Jmunney’s Saturday Night Live Season 38 Host and Musical Guest Predictions Scorecard

May 20, 2013

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My predictive powers weren’t that strong this season, as I only hit the mark on 8 out 21 hosts and 8 out of 21 musical guests (and that’s including the 3 shows whose lineups were announced before I finalized my predictions). At least I had a strong performance in May (4 out 6), not bad considering the end of the season is typically much harder to figure.

Hosts I Correctly Predicted
Seth MacFarlane
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Daniel Craig
Anne Hathaway
Jennifer Lawrence
Justin Bieber
Zach Galifianakis
Ben Affleck
MG’s I Correctly Predicted
Frank Ocean
Mumford & Sons
Muse
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Rihanna
Justin Bieber
Of Monsters and Men
Kanye West

Hosts I Missed
Christina Applegate
Bruno Mars
Louis C.K.
Jeremy Renner
Jamie Foxx
Martin Short
Adam Levine
Christoph Waltz
Kevin Hart
Justin Timberlake
Melissa McCarthy
Vince Vaughn
Kristen Wiig
MG’s I Missed
Passion Pit
Bruno Mars
Maroon 5
Ne-Yo
Paul McCarthy
The Lumineers
Kendrick Lamar
Alabama Shakes
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Justin Timberlake
Phoenix
Miguel
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SNL Season Finale Video Recap May 18, 2013: Ben Affleck/Kanye West

May 20, 2013

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SNL Season Finale Recap May 18, 2013: Ben Affleck/Kanye West

May 19, 2013

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Cold Opening – Politics Nation
As far as I know, Al Sharpton has had only one recent major verbal gaffe, but that one gaffe has been enough to inspire a steady stream of malapropisms from Kenan Thompson’s Al Sharpton.  That graph (or “grapha”) was ridiculous, but it was also kind of meaningful.  Also, that Tea Party fellow deserved to be called out that way – the Founding Fathers don’t need people to dress up like them to honor them. B

Ben Affleck’s Monologue
The five-timers bit was essentially clever, but rather disappointing (for Ben’s sake).  Ben and Jen really seem to love each other. B-

HBO First Look: Bengo F#*@ Yourself
“Pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd” – this is all so silly. B

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SNL Video Recap May 11, 2013: Kristen Wiig/Vampire Weekend

May 13, 2013

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SNL Recap May 11, 2013: Kristen Wiig/Vampire Weekend

May 12, 2013

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Who the hell this Chinese dude?

Cold Opening – Benghazi Hearing
This may have been the most esoteric SNL sketch ever.  Definitely the most esoteric in a good long while. B-

Kristen Wiig’s Monologue
I got the jokes, but I didn’t get the point. B-

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SNL Video Recap May 4, 2013: Zach Galifianakis/Of Monsters and Men

May 7, 2013

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SNL Recap May 4, 2013: Zach Galifianakis/Of Monster and Men

May 5, 2013

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I can barely hear you.  This is an Altoids box.

Cold Opening – Fox & Friends
Fox & Friends are reliably funny, though rarely excellent.  But, hey, that’s a winning formula when it comes to SNL cold opens these days.  The Fox crew generally needs a reliable “friend” to play the role of straight man, which Fred’s Mike Bloomberg dutifully provided.  His retort that you might as well leave your cars unlocked if you’re not going to have background checks was not too laugh-too-loud, but I did like the logic.  My favorite correction was “Croquettes are not female crocodiles.” B

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SNL Video Recap April 13, 2013: Vince Vaughn/Miguel

April 15, 2013

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SNL Recap April 13, 2013: Vince Vaughn/Miguel

April 14, 2013

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Cold Opening – A Message From the President
Until (or, unless) Jay starts adding some personality to his Obama, these political cold opens are going to remain bland for the foreseeable future, even for sketches that actually have a few funny lines, like this one did.  This time didn’t actually focus on Obama, but it didn’t help that the focus was on a couple of senators that most people are probably unfamiliar with. B-

Vince Vaughn’s Monologue
Yeah, this is where it’s at.  “Vince Vaughn talks to the audience” doesn’t do this monologue anywhere near justice.  It lasted a while, but that was part of the fun of it.  It would have been enjoyable if it had dragged on the whole episode.  And it kind of did, when he gave Eric his phone back during the goodnights. A-

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SNL Video Recap April 6, 2013: Melissa McCarthy/Phoenix

April 8, 2013

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