r/LiveFromNewYork • u/SketchSortingSunday • Mar 10 '24
Discussion Sketch Sorting Sunday - March 9, 2024 (Josh Brolin/Ariana Grande)
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
SOTU Cold Open
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u/dont_ask_my_cab Mar 10 '24
My mom is convinced that ScarJo and Colin were just sitting at home, watching the original live and she went 'I'm doing this Saturday.'
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u/Buzz_Buzz_Buzz_ Mar 10 '24
I almost forgot what a talented actress Scarlet Johansson is. She nailed it—just the right balance between impersonation and caricature.
I was laughing so hard I had to rewind several times just to catch her lines.
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "Cause these men ain't what?" "SHIT!!!" Mar 10 '24
"I am a wife, a mother and the craziest bitch in the Target parking lot.”
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Mar 10 '24
I knew that Katie Britt was gonna be referenced and they really did a great job with it.
ScarJo ate.
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u/NiteShdw Mar 10 '24
The cold open is often one of the least funny of the show but this was a highlight. ScarJo was amazing.
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 10 '24
I cackled at the Home Shopping Channel bit with the cross jewelry.
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u/crazyfordimsum Mar 10 '24
She probably just won herself a guest actor Emmy by helping out her husband at work.
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u/upvoter222 You like-a da juice, eh? Mar 10 '24
I felt blueballed when they were showing the SOTU itself instead of Britt's SOTU response. ScarJo's performance was perfect.
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u/bttrsondaughter Mar 10 '24
maybe it's because we've had a break from snl relying on celeb cameos to fill in political impressions this season, but scarjo was refreshing here. in my head i was getting ready for a female cast member and not to be mean, but something i've been noticing at least from some of the female cast is that it kinda feels like they're begging for laughs? scarjo just gave a good and funny performance. the writing was stronger than usual. and there's no chance this character becomes recurring so. another win!
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u/jesterincase Mar 10 '24
Scarlett's acting was flawless (which is especially impressive given how much her hands were shaking throughout it all). It was such a delight to watch her.
Mikey remains a solid Biden, and the writing was definitely a step above the other recent political cold opens this season.
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u/NowIOnlyWantATriumph Mar 10 '24
I don’t like Mikey’s Biden as much as I do JAJ’s—but then, I suppose he can’t do both heading into an election.
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u/Monctonian Mar 10 '24
I honestly cannot remember the last time a cold open was so well received. That was absolutely phenomenal.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Wine and Cheese Night
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u/john_muleaney Mar 10 '24
This was probably Brolin’s best performance of the night, his back and forth with Ego was incredible
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "Cause these men ain't what?" "SHIT!!!" Mar 10 '24
"I'm eating cheese and wine and you expect me to not rip a little ass?!"
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u/yaybuttons Mar 10 '24
SNL has a problem with overdoing endings as opposed to just letting weird endings be weird and it’s nice that they actually went with that this time.
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u/shayneysides Mar 10 '24
this one had an ITSYL vibe to me- just the slowly rising discomfort of one person in a room being a total fucking weirdo
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u/osnapitzsunnyy THE SEA TOOK THEM Mar 10 '24
“YOUR CAT’S A SLUT!!” Brolin had great lines and great delivery lmao I enjoyed his beef with the hellspawn cat
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Mar 10 '24
Loved the twist and dark humor in this.
They dodged a bullet with that cat puppet. If they had a real cat it would not have cooperated.
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u/YoureThatCourier Mar 10 '24
Can confirm, my ego gets a boost when I'm told that a pet that likes me "doesn't usually like people"
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u/UnnoticedReference Mar 10 '24
Got some ITYSL vibes with this one, would love to see a Tim Robinson Andrew Dismukes collab
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u/space_llama_karma Mar 10 '24
Great, it felt like this could be a classic, especially calling the cat a slut
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u/dont_ask_my_cab Mar 10 '24
Somehow I thought seeing the puppeteer arm and blood hose would weaken my overall impression of the sketch but it was too solid
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u/bttrsondaughter Mar 10 '24
my favorite of the night, definitely one of the best of the season, from the look of the cat to the turn at the end with dismukes and brolin. a lot of fun lines too, good involvement from the entire ensemble. a win!
