S49.E09: Jacob Elordi / Reneé Rapp

[formerlyfreedom]

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Hosted by Jacob Elordi with musical performer Reneé Rapp.

Airing Saturday, January 20, 2024.

[Pete Martell]

The other promo for this week was already posted in the media thread. 

Here's a fun Instagram promo (no spoilers but it is a spoof on a big scene from one of Elordi's recent films):

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2Sb3m-ujHu/

 

[Irlandesa]

4 hours ago, Pete Martell said:

Here's a fun Instagram promo (no spoilers but it is a spoof on a big scene from one of Elordi's recent films):

Not the scene I thought they were going to spoof.

[formerlyfreedom]

I is old, so I have no idea who the host is — Saltburn is on my list to watch. And he is not difficult to look at, so there is that.

Renee Rapp has been on the late night show circuit, so I’m looking forward to seeing her perform.

[Galileo908]

Cold Open: Trump will never leave because the people he hires are so very awful. "I am standing weirder than ever." Even JAJ Trump knows these campaign sketches are running on fumes.

Monologue: Someone on Reddit said Jacob Elordi is all neck, and that's all I could think about. And wow, an audience Q&A monologue, haven't seen one of those in forever. 

Crown Your Short King: Love this concept. I'm surprised this isn't a thing yet. Of course they bring in Pure Neck and Chloe instantly picks him despite being a giant scumbag. I was more surprised that they didn't use forced perspective, Jacob is just that tall, especially compared to everyone else.

Katt Williams: Ego was great in this, especially when Katt Williams was imitating Steve Harvey. That's just talent. 

Lip Readers: This feels like something Bowen just does around the office and they turned it into a sketch. Love how into it Jacob Elordi was. The voice he used for Travis Kelce just killed me. "IT'S CRAZY HOW WE BOTH WORK IN FOOTBALL STADIUMS."

Bowling: Nothing will beat American Dad's bowling animations, but these were fun. The pins announcing a divorce for a Split was great. The "GUTTER" one and the strike beaters made me laugh so hard. The ASL interpreter pin was the best.

Alaska Air: Nobody died, so it's okay to make fun of that airline disaster! And yes, I really liked this one.

WU: 11 more months of "It's elder abuse!" jokes about the election. Joy. 

Tim Scott looking like someone drawing Ving Rhames with their eyes closed killed me. And forget Ving Rhames, Devon as Tim Scott looks like if someone tried to draw Wayne Brady from memory. Loved Colin reacting to his racist dog whistle.

Women Supporting Women: We get two "let's comment on how hot the host is" sketches tonight. Was not expecting  "dicking of a lifetime" being a sentence I'd ever hear from this show. And speaking of supporting women...Punkie. Chloe was getting a good look.

Acting Class: And yet another sketch about how Jacob Elordi is hot and successful. And Rachel McAdams is there. (And the camera people spoiled the reveal that she was in this one)

Wedding: Garrett From Hinge is back. I did like the shot of the old lady organist dressed exactly like him. And we got this in place of a PDD sketch for some reason.

There were a lot of "this guy is hot" sketches for a guy who isn't that attractive. Here's hoping next week is better.

Edited January 21 by Galileo908

[MrWhyt]

oof that was not good. Short king, Alaska Air, bowling and WU were the only things that got laughs out of me. Usually you can lay the blame for a poor show on the writing but I thought this was bad across the board. Did not know that JE was not from NA, he's pretty good as a hulking sociopath on Euphoria but this show just seemed to lean on "he's hot".

Edited January 21 by MrWhyt

[Trini]

So how tall is  Elordi??

31 minutes ago, Galileo908 said:

There were a lot of "this guy is hot" sketches for a guy who isn't that attractive. Here's hoping next week is better.

This. I thought this was 'meh' overall, with a few highlights.

 

32 minutes ago, Galileo908 said:

Alaska Air: Nobody died, so it's okay to make fun of that airline disaster! And yes, I really liked this one.

They got me with "Proud to say that's our second worst flight!"

 

34 minutes ago, Galileo908 said:

And speaking of supporting women...Punkie.

