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Cold Opening - George W. Bush Returns Great to see the return of Will & his Dubya impression right from the cold opening. I’m loving the biting take to this cold opening with Will’s Bush reminding us of how bad of a president he was. This is even funnier when you remember how many people …
Continue reading "January 27, 2018 – Will Ferrell / Chris Stapleton (S43 E12)"
Cold Opening - Press Conference Good to see a more traditional cold open that isn’t padded with wall-to-wall checklist/meme moments for maximum YouTube profit. I see that this was around the time regarding Trump’s relationship with his personal White House Physician. Aidy’s Sarah Huckabee Sanders impression always cracks me up, and her facial expressions & …
Continue reading "January 20, 2018 – Jessica Chastain / Troye Sivan (S43 E11)"
Cold Opening - Morning Joe While I’m not happy to see another political cold open so soon after the awful previous one, Alex & Kate always work for me as a duo. I’ve never said this before, but the real-life show that is parodied here is FAR more obnoxious & hard to sit through than …
Continue reading "January 13, 2018 – Sam Rockwell / Halsey (S43 E10)"
A Special Christmas Message From The White House Even around Christmas time, we cannot escape a Trumpwin cold open. Lovely. This seems to be the very first of many overlong, tedious checklist/meme cold opens from this era, with padded material and worn out pace. Not caring for Trumpwin’s opening spiel here, which feels even more …
Continue reading "December 16, 2017 – Kevin Hart / Foo Fighters (S43 E9)"
Cold Opening - A Visit With Santa Fantastic to see a non-political cold opening for a change. Kate’s casting here as Santa’s Helper is a no-brainer. I love the use of actual kids instead of cast members playing them. Not only is it better for this cold open’s conceit, but it also adds a sense …
Continue reading "December 9, 2017 – James Franco / SZA (S43 E8)"
Cold Opening - Spirits of Trump's Past After a two-weeks break, now we get Trumpwin front-and-center in his own cold opening. Well, it was nice while it lasted. I’m not really caring for the premise of this cold opening, even when it’s actually trying new things with the impression. A Christmas Carol is one of …
Continue reading "December 2, 2017 – Saoirse Ronan / U2 (S43 E7)"
Cold Opening - The Mueller Files Mercifully, we aren’t getting a Trumpwin cold open for the second episode in a row. Some really shitty political “satire” is abound here at least. So, yippee? Ugh at the mention of Robert Mueller, I’m already cringing in anticipation of all of those “epic” and “hilarious” cold opens, sketches, …
Continue reading "November 18, 2017 – Chance the Rapper / Eminem (S43 E6)"
Cold Opening - Vice President’s Office Hoo, boy. This open is giving me flashbacks to the whole Ray Moore fiasco that I thankfully forgot about till now. Good makeup job on Mikey, even when he’s still too youthful-looking to play Moore, he’s still doing a decent job. Beck’s lines are doing nothing to me here. …
Continue reading "November 11, 2017 – Tiffany Haddish / Taylor Swift (S43 E5)"
Cold Opening - Paul Manafort’s Apartment Please God, make it stop. Kinda surprising to see the role of Paul Manafort not being played by a cameo at this point, knowing in hindsight that even the most boring & generic of Trump’s cronies will be played by celebrities as this era moves forward, such as the …
Continue reading "November 4, 2017 – Larry David / Miley Cyrus (S43 E4)"
Cold Opening - Trucker Rally Bah. I see that Luke’s talents are being wasted in a very useless, brief, almost pointless role early on in this open. Not caring for any of Trumpwin’s lines so far into this open, which is nothing new for me. We now have a “new” direction in this cold open …
Continue reading "October 14, 2017 – Kumail Nanjiani / P!nk (S43 E3)"