S42.E03: Emily Blunt / Bruno Mars

[formerlyfreedom]

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Host Emily Blunt; Bruno Mars is the musical guest.

[SeanC]

I skimmed back through Blunt's filmography to refresh my memory about roles they might try to parody, but nothing really jumped out at me as a really obvious choice.

Edited October 9, 2016 by SeanC

[VCRTracking]

The bitchy assistant from The Devil Wears Prada is her most famous one. It's the one that first got her noticed in America. She can be very funny.

(ETA after watching the debate):

I can't wait for Bobby Moynihan to play Ken Bone!

Edited October 10, 2016 by VCRTracking

[cpcathy]

That debate sketch is going to be awesome! Bobby as Bone!

[JZL]

On 10/10/2016 at 2:55 AM, VCRTracking said:

The bitchy assistant from The Devil Wears Prada is her most famous one. It's the one that first got her noticed in America. She can be very funny.

Huh, wha?  "The Angel of Verdun" Rita Vrataski!

Anyhow, yes, she's funny.  This should be good. 

Edited October 19, 2016 by JZL

[Galileo908]

Cold Open: "Let's get this nightmare over with." Yeah, they couldn't avoid the trainwreck that was the debate. And next week will (thankfully) be the last one. Once again, this was a really succinct tl;dr of the actual debate. And of course their inevitable take on Ken Bone was great (Bobby playing him was perfect).

Monologue: Another goddamn song, but this one had puppies.

Escorts: Silly. 

Melaniade: Apparently this was a parody of a video from Lemonade. This was an interesting one, loved it when Mike Pence showed up. I wonder if this is the culmination of the Melania Moments runner?

Qua: This had to be written from experience. At first I laughed that everyone got up to leave...and then everyone in the room worked on the movie except Vanessa Bayer.

CHONK: I have a feeling that CHONK's logo being in the same font as Kohl's was intentional. Gotta love the "normal clothes" bit with the men.

WU: Once again, the SNL writers can do nothing more than show Trump's actual words to show how ridiculous he is. "This election is like Up: It got sad really fast." Vanessa's kid actor character is kinda wearing thin, until she said this: "Billy Bush said some bad things, and my mom said he might get $10 million! FROM THIS NETWORK!" Now formally apologize for having Trump host and you'll be all set, show.

Burger King: This one was weird. Good weird. Once again Bobby was the best part. Not enough Bobby, show.

The Sink: Funny, weird, and short.

Robots: Silly and weird. Don't know if the robot voices dropping at points was intentional, but even if it wasn't it helped pull the bit off. I wish they went violent, though. (EDIT: Major points for Emily almost making KATE break)

Melania Moments: "The Housemaid": Weird, and too short.

The Great British Bake Off: Meh. This was a little tough to sit through. You'd think a spoof of this show would be...better. And not saved for the 12:50 slot.

Hamsters: A very weird, silly one act play. (EDIT: I was thinking that this was a good spoof of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and I'm glad that everyone else thought so.)

It's not all that odd to say that the writers tend to treat a Hot Female Host as a bye week...and this time was no exception. Watch next week's ep with Tom Hanks be amazing.

Edited October 16, 2016 by Galileo908

[dkb]

Bruno Mars!!! I just want to know what the second song is titled. It's going on my Ipod as soon as its released. 

Love all the Melania stuff. Poor Tiffany Trump.

[Galileo908]

Oh yeah, Bruno Mars' first song was amazing. That has to be the first time a musical guest traveled to the stage from their dressing room, right?

[vb68]

I really enjoyed the episode.  I think maybe like Emily said right upfront in the monologue, I was ready for some fun and silliness.

Loved the Jaws theme in the debate sketch,  That was perfect.  And  I know I'm a minority on this, but singing monologues don't  bother me. It was fun and over fast.  Sue me. ( Just kidding, please don't.) 

I thought Emily was a good host.  I'm not sure she had a lot of stand out moments, but she really blended in well with the cast. She was pretty versatile and fit like a glove. 

New guys Charlie and Alex Moffat were all over the place.  I think they are breaking the new guy curse.  Play all the utility roles you can. 

That video with the Trump women was awesome , especially all the Tiffany jokes.  I thought it would had been even more accurate if Donald couldn't remember her name, though.

Update was fantastic.  Che's Michael Jackson joke reminded me of Norm.  That's a good thing.  And Laura Parsons was on fire auditioning for Mary Poppins with Emily ( great indirect use of your host) and calling out NBC for the Billy Bush payout.  Laura is actually pretty hip and well informed.  Anthony Crispino should get his news from her. Heh.