Oh, there was definitely a "who has the best rack" poll at some point.

[SHD]

Pretty big spoiler in his monologue joke about Saltburn.

What did they do with the Please Don’t Destroy guys? 

[JeanJean]

I really liked Punky's WU bit.

[Joimiaroxeu]

JAJ does the best 45 impression but the cold open went on too long. I didn't think they needed to cover everything that's happened since the previous episode back in December.

Another case where I had no idea who the host or the musical guest were. I have Amazon Prime but I'm wavering on whether to put Saltburn on my watchlist.

I don't know about Edo playing Katt Williams. Seemed to me she didn't quite have his unique voice down. The Na'vi was there though.

Jacob Elordi's face might be more chiseled than Timothée Chalamet's. Wonder if they compete for any of the same roles? Elordi does an excellent American accent.

The lip-reading guys really made Travis Kelce sound stupid. Oh well, still foine.

Those bowling videos were too rough! Are those actually a thing IRL?

Alaska Airlines. Eh, it won't be so funny when someone ends up dead behind their b.s.

Renée Rapp laying on her back was interesting. It really highlighted a couple of things. 😏 She has a good voice, whoever she is. Pretty much in line with Olivia Rodrigo and the others of that cohort.

WU:
Only 3/5s of an endorsement. Whoa.
Hand herpes? The medical experts of reddit diagnosed it as syphilis.
Of course Colin heard the dog whistle.
Supermanned that ho! I was so glad they skipped the easy joke about the prisoner going after the judge's Stanley cup. If I hear that one one more time...

Joseph not trying to get lucky at the ladies' AA meeting. Wait, they can say "dicking" on broadcast TV?

Megan Thee Stallion! She is absolutely stunning. (Have to say though, I was expecting Kim Petras to pop out of the cake.)

Had me fooled. It actually was Rachel McAdams.

Is Jacob Elordi a giant? He was towering over everyone in the sign-off except MTS but she was wearing like 5" heels.

Jacob can host again. He was fairly game but perhaps a bit self-conscious. He needs to be given more to do than just be the tall, oddly handsome guy.

[SomeTameGazelle]

9 hours ago, Galileo908 said:

Katt Williams: Ego was great in this, especially when Katt Williams was imitating Steve Harvey. That's just talent. 

I was completely bewildered by this at the start but after the line "and stuff we still trying to figure out" it clicked for me and I laughed a few times.

9 hours ago, Galileo908 said:

Women Supporting Women: We get two "let's comment on how hot the host is" sketches tonight. Was not expecting  "dicking of a lifetime" being a sentence I'd ever hear from this show. And speaking of supporting women...Punkie. Chloe was getting a good look.

I rarely skip anything other than the musical act but I wound up FF-ing this one as soon as I got the gist. It's boring to me when you include a lot of cast members but they aren't really playing characters, just delivering variations of the same joke with the same POV. 

 

[cpcathy]

Weeks off and that’s what they come up with? I did love Short King and Alaska Airlines but that’s it.

Please, don’t let Justin Timberlake ham it up and take over next week.
 

[peeayebee]

I enjoyed the Travis Kelce voice.

And not much else.

In the CO, I noticed Trump said, "We are here at courthouse." And there was another thing he said where he left off the article. Is this along the lines of when he and his people were saying "Wall" instead of "the wall," re building one? I try not to listen to T speeches, but is he more recently not saying "the" when one should?

I liked Ego's bit on Katt Williams. I didn't listen to or watch any of his interview, but I read excerpts.   

It's always lazy writing when skits rely on jokes about how good looking the host is. 

Not impressed with Elordi. I haven't seen him in anything before. I haven't decided whether I'll watch Saltburn. 

I'll have to look up the reference to Biden saying he made a mistake about taking a pic with a woman who wasn't there.

This ep was a big waste of time.

[juno]

Really Sarah Sherman. Standing there and waiting for applause and then bitching to the audience when you don't get enough of it.

Sorry, Sarah, you are not as big a STAR as you think you are.

BTW, I don't want to see anymore Trump, ever. It was never funny and it sure isn't funny now or in the future.

