Billboard Hot 20 – Week of April 1, 2017

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Each week, I check out the Billboard Hot 100, and then I rearrange the top 20 based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”
2. Bruno Mars – “That’s What I Like”
3. Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert – “Bad and Boujee”
4. Zayn and Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)”
5. The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk – “I Feel It Coming”
6. Kodak Black – “Tunnel Vision”
7. Rihanna – “Love on the Brain”
8. The Chainsmokers and Coldplay – “Something Just Like This”
9. The Chainsmokers – “Paris”
10. KYLE ft. Lil Yachty – “iSpy”
11. Big Sean – “Bounce Back”
12. Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul and Anne-Marie – “Rockabye”
13. The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey – “Closer”
14. Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Lil Wayne – “No Frauds”
15. Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley – “Chained to the Rhythm”
16. Maroon 5 ft. Future – “Cold”
17. Kygo x Selena Gomez – “It Ain’t Me”
18. Sam Hunt – “Body Like a Back Road”
19. Future – “Mask Off”
20. Shawn Mendes – “Mercy”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Chained to the Rhythm
2. Tunnel Vision
3. I Feel It Coming
4. Love on the Brain
5. Rockabye
6. Closer
7. Bad and Boujee
8. Shape of You
9. That’s What I Like
10. Cold
11. It Ain’t Me
12. Something Just Like This
13. No Frauds
14. Mask Off
15. Paris
16. Bounce Back
17. I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)
18. iSpy
19. Body Like a Back Road
20. Mercy

Billboard Hot 20 – Week of March 18, 2017

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Each week, I check out the Billboard Hot 100, and then I rearrange the top 20 based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”
2. Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert – “Bad and Boujee”
3. Zayn and Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)”
4. Bruno Mars – “That’s What I Like”
5. The Chainsmokers and Coldplay – “Something Just Like This”
6. Rihanna – “Love on the Brain”
7. The Chainsmokers – “Paris”
8. Kodak Black – “Tunnel Vision”
9. Big Sean – “Bounce Back”
10. The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey – “Closer”
11. The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk – “I Feel It Coming”
12. Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley – “Chained to the Rhythm”
13. Justin Timberlake – “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”
14. KYLE ft. Lil Yachty – “iSpy”
15. Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello – “Bad Things”
16. Drake – “Fake Love”
17. Shawn Mendes – “Mercy”
18. Bruno Mars – “24K Magic”
19. Alessia Cara – “Scars to Your Beautiful”
20. Sam Hunt – “Body Like a Back Road”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Chained to the Rhythm
2. Scars to Your Beautiful
3. Tunnel Vision
4. I Feel It Coming
5. Love on the Brain
6. Closer
7. Bad and Boujee
8. Shape of You
9. 24K Magic
10. That’s What I Like
11. Can’t Stop the Feeling!
12. Something Just Like This
13. Paris
14. Bounce Back
15. I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)
16. iSpy
17. Bad Things
18. Fake Love
19. Body Like a Back Road
20. Mercy

Billboard Hot 20 – Week of March 11, 2017

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Each week, I check out the Billboard Hot 100, and then I rearrange the top 20 based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”
2. Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert – “Bad and Boujee”
3. Zayn and Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)”
4. Bruno Mars – “That’s What I Like”
5. The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey – “Closer”
6. The Chainsmokers – “Paris”
7. Rihanna – “Love on the Brain”
8. Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley – “Chained to the Rhythm”
9. Big Sean – “Bounce Back”
10. Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello – “Bad Things”
11. The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk – “I Feel It Coming”
12. Kygo x Selena Gomez – “It Ain’t Me”
13. Drake – “Fake Love”
14. Alessia Cara – “Scars to Your Beautiful”
15. Bruno Mars – “24K Magic”
16. Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane – “Black Beatles”
17. The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk – “Starboy”
18. Shawn Mendes – “Mercy”
19. Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Don’t Wanna Know”
20. KYLE ft. Lil Yachty – “iSpy”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Chained to the Rhythm
2. Scars to Your Beautiful
3. Black Beatles
4. Starboy
5. I Feel It Coming
6. Love on the Brain
7. Closer
8. Shape of You
9. Bad and Boujee
10. 24K Magic
11. That’s What I Like
12. It Ain’t Me
13. Paris
14. Bounce Back
15. I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)
16. iSpy
17. Bad Things
18. Fake Love
19. Don’t Wanna Know
20. Mercy

