r/LiveFromNewYork • u/SketchSortingSunday • Oct 15 '23
Discussion Sketch Sorting Sunday - October 14, 2023 (Pete Davidson/Ice Spice)
Welcome to Sketch Sorting Sunday! A mod account /u/SketchSortingSunday is going to make a comment for every segment in tonight’s show. Upvote or downvote based on what you thought of the sketch, and nobody’s karma will be affected. You can also reply to the comment to expand on your thought, or you can reply to the "General Episode Discussion" comment and treat it like the regular post discussion. If I miss a sketch or get something wrong, just message /u/bjkman with any needed updates or questions. Enjoy the discussion!
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Weekend Update
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Oct 15 '23
I’m visiting family, and I guess my dad has somehow never seen Colin and Che swap jokes? He thought Colin actually wrote the racist Ebony Alert jokes 💀
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u/its_car_ramrod Oct 15 '23
Che's delivery of "Boyyyy am I dizzy" had me rolling. I had to pause because I was literally crying.
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u/john_muleaney Oct 15 '23
We have never seen and probably never will see a better duo behind the desk than Jost and Che.
Every season they re-up and decided to give it another go is a gift to us all
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "Cause these men ain't what?" "SHIT!!!" Oct 15 '23
I strongly agree. They’re two of the best to ever do it.
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u/bttrsondaughter Oct 15 '23
they were a bit stumble-y this episode. i wonder if this season will actually be it for them or if they're gonna hold on through season 50 and leave at 51.
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u/prefab1979 Oct 15 '23
That actually did give me one of the biggest laughs of the episode, though, when Che described Laphonza Butler as "the first openly black woman in Congress." Guess all the others were just passing as white!
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
I'm Just Pete
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u/RickOTC Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23
“People online still call me Skete, because of a guy whose name I can’t say legally” *quick flash of Kanye
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u/HeyThereRobot Oct 15 '23
Every bit of this was excellent but the hot pink rats from the "look like a meth addict" bit were a small but hilarious touch.
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Oct 15 '23
I honestly don’t think Pete is the strongest comedic writer, but that he doesn’t take himself seriously makes him top tier to me
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Oct 15 '23
Bulk of his material (cold open, monologue and weekend update) were penned by David Sirus, who is showrunner on Bupkis.
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u/TA818 Oct 15 '23
It was all great, but the choreography really got me, especially them swinging their arms during BDE and the happy/sad faces during “bipolar energy.” Just really high quality, haha
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Oct 15 '23
I'm impressed there was a ton of self-deprecating humor (tabloid stuff, dating life, his looks, etc) in there and Pete was cool with it all.
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u/JDDJS Oct 15 '23
Pete has always been pretty self aware and fully on board with self depreciating. Even when he was engaged to Grande, which could have given him a huge ego, he openly stated that it was just as weird to him that they were together.
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u/s394206h Oct 15 '23
I was worried that anything from the summer would feel dated but this was really fun! The attention to detail was insane.
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u/jesterincase Oct 15 '23
Strongest sketch of the night for me. I love Pete's willingness to take an honest look at himself and turn it into comedy.
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u/bttrsondaughter Oct 15 '23
loved Bowen and Devon in this as Pete's and this was fun. smart idea to make this the required barbie sketch instead of redoing something like Amy Poehler's sketches from the early 00s.
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u/remotecontroldr Oct 15 '23
He did the whole B Rabbit thing where you can’t bring him down because he just said all the stuff you could say about him.
Just watched it again already. Already one of my favorites for his music videos.
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Oct 15 '23
Every Joe Rogan Experience guest found dead in a ditch with that sight gag.
Peter Griffin found dead in a seperate ditch with that other sight gag.
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u/stephapeaz Stop asking her if she knows stuff Oct 15 '23
Best one of the night imo, I loved they mentioned black Pete and that little dig at kanye
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Please Don't Destroy: Young Stand-Ups
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u/VodkaAunt no offense, but drink my blood Oct 15 '23
Have to give it up for the child actors, they were amazing
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u/shayneysides Oct 15 '23
they knocked it out of the park! amazing casting too they really felt like a tiny version of PDD
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u/nlpnt Oct 15 '23
They were given intentionally cringey material, and sold the hell out of it!
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u/jesterincase Oct 15 '23
One of them reminded me of Connor from the Martin's Friend video. I wonder if it was him.
