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Cold Opening - Locker Room Very good to see another fun backstage cold open in this era. I’m enjoying the premise of John changing his name to Kevin Scott. And the reactions of both Bill & Gilda here amuses me each time I view this cold open. I’ve always wondered if John’s “gaffe” at the …
Continue reading "March 25, 1978 – Christopher Lee / Meat Loaf (S3 E15) [THROWBACK REVIEW]"
Cold Opening - Either The 7th Or 8th GOP Debate Great to review a debate sketch, and I do recall really enjoying the debate sketches this season. Even the title of this debate is giving me a good laugh already, as it perfectly captures how way too many GOP debates there were during the 2012 …
Continue reading "September 24, 2011 – Alec Baldwin / Radiohead (S37 E1) [THROWBACK REVIEW]"
Cold Opening - Iran-Contra Hearings It feels weird seeing a congressional hearing as the cold open, as I’ve always thought that they only became regular on SNL around the mid 00s. I’m not that familiar (despite being very politically aware) with the man Phil’s playing, but his impression is cracking me up. I’m enjoying Phil …
Continue reading "May 16, 1987 – Garry Shandling / Los Lobos (S12E19) [THROWBACK REVIEW]"
Cold Opening - Open House Feels good to review Phil’s Bill Clinton impression, and as expected, he’s doing a spot-on impression of him. Rob’s whole bit cracked me up much more than it should’ve. Rob’s always-sharp & reliable delivery helped in making his dialogue even funnier than it is. Lovely to see Jan here, even …
Continue reading "February 6, 1993 – Luke Perry / Mick Jagger (S18 E12) [THROWBACK REVIEW]"
Cold Opening - Super Bowl Call Dana’s Bush impression is always reliable for a few good laughs. Funny bit with Phil’s Reagan interrupting Bush’s call. I’m getting some good laughs from Reagan’s lines about why he should call the winners of the Super Bowl, and especially his reasoning about being the president during the actual …
Continue reading "January 21, 1989 – John Malkovich / Anita Baker (S14 E10) [THROWBACK REVIEW]"
Cold Opening - Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous and Scary Dana looks really funny in that getup, and this cold opening is pretty fitting for our Halloween episode. Whoa at Elvira’s entrance here. A pretty random cameo to be honest with you all, even though she’s coming as funny & likable as usual. At least …
Continue reading "October 31, 1987 – Dabney Coleman / The Cars (S13 E3) [THROWBACK REVIEW]"
Cold Opening - Texxon This was back during the show’s first ten years, where we would regularly have disclaimers at times instead of traditional cold opens. Short & absolutely sweet, and the Karen Silkwood line is a killer, as well as mentioning the “creep” at SNL who writes the jokes about them. Rating: **** Opening …
Continue reading "December 5, 1981 – Tim Curry / Meat Loaf (S7E7) [THROWBACK REVIEW]"
Cold Opening - Phone Chat Great to review Darrell’s fantastic Bill Clinton impression in this blog for the very first time. Already a laugh from the visual of Bill talking to Monica while she’s watching Dawson’s Creek. Darrell’s excellent line deliveries really shine here, his “No. I’m taping it!” killed with me and the audience. …
Continue reading "February 28, 1998 – Garth Brooks (S23 E14) [THROWBACK REVIEW]"
Overall Thoughts on the Season: Season 43 was overall a little hard to pin down, while the quality, generally speaking, was still pretty good, a sense of fatigue & dullness started to show up during the 2nd half of the season, specifically with the Jessica Chastain episode, where the general malaise from world events started …
Cold Opening - Holsten's Restaurant Ugh at the HPV/HIV joke from Trumpwin. So sad that Journey’s wonderful “Don’t Stop Believing” is being butchered for a very weak & desperate attempt at supposed “satire”. By the way, why are we doing a Sopranos parody? Don’t get me wrong, The Sopranos is my personal favorite television series …
Continue reading "May 19, 2018 – Tina Fey / Nicki Minaj (S43 E21)"