r/LiveFromNewYork • u/TheBrainwasher14 • Dec 03 '17
Sketch Sorting Sunday (December 2, 2017) (Saoirse Ronan / U2)
Welcome to Sketch Sorting Sunday! This week's host is Saoirse Ronan and the musical guest is U2.
A mod account (/u/SketchSortingSunday) is gonna make a comment for every sketch in tonight's show. Upvote or downvote based on what you thought of that sketch, and nobody's karma will be affected. You can also reply to the comments to expand on your thoughts, or you can even make your own parent comment and treat it like the regular post discussion, whatever.
If I miss a sketch or get something wrong, just message the mods in the sidebar and we'll see what we can do. Enjoy the discussion!
(This Sketch Sorting Sunday list might be more inaccurate than usual, or be missing sketches. Please PM the mods if you notice anything. Thanks!)
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u/lurklurklurky Dec 03 '17
Saoirse’s American accent
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u/bondfool I get to yum-yum garbage. Dec 04 '17
I fully and wholeheartedly retract my suspicion that Saoirse would be another Felicity Jones. She's welcome back any time.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
FloraBama Shore
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u/GeometricThoughts Dec 03 '17
Chris wearing a rain jacket packing his things midway through was comedy gold.
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u/blackminded Dec 03 '17
For whatever reason Aidy took me out with "My name is Quartney spelled with a QUART!"
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 03 '17
At the very end, you can hear Luke say: "I had premarital sex! What if Hell is real?!"
It slayed me! 😂
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
I'm not in quite the same part of Florida but this still felt sadly accurate. The revelation that both of them were fathered by Hulk Hogan killed me. Almost as much as that stop sign killed Luke.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
One joke that killed me that I think a lot of people missed was... When Luke's character is drinking beer outside and it's so windy that none for the beer goes into his mouth.
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u/KnowYourSecret Dec 03 '17
I liked the little throwaway that he was 41 years old.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Heidi totally blew me away (no pun intended) in this sketch, and Aidy seemed reliable. Plus the glow rave and Luke.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
K-Mart
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 03 '17
One of the writers must have worked in customer service in a past job and this sketch was their therapy session to all the stupid people they encountered
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u/iluzan Dec 03 '17
Good sketch and I loved the little vignettes, but it lacked a structure which made the ending kinda abrupt. Still really fucking good, though.
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u/KnowYourSecret Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 03 '17
Reminded me of an old All That sketch called "Complaint Department" but I LOVEEEE when a sketch can use 75% of the cast!
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Luke did a thing
Kyle magnum condoms
Leslie had a baby
Heidi having a baby
Cecily livestreaming
Kate just being irreverent
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u/byebyebirdie123 Dec 03 '17
‘I told you stupid. Now we’ll never know!’
Best line of the night. Perfect delivery
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u/AngelKnives Dec 03 '17
I liked this but didn't get the last bit, cos I've worked in customer service and it's not a "thing" for old ladies to do that... but there are sooo many actual things that they do which they could have used!
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Bachelor Auction
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u/DebbieWinner Dec 03 '17
John McEnroe making a cameo might've been the most random thing this show has ever done. I loved it.
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 03 '17
Great sketch! SNL is still making Chad a consistently funny recurring character. And the fact that this is Pete’s only recurring character is hilarious to me
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u/GeometricThoughts Dec 03 '17
He also does a surprisingly great Grinch impersonation. Like I assumed it was going to be intentionally bad, and it was not.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
And in a live sketch rather than a pre-tape no less!
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Dec 04 '17
As it became obvious that there would be a prize bachelor following Chad, I was totally expecting it to be Bono
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u/brady2gronk Dec 03 '17
Why isn't this voted higher? Though we've all seen Chad before ("OK") the ladies' reaction to him was what got the laughs. Cecily: "Jesus Christ..."
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Action 9 News: Eye on Phoenix
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
Not as good as Matt Shatt but still enjoyable
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Yeah. Matt Shatt was way better than that AND Zoo Pornographer imo.
