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S50.E21: Scarlett Johansson / Bad Bunny

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Cold Open: Starting with a Trump sketch. And then my brain tuned out for the next few minutes. But then he broke the fourth wall and sat in the audience, reassuring us that some form of him will haunt our dreams until the fall.

Monologue: Did Scarlett really deserve a song monologue? Either way, it was a good palate cleanser. But combining it with an audience Q&A monologue was real clever. I appreciate that everyone in the cast was in this one.

Channel 4: You don't usually think about how the morning news is much lighter than the nightly news. I loved all the awful, inappropriate puns. "Hasta la vista, baby, as another infant was deported!" 

Please Don't Destroy: I liked the twist that the song ended up being a commentary on Newark. And Bad Bunny's requisite cameo as the (only) Air Traffic Controller. 

Couple At The Bar: And now another sketch with the other host, Bad Bunny. I liked ScarJo and Ego couldn't speak Spanish. This was a fun one.

Bowen's Still Straight: Oh, another "Bowen is actually straight as hell" sketch. "Wear something pretty" to Scarlett Johansson lol

20 hours ago, vb68 said:

I wonder how many cameos there will be as they close out the big 50.

Gina Gershon for some reason, for one.

Elevator: And Mike Meyers! And Kenan as Kanye. A reference to the last time Mike was alone with Kanye in the year 2025. What a time to be alive. The nitrous, the aside about the cousin, "I'm a few phobics myself." Damn, this was a sketch written for me. But man, Kenan was really the one to play Kanye? If it was anyone else, it would've hit better.

WU: "Must be the Mandela Effect!" was a thinker. And loved Miss Eggy coming back! And was she really fined by the FCC? She wasn't the one who swore! But she was great.

And man, joke swapping the INTRO to the bit? Damn, Che. Easily the best part of the ep, especially when Scarlett came in. (EDIT: Jost was a goddamn pro for being able to enunciate "Nick Kerr lover" presumably on the fly.)

Intimacy Coordinators: "I myself am ally passing" was the only good part of this sketch.

TV Takes: These all sound like actual questions the internet has asked to the cast, read to them. But the press junket (especially for someone like ScarJo) has to be brutal and filled with stupid questions like that.

Victorian Ladies Lunch: This was a great, gross, silly sketch. And they saved Chloe and Dismukes for this one?! The "three hours later" card was held a little longer than anyone expected it to, right? I was hoping everyone would look grosser. "I went numbers two through seven."

This was my favorite non-Update sketch.

I hate it when a show gets senioritis. It was the season finale, and it was...okay? Disappointing aside from Update and a couple others?

Well, see you all in the fall for season 51. Come find me in the Fox animation threads, since all my other shows I comment on here are either done for the summer, or just done.

EDIT: That was an "RIP Ass Dan" level cutoff at the goodnights. It's the season 50 finale! THIS was the one that didn't get the full credits?!

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vb68

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I have to agree. I thought it was average at best. There were a few sketches, coughTVTakescough, that have been done way better many times before the one tonight.

It was nice that everyone got included in the monologue. And it backed up what I've been thinking about Longfellow. He doesn't get used that much.

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I guess at the end Lorne really didn’t want to be singled out……

Yeah that was very adrupt for a season ender.

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Trini

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Eh, the only parts I was really feelin were 'AM News Puns' and 'Couples at a Bar', and Bad Bunny's first performance. And maybe Please Don't Destroy, once it turned out to be about Newark airport.

I was annoyed that the "Victorian Ladies" were not dressed like actual Victorian ladies. But besides that, really? that's the sketch were ending the season with??

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Ottis

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6 hours ago, ebk57 said:

I thought the show was pretty good through WU, slightly less good after, but fun. 

I thought this ep was awful, maybe the worst of the season. To wit:

Scarlett Johanson seems to be a lovely person, but she hasn't yet figured out how to be funny. She has the nerdy hot girl vibe, not humor. So most of her lines and skits fell flat (even trying to resurrect the Natalie Portman rapper vibe in the Newark skit ... they barely dabbled in it, which makes me wonder if they realized it wasn't working). AM/PM news puns should have been hilarious (though I guessed the skit as soon as they said Scarlett was filling in from PM), but Scarjo's line readings were awkward and not funny. Keenan would have killed in that role.

The Bowen is straight skit - was there *any* humor in it? OK, gay guy is straight and sleeps with cast ... what was funny?

The elevator skit, again, was there a joke? The only one I heard was "thank God," and Kanye saying "you're welcome." Just tedious.

Trump cold open, so, so over it. Horrible person, isn't funny.

I'm only up to WU. I hope it gets better.

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Galileo908

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7 hours ago, ahisma said:

The only thing that really caught my attention was yet another Morgan Wallen callback, “Get me to Allah’s country!”

Jeez, I didn’t even catch that. Explains why he just walked off the stage like he did.

2 hours ago, Ottis said:

even trying to resurrect the Natalie Portman rapper vibe in the Newark skit ... they barely dabbled in it, which makes me wonder if they realized it wasn't working).

There was a line implying that Scarlett didn’t know who PDD was and thought they were The Lonely Island, but it went by so quick it was hard to tell.

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cinsays

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2 hours ago, Ottis said:

I thought this ep was awful, maybe the worst of the season. To wit:

Scarlett Johanson seems to be a lovely person, but she hasn't yet figured out how to be funny. She has the nerdy hot girl vibe, not humor. So most of her lines and skits fell flat (even trying to resurrect the Natalie Portman rapper vibe in the Newark skit ... they barely dabbled in it, which makes me wonder if they realized it wasn't working). AM/PM news puns should have been hilarious (though I guessed the skit as soon as they said Scarlett was filling in from PM), but Scarjo's line readings were awkward and not funny. Keenan would have killed in that role.

The Bowen is straight skit - was there *any* humor in it? OK, gay guy is straight and sleeps with cast ... what was funny?

The elevator skit, again, was there a joke? The only one I heard was "thank God," and Kanye saying "you're welcome." Just tedious.

Trump cold open, so, so over it. Horrible person, isn't funny.

I'm only up to WU. I hope it gets better.

agreed, trump ad nauseum is just not funny

and, no, it doesn't get better

there was nothing at all funny in the whole show

the only thing good is that it makes me appreciate past seasons it was still funny

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peeayebee

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9 hours ago, Galileo908 said:

But then he broke the fourth wall and sat in the audience, reassuring us that some form of him will haunt our dreams until the fall.

... the fall of civilization.

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Intimacy Coordinators: "I myself am ally passing" was the only good part of this sketch.

Yeah, I agree. That was a painful, unfunny sketch. I did like Mikey's character, so there's that.

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EDIT: That was an "RIP Ass Dan" level cutoff at the goodnights.

What's RIP Ass Dan?

The CO was yet another uninspired Trump CO.

The monologue was ok, nothing more.

My favorite part of the Channel 4 NYC News sketch was Emir singing. Great little character moment.

I liked the please don't destroy video. My favorite part? Bad Bunny. "What color your plane?" 

I also liked the bar sketch. Again, Bad Bunny! I didn't know I was such a fan. He and Marcella complaining in Spanish to each other was pretty funny. 

Again with the Bowen is Straight sketch? And... that's the joke. Bowen is straight. Oh, I couldn't understand what Bowen said at one point -- "Thanks for inventing the ???" (There were several times during the show that I couldn't understand what was said.)

I'd forgotten that Mike Myers was there when Kanye said George Bush doesn't care about black people. Does Ye have fangs? I noticed that Kenan seemed to have some, and so I wondered if these were Kenan's natural teeth or if they were prosthetic ones for the Ye character.

Loved that first Bad Bunny performance. The set was really cool, though honestly I had to look away at times because I was getting motion sickness. Loved the choreography. I don't speak Spanish, but I enjoyed the song. The second performance was good, too, but not as much as the first.

WU. The McJournalist burger joke was dark, but it was a good one. I enjoyed seeing Miss Eggy again. And I again did not enjoy the Colin and Che joke swap. Nice for them to be having fun, I guess. I also thought Scarlet's presence was unnecessary. 

I was wondering why Trump wore a lavender tie. I know that it coordinated with the welcome carpet, but I wonder if there's a significance in Saudi Arabia to the color. I can't imagine Trump deliberately choosing a lavender tie, so I think the carpet came before the tie.

TV Takes was ok. There were some funny moments.

Victorian Ladies at Lunch was so gross but pretty funny. I guess the props dept deliberately coated the fake eel with something that would stick to the cast's teeth. Cracked up at Heidi saying, "I went numbers 2 thru 7."

A couple of funny moments, but all in all a disappointment.

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Is Everyone Gone

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Thought it was a disappointing episode, although I did like the morning vs. evening news anchors and the Victorian Ladies Lunch sketches.

ScarJo seems like a hard-working, nice lady, but she's not very funny. It honestly feels like she got this gig bc she's Mrs. Colin Jost. 

