Season 44 premiered last night, and I thought it was mostly pretty decent. Some quick thoughts I had.
Adam Driver seemed like an odd choice for the premiere host. He was good in all of the material, especially the career day sketch, but they couldn’t get an Avenger or Guardian to host?
Pete Davidson just saw his SNL stock go up 100% this summer. Idk what happened to Ariana not being the musical host tonight, but given that she and Pete are engaged, and that there were about 20 jokes about that, I think it’s odd that she dropped out. Also, I think this is the healthiest he has ever looked on the show?
Did not expect Matt Damon to show up as Kavanaugh, but it worked.
So uh, let’s talk about Kanye- er- Ye (didn’t stop everyone from calling him Kanye). 1. That first song was verrrrrry uncensored. Idk if they thought that the giant water bottle costumes would stop people from noticing the language, but I definitely heard words that get normal SNL actors fired from the show. 2. Whoever was performing with Kanye (I can’t call him Ye, that’s dumb) was wearing a shirt that also seemed to mess with the censors. All ‘offensive language’ was cut though. 3. My broadcast provider didn’t even air the third song/rant. It went from a picture to Adam Driver with the end music starting to play to another commercial. More on that below.
Funniest sketch, for me at least, goes to the Career Day bit with the oil baron. Second place was probably the Fortnight bit (I’ve never played, but Mikey Day was amazing in that).
So my broadcast cut the first 80 seconds of the cold opening off at the beginning, and definitely didn’t air whatever Kanye did at the end (I know the rant was cut for everyone, but idk if it was the same for the third song). I watched Chris Rock’s story on Snapchat though, and it was pretty awkward.
Adam Driver seemed like an odd choice for the premiere host. He was good in all of the material, especially the career day sketch, but they couldn’t get an Avenger or Guardian to host?
Pete Davidson just saw his SNL stock go up 100% this summer. Idk what happened to Ariana not being the musical host tonight, but given that she and Pete are engaged, and that there were about 20 jokes about that, I think it’s odd that she dropped out. Also, I think this is the healthiest he has ever looked on the show?
Did not expect Matt Damon to show up as Kavanaugh, but it worked.
So uh, let’s talk about Kanye- er- Ye (didn’t stop everyone from calling him Kanye). 1. That first song was verrrrrry uncensored. Idk if they thought that the giant water bottle costumes would stop people from noticing the language, but I definitely heard words that get normal SNL actors fired from the show. 2. Whoever was performing with Kanye (I can’t call him Ye, that’s dumb) was wearing a shirt that also seemed to mess with the censors. All ‘offensive language’ was cut though. 3. My broadcast provider didn’t even air the third song/rant. It went from a picture to Adam Driver with the end music starting to play to another commercial. More on that below.
Funniest sketch, for me at least, goes to the Career Day bit with the oil baron. Second place was probably the Fortnight bit (I’ve never played, but Mikey Day was amazing in that).
So my broadcast cut the first 80 seconds of the cold opening off at the beginning, and definitely didn’t air whatever Kanye did at the end (I know the rant was cut for everyone, but idk if it was the same for the third song). I watched Chris Rock’s story on Snapchat though, and it was pretty awkward.