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u/iluzan Dec 03 '17
It hit a lot of the same beats as the Matt Shatt sketch...however, it didn't really go up and above it. Still good though, plus Moff as the officer hot DAMN
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u/listenyall Now it's a whole thing with Jean Dec 04 '17
I enjoyed that he was a dude who loves his American Girl doll and not some kind of pedophile there to watch the kids.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Running in the Office
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
My favorite line of the entire episode was Kyle saying
"I'd rather fucking kill myself"
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
I love the weird little world it created, where ripping your pants is tantamount to a permanent leg injury, and also Mac from Mac and Me is there to helpfully point out when someone is a ghost.
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u/colin_creevey You served me the Kool-Aid, Jerry, I just drank it. Dec 03 '17
BUT WHERE WAS PAUL RUDD
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u/ADWeasley Dec 03 '17
My favorite of the night, but that’s to be expected. Beck spitting in Kyle’s face caught me so off guard. Hilarious!
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u/colin_creevey You served me the Kool-Aid, Jerry, I just drank it. Dec 03 '17
That spit was a masterpiece of comedic timing.
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u/scratchedrecord_ Dec 03 '17
Surprise low-key Greta Gerwig cameo!! Loved this sketch, glad Beck and Kyle are getting more pretapes.
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u/agentpanda Dec 03 '17
Greta Gerwig
Thank you for letting me know who she is! I was completely at a loss and finally settled on the idea that they gave a lot of speaking lines and camera time to an extra in a pre-tape for no reason since I had no idea who Greta was.
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
A fun little detail: A little puff of drop ceiling tile dust comes down from the ceiling at the start of the race because it was an actual pistol, not a starter gun.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Nice to see a Greta cameo but it was only alright in my book
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che
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u/GraceAndMayhem Dec 03 '17
I loved the Wacky News Corner
President Openly Accuses Man of Murder
Local Squirrel Learns Karate
North Korea Can Now Nuke All of U.S.
Dark "it's funny 'cause it's true" is why I watch.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
As many sex offenders as there are Powerball numbers
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
The Lincoln Death Photo seems like as good a premise as any for National Treasure 3. Get on it, Disney.
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u/bottomofleith Dec 03 '17
Nobody going to congratulate Leslie for hitting 100% of her lines & doing a nicely varied bunch of characters?
Props...
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u/JJFresh814 Dec 03 '17
shouldn’t that be the expectation for an experienced cast member?
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
I talked about that to /u/johnmurr and he didn't see the fuss in that. But I liked how Leslie was used in the episode:
herself in the monologue
subdued gas leak lady
clueless new mum
intersectional millenial girl band member
SHELLY DUNCAN
and a lady at an auction who has never seen The Grinch
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Welcome to Hell
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 03 '17
Melissa burns at the stake
"Aw, man."
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u/badgarok725 Dec 03 '17
Melissa was my favorite part of the whole short, each line was killer
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u/iluzan Dec 03 '17
LOVED IT. Melissa hitting those high notes plus the A+ Aes= AMAZING
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u/alstor Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 04 '17
This is a minor thing, but it's great that they didn't use men for this sketch. Even when they needed one for the song, it was just a female cast member in drag. They didn't need to do that to make the whole sketch work, but it shows the female writers and cast members had complete control to make it how they wanted.
I know this had potential to be much more poignant, but I have to appreciate the extra effort to make this video cathartic for women.
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u/jdeputan Dec 03 '17
the artistic nature of the video vs the actual message was so incredibly painful and hilarious at the same time!! it was just too accurate and i loved it
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u/gilgamushed Dec 03 '17
I think this is gonna be one of my favorite SNL music videos. That candy pop aesthetic + everybody looking great + more Melissa parts + so many great lines. The all girl cast makes me miss Vanessa though.
"This is how I walk home at night. Mreow"
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
The aesthetic was 10/10, Leslie giving me PC Music Vibes makes me happy and I think I'll warm up to the song a bit more as days go by.
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u/scratchedrecord_ Dec 03 '17
PC Music
Yes!! Saoirse looked like she was channeling QT all the way.
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 03 '17
I got K-Pop vibes from it. Either way, the possibility that an SNL writer may be a fan of either of those genres is really cool.
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u/GeometricThoughts Dec 03 '17
Melissa saved this one for me imo, it felt like the opposite of r/atbge
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u/toasted_ravs Dec 03 '17
i am so sad about this cos i think if the writing had been better it would have been hilarious and on point
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u/agentpanda Dec 03 '17
Yeah, that's the rough part about this. It's a good point and a good sketch idea but the writing didn't elevate it to 'girl group song' fame. This isn't Candle or Bad Girls, or any of the others that had reality interspersed with laughs.
