If Drunk Uncle says it, I guess we never will be royals.
A Message from the President
This sketch was exemplary of how SNL really hasn’t had much of a satirical edge towards politics lately. But that wasn’t exactly what this was going for, and you should really judge sketches on what they’re attempting, so that’s what I’ll do. This was kind of a funny idea, but it was obvious what it was right away, and then it wasn’t anything more. Doing the “Thriller” dance to mean “thrilled” was amusing, but other than that, not much of note happened. C+
John Goodman’s Monologue
Another musical monologue can be worth it if you do something unusual, and this was somewhat different, indeed different enough to not be predicted. But it was reminiscent of David Alan Grier singing “let’s get butt naked in the White House,” which this wasn’t as good as. B-
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