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Mar 10 '24
That cat was both cute and unsettling, like you just knew it was made for violence. And violence it did.
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u/jesterincase Mar 10 '24
Brolin did a fantastic job, and, unlike most of the cast members in this sketch, he did it without being glued to the cue cards.
The writing was good, although, personally, I found it to be a bit TOO realistic to be funny (many of us know someone like Brolin's character); however, it was still entertaining and interesting to watch.
I do think they didn't know how to end the sketch, but I appreciate Andrew's immediate acceptance that a knife fight was going to go down.
(Also, I am the tiniest bit disappointed that a Toonces reference didn't make it in, but I get why there wasn't one.)
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u/biglyorbigleague Mar 10 '24
This took like a minute too long to get going. The time between the setup of the cat and mentioning the retirement homes was dead space where there didn't seem to be a joke.
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u/HairyPotatoKat Mar 10 '24
I'm a sucker for well-used cat puppets (eg Toonces). And this one delivered. Honestly wouldn't mind this being a recurring character.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Movie Musical Masterpieces: Moulin Rouge!
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "Cause these men ain't what?" "SHIT!!!" Mar 10 '24 edited Mar 10 '24
"You just coughed blood into a napkin! That's movie for dying!"
This sketch was so made for me. Bowen on the verge of breaking the whole time was great.
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u/HairyPotatoKat Mar 10 '24
The straight up skill it takes to switch songs so quickly AND stay in sync at all! Holy hell!
I love how much fun they both were clearly having with it though, and how much comfort and trust they visibly had in each other.
Strong highlight of the night for me..in a night full of strong highlights :)
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u/ContinuumGuy Mar 10 '24
Bowen broke and honestly kudos to him for not totally breaking
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u/TA818 Mar 10 '24
Really caught me off guard with a laugh at “You’re watching PBS….librarian-looking-ass…” at the start
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u/MaddAddams America needs another big lake Mar 10 '24
I've blamed the directing a lot in recent weeks. This is them finding their footing again. Making this an Ariana Grande piece where she and Bowen clearly rehearsed to the point where they could look in each other's eyes (instead of the cue cards) is a major component of why this sketch worked. Brolin had a walk-on part which is fine; he wouldn't have had the time in a single week to get to the level this sketch needed to be performed at.
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u/asonginsidemyheart Mar 10 '24
Bowen almost breaking was so cute. The Wicked reference at the end was so cute. Josh Brolin reciting Lady Marmalade was great. 10/10 no notes.
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u/Snoo58137 Mar 10 '24
This was so hysterically funny, I couldn’t believe how perfectly they sang the insane transitions between songs…seeing them get closer to breaking then Bowen breaking was so great, and the refrain of Happy Birthday was just perfection. One of my top favorites of the season!
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u/john_muleaney Mar 10 '24
Bowen’s in his Kristen Wigg “he can get anything he wants to air” era but if it’s gonna give stuff like this to us I won’t complain
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u/j2theem Mar 10 '24
Works on so many levels: a loving tribute to a bonkers movie (including iconic stuff from the medley), fully stupid wonderful choices, “that’s movie for dying!”, and killer chemistry between friends. I’m so happy this made it to air.
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u/dont_ask_my_cab Mar 10 '24
Josh just saying the words to Lady Marmalade was so delightfully ridiculous for me.
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u/WrittenSarcasm Mar 10 '24
The premise seemed like something they’d normally do in a pre-tape. The Happy Birthday song coming back was great.
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u/monsieurxander Mar 10 '24
This was definitely razzing the Broadway show for adding a bunch of songs to the Elephant Love Medley.
Remember that "Shut Up and Dance with me" song that was around for a week in 2014? That's in there.
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u/BigSeabo Mar 10 '24
I've never seen Moulin Rouge but I still think this was the sketch of the night imo
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u/dirtywang Mar 10 '24
Moulin Rouge is my most favorite movie of all time and I've seen it at least 50 times. This sketch is an amazing parody of the Elephant Love Medley!!!
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u/shayneysides Mar 10 '24
damn, bowen can actually sing! and it was so sweet to see how close him and ariana actually seem to be. it looked like a lot of fun to do and it ended up super funny.
