Host Dan Levy; Phoebe Bridgers performs.Host Dan Levy; Phoebe Bridgers performs.Host Dan Levy; Phoebe Bridgers performs.
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Did you know
- TriviaDan Levy's father, Eugene Levy, was supposed to appear on a 1985 episode of Saturday Night Live with the late John Candy and musical guests Daryl Hall and John Oates but due to a writer's strike the episode never aired.
- Quotes
Self - Host: Oh, wait? Dad? You flew all the way from Los Angeles?
Eugene Levy: [Nervously] Hey, son! Well? Look at you. I flew in to wish you luck tonight but because I traveled I'm now in this tight isolation box.
Self - Host: You flew all this way to watch the show from this weird box?
Eugene Levy: No, I didn't know about the box at the time. No, I found out when I landed.
Self - Host: Okay, well I'd offer to help but we're live on TV.
Eugene Levy: Listen don't worry about me. I'm fine. You've got enough on your plate tonight.
Self - Host: Okay, dad. Fresh from a plane from Los Angeles. Eugene Levy everybody!
Eugene Levy: [Exasperated] Excuse me? Can one of you turn me around so I can see the stage?
[the hazmat suit-clad stagehands start to turn Eugene around so he can see the stage]
Eugene Levy: Thank you!
Cold Open: It was okay, the commercial parodies and Aidy as both coaches saved it.
The monologue: It was pretty good, but it seems like they do a studio tour at least once every couple months and it's getting old now but Aidy as the covid police and Eugene Levy's cameo saved it.
The Sketches: Universal Tram was funny, Levy's jokes and energy were funny and present. Kenan's reactions were, like always, perfect
Super Bowl Pod was not great, it had potential but didn't get quite there. Kate as Fauci and Bowen as Psy really saved it and was one of the best moments of the night
Lifting Our Voices was funny but not memorable at all. Levy's over-the-top activist and Aidy's well-intentioned math teacher were great and made the sketch watchable.
Hot Damn was not funny, long and recycled. This format of 2 people singing a song that nobody has ever heard, but then they remember. They did it in the 2015 Chris Hemsworth episode and possibly more. The format is just not funny
Wedding Friends had the most potential of any sketch but it didn't get there. It had funny moments, like when Dan and Kate's characters are texting each other with the volume up, but besides that it was not funny.
Prerecorded Sketches: The Zillow sketch was the best of the night, it's so true and I bet hundreds of 20-40 yr olds felt attacked. The It Gets Better sketch was pretty good and Kate's iguana was the best part. Fun Fact: All cast members featured in the sketch are LGBTQ+.
Weekend Update: It was probably the most funny segment the entire night, from Jost and Che's comments on Marjorie Taylor Greene's Conspiracy Theories, Calling Trump a "Social Media Influencer", Jeff Bezos' Retirement. The guests were all funny, Heidi and Mikey's child cancellers were good and Kenan and Chris' Twinsthenewtrend were hilariously reacting to the Friends Theme Song, Baby Shark, and The Alphabet.
Musical Guest: Phoebe Bridgers type of music is not really my thing, but it wasn't too bad, but if she's gonna smash a guitar, she's gonna need to work out a bit more.
Overall: Good episode, very funny moments and lines but overall most sketches were lacking, they had potential but didn't quite get there, whether that's just not great writing, or because covid messed up the time for rewrites, I don't know. But the sketches are just not quite funny enough to be good.
Best/Worst Sketches: Best is the Zillow Sketch Worst is Lifting Our Voices
Extra Opinion: Obviously Lorne and the writers are over politics, but they need to do one big send off for Trump, get Alec back and do a post-presidency sketch and retire him.
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- Feb 8, 2021