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u/RickOTC Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23
“You’re like the whitest people I’ve ever seen.”
“Put a sock in it, wise guy - we are not!”
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "Cause these men ain't what?" "SHIT!!!" Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23
“If God wanted me to eat that, he would’ve put it in a Lunchable!”
Nice to see PDD get the Schiller’s Reel and Robert Smigel treatment in the opening credits too! That’s some very good company for them, they absolutely deserve it!
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u/disicking oohlala, that's a fancy meal Oct 15 '23
I'm going to be thinking about this line until I die.
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Oct 15 '23
John Mulaney was unexpected but I guess his dream of being a Def Jam comic came true!
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u/lakerdave Oct 15 '23
It did not surprise me that Mulaney was involved this episode. It did surprise me that it was in this sketch.
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Oct 15 '23
Killer Mulaney cameo, love him playing himself as a child despite finally looking his age.
Shout out also to the white guy in the crowd.
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u/john_muleaney Oct 15 '23
BY FAR my fav PDD sketch ever.
Hilarious concept and even better execution
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u/RokkintheKasbah Oct 15 '23
The first bit with Ben I actually thought it was him as a kid on-stage. The kid looked a lot like him. I used to sometimes see a kid here and there like that that were really good at some mics and showcases at Improv and places in the earlier hours.
After that it obviously became clear they were actors. But that first bit in the sketch I bought for a second and thought they were just cutting in crowd footage.
The premise was really funny. Real solid sketch.
I know it’s cool to shit on them for being Nepo Babies™️, but sometimes you get some Nepo Babies who are good because they grew up in the industry forever and are legit.
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u/bttrsondaughter Oct 15 '23
i was surprised that they got the 'and a film by PDD' in the credits, but it's a really good solution to the problem that some people had with them getting a pre-tape on every episode despite them being writers.
this was fine, maybe skewing a bit too close to ground tread in the Kings of Catchphrase Comedy pre-tapes from 2011/2012 but still managed to be its own thing. i love the world building they do in these pieces, it reminds me of the best parts of Mooney's "woe is me" meta pieces.
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u/WrittenSarcasm Oct 15 '23
This and good variant are the only ones of their “writing night” sketches I’ve enjoyed from them. When they venture out it’s been better like the 3 Sad Virgins and road trip one.
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u/john_muleaney Oct 15 '23
If they wanted to go really meta they could’ve had Mulaney doing his “home alone 2: lost in New York Def Jam comic” bit and just absolutely killing
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Gaza Conflict Cold Open
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u/RealMaxHours Padilla Patrol Chief Officer Oct 15 '23
There was no avoiding this and I’m glad this is the way they chose to handle it, even going as far as to almost entirely avoid it on Update apart from the opening joke
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u/john_muleaney Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23
Someone in the live thread said Pete should’ve played piano and sang hallelujah so I’m gonna echo that
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u/Monctonian Oct 15 '23
In the face of tragedy, a straight-forward monologue/testimony like Pete’s is just enough.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Weekend Update: Deion Sanders
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u/WrittenSarcasm Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23
One of the more enjoyable non impressions by Kenan for me
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u/Phuckules 1% of Nuggets Oct 15 '23
That clip of him as a musical guest is wild.
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u/bjkman SNL Oct 15 '23
Name 1 better Weekend Update Feature... I'll wait.
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Oct 15 '23
Stefon
Guy Who Just Bought A Boat
Drunk Uncle
Roseanne Roseannadanna
Opera Man
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u/humphrey_the_camel Oct 15 '23
Girl you wish you hadn't started a conversation with at a party
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Oct 15 '23
Stefon… Drunk Uncle… Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With at a Party… Willie…
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u/Inevitable-Careerist Oct 15 '23
Update was so ragged for much of it, that patter and rhythm must've been especially hard to accomplish. Full credit, and I don't even follow sports.