Edited January 21 by juno

[Blakeston]

9 hours ago, Galileo908 said:

Monologue: Someone on Reddit said Jacob Elordi is all neck, and that's all I could think about.

I found that Elordi looked very attractive in Saltburn and on Euphoria, but something about his appearance just wasn't clicking the same way tonight.

Which was unfortunate, given that his looks were the only relevant thing about his performance. It's rare to see a non-athlete host given so little chance to show range.

I think he had one missed opportunity, in the short king sketch, with the dirtbag character he played. He could have done more with that. If Adam Driver had been given that kind of role, he would have made it more memorable.

Also, the Saltburn spoiler was totally unnecessary. They could have just shown the image without explaining it. It's not like the explanation was funny in any way.

[HC87]

Elordi goes down in the pantheon of All-Time Bad SNL Hosts with Milton Berle, Joe Montana, Steven Seagal etc

[sheetmoss]

3 hours ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

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Renée Rapp laying on her back was interesting. It really highlighted a couple of things. 😏 She has a good voice, whoever she is. Pretty much in line with Olivia Rodrigo and the others of that cohort.

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Renee played Regina George in the Broadway version of Mean Girls - and reprises her role in the current Mean Girls movie.

 

Jacob Elordi is 6'5"

[LakeGal]

I just don't enjoy JAJ doing Trump.  He might do the voice well.  But he looks nothing like Trump and doesn't have the mannerisms either.  I groan every time he shows up as Trump.   

[Trini]

5 hours ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

... I don't know about Edo playing Katt Williams. Seemed to me she didn't quite have his unique voice down. The Na'vi was there though. ...

I did like that sketch, but no, she didn't nail the voice.

 

4 hours ago, juno said:

Really Sarah Sherman. Standing there and waiting for applause and then bitching to the audience when you don't get enough of it.

 

I can't decide if that was an ad-lib or part of the bit; either way, kinda tacky.

Edited January 21 by Trini

[baldryanr]

5 hours ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Is Jacob Elordi a giant? He was towering over everyone in the sign-off except MTS but she was wearing like 5" heels.

According to the internet he's 6'5, so it's not surprising he towers over everyone else.  I don't think this version of the SNL cast is particularly tall either.

[peeayebee]

38 minutes ago, LakeGal said:

I just don't enjoy JAJ doing Trump.  He might do the voice well.  But he looks nothing like Trump and doesn't have the mannerisms either.  I groan every time he shows up as Trump.   

To each their own, but I think he does a great job with the mannerisms. I don't care about him looking like Trump or not.

2 minutes ago, Trini said:

I can't decide if that was an ad-lib or part of the bit; either way, kinda tacky.

I think it was an ad-lib. It wasn't funny, but I didn't find it tacky. She was just joking that she should get more applause. This morning I watched Conan O'Brien's appearance on an Irish talk show, and when he first sat down, he told the audience to please sit down, also pointing out that they were never standing. I think he's done this joke before (as have others), but it was funny, unlike Sarah's joke.

BTW, after reading here that the still from 'Saltburn' was a spoiler, I went ahead and read the movie synopsis at Wikipedia. So, yeah, I guess that was a spoiler, though it wasn't on-screen long enough to see -- at least for me -- what was going on. Anyway, glad I read about it, because now I don't feel compelled to see it.

[SoMuchTV]

1 minute ago, peeayebee said:

BTW, after reading here that the still from 'Saltburn' was a spoiler, I went ahead and read the movie synopsis at Wikipedia. So, yeah, I guess that was a spoiler, though it wasn't on-screen long enough to see -- at least for me -- what was going on. Anyway, glad I read about it, because now I don't feel compelled to see it.

I think the spoilery part was what he said about the screenshot. So if you didn’t notice that, and you’re planning to see the movie, maybe don’t rewatch the monologue. 

[buttersister]

5 hours ago, peeayebee said:

This ep was a big waste of time.

Thank you for the 90 minutes. It was recorded and can now be deleted.

[Phebemarie]

1 hour ago, LakeGal said:

I just don't enjoy JAJ doing Trump.  He might do the voice well.  But he looks nothing like Trump and doesn't have the mannerisms either.  I groan every time he shows up as Trump.   

