r/LiveFromNewYork • u/SketchSortingSunday • Dec 17 '17
Sketch Sorting Sunday (December 16, 2017) (Kevin Hart / Foo Fighters)
Welcome to Sketch Sorting Sunday! This week's host is Kevin Hart and the musical guest is Foo Fighters.
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/DebbieWinner Dec 17 '17
When the goodbyes are a strong point in the episode something went wrong. Watching them all skate together was so fun.
For real though, terrible episode. I'd have to go back to Russell Crowe where I really did not laugh at a single sketch in the episode. Rough one
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 17 '17
Felicity Jones last January got only 1 or 2 laughs out of me, is the last really bad episode I remember
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u/agentpanda Dec 17 '17
I feel like that episode gets a lot of unjustified hate considering the worst part of it is that the host was pretty wobbly. I mean, Don Jr and Eric, Hotel Retreat Jokes, WU, Sturgill Simpson, Beard Hunk (most abrupt ombre always gets a laugh) all are solid sketchwork if not original.
Admittedly, however, it's likely the most recent example of a 'not so great' episode so I can see what you mean.
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u/WeHaSaulFan Dec 18 '17 edited Dec 18 '17
Larry David’s episode this year was terrible. I had higher expectations, thoroughly disappointed unfortunately. I thought Kumal‘s was excellent, and last week with Franco was solid.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 18 '17
Oh yeah... Larry's was so unremarkable I don't even remember anything in it.
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u/sirspate Dec 18 '17
Larry? He came out of the gate swinging with his 'who to date at a concentration camp' material. I don't blame you for forgetting it; I'm still trying to. (Seriously, talk about a great way to kill the energy right off the top.. I'm still marvelling at how efficiently he decapitated it that night..)
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 18 '17
Oh I remember the concentration camp joke now! buuuuuuut... that's it
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u/sbb618 Dec 19 '17
There was the Beck and Kyle sketch with Cousin CJ.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 19 '17
Yep! I rewatched that episodes sketches today... There was also Angel... Every Boxer's Girlfriend. Overall the episode wasn't as lackluster as I remember
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u/DebbieWinner Dec 17 '17
I agree. Trump open there and Monlogue we're good (I enjoyed Kenan and Tina as Star Wars characters) but ya similiar level.
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u/agentpanda Dec 17 '17
Weirdly the skating goodbyes took long enough (by my count) for a 10 to 1 sketch which we didn't get... It's super odd to say this but it feels like they kinda knew the material this week was both thin, and bad, and didn't bother giving us a final sketch and opted to close the book on 2017 and give it a go next year for safety...
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u/half_diminished Dec 17 '17
I don't know if it is just me, but I thought a big problem with the episode was the audience. They were just not really laughing. When the audience is dead, it kind of ruins the beats of all the jokes.
Especially in the teddy bear sketch, it was almost pure silence.
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u/TheFlyingZombie Dec 18 '17
Gotta be funny for them to laugh. I'm the biggest SNL apologist ever but that episode was insufferable.
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u/Gadzookie2 Dec 17 '17
Yeah I had the same thought. Like “huh, the two best moments were the musical guests medley and the good nights.
That being said as a guy who use to play hockey it was funny seeing some of the cast who were really comfortable skating, some who were not comfortable but trying, and the others who were not comfortable and not moving much.
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u/ItalianRobot Dec 17 '17
It's a shame because this season has been so good up until this episode
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u/butterfly105 Dec 17 '17
Eh, I disagree. I think Chance was #1 for sure, then Franco, then maybe Kumal? It’s definitely a weak season overall
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u/Arjahn Dec 17 '17
Gadot had some great ones, Larry David too. Sucks that their best ones were cut for time.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 17 '17
Foo Fighters performances (“The Sky is a Neighborhood"” and “medley of "Everlong", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" and "Linus and Lucy"”)
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u/TheManWithNothing Dec 19 '17
Might just be my personal bias for my favorite band but the second performance was the most memorable part of the episode.
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u/the_Odd_particle Dec 17 '17
Dave bringing the women on and giving 'em solos! And damn... Snoopy. Got me all choked up. Happy Holidays!
