Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars
HILLARY & BERNIE
Hillary Clinton (KAM) sees off lingering Bernie Sanders (Larry David)
— The usual very fun chemistry between Kate and Larry David as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
— A very funny and charming part with Kate and Larry’s Hillary and Bernie reminiscing over memorable things from earlier in this election season while having a hearty laugh.
— Love the turn with Kate and Larry’s Hillary and Bernie tenderly slow-dancing with each other.
— Hey, a dance around the studio! This is very fun, very fitting for a season finale cold opening, and feels like a more tender version of the memorable Office Costume Contest sketch that Kate previously did with Jim Carrey.
— Now the whole cast is getting involved in a very elegant manner during the backstage portion. I love that, and it’s another thing about this cold opening that’s very fitting for a season finale, even if, as I always say, I prefer my season finale full-cast sketches to be at the very end of the episode. No real complaints here, though.
— Good bit with Kate’s Hillary tricking Larry’s Bernie into a closing elevator at the end of their dance together.
— A great and very energetic full-cast LFNY, back when particularly-large group LFNYs were still fairly rare.
STARS: ****
MONOLOGUE
portion of FRA’s one-man show dramatizes his successful SNL audition
— I often say this when a former cast member hosts for the first time, but it feels so unusual to me seeing Fred Armisen entering the home base stage as the host.
— Fred’s coming off well in this monologue so far.
— This “one-man show” routine is actually very fitting for Fred, since he previously did two spot-on spoofs of one-man shows when he was a cast member (one in the Drama Club Morning Announcements sketch from the season 31 Dane Cook episode, and the other in a pre-taped commercial from the season 37 Jimmy Fallon episode). Like those two previous one-man show spoofs, Fred is pulling the one in this monologue off well, and I really like how this particular one is on the topic of him auditioning for SNL.
— A meaningful little part with Fred doing a brief Prince impression, as this is a month after Prince passed away.
— The funny bit with Fred seemingly trying to prompt an audience member to respond to a question he keeps asking her is reminiscent of when he did that with Bill Hader in the aforementioned commercial from the season 37 Jimmy Fallon episode.
— Overall, a fun, funny, and unique monologue, and easily one of the better things Fred has done in a long time on SNL by this point in the mid-2010s. I can see some people complaining that this monologue was too long, but the length didn’t bother me.
STARS: ****
EXPEDITION
classroom presentation depicts horniness of Lewis (FRA) & Clark (KYM)
— Kyle’s delivery when introducing himself is hilarious.
— Some laughs from the cheesiness during the early portion of the presentation that Cecily, Fred, and Kyle’s characters are doing.
— Blah, after a promising start, I’m not caring much for the big turn the main joke of this sketch has taken, with the cheap, low-brow homoeroticism between Fred and Kyle’s Lewis and Clark, and how that has become the focus of this sketch. Also, why in the world do the performers keep breaking during this? I feel like this is an inside joke that I’m not in on.
STARS: **
FINEST GIRL
Conner4Real’s (ANS) girl (VAB) has an Osama bin Laden fetish
— “An SNL Digital Short”. Whoa, Lonely Island returning out of nowhere.
— Oh, a tie-in to Andy Samberg’s then-new Popstar movie.
— The “Fuck me like we fucked Bin Laden” conceit is absolutely hilarious, and a fantastic use of Vanessa.
— Speaking of Vanessa, this is yet ANOTHER outstanding season 41 Vanessa Bayer showcase, concluding what has been an amazing season for her. If I had to pick an MVP for this season, Vanessa would get my pick in a heartbeat. Back when this season originally aired, I would’ve picked Kate as season MVP, as she was my favorite current cast member at the time and could do almost no wrong in my eyes, but looking back at this season years later in hindsight, especially after Kate has been on what I feel is a big decline from season 43 onward that now makes it a little hard for me to enjoy some things from Kate’s peak years (2014-2017), I now feel that Vanessa’s work this season holds up more.