It seems like it's SNL's go to cold open...certainly there are other ridiculous people out there they could make fun of this week.

I also remember how Tina Fey worried her impression was somehow making Sarah Pallin more likable...and I think the same is true for JAJ's impression.  His Trump seems much more self-aware than the real deal.  I skimmed through Reddit last night and noticed a lot of folks who claimed to be supporters were delighted by the cold open.  

I guess the SNL cast is going through growing pains.  Makes me wonder if the younger cast were excited to hang out with the cool kids this week and didn't notice the skits were all less than stellar.

[Andyourlittledog2]

Listening to Renee Rapp sing reminded me of Tori Amos.  Almost all of these young women singers right now are interchangeable to me, without much differentiation among their songs or their voices, but Renee stood out.  Which is about as much praise as I can muster for this particular crop of young female singers.

I never get tired of JAJ's Trump. And the real Trump does have a penchant for odd wording, including leaving off 'the' when speaking.  That does track as accurate to me.

In a particularly lackluster season this episode was middle of the road, which is high praise considering. The only episode I thought was truly funny was Nate Bargatze's. This season is so disappointing.

[cpcathy]

Nate’s episode had some good moments but I will die on the hill that Ada, Driver is a genius SNL host.

[Blissfool]

7 hours ago, Blakeston said:

I found that Elordi looked very attractive in Saltburn and on Euphoria, but something about his appearance just wasn't clicking the same way tonight.

I, too, think Elordi was very attractive in those, but he wasn't here. He has lost a lot of weight. He looks unhealthy to me.

17 hours ago, Galileo908 said:

Lip Readers: This feels like something Bowen just does around the office and they turned it into a sketch. 

It's done on Tiktok.

 

[DEL901]

I saw Elordi as Elvis in the biopic Priscilla.   He was fine, but his height was distracting.    Renee Rapp was great in Mean Girls.  

[Pete Martell]

7 hours ago, juno said:

Really Sarah Sherman. Standing there and waiting for applause and then bitching to the audience when you don't get enough of it.

Sorry, Sarah, you are not as big a STAR as you think you are.

BTW, I don't want to see anymore Trump, ever. It was never funny and it sure isn't funny now or in the future.

Apparently, Sarah also had that line in dress rehearsal, when she had more applause. I assume it was written for her and it came off worse live because of the subdued crowd.

3 hours ago, LakeGal said:

I just don't enjoy JAJ doing Trump.  He might do the voice well.  But he looks nothing like Trump and doesn't have the mannerisms either.  I groan every time he shows up as Trump.   

I've heard a few podcasts with JAJ doing Trump, the same riffing he does on the show, and I think it works better in that format. The main problem is I just don't find anything about Trump funny. I never did, but more than ever, I can't watch it. And the impression is running into everything that Jason Sudeikis' Biden impression did where it no longer resembles the man himself. 

I say this as someone who genuinely enjoys JAJ as a cast member in many areas of the show. I wish he was not so closely tied to this one impression because I think it's going to work against him.

7 hours ago, Blakeston said:

I found that Elordi looked very attractive in Saltburn and on Euphoria, but something about his appearance just wasn't clicking the same way tonight.

Which was unfortunate, given that his looks were the only relevant thing about his performance. It's rare to see a non-athlete host given so little chance to show range.

I think he had one missed opportunity, in the short king sketch, with the dirtbag character he played. He could have done more with that. If Adam Driver had been given that kind of role, he would have made it more memorable.

I saw some people saying he's losing weight for his new movie (where he's playing Frankenstein's Monster). I think he may also just look better on film.

I don't think Elordi was one of the worst hosts ever, but I think he was an extremely limited host, no comedic timing or talent whatsoever, and no real charisma either. The last I saw who was so limited was Jonathan Majors. When you have a host so limited, you need to be in a much stronger creative position than SNL has been in a number of years. 

The other problem for me was that I just didn't think Elordi was more attractive than most of the men in the cast, so when this was a major premise, I immediately checked out. 

