just now from Kristen randomly telling an SNL stagehand, “Thank you, Mariah Carey.” Kristen is admittedly always solid at delivering random one-liners like that in a very straitlaced, deadpan manner.
— Ugh, this Wiig-involved “We Need A Little Christmas” musical number is a chore to sit through. And I hate that I’m being so salty towards such a jolly, fun-loving traditional Christmas song, but a Wiig cameo in an era bombarded with Wiig cameos tends to have that effect on me.
STARS: *½


ASIAN AMERICAN DOLL
to avoid political incorrectness, Asian American Doll is a blank slate

— I love Cecily-as-the-voice-over’s disclosure that the company had to have a lot of sensitivity meetings about their doll.
— Yikes, an odd audio gaffe during a close-up of Vanessa (in the ONLY appearance she’ll be making all night, by the way) speaking, where you can hear audio of an SNL stagehand testing out a microphone live in SNL’s studio, which drowns out the line that Vanessa’s saying at this moment.
— Cecily, in a kind manner, towards the little girl asking a string of questions about the Asian American Doll: “You ask a lot of questions. You should go play outside”, a very funny line that’s accompanied by a great shot of Vanessa guiding that little girl out of the room.
— Hilarious bit with Vanessa getting cut off when struggling badly to come up with a non-offensive phrase that the Asian American Doll can say when you pull her string.
— So many fantastic lines from Cecily, doing terrific work as the commercial’s voice-over.
— An absolutely priceless bit with one of the little girls questioning the puppy and chef hat accessories by wondering if the chef hat is so the doll can eat the puppy because she’s Asian, resulting in Cecily as the voice-over going into a total panic and Vanessa nervously leaving the room in a hurry. To me, that’s the moment that officially propels this already-perfect commercial into a bonafide classic.
— I feel that, in a lot of ways, this commercial is like a companion piece to The Dudleys commercial from earlier this season in the Woody Harrelson episode. (And Chris Kelly & Sarah Schneider wrote both, I believe.) As fantastic and sharp as that Dudleys commercial is, I’ve personally always felt that this Asian American Doll commercial is an even better variation of that concept, which is why I only gave The Dudleys a four-and-a-half-star rating in my review of it. I was saving the five-star rating for this.
STARS: *****


TENDERFIELD CHRISTMAS 2014
family’s video Christmas card documents unhappy events from the past year

— An interesting and unique structure to this sketch.
— I like the way the “…in my Christmas sweatpants!” lyric is being used as a recurring lyric throughout this, especially whenever it’s said after a disturbing revelation.
— I’m enjoying the increasingly unfortunate family stories being told.
— The way this ended felt kinda flat.
STARS: ***


SERIAL
Sarah Koenig’s (CES) podcast has Kris Kringle (KYM) skepticism

— I’m admittedly not familiar at all with Serial, but that’s never stopped me from finding this spoof of it to be absolutely fantastic. Even without having any familiarity with the source material, I have no trouble following the tone and style that this spoof is going for, and this spoof absolutely works for me on its own merits.
— Another outstanding performance from Cecily tonight.
— I absolutely love Kyle as a realistic, dodgy Kris Kringle. In particular, the phone calls messages of him throughout this are excellent.
— Man, the tone of this short, the acting, the humor, the way such a silly concept is being played so straight… everything in this is pure perfection.
— The courtroom sketch drawing of Aidy is hilarious, and is accompanied perfectly by the specific voice she’s using in her voice-over during it.
— Overall, an absolutely brilliant pre-tape, a season highlight, and an SNL highlight in general. I remember there were a lot of SNL reviewers at the time who didn’t like this Serial spoof at all and considered it to be overlong and a complete bore, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there are some SNL fans who still feel that way about it today, but let’s just say I strongly disagree and can’t understand the negativity.
STARS: *****


GIRLFRIENDS TALK SHOW
dance squad members (musical guest) enchant Morgan

— Much like the Ex-Porn Stars recurring sketch, this Girlfriends Talk Show recurring sketch making its first appearance this far into the season is proof that it’s being phased out.
— I love Aidy’s delivery of her character’s awkward attempt at a sassy comeback: “You better take your chewable vitamins…along with your bitch sandwich…and then…go ahead and sit on the sandwich AS WELL!”
— Cue the incessant screams from teen girls in the audience upon One Direction making their obligatory sketch appearance of the night.
— Cecily’s “My boyfriend’s crazy” stories are beyond formulaic and tired by this point.
— Overall, aside from some good lines from Aidy as usual, this recurring sketch continues to be well past its expiration date, and the unnecessary One Direction involvement didn’t exactly help solve my lack of enthusiasm towards this sketch.
STARS: **


OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY
workers go mildly wild in corporate environment

— The first of many Pete Davidson rap videos, though, IIRC, these don’t become a regular thing until years later.
— The song itself isn’t very catchy, unlike a lot of SNL’s songs in this type of music video in this era (e.g. Boy Dance Party), but there are enough amusing things shown happening in this video, such as a drunken, uncontrolled Aidy diving into the Christmas tree. However, I’m not finding this short anywhere near as epic as SNL wants me to.
— Something about Pete’s rapper voice is coming off Samberg-lite at certain points of this short, though I know that’s not intentional.
STARS: ***


MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Night Changes”


WEEKEND UPDATE
sniper attention leads BOM to call off his Kim Jong-un impression

MIC’s hard-luck neighbor Willie (KET) has unwarranted positive attitude

songs from Hanukkah album by Garth & Kat seem rather off-the-cuff

 

— The direct message that Michael delivers towards Kim Jong-un is funny, right from his memorable opening line: “Look, Kimberly….”
— A solid meta turn to Bobby’s Kim Jong-un commentary, reminding me of the Update commentary that Andy Samberg once did as Sarah Palin.
— The sniper laser bit is a very funny ending to Bobby’s commentary, as is him trying to save face by claiming he’s Seth Rogen.
— Ah, our very first of many instances over the years of Michael or Colin doing an Update joke where the punchline is about their co-anchor. In tonight’s case, Michael’s “Now That’s What Jost Calls Music” punchline was hilarious, as was the accompanying photo of that album cover (the fifth-to-last above screencap for this Update).
— The debut of Kenan’s Willie character, who I’ve always loved.
— Lots of funny depressing stories from Willie about himself, delivered in a jolly manner. However, with this being his first appearance, the disturbing nature of his stories is fairly tame here compared to later appearances of his, where they up the ante on the disturbing humor.
— I recall hearing that Michael took some heat from some online SNL fans for his mispronunciation of “sedatives”, leading him to go off on one of his infamous back-and-forth arguments with people online. Did such a heated, nasty argument really break out over a mere (and understandable) mispronunciation of a word? Geez, I guess it’s a good thing social media didn’t exist yet when Joe Pesci mispronounced “maniacal” in a Joe Pesci Show sketch he cameoed in.
— The return of Garth & Kat?!?? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDI– (*without even finishing that last sentence, Stooge immediately douses himself with gasoline and sets himself aflame, welcoming the sweet pain that brings, finding it to be far more soothing than sitting through another dreaded Garth & Kat commentary*)
— Once again, I ask, has Kristen Wiig left the cast? Oh, the same goes for Fred Armisen, for that matter.
— Oh, how I look forward to seeing these wretched Garth & Kat characters deservedly bomb HARD with the audience when they appear in SNL’s then-upcoming 40th Anniversary Special that I’ll be reviewing when we come to that point of this season.
STARS: *** (as usual, Garth & Kat’s commentary was bad and overlong enough to bring Weekend Update’s rating down half a star)


A VERY CUBAN CHRISTMAS
lifted embargo inspires a scattershot special

— Because we didn’t already have enough Fred Armisen in our lives, we now hear him doing the voice-over throughout this sketch. Is he further trying to prove my point that it doesn’t feel like he ever left the cast?
— So far, the format of this sketch seems very boring, and seems like the type of “musical TV special” sketch I often dislike in recent SNL seasons like this.
— It’s now a minute-and-a-half later, and yep, I’m indeed very bored by this sketch.
— Kate playing her stock “brash hardass” role. As been-there-done-that as it feels here, it’s still working more for me than almost anything else in this sketch.
— Aaaaaaand there goes Fred now appearing in person in this sketch. (*sigh*) I know he’s part Venezuelan, but his appearance in this Cuban sketch still feels completely unnecessary. Lorne’s endless hard-on for nostalgia towards SNL’s then-recent late 00s/early 10s era just makes me shake my head, given how way-too-recent that era is at this point in 2014 for constant nostalgia and mini-reunions.
— Poor Beck has been almost completely non-existent tonight. I could use his and Vanessa’s extreme lack of appearances tonight as another excuse to bitch about how Fred and Kristen are taking away airtime from actual current cast members, but I don’t even have the strength anymore.
— Not even the Obama bit is anything great.
STARS: *½


MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Ready to Run”


A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS
in 1947, raccoons (KAM), (host), (CES) get to be human nightclub singers

