S45.E12: JJ Watt/Luke Combs

[JZL]

On 2/2/2020 at 9:05 PM, Thumper said:

He is/was a great player, and I am proud of his humanitarian activities, too.

Agreed on both counts. 

The show wasn't very good, but at least it wasn't as bad as the ass-whuppin' the Chiefs laid on the Texans. 🏈(Muhahaha!) 😵😜😎

[vb68]

On 2/5/2020 at 10:33 PM, JZL said:

The show wasn't very good, but at least it wasn't as bad as the ass-whuppin' the Chiefs laid on the Texans.

Cue JJ Watts' intense stare on both counts. 😲😜🤣

[MVFrostsMyPie]

I forgot to watch this episode until today because I was on vacation for the past week, and also, football player for the host + country singer for the musical guest = yuck, no.

I should have just left it unwatched.

[Jody]

On 2/2/2020 at 12:00 AM, Galileo908 said:

Cold Open: "The Trial You Wish Happened." Siiiiiiiiigh. Kenan showed up as Judge Mathis and it kept going up from there. Cecily as john Bolton! Pete as Hunter Biden! Kate McKinnon as Lindsey Graham with the vapors! Trump pulling out a Weinstein Walker (and a Phil Spector wig)! My Cousin Vinny for no reason whatsoever!

Monologue: Well, I had low expectations, but JJ Watt impressed me here. For a non-actor, having ZERO cast members helping him out at all was surprising, but definitely a plus.

Frozen II Deleted Scenes: “Kristoff? Anne? Olaf? I’m gay.” Oh boy it’s a whole sketch about THAT. Also, Olaf with a carrot penis. Sven looking on in horror was the best part.

Robbie: Okay, JJ was great here. And here I thought the punchline would be Robbie would be the ONLY player in the game. And not be realistically terrible.

Sex Talk: Never expected JJ Watt to say "clap them cheeks" but I was here for it. 

Olay Eye Black: MANLY skin care for football players. I loved this.

"This isn't gay, right?"
"Just gay enough."

Okay, that gave me the hardest laugh I've had in a while.

WU: The world is getting stupider and stupider. And Bowen Yang is the character talking about the Coronavirus. Who didn't see THAT coming?

"I've never seen a bigger overconfident, self-entitled white guy, and I'm ME." - Colin Jost on Jared Kushner.

I always like a good Tootsie Pop reference. The "Leave It Inn" joke was great, and that got such a huge groan from the audience, which made it better. And loved Ego's character. IT was nice to see her in the show.

Pilot Hunk: Why was the Bachelor sketch AFTER Update?! "Hi, I'm Mike. I make the plane hurry up." I loved that all the women were named Hannah. My favorite was Ego's Hannah that died last week, but came back to life, and the one who got dragged out for turning 30.

Madden: This was fun. "CAPTAIN CLUMSY STRIKES AGAIN!" 

Food Dudes: Apparently this was cut for time? Either way, this was funny. I know lots of people who would want these, despite that delivery people are the least judgy people on Earth.

Bigfoot: Bigfoot in 1918 England. This is a 10-1 sketch if there ever was one. I didn't like that all Bigfoot did was stand there and pretend he didn't crap on the floor. It's disappointing that my favorite part of the sketch were the background extras.

Big Willy's Pizza: Okay, the actual aftermath of a pizza guy porn is a great idea for a sketch, and Kenan was perfect as the manager. "You smell like shellfish and karate class."

So, I had zero expectations for tonight, and JJ Watt impressed me. The material on the other hand...well, you know they spent all the good stuff last week. And hopefully RuPaul's turn takes the show to some delightfully weird places

         Why did you say or think the Food Dudes was Cut for Time ? I remember seeing that sketch in January and that sketch was on This Saturday !

On 2/2/2020 at 3:09 PM, vb68 said:

Do the words "January Jones" mean anything in this context?

That's where my mind goes when someone says a show was really bad, and I always think for a second and conclude it could have been so much worse. LOL 

I'll gladly take JJ over most other athletes who have hosted, too.  

        I liked Peyton Manning ! I really liked Peyton's Monologue and when he was in the Locker Room With Will Forte doing his little dance ! I Do NOT like Tom Brady, but I liked at the Fair and Tom Brady could not get the ball through the hoop and even Rachel Dratch was a grand mother and she threw the ball underhand and threw the ball in the hoop ! The Worst Athletic host was Michael Phelps especially with the Monologue !