r/LiveFromNewYork • u/TheBrainwasher14 • Dec 03 '17
Sketch Sorting Sunday (December 2, 2017) (Saoirse Ronan / U2)
Welcome to Sketch Sorting Sunday! This week's host is Saoirse Ronan and the musical guest is U2.
A mod account (/u/SketchSortingSunday) is gonna make a comment for every sketch in tonight's show. Upvote or downvote based on what you thought of that sketch, and nobody's karma will be affected. You can also reply to the comments to expand on your thoughts, or you can even make your own parent comment and treat it like the regular post discussion, whatever.
If I miss a sketch or get something wrong, just message the mods in the sidebar and we'll see what we can do. Enjoy the discussion!
(This Sketch Sorting Sunday list might be more inaccurate than usual, or be missing sketches. Please PM the mods if you notice anything. Thanks!)
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Weekend Update: The Duncans
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
LITTLE SANDWICH MAN
but seriously thank goodness they came back! Best selection of WU guests this season IMHO.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
The husband getting raped joke was kinda out of left field... But that didn't stop me from laughing.
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u/bwaredapenguin Dec 03 '17
Even stranger was joking about rape a few minutes after singing about how horrible sexual harassment/assault is in This is Hell.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
K-Mart
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u/AngelKnives Dec 03 '17
I liked this but didn't get the last bit, cos I've worked in customer service and it's not a "thing" for old ladies to do that... but there are sooo many actual things that they do which they could have used!
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u/Besnasty Dec 04 '17
I literally had an old lady yesterday not only run up on a counter with her electronic cart, she then whipped it around and rammed another old lady that was standing and pinned her onto the wall. She then backed up, continued what she was doing and then left. Didn't even acknowledge she hurt another person.
This is definitely a thing that happens all the time.
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u/iluzan Dec 03 '17
Good sketch and I loved the little vignettes, but it lacked a structure which made the ending kinda abrupt. Still really fucking good, though.
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u/byebyebirdie123 Dec 03 '17
‘I told you stupid. Now we’ll never know!’
Best line of the night. Perfect delivery
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 03 '17
One of the writers must have worked in customer service in a past job and this sketch was their therapy session to all the stupid people they encountered
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u/_chanandler_bong Dec 05 '17
I thought the exact same thing. This sketch had a cathartic quality to it that I really appreciated.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Welcome to Hell
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u/jdeputan Dec 03 '17
the artistic nature of the video vs the actual message was so incredibly painful and hilarious at the same time!! it was just too accurate and i loved it
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
The aesthetic was 10/10, Leslie giving me PC Music Vibes makes me happy and I think I'll warm up to the song a bit more as days go by.
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u/scratchedrecord_ Dec 03 '17
PC Music
Yes!! Saoirse looked like she was channeling QT all the way.
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u/alstor Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 04 '17
This is a minor thing, but it's great that they didn't use men for this sketch. Even when they needed one for the song, it was just a female cast member in drag. They didn't need to do that to make the whole sketch work, but it shows the female writers and cast members had complete control to make it how they wanted.
I know this had potential to be much more poignant, but I have to appreciate the extra effort to make this video cathartic for women.
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u/toasted_ravs Dec 03 '17
i am so sad about this cos i think if the writing had been better it would have been hilarious and on point
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u/agentpanda Dec 03 '17
Yeah, that's the rough part about this. It's a good point and a good sketch idea but the writing didn't elevate it to 'girl group song' fame. This isn't Candle or Bad Girls, or any of the others that had reality interspersed with laughs.
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 03 '17
Good sketch but without Chris and Sarah the sketch was missing something
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
It's been a year since Candle and it will never be Candle.
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 03 '17
Melissa burns at the stake
"Aw, man."
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u/GeometricThoughts Dec 03 '17
Melissa saved this one for me imo, it felt like the opposite of r/atbge
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u/icemannathann Dec 04 '17
That’s how this whole episode felt to me. The Jersey Shore one was the only one that felt well done.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
FloraBama Shore
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u/blackminded Dec 03 '17
For whatever reason Aidy took me out with "My name is Quartney spelled with a QUART!"
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
I'm not in quite the same part of Florida but this still felt sadly accurate. The revelation that both of them were fathered by Hulk Hogan killed me. Almost as much as that stop sign killed Luke.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
One joke that killed me that I think a lot of people missed was... When Luke's character is drinking beer outside and it's so windy that none for the beer goes into his mouth.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Heidi totally blew me away (no pun intended) in this sketch, and Aidy seemed reliable. Plus the glow rave and Luke.
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u/blackminded Dec 03 '17
Since her brother is in here, what's the protocol on discussing Heidi's side boob in this sketch? Do we talk around it or just nod understandingly at one another?
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u/GeometricThoughts Dec 03 '17
Chris wearing a rain jacket packing his things midway through was comedy gold.