— I recall absolutely hating this sketch when it originally aired, dismissing it as typical James Anderson/Kent Sublette-written tripe. However, it would later grow on me. I’m not even fully sure why it grew on me, but I think it has to do with the fact that, when re-watching it and knowing in hindsight about the raccoon reveal at the end, it causes Amy, Kate, and Cecily’s questionable actions to make sense and come off funnier to me than it did when I originally watched this sketch live and had no knowledge of the ending twist that was coming.
— I’m still enjoying this sketch in my current viewing, despite some typical annoying Anderson/Sublette tropes in this (e.g. Amy’s character being named Frebecca).
— The comically brief songs from the ladies are amusing me.
— As I somewhat implied above, I strangely like the ending reveal of the ladies actually being raccoons, and I also like the silly visual of puppet raccoons singing one of the (oddly catchy) brief jingles from earlier in this sketch.
STARS: ***


WHISKERS R’ WE
Barbara & her new girlfriend (host) give away cats

— Are literally half of this episode’s sketches (including the monologue) written by Anderson and/or Sublette?
— I liked this sketch in its first installment, but I can’t say this is working much for me as a recurring sketch. I’m finding most of the humor here only mildly funny at best. And it’s pure laziness to just repeat the same sexually frisky behavior that the character played by the host displays towards Kate’s character. At least give the character played by the host their own individual characteristic in each installment of this sketch.
— I did like Kate’s line just now towards a touchy-feely Amy: “I think you know where the cat ends and my boobs begin.”
STARS: **½


GOODNIGHTS

IMMEDIATE POST-SHOW THOUGHTS
— Despite two outstanding highlights, both of which are all-time favorites of mine (Asian American Doll and Serial), this episode was fairly meh as a whole. There were too many things that I either didn’t care for or felt were forgettably average, there was too much of the tired and completely unnecessary cameos from Kristen Wiig and Fred Armisen, and there was a little too much of a “James Anderson/Kent Sublette influence” feel to the night (even if I liked their raccoons sketch).


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


RATED SEGMENTS RANKED FROM BEST TO WORST
Asian American Doll
Serial
A Very Somber Christmas with Sam Smith / Dr. Evil Address
A Magical Christmas
Weekend Update
Tenderfield Christmas 2014
Office Christmas Party
Girlfriends Talk Show
Whiskers R’ We
A Very Cuban Christmas
Monologue


HOW THIS EPISODE STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING ONE (Martin Freeman)
a big step down


My full set of screencaps for this episode is here


TOMORROW
We enter the year 2015, with host Kevin Hart

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March 8, 2008 – Amy Adams / Vampire Weekend (S33 E7)

Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars

CALL DRAMATIZATION
panicky president Barack Obama (FRA) calls Hillary Clinton (AMP) at 3am

— Interesting format for a cold opening, with most of this being a pre-taped attack ad consisting only of still photos and voice-overs. I like this change of pace for a cold opening.
— Some pretty good laughs from Fred-as-Barack-Obama’s angry, bleep-filled rant.
— I love Fred’s Obama asking “The wwwwwhat treaty?!?” in response to Poehler’s Hillary Clinton mentioning the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
— Fred’s Obama voice still isn’t good, but at least it’s better than that ridiculous, Hanna-Barbera cartoon-esque voice he used in the preceding episode.
— The advice Poehler’s Hillary is giving Fred’s Obama on increasingly minor things is pretty funny.
— The live, post-ad message from Poehler’s Hillary feels kinda unnecessary and a little overlong, despite a few laughs.
STARS: ***½


MONOLOGUE
host & KRW sing “What Is This Feeling?” to voice their sisterly loathing

— I see SNL is addressing the Amy Adams/Kristen Wiig facial resemblance that I remember people used to point out in Kristen’s first few seasons on SNL.
— Oh, no. This turns into a musical monologue, just when I was kinda liking where this monologue was going.
— Not caring at all for this musical number.
— At least the slapping/punching bit during the mid-song interlude is pretty funny.
STARS: **


MIRROR IMAGE
identical twin teens’ (host) & (KRW) identity ruse unravels

— Right out of the gate after the monologue, we already get a sketch pairing Adams and Kristen as twins.
— Pretty funny premise of the bad attempt to pass Kristen off as Adams’ twin.
— I’m so tired of the constant winking gag throughout this.
— Something about Kristen’s pratfall through a breakaway table came off hacky here.
— The goofy, juvenile atmosphere of this sketch isn’t quite working for me, and is yet another season 33 sketch that, in hindsight, feels to me like an unfortunate harbinger of the type of bad sketches Kristen would frequently star in in seasons 34-37.
STARS: **


