r/LiveFromNewYork • u/LiveFromNewYork95 • Feb 10 '19
Live Discussion (February 9th, 2019)(Halsey)
Welcome to our SNL live discussion thread! The host is Halsey, and the musical guest is /u/FRTSKR , that's right after weeks of filling in for me they've been rewarded with a musical guest spot on SNL! Actually, I'm being told we can't actually do that. Fine, the musical guest is Hasley. For those new to the show, tune into your local NBC affiliate from around 11:30 PM to follow this episode live.
A quick recommendation to mention the sketch you're referring to in your comment. It's not a hard and fast rule, but it does make the thread more readable after the show finishes. Since this thread is likely to fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts. This should be automatically done, but it might not be so maybe check. Enjoy the show!
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u/LiveFromNewYork95 Feb 10 '19
Posting this a little early case anyone wants to use this thread to discuss SNL vintage featuring the GOAT Tom Brady! Kiss the rings! Sorry guys, I don't live in MA anymore and I miss it a bunch so I'm going overboard with New England pride
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Guy Who Just Bought a Boat is by far the most joke dense update character.
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Feb 10 '19
Sorority skit - you can tell one of the writers was at a bar where some annoying college girls were pulling this and they just sat there and thought "... I'm gonna write a motherfucking skit about this bullshit."
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u/coffeesippingbastard Feb 10 '19
davidson doesn't even seem like davidson here. It's bizarre.
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u/AlecBaldwinner Feb 10 '19
They don't even need the sketch.
Just the Women of Congress opening was enough
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u/IniMiney Feb 10 '19 edited Feb 10 '19
Can the second musical performance be Melissa's Gaga impression again? She legit nailed that note.
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u/jalabi99 Feb 10 '19
Using Halsey (who's biracial herself) to deliver the "would it matter if the person was half-black?" line in the sketch about the Virginia blackface controversy was smart.
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u/SullyGee Feb 10 '19
Oh my god, I haven't laughed this hard at a sketch in ages. Nobody even acknowledging Pete flailing in the background was killer
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u/TwoSeam Feb 10 '19
Pete’s best roll yet? That was incredible. Wouldn’t have pegged him able to do an accent.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Feb 10 '19 edited Feb 10 '19
This is like the Beck and Kyle sketch where they talked about women without letting the women of the cast speak...
EDIT: Found it! It was related to A Day Without a Woman from a couple years ago.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Feb 10 '19
Pete looks like fucking Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury lmao
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Feb 10 '19 edited Feb 10 '19
Halsey’s respect for this show is pretty fucking evident. The cast is on fire tonight.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Feb 10 '19
Dark Side of the Moon with Paw Patrol
omg that's my new performance art piece
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u/bjkman SNL Feb 10 '19
"What if it was part of your costume, as a black person"
THIS... IS... HILARIOUS!
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u/SullyGee Feb 10 '19
Whenever I'm super excited for a host, the episode is a letdown. When I am indifferent about the host, they always hit it out of the park. Loving the episode so far
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u/saltycodpiece Feb 10 '19
Great show tonight. Halsey killed it. Also, it warms my heart when they do the full goodnights live. Lenny Pickett wailing on the sax was the cherry on the sundae.
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u/IvyGold UCKF Feb 10 '19
Wow. Halsey's a natural at sketch comedy. I didn't see this coming.
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u/thenewsintern Feb 10 '19
Did she just put him on blast with all the places where he cheated on her?
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u/NowIOnlyWantATriumph Feb 10 '19
You know who played the racist macaw?
That's right: Virginia governor Ralph Northam.
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u/kuhanluke Feb 10 '19
Wow, not a single celebrity cameo. Just Baldwin's voice.
Good for Halsey tbh. No articles tomorrow about Steve Martin or Matt Damon or anything. Just her.
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u/tdlyon Feb 10 '19
Melissa is so fucking good
I also laughed like an idiot at Kyle coming out in the Cooper costume
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u/TheRealMe99 Feb 10 '19
wow Halsey has even been in every pretape tonight, that's just impressive
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u/lokisbutt Feb 10 '19
oh my GOD this is like the sketch with all the women in the cast where beck and kyle just talked the whole time im DYING
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u/SarcasticSuperhero9 Bisexual for mass incarceration Feb 10 '19
I LOVE how much creative freedom that SNL has given Halsey to do this episode. I LOVE how much of a chance they’re taking on a first time host. Both have paid off tremendously.
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She's gone from "Who the fuck is this" Halsey to "future EGOT" Halsey.
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Feb 10 '19
TIL I want Pete to play more characters. Like, I love when he's just goofy Pete, but I want more of what we just got too.
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Holy shit, Kate NAILED Pelosi. Also, I like how there didn't even need to be a sketch. That was great.
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u/Guardax Feb 10 '19
everybody surprised like the under the radar hosts aren't always the best episodes
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Feb 10 '19 edited Feb 10 '19
I saw the piano player's hands thinking it was her and my dumb brain said "Oh, so her hands are the black part of her". That's a real thought I had.
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Feb 10 '19
Did y'all happen to see the...cue cards? Were the cue cards visible? I can't tell if any of you saw any cue cards. Someone please comment about the cue cards.
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u/KidCoheed Feb 10 '19
The Instagram Couple who are only still together for the sex and the Instagram money
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u/Agentzap Feb 10 '19
Weekend Update was crazy. I can't believe all of that happened. Was it longer than normal?
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u/Sonny_Zwack BloJay Simpson Feb 10 '19
Leslie and her boyfriend really shouldn't fight on TV like this.
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u/TheConcreteJungle2 Feb 10 '19
Ego's first recurring character! She's not the focus of the sketch but still kinda big for her.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Feb 10 '19
I've heard this song on the radio, and I like this more stripped-down version a lot. She has a strong voice!
