Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Timothée Chalamet/Timothée Chalamet

January 26, 2025

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Chal-a-met & Squirm-a-shay! (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.

Well, here’s something. Timothée Chalamet is known for being an actor, and he’s also known for occasionally hosting Saturday Night Live. One thing he’s not really known for, though, is singing songs. But he’s nevertheless been booked as the host and musical guest of the latest episode of SNL. He recently played a famous singer-songwriter on the big screen, and I guess he enjoyed that experience, because now he’s performing Robert Zimmerman songs on the Studio 8H stage.

For my review of this episode, I’m going to take a cue from Nikki Glaser and adopt an Adam Sandler voice.

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Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Dave Chappelle/GloRilla

January 19, 2025

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Glo Up (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.

OMG, it’s 2025 already? Indeed, we’re more than halfway through January. Well, with that in mind, I’m gonna go ahead and talk about the first new SNL of the calendar year, which undeniably had the guest lineup of Dave Chappelle and GloRilla.

For the theme of this review, I’m going to A to B to C things. As you may know, another famous guy with a similar name as our host is photographer-director David LaChapelle, who has his own connection to this late night institution, having recently shot the recent SNL-centric cover story for New York Magazine. So I’ll analyze each sketch and segment by asking the question: Would David LaChapelle Like This? (For reference, LaChappelle is known for his colorful music videos like Christina Aguilera’s “Dirrty,” as well as the krumping documentary Rize.)

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Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Martin Short/Hozier

December 22, 2024

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Should Hozier be called “Hoser” when he’s standing next to a Canadian? (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.

If you’re a fan of Saturday Night Live, you might already know that Canada-born Martin Short joined the cast of SNL back in the fall of 1984 and remained for just that one season. He’s since made plenty of guest appearances, including four hosting gigs between 1986 and 2022. And now he’s back in front for the Christmas 2024 episode. That makes for #5, which is kind of a big deal.

Another thing you might know if you’re a devoted SNL fan: Irish-born Andrew John Hozier-Byrne – who goes mononymously by “Hozier” – made his Studio 8H debut a full ten years ago. So this episode pairing him with Marty is in fact his second.

Since this episode is the last before Christmas this year, I’ll be reviewing each sketch by answering the following question: How nice and/or naughty was it?

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

December 15, 2024

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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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Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Paul Mescal/Shaboozey

December 8, 2024

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An SNL Episode (Tipsy) (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.

You are currently reading a review of the first new Saturday Night Live of December 2024. Speaking of firsts, this episode features a couple of first-time guests in the form of host Paul Mescal and musical guest Shaboozey.

As you might know, Paul Mescal isn’t the only person in the world named Paul. In fact, I have an uncle named Paul! So to review this episode, I will be taking a cue from Billy on the Street as I ask of each sketch: would my Uncle Paul like this? As far as I know, he doesn’t religiously keep up with SNL, but he’s an often-goofy guy known for his uproarious laughter who always appreciates a good flatulence-based gag.

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Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Charli XCX/Charli XCX

November 17, 2024

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How many Brats does it take to screw in an episode of SNL? (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.

Happy Brat, everyone!

Yes, it’s true, Ms. Charlotte Emma Aitchison was both the host and THE musical guest of Season 50, Episode 7 of Saturday Night Live. You may have noticed that she released an album called Brat earlier this year. Brat isn’t just a collection of songs, it’s also a meme, and a lifestyle, and perhaps a revolution. So of course I’m going to review each sketch of this episode in terms of its Brat-ness.

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Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Bill Burr/Mk.gee

November 10, 2024

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A moment from SNL that makes you go “gee” (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.

Here we are in November 2024, hopefully enjoying Saturday Night Live, or at least watching it. Although I suppose it’s possible that some of you are reading this review without having watched the episode. Which is an interesting decision.

Anyway, the sixth episode of Season 50 was hosted by Bill Burr with musical guest Mk.gee. Bill’s done this whole thing before – he hosted back in the fall of 2020. This is Mk.gee’s first time on the Studio 8H stage, however. If you’re wondering, his name appears to be Michael Todd Gordon, or at least that’s what I’ve gleaned from consulting his Wikipedia page.

For my reviewing strategy for this episode, I will point out the one thing that I think will stick with me the most in the long run from each sketch.

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Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: John Mulaney/Chappell Roan

November 3, 2024

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The musical guest’s first name makes me hungry (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.

John Mulaney has the unique distinction of being more famous as an SNL host than as an SNL employee. That probably has to do with the fact that he was a writer during his tenure on the show, rather than a cast member. Although he certainly appeared on camera a few times during his stint on the staff. I mention all this because he just hosted for the SIXTH time.

And then there’s Chappell Roan, who holds the not-entirely-unique distinction of seemingly being the new obsession of everybody I know.* (*-Hyperbole.) I mention that because she was just the musical guest on SNL for the very FIRST time.

Because Mulaney earlier this year hosted a talk show on Netflix called Everybody’s in LA, I’m going to start my review of each sketch with the word “Everybody’s.”

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Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Michael Keaton/Billie Eilish

October 20, 2024

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A screenshot for the promo of this episode (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.

Hellooooo, my SNL family! Well, it’s time to talk about the October 19, 2024 episode of this here sketch comedy program that we all love to laugh at. The guest lineup, in case you weren’t paying attention, consisted of Michael Keaton and Billie Eilish. Interestingly enough, this was both his fourth time as host AND her fourth time as musical guest. But there was much more time elapsed in his case, as he first stopped by in 1982, while she made her Studio 8H debut in 2019.

As for my reviewing style this week, I’m going to stick with a classic, as I transcribe the notes I wrote in my notebook while watching the episode.

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Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Ariana Grande/Stevie Nicks

October 13, 2024

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I’m glad that these people got to spend some time together (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.

Happy Middle of October, Everybody! I hope you’ve been spending plenty of time with your boos.

Anyway, I’m here to review the 971st episode of Saturday Night Live, which just so happens to also be the third episode of the 50th season. Stevie Nicks was the musical guest for the second time ever, but the first time in more than 40 years. As for the host, well, that was Ariana Grande, who’s now in the rarefied territory of having been the host and musical guest of the same episode, the host but NOT the musical guest of the same episode, and the musical guest but NOT the host of the same episode. 

You may have noticed that Ms. Grande was promoting her starring role in the upcoming film Wicked, which is based on a well-known stage musical, which was in turn based on a novel, which was in turn inspired by another novel. With all that in mind, I’ll be reviewing each sketch in this episode by saying something like “That was wicked…” (Please feel free to imagine me doing so in a Bah-ston accent.)

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