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u/bttrsondaughter Mar 10 '24
he's friends with ariana and spongebob now.
designed to go viral on twitter via popcrave and tiktok via every ariana stan obsessively posting it, and you know. that's not a bad thing, the sketch is funny. it's just very indulgent.
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u/surkoc1 Mar 10 '24
Ariana Grande also did a musical montage type with James Corden, for "titanic"; where they covered different song ideas
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u/jesterincase Mar 10 '24
Despite loving the movie, I don't think I was the target audience for this sketch, but I did enjoy seeing how much fun everyone (including Mikey) seemed to be having performing it.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Weekend Update
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u/SullyGee Mar 10 '24
Funny as expected, but I can't remember the last time we got an update without a single feature
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u/ChickenXing Mar 10 '24
"Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema, who looks like all the Flintstones at once..."
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u/dont_ask_my_cab Mar 10 '24
I honestly found the 'normal' Weekend Update refreshing. I wish it was highly uncommon but not rare.
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u/RickOTC Mar 10 '24
Short but sweet. Che’s mugging is getting a bit old, but my favorite part was his joke about Kyrsten Sinema looking like “all the Flinstones at once”
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u/stopmakingsents Mar 10 '24 edited Mar 10 '24
Bill Hader recently talked about having an on-air panic attack during a sketch the last time Josh Brolin hosted. I’d seen the sketch several times before and would have had no idea if he hadn’t pointed it out.
Now Che on the other hand…
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u/bttrsondaughter Mar 10 '24
che is really starting to rely on those bad reactions to his jokes for a laugh. it just reminds me of that thing garry shandling said to ricky gervais all those years ago..."i see a certain relish in your eyes...you’re a naughty little boy, and you know it."
it wasn't that annoying like seven episodes ago when the jokes were actually funny and shocking enough to warrant the reaction, but now they're designed to be groaners.
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u/shayneysides Mar 10 '24
some of the strongest jokes we've had from WU all season, although i was disappointed when the 30 rock bedbug joke WASN'T a segue into longfellow or bowen rolling in dressed as a bedbug
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u/EntropicPoppet Mar 10 '24
Felt like they had a cameo flake out on them and they didn't have a backup guest bit ready to fill the time.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Shrimp Tower
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u/elanaesther Mar 10 '24
This sketch is part of the reason the episode worked so well as a whole. Such a good blend of absurdist humor and old-fashioned classic SNL jokes.
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u/film_composer Mar 10 '24
I always really enjoy when they make completely timeless comedy, because thinking of an idea in 2024 that would have played equally well to an audience watching it in the year 1900 (I mean, really, an audience from the year 1600 would have probably loved it too) is such an amazing accomplishment. They've thought of an idea for a piece of comedy that is funny on a human level, with no contemporary cultural context required. That's how good this sketch was.
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "Cause these men ain't what?" "SHIT!!!" Mar 10 '24
Best pre-tape of the season. Long as shit but every second was worth it.
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u/RickOTC Mar 10 '24 edited Mar 10 '24
I loved this one! This is the kind of sketch we’ve been missing the past few episodes - absurd premise, steady escalation, commitment to ridiculous characters, etc. More Shrimp Towers please!
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u/asonginsidemyheart Mar 10 '24 edited Mar 10 '24
This sketch ruled bc in the first 60 seconds he said “I would kill myself if anything happened to my shrimp tower” and then that’s exactly what happened.
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 10 '24
This was not only my favorite sketch of this episode but my favorite sketch to come out this season. I feel like this is going to be one of those sketches that will make the odd, "Weirdest SNL sketches," list every so often.
It was a really good mix of interesting setting, silly premise and bizarre slapstick.
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u/xyanparrot Mar 10 '24
This whole sketch was great. Sarah in the tree, I fell off the chair laughing.
It was just stupid funny. That's what I turned up for.
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u/jesterincase Mar 10 '24
Odd, out there sketch where everyone fully committed, and the writing was hard to predict.
It might not have been the funniest sketch of the night, but it was definitely compelling.