I did enjoy WU.

I wonder if both Che and Colin are leaving.

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iarwain

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12 hours ago, Galileo908 said:

Victorian Ladies Lunch: This was a great, gross, silly sketch. And they saved Chloe and Dismukes for this one?! The "three hours later" card was held a little longer than anyone expected it to, right? I was hoping everyone would look grosser. "I went numbers two through seven."

That was my favorite sketch.  People used to eat some strange things.  You're right about the card being up unusually long.  "The jellied eel came out whole and jumped back into the sea".

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baldryanr

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1 hour ago, xls said:

Nooooooooo! Why do I keep hearing this? there any confirmation? 😡

The two have been on the show since 2014.  That's a long time and unless your name is Kenan there's always going to be talk of the current season being the last.  Plus, much like with the show itself, some fans will always complain you've outstayed your welcome, are stale, and need to be booted.

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driver18

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3 hours ago, peeayebee said:

Nice for them to be having fun, I guess. I also thought Scarlet's presence was unnecessary. 

I think Scarlett was there very specifically for the apology that Colin began "Che's" joke with about the last swapped joke. Che had Colin make a joke comparing Scarlett's vagina to roast beef in an Arby's sandwich. So, Colin had Scarlett there to get that apology for such a crass, tasteless joke. Their swapped jokes are about them; she never should have been brought into it.

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peeayebee

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1 hour ago, iarwain said:

That was my favorite sketch.  People used to eat some strange things.  You're right about the card being up unusually long.

The crew was probably taking a long time clearing out the mess and setting up a new table.

17 minutes ago, driver18 said:

I think Scarlett was there very specifically for the apology that Colin began "Che's" joke with about the last swapped joke. Che had Colin make a joke comparing Scarlett's vagina to roast beef in an Arby's sandwich. So, Colin had Scarlett there to get that apology for such a crass, tasteless joke. Their swapped jokes are about them; she never should have been brought into it.

I understood all that. I think the apology would have worked just as well (or better) if Che addressed Colin. To me it was awkward for Scarlett to be sitting there with not much to do other than receive the apology.

BTW, I googled and got an answer to my question about the lavender tie and carpet in Saudi Arabia. In 2021 the kingdom announced that lavender would be the color for any ceremonial carpets. Lavender (the color of lavender and wildflowers in the desert) symbolizes the kingdom's identity.

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SoMuchTV

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13 hours ago, Galileo908 said:

That was an "RIP Ass Dan" level cutoff at the goodnights. It's the season 50 finale! THIS was the one that didn't get the full credits?!

I thought it was just my local station messing up - it went straight from Scarlet mid-sentence to an infomercial - until so many others mentioned it here.  Out of curiosity I pulled it up on Peacock and the goodbyes/credit rolls went on for a good minute or two longer, ending with production company logo at the end.

So maybe it ran over for time and some/all local stations had an automated cutoff?

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Carey

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Shades of late 90s to early (and I guess mid) 2000s stuff in terms of the first-run goodnight segment being cut off before it officially ended.  Not a super big deal, but still a little annoying.

Speaking of late 90s/early 2000s: I think I can think of one reason in defense of Gina Gershon's appearance.  I guess if one had a cameo on the season finale of the silver anniversary, why not do the same on the golden anniversary.  Other than that, as mentioned by Galileo908, she showed up "for some reason" to conclude Season 50.

Sweet stuff with Colin & Starlet at the end regardless of the broadcast.  I think Vanessa's advance announcement comes to mind this second as it relates to one's confirmed departure.  While there's nothing confirmed, if this is it for Jost, what a run.  Plus, it's sorta like when Hader and Fred left a dozen years ago.  You could tell it was the end for both.  Either way, no one really announces their departure anymore.  At least it isn't common, but the one's I can think of this second include Ferrell, and at the eleventh hour, Tracy

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SoMuchTV

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40 minutes ago, iarwain said:

I don't like the goodnight segment anyway, and by that point I'm ready for the show to be over, so it didn't bother me any.

I get where you're coming from, but my thought is, if I'm going to skip the credits, it should be my choice, not some automated tech in my local station.  Especially the last show of the season, where it seemed like the credits were longer than usual - probably crediting staff who don't get credited week to week.  Won't someone think of all those people's mothers and their DVRs!?

2 hours ago, Carey said:

Either way, no one really announces their departure anymore.  At least it isn't common, but the one's I can think of this second include Ferrell, and at the eleventh hour, Tracy

I definitely remember a big to-do for Kristen Wiig.  Seems like there were others (Cecily? Kate?) who were at least rumored to be leaving, and they had a sketch that was obviously a goodbye (vat of wine, abducted by aliens).

