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Cold Opening - NFL Championship Sunday panelists lament the end of football season Nice visual with JAJMukes being the very first thing this episode opens up with. I also have no familiarity with Jim Nantz, but I am sure James’ impression is spot-on, as it is as layered vocally as his other ones. I appreciate …
Continue reading "January 27, 2024 – Dakota Johnson / Justin Timberlake (S49 E10)"
Some Thoughts on the Season so Far: Much like the previous two seasons prior to this one, I am going to share some thoughts about the season and cast before the review. Let’s discuss this season first: I think season 49 has been a fairly solid, consistent season. One of the reasons I’ve been enjoying …
Continue reading "January 20, 2024 – Jacob Elordi / Reneé Rapp (S49 E9)"
Cold Opening - 95th Annual Christmas Awards (HEG) & (BOY) present Christmas Awards for exceptional holiday foibles Are Bowen, Heidi and Ego going to be the hosts in every single one of these types of sketches? Guess I should be happy we are not getting a political cold open this time, considering the backlash over …
Continue reading "December 16, 2023 – Kate McKinnon / Billie Eilish (S49 E8)"
Cold Opening - College Presidents Hearing Elise Stefanik (CHT) takes over congressional hearing Are we still really doing these C-Span cold opens? That tradition should’ve went away with Downey a decade ago. I’ll admit getting a laugh from the Taylor Swift/Marco Rubio joke at the start. Nice to see Molly getting a semi-big role right …
Continue reading "December 9, 2023 – Adam Driver / Olivia Rodrigo (S49 E7)"
Cold Opening - George Santos Address George Santos (BOY) says farewell & sings "Candle In The Wind" variant Not shocked seeing the obligatory Bowen-as-Santos cold opening. I just hope this ends up being his final ever appearance. I’ll say that Sarah’s “impression” sounds nothing like Blitzer and doesn’t certainly make me forget Chris Parnell’s far …
Continue reading "December 2, 2023 – Emma Stone / Noah Kahan (S49 E6)"
Cold Opening - Biden Panda Joe Biden (MID) is OK with panda (BOY) taking over his press conference I’m continuing to accept Mikey as the resident Biden impersonator, even when James’ impression remains better. Mikey deserves, with all that he gave SNL, to have a big presidential impression to potentially bookended his run at least. …
Continue reading "November 18, 2023 – Jason Momoa / Tate McRae (S49 E5)"
Cold Opening - Republican Debate Donald Trump (JAJ) freezes debate sketch to roast Republican candidates The first of what I’m certain will be quite a number of GOP debate sketches this season. Wow, John Higgins as Ron DeSantis? I honestly expected either Mikey or Marcello in this part. That expression on John’s face gave me …
Continue reading "November 11, 2023 – Timothée Chalamet / boygenius (S49 E4)"
Cold Opening - Biden Halloween The Spirit of Halloween (Christopher Walken) Visits Joe Biden (MID) WTF?! Mikey as Biden? What happened to James’ impression? I know his impression wasn’t the greatest ever, but I felt it was fine enough and it was also nice having some nice stability in that role for a few years. …
Continue reading "October 28, 2023 – Nate Bargatze / Foo Fighters (S49 E3)"
Cold Opening - House of Representatives GOP members weigh in after Jim Jordan's (MID) failed House Speaker bid Not too surprised seeing a cold open about Jim Jordan. Mikey’s impression is fine, but has nothing on Bill Hader’s excellent, memorable take. I guess I should be happy, however, that we didn’t get a big cameo …
Some Hopes Before the Season Premiere: Much like the last two seasons I covered live as they aired, I’m going to share some of my hopes for the new season before doing the review properly. As much as I enjoy them, I think the show should stop leaning so heavily on PDD the way they …
Continue reading "October 14, 2023 – Pete Davidson / Ice Spice (S49 E1)"