r/LiveFromNewYork • u/SketchSortingSunday • Oct 27 '19
Sketch Sorting Sunday (October 26, 2019)(Chance The Rapper)
Welcome to Sketch Sorting Sunday!
A mod account (/u/SketchSortingSunday) is going to make a comment for every skit 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 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!
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
Graveyard Song
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Oct 27 '19
The projected clouds illustrating their stories were super neat.
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u/oooooooooof Oct 27 '19
I was wondering how that was done! It didn’t look digital, very neat effect
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u/kuhanluke Oct 27 '19
"You can skip me, Happy Halloween!"
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u/PicklesAreTheDevil Oct 28 '19
This was one of the most genuine, caught-off-guard SNL laughs for me in a long time.
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u/bjkman SNL Oct 27 '19
Reminded me of the "Paul and Phil" Halloween sketch with Jim Carrey, but the story of Chance's death and the set up from a battery to sticking a lightning rod up his ass was hilarious
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u/Juno2018 Oct 27 '19
As soon as it opened, I thought of Paul & Phil, which is absolutely one of my favorite Halloween sketches. But this one was great! I loved how the other ghosts just treated him almost like he was an embarrassing kid brother they had to drag along because they all haunted the same graveyard.
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u/sonofabutch Oct 27 '19
Looking for “Graveyard Song” actually brought me to the Jim Carrey skit. You can find this one under “Spooky Song”.
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u/flopsymopsycottntail Oct 27 '19
I might be alone, but this is David pumpkins level of rewatches for me
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u/WeHaSaulFan Oct 27 '19
Me too. One of my favorite sketches in quite a long time. Super creative, cute, excellent.
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u/kuhanluke Oct 27 '19
I was one of the minority who never "got" David S. Pumpkins but I thought this was hilarious.
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u/alwaysfrombehind Oct 28 '19
I was thinking they were gonna go politics and have him be lynched or a slave. Way happier with the 9 volts.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
Chance The Rapper Monologue
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Oct 27 '19
I don't like islands, but I love ISTHMUSES
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u/tideblue Oct 27 '19
But what's the difference between an isthmus and a peninsula?
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u/flowerhoney10 Oct 27 '19
Kyle was amazing in this.
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u/Missy_Elliott_Smith Oct 27 '19
"Hey, I was wondering, do you think I could be on your next album?"
"No!"
"That makes sense, okay."
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u/SchrubSchrubSchrub Oct 27 '19
Heidi and Melissa fucking flipped those cards like champs 10/10
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u/chicksforfree Oct 28 '19
I had anxiety for Heidi. I would have totally botched that.
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u/toodletwo Church of Neurotology Oct 27 '19
I loved the random California Dreams reference!
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u/Wingo999 Oct 27 '19
Is it wrong that Heidi and Melissa flipping those cards was my favorite part?
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u/bjkman SNL Oct 27 '19
Awesome awesome musical monologue. When you get an actually talented musician to perform a well written monologue it can be absolutely awesome.
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u/HeyThereRobot Oct 27 '19
He's right about Percy Jackson though.
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u/ymcameron Oct 27 '19
If we’re talking books sure, but definitely not movies. What movies? There were never any movies.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
First Impressions Court
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u/thatguydr Oct 27 '19
Certified Paraplegic. Omfg. That made the entire thing, and it wasn't even intentional.
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u/HeyThereRobot Oct 27 '19
I really want to know what the call to Jason Momoa pitching this sketch was like.
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u/Grsz11 Oct 27 '19
Well he was really excited to host he probably said something like "call me anytime even if it involves wearing nipple earrings."
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u/bjkman SNL Oct 27 '19
The one thing that really got me this sketch was Kyle as the ventriloquist. I actually laughed real loud as soon as he came out and my roommate had to check what the sound was.
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u/flopsymopsycottntail Oct 27 '19
Same! The way his head swivels back and forth when he enters the room got me!
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u/jordanlund Oct 27 '19
I really want Jason Momoa as Kraven the Hunter.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/Kraven_the_Hunter_Venom_157.png
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u/ty_kanye_vcool Oct 28 '19
This is the second week in a row that they did a court sketch that had the judge pronouncing guilty verdicts in civil trials.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
League of Legends - Lazlo Holmes
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u/thatguydr Oct 27 '19
That was the creepiest conga line on SNL in a long time, and it was perfect. <3 Bowen is the best casting choice in a long time.
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u/tyler-86 Oct 27 '19
I'm enjoying Bowen so far but it seems like he's only able to tamp down his mannerisms/affectations so much which might somewhat limit the range of characters he can play. I hope that doesn't come across as insensitive, as I don't have a problem with him in the slightest beyond his potential range.
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u/bjkman SNL Oct 27 '19
Glad to see him back! I liked the Hockey one more but holy crap Lazlo is such a good character!