Billboard Hot 20 – Week of March 4, 2017

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Each week, I check out the Billboard Hot 100, and then I rearrange the top 20 based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”
2. Zayn and Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)”
3. Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert – “Bad and Boujee”
4. Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley – “Chained to the Rhythm”
5. The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey – “Closer”
6. Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello – “Bad Things”
7. Bruno Mars – “That’s What I Like”
8. Rihanna – “Love on the Brain”
9. The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk – “I Feel It Coming”
10. Big Sean – “Bounce Back”
11. The Chainsmokers – “Paris”
12. Drake – “Fake Love”
13. Bruno Mars – “24K Magic”
14. The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk – “Starboy”
15. Alessia Cara – “Scars to Your Beautiful”
16. Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane – “Black Beatles”
17. Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Don’t Wanna Know”
18. Lady GaGa – “Million Reasons”
19. Shawn Mendes – “Mercy”
20. KYLE ft. Lil Yachty – “iSpy”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Chained to the Rhythm
2. Scars to Your Beautiful
3. Black Beatles
4. Starboy
5. I Feel It Coming
6. Love on the Brain
7. Closer
8. Million Reasons
9. Shape of You
10. 24K Magic
11. That’s What I Like
12. Paris
13. Bad and Boujee
14. Bounce Back
15. I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)
16. iSpy
17. Bad Things
18. Fake Love
19. Don’t Wanna Know
20. Mercy

SNL Recap October 12, 2013: Bruce Willis/Katy Perry

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NASA Shutdown
Clever and timely, on two counts.  It unfortunately pales in comparison to last week’s “We Did Stop,” but that is a lofty standard.  This solid track record so far suggests there will be plenty of laughs for SNL to wring out of the government shutdown. B+

Bruce Willis’ Monologue
Bizarrely unmemorable.  I guess Bruce REALLY didn’t want to do anything else except play the harmonica, or Bobby REALLY wanted to play with him. C

24-Hour Energy for Dating Actresses
And with an absolutely (purposefully) awful gag, Kyle Mooney sneaks in the best line! B-

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SNL Recap December 10, 2011: Katy Perry/Robyn

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Cold Opening – On the Record with Greta van Susteren
This was a distressingly bad cold open.  Kristen’s Greta van Susteren has never really been that amusing, but Darrell’s Donald always has been.  The Donald may be one of his three best impressions, but this time it hardly was.  He seemed out of practice.  He couldn’t even consistently say “hyuge” in that patented Donald style. C

Katy Perry’s Monologue
There were a few “jokes” about Katy Perry’s persona, but no real premise built around them.  This monologue was a mess, but a hot mess. C+

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SNL Recap September 25, 2010: Amy Poehler/Katy Perry

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This is my first time venturing into an episode-by-episode, sketch-by-sketch breakdown of SNL, as I have only previously presented year-end wrapups.  These recaps will be snappier than the season recaps, with a sentence or two of comments per sketch, followed by a letter grade, as that is my preferred system for judging entertainment.  These are quick reactions, so I reserve the right to change my mind at some point down the line.

Cold Opening – Christine O’Donnell at the RNC Headquarters
K-Wiig is given yet another character, and … she nails the impression of the latest Tea Party sensation. But, like many cold openings these days, the sketch overall was excessively dry, oddly enough considering the main topic was masturbation. B

Opening Montage
Was there any reason why Nasim came before Taran Killam?

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