The sketches that did have some interesting premises (like the lip-reading or the acting class) felt very bogged down in execution, although I liked elements of them.

I think the bowling sketch was the only one I would watch again from this episode.

Beyond the writing issues, I maintain that the current show does not seem to have any real faith in or ability to use most of their cast. We get so much Bowen, sometimes I think down to the show not trusting a lot of cast members who aren't as popular or established. And even after five seasons Chloe Fineman still doesn't seem natural to me - during that women's support group sketch I kept thinking how much better Aidy Bryant would have been in the same part.

16 hours ago, JeanJean said:

I really liked Punky's WU bit.

At first, I was against that whole bit because it's hard to laugh at what happened, but Punkie has such a great energy and warmth, maybe the most of anyone in the cast right now.

Speaking of Update, that rambling "both sides" bit at the start just left me feeling annoyed the whole rest of the time. 

Edited January 21 by Pete Martell

[Ottis]

18 hours ago, HC87 said:

Elordi goes down in the pantheon of All-Time Bad SNL Hosts with Milton Berle, Joe Montana, Steven Seagal etc

Not sure if he was bad so much as bland. He's a kid. Not a lot of presence. Probably didn't help that I had never heard of him, nor the musical guest.

The Alaska Airlines seemed like a cheap shot - wasn't it Boeing that had the bolt issue, not the airline?

The bowling animation skit started great but didn't go anywhere. It should have gotten progressively darker instead of random.

I didn't think the impression of Shay or Katt was very good.

Man, Che was on the "slavery theme" jokes.

I have only made it to WU.

UPDATE EDIT: OK, watched the AA skit, and not even the studio audience is buying the “hey, I’m hot” hook. Not sure why the show leaned so heavily on it. Especially since the hottest aspect of the skit was due to a lesbian.

OMG they did it again with the ensuing “acting” skit. Really? 

Edited January 22 by Ottis

[juno]

SNL Rant; Just need a minute thanks. Some unpopular opinions coming up:

1. Stop the political skits and jokes. They force them in every episode and they are mostly not funny anymore. In the past major events got a skit or a mention on WU but now even the smallest event gets a joke.
2. Find some comedians that can act or actors and actresses that are funny and hire them. When you do that get rid of the mostly bad actors and comedians on the show.
3. Find some writers that can close a skit and write something besides political humour. Also, find writers that can write skits that do something more than just mocking their subject for laughs.
4. Someone tell Che that audiences react to your humour and sometimes not very well and acting surprised and irritated is just annoying.
5. Find hosts that are sometimes not popular, but can actually act and have some comedy chops. Try also to write for their specific strengths.

Thanks, that's it. Been watching since late 1970's. Hope it can be watchable again.

[peeayebee]

3 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

I think the spoilery part was what he said about the screenshot. So if you didn’t notice that, and you’re planning to see the movie, maybe don’t rewatch the monologue. 

I guess I wasn't clear. I saw the screenshot and correctly thought it was of the guy laying on top of a grave, but I wouldn't really call that a spoiler. But, yes, I read a synopsis, and that was enuf for me.

2 hours ago, Phebemarie said:

I skimmed through Reddit last night and noticed a lot of folks who claimed to be supporters were delighted by the cold open.  

Holy s***. You're kidding me. I'm trying to figure out why a supportive would feel that way, but honestly, there's only so much WTFism that I can stand to think about.

48 minutes ago, Pete Martell said:

Apparently, Sarah also had that line in dress rehearsal, when she had more applause. I assume it was written for her and it came off worse live because of the subdued crowd.

Welp, I was wrong. I don't get why that line would be written. Not funny. Not delivered well.

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The other problem for me was that I just didn't think Elordi was more attractive than most of the men in the cast, so when this was a major premise, I immediately checked out. 

I agree. He's reasonably attractive, but not drop-your-panties attractive like those skits were suggesting.

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At first, I was against that whole bit because it's hard to laugh at what happened, but Punkie has such a great energy and warmth, maybe the most of anyone in the cast right now.