COUPLES THERAPY
(WLF) is blind to contractual nature of citizenship-seeking (AMP)’s love

— The setting of this brings back memories of that Poison Therapy sketch from the preceding season’s Drew Barrymore episode.
— Good character for Poehler, and her performance and delivery are cracking me up throughout this.
— Good reveal of how Poehler’s illegal immigrant character met Will.
STARS: ***½


HERO SONG
Batman-wannabe (ANS) is repeatedly punched by mugger (JAS)

— Even though it’s non-comedic, I absolutely LOVE the song Andy’s singing, and it’s being accompanied by some great nighttime scenery of high-rise buildings.
— A huge laugh from Andy’s song suddenly getting cut off by Jason punching him ENDLESSLY.
— There’s a “Sideshow Bob rake sequence” quality to the endless punching, in that it starts out funny, then stops being funny due to going on so long, then goes BACK to being funny because of how long it’s going on.
— A funny gruesome part with Andy spitting out blood after one of the punches.
— Why did they have a car block the visual of Andy getting a mailbox dumped onto him?
— I like the silent, abrupt ending to this.
STARS: ****


FIERCE: THE HOT MESS MAKE-OVER SHOW
catchphrases rule Bravo reality show

— When this sketch originally aired, it went completely over my head, as I had no familiarity (and still don’t, to this day) with Project Runway, nor the guy from it who Poehler is playing. In fact, I didn’t even know back when this sketch originally aired that Poehler was playing a guy. I assumed Poehler was playing a woman, until I read online discussions of this episode shortly after the episode’s original airing (and according to those discussions, Poehler’s portrayal of this guy was spot-on). Seems kinda odd to have an effeminate man be played by a woman, but I guess it’s no different from any of the times SNL has had a man play a butch woman.
— Even watching this sketch now, it’s doing nothing for me. SNL has quite a number of TV/movie spoofs that work for all viewers, regardless of whether or not you’re familiar with the TV show or movie being spoofed. This particular sketch, on the other hand, feels to me like it falls under the “You have to be familiar with the specifics of what’s being parodied in order to ‘get’ it” category.
— I am at least liking Casey’s straight man performance.
STARS: *½


MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “A-Punk”


WEEKEND UPDATE
third-party candidate Tim Calhoun makes his case for the presidency

AMP sings theme song of Ghostbusters ripoff Brooklyn Ghost Investigations

European comic Jean K. Jean’s (KET) humor has a continental flavor

— Fuck yeah! Tim Calhoun!
— Tonight’s Tim Calhoun commentary seems to be relying on puns a little more than usual, but everything here is still working for me. My favorite is the bit about a cow college. I also love the running bit with Calhoun’s awkward smile towards the audience.
— What the holy hell was with that “Joke of the week!” confetti thing after Poehler’s smallest gun joke?
— Oh, god. This Ghostbusters theme song bit with Poehler is just plain annoying, and feels like a throwback to the typical bad, annoying, hacky stuff she and Tina Fey would do together during the Fey/Poehler era of Update. Between the aforementioned baffling “Joke of the week!” confetti thing and now this, what’s going on with Poehler in tonight’s Update? She’s relapsing badly in regards to her worst habits as an Update anchor that she had curbed (to an extent) ever since Seth became her Update co-anchor.
— The debut of Kenan’s Jean K. Jean character.
— The comedic conceit of this Jean K. Jean character actually isn’t bad at all, and Kenan’s performance is very fun and likable. He’s executing this really well. I know quite a number of people (even some Kenan Thompson defenders) can’t stand this character, but I gotta say, based on his debut tonight, I don’t get the hate. I’m reacting positively to him in this inaugural appearance of his. However, we’ll see how I’ll feel about him in his subsequent appearances.
STARS: **½


TRAFFIC SCHOOL
at traffic school, Penelope ultimately makes good on her boasts

— I recall it being pointed out by a lot of online SNL fans that there’s a distracting female background extra in this sketch who spends this sketch unprofessionally smiling really big both towards the camera and in reaction to things the main characters are saying. After all these years, I’ve never had a chance to go back and see these background antics for myself….until now.
— Oh, wow. Right out of the gate, I’m noticing the overly-smiley background extra (the second above screencap for this sketch). It was easier to spot her than I thought.
— I continue to be surprised by how tolerant I continue to be towards Kristen’s Penelope routine. Four sketches in, and this character is still getting decent laughs from me.
— After the first minute or so of this sketch, the aforementioned smiley background lady has actually gotten into character, keeping a serious face and making disapproving facial reactions to ridiculous things Kristen’s Penelope is saying. The way people online talked about this lady made it seem like she made distracting smiley faces all throughout this entire sketch, which is not true.
— A particularly hilarious line from Penelope claiming that’s her eye on the pyramid on the dollar bill. That’s probably my favorite one-liner of hers out of all of her sketches.
STARS: ***


