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Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Andy Samberg, and the Brain that Wouldnt DieAlec Baldwin.
Perhaps it was a big deal because this was apparently the onlySNLepisode of February.
Dont pit my two live television loves,SNLand curling, against each other.
Pete Davidson did a voice for a character, which I enjoyed.
A whole sketch was devoted to someone talking out of their ass.
But enough about Alec Baldwins Trump impression.
I kid, I kid!
Lets break it down.
Cold Open
I completely jinxed myself thinking how nice its been without Alec intruding on every cold open.
Trump calls intoFox & Friendswhile watchingFox & Friendsin bed at the White House.
That should have gotten more laughs.
Do the children not know about Minister Farrakhan?
Furthermore, do you think Baldwin understood the house elf joke?
Has Alec Baldwin read or seen Harry Potter?
It is literally all I can think about now.
Monologue
Lenny Pickett in the mix!
I always like when attention is paid to the Saturday Night Live Band.
Pickett has never been as much of a presence as G.E.
Smith, who I feel like I know as well as some of my uncles.
As anSNLcommentator, I felt personally attacked.
But as someone who appreciates when something is broken down into its smallest analyzable chunks, I loved it.
Revolutionary War
Something didnt quite work in this star-studded sketch, and Im not sure what it was.
Was it Portmans middling Boston accent?
The awkward Dunkin #spon?
What a fun group scene at an improv show!
Okay, first of all, hats off to theSNLdesign crew for including theInvisiblesreference graffiti in their set.
And thirdly, haha, Mike is crushing hard on Eleven.
They beat that joke into the ground.
As Sarah Michelle Gellar said in the iconicSouthland Tales,teen horniness is not a crime.
Natalies Rap 2
Expected but Fun!
I love a good pegging joke.
I love anArdy that rocks the party.
I appreciate how aggressively Portman says Im a mother now.
Its really changed my perspective.
The song took too many breaks in the beat, but thats SoundCloud rap for you.
Rewatching the firstNatalie Rapssketch, what struck me was how much more money was sunk into this operation.
The interview set is fancier, the res is higher.
Weekend Update
Update was chock-a-block with problematic faves.
Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve stopped by to clarify their position on the #MeToo movement.
Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon asalienated French weirdoshas always worked.
And McKinnon got to wear herfavoritefake neck, so thats nice.
Pete Davidson also came through to talk about how the #MeToo movement has affected him personally.
I was wondering, and now I know.
He also explained the bandages on his hand.
I punched a door, Its a really good story.
I have mental problems, said Davidson.
The transparency that Davidson brings to his mental health struggles is both funny and good.
Oh, and Kenan did Willie again.
This time Willie fucked a dead body.
Alien Lover
Lotta fart jokes in this episode, huh?
Beck Bennett plays an alien whose face is his butt, and his butt is his face.
How was this not the 10-to-1 sketch?
It is very strange, and the makeup probably took a long time.
We should always commend when someone makes it clap for that long.
It was very good butt acting.
Not since Joey Tribbiani when he butt doubled for Al Pacino have we seen such nuanced clenches.
That is, until you lose your voice.
Watch the kid in plaid when they all scream at the scary vocalizer voice.
Also, niceAmerican Vandalshoutout Dylan Maxwell.
First Ladies
Was this the cold open before Alec called and said he wanted to stop by?
Melania gets a pep talk from Jackie Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Martha Washington, and Michelle Obama.
First Ellen DeGeneres in the Kids Choice sketch, then Hillary.
I feel for Cecily Strongs Melania, far more than I feel for the real Melania.
The self-doubt looks good on her, but McKinnons Hillary is right.
She chose to marry Trump, why should we pity her?
Bunny
Are we ladies losing some good D by being too picky?
But then when they get here, I tell them Kiko split, he can crash at my place.
Next thing you know, Bunnys munchin on carrot.
Bunny is the most recent in a long line of lovable pervs in theSNLcanon.
Photo by Will Heath/NBC.