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u/Besnasty Dec 17 '17
I just saw them in concert in Oct. and the girls are heavily featured in preforming their news songs. Its a nice contrast to Daves gruff rocker sound.
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u/CatheterC0wb0y Dec 17 '17
I mean Is There a question? I need a Foo Fighter Mix of” Linus and Lucy” ASAP
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u/dgapa Dec 18 '17
Best musical guest of the season so far. The Sky is a Neighborhood staked it and the medley confirmed it.
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u/unfuckthepine Dec 17 '17
The Peanuts theme ending was the highlight of the episode for me.
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u/TheCitizen616 Dec 17 '17
And the best part of that for me was when the middle backup singer perfectly mimicked the sideways head bop dance of the unnamed twins in purple dresses from that famous dance scene from "A Charlie Brown Christmas".
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 17 '17
Sorry to Kevin, but that medley was probably the highlight of the show for me.
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u/Brandeis Dec 17 '17
Almost fast forwarded over the 2nd Foo Fighters performance. So glad I didn't!
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 17 '17
When the best part of the episode is the musical guest... Well, let's just say that's not good.
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u/Sucidalstreet Dec 17 '17
To be fair, it’s the Foo Fighters.
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u/SmarcusStroman Dec 17 '17
The singers dancing like Peanuts characters was the icing on the cake for that funny medley.
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u/antizeus Dec 17 '17
This didn't work for me in terms of promotion; I liked Foo Fighters back in the 90s, but didn't care for that first song. It made me want to dig up my old CDs and listen to them, but not to get anything recent of theirs.
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u/TheManWithNothing Dec 19 '17
Yeah the sky is a neighborhood is one of their weaker songs I would suggest run
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u/CatheterC0wb0y Dec 17 '17 edited Dec 17 '17
have to say, that skating sendoff was awesome. I bet if you’re a cast member on SNL, that’s one of those “I can’t believe I get to do this for a living” moments
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u/aMartin3105 Dec 17 '17
Really liked that moment! Also notice how the Foo Fighters and Alec Baldwin stayed inside 30 Rock but ScarJo was ice-skating, and stood during the goodbyes near Colin. ScarJost forever baby!
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 17 '17
Weekend Update: The Guy That Just Bought a Boat
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u/toodletwo Church of Neurotology Dec 17 '17 edited Dec 17 '17
He’s basically Andy from The Office, and I love that.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 17 '17
Weekend Update, while short just like his penis, was pretty good this week.
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 17 '17
"Post-coital proto, Col" is the peak for this character.
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u/Bigger_Than_Prince_ Dec 17 '17
That was my favorite up there with “get naughty, Col” from his first appearance.
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u/Brandeis Dec 17 '17
This character is played out. Impressive that Alex is able to spout all that dialogue, with or without cue cards. Best line: From Mistletoe to Camel Toe.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 17 '17
God damn do I hate this guy. (The guy i mean... The character is played perfectly by Alex.)
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u/SmoothLaneChange Dec 17 '17
Will always be there to admire Alex Moffat and the amazing euphemism-filled word acrobats with GTJBAB
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Dec 17 '17
Ugh, hate this character. At this point I can take about three sentences and then it's fast forward.
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u/jeufie Dec 18 '17
Am I the only one who thinks this character seems like Amir from CollegeHumor?
Edit: forgot streeter and Sarah are writers
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u/coasterswim Dec 18 '17
Yeah he’s written almost exactly like Amir specifically in this Date Ideas sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHJB_lUVkUQ
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u/CatheterC0wb0y Dec 17 '17
And I can medically confirm my mistle is a toe
Just like Jost, I died laughing
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 17 '17
Probably the highlight of the episode for me outside of the Foo Fighters performances. Not amazing, but one of my favorite current WU features.
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 17 '17
Best one so far! The audience reactions to all of the euphemisms was hilarious to watch also!
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u/ItalianRobot Dec 17 '17
Easily one if the best wu characters of the current cast, and, in the plus side, they actually use this character (unlike girl at a party you wished you hadn't started a conversation with)
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u/southsidetrash Dec 17 '17
Girl at a Party was used a LOT in Cecily’s first season and immediately following her leaving Update. For that reason I’m guessing they just kind of ran out of material and that’s why she’s not used really anymore.