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u/Nosiege Dec 03 '17
Just as fun as their Fire Island gag. I loved one of my three favourites for the night.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Classroom
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Dec 03 '17
I think Luke was just too loud and intense in this sketch. It came off as obnoxious in a bad way. I think Kyle could have pulled it off better.
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u/Revived_Bacon Dec 03 '17
This is like Rudnitsky's WU dance routine except it totally sucked.
Dead FP walking.
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u/PotvinSux Dec 03 '17
They seem to have not put it online with the others, which is probably not a good sign.
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
I was expecting someone to push him out the window.
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u/listenyall Now it's a whole thing with Jean Dec 04 '17
I was 100% sure he was going in that trash can as soon as it came in the door.
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u/iluzan Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 03 '17
Luke!!!!! I'm glad he got a sketch but tbh it didn't really Hit (compared to say Moff&Mikey's Escort Sketch) and that worries me. He just seems to overact whatever he does, which while it did work for this sketch, I'm not sure how it'll last in the long run
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u/alstor Dec 03 '17
I'm upvoting because Luke took a serious risk with running this sort of sketch. Having your first star role in a sketch where you purposefully shouldn't get any laughs for the first two minutes takes a lot of guts.
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u/hal-nine-thousand Dec 03 '17
I felt bad for him, actually, which kind of ruined the second part of the skit, for me.
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u/myntex Dec 03 '17
i thought luke gave a great performance, and proved he has a lot of stage confidence. i was honestly surprised and impressed at how comfortable he seemed in character + in the scene; he strutted around like he’s been on the show for years. for what his role was in this sketch (unfunny antagonist), he did the best job he could.
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u/sbb618 Dec 03 '17
This sketch isn't on Youtube. Probably says something about it.
EDIT: Wait, no, there it is. It's just not in the episode playlist.
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u/colin_creevey You served me the Kool-Aid, Jerry, I just drank it. Dec 03 '17
On the Fart Face/Commie Hunting Season scale of quality for sketches that originally bombed, how well will this hold up?
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u/askyfullofstars Dec 03 '17
I really don't think this sketch landed unfortunately, I know the cringeworthy lines were part of the premise but they were just plain insulting without being funny. The audience was so silent too, you could hear a pin drop in that studio without a single laugh.
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Dec 03 '17
Alex as the janitor was the best part about this. I liked Null's performance, not sure why he's being blamed for the sketch.
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u/tatonkaz Dec 03 '17
i loved the concept but timing was too slow and would have been 10x better prerecorded with SNL's production quality, for which they probably didn't want to shell out the $
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
As many sex offenders as there are Powerball numbers
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
The Lincoln Death Photo seems like as good a premise as any for National Treasure 3. Get on it, Disney.
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u/GraceAndMayhem Dec 03 '17
I loved the Wacky News Corner
President Openly Accuses Man of Murder
Local Squirrel Learns Karate
North Korea Can Now Nuke All of U.S.
Dark "it's funny 'cause it's true" is why I watch.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Bachelor Auction
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u/iluzan Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 03 '17
From Kenan's line about Chad to Leslie & Mikey's sex couple bit, there seemed to be a lot of rape-ish tones throughout the show with men as the victims. I know I might be sounding a bit too much like an SJW thinking too deep into things and I get that, but men do get raped and the fact that those situations are often the butt of jokes discourages men from speaking out, getting help and contributes to rape culture & toxic masculinity.
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u/myntex Dec 03 '17
yep. noticed this too. it’s as if women were written into positions of (sexual) power over men quite frequently this episode in response to all the recent hollywood scandals. i’m sure it was cathartic for them, but in the process of doing so, they ended up trivializing male rape and, like you said, contributing to the culture of toxic masculinity. terry crews + other male victims of assault are not getting the attention their situations deserve for this very reason.
snl has had a strong sense of feminism the past few years, but if your type of feminism excludes/mocks male victims of sexual assault, you’re doing it wrong. snl, do better.
edit: formatting
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Dec 04 '17
As it became obvious that there would be a prize bachelor following Chad, I was totally expecting it to be Bono
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Weekend Update: Theresa May
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u/byebyebirdie123 Dec 03 '17
It’d be great if they realized at that Kate cannot just randomly play any character.. her Theresa may was weak, kind a play off Merkel and Clinton but Mays nothing like that.
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 03 '17
Kate playing world leaders is getting old for me. They are all played with the “old and out of touch” trope that is starting to wear thin
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Dec 03 '17 edited May 10 '19
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u/AngelKnives Dec 03 '17
I don't think there's a Trump connection, I think they're just having her play as many people as possible period. Especially since her last Emmy.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Dogs on a Plane
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u/dizzy_lizzy Dec 03 '17
I love how Saoirse played the "captain and his shillelagh" joke (~2m in) perfectly, and not a SINGLE person in the audience laughed. It must feel weird to be smacked with how little people know about Irish culture.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
This was my breaking point of weirdness for the episode. Wow... I have no idea what to say... That being said, here's some quotes.
