Overall Thoughts on the Season: Season 42 continued the rise of this new, young SNL era, but it was the season that was the true turning point for this era, which influenced it for the next four years, for better or for worse. This was the season that brought back a great deal of attention …
May 20, 2017 – Dwayne Johnson / Katy Perry (S42 E21)
Cold Opening - Hallelujah Trumpwin is not the sight I want to first see in a big season finale. I see that SNL is spoofing its own infamous Hallelujah cold open earlier in the season, but this “spoof” is doing nothing for me. Bah, cue the wild applause as Scarlett Johansson enters the scene as …
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May 13, 2017 – Melissa McCarthy / HAIM (S42 E20)
Cold Opening - Trump Interview OH. GOD. I will say that it feels good seeing Michael back as Lester Holt, considering how solid of a straight man he was last time. Boy, Alec flubbed the HELL out of his Beyoncé line. He’s becoming more and more sloppy in this role as the episodes go along. …
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May 6, 2017 – Chris Pine / LCD Soundsystem (S42 E19)
Cold Opening - Morning Joe Finally, a non-Trumpwin cold open, which is especially welcome as the last one nearly made me crumble into pieces. Spot-on Mika Brzezinski impression from Kate, and she’s nailing her mannerism to a T. And it is also so great to see Alex starring in the cold open as well, he’s …
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April 15, 2017 – Jimmy Fallon / Harry Styles (S42 E18)
Cold Opening - Oval Office Boy, that if these walls could talk bit was freakin’ horrible. Cringeworthy. Who writes these opens? I’m not really caring about Jimmy’s Jared Kushner impression, as I recall reading about a piece that was cut around this episode’s time with Alex as Jared Kushner as some sort of worldwide secret …
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April 8, 2017 – Louis C.K. / The Chainsmokers (S42 E17)
Cold Opening - Trump’s People BAH. ANOTHER Trumpwin open? What did I do to deserve this punishment? Boy, this cold open is BORING so far, with no laughs to be heard from me. Ok, the part about Goldman Sachs/coal mines was good. Alec is flubbing his lines here as well, and I remember thinking early …
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March 11, 2017 – Scarlett Johansson / Lorde (S42 E16)
Cold Opening - Alien Attack (*groan*) A very random, but surely creative setting for Trumpwin, yet I’m sure it won’t help pass this impression over as nothing more than tiring. Several snoozeworthy lines from Alec here, and it looks like a chore for him to still do this impression, despite him not doing it for …
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March 4, 2017 – Octavia Spencer / Father John Misty (S42 E15)
Note: I’ve just realized before sending this review online that this is the 100th SNL episode that I’ve reviewed!!! Words cannot express how pleasantly surprised & proud I’m with this discovery. It only felt like yesterday when I established this blog, and now it has more than 1600+ visitors and 15,000+ views, all thanks to …
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February 11, 2017 – Alec Baldwin / Ed Sheeran (S42 E14)
Cold Opening - Press Conference Ah, the return of Melissa McCarthy’s killer Sean Spicer impression, after its legendary debut last episode. Like last time, Melissa is crushing it here, and has tons of great lines & priceless moments. Some huge laughs from Melissa’s Spicer using props to explain the travel ban for reporters, the usage …
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February 4, 2017 – Kristen Stewart / Alessia Cara (S42 E13)
Cold Opening - Oval Office Our very first cold open with Alec playing President Donald Trump (*shudder*). A very lame premise to this cold open, with Trumpwin making a bunch of phone calls to world leaders. How is that supposed to be funny? The whole bit between Trumpwin & the Mexican president is the only …
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