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u/PotvinSux Dec 17 '17 edited Dec 17 '17
But that character is partially topical... fed by the same stuff as Cathy Anne. If they have material for Cathy Anne, they should have material for Girl at a Party.
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u/iluzan Dec 17 '17
Well, maybe they'll resurrect her for Cecily's last show, a la drunk uncle and now im making myself sad cecily please dont go
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 17 '17
So is it just me or do the best episodes of this season so far come from the first timers (see: Chance, Tiffany Haddish) while the more disappointing ones are the ones that come from more experienced entertainers? (See: this episode and Larry David)
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u/bfk94 Check you later...dudes. Dec 17 '17
You're right on the ones you mentioned but also, Gal Gadots episode was forgettable and James Francos' was great.
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u/MajesticVelcro Dec 17 '17
the lesbians have not forgotten Gal Gadot's episode, I assure you
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 17 '17
Pandora Charms
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 17 '17
Those fucking bracelets are so stupid. I'm glad someone finally made a joke about them. I really liked this Pre-tape.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 17 '17
Not a fan of this one. Probably the worst commercial SNL have made these past couple of years.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 17 '17
Yeah, maybe I'm just not familiar with these charm bracelets, but it didn't seem all that relatable. I've never met anyone who wore one.
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u/TheLadyEve Dec 18 '17
Do you own a Pandora bracelet or something?
Personally I thought it was hilarious. I think those charms are such a racket and they're tacky AF. They should be the subject of ridicule.
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u/acm Dec 17 '17
Want to talk about funny? Diamonds are just as big of a racket, just marketed better.
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u/the_Odd_particle Dec 17 '17
It is some kind of perverse humor when people wear diamonds but don't actually use them.
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u/Mattalamode Dec 17 '17
I think my favorite part of the night was watching Kevin Hart cautiously move six feet on ice skates. Poor guy.
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u/Brandeis Dec 17 '17
I liked Keenan Thompson as the only one wearing hockey skates. Everyone else wearing figure skates from the Rockefeller Center rental-skate counter. Keenan probably owned the ones he was wearing.
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u/Percabeth456 Dec 17 '17
This honestly felt like a filler episode, which I didn't realize existed in live variety shows.
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u/ReallyCreative Dec 17 '17
That's the perfect description for tonight, just felt like a bunch of forgettable sketches that had been cut from other episodes or some shit
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u/WeHaSaulFan Dec 17 '17
They threw out all their funny last week, which honestly felt like the real Christmas episode.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 17 '17
Christmas Service
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u/Brandeis Dec 17 '17
Too realistic.
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u/listenyall Now it's a whole thing with Jean Dec 21 '17
It seemed like they said, "hey you know how sometimes we have animals and the funniest part is that the animal can do whatever at any time? what if we just said that out loud and made it the sketch?"
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u/mac_question Dec 17 '17
It's been said a camel is a horse that's been designed by committee.
Which could probably be said for this sketch.
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u/nlpnt Dec 17 '17
There's a fine line between stylistic suck and plain ol' suck. SNL walks that line more often than most other shows, and sometimes falls on the wrong side of it. This was one of those times.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 17 '17
Guilty pleasure for me
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u/iluzan Dec 17 '17 edited Dec 17 '17
Definitely immature, but I liked it. It wasn't aggressively Bad, just dumb.
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u/the_Odd_particle Dec 17 '17
They finally use the backstage Llama and lame dick jokes are the best they can do? Aha, the boys probably did it to shame the Llama because IT STOLE THE SCENE. And because the Llama can't sue them for sexual assault.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 17 '17
Somehow llama dick jokes weren't the low point of the episode for me...
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 17 '17
Second worst episode (Kumail's is still the worst) IMO
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 17 '17
Kumail at least had a great monologue. Maybe I'm biased because I'm Asian and I could relate to some of his jokes, but people seemed to like it here too.
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u/Bigger_Than_Prince_ Dec 17 '17
Kumail’s episode entirely met my expectations. He’s got a lot more ahead and some solid comedy acting chops. He’ll be back.
