SNL 4/8/23

Couldn't stand her then, couldn't care less now.

Are the Jonas Brothers going to make out with Andrew Dismukes?

I wish they’d make out with a tailpipe.

Kevin needs to stop trying for facial hair for a few years. He's looking too much like the unattractive one at this point.

This is one episode where I hope we don't get any of the recurring characters of the returning host.

R5 what? Sally O'Malley you wouldn't want?

I'm shocked these lazy fucks are having a new episode over the holiday weekend

usually they take 80 weeks off

Will they lampoon Dylan Mulvaney? Probably not.

the only thing that would make this Trump impersonator even more like the real thing is to add about 50 lbs

I love anytime they make fun of Trump.

Jesus of Askeban

I can pass on the Sally O'Malley camel toe.

Can't SNL get through one goddamn host "monologue" without having a castmember hijack it?

God, the show's writing has gotten so lazy and formulaic -- How many game show sketches do you think they'll do tonight?

Valet sketch is pure stupidity.

don't even get me started!

Andrew is skinny fat. Hot!

So bad

Andrew’s ass in those khakis! Yum.

Ugh. Thirty minutes in and the best thing was the tRump cold open.

the Molly Shannon video game is hilarious

I forgot how overrated Nick Jonas' looks were

Lorne Michaels needs to be in jail

Coming Soon: Devon Walker as Justin Jones,

What is Molly Shannon's alleged talent?

The baby shower fart skit was actually pretty funny.

Molly Shannon can do anything.

But the writing is high school level once again.

No, nothing was funny

This song sounds like a song that would play during ending credits on a basic cable teen film.

why aren't they singing live?

Yeah, that song was not good. Like one of their leftovers from the Disney Channel.

Ha! Jeopardy Hitler looks more like a gay Oliver Hardy to me.

I want the Jonas Brothers to gangbang me.

r21 i do too (if they're cut).

Where's Sarah Sherman?

R33 Driving the Jonas Brothers home.

If only, R34. Sadly, they're on stage ready for their next number.

Not one word about WU?

they totally lip synced both songs wtf

R36 Sorry, I forgot - Bowen in a dumb costume yet again. What range!

[quote] ready for their next number.

In their attempt to be “serious,” they failed miserably. That thing was was worse than the first number.

Sally O'Malley!

kick it!

Oh no,the Sally camel toe!!!

Jonas Bulge. !!

Wait. There are competing paving stone companies running commercials now?

Yes, R42. The Jonas Bulge is real and it was spectacular.

Molly as Maggie Haberman is perfect

love Molly's exit outfit

Why did they have Molly play so many much younger women, couldn’t they come up with any older women appropriate skits? No one’s going to buy her being young enough to get pregnant.

R47, I was wondering why they used that they/he/she/whateverTF cast member in that skit. It would have seemed more of a natural fit (no pun intended) for Chloe or Heidi.

Sadly a night of terrible writing. Another horrible entry into the SNL vault.

Andrew Dismukes has a nice big butt.

I love Andrew Dismukes hairy feet

It looked like Andrew was packing a nice bulge in that stupid valet sketch.

Jonazzzzzz brozzzzzzz

Aren’t the nineties ovah??????

How are they going to fill Yankee Stadium? Are they opening for Taylor Swift or something?

R53 the bulge I noticed in that sketch was around his waist. Andrew is cute but now he is the best he will ever look. It's all downhill from here. He has been on the show for 3 years and hasn't picked up a weight yet.

I watched it on replay. As much as I have sufficient of Yang, I must admit I really liked his Jafar. That is all.

I thought it was interesting that Weekend Update showed a picture of Mario Batali because I remember seeing a picture of him attending a Paul McCartney concert with Lorne Michaels a few years back.

R28, it's strange because that used to not be allowed on SNL. I guess the musical guests are not at the same talent level as they used to be.

Lorne Michaels lost his edge years ago. Sad but true. You see it in the SNL reruns that come on at 10pm.

I did not see Trump coming in the cold open.

I was never a fan of Jonas Brothers. But I just checked out their SNL performance because everyone here said they lip synced. I thought this was pretty great. And, while there may have been pre recorded elements, I think the vocals are live.

When are the diminutive Jonas bros going to stop making music for 16 y/o girls…and gay boys?

I mean, it’s creepy af.

