S50.E14: Shane Gillis / Tate McRae

[ebk57]

10 hours ago, cathaireverywhere said:

On an unrelated but much funnier (at least to me) note was the place names used in the news sketch as they were Maryland locations (Reisterstown Road, Hunt Valley, Harford County).  Earlier this season, Towson (where I grew up) was used in a sketch so that caught my attention.  The Maryland Easter Eggs were definitely the best part of this episode.

This was the best part of the show for me - my sister lived just off Reisterstown Road and most of my family is in that area. 

They also did a sketch earlier this season using Dundalk as a place (but didn't use the accent unfortunately...)

[MrWhyt]

2 hours ago, Trini said:

I... have questions. And I do NOT want the answers.

then don't watch this 

 

[Irlandesa]

Soaking apparently is kind of a long running joke that I don't think anyone takes seriously.  I actually thought Jury Duty made it up but apparently it has been around for years as a concept.

 

[peeayebee]

I watched Jury Duty. I had completely forgotten about that. :D

[lou ann b]

I might be in the minority here but I don't mind Gillis that much. Granted, I FF'd the DVR through his monologue, but I do that with Chapplle and Mulaney too.

I thought the show was okay. And I'm being totally shallow here but I love to see Devon..not just because he's funny, but also because he has the cutest smile in late night TV. Forgive this old woman of 64 for liking her eye candy. 

[Ottis]

23 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:

Gillis' whole shtick appears to be that he gets to say terrible things because he is playing at being a terrible person. I don't think the writers forced anything on him or tried to make him look bad. He went for the loser characters because that's where he sees the jokes.  

I haven't seen that as his schtick. It's pretty basic bro humor, which is more about insisting certain things are funny because you think they are and not recognizing that other people aren't interested. Plus, the very low brow "beer and cooler" stuff. He's a tailgate comedian. 

I don't know a lot about how SNL works, but I had always read that the writers write skits and the host can choose whether to do them (and make changes). If Gillis "chose" the loser characters, it's because the skits he was presented with featured loser characters, i.e. that's the path the writers' chose.

1 hour ago, lou ann b said:

I might be in the minority here but I don't mind Gillis that much. Granted, I FF'd the DVR through his monologue, but I do that with Chapplle and Mulaney too.

Agreed, I noted in my original post that IRL Gillis was fine (i.e. in his own sets). And his monologue was horrid. The skits were OK, but they almost all presented the same kind of humor. 

[MediaZone4K]

Please don't destroy, dad's house, and the morning news sketches were the best ones.