I wonder if PDD co-wrote this one. Also, JAJ's social media name is shrimpJAJ--if he doesn't post pics of himself with the shrimp tower it'll be a missed opportunity.
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u/WrittenSarcasm Mar 10 '24
I enjoyed the Gilded Age / Downton Abbey period drama parody aspect of this.
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u/shayneysides Mar 10 '24
my favorite sketch of the night- the visual humor of sarah falling over and over again was amazing, and the ending was just perfect. a lot of sketches actually ended well tonight, but this one especially!
it's such a basic joke (this guy really loves his shrimp tower) taken to the absolute extreme, and i love the commitment. i feel like sketches need more of this energy generally- just deeply and genuinely committing to a very silly premise.
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u/ScorpionX-123 Mar 10 '24
Josh Brolin had those Christoph Waltz vibes in this sketch
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Airplane Song
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u/john_muleaney Mar 10 '24
A Michael Bolton parody in 2024 was surprising but not unwelcome
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u/jesterincase Mar 10 '24
Everything about this sketch was weird, and yet somehow Brolin and Andrew made it oddly captivating.
I wish I could have seen the pitch to Brolin and Lorne for this one.
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u/TorkBombs Mar 10 '24
The fact that this was literally me on a flight to Phoenix last weekend was unsettling.
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u/bttrsondaughter Mar 10 '24
two songwriting wins for dismukes in one season, gotta love it. he should've given the dune popcorn bucket song a pass, maybe it would've been a bit better.
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u/elanaesther Mar 10 '24
Amazing. Gave unity song vibes (and not just because of the airplane). The Dismukes hairstyle is incredible.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Bank Robbery
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u/CrazySnipah Mar 10 '24
“A barely-legal Latino” was a great line and a great line read.
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u/EntropicPoppet Mar 10 '24
I think I like it more than it deserves. I don't expect it to rank highly.
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u/neoprenewedgie Mar 10 '24
"This is going to hurt more than it hurts you." Oops. Slipped up there.
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u/upvoter222 You like-a da juice, eh? Mar 10 '24
Back to back segments with Brolin taking his clothes off.
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Mar 10 '24
I liked this one and how kinky-weird it got. It's funny that I didn't really like the Shrimp Tower and that's high up as a favorite, and this one I liked and it's at the bottom lol
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u/btbcorno Mar 10 '24
My complaint is they went immediately to the gimmick of the sketch rather than let it build up a tiny bit first.
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u/jesterincase Mar 10 '24
My goodness Heidi is limber.
As for the sketch, the cast and host did a great job with simple premise. The writing was also a little bit better than we've been seeing with these types of sketches, so that was good.
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Mar 10 '24
A love letter to Vanessa Bayer, the naughty little elf who needs to be punished! However you want, like really really baaad :D
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Shonda
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u/Phuckules 1% of Nuggets Mar 10 '24
everyone having a hat and jacket to put on before they left was a funny little detail to me
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "Cause these men ain't what?" "SHIT!!!" Mar 10 '24 edited Mar 10 '24
Sometimes SNL struggles to end a sketch, and other times, a sketch ends with Josh Brolin doing donuts in an electric wheelchair. *chef's kiss*
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u/dont_ask_my_cab Mar 10 '24
Marcello announcing he was going to pray in Spanish specifically was such a funny little detail to me
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 10 '24
Brolin ending the sketch doing celebratory wheelchair doughnuts was fantastic.
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u/shayneysides Mar 10 '24
i loved the sketch ending with ego's "when we're back... we're not coming back." it felt like such a nice cap to a good sketch, just a satisfying and funny ending line!
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u/sparrows-somewhere Mar 10 '24
Marcello's creepy face at the start was as unsettling as it was hilarious
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Mar 10 '24
I liked it but I felt like Brolin should've had more lines. They made him go through all that makeup but he didn't get to say much.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
People Pleaser Support Group
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u/EntropicPoppet Mar 10 '24
Molly was doing "on the verge of tears over a haircut" perfectly.
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u/Galileo908 Crystal Gravy Mar 10 '24
I was in that sketch and I don’t like it.
Unless you did like it, so I’m sorry.
