SNL 10/17/20

She seems nice.

I've never seen Issa in anything other than her HBO show. I'm excited to see how she does. The last time Bieber released music, it was less than impressive. Hope his music is catchier like it was two albums ago.

I hope Bieber gets naked.

Thanks. I'll be reading a book.

Why is Justin Bieber allowed on the SNL set but that country singer was banned after partying? Bieber is one of the biggest partiers during the pandemic.

I was shocked to find out that her show was considered a comedy, I only watched a few episodes, but I didn’t find anything funny about it and it seemed more like it was a tragedy.

I hope Bieber is actually in sketches. He's actually pretty funny in a lot of them.

[quote] I hope Bieber is actually in sketches. He's actually pretty funny in a lot of them.

I agree. He's not intelligent, but he has good comic timing and ability.

why the fuck does Lorne love Bieber so much? I'm so sick of this little brat being on SNL every damn year. Almost as bad as when Lorne went through his Timberlake phase last decade

Carrey's Biden is awful.

I didn't watch either of the town halls, but I imagined that this is what they'd be like.

ugh SNL is making Biden look like a senile idiot who is barely better than nutty Trump. I hate how SNL does that both sides shit

If I don't see some Cecily tonight, I will be very upset.

R13 Same

11:45pm - I'll be back in time for Weekend Update. Later.

If I see some Kyle or Pete tonight, I will be very upset.

R12, unfortunately, I imagine they feel that's the only route they can take since there just isn't much to mock about Biden. But your point is well taken.

Why do they keep FORCING Maya Rudolph's Kamala into these sketches that have nothing to do with her? I'm sure she's getting paid well but does she really not have anything better to do? It's so awkward.

R18 Well she does a good job and is actually funny, unlike Carrey's Biden and the snooze fest that is Baldwin's Trump.

It's really nice to see Bowen carry a skit (and not just be Asian Man).

Solid sketch to start the night.

Who’s Drake and what does he have to do with Canada?

[quote] SNL is making Biden look like a senile idiot who is barely better than nutty Trump

Well...

"I'm a woman... it's the same."

Lolz

[quote] Who’s Drake and what does he have to do with Canada?

I love Beck's faux sincerity in SNL commercials. That was pretty funny.

Titty meat all poppin' out! 🤣🤣🤣

R27 You beat me to it!

I love Chris Redd, but this is baaaaad. As though her loser shithead boyfriends would just appear and parade through the nice restaurant. Hate this premise.

R29 In NYC we now have sidewalk and street extension of restaurant seating, so that’s the justification for the skit, but I’m still not buying this host being funny.

What's wrong with Pete's face? It's all bloated. I have always found him thoroughly repellant, and this new fat face makes it doubly so.

I said this last week, and I'll say it again: The writing this year is as bad as it was during the historically terrible 1980-81 and 1994-95 seasons.

The second at-home episode was pretty funny and innovative. Maybe they should have just kept that format for a while.

I liked the restaurant sketch and think Issa is adorable.

quote] ugh SNL is making Biden look like a senile idiot who is barely better than nutty Trump. I hate how SNL does that both sides shit

They did the same thing last week and I turned it off. Fuck SNL and NBC.

[quote] ugh SNL is making Biden look like a senile idiot who is barely better than nutty Trump. I hate how SNL does that both sides shit

They did the same thing last week and I turned it off. Fuck SNL and NBC.

Ugh. Bieber in a manger decorated by Melania Trump.

Sing it Bieber!

What’s Justin Bieber’s skin color?

Chance the Rapper

hate this xtian bullshit

Bieber still an insufferable brat with only minimal talent

Chance The Rapper isn't talented either

Bieber's bod looks like it's still nice and tight under his shirt.

The song is not terrible.

Is this the Drake guy they were talking about earlier?

Great song. Beautiful

No, R42, Chance the Rapper.

Their duet was so messy. But I have to say that both Bieber and Chance have really, really good voices; they don't go flat live like so many singers on SNL do. I just don't like this kind of music. AT ALL.

Was Bieber singing about Jesus??? He really did turn into a religious nut. I bet he is a huge Trumptard.

Who the heck doesn’t know who Chance the Rapper is? Log off dude

appreciated second week of jabs at white women during the 5 hour empathy sketch

Proud of Bieber. A great influencer for faith in Christ .

what are some of you seeing and hearing? Bieber is not "tight". He's scrawny as hell

he doesn't have "a really good voice" either. This song he was singing was very easy for anyone who can carry a tune. He's got minimal talent

I tell ya Biebs can sing like a black dude

the Che NBC burn was good "we have a type"

How did they have a random person sing with him and go through the needed quarantine, but that other singer last week was out for an infraction. I think the real scheduled guest last week was cut for another reason and not quarantining issues?