Never got the appeal of Molly. Painfully unfunny, yet she continues to get work. Is EVERYTHING exec-produced by Lorne?

I love her two cable shows. I Love That For You and The Other Two

I wanted it to be funny when it started. Then I wanted it to get funny as it went along. And then finally I just wanted it to be over.

Not a great show, but my Andrew Dismukes was heavily featured this week. So it was a win for me.

The Other Two is my favorite sitcom on the air right now. I feel like it's written by a DLer for sure. And I love Molly.

That said, last night was the worst ep of the season for me. Just really bad.

And I'm not the "SNL is always terrible" troll.

The butthole episode of The Other Two should be a DL classic.

Is Punkie on Ozempic?

R69, she was on Nicole Byer's podcast a couple of weeks ago and said that she needed to get in shape. I think she said she was hiring a trainer, but who knows.

I just looked it up and The Other Two comes back May 4th!

Recorded last night so watching and catching up now…did SNL actually start the AI trend and begin using robots instead of actual human comedians already, but nobody had told us yet!? 🙄

They’ve stopped satirizing life on this show. Now, they just lazily imitate it completely and originally. I think the writers, Lorne, or/and NBC are slowly (well, maybe not so slowly…) preparing us for the show’s planned cancellation at Season 50–or, sooner?!

This must be the worst overall cast they’ve had in these almost 5 decades. Or else the worst era-placed, well-intentioned one.

The Jonases are now at that plateauing “backed by a chorus of gospel singers” stage of their musical career. :o

I like Mikey Day, but when I realize I am looking forward to him in a sketch, I know that cast is really at the bottom of the barrel this year.

And I was shocked, no game show sketch!

The "riffing" or whatever it is, between Colin and Che is just stupid. You want to giggle and play idiotic pranks on each other? Leave ME out of it.

If you had to cut the current cast members (including the Please Don't Destroy guys) down to ONLY FIVE... whom would you keep?

You’re all a bunch of old bitches. Nothing can please you.

I’m sorry, Lorne—I don’t know their names. Keep the Trump guy.

The Easter cold open was funny and to the point and great political satire.

And that's the way the entire 90 minutes used to be....there may have been one sketch that was a throw away - but the writing and performing were on the money!

For a long time......it's been a good sketch or two....and the rest - NOTHING.

Bowen's, Jafar was funny. R50: I appreciated the heads up on Dismukes' bum. Very nice, indeed.

Do they memorize ANY dialogue? They're all constantly reading cue cards and not even looking at the person they're supposedly speaking to.

Cue cards are supposed to be just that: cues in case you forget your dialogue. It's not supposed to be the entire script offstage for you to read.

They probably wrote the script 15 minutes before air.

The show has devolved into juvenile toilet humor to get laughs.

"Oh, let's do a fart skit! That'll be hilarious!"

"Oh, let's do camel toe! Hysterical!"

And the cast constantly breaking up isn't endearing anymore.

R83 Yeah, that's really pathetic. At least make *some* kind of effort.

If you watch SNL from the early days, there was no looking off camera to deliver lines. The casts were rehearsed, prepared, and they gave it their all.

R83, no, that's not the way SNL works. The scripts are rewritten not only up to show time but DURING the show. How can a person memorize a script that doesn't stop changing?

I heard that the only host who didn't have to read the cue cards was McCauley Culkin when he was a kid because his dad insisted on it.

This video explains why the cue cards are needed.

Janeane Garofalo said that Sandler, Spade and the whole bro group at the time ragged her mercilessly because she worked hard to learn her lines even when the scripts changed all the time.

It's not about memorizing. It's about being good at reading cue cards. Some people can do it in such a way that the audience is not aware they're doing it.

Sid Caesar hated when he hosted. In his day, they'd write 12 scripts, and work on them until they were good. The SNL way was to write 100 scripts on Monday, and there was never time to perfect anything. No time to work anything out. That includes memorize lines. Caesar was mortified, and he just felt like the system worked against itself.

R90, did Sid Caesar hire mostly newbie writers and actors? Was Sid's show a training ground for new talent?

Regarding the Jonas bulge:

Big difference between Molly Shannon and the more recent casts. Her eyes aren't glued to the cue cards. Theirs are, and it's so distracting.

Nick Jonas always looks like he's trying to take a big and painful shit when he sings.

I never liked Molly Shannon and she was every bit as pathetic to watch as ever.

This episode stank.