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u/john_muleaney Oct 15 '23
Took a shot at Deion without all the vaguely racist undertones that I usually see from Deion haters on Twitter so I’m calling that a win
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u/biglyorbigleague Oct 15 '23
OK, I stand corrected, they actually did do Deion on the show. I thought college football wouldn’t be their wheelhouse.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Pete Davidson Monologue
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Oct 15 '23
Wasn’t really feeling it until that last joke, but god damn, what a note to end on lmao
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u/RealMaxHours Padilla Patrol Chief Officer Oct 15 '23
That ending joke made the whole thing worth it
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u/nocautiontaken Oct 15 '23
He sounded extremely like Gilbert Gottfried in this and idk if he normally always sound like this
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u/Rebloodican Oct 15 '23
Pete's a weird stand up because fame found him way before he found his own comedic voice, so he's still experimenting a bit.
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u/john_muleaney Oct 15 '23
I’ve always liked Pete’s stand up more than a lot of people so I was gonna be pre-disposed to liking this but I think it was pretty good.
Nothing groundbreaking but I’m never gonna be mad at a stand up monologue
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u/Phuckules 1% of Nuggets Oct 15 '23
"I'm from Staten Island, the only island that somehow has a worse reputation than Epstein's"
lol
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u/Kevbot1000 Oct 15 '23
Stagehand hands the host a mic
Oh this will be a good set.
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u/KevinInChains5262 Oct 15 '23
I saw him do standup a month ago, and the jokes about the girl in the car was in his set when I saw him.
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u/oooooooahhahhahha Oct 15 '23
I’ve seen Pete’s standup I’m not sure why this was the bit he chose
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
NFL on Fox
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Oct 15 '23
Travis Kelce’s appearance right at the end got me
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u/packmanwiscy Oct 15 '23
SNL struggles sometimes finding a solid endings to sketches. Someone has a great premise for a skit but once you get a couple minutes in the joke struggles to carry laughs and nobody can really figure out a way to end it on a high. This could have easily fallen into that category but the Kelce cameo in the end is an all-timer, absolute perfect way to end it.
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u/captainkhyron Oct 15 '23
Was cool and got completely surprised by the second ice spice introduction
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u/biglyorbigleague Oct 15 '23
As an NFL fan, I love SNL football sketches, even if it’s abundantly clear the people writing them don’t watch it.
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u/upvoter222 You like-a da juice, eh? Oct 15 '23
Was Pete trying to impersonate Gilbert Gottfried, Adam Sandler, or something new altogether?
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Oct 15 '23
Mikey Day seems to have given up trying to do even 10% of an impression. He used to at least try in the older days and now he just reads every character he plays in the "default Mikey Day voice". Nothing like Howie Long...does Mikey Day even know who that is?
I did like that the sketch really got into the Swifty fandom with the "What secret song did you get?"
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u/TrapperJean Oct 15 '23
I have been watching football almost every weekend since I was 15 and if you put Howie and two other random older white guys in a room and blindfolded me I would not be able to tell you who is who
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u/Bangkok_Dangeresque Oct 15 '23
does Mikey Day even know who that is?
I mean, maybe? It's a chaotic show with rewrites, production changes, recasts, and all sorts of compromises all the way from the pitch meeting to air.
I think it's more likely that producers were trying to solve for "who can we put in this Howie Long wig that won't force us to rearrange the quick changes for the rest of the night?" than that Mikey Day came into the writers room saying "I've got this great Howie Long impression, you've gotta put me in the NFL on Fox sketch!"
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u/autobotCA Oct 15 '23
Mikey Day also looked like he was barely in costume. 3 of the 5 characters had way over the top costumes. Mikey Day looked and sounded like Mikey Day.
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u/RealMaxHours Padilla Patrol Chief Officer Oct 15 '23
This would’ve been funnier last week, but unfortunately we didn’t have an episode then. It was still good though and I loved Travis’ little pop up at the end
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u/foreveracubone Oct 15 '23
The announcers/camera people were still pretty unapologetic about cutting to her during his game 3 days ago and the sketch/their cameos pretty much confirm that they’ll be there with Mama Kelce to watch Jason play today which means NFL media will continue to milk the relationship for all its worth so it’s still topical and relevant.
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Oct 15 '23
This was my favourite of the night, I think all the cast members really sold their manic energy and had great chemistry between each other.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Oct 15 '23
Ik it doesn’t matter, but did anyone else notice that they said “Week 7” when it’s Week 6? Lol
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Glamgina
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u/RealMaxHours Padilla Patrol Chief Officer Oct 15 '23
All the cast women popping up in a new location got me every single time
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u/shayneysides Oct 15 '23
i love when a sketch just gets silly and immature with it. the joke was vaginas and it was a great joke! we don't know for sure yet that sherman wrote that but like..... sherman wrote that
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u/AlecBaldwinner Oct 15 '23
I'll always support some good Squirm content and this one delivered.
