Overall Thoughts on the Season: Season 49, as a whole, was a pretty good year for the show. A bit unpredictable, yes, especially what was to me a bit of an up-and-down back half, coming after a consistently strong first half, though it had enough average-to-strong shows to make it a good back half. Yet, …
May 18, 2024 – Jake Gyllenhaal / Sabrina Carpenter (S49 E20)
Cold Opening - Summer of Trump Donald Trump (JAJ) discusses potential VP picks outside of courthouse I guess it makes sense having JAJ’s Trump back for the season finale, considering the upcoming season’s election-related pieces and potential Summer debate sketches. OK, the gag order sounding like a RuPaul challenge is a solid line, delivered as …
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May 11, 2024 – Maya Rudolph / Vampire Weekend (S49 E19)
Cold Opening - Mother’s Day 2024 cast members & moms reminisce about the past After a few seasons without one, we get our traditional Mother’s Day cold open. These are usually just a bunch of cheesy jokes between cast members and their moms, but they are charming. I like these because, as I disclosed before, …
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Update about the upcoming review
Hello everybody. I sincerely apologize for not posting my review for the Maya Rudolph / Vampire Weekend episode yet, but I had a lot going on yesterday as well as problems with acquiring a proper copy of the episode to make screencaps of. However, later today I promise will be posting my review. I only …
May 4, 2024 – Dua Lipa (S49 E18)
Cold Opening - Community Affairs parents discuss college protests I actually thought the framing at the start would lead to JAJ-as-Trump interrupting this talkshow and going on one of his many monologues, before I realized this is indeed what the cold open will be about. Always nice to see Michael in the cold opening, and …