Gen X reference alert- the Robot sketch reminded me of a Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning show with Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi playing malfunctioning robots called The Lost Saucer.  

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf with hamsters?  Heh.  Wonder how much alcohol and projection went into that.

I'm just happy there was no storm and I saw the show straight through.

And oh yeah, epic entrance for Bruno Mars.  You can tell he has Friend of the Show status.  Not just any music guest would get that.  They like him. They really like him.

Edited October 16, 2016 by vb68

[ebk57]

Loved the Drumpf women (and Mike Pence!) and the Melania Moments sketches, and the debate open.  And Weekend Update.  The other bits were fun, not great, but not awful.

And I love Bruno Mars!! 

Oh, the hamsters doing Virginia Woolf was brilliant and really weird.  And all so the kid could end up with a dog.

[MerBearHou]

I adore Emily Blunt AND Bruno Mars so was pumped for this show.  Nothing knocked my socks off but I did giggle at Cronk -- the voice and their disturbed reactions were very funny to me -- and all of the characters in the Burger King limo. Really loved Bruno's entrance and first song. Emily looked incredible in the monologue -- wow. This is an unpopular statement but I just don't see that Leslie Jones has any range at all in her acting/comedy ability. 

[AdorkableSars]

Yay for more Vanessa this episode! She's the bomb! Thought she was super funny as the only audience member for that short film. Her exasperation with each question she had to ask had me cracking up. "Dammit."

I thought Emily Blunt did a great job tonight. She was game for anything - and there were a lot of weird sketches tonight! I especially liked her in the escort sketch. And the Burger King sketch, which was kind of dumb, but I laughed a lot anyways.

The newbies are getting alot of airtime, and I ain't even mad. Mikey, Alex, and Melissa, have all impressed me a lot so far...almost lessening the blow of missing Taran and Jay. Almost.

WU was pretty good. At this point, they could probably just roll tape of Trump saying anything, and just film Jost and Che's reaction shots, and it would be funny. The guests tonight were great too. Always love Olya. So happy for her and the dog! ;) And Laura Parsons is one of my favorite recurring Update guests, and tonight was no exception. 

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Laura is actually pretty hip and well informed.  Anthony Crispino should get his news from her. Heh.

Wow...I never knew I wanted this until now. Laura Parsons and Anthony Crispino should appear on Update together at some point. Make it happen, show!

Bruno Mars...was perfection. Didn't expect anything less. I adore him. Glad he showed up in a sketch too! 

SOOOO flippin' excited for Tom Hanks next week.

[MrWhyt]

44 minutes ago, MerBearHou said:

Nothing knocked my socks off ...

 

21 minutes ago, AdorkableSars said:

... and there were a lot of weird sketches tonight!

Yeah most of the sketches got some laughs from me, but aside from WU there wasn't anything flat out hilarious IMO. I appreciate they went a bit weird but it needed a bit more funny, not the fault of Blunt though.

[VCRTracking]

Wow, that episode was like a whole show full of "12:55 sketches"! I have to give credit to Emily Blunt. Not only was she relaxed live, has a good singing voice, made Kate McKinnon BREAK, but she obviously had to OK those skits she was in. She had to be like "Sure, I'll play a robot waitress" and "I'll do the voice of a sink having an existential crisis" and "You want me to play a hamster reenacting Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? No problem!" She has to have a weird sense of humor and I love that.

The Lemonade parody with Trump's women was amazing.

I admit to not keeping up with current pop but somebody forwarded me Bruno Mars' latest "24K Magic" video and I thought it was great. Very retro sounding and fun.

Edited October 16, 2016 by VCRTracking

[Spartan Girl]

The Melanianade video was my reward for putting up with all the election crap for the past year.

Of course the cold opening debate was hilarious, especially Hilary's sarcastic reaction to the mistresses and Trump's double standard when it came to his accusers.

Puppies in the monologue always make me happy.

[Fostersmom]

47 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:

The Melanianade video was my reward for putting up with all the election crap for the past year.

Of course the cold opening debate was hilarious, especially Hilary's sarcastic reaction to the mistresses and Trump's double standard when it came to his accusers.

Puppies in the monologue always make me happy.

