Friends, Romans, Coneheads!
Lend me your ears.
I come to recap the latest episode ofSNLseason 46, not to bury it.
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Nothing would just me more than aDueling Brandos style face-offbetween the two of them.
Tonights musical guest is the opposite of Chalamet the upstart: words fail to describeBruce Springsteens legend adequately.
I am joined tonight by formerSNLcast member Gary Kroeger, who wasthe firstSNLer to impersonate Springsteenon the show.
I think the leather jacket and hair styling was 90% of the impression.
So Chalamet/Springsteen are quite a billing contrast.
Live from [wherever youre reading this] its Saturday Night!
He compares the approval of the Pfizer vaccine to the Ps5.
Beck Bennett has made Blitzer a recurring character, of late.
This time, Kate McKinnon gets the ball looking a helluva likeKatrina Johnsons Ross Perotfrom All That.
McKinnon continues to play male members of the administration.
This cold open seems to struggle finding the humor here Heidi Gardner does commendable work as Dr. Birx.
There ain’t one damn funny thing about COVID-19 to me, says Kroeger.
This is the lineSNLrides every week.
I understand his every move, glance, pause and delivery.
I have this gut feeling that we find the same kinds of things funny.
No star trip about him at all.
I relate to that.
Monologue
Chalamet is ecstatic.
He grew up about 12 minutes away, in Hell’s Kitchen.
The show cuts to her in the audience, wearing a mask.
His monologue is dedicated to spending his holidays in New York City growing up.
He is joined byPete Davidson, who smells.
He relates a (slightly) different Christmas experience in Staten Island.
Andrew Dismukes is her boyfriend…who infected Tom Hanks.
The Herpes Oral and Genital come over.
They always appear when people are stressed out!
Chalamet is the family black sheep he failed at infecting New Zealand.
Theres a family squabble.
This has a very surreal, intentional vibe.
The self-amused puns and goofy/cringe costumes are like a spoof of a vintageSNLsketch.
Car Commercial
This is a major purchase!
cries Heidi Gardner, furious at Beck Bennett for buying a car without consulting the family.
Hes been out of work since March 2019.
Things go south from there.
This is a funny take on incessant tone-deaf and rosy car commercials.
Bennett is perfectly cast as the oblivious, pathetic dad.
He could make a great live-action Randy Marsh.
The Dionne Warwick Talk Show
Ego Nwodim plays Warwick, whojust discovered Twitter.
(She went viral several times this week.)
Punkie Johnson is Brittany, her producer and niece.
Her first guest is Harry Styles, played by Chalamet.
Warwick cannot place him.
Why is Wendy Williams acting like a bitch to me?
She then shoos him away.
Next up: her cooking segment with Andrew Dismukes.
She sings, and returns to her chair.
Her next guest is Billie Eilish (Melissa Villasenor), who performed onSNLin 2019.
And Yahtzee here is Chloe Fineman as Chalamet himself.
Warwick asks him to help her clapback at Wendy Williams.
I am disappointed this is how they utilized this; there are so many ways to be meta here.
Isnt metaSNLs sweet spot?
The Farm
Beck Bennett, Heidi Gardner and Timothee Chalamet are playing yet another family.
They are past due on their bills, and must sell the family farm.
Chalamet begins to sing: he is feeling very alone.
He must set his claymation tiny horse free.
This seems purposefully designed for the meme machines, the TikTok brethren.
Tiny Horse goes onto big things getting married to AOC, and appearing onThe Tonight Show.
The audience seems mystified by this one.
A music video for the single was also released.
It is both a love letter to old friends, and a bygone era of music.
It is also a rousing, bona fide jam that evokes some of E Street Bands classic work.
Jake Clemons takes the performance home with a dynamic saxophone riff that rivals his uncle Clarence.
cheers the audience at the songs conclusion.
Weekend Update
Im beginning to think Donald Trump didnt win this election, kids Colin Jost.
Both Jost and Michael Che grapple with this weeks onslaught of voter fraud claims.
Che amusingly compares AG Barr as a grown up Eric Cartman.
I’m more interested in the postpartum Trump than what is current.
I’d like to see him running Bingo on senior night at a Presbyterian church.
Kate McKinnon returns as Dr. Wayne Wenowdis.
The good doctorfirst appeared in October.
They discuss the distribution of the pandemic.
Kate squirts Jostwith vaccine, laughing.
Kate, are you okay?
The answer is no …
I stopped going to therapy.
Sounds like she watered Josts mic.
Melissa Villasenor also appears as a Dolly Parton lookalike.
She sings Holly Jolly Christmas.
Oh, I just love Christmas, she intones as Dolly.
Apparently, shes been pushing this Parton impression for awhile.
Jingle Bells as Jolene.
This is a great tribute to a living legend, concluding with a solid 9 to 5.
(Check out Dolly PartonsSNL episodeon Peacock.
Its really fun!)
It will be a change of pace, following four years of brutal Trump White House jokes.
Biden is fair game, but not with the same point of view.
The satirist’s objective should be to remind us that truth lies in our reflection.
Have fun with Biden as one of us.
The fun from Trump was because he is nothing like us."
Lauren Holt gets a fun showcase as a confused, lousy baker.
Chalamets cake is puckering; he attempts to sell a joke about Lightning McQueen.
His chocolate lava center is cursed, and drags him down.
Heidi Gardner makes a complicated town design that the judges are indifferent to.
Finally, Ralph Ralph (Kyle Mooney) makes a penis and balls cake.
They love to, ahem, yeet that is their definition of hip-hop.
Pete screams scur scur multiple times.
They learned about rap from TikTok… and the Kia Hamsters.
Questlove ends up slapping them, rightfully so.
It is the concluding track onLetter to You.
In the 80s, Kroeger went to see Springsteen a total of three times.
I think each may have been at Giants Stadium.
Previously, I only really cared for ‘Born To Run.’
After hearingBorn in the U.S.A.tracks live, I understood the attraction.
It transcended the album.
The anthemic ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ made the nosebleed seats tremble.
It was powerful and I have been a Springsteen fan ever since.
Sportsmax
The Jets have not won a single game this season.
However, in the delusional, alternate universe Newsmax-flavored data pipe, the team is doing much better.
Beyond the Trump election satire, this is like a modern Bill Swerski’s Superfans update for Jets fans.
Very specious, dubious.
Punkie Johnson and Andrew Dismukes appear as Jeremy Lin stans, which is hilarious.
Real fans do not give up on their team.
Final thoughts:
-Thank you again to Gary Kroeger for his wonderful thoughts tonight!
