Welcome to the latestSNLin Review experience tonight’s show is hosted byCarey Mulligan, with musical guestKid Cudi.
I am joined tonight by Siobhan Fallon Hogan, who was aSaturday Night Livecast member in the early ’90s.
She says Mulligan’s performance at the Atlantic “was truly inspiring.
Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
She is a fantastic actress.”
Fallon Hogan is looking forward to seeingPromising Young Woman.
Cold Open: Minnesota News
We open withEye on Minnesota, KDBD midday news.
“We have seen this movie before,” Ego says.
They keep putting their feet in their mouths, as things get heated.
“It’s a good dialogue,” suggests McKinnon.
Their weatherman (Chris Redd) does not want to get involved.
He’s in trouble for being in thePaul Pierce video.
“We lost royalty,” says McKinnon, referring tothe death of Prince Phillip.
Kenan and Ego want to salutethe late DMX.
“There must be something we can agree on!”
This has Michael Che’s fingerprints all over it same with Gary Richardson and Josh Patten.
It’s the show grappling with some fraught, charged material, and mining (vaguely familiar) laughs.
She acknowledges that people often confuse her with Michelle Williams.
“She is such a great actress,” says Fallon Hogan.
“SNLis lucky to have her.
She is trained, so she knows exactly what she’s doing, comedy or drama.”
Mulligan’s husband, Marcus Mumford, turns up in the audience.
His band has playedSNLthree times that puts them in a unique husband-wife category.
He has his guitar and is willing to perform.
He’s upstaging her a bit here!
Which I suppose is the point.
Gwyneth and Chris Martin?
We’ve seen it before, though the giggles from the audience suggest I am in the minority.
Naturally, Kenan is the (half-vaccinated) host.
The winner gets KY Jam.
Eventually Mulligan correctly guesses one picture: mixed haircuts.
Lots of outlandish one-liners; if that’s your style of humor, great!
Principal Aidy Bryant and custodian Kenan Thompson find something awful in the toilet during a school recital.
“Lit the whole damn thing up!”
They sit together, and “the Beyonce of their science class” makes a move.
Josh calls his best friend, Jason (Aidy Bryant) for advice.
Allison Gates and Anna Drezen penned this one, I think.
They really do a nice job of capturing these aching, awkward moments.
There are some dramatic beats, which suit Mulligan’s skills nicely!
Weird Little Flute ft. “Big Pimpin',” “Sure Shot,” and “Mask Off” all had it.
December host Timothee Chalamet even pops up, as they enter a musical instrument store run by Mulligan.
He’s got Chris Farley’s headshot printed on his T-shirt, which is so nice.
Cudi first appeared back during the season 44 premiere, performing “Ghost Town” with Kanye West.
Weekend Update
“Matt Gaetz looks like all the guys fromAmerican Piecombined,” quips Colin Jost.
He lands a joke comparing President Biden to Clint Eastwood (except pro-gun-control).
Meanwhile Michael Che gets into Donald Trump’s proposed Coca-Cola boycott.
Spotify just released the last episode of theBarack Obama and Bruce Springsteen podcast.
Redd follows Fred Armisen and Jay Pharoah (classic) playing the 44th president.
), Adam Sandler, Will Forte, and Ben Stiller.
The joke here is how scripted and banal both men are.
Punkie Johnson plays Pineapple, one of the strippers from the Paul Pierce video.
This has a fun Danitra Vance/Cabrini Green Jackson vibe!
I am a fan.
Bowen Yang also shows up at the iceberg from the Titanic!
His publicist was very clear with Jost: He is not here to discuss sinking the ship.
He wants to discuss his new EDM album instead.
He is still consumed with guilt and shame over the accident.
“Everyone is talking about me not the water,” the real culprit.
“No one is canceling the ocean!”
He puts on his new single, “Loverboy.”
Bowen really lands bits like this.
(Also,SNLhas anillustrious history of Titanic related humor.
yo dig into the archives!
RIP Bill Paxton.)
“Update” concludes with Anne Beatts' image in tribute.
Beatts, a pioneering writer forSNLand National Lampoon who also created the sitcomSquare Pegs,died this week.
If you’re reading this, you might only know the shorthand of Beatt’s life and accomplishments.
A mere two weeks ago, Tina Fey playedfictional earlySNLwriter Gloria Zellwig, an apparent composite of/homage to Beatts.
“For a woman in comedy, she was a trailblazer,” adds Fallon Hogan.
Star Trek Spin-off
We tune into Paramount+, which thought of the plus before Disney+.
McKenna (Mulligan) works IT on a spaceship.
She and Mikey Day are two rich white kids finally in an environment that does not revolve around them.
“Stop gaslighting me!”
“My voice has value!”
McKinnon is the commanding officer; she grabs Day’s arm as Chloe Fineman films.
Good critique of privilege and affluent selfishness disguised as being woke.
Lesbian Period Drama
This is a sharpAmmoniteandPortrait of a Lady on Firespoof.
“Twelve lines of dialogue, two-and-a-half-hour run time.”
The world’s saddest flirting!
A nude sex scene so graphic it was obviously directed by a man!
This is especially hilarious as Mulligan tends to appear in artsy, Oscar-baity projects like this.
And onMaya & Marty, Day played a Civil War soldier opposite Rudolph.
It’s almost always the same?!
But I guess the audience thinks it plays?
Is this a requirement with every female British host?
L’Eggs
It’s an after-school rap group, Beat Buddies.
Students are joined by their “female teen peers” (Mulligan, Bryant).
How do you do, fellow kids?
Turns out they are selling some pantyhose products.
Nice to finally see Andrew Dismukes!
Also Kyle Mooney (though the beatboxing loses me).
A little too random and amorphous for me.
Final Thoughts
Related content:
