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This episode ofSNLprovided an equally surreal meet-up.
During goodbyes, the first person Martin Short turned to was Stormy Daniels.
He held his arms open wide for a big ol hug and yelled Stormaaay!!
It was the capper to an already tonally bananas episode.
Zoe Kravitz announced the musical guest, then just played dominos and drank onstage.
She still had her solo cup at goodbyes, which makes me think it was actually filled.
The man likes his silliness brutal, and his genres blended.
HisSNLepisode was high-concept, weird, and unapologetically black.
Cold Open
Thus begins Cameopalooza.
Ben Stiller reprises his role as Michael Cohen and calls Trump (Alec Baldwin).
Stiller got a huge applause break; Baldwin got nothing.
Martin Short was also used well as disgraced Middle Earth Wizard/GP Dr. Harold Bornstein.
Marty Short got a little bit of an applause break but not huge.
I think that was mostly because you couldnt tell who was behind all the beard hair.
But Im not done listing cameos.
Scarjo brought back her Ivanka thats somehow flatter than even Ivanka.
Jimmy Fallon came thru with a Jared Kushner.
Playing Jared as Mickey Mouse/a parrot was quite a choice.
Finally, Stormy Daniels stopped by as herself.
It was a lot, but Im proud of us for getting through it.
Monologue
Wear a dress shirt, Donald, youre on TV!
Under a jazzy beat, Glover bragged about being a triple/quadruple/dodecal threat.
In the course of his boasts he gets food poisoning and electrocutes himself.
Then out comes the clarinet.
As soon as I saw the clarinet, I knew puke was going to come out of the clarinet.
Was it a civil trial?
They find Jurassic Park guilty at the end, so maybe the charge is criminal negligence?
The jury doesnt love it.
Friendos
Look what it’s possible for you to do with a diverse cast!
Migos in therapy is a concept whose time has come.
The specificity of Thompson, Redd, and Glovers impressions is what makes this bit.
80s Music Video
Props for putting this retro music video in the old-timey aspect ratio.
Glover plays a soulful R&B singer who follows his gf and catches her cheating.
But eventually the thesis statement emerges: we are paying attention to the wrong shit.
Yes, Kanyes meltdown is bizarre, but so is ICE.
Dirty Talk
Melissa Villasenor just cant get the hang of dirty talk.
This is the sequel to Villasenors sketch withAziz Ansari.
I guess those two crazy kids couldnt work it out.
The best parts of these sketches is Villasenors eager grin throughout the proceedings.
If someone smiled like that at me in bed, it would already be over.
Weekend Update
My favorite part of Update this week was a joke they didnt make.
When given the chyron of Kanye saying Slavery Was a Choice, Che just said Pass.
Pete Davidson stopped by to dis Michael Che and Scarjos boyfriends Emmy hosting gig.
Davidsons hair is getting out of control.
He looks like he full-time cosplays a 10-year-old in a Miyazaki movie and it works.
This desk piece didnt quite work, though.
He never found the balance between pretending to be salty and genuine saltiness.
Finally we had Leslie Jones, dating expert.
Jones came on to sing a Sarah McLachlan song in memoriam of all her dating mistakes.
These stories are real!
The pictures are fake to protect the innocent, said Jones.
Landos Summit
The four black humans in theStar Warsgalaxy come together to celebrate their culture.
Lots of lizard men wearing vests.
Just four black people, though.
This is a fun and ballsy choice to make beforeSoloeven comes out.
If Bill Murray isnt too busycrashing gender reveal parties, Ron Howard should make that happen.
Barbie Instagram
A perfect #spon sketch.
Two dumdums and a real creep are the new interns at Mattels Barbie division.
To really center the sketch, it needed a jump scare of that guy at the very end.
Prison Job
Was this going for social commentary?
Or just having fun with customer service voices?
It was a wasted opportunity.
Photo by Will Heath/NBC.