[quote] I tell ya Biebs can sing like a black dude

Is he part black?

Lolz, I giggled when I read Kanye on my sample ballot online yesterday.

I'm not a fan of Michael Che piling up on Biden. What, does he want TRUMP for four more years? Fuck him.

if SNL doesn't make Don Jr and Eric act like they're on coke then I'll be annoyed. The 2 of them have quite unhinged in recent months

The Lexington Steele joke bombed because the audience didn’t know who he is

R57 You beat me to it. This is an outdated Don Jr impersonation. He's all cracked out and Mikey Day is epic fail right now for not reflecting that.

Chloe as Tiffany looks exactly like Tomi Lahren.

SNL hasn't adapted the Trump brothers sketch. They're not just embarrassingly dumb now. They ramble incoherently like their father these days and seem quite nervous about losing

Chloe is good at everything she does

Was that a picture of Timmy as the lemur?

Colin looks like he lost weight since last spring which is good. He looks better

How is the cast allowed to be so close to each other without masks? Are they quarantined the entire week?

HA! 21-year-old ringtailed lemur = Timmy Chalamet lolz

[quote] Was that a picture of Timmy as the lemur?

Yes.

R56, I didn't care for that either. He basically said Biden is as bad as Trump, so what difference does it make who we vote for. Biden is not above being made fun of just like anybody else but that was a bullshit comparison to make in my opinion, even in the interest of "just making a joke."

So was the new female cohead writer brought on to deflect some of the bad writing blame from Colin?

Heidi Gardner is not at all funny. The only thing funny about her is that uggo face.

R70 Hey, now. People can't help what their genes are or what their features turned out to be. I think she does the best she can with what she was given. You don't have to think she's funny, but I don't understand making fun of peoples' looks.

I really like the furniture in this sketch.

Agree. Heidi is annoying.

R71 you must be new here. Go to Facebook and look up recipes and what’s on Hallmark channel.

they're 2 years too late doing Diamond and Silk imitations

Does Maya get paid per sketch or per episode?

This show has been a flop so far

The 1980-81 season was a total clusterfuck. Lorne left, and Jean Doumanian, his replacement, passed up Jim Carrey, Paul Reubens and John Goodman! Joe Piscopo and Gilbert Godfriend were both annoying as hell. The only good thing that came from that year was the introduction of Eddie Murphy. Which I suppose balanced the cosmic scales.

Lorne should have left 20 years ago

Kyle finally being Kyle. I like Kyle when he gets to be Kyle.

Issa got a good dig in on Kanye

The Chicago sketch was the first miss tonight imo, and of course the Kyle bit was cringey. But I've enjoyed the show tonight so far!

R81 I thought some said it was Chance?

I wish Kyle really did have Covid. He should have been fired years ago. Such a fucking no talent.

nice lip sync Bieber

Pretty song

God this dude is such a whiney baby

Bieber sounds like a goat in this song "lo-oh-whoa-oh-ly"

boo hoo he was a bratty child star and he's upset people criticized his outlandish bratty behavior? So grow up and change

such entitlement

My 77 yo mom is watching w me tonight, has watched it for forty years and just said "this is the worst it's ever been."

That's exactly why I changed the channel, R89.

Is Beiber a dwarf?

OMG, this Jack Flats sketch is horrible.

Justin Bieber really is a good singer.

All the sketches are so lazy. It's like they're not even trying.

I think the problem is they have too many disparate talents operating in their own little silos.

The show was best (most cohesive, most consistently entertaining) when it had a core of people who were highly trained in sketch/improv and used to working as a group and rescuing flat writing. The original cast, the 1985-90 cast, the 1995 cast, Amy Poehler.

Right now they seem to have a bunch of people who are standups or did random comedy nights in Brooklyn or online videos. They're not clicking as a troupe. And the political satire is just so weak, outdated, off the mark.

R90 OMG I love your mother

What was that Chloe horror movie gender swap sketch supposed to be about?

I don't know what Jack Flats is, but I'm glad Issa didn't have to be apart of that terrible sketch.

That's Cecily narrating this bit!! I miss her and her characters.

Bieber is not a good singer he's mediocre at best

lazy is the right way to characterize the show. The problem is once they find a hit sketch they overplay it to death and barely evolve it. Doing the same shit gets dull

Lorne needs to be replaced as well as the head writers

[quote] Is Beiber a dwarf?