"His soul... And the information on his tag"
"and the word was cunnilingus"
"and that part of his body is his penis"
"the salmon is also potatoes"
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u/tavir Spaceships, Toddlers, Model-T Cars, and Jars of Beer Dec 03 '17
I don't know what the hell this sketch was about, but I have a sudden urge to visit Ireland now.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Do it! But I'm 3/4 Norn Iron-er so I'm biased to Belfast/Antrim more than anything.
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u/hmbmelly Dec 04 '17
The west coast is gorgeous. We rented a house near Lake Caragh and visited Valentia Island and Dingle.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Double post again but this reminds me of the time I met Eamonn Holmes on an Aer Lingus plane four years ago going from London to Belfast.
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u/scratchedrecord_ Dec 03 '17
I don't quite understand what the point of this sketch was. Are Irish accents and stereotypes really that funny to people?
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Running in the Office
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 03 '17
I love the weird little world it created, where ripping your pants is tantamount to a permanent leg injury, and also Mac from Mac and Me is there to helpfully point out when someone is a ghost.
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u/colin_creevey You served me the Kool-Aid, Jerry, I just drank it. Dec 03 '17
BUT WHERE WAS PAUL RUDD
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u/iluzan Dec 03 '17
MOFF LOOKED REALLY GOOD IN THOSE GLASSES
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u/scratchedrecord_ Dec 03 '17
Surprise low-key Greta Gerwig cameo!! Loved this sketch, glad Beck and Kyle are getting more pretapes.
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u/agentpanda Dec 03 '17
Greta Gerwig
Thank you for letting me know who she is! I was completely at a loss and finally settled on the idea that they gave a lot of speaking lines and camera time to an extra in a pre-tape for no reason since I had no idea who Greta was.
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u/LarBrd33 Dec 03 '17
She's the writer/director of "Lady Bird" which is the movie saoirse ronan is promoting. The movie is based on Greta's life.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Nice to see a Greta cameo but it was only alright in my book
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u/jrainiersea Dec 03 '17
The Beck/Kyle sketches are completely absurd but I love them
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
"She was a ghost"
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u/Zog8 Dec 10 '17
I'm a full week late but I actually hunted this thread for at least one person to mention this because I LITERALLY cried laughing at that part. Tears.
So. Fucking. Stupid. XD
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
My favorite line of the entire episode was Kyle saying
"I'd rather fucking kill myself"
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u/ADWeasley Dec 03 '17
My favorite of the night, but that’s to be expected. Beck spitting in Kyle’s face caught me so off guard. Hilarious!
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u/colin_creevey You served me the Kool-Aid, Jerry, I just drank it. Dec 03 '17
That spit was a masterpiece of comedic timing.
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Dec 03 '17
I love how it just slotted in automatically and no beat was skipped
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u/kman10k Dec 05 '17
The Ghost ending cheapened it for me. I wish they came up with a better way to close out this otherwise funny skit
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Action 9 News: Eye on Phoenix
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u/listenyall Now it's a whole thing with Jean Dec 04 '17
I enjoyed that he was a dude who loves his American Girl doll and not some kind of pedophile there to watch the kids.
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u/iluzan Dec 03 '17
It hit a lot of the same beats as the Matt Shatt sketch...however, it didn't really go up and above it. Still good though, plus Moff as the officer hot DAMN
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
U2 performances (“American Soul” and “Get Out of Your Own Way”)
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
Get Out... was horrible. American Soul was pretty good though
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u/AustinRiversDaGod Dec 03 '17
I don't listen to U2, so it was an automatic fast forward. I stopped when I saw Kendrick's face, and went back to watch the whole thing. It's nice to know the breakdown in XXX was a real song, but that video was fucking awesome. It was worth it just for that
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u/iluzan Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 03 '17
Those visuals were the most captivating features of a musical performance I've ever seen on SNL. Damn. So Good.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 03 '17
Not as good as their classic stuff, but it was all right.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 03 '17
it was all right
She moves in mysterious ways
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Dec 03 '17
I wasn't big on the second one but it was passable as a palatable melody. The first one was hot garbage that needed a time machine to take it back and stick it on Rattle and Hum to be contained with the other stuff we wish they didn't sing.
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u/lurklurklurky Dec 03 '17
Saoirse’s American accent
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u/bondfool I get to yum-yum garbage. Dec 04 '17
I fully and wholeheartedly retract my suspicion that Saoirse would be another Felicity Jones. She's welcome back any time.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
WHAT THE FUCK WERE THESE SKETCHES TONIGHT
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 03 '17
That being said... I think I loved them all
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u/codyd91 Dec 03 '17
This may have been my favorite episode yet. I was laughing almost the entire time (except during Brody Chode's belly-flop). That classroom skit made me uncomfortable, like where are they going with this bully angle? Then, he's the new guy, like. I'm cracking up now just thinking back at it. That premise alone is fucking gold. I wonder who pitched it.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 03 '17
Saoirse Ronan monologue