Amph Live From New York (for 50 years), It's Saturday Night!

My wife and I loved this one

 

Three random older skits I've been rewatching all week (the pirate skit I always remembered is fantastic then finally searched for it)

 

I agree the episode was weak but I remember probably laughing here and there but at this point my memory of them has already begun to fade. The only reason I know who Ramy Youssef was was from recently watching "Poor Things". I don't recall seeing or hearing about him prior. It's odd that he didn't introduce himself in his monologue. I feel most people do, even the most famous of people.

The map is really cool. Thanks for sharing!

 

Murder Detective didn't get much pop from the studio audience but that's probably because the glasses closeup would play better on TV

 

Holy cats, that Jumanji skit just jumped into top 3 of the season

 

Wiig episode had a lot of star power but overall didn't shine as bright as I thought it would

• March madness cold open: okay
• Monologue: celebrity cameos made it hilarious and kind of put Wiig on the back burner, not sure why they trivialized the 5 timers club, but oh well
• Ticket to ride Jumanji: okay, a little too over the top
• Pilates movie spoof (pre-recorded): didn't get it
• Mad men type sketch: physical gags almost saved it but wasn't great
• Retirement sketch: some good but mostly a miss
• Raye song 1: okay, not great, I liked the orchestra
• Weekend update: mostly hits as expected. Earthquake vs eclipse was clever but not super funny. Aunt Linda was great.
• Go cart: hilarious, the reveal of daughter / the birthday girl made me lose it
• Raye song 2: not great . Scatting isn't really my cup of tea. Wasn't sure if this was all one song or two/three different songs
• PBS France sketch: made me chuckle for it's absurdity.

Disappointing:
No Target Lady sketch after teasing it with promos
No MacGruber even though Will Forte was there
No Californians even though Fred Armisen was there
No Gilly
No Denise (doll hands)
No Surprise Sue

 

I thought MacGruber was a given but Forte's appearances were gold. "Joseph Hussein Biden!" I always love his speech guy and haunted train conductor was fab.

 

@TiniTinyTony Most likely, they trivialized the 5-timers Club a bit because when they first did the skit with Tom Hanks back in December 1990, the only members of the 5 timers Club were besides Hanks:

Steve Martin
Elliot Gould
Candice Bergen (who just joined the previous May)
Paul Simon

And Paul Simon wasn't even technically a true five-timer because he only hosted the show, I believe, four times, but he was on so often, whether as a special guest or the musical star, they made him one anyway.

With now the list approaching 30, it doesn't have the same "exclusiveness" it once did hence why I think they were poking fun at it a bit.

 

I could've sworn Buck Henry was in that group.

 

Several years ago, I took the NBC tour at 30 Rock. I was surprised at how small 8-H looked in person, compared to on TV. Which shouldn't have surprised me at all, given how I've been working in TV for decades and am used to the differences in views.

 

Ryan Gosling hosting tonight but I'm really hoping for a lot of OJ jokes. "My lucky stabbin' hat!"

 

No OJ jokes unfortunately but Gosling's return was overall very funny (lots of giggle breaks!) And we almost had the return of Papyrus guy! But it was almost 7 minutes so that probably a main reason it was cut for time. Still can watch it anyway though!

 

Really great episode with Ryan Gosling. Everyone broke all the time which made some sketches even funnier.

The Engagement was a highlight. The weakest one was the Erin Brockovich bit as I never saw the movie but still kind of funny without knowing the source material.

 

Just saw there were 2 OJ jokes in Update, I missed about 2 minutes in live broadcast. Also I need to complain again about Global SNL on demand which cuts all musical numbers, not only the guest but skits so since there was singing in the monologue it isn't in the OnDemand version and YouTube uploads are region locked for 2 years so only way I could watch Papyrus 2 was squeezed into IG reel

 

The Beavis and Butthead sketch is all I've watched so far, but man was it funny. That one plays almost like the breaks were the entire point.

They should have snuck Daria in the audience, without drawing attention to her.

 

My guess is Heidi did not see them in full makeup, particularly Mikey Day as Butthead until it happened. She typically holds it together really well, as one of the few times I ever remembering her cracking was when the dish rolled around on the floor during the Chef Show skit when Nate hosted earlier this season:



Apparently, it gave her horrible anxiety, which I feel bad about since her absolutely losing it is one of the reasons why the skit was absolutely hilarious:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/snl-...and-butt-head-skit_n_661e9fa8e4b046441aa31524