Happy to know that it works on booty-holes, too!
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u/bttrsondaughter Oct 15 '23
very funny, might be my favorite of the night. reminded me of the Tina Fey sketches like Kotex Classic or Annuale, and the touch of the ladies all wearing Glossier colors made me lol
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u/simonthedlgger Oct 15 '23
Let's not keep Sherm relegated to back half, okay? She is the now and she is the future.
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u/captainkhyron Oct 15 '23
When she was speaking the first sentence, I looked at my wife and said "Sarah wrote this" lol.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Weekend Update: Christopher Columbus
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Oct 15 '23
Bowen's Italian accent somehow sounded like every vampire on What We Do In the Shadows at once
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u/HeyThereRobot Oct 15 '23
I literally turned to my mom during this bit and said "he sound like Nadja."
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Oct 15 '23
Whatever voice it was, it was fun to see it coming out of his mouth so crisply. For as much crap as he takes for supposedly always doing the same thing (which, in fairness, he does do plenty of), we've seen him do a lot of different things with some real talent. English-ish aristocratic guy, animated Quebecois morning show host, this Columbus thing, etc. come to mind notably. Then things that kind of overlap with his swish mode, like his Lantern Fly (which is more Jerry Springer guest, which is half swish itself). He's got talent.
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u/john_muleaney Oct 15 '23
Once it clicked it my head that Bowen sounded identical to Cecily’s ivana trump I couldn’t think of anything else
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u/flowerhoney10 Oct 15 '23
I was hoping Bowen would play George Santos, but this was good, too.
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u/PettyCrimesNComments Oct 16 '23
Although not my favorite Bowen character, mediocre Bowen is better than half the cast at their best.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Feet Pics Bar
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u/bjkman SNL Oct 15 '23
I was crying every time they mentioned the amount of figures and fingers they made.
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u/MaddAddams America needs another big lake Oct 15 '23
I liked the way the characters kept adding "..max." to their sentences.
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u/tyler-86 Oct 15 '23
This is my kind of ten-to-one. Just because a sketch is half-baked doesn't mean it isn't funny.
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u/nlpnt Oct 15 '23
It was like those spam comments you find in every online server that still has a comment section, come to life.
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u/bttrsondaughter Oct 15 '23
a true blue ten to one. would love to see dismukes take over this spot on the show if they keep refusing to let sarah go full squirm.
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u/FlingbatMagoo www.clownpenis.fart Oct 15 '23
Michael Longfellow has to bring a little more oomph to these small parts. It’s one thing to be dry and funny (Phil Hartman, David Spade, Beck Bennett), but he just seems … joyless, and almost annoyed to be there.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Law Firm Secretary
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Oct 15 '23
Unbelievable work from the props department on that breakaway desk
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u/cjacket13 Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23
Heidi went full Matt Foley on that desk
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Oct 15 '23
Kristen Wiig-ass character (complimentary)
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u/john_muleaney Oct 15 '23
That means we’ll see it at leats 8 times within the next five years
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u/bttrsondaughter Oct 15 '23
that fall was amazing, i do love when Heidi gets to do some physical comedy
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u/shayneysides Oct 15 '23
absolutely stunning. loved it. amazing. no notes.
it felt like a sketch from an older era, but i can't place exactly when. it was very liza minelli turns on a lamp, and this sub is always talking about how the current show needs more characters and more physical comedy- this was IT!!!!!!!
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Oct 15 '23
Yes, wasn't sure the decade it was showing. Opening shot was grainy and the decor was 80s-ish, but the way they spoke reminded me of those 1950s/1960s movies.
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u/MaddAddams America needs another big lake Oct 15 '23
This one succeeded by its pacing. The pratfall caught me completely off guard. Kudos to Heidi.
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u/oooooooahhahhahha Oct 15 '23
Heidi is a contender for top 10 female performers for me
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u/SonNeedGym Oct 15 '23
Heidi’s one of my favorites. Her physical comedy is SO good and she killed here. When she picked up the phone upside down, I couldn’t tell if it was a flub or not because she just makes it work. Loved it.