I laughed so hard with the highly distraught Hilary reaction to the mistress turning on a dime "Hi, ladies!" with a wave. The Trump stalking was funny too. I wondered how they were going to handle red sweater guy turning out to be a twisted fuck. The pay off was more in Update than in the cold opening, but they still addressed it. I like Laura Parsons. I like she's always there with a way too old for her, but on the nose observation, as crass as they may be. I might have liked the Melaniade sketch if I had gotten it, but I've never seen Lemonade and until I read the other replies here, I had no idea was I was seeing. I'm not sure if I should feel bad or that she's lucky for poor Tiffany Trump, but Vanessa's Tiffany cracked me up. The Burger King and Robot sketches were big WTFs for me. 

[vb68]

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I might have liked the Melaniade sketch if I had gotten it, but I've never seen Lemonade and until I read the other replies here, I had no idea was I was seeing. 

I disagree.  In my case, I found getting the parody of Lemonade completely secondary to the skewering of the characters.

[Dejana]

Here's what Melanianade was parodying, "Sorry" from Beyonce's Lemonade album (somewhat NSFW lyrics):

 

Oh, and in case anyone cares, #thatguywiththeweirdhair has shared some thoughts about the show and Alec Baldwin's portrayal of him, via Twitter.

Edited October 16, 2016 by Dejana

[Peace 47]

Melaniade was amazing!  They had the Beyoncé video look down stone cold, and the lyrics were perfect.  I've rewatched that 2x this morning already.

I thought the debate sketch was better than the first and really, really solid.  They did a particularly good job of sending up the inane undecided voter questions, like Kyle's question modeled on the real question of "Say something nice about the other candidate."  When they played the Jaws theme, I have to say that I half-expected also to hear Tic-Tacs shaking in light of their Weekend Update joke last week about how when women hear Tic Tacs shaking now, it's going to sound like the Jaws theme to them.

[hendersonrocks]

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Melaniade was amazing!  They had the Beyoncé video look down stone cold, and the lyrics were perfect.

My favorite part came at the very end, when Melania claimed to have written it. Perfect shade.

Bruno Mars is magic. I wish I could carry him around with me in my pocket.

[Ms Blue Jay]

I really liked it.  I thought Emily did a really great job and the "Sorry" video using the Trump women was fantastic. "Sorry" by Beyonce is one of my favourite songs and videos of the year so I thought that was great.  I only got bored towards the last two sketches of the night.

The monologue was fine and I was already laughing at Emily and Leslie being the two escorts -- Leslie calling the show THE Family Guy and imitating Stewie Griffin.  LOL!

[SeanC]

The video of all the Trump ladies (and Mike Pence) reminded me: Hillary doesn't really have much of a supporting cast on this show. Have we even seen her in a sketch with her running mate at this point? Hell, when was the last time we saw her with Bill? Or Chelsea? Cecily Strong played Huma Abedin that one time, I guess.

[Galileo908]

2 minutes ago, SeanC said:

The video of all the Trump ladies (and Mike Pence) reminded me: Hillary doesn't really have much of a supporting cast on this show. Have we even seen her in a sketch with her running mate at this point? Hell, when was the last time we saw her with Bill? Or Chelsea? Cecily Strong played Huma Abedin that one time, I guess.

That's a good point. We only saw Tim Kaine last week, and the last time we saw Bill and Hillary together was last season.

[Princess Sparkle]

12 hours ago, dkb said:

Bruno Mars!!! I just want to know what the second song is titled. It's going on my Ipod as soon as its released. 

The second one is called Chunky.  Bruno Mars killed it. He might be my favorite musical performer ever on SNL - he's creative, he's high energy, can actually sing live, and he puts on A SHOW when he's on. I couldn't love him more. 

Emily Blunt was an excellent host. She reminds me of Chris Hemsworth in a way - an actor/actress who's not necessarily known as a comedian who completely embraces the most absurd sketches and gives them their all.  I loved the running gag that all the weird monologues and short films were starring actual Emily Blunt.  She fit right in AND she made Kate break? Kudos Emily Blunt. 

I know it's early in the season, but the new cast members are fantastic. This might be the best new class of featured players since Aidy and Cecily joined in 2012 (I also liked Tim Robinson, but I was in the minority on that). They also must really trust Mikey and Alex, because they have them anchoring a lot of sketches. 

WU was great once again. Loved "that wouldn't be my first choice for a defense. The problem was that you weren't her choice period" and Che's "...And the worst place for young girls to live is on your hard drive. I said worst!!"  And Vanessa's Laura Parsons was hysterical to me. I lost my shit at "BEST CASE SCENARIO: YOURE MOLESTED!" and "HE SAID HE LIKED HER BUTTHOLE!!"