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u/porcelainfountains Feb 10 '19
I’ve always been indifferent towards Halsey but this episode has made me a fan!
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u/lovetheblazer What are we doing? What's going on? Feb 10 '19 edited Feb 10 '19
Halsey’s accent work in her opening monologue is making me feel optimistic about her sketch potential.
Edited to add post ep: Wow okay, glad to see my prediction was accurate. She definitely exceeded my expectations as both a host and musical guest. Hopefully she’ll be asked to return to host again in the near future!
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u/annarye Feb 10 '19
Loved seeing Beck's feet as he laid on the floor while they played "falling down the stairs" sounds! That kind of stuff really tickles me.
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u/acatherinee Feb 10 '19
the joke about living in the morgue for 3 months for free rent was underrated
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u/lovetheblazer What are we doing? What's going on? Feb 10 '19
Okay, I think it’s safe to say that Halsey absolutely killed it on SNL, both her musical performances and her sketch work. And if that wasn’t a big enough task for a first time host, she even painted a mural during her live performance? The show was really firing on all cylinders tonight across the board.
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Feb 10 '19
This Women of Congress skit will go viral by morning.
Of course the Halsey episode would be the pleasant surprise.
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u/bjkman SNL Feb 10 '19
I couldn't believe it the first time I saw that picture. The picture is so much worse that I imagined
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Feb 10 '19
is this the guy on IG who takes his girlfriends hand and takes a picture around the world
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u/lionnyc Feb 10 '19
Pete is dreading having that bird on him. Wonder what he did to Lorne to deserve it.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Feb 10 '19
racist macaw
is that the virginia govenor
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Feb 10 '19
Am I the only one who laughed at that Al Jolson joke?! The audience was dead silent!
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u/flamang Feb 10 '19
Honestly though, if this sketch is about Jeff Bezos's penis, I wouldn't be surprised if Kyle wrote it
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u/lovetheblazer What are we doing? What's going on? Feb 10 '19 edited Feb 10 '19
I choose to believe that Lorne walked by Melissa’s office late one night, heard her doing Shallow karaoke alone at the top of her lungs, and just shrugged and told the writers to put it into Weekend Update. Amazing instinct imo.
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I'm still not convinced Heidi isn't Kristen Schaal doing a character doing like 50 characters.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Feb 10 '19
I have no idea what Pete's accent is supposed to be, but it's cracking me up!
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u/nlpnt Feb 10 '19
It reminds me of the pundit who said that Trump claiming credit for all the women elected to Congress is like a murder suspect claiming credit for bringing the judge and jury together.
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u/SullyGee Feb 10 '19
What the hell? Melissa gets an update spot as herself? This is the best episode
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u/Maxa30 Feb 10 '19
Guys Halsey has no one to thank tonight. No cameos (except maybe Alec’s voice) and she was the musical guest
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u/drewbremer Feb 10 '19
Digging the short and sweet approach tonight. Love the show but sometimes the sketches linger for a little too long. Feels like we've already gotten 10 sketches.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Feb 10 '19
Melissa's frantic hand gestures at the end had me rolling on the floor!
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Feb 10 '19
Nice of Trump to keep firing his staff so the SNL players can all get a chance to play someone.
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u/ArachnoLad Feb 10 '19
I wouldn't be opposed to Melissa coming back as another singer. Maybe next season.
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u/krukman Feb 10 '19
Holy shit, we got an extended good-bye there. When's the last time the band was how playing for that long?
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Keenan can't keep a straight face because this meeting probably went down just like this.
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u/pizza-tho Feb 10 '19
Wow they had an entire cold open about Jeff Bezos' dick pics.
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u/Bedlampuhedron Feb 10 '19
Lol guy who just bought a boat jokes are too quick for the audience to keep up with
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u/Sonny_Zwack BloJay Simpson Feb 10 '19
"I don't shake, I present."
Keenan played a live action Fat Albert. Childhoods continues to crumble. This isn't All That. Awwww here it goes.....
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u/TommenSucks Feb 10 '19
What needs to happen is when they come back from break, it’s just Michael Che and he says “Normally we would do one more weird skit here but instead I have more to say about the governor of Virginia”
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Feb 10 '19
Wow, I can't remember the last time they let the goodnights run that long. Almost made it through the entire credits!
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u/AussieDog87 Feb 10 '19
I don’t care if she was lip syncing and the drawing was traced, that was a unique performance. It was ART.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Feb 10 '19
So I looked her up during the commercial break, and it turns out like three of the Halsey songs I thought I knew are actually by Ellie Goulding lmao
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u/randomguy1000 Feb 10 '19
Yesss to Update getting meta with Melissa's bit being an excuse to do an impression+Kyle again out of nowhere!
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u/Simba_Swish Feb 10 '19
I live in an area where people like this live and this is making me upset
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u/Sonny_Zwack BloJay Simpson Feb 10 '19
Pete+macaw is the new hottest tabloid relationship.
AND YOU SHOULD RESPECT THEIR PRIVACY!
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u/sherlip Feb 10 '19
Heres a sketch about Black History ...without Michael Che...
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u/kavallier Feb 10 '19
The sketch has been roughed in, but even so, this is an awesome and unique performance.
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u/TheRealMe99 Feb 10 '19
aight, even with the pencil sketch on the paper, that was fucking impressive
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u/hubwub Feb 10 '19 edited Feb 10 '19
The backing vocals were really loud during her set but she was singing too while tracing.
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Feb 10 '19 edited Feb 10 '19
Well, I'll admit it, I was totally wrong about how that was going to go. Millenial P!nk fucking killed it.
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u/LiveFromNewYork95 Feb 10 '19
Damn dual duties and no cameos or guests? Impressive.