Our favorite musical parodies, recurring sketches, and delightfully bizarre characters of the year.
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Its taken time, butthe shock of Trumps momenthas transformed into the harrowing reality of Trumps era.
As a result, the jolt that inspired political sketches in 2016 and 2017 was gone.
(All of the Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro cameos werent going to make up the deficit.)
Still, as it always does,SNLfound room to play.
Jail Cellmate
To anyone other than his accusers, it might feel like Bill Cosbys fall came about overnight.
Writing good comedy about the former Everyman dad, however, remains a tricky thing.
Its soon apparent that Cosbys mind is far from the horrific acts that put him in jail.
Yes, hes living in a fantasy world ofCosby Showstyle hoagies and a turtle he believes is Quincy Jones.
The attention to detail and the playful nature of the structure really make this one a winner.
Horace calls out, Its here!
when his Cialis kicks in, and to increase her chances of conceiving, Jeannie mounts him.
To keep her friends from grimacing, she drops a courtesy blanket on her lap.
As Strong keeps things real, Haders use of the electric wheelchair ups the chaos.
Everyone gets the giggles as he rams into tables and shoves ladies chairs across the room.
Its perfectly unsettling fun.
Its 1775, and American colonists gather in Philadelphia to ponder the future of their relationship with the British.
The premise is this: Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff go to therapy.
As the trio revisits a session about an ice-cream-colored Lambo (LAMBO!)
Instead of talking, bitch, how about you listen?
she says after one of Offsets impatient interjections.
Drivers scenery chewing sends this one right over the top.
Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman
Game-show sketches are an easy go-to forSNLwriters.
Lobster Diner
John Mulaney wroteLobster Dinerwhile a writer atSNL,but had the sketch rejected.
The content of Lobster Diner is Weird Allevel silly, e.g.
In terms of size of performances and production value, the sketch aims for the fences.
(As the offending lobster-ordering dope says, This diner has incredible set design.)
All this, and theres a forlorn child called Clawsette.