Again, I agree. When I first saw the clip of the judge being attacked, I was shocked by and worried for the judge. I'm sure she got banged up, not to mention being traumatized. Still, Punkie did an excellent job.

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Speaking of Update, that rambling "both sides" bit at the start just left me feeling annoyed the whole rest of the time.

Ugh. I'm so tired of the show's 'both-ism.'  

1 minute ago, juno said:

Someone tell Che that audiences react to your humour and sometimes not very well and acting surprised and irritated is just annoying.

Yes! If he's going to do a joke, he needs to commit to the joke and not feign surprise or annoyance at the audience's reaction. It's amazing when you watch eps from the early years, where Chevy Chase or whoever would do the news bits and just keep moving. No pausing for laughter or reactions so the anchor could react to the audience.

[JeanJean]

8 hours ago, juno said:

 

BTW, I don't want to see anymore Trump, ever. It was never funny and it sure isn't funny now or in the future.

It occurred to me last night that they're portraying him much too benignly. If they're going to show him, they need to really highlight how dangerous he's become and how evil he is.

1 hour ago, Pete Martell said:

 

At first, I was against that whole bit because it's hard to laugh at what happened, but Punkie has such a great energy and warmth, maybe the most of anyone in the cast right now.

 

I agree! She's like sunshine. I like Molly a lot, too.

[Madding crowd]

I thought the episode was ok but I too am tired of the opening skits. The point of the short bachelors skit was that a women would pick any guy that was tall even over handsome and accomplished shorter guys. My husband is 6’7 so I guess I agree ( he really is that tall but I don’t agree with that premise lol).

The women supporting women was about him being hot but I think Elordi  is good looking enough for that to work. He did look better with longer hair in Saltburn. Weekend update kind of felt like they were phoning it in this week.

Edited January 22 by Madding crowd
Spellcheck doesn’t like Elordi

[SoMuchTV]

13 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

I guess I wasn't clear. I saw the screenshot and correctly thought it was of the guy laying on top of a grave, but I wouldn't really call that a spoiler. But, yes, I read a synopsis, and that was enuf for me.

I thought you were clear - my comment was more aimed at anyone who hasn’t watched the movie yet but plans to. Spoiler for Saltburn, after they showed the screenshot you described, he said something like

Spoiler

“I’m the one in the grave”. Which would give away where he ended up, in the movie. 

 

[Kimmmmmm]

I always look forward to JAJ's Trump and think he has the voice AND mannerisms down, to a T.

[possibilities]

I thought WU was very funny, including the things the audience groaned about. 

[Tango64]

2 hours ago, peeayebee said:

Yes! If he's going to do a joke, he needs to commit to the joke and not feign surprise or annoyance at the audience's reaction. It's amazing when you watch eps from the early years, where Chevy Chase or whoever would do the news bits and just keep moving. No pausing for laughter or reactions so the anchor could react to the audience.

So true, and it applies to everyone on WU. The setup is that it’s a newscast, so you play it straight and let the audience laugh at the absurdity. They’ve turned it into just another stand up comedy routine but with people sitting down. 

[topanga]

2 hours ago, possibilities said:

I thought WU was very funny, including the things the audience groaned about. 

Same. I laughed a lot during the episode. Not every sketch is going to be side-splitting belly laugh for everyone. This goes back to the early days of the show.

 

4 hours ago, peeayebee said:

Yes! If he's going to do a joke, he needs to commit to the joke and not feign surprise or annoyance at the audience's reaction. It's amazing when you watch eps from the early years, where Chevy Chase or whoever would do the news bits and just keep moving. No pausing for laughter or reactions so the anchor could react to the audience.

1 hour ago, Tango64 said:

So true, and it applies to everyone on WU. The setup is that it’s a newscast, so you play it straight and let the audience laugh at the absurdity. They’ve turned it into just another stand up comedy routine but with people sitting down. 

In 49 seasons, some WU hosts have played it 100% straight. But others were more comedic in their delivery, such as Dan Aykroyd and Jimmy Fallon. Seth Meyers used to comment on how the audience reacted to jokes. And IRL, news anchors are more conversational and self-deferential than in the past. Delivering the news sounds slightly different now than in the days of Walter Cronkite, Connie Chung, and Tom Brokaw.