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe by way of drunk hamsters was one of the strangest things I've ever seen, but for some reason, it struck me as absolutely hilarious. 

Alec is just so spot on as Trump. I think he has the best guest actor Emmy in the bag.   

Edited October 16, 2016 by Princess Sparkle

[TaxNerd]

2 hours ago, Dejana said:

Here's what Melanianade was parodying, "Sorry" from Beyonce's Lemonade album (somewhat NSFW lyrics):

 

Oh, and in case anyone cares, #thatguywiththeweirdhair has shared some thoughts about the show and Alec Baldwin's portrayal of him, via Twitter.

Thank you!  I played both at the same time and it was amazing how similar they are.  The production on the SNL video looked like they worked on it for weeks, not just days!

[Galileo908]

2 hours ago, Dejana said:

Oh, and in case anyone cares, #thatguywiththeweirdhair has shared some thoughts about the show and Alec Baldwin's portrayal of him, via Twitter.

It's funny since:

1) SNL let him host last year (and he tweeted that he had a fantastic time)

2) I feel Alec should just keep playing him if it bothers him this much. 

3) I wonder if Orange Man saw the past two debate sketches? I think he comes off even worse in those.

[Primetimer]

Maybe one too many Trump sketches, but the Girl On The Train actress is winning.

View the full article

[jjj]

10 minutes ago, Galileo908 said:

3) I wonder if Orange Man saw the past two debate sketches? I think he comes off even worse in those.

Oh, yes, he hates the SNL parodies: "Alec Baldwin stinks".   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-baldwin-snl-tweet_us_58036193e4b0162c043c7692 

Edited October 16, 2016 by jjj

[Mumbles]

Really loved this episode. IMO the weakest sketch was the escort sketch early on, but I watched the show out of order so I knew there was good stuff coming up. But that said it was great to see Leslie doing something other than screaming lady.

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Burger King: This one was weird. Good weird. Once again Bobby was the best part. Not enough Bobby, show.

This was my favorite of the night because it was so absurd. Tacky stretch limo full of pretentious downtown art types, each getting weirder and weirder, getting fast food. I have no idea how they came up with it but I applaud whoever did.

I loved the British Bake-off because they got Sue, Mel and Mary spot-on, and it gently parodied the show in that the show usually has such sweet, mild-mannered contestants you could forget that the U.K. does have its share of mean and tacky people.

I think Vanessa Bayer is one of the most valuable players on this show. She can do anything - lead, supporting, straight woman.

Hated the WU joke about rednecks fighting wars. At first I appreciated that they were calling out Clinton for using the classist term, and then they just made it worse by implying that rednecks are good fighters because they're mean and ignorant. But I hate these two doing WU anyway.

Bruno Mars was awesome and I'm not even a fan.

[Negritude]

Loved the reveal that Emily was playing herself in the short fim sketch. Melaniade was awesome. Laura Parsons on WU had me guffawing as always and yes Vanessa is one of the MVP's of the show. The sink thing caught me off guard and had me rolling as I too think those sinks are kind of ridiculous.

Oh and I also covet that leather dress Sasheer had on in the Chonk commercial (another highlight). I'm digging this retro 90s R&B vibe Bruno Mars is coming with.

[futurechemist]

I'm tired of musical monologues.  And evidently my local NBC affiliate is too, because after Emily Blunt sang 1 line of "Come on Get Happy", it cut to commercial.

Update was funny, except for Laura Parsons, who is just too repetitive for me to like.

Apparently Trump wants SNL cancelled because they're rigging the election with Alec Baldwin's lousy impression of him.  So the show is doing something right at least.  It only took 1 year to go from "I can't believe I get to host" to "off with their heads!"

But overall this was a meh episode to me. Emily Blunt was game, but the sketches felt lackluster and I fell asleep right after Update.

[callmebetty]

I'm surprised he hasn't thrown out his usual modus operandi that he's going to sue.

Melaniade was inspired. 

Bruno Mars is a great performer and I liked the two songs.

[VCRTracking]

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Hated the WU joke about rednecks fighting wars. At first I appreciated that they were calling out Clinton for using the classist term, and then they just made it worse by implying that rednecks are good fighters because they're mean and ignorant. But I hate these two doing WU anyway.

I think it was more they're so eager to fight. Every self described redneck I'm encountered online is ready to go overseas and "kick ass".  I thought the joke equally slammed liberals with Che's great line "I'll turn to liberals when I want a pointed think-piece!"