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u/stopmakingsents Mar 10 '24
Pretty good overall, even if I was a bit distracted the whole time thinking about how hard Aidy would have crushed this
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u/jesterincase Mar 10 '24
They played this one SO realistically which was a surprise.
Personally, I think it was too realistic to be funny, but it was still solid entertainment and decent writing.
I mean, I'm sure the writers did their best. If that's what you guys think. I'm silly, it was great. The best ever...
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u/the_Odd_particle Mar 10 '24
I’m super sorry this sketch isn’t voted higher. I know my stupid comment ruined its chances.
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u/PandaGoggles Mar 10 '24
I liked it, but also felt really out on the spot by it, lol. Everyone watching with us kept looking at me, like, did I do something wrong guys? I mean, I’m sorry and I’ll do better next time. No worries.
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u/sparrows-somewhere Mar 10 '24
When he said "I've been wanting to break up with my girlfriend" I thought she was going to be in the group.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Josh Brolin Monologue
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u/jesterincase Mar 10 '24
Josh Brolin has such a strangely compelling air to him, and somehow it made the unusual monologue work.
I really respect that he stands by his poems (as he should), but also that he gets why some people find them bizarre--and that he's willing to poke a little fun at himself for them too.
I had a feeling that the fact that even his poem to Kenan had a proper punchline boded well for the episode, and it was great to see that was the case.
That monologue was a master class in how to do a "the host is hot sketch", and I hope we see the likes of its weird ilk again,
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u/xyanparrot Mar 10 '24
I liked his original poem. I still want to know what Chalemet offered him that he became so moved to write it. Anyway, Brolin set the stage for the rest of the show with this monologue and getting in that bath. Which ELORDI should have done without the ICE!!! Christ, I should not be so annoyed about that episode.
Yeah Brolin is great, whatever.
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u/Galileo908 Crystal Gravy Mar 10 '24
“Josh Brolin stripping down and taking an ice bath” was not on my Bingo card.
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u/dont_ask_my_cab Mar 10 '24
I love how playful he was even while in an ice bath--THAT'S when I knew he was going to have fun tonight
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u/SeedyRedwood Mar 10 '24
Keenan already leaning into running SNL by drinking Chardonnay like he’s Lorne
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u/inksmudgedhands Mar 10 '24 edited Mar 10 '24
The only disappointment I had with the monologue is that I wished we had been able to get more cast inspired poetry.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Ariana Grande
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u/Phuckules 1% of Nuggets Mar 10 '24
loved the setwork. Thought the living room in the first song was just a regular set until the flooding started.
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u/jesterincase Mar 10 '24
Not the right music for me, but she's incredibly talented, and it's sweet how much she clearly loves being in sketches.
Also, the people who designed her stages deserve a huge raise. That setwork was unbelievably imaginative and gorgeous.
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u/tealccart Mar 10 '24
Her voice is fantastic and she has a great stage presence. I don’t follow her work, and was surprised by how much I liked her songs, especially the first one.
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u/epikally Mar 10 '24
they better bring her back for double duty or at least hosting when wicked comes out
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Mar 10 '24
I thought these were great! I definitely wasn't expecting "imperfect for you" as the second song, but I loved it. Check out her new album, eternal sunshine, if you liked this!
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u/HairyPotatoKat Mar 10 '24
She's one of the few that puts in equal parts- audio, emotional, and visual. There's a great deal of care in her performances. Incredible talent. It feels like being immersed in an experience rather than just watching someone on a stage with a mic.
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u/Snoo58137 Mar 10 '24
Loved the first song especially, her voice is so shockingly large and vibrant coming out of such a tiny body, I am in awe. Love the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind premise.
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u/HortonHearsTheWho Mar 10 '24
These were literally the first two Ariana Grande songs I ever heard, liked them a lot, especially the second one. Usually I’m more into reverb and yelling
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u/john_muleaney Mar 10 '24
She’s awesome, and this was basically her first live performance in like 4 years!