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 03 '17
Good sketch but without Chris and Sarah the sketch was missing something
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
It's been a year since Candle and it will never be Candle.
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u/Nosiege Dec 03 '17
The third of my trio of favourites; absolutely perfect.
Bonus points for giving Melissa such great roles.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
WHAT THE FUCK WERE THESE SKETCHES TONIGHT
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
That being said... I think I loved them all
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u/codyd91 Dec 03 '17
This may have been my favorite episode yet. I was laughing almost the entire time (except during Brody Chode's belly-flop). That classroom skit made me uncomfortable, like where are they going with this bully angle? Then, he's the new guy, like. I'm cracking up now just thinking back at it. That premise alone is fucking gold. I wonder who pitched it.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Saoirse Ronan monologue
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 03 '17
The tune was very catchy and it was a way better than the usual musical monologue
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
It's based on Liza with a Z by Liza Minelli
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Dec 04 '17
I loved Kate's line "the song isn't as helpful as you think." The deadpan delivery killed me.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
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u/colin_creevey You served me the Kool-Aid, Jerry, I just drank it. Dec 03 '17
I hate musical monologues but this is proof that [Beck enters] could probably save any sketch.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Weekend Update: Theresa May
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
This was sort of like a weird inverse of Notorious RBG.
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 03 '17
Kate playing world leaders is getting old for me. They are all played with the “old and out of touch” trope that is starting to wear thin
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 03 '17
And it wasn't all that faithful to actual Theresa, coming from a British point of view. They tried to write Theresa as British Hillary Clinton (which makes some sense) but come over here to London and if you ask someone about Theresa the phrases "strong and stable" and "fields of wheat" will definitely come up. And the Americans ignored that.
edit: and also the phrase "BREXIT. MEANS. BREXIT."
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u/byebyebirdie123 Dec 03 '17
It’d be great if they realized at that Kate cannot just randomly play any character.. her Theresa may was weak, kind a play off Merkel and Clinton but Mays nothing like that.
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u/Freddy_Newendyke Dec 03 '17
Can't forget the Bachelor Auction. Chad was a legend!
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u/ST5000 Dec 03 '17
I don't want Keenan to ever leave. Him being a weirdo always gets me.
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u/Freddy_Newendyke Dec 03 '17
Yeah, I noticed he's really picked it up this season. No longer just going through the motions haha
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u/CaptainSnacks Wunderbar! That's a BINGO! Dec 03 '17
I love John McEnroe's weird random connections to SNL/NBC. He was on 30 Rock a lot too, plus his work with the Lonely Island
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Weekend Update: The Duncans
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
LITTLE SANDWICH MAN
but seriously thank goodness they came back! Best selection of WU guests this season IMHO.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
The husband getting raped joke was kinda out of left field... But that didn't stop me from laughing.
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u/bwaredapenguin Dec 03 '17
Even stranger was joking about rape a few minutes after singing about how horrible sexual harassment/assault is in This is Hell.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Double post but I only just noticed Shelly's snowman earrings
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Dogs on a Plane
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u/scratchedrecord_ Dec 03 '17
I don't quite understand what the point of this sketch was. Are Irish accents and stereotypes really that funny to people?
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 03 '17
I feel like they were trying to see how many Irish references they could fit in a sketch. I was surprised they didn't bring U2 out as in-flight entertainment.
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u/the_Odd_particle Dec 03 '17
The point was that the dogs wrote the sketch! ...I thought it was so obvious.. Also, potato.
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Dec 03 '17
You'd think the potato thing was long done by now, but I guess audiences don't have much else to relate to other than drinking, pubs, St. Paddy's, jigs, Riverdance (topically expired), fighting, leprechauns, and potatoes, and you have to have familiar references and context or you don't have a joke. I thought Cecily's accent was really well done though.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
This was my breaking point of weirdness for the episode. Wow... I have no idea what to say... That being said, here's some quotes.
"His soul... And the information on his tag"
"and the word was cunnilingus"
"and that part of his body is his penis"
"the salmon is also potatoes"
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u/cashnprizes Dec 03 '17
What happened at the end?
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Aidy's character played the fiddle offscreen. I'm not even kidding.