DR. UNCLE JIMMY’S SMOKEHOUSE AND OUTPATIENT SURGICAL FACILITY
Dr. Uncle Jimmy (WLF) mixes smokehouse with outpatient surgical facility

— Oh, I recall this being a typical brilliant Will Forte piece, one that I had completely forgotten until now.
— Great character voice from Will.
— A very creative oddball premise of a BBQ restaurant/outpatient surgical facility hybrid.
— A good laugh from how Bill’s endorsement of this business is “Sure, you could find better barbecue or a safer surgical experience………”, and then he just stares at the camera, never completing his sentence with an expected “but…etc.”.
— Amusing how one of the critic “reviews” of this business is a police report stating “They’re performing surgery at a barbeque restaurant”.
— I love the “I hope those aren’t my ribs!” bit with Jason and Andy.
— Funny mix-up between the blood and barbecue IV bags.
STARS: ****


ROGER CLEMENS PRESENTS
Roger Clemens’ (JAS) play depicts the nightmare of steroids-free baseball

— This sketch was cut after the preceding episode’s dress rehearsal. Ellen Page played Amy Adams’ role in that version.
— Hilarious opening visual of Jason with those fake muscles.
— Darrell makes his only appearance of the night in this late-in-the-show sketch, playing a small, non-celebrity-impression role. Feels like a precursor to all the useless small non-celebrity-impression roles he’ll be given in the post-election half of the following season (his final season), after just about all of his celebrity impressions have outlived their usefulness.
— Jason’s rage-filled attitude and outbursts as Roger Clemens are priceless. He’s so perfect for this role.
— Poehler seems to be playing lots of male roles this season.
— Second consecutive sketch tonight containing a scene with Andy in a hospital room, this time with him playing the patient instead of the doctor.
— A great angry rant from Jason’s Clemens at the end of this sketch.
STARS: ***½


THE TOOKIE STYLES SHOW
25 years after its cable access run, Tookie Styles’ (KET) show is on DVD

— Holy hell. Talk about a sketch I had completely forgotten about until now. I fucking HATED this sketch back when this episode originally aired. Pretty much felt it was one of the worst sketches I had ever seen SNL air. Let’s see if it’s as bad as I remember it to be.
— I did at least get a laugh just now from the first instance of a Tookie Styles interview/dance sequence getting cut off by gunfire and the interviewee being rushed out of the scene.
— Bill’s character’s amused demeanor is charming.
— Aaaaaaaand there goes the endless repetition of the gunfire joke.
— We at least get a fake-out with Amy Adams’ character, with how the gunfire doesn’t happen during her initial appearance, but instead happens when she comes back to get her purse.
— Something about Kenan’s delivery of his discreet “Things have not been going so well for me lately” aside to the camera at the end of this sketch made that line much funnier than it had any right to be.
— Overall, still not a good sketch, but certainly not as horrible as I originally deemed it to be back in 2008. There was a weird goofy charm that made the poor script a little more tolerable.
STARS: **


MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “M79”


CELEBRATIONS
(AMP), (host), (CAW), (KRW) repurpose their old dance routine in a bar

— Casey gets her first real lead role.
— Bill has been all over tonight’s episode, as opposed to the measly one late-in-the-show appearance he made in the preceding episode.
— Very funny first dance from the ladies.
— Even more laughs from the ladies doing a very fast-paced version of the same dance to the fast-tempo second song that’s playing.
— Even though it’s predictable, it’s still funny seeing the ladies now doing a slow-paced version of the same dance to the slow-tempo third song that’s playing.
— I like the ladies unsuccessfully attempting to do their dance to Jason’s cellphone ringtone.
— Funny bit at the end with Bill already having the ladies’ purses ready for them.
— Great sketch overall, and a strong first big showcase for Casey.
STARS: ****


GOODNIGHTS

IMMEDIATE POST-SHOW THOUGHTS
— A decent episode, despite some flops. The second half of the episode was definitely stronger than the first half.


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


HOW THIS EPISODE STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING ONE (Ellen Page)
a step up


My full set of screencaps for this episode is here


TOMORROW
For the first time since all the way back in season 1, SNL dares to attempt a fourth consecutive live episode without having taken any weeks off in between. Future five-timer Jonah Hill makes his hosting debut.