Edited October 16, 2016 by VCRTracking

[DNR]

I just know Bruno Mars hits from the radio but he is fun to watch. Terrific performer / so talented 

my opinion , Leslie jones ruins every sketch she's in - screwing up lines , obv reading cue cards . Wish Taran & Jay were back and she was gone

so tired of this election , I don't wanna read about the candidates on Ptv , it's my escape ! 

[fastiller]

14 minutes ago, callmebetty said:

I'm surprised he hasn't thrown out his usual modus operandi that he's going to sue.

Any suit won't be for the Baldwin impersonations; they'll be for the Melania impersonations. He'll have Melania sue. 

[jjj]

53 minutes ago, futurechemist said:

I'm tired of musical monologues.  And evidently my local NBC affiliate is too, because after Emily Blunt sang 1 line of "Come on Get Happy", it cut to commercial.

Thank you!  I thought I must have fallen asleep or passed out, because it went from that first line to an image of Jon Hamm's new movie, which I thought was part of the monologue.  I've been wondering since then what happened to me!  

[Blakeston]

I'll say it - I can't stand the Laura Parsons bits. Once you've seen one appearance by her, there's no need to see another one - it's the exact same gag, beat-for-beat, over and over again. Just like Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy was.

I'll give Vanessa Bayer some credit for calling out NBC this time -but I still don't find the character funny.

[futurechemist]

1 minute ago, jjj said:

Thank you!  I thought I must have fallen asleep or passed out, because it went from that first line to an image of Jon Hamm's new movie, which I thought was part of the monologue.  I've been wondering since then what happened to me!  

I was tricked too!  It's because the movie trailer starts out with a screen that says something like "Are you having trouble dealing with the stress of this election?" which thematically fit right into what Emily Blunt just said.  I assumed they were interrupting the monologue for a breaking news type sketch, sort of like what they did in the VP debate sketch last week.  But it was only halfway through the movie trailer that I realized there was no audience laughter in the background and it was an actual commercial, not a commercial/monologue sketch.  Oh well, I guess we missed the puppies.

[Fostersmom]

1 hour ago, Mumbles said:

Hated the WU joke about rednecks fighting wars. At first I appreciated that they were calling out Clinton for using the classist term, and then they just made it worse by implying that rednecks are good fighters because they're mean and ignorant. But I hate these two doing WU anyway.

I took it more like the people more likely to be enlisted or enlist if needed are probably going to be more the "redneck" type rather than the "liberal" think-piece type. 

[possibilities]

I absolutely loved this episode! I thought almost everything was funny! This almost never happens. Might be one of my favorite episodes of SNL ever. I guess I like "the weird stuff".

Didn't like the Michael Jackson joke on WU, and wasn't really a fan of the escorts sketch.

WU in general was kind of a mixed bag this week, and it's rare that I don't think it's one of the best parts of the show, but this time not only was the rest of the show very much to my tastes, but I thought some of WU really missed the mark.

LOOOOOVED WAoVW/Hamster edition, sink with an identity crisis (especially the gurgle/choke she did as the water went down and she resumed speaking), Chonk (featuring normal clothes for guys), the cold open debate, Melaniade, Melania looking for a body double so she can escape and "feel sand," Laura Parsons calling out NBC-- all of these were great.

I also enjoyed Qua, Honda robots, and Burger King, though they weren't my faves-- though Emily breaking Kate was awesome, even though I usually don't like it when cast members break.

On the fence about the Bake-off spoof (I've watched the show a few times but the sketch was just kind of so-so for me).

I almost always ff the musical guest but I stuck around for Bruno Mars and had a great time doing so.

I don't mind musical monologues at all and I really liked this one. Get Happy, indeed.

 

10 hours ago, AdorkableSars said:

I never knew I wanted this until now. Laura Parsons and Anthony Crispino should appear on Update together at some point. Make it happen, show!

Yes!!

[peeayebee]

19 minutes ago, Fostersmom said:

I took it more like the people more likely to be enlisted or enlist if needed are probably going to be more the "redneck" type rather than the "liberal" think-piece type. 

That exactly how I took it. I thought it was a good comment to make. I hadn't heard Bill Clinton's remark about 'basic rednecks,' but SNL's observation was very true, even though it didn't get much of a laugh.

 

2 hours ago, Princess Sparkle said:

I lost my shit at "BEST CASE SCENARIO: YOURE MOLESTED!" and "HE SAID HE LIKED HER BUTTHOLE!!"

