Cold Opening - A Message from the Easter Bunny Donald Trump (JAJ) crashes Easter Bunny's (BOY) curated celebrity tidings Bowen looks hilarious at the beginning of this. The usual reliable and funny line deliveries from Bowen. OH NO, Kate’s Fauci. I’ve been surprisingly enjoying Kate this season, outside from politics and several sketches, while I …
November 22, 2014 – Cameron Diaz / Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars (S40 E7)
Cold Opening - Schoolhouse Rock! A very promising & creative way to open the show with. A solid laugh from the Bill getting shoved down the stairs from Jay’s President Obama. I love how the song by the Executive Order just abruptly ends, with Bobby saying “and I pretty much just happen” as his closing …
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November 15, 2014 – Woody Harrelson / Kendrick Lamar (S40 E6)
Cold Opening - Drinks at The White House For a strong impressionist, Taran’s Mitch McConnell is surprisingly mediocre, and has nothing against Beck’s far more spot-on and memorable take later on. Oh, I’m enjoying the structure of this cold open, and it’s a departure from the dull, by-the-numbers cold opens that plagued SNL for a …
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November 1, 2014 – Chris Rock / Prince (S40 E5)
Cold Opening - The Kelly File Cecily-as-Megyn-Kelly’s opening line bombed HARD with the studio audience, ouch! Bobby’s Chris Christie is always worth a couple of good laughs. Ah, here comes Kate with a manic, hilarious energy, stealing this entire sketch with her performance. Much like the legendary Office Costume Contest sketch, this is another early …
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October 25, 2014 – Jim Carrey / Iggy Azalea (S40 E4)
Cold Opening - Ebola Press Conference As I said before, these Ebola-related pieces on SNL around this time are such a time capsule to the time and are reminiscent of our current COVID scare and cautions. Some good laughs from Taran’s Ron Klein Q & A segment. Jay’s Obama is still solid, but the writing …
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April 9, 2022 – Jake Gyllenhaal / Camila Cabello (S47 E17)
Cold Opening - New Supreme Court Justice in the Oval Office, Ketanji Brown Jackson (EGN) conjures equity pioneers Some good digs at President Biden. Ego is perfectly cast as justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Meh at the RBG cameo, too much YAS KWEEN for me. I loved Justice Ruth, but this seems quite pandering to me. …
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October 11, 2014 – Bill Hader / Hozier (S40 E3)
Cold Opening - Kim Jong-Un It feels weird to review Bobby’s version of Kim Jong-Un after getting used to Bowen Yang’s more recent impression. Mikey Day!! I know that he joined the writing staff around this season or maybe the previous one, but I barely remember him making appearances this season, although I do recall …
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October 4, 2014 – Sarah Silverman / Maroon 5 (S40 E2)
Cold Opening - 60 Minutes Great to see Beck front-and-center in this open for a change. I'm about two minutes or so into this cold open, and I'm very bored, particularly those tweets that Jay's Obama is reading are putting me to sleep. This cold open seems to be trying to have a biting take …
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September 27, 2014 – Chris Pratt / Ariana Grande (S40 E1)
Immediate Pre-Review Thoughts: Hello everyone, and welcome to the first review in my season 40 coverage. This season, is the very first SNL season that I started to watch live as it originally aired, after falling in love with SNL in the summer of 2014, when I watched the original era and several SNL specials. …
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April 2, 2022 – Jerrod Carmichael / Gunna (S47 E16)
Cold Opening - Fox and Friends Clarence (KET) & Ginni (CES) Thomas sidestep January 6 Great to see three professional, committed, and underrated performers lead the open. Good laugh from Mikey’s “fatality”. Kenan’s not even pretending to impersonate Justice Thomas. Kate’s giving me good laughs from her facial reactions, she’s just so good at getting …
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