Jeff "Jmunney" Malone's Self-Styled "Expert" Thoughts on Movies, TV, Music, and the Rest of Pop Culture
June 10, 2022
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CREDIT: Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC
All season long, I’ve been reviewing each SNL episode in a self-professed “wacky” manner. So I decided to keep that up for the season recap by alternating the text color for each of my selections. (And make sure you don’t miss my wacky list of the Best Sketches of the Season that I posted yesterday!)
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21-Tie for First Place!
June 9, 2022
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CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot
In the interest of keeping it wacky, I’ve come up with a food pairing for each of my favorite sketches of Saturday Night Live Season 47. Bon appétit!
The Jockey: For Kieran Culkin’s turn as an unlikely jockey, I think we’re going to have to go with a Carrot. As well as some Flamin’ Hot Cheetos garnished with Azaleas!
June 3, 2022
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Crimes of the Future, Hustle, Ms. Marvel, MTV Movie & TV Awards, Physical, Post Malone, Twelve Carat Toochache, Watcher Leave a comment
Ms. Marvel (CREDIT: Marvel Studios)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Crimes of the Future (Theaters)
–Hustle (June 3 in Theaters and June 8 on Netflix) – Adam Sandler & Basketball.
–Watcher (Theaters)
TV
–Physical Season 2 Premiere (June 3 on Apple TV+)
-2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards (June 4 on MTV)
–Ms. Marvel Series Premiere (June 8 on Disney+)
Music
-Post Malone, Twelve Carat Toothache
May 27, 2022
Cinema, Comedy, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Cruel Country, Def Leppard, Diamond Star Halos, Norm MacDonald: Nothing Special, Obi-Wan Kenobi, South Park: The Streaming Wars, The Bob's Burgers Movie, The Orville, Top Gun: Maverick, Wilco Leave a comment
CREDIT: Lucasfilm Ltd.
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–The Bob’s Burgers Movie (Theaters) – Alright!
–Top Gun: Maverick (Theaters)
TV
–Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Premiere (May 27 on Disney+)
–South Park: The Streaming Wars (June 1 on Paramount+)
–The Orville Season 3 Premiere (June 2 on Hulu)
Music
-Def Leppard, Diamond Star Halos
-Wilco, Cruel Country
Comedy
-Norm MacDonald: Nothing Special (May 30 on Netflix) – Posthumous comedy.
May 22, 2022
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Japanese Breakfast, Natasha Lyonne, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 47, SNL, SNL Season 47 Leave a comment
SNL: Kenan Thompson, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner, Natasha Lyonne, Kate McKinnon
Big weekend for Natasha Lyonne. She was spoofed by Jinkx Monsoon in the Snatch Game on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, and now she’s hosting the season finale of a little show called Saturday Night Live. She’s a New Yawker, SNL‘s a New Yawker, I bet it’ll be right up her alley.
And what about Michelle Zauner? I guess it’s only appropriate that her band Japanese Breakfast would eventually end up on SNL, considering that they probably actually are eating breakfast in Japan while SNL is airing in America. Actually, now that I look up the time difference, it might actually be lunchtime instead. Or maybe a late breakfast could still be happening! If anyone knows Japanese mealtime traditions, let me know.
Now on to the review section of this review! This whole season, I’ve been listing the sketches in various oddball orders, so for the season finale, I’ve decided to repeat the order that I enjoyed the most. And that order is… Views on SNL‘s YouTube channel (Most First). What can I say, I like getting a sense of what’s popping with viewers.
May 20, 2022
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television Beat Shazam, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Emergency, Eyeye, Flume, French Open, Harry Styles, Harry's House, Lykke Li, Men, Palaces, Preakness Stakes, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Tennis, That Damn Michael Che, The American Rescue Dog Show Leave a comment
The American Rescue Dog Show (CREDIT: Maarten de Boer/ABC)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Downton Abbey: A New Era (Theaters)
–Men (Theaters)
–Emergency (Theaters and on Amazon Prime Video May 27)
TV
–RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 7 Premiere (May 20 on Paramount+) – It’s the Winners Season!
