I tend to enjoy Kyle Mooney”s work on the show, but I wasn”t sure exactly what joke he was going for with his Pope imitation, and his fake Italian accent made his dialogue legitimately hard to understand. Jost and Che seem to have settled into the roles of gleeful hooligan kid and amused but annoyed big brother, respectively, and the dynamic is working for them, although there”s definitely still room for improvement. They took some extra time to riff on their first few stories, which led to their dynamic feeling a little looser. Weekend Update: Not a ton of laugh-out-loud moments here, but it did seem like Che and Jost were settling into a better rhythm. Breezy and enjoyable, this felt like a positive indicator of what”s to come with the political sketches this season. Kate McKinnon continued to kill it with her Hillary impression (and her delivery of “Eh, could”ve been sooner” when discussing gay marriage was spectacular), but Hillary herself stood out as well she came across as fun and willing to make light of herself, and she revealed a killer Donald Trump impression. This was a great first political appearance of the election season, and an overall funny and efficient sketch. There is something so ridiculous and perfectly SNL about a Hillary Clinton appearance being sandwiched between a sketch in which Miley Cyrus licks a man”s face and a musical performance in which Miley Cyrus sings while essentially naked. Val the Bartender: Kate McKinnon”s Hillary Clinton laments to a bartender named Val, played by the actual Hillary Clinton, about her frustrations with the presidential race.
This one had its moments– Keenan”s delivery of lines like, “Oh, it”s gonna happen” and “Too late, we”re goin” steady now” were pretty golden, and I”ve got to love any sketch that ends with two characters riding away on a giant piñata– but the Miley raps/generally acts inappropriately well has run dry, and they could have picked a stronger sketch for such an early slot in the night. Look! Miley Cyrus raps and is into weird sex stuff! Sigh. Homecoming Dance: A Grease -esque school dance scene in which a young boy looks to make Miley Cyrus his sweetheart and discovers she has more in mind than just getting pinned. It highlighted the sheer absurdity of what”s going on in this election cycle better than the cold open, and I actually laughed out loud at a few different points, like the narrator”s declaration that the drug was “the only dementia medication designed for eleven specific people.” (A-) (C)Ībilify Commercial: A commercial for a mental health medication designed specifically for delusional Republican presidential candidates.
#Ambify not pulling music full#
This summer certainly was full of crazy personalities, and I”m sure the writers are disappointed the season started too late for Josh Duggar- and Rachel Dolezal-centric sketches, but having cast members dressed as those characters silently stand on stage and wave to a Frank Sinatra song wasn”t a particularly strong way to kick off the show. Monologue: Miley Cyrus laments the collective passing (from the public eye) of this summer”s various whack job celebrities with a rendition of “My Way.” I mean, at least it was a slight variation on the too-often-used musical monologue? I don”t know, this one just felt pretty boring to me.
Maybe it”s a case of Trump already being too much of a caricature to properly caricature, but I hope the writing for him gets as sharp as Killam”s performance. As good as the impressions were, though, it felt like a bit more could have been done with this one.
Also, shout out to Cecily Strong for her perfectly dead-eyed Melania. Killam succeeded in making me feel wildly uncomfortable while looking at his face, which essentially means he embodied Trump perfectly. It felt like this was more important as an introduction to a new impression than as a showcase for any specific jokes, but when the impression being introduced is Taran Killam”s Donald Trump, that”s sort of okay.
Let”s dig in!Ĭold Open: A message for America from presidential candidate Donald Trump and his wife Melania. Our inaugural season 41 episode will be hosted by and will feature the musical stylings of Miley Cyrus, a person who is universally beloved, not at all divisive, and who definitely won”t cause any Internet commenters to declare the decline of SNL/modern society/the entire world. I”m very excited to cover this upcoming season, which has the potential to be both a more stable year after the various cast shake ups of the past couple seasons, and a particularly exciting year as it will take place during an already bonkers election season, the sort of time during which, historically, SNL has really shone. Welcome to the 41st season of Saturday Night Live! I”m your host (of these recaps), Emilie Sowers.
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