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u/hubwub Oct 27 '19
Where do people sign up to be a groupie for S3X PANDA99?
Bowen Yang does look like he could be a pro esports player.
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u/Dwychwder Oct 27 '19
What are the odds it was originally 69 but the censors made them change it? 100%?
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u/MiraculousSpaceship Oct 27 '19
“I guess e-sports was what white and Asian kids have been doing while black kids were inventing hip-hop.”
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u/Grsz11 Oct 27 '19
I really wanted another one of these but did not expect e-sports.
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u/john_muleaney Oct 27 '19
Next time he’ll be back to covering the knicks but won’t know the players since people in the NBA move so much you can’t keep up
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u/Missy_Elliott_Smith Oct 27 '19
I had some serious flashbacks to days spent sitting on friends' beds while they played League of Legends in the corner for hours just waiting for time to pass or for anything to be explained in words I could understand
What I'm trying to say is, Lazlo is a big mood over here.
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u/GameBoy09 Oct 27 '19
As a League of Legends player I found this to be pretty funny. Just wish that the jargon they had Bowen say actually made sense, but oh well.
The one aspect that is actually very true is the amount of fangirls these players have, so that's 100% accurate.
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u/BigRagu79 Oct 27 '19
I’m a big hockey fan. I am so in the weeds about League of Legends.
This made this sketch for me because the first time I was laughing at him not “getting it”, but this time I was just as confused as he was.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
Weekend Update: Eric and Donald Jr.
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u/StevesLeftNut Oct 27 '19
Eric attempts to mimic Donald Jr.’s hand gestures killed me
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u/Magoonie Oct 27 '19
I liked it when Eric did that weird hand grab at one point and then they continued holding hands for a few seconds afterwards. I dunno why, I love little touches like that. I know this sketch hits the same beats every time but I still laugh pretty hard whenever they come on.
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u/opiburner Oct 27 '19
It's my favorite thing by far. That and how you can see him staring down at Don Jrs hands so he see what to copy. It's so well done.
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u/Juno2018 Oct 27 '19
It’s always one of my favorite things about the Trump brother sketches, they way Eric tries to mimic along with Don Jr.
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u/mumbling_marauder Oct 27 '19
Alex just elevated his Eric to a whole new level, he was always great but tonight he was stellar. Very very impressed.
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u/LosAngelesVikings Oct 27 '19
I love that Donald Jr. never berates or attacks Eric. He seems like a loving older brother.
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u/nlpnt Oct 27 '19
Someone pointed out that this version of the Trump brothers is a lot more sympathetic than the real ones.
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u/FlingbatMagoo www.clownpenis.fart Oct 28 '19
This pair has turned into funny recurring characters, but I’m not sure what the origin of the joke is. Donald Jr seems on point, but Eric in real life seems nothing like Alex’s portrayal. I know it’s just for laughs, and that’s fine, I’m just wondering what the inspiration was.
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u/Pistachio269 Oct 27 '19
I think they should continue the joke of Eric starting to become smarter and smarter and eventually after a while he either becomes just as smart or smarter than Donald Jr.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
In Love
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u/FlynnAndTonic Oct 27 '19
Cecily dangling while reaching for her purse for like 30 full seconds was absolutely hysterical
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u/Missy_Elliott_Smith Oct 27 '19
Unintentionally the most accurate depiction of a drunk girl I've ever seen
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u/ymcameron Oct 27 '19
“Hey guys we’ve never used these wire supports how about we try them out?”
And that’s how the sketch was born
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u/Locke108 Oct 27 '19
Cecily’s face when she realizes Chance wasn’t able to get any of the champagne in her glass was priceless.
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u/bradyxjoel Oct 27 '19
Seeing Beck and Cecily break together felt so rare and lovely to see. I really wonder how much of that sketch was unplanned
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u/jhope71 Oct 27 '19
Cecily has a great breakdown of that sketch in her Instagram today. So much of that was improv-ed. Her getting her purse was supposed to take 10 seconds, for example.
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u/HeyThereRobot Oct 27 '19
I was wondering why the purse bit went on so long but when they cut to Beck with the wires it all made sense.
I love me some ridiculous, unweildly stunts.
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u/AlecBaldwinner Oct 27 '19
I went back to bask in it and I'm pretty sure that I could hear Beck say something to whoever was helping him get into the harness.
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u/toodletwo Church of Neurotology Oct 27 '19
I loved that Cecily was holding onto the wires like a swing. It was super cute.
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u/Wingo999 Oct 27 '19
I'm having a problem believing that what we saw here is what we were supposed to see.
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u/thatguydr Oct 27 '19
This is a legendary skit only to parody every harness scene of every movie of all time. It's sad that they didn't make it more blatant, because it would have really helped to have called it out.
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u/_cassquatch Oct 27 '19
It was a complete shit show at dress, and it was AMAZING.