Me too, esp the second one! I'm glad I read about Bone's posts on Reddit because otherwise this wouldn't have been so funny. I really like Laura Parsons. I love Vanessa.

Good show. Of course the Cold Open was fantastic. Once again Trump doesn't know what he's talking about because Alec Baldwin is excellent as Drumpf. Turning his lurking into the Jaws shark was just perfect. So so funny. And the Hillary jokes were very good too. "I'm made of steel. This is nothing. Hi, girls!"  "I love how generous he is. Just last Friday he handed me this election." Bobby was just right as Ken Bone. Hee.

The monologue was fine. 

The escorts skit was ok. I thought the guys were going to turn out to be Donald Jr and Eric Trump. I think what I enjoyed most here was Emily cracking herself up.

Melaniade was so so good. I'll have to rewatch. The ending was great with all the women once again eagerly following him.

The short film festival skit was also good, esp for Vanessa's performance. 

CHONK was great. I'm laughing now just thinking about it. Aidy was the best in it.

Burger King was weird. I loved all the weird characters. Hard to say who my favorite was. Maybe Beck the ventriloquist. 

The Sink was weird and wonderful. I wonder who pitched that.

I wanted to like the Great British Bake Off skit more than I did. Cecily and Emily did great voices, but sometimes I couldn't understand them. Melissa was perfect as Sue. 

The hamsters a la Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf was another one where they must have been smoking when they came up with it. I enjoyed it, but for some reason it was more interesting than funny. I don't know how it could have been funnier.

Bruno Mars. Love him. Great songs. Great performances. He must be amazing in concert. 

I thought Emily Blunt did well.

[Steph619]

I thought the cold open was great. Alec Baldwin is awesome as Trump and what else can be said of Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton? The Jaws theme song was really funny.

I've liked Emily Blunt ever since the Devil Wears Prada and I thought she did well,  but the sketches themselves were just ok.

I love Bruno Mars too! He's such a great performer and I would love for him to come back to SNL and host again. His Pandora sketch will forever be one of my favorites.

Edited October 16, 2016 by Steph619

[NeenerNeener]

Unless the color on my tv is off, those first two puppies looked like Silver Labs. I wonder where they got them; I didn't think there were so many breeders yet that they would be readily available in NYC pet stores.

[movingtargetgal]

43 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

The Sink was weird and wonderful. I wonder who pitched that.

Last year I went bathroom sink shopping with my friend.  The sales people were really pushing those sinks.  The both of us thought those fancy sinks were ridiculous and impractical.  We had a good laugh about them.  She ended up getting an "ordinary" sink that her 4 kids would not destroy and that she could easily clean.  

[saber5055]

There is no such thing as a "silver lab." The pups were weimaraners.

[fastiller]

A small thing that made me laugh from the cold open was Baldwin!Trump holding up 3 fingers but saying '4 women' - repeatedly. An old joke but still funny 

[Ottis]

Blunt was fine, but the skits were off. Long and boring. And once again, some were too insider/NY. I assume the music video was based on something. No less than two skits about the self absorption of artists. No thanks. And for the first time this season, WU was weak - even the Russian peasant, who I usually really enjoy. Oh well. Maybe next week will be stronger. 

[ruby24]

Hillary actually has quite a lot of high profile surrogates that are out there campaigning for her. There's Bill of course, but also Obama, Michelle, Bernie, Biden. They could do a sketch with all those people if they wanted, but they'd have to bring a lot of former cast members back.

I think they should do that though- it'd be kind of cool to see all of them on the stage at once. Kate as Hillary, Darrell as Bill, Jay as Obama, Larry David as Bernie, Jason Sudeikis as Biden, and probably Sasheer as Michelle I guess (they never bothered to make a character for Michelle all these years).

They could be having some sort of group meeting where everyone's trying to help make Hillary more likable or giving her all their own separate advice and she keeps getting irritated, etc. Something like that.

Edited October 16, 2016 by ruby24

[catrox14]

I liked all of it. I have a mad girl-crush on Emily Blunt so she can do no wrong in my eyes. 

I laughed at least once or twice during every skit and Weekend Update so that's a good episode for me.  I don't care for the Disney newscaster but it still made me laugh. 

I think Bruno Mars is a ton of fun and I love funk so it was good for me!

[Kromm]

Kate McKinnon's Mary Berry was SO good it almost made up for how bad everything else in that Bake Off sketch was.