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driver18

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3 hours ago, peeayebee said:

I understood all that. I think the apology would have worked just as well (or better) if Che addressed Colin. To me it was awkward for Scarlett to be sitting there with not much to do other than receive the apology.

Forgive me for presuming you're not a female with this take. If Scarlett had not been there when she was in the building, it would have been incredibly disrespectful. 

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Galileo908

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2 hours ago, Carey said:

Either way, no one really announces their departure anymore.  At least it isn't common, but the one's I can think of this second include Ferrell, and at the eleventh hour, Tracy

No one really leaves anymore, either. Usually you were kicked out the nest the moment you got a development deal or had to go shoot a movie. Aidy got to film a whole sitcom and then come back. Same for Fred Armisen, he was juggling Portlandia at the same time as his later years (and ended up on Seth Meyers' show to juggle that AND Documentary Now).

These days, you're either out after a season, or you stay forever. Tim Meadows was considered weird for staying on past five seasons. Now there's a dozen who've had longer tenures than him.

And casts used to change every five seasons or so. The last clean slate was the one that brought in Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, etc.

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txhorns79

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1 hour ago, SoMuchTV said:

I definitely remember a big to-do for Kristen Wiig.  Seems like there were others (Cecily? Kate?) who were at least rumored to be leaving, and they had a sketch that was obviously a goodbye (vat of wine, abducted by aliens).

Cecily got a send off, Kate and Aidy did too.  However, I do think they announced their departures well before their final episodes, so it isn't necessarily like the people who we find out are leaving during the summer when the departure may not be on the best terms. 

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Carey

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Speaking of Tim Meadows, he didn't even have the record upon his departure (on a Repertory level).  Amid surpassing Nealon by a half of a season overall, I think the knock on him was that he was on the show 5 seasons for 2 eras, including the mentioned Will/Ana era and the one that preceded it (where it started with Phil/Dana before moving into the Julia + the Bad Boys era).  Meanwhile, crickets when it came to Hammond breaking the previous record.

Speaking of which, I never thought anyone would surpass Phil, Kevin, or Tim, and then when Darrell did so, I was all, "Yeah, nobody's touching that."  Kenan's longevity, a rather unique case, is a tenure that I can say no one will pass (unless they do).

As mentioned, I knew I was going to omit someone special in terms of a sendoff, and Kristen's was probably one of my favorites.  Well done.  Jimmy's final show was also unique & tremendous.  Several others worth noting that I'll leave out for now.

So Scarlett has the record in terms of women hosts, breaking a tie with Fey & Barrymore, the latter whose hosting debut actually occurred before Johansson was even born.  Amazing I think since age wise they're separated by less than 10 years (just under a decade).

Although there may be an obvious reason why that's the case, I have to say that Scarlett Johansson is a decent enough actress on her own.  While not proven with the season final, she's done well enough to host the show as much as possible

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23 hours ago, txhorns79 said:

I thought it was funny the first time, but it seemed like the well of ideas ran dry with the first outing.  

I really enjoyed the Sydney Sweeney one and watched it multiple times. In this one I liked Bowen condescending to Colin in the elevator and also not even remembering that he had invited Scarlett over. But I think what would have improved it would have been to close with something from Colin as well. (I also really enjoyed this week's promo with Scarlett and Colin and Sarah.)

23 hours ago, peeayebee said:

My favorite part of the Channel 4 NYC News sketch was Emir singing. Great little character moment.

Yes, loved that. (ETA: Especially the way his expression changed to sullen and resentful the second he finished singing at the opening.)

When they brought out Ashley and Jane for the Intimacy Coordinators sketch I was hoping that those characters would add something to the scene but it seemed like they were little more than props. 

The Joke Swap has never really worked for me and I don't think this was any exception. 

20 hours ago, iarwain said:

That was my favorite sketch.  People used to eat some strange things. 

I waited in vain for the Victorian Ladies to be about the show being completely ignorant about what those hilariously-named dishes really were but the ladies kept chewing on long black ropes of allegedly "jellied eel" (did they think they were whole and in a sweet fruit jelly?) and then they started joking about what if modern food/restaurant terms were literal. If that was Chloe's last sketch I'm fine with that.

  

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Carey

Carey

1 hour ago, Trini said:
13 hours ago, Ottis said:

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The Bowen is straight skit - was there *any* humor in it? OK, gay guy is straight and sleeps with cast ... what was funny?

