Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Inde Naverrette/Gracie Abrams

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Inde Television (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.

For the Halloween* episode of 2026, SNL opted for an appreciably spooky booking. (*-Well, to be fully accurate, most of the episode aired on November 1 local time. But of course, SNL episodes are always identified by the date of their first 30 minutes.) Inde Naverrette is the breakout star of the buzziest horror hit of the year, so this episode is reminiscent of another outing from way back in Season 7 that started airing on October 31. Unlike Donald Pleasance, Inde isn’t in a movie literally called “Halloween”, but it’s close enough to get us in the mood.

Gracie Abrams completes the bill as the musical guest. As far as I know, she doesn’t have anything particularly horrifying in her discography.

In honor of the airdate, my Review Gimmick for this episode will consist of declaring if each segment is more of a Trick or a Treat. That’s not to say that one verdict is necessarily better than the other: there can be good, bad, or neutral versions of both. Here we go:

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 7/17/26

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A Quartet of Failures (CREDIT: HBO Max/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
–The Odyssey (Theaters)

TV
–King of the Hill Season 15 (July 20 on Hulu)
–Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (July 22 on ABC)
–Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Series Premiere (July 23 on HBO Max) – The Sheldonverse expands.

Music
-Gracie Abrams, Daughter from Hell
-Steve Lacy, Oh yeah?
-Gin Wigmore, Beautiful Mess

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Chris Rock/Gracie Abrams

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Like a Rock! (and also Like a Gardener and Like a Nepo Baby) (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.

Did this episode of Saturday Night Live have you feeling like a hurricane? Well, maybe that’s because it was hosted by Chris Rock. Yep, the guy who was born in Andrews, South Carolina and an SNL cast member from 1990-93 and came back to host in 1996, 2014, and 2020 has now come back to host once again in 2024. Clearly, he’s a veteran of comedy.

As for the musical guest, that’ll be a first-timer in the form of Gracie Abrams. Hopefully she goes on to have a full and satisfying career.

Regarding my review strategy for this episode, I’ll be deploying that old standby of transcribing the notes I wrote in my notebook while watching.

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