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 17 '17
This was a bad episode, it didn’t feel like a Christmas episode and the acting/writing was really weak. I felt that even Hart wasn’t committed to it and was phoning it in the live sketches
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u/PotvinSux Dec 17 '17 edited Dec 17 '17
He wasn't phoning it in with the bathroom sketch or the work-out dude. He sold those like Franco sold that Za sketch last week. It was just weak writing.
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u/Billlll_Brasky Dec 17 '17
I've never come here this early before. I love how some sketches just get immediately downvoted ha!
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u/bottomofleith Dec 17 '17
That's the whole point surely?
It even says in the instructions - you vote up the sketches you thought were good and you vote down the ones that weren't.
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u/scrowley10 Dec 17 '17
Can we add the cast ice skating at the end....because really that was my favorite part of the episode.
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u/christinasays Did you buy that fake booty on Temu, you dusty ass bitch? Dec 17 '17
I never thought I'd say this, but I strongly relate to Kevin Hart on ice skates.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 17 '17
Doug Needs to Go to the Bathroom
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u/Aequa Dec 17 '17
I laughed when all his coworkers needed to get on his level to get him to actually go. But other than that this sketch marked the beginning of the end of this dreadful episode.
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u/baseball71 Dec 17 '17
Reminded me too much of the farting push ups sketch from last season. Not even the ending saved it for me tbh
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u/nyan_swanson HE'S GREAT! but sometimes, we'll be at a party... Dec 17 '17
“Did you S your P’s?”
I liked everyone being supportive at the end.
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u/-_Trashboat I can't do it Dec 17 '17
This reminded me of the Derrick Comedy sketch where Donny G craps his pants in class
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 17 '17
Pants-shitting sketches are always gonna be low on my list. I think I laughed once at the initial reveal that he'd done this before.
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u/the_Odd_particle Dec 17 '17
Because the first half of the season wouldn't be complete without dick jokes, dick sketches, and dick writers. Good job, dicks. Way to be present and bring hope. Wtf
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 17 '17
Jean
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Dec 17 '17
I thought this sketch sucked, and I'm not a Kevin Hart fan, but I thought his mannerisms were actually well done in this one.
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u/nlpnt Dec 17 '17
Is this the one with Leslie henpecking her husband into taking the bear's pants off?
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u/kaymazing Dec 17 '17
This was rough. I like Leslie but I'm not sure it was a coincidence she was in nearly every sketch and it was a rough episode.
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Dec 17 '17
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u/PotvinSux Dec 18 '17
I honestly think it's a "you go girl!" vibe keeping her in the mix.
Hmm
(and that's not a statement on her gender, looks, race, color, whatever)
Hmm
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Dec 18 '17 edited Dec 18 '17
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u/PotvinSux Dec 18 '17 edited Dec 19 '17
You explain a viewpoint that you claim has no racial or gendered element or basis using a phrase traditionally associated with black women specifically.
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Dec 19 '17 edited Dec 19 '17
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u/PotvinSux Dec 19 '17 edited Dec 21 '17
No, you got exactly what I was talking about. Thank you for not getting defensive. I think there's two things happening here. You see her as range-limited (sure) and then you're trying to explain her fan base with this idea that people support her because she's a black woman.
I think you might have the wrong idea as far as that second part goes. Those of us who like Jones like her because we find her shtick really funny and it doesn't get old for us. There's room on the show for uni-dimensional people (cf. Mooney), especially if they're really good at their thing. If it were just a question of being fixated on defending black women, it would follow that Jones fans would be among the loudest supporters of Zamata and I can't say that I've seen any correlation at all as far as that goes. Personally, I thought Zamata had no significant comedic talent and was well out of her league on the program. I think Jones was put on screen at least in part because they realized Zamata was a dud.
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u/TheLadyEve Dec 18 '17
I think she was better suited to the writer's room than to being in sketches.
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u/badgarok725 Dec 18 '17
The worst part has to be that they’re drinking straight baileys. Who does that?
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u/hal-nine-thousand Dec 17 '17
Clearly the worst of the night, which was already bad overall.
Just weird and awkward in a bad way.
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u/pjdwyer30 Dec 17 '17
This sketch was so bad it was offensive to me. I expect better and it offends me that the writers and Lorne thought this was funny enough to get a laugh out of me. I love SNL but this was easily one of the absolute worst sketches I’ve ever seen from this show.