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Yeah, this is one I guess I never 'got' the first time around either.

JMO: It's the staff "phoning it in" for the year.  With that skit and really several others within the homestretch for Season 50.

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peeayebee

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3 hours ago, driver18 said:

Forgive me for presuming you're not a female with this take. If Scarlett had not been there when she was in the building, it would have been incredibly disrespectful. 

I am a female. I get what you're saying. IRL, yes, the apology should be done to the butt of the joke. However, comedically I thought it was awkward for her to sit there. As a compromise, maybe Che could have apologized to Scarlett who's off-camera, the camera pans to her as she accepts the apology, then back to Che and Colin.

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Joimiaroxeu

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Cold Open:
Emil must've been thrilled by the news coverage from the Middle East last week. Unfortunately his involvement in the opening bit seemed almost like an afterthought.

Opening Monologue:
They were joking about those loud polka-dotted pants, right? It was great to see most of the cast on stage since this might be the final episode for some of them.

Good Morning New York: I didn't think I could hate that pink pony song more but the weather guy convinced me I was wrong.

PDD: Bad Bunny is the only Newark air traffic controller and he's an aeronautical genius! Was that video of a real plane landing or CGI? It looked scary. I dunno about ScarJo imitating a Chola girl. Kinda close to cultural appropriation, in my opinion.

Bad Bunny: Nuevayol! I liked that they had a woman steelworker too even though it was probably historically inaccurate. The song had a good beat and you could dance to it. 😉

Weekend Update:
The McJournalist. I wished I hadn't understood that joke.
Miss Eggy calls her boyfriend (Maurice) "Tray" because he stay in the upright and locked position. Lucky her.
Joke Swap: Man, ScarJo and Colin tag-teamed Che. That was brutal, lol.
Bet Nick Kerr is way tired of those iffy jokes from mispronouncing his name.

Bad Bunny 2nd performance: Interesting and surprisingly detailed set. Given how BB had his mouth on RaiNao's breasts while she straddled him, I figured they must be dating. Nope, guess not.

Victorian Ladies Who Lunch: That was totally insane. Pepto Bismol is made with real flamingos! Wonder how it goes down after you've eaten hamster sashimi? Ew.

Goodbyes:
Bad Bunny is taller than I realized. Colin acted he was forced to give Scarlett that bouquet. Poor guy, out here bowing and scraping for the wife, ha ha.

Scarlett did fine. She was game as usual, and brought some energy. Bad Bunny won the night for me though.

Ditto comments upthread, this episode was a weak way to cap off the 50th anniversary season.

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heatherchandler

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18 hours ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

 

Good Morning New York: I didn't think I could hate that pink pony song more but the weather guy convinced me I was wrong.

 

Weekend Update:
The McJournalist. I wished I hadn't understood that joke.
Miss Eggy calls her boyfriend (Maurice) "Tray" because he stay in the upright and locked position. Lucky her.

Ditto comments upthread, this episode was a weak way to cap off the 50th anniversary season.


Is that the song he was singing?  I thought it sounded like something else that I can’t think of right now, but yeah I guess that makes sense.  Pink Piny Club is a terrible song.

 

Just realized she’s Miss Eggy because her name is Ego!  I thought it had something to do with eggs.

 

I think this was a terrible episode.  I don’t think I actually laughed at all and maybe I’m not Bad Bunny’s intended audience but those songs were AWFUL.

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Joimiaroxeu

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15 hours ago, heatherchandler said:


Is that the song he was singing?  I thought it sounded like something else that I can’t think of right now, but yeah I guess that makes sense.  Pink Piny Club is a terrible song.

The melody was from Pink Pony Club but its lyrics had been changed. Plus the weather guy was singing off-key.

15 hours ago, heatherchandler said:

I think this was a terrible episode.  I don’t think I actually laughed at all and maybe I’m not Bad Bunny’s intended audience but those songs were AWFUL.

I agree it wasn't a great episode but I thought Bad Buddy killed. I also figure SNL must think highly of him if they backed up his two performances up with those amazing sets. Most performers just get a lot of strobing colors and smoke.

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Scout Finch

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Random takes: Do I dare to dream that the bit in the monologue about Sarah not coming back next season isn't just a joke? I've never understood how ScarJo is considered attractive. Par for the course, the only guaranteed laughs I got are from Weekend Update. While Jane Wickline comes across as very awkward, she reminds me of Melissa Villasenor, which is a good thing! (Me and Melissa after her show in December.)

 

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