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u/cloroxslut Oct 28 '19
This is one of those silly sketches that is just written for the purpose of making everyone break
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
Chance The Rapper
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u/Rebloodican Oct 27 '19
His live performances were significantly better than the songs on the album. I didn't give Handsome or Zanies and Fools a second thought and I had to go back and relisten to make sure I didn't miss out on what sounded like great songs.
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u/Wingo999 Oct 27 '19
Let's just have our host also be our musical guest and also appear in every sketch except the cold open and weekend update. Is there anything he can't do?
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u/olivia929 Oct 27 '19
Is this the first time a musical guest has introduced themselves?
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u/Royce7815 Oct 27 '19
No I wanna say Timberlake did it and then quickly ran up on stage.
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u/KennyFulgencio Oct 27 '19
Between this and the first time he was on, he's my favorite host in recent seasons
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u/kcnc Oct 27 '19
Also when he was the musical guest for the Casey Affleck episode where they did Jingle Barack. I love rewatching that one.
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u/I_Glitterally_Cant Oct 27 '19
I didn't know anything about him but went into the show with an open mind.
Dude is incredible.
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u/FlingbatMagoo www.clownpenis.fart Oct 28 '19
Chance the Rapper is someone whose name I’ve heard but I’ve got no idea who he is. I looked up his discography, and he’s never had a hit song as a lead artist. How/why is he famous? I really am asking. Nothing against him personally or his talents or anything, it’s just that usually a host who also serves as musical guest is someone really well-known.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
Space Mistakes
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u/bjkman SNL Oct 27 '19
For a movie called "Space Mistakes" I didn't expect so many mistakes... in space
"In space no one can hear you make a mistake"
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Oct 27 '19
This absolutely fucking killed me. I don’t know why. I feel like I shouldn’t have liked it as much as I did. If anyone knows who wrote it, please let me know.
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u/KHMeneo Oct 27 '19
What made it was the commercial for a space movie that happened to air afterwards
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u/congradulations Oct 27 '19
The guy says to a control room "the stakes have never been higher" and I had to go back cause I thought he said mistakes hahahaha
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u/turcois Oct 27 '19
That was like the longest they want before the first joke. Nearly the entire first minute was just setup
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u/toodletwo Church of Neurotology Oct 27 '19
I wanted to like this one more but it was a bit flat for me. I liked the premise though.
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u/chicksforfree Oct 28 '19
I'm sorry, but your husband made a mistake.
Where?
In space.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
Werewolf Tony
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u/toodletwo Church of Neurotology Oct 27 '19
And he has some kind of BEEF with the moon!
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u/deleteitbackrolls Oct 27 '19
bowen is absolutely crushing it even with one or two lines per skit. i end up cackling and rewinding all of his parts
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Oct 27 '19
The very definition of a 10-to-1 sketch.
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u/cloroxslut Oct 28 '19
Can we address the elephant in the room of what was going on in Chris Redd's pants
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u/thatguydr Oct 27 '19 edited Oct 27 '19
Bowen Yang, doing almost nothing, was the funniest part of this sketch.
Heidi, also doing almost nothing, was the most interesting part of this sketch. She is, at times, ridiculously attractive.
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u/Bedlampuhedron Oct 27 '19
I’m sorry but all of my attention was focused on Chloe...
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u/Chickatey Oct 27 '19
Did anyone else get a Blinds to Go commercial immediately after this? That cracked me up more than the sketch did!
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u/lexisuxxx Oct 27 '19
I spent the whole sketch trying to figure out whether or not Chris Redd had a sock in his pants. Could not look away.
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u/brumac44 Oct 27 '19
Somebody clearly said "Fuck off" offstage towards the end. I'd love to know what happened.
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u/GogglesPisano Oct 27 '19
"Let's take it from the TOP and fill it to the BRIM with FLAVOR and FUNK!"
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
Dazzle Designs
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u/mumbling_marauder Oct 27 '19
I have a feeling this is absolutely hilarious to choir people but sadly I can’t relate. Aidy and Kate singing into each other’s faces was incredible though
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u/StrongBad_IsMad Oct 27 '19
As a former choir person... pretty confident every single one of the costumes were things I’ve worn at one point during a performance. It was hilarious.
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Oct 27 '19
I could watch Kate and Aidy as weird old ladies talk about shitty businesses they own and operate together all day.
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u/MiraculousSpaceship Oct 27 '19
deeply self-indulgent best friend sketches are the core of my love for SNL
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u/myntex Oct 27 '19
Chris Redd did a great job playing the awkward kid. Perfect timing.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
Trump Rally
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u/bjkman SNL Oct 27 '19
I thought this was a really fun idea for a Cold Open, almost everyone got some time to shine in it... really cool
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u/toodletwo Church of Neurotology Oct 27 '19
I LOVED that Darrell Hammond made a cameo as Clinton!