–Don’t Forget the Lyrics Series Premiere (May 23 on FOX) – Another music game show?!
–Beat Shazam Season Premiere (May 23 on FOX)
-The American Rescue Dog Show (May 25 on ABC) – Hosted by the Holey Moley guys.
–That Damn Michael Che Season 2 (May 26 on HBO Max)
Music
-Flume, Palaces
-Harry Styles, Harry’s House
-Lykke Li, Eyeye
Sports
-147th Preakness Stakes (May 21 on NBC)
-French Open (May 22-June 5 on Tennis Channel and NBC)
May 15, 2022
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SNL: Bowen Yang, Selena Gomez, Aidy Bryant, Post Malone (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Uh-oh, Selena Gomez is finally a Saturday Night Live host! I don’t know why I said “uh-oh,” it’s not like this is bad news. I guess it just felt like a fun way to introduce my review. Hopefully I can maintain that much fun throughout the entire review!
You may have heard that the musical guest of this episode is Post Malone, and hey, my last name is also “Malone”! So here’s what I’ve decided to do: list each sketch alphabetically according to the last name (or stage name) of the first person to speak (or sing, in the case of musical performances) on screen. (So no narrators, because it can get a little tricky in that zone.)
Here it goes again!
May 13, 2022
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television Dance Fever, Dropout Boogie, Firestarter, Florence + the Machine, Golf, In Real Life, Kendrick Lamar, Lacrosse, Mandy Moore, Mr. Lamar & the Big Steppers, On the Count of Three, PGA Championship, Pleasure, The Black Keys, The Kids in the Hall Leave a comment
CREDIT: Prime Video/Screenshot
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Firestarter (Theaters and Peacock) – Related: Cheryl on Riverdale has always recently developed pyrokinesis.
–On the Count of Three (Theaters and On Demand)
–Pleasure (Theaters)
TV
–The Kids in the Hall Season 6 (May 13 on Amazon Prime Video) – They’re back, and still Canadian.
Music
-The Black Keys, Dropout Boogie
-Florence + the Machine, Dance Fever
-Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Lamar & the Big Steppers
-Mandy Moore, In Real Life
Sports
-NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament (May 11-30 on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU)
-NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament (May 13-29 on ESPN, ESPU, and ESPN+)
-PGA Championship (May 19-22 on ESPN and CBS)
May 8, 2022
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SNL: Benedict Cumberbatch, Arcade Fire, Ego Nwodim (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
It seems like whenever there’s a new Doctor Strange movie in the theaters, Benedict Cumberbatch is hosting Saturday Night Live. And it also seems like whenever Arcade Fire has new music, they’re performing it on SNL. Case in both of those points: this episode that I’m reviewing right now.
A few months ago, I listed the sketches in order of how many speaking/singing parts they had, most first. But I never did the reverse order! So that’s what I’m doing this time. A few points of clarification: narrators are counted, except for the introductions of Weekend Update and by Darrell Hammond during the monologue (since that’s more a part of the opening credits). The person introducing the musical guest IS counted for the musical performances, while backup singers generally aren’t counted if they only sing backup. Although in the case of Arcade Fire, it made sense to count Régine Chassagne’s vocals, since she gets enough of a spotlight. And for Weekend Update, the parts with guests are counted separately from the parts that are just Michael and Colin telling jokes. Got it? In that case … here we go!
May 6, 2022
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television Arcade Fire, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Hacks, Happiness Not Included, Kentucky Derby, Soft Cell, The Pentaverate, We Leave a comment
The Pentaverate (CREDIT: Zoe Midford/Netflix)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Theaters)
TV
–The Pentaverate (Premiered May 5 on Netflix) – Mike Myers gets back to work.
–Hacks Season 2 Premiere (May 12 on HBO Max)
Music
-Arcade Fire, We
-Soft Cell, Happiness Not Included
Sports
-Kentucky Derby (May 7 on NBC) – Would anyone like to make me a mint julep?
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