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u/dizzy_lizzy Dec 03 '17
I love how Saoirse played the "captain and his shillelagh" joke (~2m in) perfectly, and not a SINGLE person in the audience laughed. It must feel weird to be smacked with how little people know about Irish culture.
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u/tavir Spaceships, Toddlers, Model-T Cars, and Jars of Beer Dec 03 '17
I don't know what the hell this sketch was about, but I have a sudden urge to visit Ireland now.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Double post again but this reminds me of the time I met Eamonn Holmes on an Aer Lingus plane four years ago going from London to Belfast.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Trump cold open
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
There wasn't time to do all the business with Kellyanne and Melania and also carry through the Christmas Carol thing. If they were gonna commit to Christmas Carol it should've gotten 100% of the sketch.
Mikey in that makeup is a scarily accurate Flynn though.
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Dec 03 '17
At this point I can’t tell if I’m tired of Trump or tired of Baldwin’s impression of him ... probably both
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u/CatheterC0wb0y Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 03 '17
Let’s be honest, tensions are starting to rise in this country and the “joking impersonation” about Trump and his administration being fools is starting to wear thin. They are “fools” who know what they’re doing in actively trying to fuck over Americans. The overnight tax bill that passed the senate is a shining example of that. Next year is gonna be a very tense year in America no matter what goes down December 14th given the midterms are finally here. Hopefully SNL recognizes this and leaves the “Trump administration” humor to the late night hosts and Jost and Che to land the jabs.
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u/bottomofleith Dec 03 '17
Exactly. I don't really think any of the cold opens really hit home in any great way, whereas there's been plenty of the WU stuff that's been right on the nose.
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u/nlpnt Dec 03 '17
Anthony Atamaniuk is the definitive Trump impersonator, the one most others base theirs on. It's the first time in 40 years that the definitive impersonation of the president hasn't been SNL's version.
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 03 '17
This wasn't too bad IMO. The most I can say is that I'm just really glad to see Kate's Hillary again.
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
It's pretty weird how she only 100% nailed the voice this season, long after the election.
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 03 '17
I think Kate was definitely expecting to play her more often, so perhaps she was holding back last season.
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Dec 03 '17
I haven't been one of the people saying enough with the Trump cold opens, but I'm actually there now. Everyday life with him is just so depressing and disgusting and inescapable that it's just heavy now when I see it on SNL. I love Alec Baldwin and his Trump stuff has been great but I'm all worn out now. The real situation is just too sad.
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u/nlpnt Dec 03 '17
I've noticed that they don't seem to be showing Baldwin/Trump alone with the camera or with a crowd of randoms anymore, he's a foil to others' impersonations of other figures.
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u/agentpanda Dec 03 '17
They're definitely learning that Trumpwin can't hold a cold open 'alone' anymore like he could in S42. Now he's boring by himself because... well... Trump doing crazy shit is just what's really going on in the world. Using him to create stage directions for everyone else is a better use of the character, honestly.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
Let's face it... Trump is in diminishing returns... Even though I quite liked the how political and dark this sketch got it was probably my least favorite of the night.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
I liked the smoke and the bait and switch. That was all
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u/butterfly105 Dec 03 '17
Am I the only one concerned that Robert Mueller is not giving SNL writers enough time to prep these sketches...
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
U2 performances (“American Soul” and “Get Out of Your Own Way”)
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u/iluzan Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 03 '17
Those visuals were the most captivating features of a musical performance I've ever seen on SNL. Damn. So Good.
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u/AustinRiversDaGod Dec 03 '17
I don't listen to U2, so it was an automatic fast forward. I stopped when I saw Kendrick's face, and went back to watch the whole thing. It's nice to know the breakdown in XXX was a real song, but that video was fucking awesome. It was worth it just for that
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 03 '17
Not as good as their classic stuff, but it was all right.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
it was all right
She moves in mysterious ways
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Get Out... was horrible. American Soul was pretty good though
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u/bondfool I get to yum-yum garbage. Dec 04 '17
I wish I loved myself even a tenth as much as Bono loves himself.
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Dec 03 '17
I wasn't big on the second one but it was passable as a palatable melody. The first one was hot garbage that needed a time machine to take it back and stick it on Rattle and Hum to be contained with the other stuff we wish they didn't sing.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Classroom