[possibilities]

I don't care about the news anchor conceit one way or the other. I only care if the jokes are funny. 

[absnow54]

I can’t believe they did a short king sketch with Jacob Elordi without bringing on his short king doppelgänger, Josh Hutcherson. 

[proserpina65]

That was a pretty meh episode.  Saltburn sucked but Jacob Elordi was one of the very few good things about it, so he had some benefit of the doubt from me.  He was okay.  A couple of the sketches were funny, even if they did play almost entirely on Elordi's alleged hotness.  The Alaska Airlines thing was funny as hell.  I laughed at the WU bit with the inmate who lunged at the judge even though I work in a courthouse where the various offices have glass to protect us from the public and the judges do not have that in the courtrooms.  The AA meeting sketch was literally an episode of Mom where Joe Manganiello was the guest star.

I have no idea who Renee Rapp is and her performances did not impress me enough to bother to find out.  She sounded fine vocally in the first song but her enunciation was so bad that I couldn't understand a damned word.  The second song was crap.

On 1/21/2024 at 10:17 AM, Joimiaroxeu said:

Another case where I had no idea who the host or the musical guest were. I have Amazon Prime but I'm wavering on whether to put Saltburn on my watchlist.

Don't unless you have a high tolerance for grossness.  And lack of story sense.

On 1/21/2024 at 10:17 AM, Joimiaroxeu said:

Those bowling videos were too rough! Are those actually a thing IRL?

Cute little animations after each ball with dancing pins and such?  Yes.  Dark as hell ones like that?  Not where I bowl.  That was amusing, though.

 

[peeayebee]

15 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

I thought you were clear - my comment was more aimed at anyone who hasn’t watched the movie yet but plans to. Spoiler for Saltburn, after they showed the screenshot you described, he said something like

  Reveal spoiler

“I’m the one in the grave”. Which would give away where he ended up, in the movie. 

 

Ahhh. I completely missed that he said that. Yes, spoiler.

[Pete Martell]

The PDD short cut at the last minute.

I don't think this is anything great, but it's a much better performance than Jacob Elordi gave the rest of the night. I wish SNL wasn't so afraid of having more dramatic performances amidst comedy.

[BC4ME]

I think JAJ does a great trump. However, as the election grows near I'm among those who have a dread/horror of the real possibility of another trump presidency. None of it is funny to me anymore.

[rmontro]

On 1/21/2024 at 12:59 AM, Galileo908 said:

Bowling: Nothing will beat American Dad's bowling animations, but these were fun. The pins announcing a divorce for a Split was great.

It reminded me of the talking bowling pin sketch that Rob wrote for Alan Brady on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

[chediavolo]

This, very tall, gangly,  Frankenstein looking guy is playing Elvis in a movie?! Between him and Austen Butler, it’s clear to me that Elvis had a one in a million face and no one comes close. 

[Crashcourse]

Even though neither one looked like Elvis, I thought Austin Butler was more "Elvis-like" than Jacob Elordi.  

[LaylaGirl]

On 1/21/2024 at 4:46 PM, Pete Martell said:

The other problem for me was that I just didn't think Elordi was more attractive than most of the men in the cast, so when this was a major premise, I immediately checked out. 

I'm so glad to come on here and see other people did not find him attractive either. I am old, so I'm sure that is part of it, but the guy seemed awkward to me and I didn't find him handsome at all.

On 1/21/2024 at 5:00 PM, Ottis said:

The Alaska Airlines seemed like a cheap shot - wasn't it Boeing that had the bolt issue, not the airline?

Yes, the blame is totally on Boeing. Alaska Airlines currently has their own inspectors in Boeing plants checking the planes they will be purchasing.

[Quickbeam]

On 1/22/2024 at 12:39 PM, Pete Martell said:

The PDD short cut at the last minute.

I don't think this is anything great, but it's a much better performance than Jacob Elordi gave the rest of the night. I wish SNL wasn't so afraid of having more dramatic performances amidst comedy.

Thanks for posting that…..it was better than the episode.