Why do you ask?

Bieber sounds awesome

Cecily seems to be phoning it in this season.

This is the funniest thing of the show, the ebay commercial. I think we can all relate to the big things we were going to do with all of our new free time. I have watched SOOOOO many shows. I intended to learn how to use a sewing machine. It's out of the box but that's about it.

[quote]Carrey's Biden and the snooze fest

Jim Carrey was so overrated in his day, even more boring now. Why do they even have him on there? Not funny. And no, I am not saying that because of Biden, there was another comedian that did him a few years back that was a lot funnier. Carrey is just playing a one note Bernie Bro caricature of old.

But to be fair, tonight's whole show are really sucking. Even the guys in front of the cam can tell you can read it on their faces.

Wait, its OVER?? That was SO SHITTY.

Didn't someone say last week that the reason Cecily hasn't been there so far this season is because she's making a movie?

Cecily has an Apple Poz series with a musical premise.

Apple is doing a show with people who have had the virus?

I think Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Colin Jost, Kyle Mooney, Chris Redd and Melissa Villasenor need to go. Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Ciecily Strong, Beck Bennett and Mikey Day are talented and I'd like to see them move on to bigger and better things.

I miss Mad TV and the Big Gay Sketch Show, I would rather be watching those.

Bieber was the highlight. I can't believe I just typed that.

[quote] I think Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Colin Jost, Kyle Mooney, Chris Redd and Melissa Villasenor need to go. Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Ciecily Strong, Beck Bennett and Mikey Day are talented and I'd like to see them move on to bigger and better things

So basically you want everyone to go?

They are miscasting everyone a lot lately. Carrey as Biden is totally off. And Colin Jost as Mayor Pete was pretty boring as well. Yes, I know, they were dormmates or something. Maybe that's why he sucked at it I don't know but as flat as Carrey's Biden.

No R114, he just wants the boring non funny ones to go. Don't be such a drama queen. I agree with most of that guys list.

Didn’t he list the whole cast minus the newbies and feature players?

R116, you’re full of shit. He named 11 cast members. That’s just stupid.

Some of these cast members are like long-term government workers that need to retire.

SNL's 94-95 season was odd, you had Janeane Garofalo as a regular and Michael McKean, Lenny from Laverne and Shirley, who was essentially replacing Phil Hartman, and you still had the "frat boy" gang of Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Tim Meadows etc

Issa Rae was good, but she was let down by a show filled with awful sketches. My God, this was bad.

Bieber sounds really good. I liked the first song a lot, but the second was so fucking self-indulgent I almost threw up. “I’m so lonely?” Huh? And the world gets the blame because he was “an idiot kid” but “no one was listening”? Jesus Christ.

Jost and Che as head writers is clearly the reason the show sucks so much now. The last good season IMO was season 42 when Trump was elected and Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider were the head writers.

[quote] Jesus Christ.

Dat's da point.

Jim Carrey's Joe Biden looks like Jim Carrey doing an impression of Fire Marshall Bill doing an impression of Joe Biden.

R68 it’s satire and they are trying to be as neutral as possible. I’m tellin ya, the splitting in DL is out of control lately. People getting triggered over stupid stuff like SNL. As if it’s going to influence people how to vote.

Agreed, R124. Carrey is just terrible. A complete miss.

Did they say who is hosting next week?

I'm still waiting to hear "With your host Brandon Day". Would probably be better than some of the previous hosts.

They’re taking a break next week for 6 weeks. It’ll be a rerun.

The quarantine stuff was a lot funnier than the return has been

They'll be on break for six weeks! They're going to miss the next debate, and the election!

The first thing i thought of when Jim Carrey was going to do Joe was his Fire Marshall Bob character.

r129 r131 How do you know this? I remember reading they were gonna do shows for 5 straight weeks through the election.

Justin looked lonely during the closing/outro.

What’s Bieber’s skin color?

Bieber should wear a mask permanently - and not sing anymoe.

R133, I was just reacting to what r129 posted.

There! Just finished the book.

What'd I miss? Not much, I'm guessing?

R134, I noticed the same thing about Bieber. He looked lonely and lost, and I didn’t see any cast members moving in for hugs or congratulations. He did hug his piano player, but that was it.

Just seemed kind of awkward.

The last time SNL was funny was when Madonna ripped up the picture of Joey Buttafuco.

This show has actually turned into shit.

Do you guys think that the players KNOW how shitty the show has become?

Bring back Jason Sudeikis to play Biden.