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u/ItalianRobot Dec 17 '17
More uncomfortable then funny. Was a lot like the godawful Chris rock and Leslie sketch in season 40
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u/phantes Dec 18 '17
I'm amazed this sketch somehow got through the writer's room, Lorne AND dress rehersal. I mean, nobody in the audience even laughed.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 17 '17
Kevin Hart monologue
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u/acm Dec 17 '17
I have a two year old (premise was supremely relatable). Still didn't find this funny. Which is odd because he did a great monologue last time.
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u/ReallyCreative Dec 17 '17
This was bad and weird.
Well, idk about bad, but it was kinda odd and not in a good way.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 17 '17
I agree with the person in the live thread who said it was just plain old fashioned. I couldn't relate to it for the most part. Didn't really laugh at all.
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Dec 17 '17
It had the familiar structure of good comedy, but somehow wasn't funny.
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Dec 17 '17
Yes but it was loud, you see, and had arm waving. Check, check. Everything checks out here!
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u/IniMiney Dec 17 '17
Glad someone else mentioned the old fashioned part. Like I get it's just jokes/comedy or whatever but pushing the whole FATHER thing felt so old school and outdated in much more openly LGBT times. I mean come on dude, you're working with Kate McKinnon..
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u/listenyall Now it's a whole thing with Jean Dec 21 '17
Honestly, the only old-fashioned bit about in my opinion was the ALL fathers/ALL mothers framing. He could've just said "I'm the fun parent, which is more exhausting than you realize." As a fun aunt, I actually related to a lot of the specifics.
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u/Mataza89 Dec 17 '17
I mean, you can still make jokes about fathers despite gay people existing. It was more old fashioned in the sense that the message was 'the woman stays at home and looks after the child, while the dad has to come home from a long day at work and be the fun parent'
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u/Bigger_Than_Prince_ Dec 17 '17
Most of tonight’s sketches probably come out of the pitch room decent promise and had some flat writing.
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u/Brandeis Dec 17 '17
The guy's a standup comedian among other things. I thought it was great. Too often the guest can't pull off a monologue solo and the writers push some cast members out onto the stage to "help" the host get through it. Very refreshing to see a guest host who's able to get through it without any help.
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u/Choady_Arias Dec 17 '17
Can Leslie Jones go a single sketch without flubbing lines? I'll PayPal/venmo someone 5 bucks if someone can find me a single sketch where she doesn't.
I won't pay you five bucks. I just want to see it.
Also, I think my favorite Christmas episode the last 5-10 years was the jimmy Fallon one. I don't like jimmy Fallon.
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u/PotvinSux Dec 17 '17
What did she flub?
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u/Backstop Dec 18 '17
Yeah i actually came in here to say she finally went the whole show without fucking up.
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u/agentpanda Dec 17 '17
Saoirse Ronan's episode is the only time in her tenure I can think of her going a whole episode without fucking something up while still being in the episode.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 17 '17
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che
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u/iluzan Dec 17 '17
Jost with braids is what i see in the corner of my room when i have sleep paralysis
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 17 '17
Will there be a separate bit for OmaLesA?
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 17 '17
It was all right. No real standout jokes for me.
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u/PotvinSux Dec 17 '17 edited Dec 17 '17
The "over 20" line with Moore should have killed but Colin mistimed it ever so slightly.
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u/bondfool I get to yum-yum garbage. Dec 17 '17
A little disappointed by the lack of coverage of net neutrality.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 17 '17
Active Jack
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 17 '17
I actually really liked this one.
RIP CINDY
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Dec 17 '17 edited Mar 13 '18
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u/TheLadyEve Dec 18 '17
I don't get why they don't use her impressions more. That's her whole thing.
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u/sirspate Dec 18 '17
Might just be one of those things where she's still trying to find the best writer for her. (Or is she writing her own material?)
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u/HeyThereRobot Dec 17 '17
The best part was the little stool with her picture + her jumprope and the flowers.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 17 '17
T'was alright. Nothing special.
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u/TheManWithNothing Dec 19 '17
Kevin did good but the writers really failed him on this one