Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Will Forte/Måneskin

January 23, 2022

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SNL: Will Forte, Kenan Thompson, Måneskin (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Believe it or not, Orville Willis Forte IV is now an SNL host. Formerly he was an SNL cast member. Now he’s both! Rock band Måneskin is neither of those things, but they are an SNL musical guest, and that’s pretty cool, too.

Now I’m going to talk about the episode! For Season 47, I’ve been listing the sketches in various orders. This time, since the episode is being hosted by an alum, and there’s thus an expectation for the return of some of his recurring bits, I’ll be listing the sketches in order from least to most original. So the recurring sketches will be covered first, with those that deviate the least from the formula covered up top. Then I’ll get to the one-off bits, with the big conclusion reserved for the most original sketch of the episode.

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 1/21/22

January 21, 2022

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Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (CREDIT: Apple TV+)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

TV
–Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Series Premiere (January 21 on Apple TV+)
–American Dad! Season 19 Premiere (January 24 on TBS)
–Astrid & Lilly Save the World Series Premiere (January 26 on Syfy) – This looks a little kooky, but I’m gonna give it a shot.
–Resident Alien Season 2 Premiere (January 26 on Syfy) – One of the best new shows of 2021 is back!
–grown-ish Season 4 Part 2 Premiere (January 27 on Freeform)

Music
-Aurora, The Gods We Can Touch – I’ve become interested in this Norwegian singer after she teamed up with the Chemical Brothers.
-Years & Years, Night Call

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Ariana DeBose/Bleachers

January 16, 2022

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SNL: Jack Antonoff, Ariana DeBose, Bowen Yang (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Good morning, I’m coming to you live from January 2022! It’s the first new Saturday Night Live episode of the year, that’s what I’m going to be talking about here. Speaking of firsts, it’s the first time that singing actress Ariana DeBose is the host and also the first time that Jack Antonoff’s band Bleachers is the musical guest, but not the first time that Jack’s been here, as he also performed with fun.) Hopefully that’s not too confusing!

In case this is your first time reading one of my reviews, you should know that this season, I’ve been ordering the sketches in a variety of ways, like alphabetical and reverse airing order. This time, I’m doing it in order of the number of speaking/singing roles per sketch. A few notes on this: narrators are counted, except for 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 are NOT counted if they only sing backup. And for Weekend Update, the parts with guests are counted separately from the parts that are just Michael and Colin telling jokes.

Okay, here we go!

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 1/14/22

January 14, 2022

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Single Drunk Female (CREDIT: Elizabeth Sisson/Freeform)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–Scream (Theaters) – The FIFTH Scream, for those keeping count. (But the first without Wes Craven.)

TV
–How I Met Your Father Series Premiere (January 18 on Hulu) – Kim Cattrall narrates Hilary Duff’s life.
–The World According to Jeff Goldblum Season 2 Part 2 (January 19 on Disney+)
–Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Season Premiere (January 20 on TBS)
–Single Drunk Female Series Premiere (January 20 on Freeform) – Sofia Black-D’Elia gets a starring vehicle.

Music
-Elvis Costello & the Imposters, The Boy Named If
-FKA Twigs, Caprisongs

Sports
-NFL Wild Card Playoff Game on Nickelodeon – The Cowboys and 49ers are getting slimed.
-2022 Australian Open – Will Novak Djokovic be allowed to stay in the country for the entire tournament?

Podcasts
–Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade – SNL alums chatting about folks connected to SNL.

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 1/7/22

January 7, 2022

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Pivoting (CREDIT: FOX/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
–A Hero (January 7 in Theaters, January 21 on Amazon)

TV
–RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14 Premiere (January 7 on VH1)
–Search Party Season 5 (January 7 on HBO Max) – Final Season Alert!
–A Discovery of Witches Season 3 Premiere (January 8 on Sundance Now, Shudder, and AMC+) – I’ll probably wait until it airs on AMC proper, though.
–Pivoting Series Premiere (January 9 on FOX) – Eliza Coupe in a sitcom that looks like it has some bite to it.
–The Righteous Gemstones Season 2 Premiere (January 9 on HBO)
–Superman & Lois Season 2 Premiere (January 11 on The CW)

Music
-The Weeknd, Dawn FM

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 12/31/21

December 31, 2021

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The Lost Daughter (CREDIT: 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
–The Lost Daughter (December 17 in Limited Theaters, December 31 on Netflix)

TV
–Kenan Season 2 Premiere (January 3 on NBC)
–That’s My Jam Timeslot Premiere (January 3 on NBC) – Music in service of a game show.
–black-ish Season 8 Premiere (January 4 on ABC) – Final Season Alert!

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 12/24/21

December 24, 2021

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The Book of Boba Fett (CREDIT: Disney+/Lucasfilm)

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 Matrix Resurrections (Theaters and HBO Max) – After all these years…
–Memoria (One Theater at a Time)
–Parallel Mothers (Theaters) – Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar team up again!
–Sing 2 (Theaters) – Just give in to the singing animals.

TV
–Insecure Series Finale (December 26 on HBO)
–The Book of Boba Fett (December 29 on Disney+)

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Paul Rudd/No Musical Guest

December 19, 2021

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SNL: Charli XCX, Paul Rudd, Ego Nwodim (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

This Paul Rudd-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live was supposed to feature Charli XCX as the musical guest, but instead there was no musical guest. (Although Charli did show up in a pre-recorded sketch!) Changes were made at the last minute, but the show had to go on, so it did go on! There were some new bits, but several of the sketches were classic Christmas-themed selections, along with new intros from Rudd and/or Tina Fey, Kenan Thompson, and Tom Hanks.

Rudd was in town presumably to promote his new flick Ghostbusters: Afterlife (which also features some SNL alums in its cast) and his new Apple TV+ show The Shrink Next Door (which also co-stars an SNL alum). But I also must mention that he has a recurring voice gig on the terrific new Netflix show Saturday Morning All Star Hits!, which stars and was co-created by current SNL cast member Kyle Mooney.

In the spirit of persevering, I will stick with the reviewing plan I had for this episode, which was to list the sketches in order from least Christmassy to most Christmassy. I’ve determined this according to the number of times we hear spoken in the sketch the word “Christmas” (or its derivatives, like “Christmassy,” “Christmastime,” etc.). I have included in the counts those Christmases spoken in the intros.

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Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Billie Eilish/Billie Eilish

December 12, 2021

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SNL: Billie Eilish, Kate McKinnon (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

The eighth episode of Saturday Night Live Season 47 features the same person as both host and musical guest, and that person is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell (or just Billie Eilish, for short). This is the first time this season that the same person has been both host and MG. If you were worried that this sort of double duty was never going to happen again, then that was quite an overreaction.

Last episode, I listed the sketches in order of running time, from longest to shortest, so this time I will go from shortest to longest.

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 12/10/21

December 10, 2021

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SATURDAY MORNING ALL STAR HITS! (CREDIT: 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
–National Champions (Theaters)
–Red Rocket (Theaters)
–West Side Story (Theaters) – Remake.

TV
–Saturday Morning All Star Hits! Season 1 (December 10 on Netflix) – Kyle Mooney does his thing.
–American Auto Series Premiere (December 13 on NBC) – Starring Ana Gasteyer. (Or should that be “Ana Gas Tire” in this case?)
–MacGruber Series Premiere (December 16 on NBC) – Is it sponsored by Pepsi?
–South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID (December 16 on Paramount+)

Music
-Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Barn

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