Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Miles Teller/Brandi Carlile

November 2, 2025

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A screenshot of people who have been on your TV (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all 

the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.

Welcome to November, readers of my Saturday Night Live reviews! For this edition, we’ve got a couple of mainstays of 2020s SNL for our guest lineup, with Miles Teller making his second hosting appearance since 2022 and Brandi Carlile hitting her fourth time as musical g., just a little over four years since her first.

Since this episode began airing the evening after Halloween, I would imagine that plenty of us were still in a spooky mood. Ergo, I shall be reviewing this episode by declaring what The Scariest Part of each sketch was.

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 10/31/25

October 31, 2025

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Has Rachel Sennott ever met Randy Newman? (CREDIT: HBO/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
–Back to the Future 40th Anniversary Re-Release (Theaters)
–Nouvelle Vague (Theaters; On Netflix November 14)

TV
–I Love LA Series Premiere (November 2 on HBO) – Starring and created by Rachel Sennott.
–St. Denis Medical Season 2 Premiere (November 3 on NBC)

Music
-Florence + the Machine, Everybody Scream

Sports
-New York City Marathon (November 2 on ESPN and WABC Locally)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 10/24/25

October 24, 2025

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

Movies
–Bugonia (Theaters)
–Eli Roth Presents: Dream Eater (Theaters) – I might check this out at some point.
–Shelby Oaks (Theaters)
–Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (Theaters)

TV
–Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 (October 29 on Disney+) – I’m still stuck on Volume 1. Maybe I’ll get caught up one day.

Music
-Lily Allen, West End Girl
-Brandi Carlile, Returning to Myself
-Demi Lovato, It’s Not That Deep
-Mammoth, The End
-Miguel, CAOS
-Sigrid, There’s Always More That I Could Say
-Serj Tankian, Covers, Collaborations & Collages

Sports
-World Series (Starts October 24 on FOX) – Jays and Dodgers.

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Sabrina Carpenter/Sabrina Carpenter

October 19, 2025

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That’s that her, SNL host-o (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.

Chop, chop, chop!

I said that because Sabrina Carpenter just fulfilled Double Duty on Saturday Night Live! (We would have also accepted a reference to Jesus Christ.) Anyway, she seems to have gotten really comfortable at Studio 8H the last few years. And I’m perfectly okay with that!

Since Sabrina is from the same county in Pennsylvania as me, the theme of this episode review is going to be “The Keystone.” Pennsylvania is nicknamed the Keystone State, ergo I shall identify the most key(stone) aspect of each sketch.

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 10/17/25

October 17, 2025

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Give ’em the ball, because they’re going to dunk it! (CREDIT: NBC Sports/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
–Black Phone 2 (Theaters)
–Blue Moon (Theaters)
–Frankenstein (Theaters; On Netflix November 7) – Directed by Guillermo del Toro.
–Good Fortune (Theaters)
–The Mastermind (Theaters)

TV
–Downey Wrote That (October 17 on Peacock) – Documentary about a notable SNL writer.

Music
-Chrissie Hynde, Duets Special
-The Last Dinner Party, From the Pyre
-Steve Martin and Alison Brown, Safe, Sensible and Sane
-Of Monsters and Men, All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade
-Boz Scaggs, Detour
-Tame Impala, Deadbeat

Sports
-NBA on NBC Season Premiere (October 21 on NBC and Peacock) – Coming home.

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Amy Poehler/Role Model

October 12, 2025

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It’s Saturday Night!!!! (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.

If you’ll indulge me for a second, I’d like to share with you my Don Pardo impression: A-MY POEHL-ER!!! No doubt about it, that’s got to be my favorite ever SNL cast member declaration from the show’s former announcer.

As fate would have it, the first time that Amy P. returned to host her old stomping grounds was also my first time reviewing SNL episodically. Maybe perhaps one day you’ll grow up to follow my example and I can be your role model. Speaking of, the musical guest for Amy’s third venture as host is a fellow who goes by the stage name of Role Model.

As for the reviewing gimmick for this episode, since our host’s last name is “Poehler” and that’s a homophone of “polar,” I’ll try to incorporate the concepts of North and/or South into my take on each sketch.

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 10/10/25

October 10, 2025

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You’re gonna want to sit down for this (CREDIT: HBO/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
–After the Hunt (Theaters)
–A House of Dynamite (Theaters; On Netflix October 24)
–If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Theaters)
–Kiss of the Spider Woman (Theaters)
–Roofman (Theaters)
–TRON: Ares (Theaters)

TV
–The Chair Company Series Premiere (October 12 on HBO) – From the mind of Tim Robinson.
–Elsbeth Season 3 Premiere (October 12 on CBS) – Premiering on Sunday before moving to its regular Thursday timeslot.
–Matlock Season 2 Premiere (October 12 on CBS) – Premiering on Sunday before moving to its regular Thursday timeslot.
–DMV Series Premiere (October 13 on CBS) – A sitcom set at a Department of Motor Vehicles.
–Solar Opposites Season 6 (October 13 on Hulu) – Final Season Alert!
–Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage Season 2 Premiere (October 16 on CBS)
–Ghosts Season 5 Premiere (October 16 on CBS)

Music
-Richard Ashcroft, Lovin’ You
-Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe, Liminal
-Mobb Deep, Infinite

Books
-Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Season 51 Premiere Review: Bad Bunny/Doja Cat

October 5, 2025

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A screenshot of 2 SNL Guests and 1 SNL Cast Member (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.

What’s up, brosephuses and sistras?! Wow, after 50 years of all that, they’re still going. That’s right, I’m talking about the Season 51 Premiere of Saturday Night Live.

The guest lineup is host Bad Bunny and musical guest Doja Cat, so there was really no way around it: I’m going to review each sketch animalistically. So that means I might give them 4 out of 5 Buffaloes, or I might say they’re Clucking like a Chicken. Let’s get into it!

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 10/3/25

October 3, 2025

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Happy Halloween, and also with you! (CREDIT: Hulu)

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

Movies
–Anemone (Theaters)
–Bone Lake (Theaters)
–Good Boy (Theaters)
–Orwell 2+2=5 (Theaters)
–The Smashing Machine (Theaters)

TV
–Saturday Night Live Season 51 Premiere (October 4 on NBC) – Kicking it off with Bad Bunny and Doja Cat.
-Family Guy: “A Little Fright Music” (October 6 on Hulu) – Another holiday special.

Music
-AFI, Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…
-Sparks, MADDER!
-Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl

Sports
-WNBA Finals (Begins October 3, on ESPN and ABC)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 9/26/25

September 26, 2025

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

Time to ball with these cool dudes (CREDIT: Outright Games/Screenshot)

Movie
–One Battle After Another (Theaters)
–The Strangers: Chapter 2 (Theaters)
–Eleanor the Great (Theaters)

TV
–Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Season Premiere (September 26 on ABC)
–Bob’s Burgers Season 16 Premiere (September 28 on FOX)
–Krapopolis Season 3 Premiere (September 28 on FOX)
–The Simpsons Season 37 Premiere (September 28 on FOX)
–Abbott Elementary Season 5 Premiere (October 1 on ABC)

Music
-Fred Armisen, 100 Sound Effects
-Mariah Carey, Here for It All
-Neko Case, Neon Grey Midnight Green
-Doja Cat, Vie
-Zara Larsson, Midnight Sun
-Robert Plant, Saving Grace
-Jeff Tweedy, Twilight Override

Video Games
–NBA Bounce (Switch, PS4, PS5, Steam, XBOX One, XBOX Series X|S) – 3-on-3 cartoony basketball.

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