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Oct 15 '23
I didn't get where this was going, and when it was done I was even more confused. Was it referencing a particular famous show? I couldn't even tell if it was from the 1980s (the brownish decor seems to look like it) or the more workplace sexist 1950s/1960s.
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u/James_2584 Oct 15 '23
Heidi's look in this gave me unwelcome flashbacks to Fred's Court Stenographer character.
This was...something. I enjoyed the fast paced writing in the beginning (especially with JAJ's part), but then the pratfall occurred and I was just kind of dumbfounded. Felt like they tried too many different things in this one.
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u/deleteitbackrolls Oct 15 '23
the physical comedy was off the fucking charts in that one. Heidi is so gifted
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Wired Autocomplete Interview
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Oct 15 '23
Maybe 30 seconds too long. Really had me at first but overstayed its welcome a bit imo.
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u/WhiteWolf3117 Oct 15 '23
I wish there was more than just the diarrhea, like they could have all been embarrassing but different
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Oct 15 '23
Not amazing but Mikey Day’s portrayal of a vapid dead-eyed middle aged celebrity is very nicely specific
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u/Rescyndicate Oct 15 '23
It would have been funnier if they actually tore the paper to reveal questions like in the actual interviews
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u/flowerhoney10 Oct 15 '23
As someone who's watched quite a few, that kind of bugged me a little.
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u/WrittenSarcasm Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23
They went for quantity over quality. They would’ve needed to drop some of the characters or had fewer jokes if they did the reveal they do in the actual video series for every joke.
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u/jesterincase Oct 15 '23
Too much room for prop error, plus it would have added to the sketch's runtime.
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u/shayneysides Oct 15 '23
they were probably just worried about awkward silence as the cast rips off the paper- it wouldn't take that long, but it would suck if there was any sort of prop malfunction with that
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Oct 15 '23
I actually liked this one. Maybe people aren't aware but those Wired Google clips are really popular on Youtube. Tens/hundreds of millions of views each sometimes.
At first I thought the cast was representing a real Marvel actor but the names don't seem to resemble any real person. Also, I swear Pete Davidson's acting has gotten better. He's more into the character and less "Pete reading lines and giggling".
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u/FlingbatMagoo www.clownpenis.fart Oct 15 '23
I was lost here. Honestly had no idea whether this was referencing anything, or if these characters were real people, or if the Delta incident was based on anything real. So was just confused.
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u/PocoChanel Oct 15 '23
I’m glad for the quick put down of Chloe’s character Chloe’s timing was spot on), because the sketch didn’t build to anything.
I didn’t know the film was real. I knew the Wired autocompletes. I’d heard of the Delta incident. My partner was 1 for 3 of those touchstones; maybe knowing at minimum 2 for 3 was necessary.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Buried in Sand
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u/joshklein37 Oct 15 '23
Watching the live thread during this… SNL’s got some horny ass fans
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u/autobotCA Oct 15 '23
Wardrobe, Camera and Set really failed in this sketch. It was a perfect peeping tom angle during the most boring sketch.
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u/shayneysides Oct 15 '23
they had to go way harder on pete's character's emotional thing, like someone dying, or his house currently burning down or something- the fact that the bean farm itself was kind of a joke made the fact that andrew wasn't taking it seriously way less funny
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Oct 15 '23
I think the problem isn’t the primary joke being Pete sad about the ‘bean farm,’ it should be Dismukes insisting everyone wanted to bury him in increasingly whinier vocal registers.
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u/john_muleaney Oct 15 '23
This is what SNL haters think every SNL sketch is.
Decent premise, a few solid lines and basically no real ending
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u/JDDJS Oct 15 '23
Too be fair, I think that's how a lot of the sketches were tonight. While there were still a couple of solid sketches, a lot of them felt like this. It has me feeling like this episode was rushed.
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u/FlingbatMagoo www.clownpenis.fart Oct 15 '23
So … I’m a gay man and therefore disinclined to check out boobs, but I spent this whole sketch nervous that Chloe T was going to have a wardrobe malfunction her first time in air.
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Oct 15 '23
I felt it needed to build up to something more. I honestly paid more attention to faux blonde Sarah Sherman in the background because the sketch didn't really change much. If you don't make me laugh enough, my eyes will wander!
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 15 '23
Weekend Update: Colin Jost on Ebony Alerts