SNL 5/3/25

This opening is funny as hell. EO on less interracial couples in commercials and on and on.

Why didn't anyone tell me Josephine Baker came back from the dead?

Sure, that cast guy has his talent of nailing Trump dead-on. But he’s so completely like him, that there’s no parody. It’s like just listening to the real asshole for 10 straight minutes—which is depressing!

Except R3, the EOs were so ridiculously inane it was like a reprieve from his nefarious EOs. Many of which are being voided by judges.

When Sabrina Carpenter shows up and sings worse than the non-professional singer host.

“Do Stuff To Each Other…?!” 😜

Love the car talk skits!

This is a funny ep. So many good sketches.

Agree, when “SNL” is at its best, it can have a good recurring skit with a bit more of a cerebral wit than is their usual norm. Love the car skits, too!

Forever 31, LOL. Best show of the season so far.

Is Benson Boone finally going to have something shoved up his ass on the air?

Quinta Brunson is really good at this.

Agree, R11. Love Quinta.

Benson Boone looks like Paul Mescal if Mescal didn't have "it" (whatever "it" is).

Does he perform on cruise ships? i mean really.

Who? And, who?

"You raised a HO!"

Why is this Benson Boone creature considered attractive? He looks like a lounge singer from the 70s. I changed the channel when he came on.

For a moment I thought, "Timothée!"

What if Benson Boone had landed wrong and broken his neck on live TV?

R17 I’ve noticed a lot of these gen Z ers are taking on that 70s look

Benson's erect frontal nude and hole pics are available on the finer Telegram communities.

He has a flat ass.

R19, ratings go up, up, UP!!!

What is this nursery rhyme-sounding crap he’s performing!? Seeing the background performs looking so self-importantly engaged behind this fluff stuff is always really amusing.

Okay, looks like he’s going commando here, so that’s interesting, at least. lol

^background performers

Please, please, someone. silence. him.

Boone reminds me of Paul Mescal.

As he reminds r13 as well.

I'll give this to Benson Boone: he's totally believable as an Applebee's server.

Quinta Brunson has resting smugface and is low energy.

I find her unimpressive.

A growing number of commercials simply make no sense.

This song has late 1970s Electric Light Orchestra Meets Rupert Holmes energy.

Hate this song

For a few seconds, I though they were sampling "Physical" by ONJ.

I'm hearing Olivia Newton John's Physical as well. Chloe, cancel your latest procedure and get your mother's attorney on the phone.

[vigorously fucking stepfather]

OK.

[resumes]

Did Doug Henning bequeath his wardrobe to Boone pre-birth?

I remember years ago when a DLer was trying to sell us on Benson, and now he's a musical guest on SNL. Benson, I mean, not that DLer.

Okay, not years ago, just a year ago. Crazy how fast he's risen. The world is your oyster when you're a hot white straight guy, I guess.

I really enjoyed this episode, then I went to read the review on AV Club, and they shit all over it. They need to replace whoever is covering SNL.

Did he do a flip?

I have no idea what people see in BB. He's plain looking, with bum fluff under his nose.

How is re-writing "Physical" ok with the music industry?

Kenan is the only one who still makes me laugh.

His skills are beyond reproach.

YES R37 that's who I see

R43 He acknowledges the Physical inspiration, and gives the songwriter a writing credit in the song.

I actually quite like the song.

[quote]I have no idea what people see in BB. He's plain looking, with bum fluff under his nose.

Great body, high energy, interesting Roman nose and wide-set eyes.

Who are these people?

Quinta is part of the Black Excellence movement, responsible for throwing the the insufferable Sheryl Lee Ralph in our faces. Benson is the AWG Supreme with a 4" dick that gets some of DL damp.

I thought this episode was a hoot. I wasn't expecting much from Quinta, but she delivered.

There are only a couple of episodes left for the season, so this is the time to take note of who is being given time on the show. Seeing Michale Longfellow get that super long bit on WU tells me he may not be long for this show. He also mentioned how he hasn't been featured much this season. I also noticed Jane Whatever was on stage at the end, but I don't believe she was featured in last night's ep. If she gets extra time in the last two eps, she may also be toast. I don't know why but Lorne seems to give those about to be released from their contracts a bit of a send-off in the form of airtime.

Wasn't Jane, dressed as a male reporter, in the boxing skit?

The hair, the eyebrows, the cheekbones, the mustache — since I’m old, Benson Boone reminded me of a young John Stossel, when he was a local consumer affairs reporter for the CBS affiliate in NYC in the 1970s. He later went national, and became a loony libertarian right-winger, MAGA before that was a thing, and I assume he is now retired. But he was really cute and sexy when young, and this kid reminds me of him.

Michael Longfellow has filled out quite a bit since he started. He was too skinny and strung-out-looking when he first joined the show.

He has a Norm McDonald weirdness about him, but he’s under-used. I’ll be surprised if he’s back next year.

R53, add Mark Spitz to the 70s resemblance. This kid looks like he time-warped into 2025 from 1975.

That was the best show I've seen in years. Glad I stayed up, but I wish there was more network comedy programming afterwards- instead of infomercials.

Exactly, R55. Those performances he gave last night both looked like something straight out of an episode of “The Midnight Special” in 1975.

Benson Boone's not supposed to be straight, right?

Mike Longfellow is dead behind the eyes. I had him in my 2023 death pool.

Now this is a GREAT sketch. Best episode I've seen in a loooon time.

I suspect they're grooming Longfellow to take over Weekend Update when Che and Jost finally leave.

They did a similar well-received sketch earlier in the season, R60.

R62 I can't imagine the time and patience it took to put that together.

R61, that's a thought. I think he'd be a bit too smarmy and sarcastic in full doses. I know it's a persona, but I think it would wear thin as a WU host. Che and Jost get a lot of flak but they're self-deprecating and don't take themselves too seriously.

[quote] I think he'd be a bit too smarmy and sarcastic in full doses. I know it's a persona, but I think it would wear thin as a WU host.

You'd be surprised...

Yeah, I remember Miller. I also remember Norm McDonald. I didn't care for them as WU hosts.

[quote] Yeah, I remember Miller. I also remember Norm McDonald. I didn't care for them as WU hosts.

Fine; but that's besides the point. Miller, especially, was very popular as a WU host, so smarm and sarcasm are not going to be dissuading factors for whom Lorne Michaels chooses to be the next WU hosts (if he's still around).

You old senior queens adamantly making your declarations that Benson Boone doesn’t meet your standards of beauty, attire, or sex appeal are so hysterical - sorry you old gas bags but you literally have no room to judge - have you looked in the mirror?

Your comments are worthless.

Perhaps the replacement WU hosts will be London-based Brits, if and when the time comes.

R67, it may not be a dissuading factor for Michaels, but it will be for me as a viewer. I'll wager the next host (co-host) will be a female cast member. Probably a M/F combo like Tina and Jimmy or go back to a winning F/F combo like Tina and Amy. That is unless Trump writes an EO extension on his DEI bans prohibiting female cast members as WU hosts, then it's all up in the air.