Ellen
A mish-mash, as is typical of cold opens lately. Some parts worked, including Jay’s freakishly good and ornamentally unnecessary Barkhad Abdi impression. “Oscar hosting the Ellen’s” made me laugh to an unfathomable degree. B-
Jim Parsons’s Monologue
Jim Parsons pronounces Texas “Tex-IZ.” This monologue made a strong enough point to justify the umpteenth musical monologue, though the lyrics themselves were whatever. C+