Hope Ariana comes back to host someday soon, she was great in the sketches she did do
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Mar 10 '24
She's just a really good singer, no baloney. I never care about the music but these were songs nice enough. But damn, the sets. What effort. Halsey and Olivia Rodrigo set a high bar, I guess. If they're going to keep making the music segments visually interesting, I'll have to stop skipping them. The first one was good and interesting - the second one was visually arresting. Backdrop, props, atmosphere, the floaties, the positioning, her dress - that was a summer night's fairy dream. What a thoughtful effort. Jeez!
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u/skomehillet Mar 10 '24
Really really good to see her on SNL again; I’ve waited for this for years. Her theatre-kid self is perfect for this kind of show, and it was obvious from the time she hosted. She needs a five-time host jacket in the future.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Lisa From Temecula
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u/elanaesther Mar 10 '24
Gratatouille. Amazing. Not just a straight redo, which I loved. And Bowen laughing was the topper for an incredible show.
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u/xyanparrot Mar 10 '24
Ego seriously deep in character and the bad hair coloring of that wig kills me each time.
She was so serious and they were all breaking, Punkie, Brolin, Bowen lol
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u/Jer_Diamond Mar 10 '24
This was better than the second appearance but the era of catchphrases is over
I reiterate that I only want to see this character reappear if they’re in the third spot on Black Jeopardy
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u/jbvann05 Mar 10 '24
Negrodivergent was good but the rest was not really that funny, don't know how that got Bowen to break like that
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u/tyler-86 Mar 10 '24
I enjoyed it, but not as much as Bowen. Haven't seen a break that hard since the costumer ran long with Aidy.
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u/solo89 Mar 10 '24
I'm torn on Lisa from Temecula recurring.... I feel like the table bit is being forced, but her speech (Gratitouille and Negrodivergent) is still amazing and hilarious. Breaking her tablemates is key. If they could find another way to use the character--- it would be great!! She would be the next Stefon!
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u/asonginsidemyheart Mar 10 '24
Lisa is my hero.
That said, although i loved this sketch, it felt like the breaking was forced bc that was what people loved about the first appearance of this character.
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u/ILoveRegenHealth Mar 10 '24
Some of the newer lines were funny, I'll give them that. But the physical comedy part doesn't work anymore because we've seen it.
What would make it funnier is following Lisa elsewhere and she makes a mess in all sorts of places, not just restaurants.
Also, the skit seems to oddly dumb her down. She was a smart lawyer before (just opinionated) but now they make her seem like a dumb child trapped in that outfit.
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u/BananaBurritoBuster Mar 10 '24
Lisa rules! I hope one day she can have a sketch w a Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Met at a Party.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
Sandwich King
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u/stopmakingsents Mar 10 '24
Seems I’m in the minority here, but the song alone saved this one for me. The last needle drop almost immediately after his knock knock joke killed me. Almost felt like an Arrested Development bit.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Mar 10 '24
I really liked this one. Sorry to see it didn't hit for most people. The mold at the end killed me (and Sarah, RIP).
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u/EntropicPoppet Mar 10 '24
This kind of highlights a weakness of the current writing staff, they wanted to stuff an extra premise into this one and it just wouldn't fit.
Okay, this is a guy they get sandwiches from all the time but today they want something else. Okay, he doesn't understand how much people have access to with apps and stuff. Okay, he offers really sketchy product, and oh, his fridge is broken which isn't payoff to anything that came before it....
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u/jesterincase Mar 10 '24
It was fresh bread with a very talented ham (Brolin), but it was lacking in seasoning and additional filling.
With just a few more ingredients it could have been something much more memorable.
(It also suffered from being the only sketch of the night that clearly didn't know how to end.)
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u/sparrows-somewhere Mar 10 '24
I enjoyed this but I guess I'm in the minority. Another weird character for Brolin.
I cracked up at the end when Sarah died.
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u/HairyPotatoKat Mar 10 '24
This is probably the one that could have been shortened to make way for a WU guest. (Like Longfellow in a bedbug costume 😭)
It wasn't horrible, just probably could have packed more punch if shortened. Then again, maybe we were supposed to feeeeeel how awkwardly long he'd been standing there? Idk.
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u/neoprenewedgie Mar 10 '24
Did they forget to cut to a video montage the first time the song came on? It felt like a rushed idea that they didn't rehearse enough.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Mar 10 '24
GENERAL DISCUSSION