R143 for the win! I like Jim Carrey, but the last couple weeks were lazy and demeaning to Biden. The first is Carrey’s problem, the second is Lorne’s.

Jason Sudeikis was awesome as Biden. He was actually funny without being insulting or tying to recycle his old characters.

R32 I am with you. I am pissed at how lame the first two episodes have been. It's like they just don't give a damn. I guess they figure viewers will tune in regardless. But more and more, it's like I am wasting 90 minutes every week. Fortunately, I have DVR. It's the only way to watch these days. I fast-forward through sketches I don't like and all commercials. Turns out I can watch SNL in about 30 minutes.

R140 that was January 1993, Madonna played Marilyn in a skit with Phil Hartman as Bill Clinton and Jan Hooks as Hillary Clinton

Yes, that sucked. They have so much political material to work with and yet they are unable to turn it into anything that is funny, clever, witty, or even barely amusing.

I’ve never been a fan of Jim Carrey, and his Biden impersonation is unsurprisingly dreadful. R124 nailed it — it is Carrey doing Fire Marshal Bill doing an impression of Joe. Ugh.

[quote] [R134], I noticed the same thing about Bieber. He looked lonely and lost, and I didn’t see any cast members moving in for hugs or congratulations. He did hug his piano player, but that was it.

Wait, they still all hug each other during the closing credits even during a pandemic? What happened to social distancing? Last week’s musical guest got fired for not social distancing.

It’s hard not to hug. I have noticed that when friends or family are together, social distancing goes out the door when we say our goodbyes.

Please bring back Sudekis as Biden!

Why all the Kamala drinking jokes? I thought Rudolph’s Kamala was great during the primaries, but seems to be falling flat now. Could it be just the stink of Carey’s Biden rubbing off on everyone?

Carrey is not a good Biden at all and has been slammed for basically doing a variation on his "Fire Marshall Bill" character

The Trump brothers bit on Weekend Update is always funny

And Bieber has Rob Lowe Syndrome-- pretty boy who seems sort of dumb but surprisingly has great comedic timing.

^^and has been slammed by many critics, not just R124

R90 typing from the basement.

The Guardian (UK) review said it was one of the worst episodes of late, which is really saying something

I know I'm in the minority, but the one person on the show that makes me laugh is Michael Che. And Colin is okay too in the Weekend Update sketches. Though if they are the head writers, they obviously give the best stuff to themselves as the rest of the show always suck. I'm really tired of Kate McKennon too. I think she's far more limited than someone like Cecily Strong, but even the best of them can't do much with shitty writing.

And the 80-81 season looks brilliant next to this one. The one sketch that I remember from that was someone doing Irene Cara running around the building singing, "Same! I'll sing this song forever! I'll sing this song till I die!"

I know I'm in the minority too, but I just do NOT find Maya Rudolph funny at all.

[quote] his Fire Marshall Bob character

Carrey has turned out to be a huge misfire, Issa was pitifully neglected, and the writing has been sloppy and unimaginative. SNL is sinking to a new low.

What is Bieber’s skin color?

The bitter tears of LJ.

STFU Bieber’s skin color troll.

Issa, a great comic actress and good writer, pretty much had nothing to do. Wasted.

Jim Carey was 98% rubber-faced Jim Carey skit, 1% Biden, and 1% lost in the ozone. Not even remotely funny or relevant.

Bieber was lip synching, wasn't he?

No way is this going on a six week break.

I think they should stay away from newbies during this time of adjustment and transition and pull out their regulars, especially those five timers. Hell, they’ve got Baldwin, Carrey and Rudolph on retainer, just have one of them be the host.

I miss Chris Farley

This episode was so bad I fell asleep after the 2d skit.

This shit is all propaganda and social engineering now, pushing the same platform as the tech bro NEO-liberal billionaires who run Twitter and Google.

R169, it’s the agenda I support

No hiatus until after the election. Sweet Willie Geist told us so this morning on Sunday Today after his sit-down with Lorne. Five shows in a row.

Good

Yay! Who will be the host and musical guest?

Everyone complaining about how shitty it is, watches every week just to complain about how shitty it is.

^^^ Actually, these threads make it bearable and enjoyable in a twisted way. A train wreck with simultaneous running commentary.

Just wanted to add to the Cecily Strong love. Not only is she one of the funniest cast members, male or female, doing some great characters but she's also very attractive and has an excellent singing voice although the show hasn't done any musical sketches in some time. Surprised she hasn't been had much air time in the recent shows.

[quote] Bieber sounds like a goat in this song "lo-oh-whoa-oh-ly"

Sounds more like he’s yodeling. But why??