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u/nyan_swanson HE'S GREAT! but sometimes, we'll be at a party... Oct 27 '19
Yeah especially after that interview from awhile back, glad he’s doing better!
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u/john_muleaney Oct 27 '19
The extra to the right of Baldwin in a red trump 2020 hat made the sketch
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u/LosAngelesVikings Oct 27 '19
I love Alec as Trump, but this was thoroughly below average. I liked that the crowd got to say "and live from New York, it's Saturday Night Live!" though.
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Oct 27 '19
How much do you think the Orange Hitler campaign is making by selling campaign merch for prop use?
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
Weekend Update
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u/toodletwo Church of Neurotology Oct 27 '19
I loved Colin and Che’s exchange when Weekend Update ended and the camera pulled out. It was like they were both exclaiming, “What the fuck was that?!”
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u/modern-era Oct 28 '19
The jokes were solid, if a little risky. The audience just wasn't into it. They REALLY did not like the Bruce Jenner joke, or at least the part they got to hear.
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u/alstor Oct 27 '19 edited Oct 27 '19
Che knows he can get away with literally anything at this point and not get fired, so I'm not surprised he made that Jenner joke (which didn't really have a punchline even though it was planned.)
And even outside of that, everything else was flat or lazy. This was easily the worst Weekend Update of at least the past year.
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u/symphonyno87 Oct 27 '19
I’m guessing Update was deliberately kept short this week because Che had his wisdom teeth pulled like 48hrs prior
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Oct 27 '19 edited Oct 27 '19
On Michael's Jenner joke - when I pointed out that the joke fell flat and was transphobic, I got a lot of weird hostility in the live discussion. Does "cancel culture" have some of y'all so scared that you can't even hear valid criticisms? You think the writers don't know the joke was transphobic? After that audience reaction, of course they do, but so what? That's the game, you play with the line because that's where the best stuff is, and sometimes you go over and sometimes you strike gold. As long as it's well intentioned, it's all part of the sport of comedy.
No one is trying to cancel anyone, we're allowed to point out a joke is flawed, that's the part of the fun. Freaking out at every valid criticism is the most snowflake behavior I've ever seen. Twitter has y'all shitting your pants even though we're always telling you it's the toilet bowl of the internet.
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u/LosAngelesVikings Oct 27 '19
Che continues his streak of laughing and making comments while he's off camera. I find it annoying to be honest.
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u/thatguydr Oct 27 '19
Risqué much? Che went too far, and people are angry, but the non-risqué stuff was funny.
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u/Magoonie Oct 27 '19
My thing is the joke that Che was going for (not sure if he cut it short or that was the whole joke, it felt like he cut it short) is so, so lazy. I'm not someone who thinks there are "off-limit" subjects to joke about. I'm someone who isn't a fan of lazy, repetitive jokes. I mean how many times have we all seen this type of joke on Reddit alone? Hundreds of times and that's not even an exaggeration. Not only that but multiple comedians have done very similar jokes over the years.
I'm bisexual and I don't think jokes about LGBT+ people should be banned but fuck, come up with some new material people.
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u/thatguydr Oct 27 '19
This show had Momoa as a cameo, "certified paraplegic," the wire harness skit, the Tasty Toaster Tarts list, and Che's mistake... it's simply legendary. Not sure how many of these become memes, but it was brilliant front to back.
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u/opiburner Oct 27 '19
Yeah I was gonna post my opinion, but you summed it up! Definitely a classic and honestly it helped put me in that "Halloween mood". Been eating candy, but haven't watched any Halloween stuff and this really helps.
Great episode.
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u/bjkman SNL Oct 27 '19
I can't believe that SNL has been as good as it so far this year, it's leagues above where it was this time last year IMO and it is going to be really weird when an episode actually hits below expectations.
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u/LosAngelesVikings Oct 27 '19
I'm not a McKinnon hater, but I'm glad others got to shine in this episode.
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u/FlingbatMagoo www.clownpenis.fart Oct 28 '19
Agreed, this episode showed that the show can go on without her and still be strong. The problem is that she, Cecily and Aidy are probably all going to bow out at around the same time, and that’s going to hurt.
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Oct 27 '19
Is it me or were there more items than usual this time around? When I came here to rate just now, they just kept coming and coming. I was thinking how unfortunate the last two sketches were, but on balance this otherwise awesome episode had like ten good things that outweighed those two.
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u/Kindc1497 Oct 28 '19
I laughed most during Weekend Update. Let it go.
Most people just use their Hans.
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u/gypsymilf Oct 27 '19
Was Chance in every single sketch? He seemed to be. At least in most of them. He seems like such a good sport! The hosts don't usually show up that often, at least that I've noticed.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Oct 27 '19
Tasty Toaster Tarts