Adele announced on Twitter that she’s hosting next week. Musical guest will be H.E.R.

I love Chloe Fineman - she always really commits to each sketch and goes for it. She can play anything. Kristen Wiig had that talent - you could play young, old, pretty, deformed. I thought Kate would be Kristen's successor on the show and I thought she was very strong 4 years ago with Hillary, Kellyanne, and had a wide range. Maybe with success she can be more choosy with her sketches. If so, she does feel so one note as many others have said. Cecily really has proved to be an amazing asset. I love Maya, but her Kamala is so much weaker now that her primaries Kamala. Maybe she has to pull back a bit more. Also Kamala is the VP, so she is not out there as much as Joe so there isn't much organic material to work with, highlighting the writers weakness. I actually like the women who was posted as unattractive. I think she's pretty funny. I also like the black woman that's a regular - both were in the ebay commercial, which I think was my favorite.

I think this was the first episode where I actually remember seeing the new twink cast member.

What's hi name, R180?

Had to look it up, R181. It's Andrew Dismukes

Thanks, R182.

Too many cast members. Too many writers. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

TOO MANY COMMERCIALS!!! There's no way to generate any momentum. The commercials in between last longer than the actual skits.

I've noticed this season the opening skit has been a lot longer than usual.

I shut the tv off during the God awful dueling town hall cold open I watched old Eddie Murphy and Black Jeopardy SNL sketches on YouTube until I fell asleep.

I think Jim Carrey's Biden has too much energy. Biden is far more calm that Carrey is showing.

I think that made a mistake by not putting Justin Bieber or Chance the Rapper in any of the sketches, as they're both really funny.

SNL had a really great season a couple years ago when Julio Torres was a writer on the show.

R189 = Julio Torres

Julio got fired? What’s he doing now?

Having sex with half of Williamsburg/Bushwick, R191. Same as when he was on the show.

Get on Grindr and you'll see him there, sometimes with another guy.

Shame, because he's talented.

How does he pay the bills with Grindr?

Paying the bills isn't his #1 priority right now.

Why was Chance there? I missed that explanation?

I think the only reason the show continues to air is because the alums - many of which have huge careers - keep it going by keeping it seem relevant. After all, SNL MUST be funny, if Murphy, Fey, Myers, Poehler, Fallon, Sandler, Davidson, Strong, McKinnon etc were/are on it!

Along those same lines, it's one of the surest way to have a long, successful career (whether deserved or not.) So it will always seem more important than it should to the comedy world.

No way can I spend the next 4 years watching Jim Carrey as Biden. I would rather poke needles in my eyeballs. He's not funny!

And unfortunately since doubling down is the thing these days, I am sure the next few weeks will be even more Carrey on steroids shoved down our throats. I would be nice just for once for someone to say we heard all of you and agree we fucked up with Carrey. Look for a change in comedian in our upcoming skits. But no they wont to that, they will push Carrey on us and drive everyone away instead.

Carrey is a rich man, his humor is past his prime. Cut him lose and find someone better. The only think hurt will be his ego.

It all seems so...dated.

80s coke character?!

Kyle Mooney needs to go. Painfully unfunny.

Beck is great.

Bowen and Chloe are nice additions.

On the whole, the show is a bloated, self-satisfied mess.

Speaking of Beck, he captures a baby so well in this sketch. Brilliant:

Lorne Michaels must be some kind of secret society plant ruining comedy for the masses in the long run.

Should be 6 months.

Apparently, a lot of people think that someone else should play Biden.

They have such a huge cast. And there is another lady who looks like Aidy. Im fine with most of the cast, but Kyle and Pete are useless. Melissa is pretty useless and a big letdown, great mimic but bad actor and comedienne who smiles through the punchline. Chloe pretty much is the better Melissa. Beck, Kenan, Kate, Aidy and Cecily play the older non gen z people— if they leave, who is gonna play the old guys? Everybody who’s left looks like they are out of college. Bowen has found his niche, he is ok and makes the most of what he gets. Ego and Chris are generally good. Heidi is generally ok, but limited.

Chloe Fineman is the best thing to come to SNL in a long time.

Don't like Jim Carrey as Biden, love everything Chloe does. No idea why, but I enjoy Pete Davidson.

[quote] Paying the bills isn't his #1 priority right now. meth

Wait, so Julio got fired from SNL because he’s a meth queen? Why throw that dream gig away? He was up and cumming and people were saying he’s one to watch.

Julio left SNL to work on his HBO show, "Los Espookys".