— Oh, that’s right, Jay is SNL’s President Obama impersonator. I can be excused for forgetting that fact, considering this is the FIRST AND ONLY Obama appearance that Jay has made all season. Sadly, this brief Obama scene here will be the only really noteworthy thing Jay does in this entire episode, which ends up being his last episode before getting fired that summer.
— So many hilarious visuals all throughout this short.
— The random “Damn, the whole thing was just a virtual reality experience!” twist ending made me laugh so much, due to Andy’s great, intentionally-corny delivery of it.
STARS: *****
NEW GIRLFRIEND
(JAS) overstimulates his holier-than-thou new girlfriend Regine
— The door opens and in walks both Fred as his fucking wretched Regine character from back in the day and good ol’ Jason Sudeikis in a cameo. I have rarely ever felt as many mixed emotions as I do right now.
— More and more as this sketch goes on, the “miserable” side of my aforementioned mixed emotions is becoming my dominant emotion. Any goodwill I had towards Jason’s cameo is sadly canceled out by all of the usual horrible Regine-isms in this sketch, particularly the interminable number of those damn “Watch her face while I (insert sensual action here)” bits.
— I did get a big laugh just now from Jason responding to Regine’s foot being in the guacamole dip by saying “That makes it better” and then proceeding to dip a chip into that guacamole and eat it nonchalantly. That moment alone sums up so much of Jason’s appeal as a cast member.
— (*barf*) Cue the usual part of every Regine sketch where Fred spreads his legs apart, letting us see up his skirt.
— A rare display of Vanessa breaking. Fred’s given her the giggles bad.
— For the second time in this dreadful sketch, Jason gets a laugh from me, this time with the way he exaggeratedly yelled “Hey!” in an angry manner (“HAAAAAEEEEEEEEYYYYYY!”) This sketch is reminding me of how fun and damn strong Jason was as a cast member. Man, where’s his hosting stint?
STARS: *½
FAREWELL, MR. BUNTING
schoolboys’ poetic tribute to ousted Mr. Bunting (FRA) goes horribly wrong
— Ah, a VERY memorable and beloved short film.
— So far, a spot-on spoof of an iconic scene in Dead Poets Society, and I love how this is taking its time in revealing the eventual comedic conceit. Hell, even the dramatic seriousness in this short so far is making me laugh, but maybe that’s because I know in hindsight what’s coming.
— And there’s the classic dark twist. Holy. Freakin’. Hell. This is absolutely PRICELESS.
— After Beck catches Pete’s now-headless body, I particularly love the visual of a horrified Beck’s face being DRENCHED in blood from Pete’s open neck hole (the fifth-to-last above screencap for this short).
— Bobby’s reaction when catching Pete’s severed head is hilarious.
— A particularly HUGE laugh from the bit with the off-camera lawnmower.
— It is absolutely incredible the amount of rapid-fire hilarious gags they’re jam-packing into this relatively short severed head sequence. Hands down, HANDS DOWN, one of the funniest things I have ever seen on SNL.
— A perfect way to end this, with Fred breaking the long, uncomfortable, taken-aback stretch of silence in the room right after the severed head sequence by just saying a subdued “Alright……I’m gonna take off”, and throwing in a forced little “Go, Wyndemere!” cheer before walking out the door with a box of his office belongings.
STARS: *****
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party”
WEEKEND UPDATE
impeached Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff (MAR) is in good spirits
Willie has happy memories of traumatic incidents from summers past
— Maya Rudolph all of a sudden, ladies and gentlemen. Then again, this is a Fred Armisen-hosted episode, where cameos from some of Fred’s castmates from back in the day are to be expected, I guess. I’ll be tolerant as long as SNL doesn’t go too overboard with these cameos, like they did two season finales prior when Andy Samberg hosted. We refreshingly also haven’t haven’t gotten any Kristen Wiig tonight.
— An EXTREMELY hammy performance from Maya here, but I admit it’s working for me and cracking me up.
— Colin: “This Thursday was National Hepatitis Testing Day, and good news – I got an A! (*audience reacts, while he smiles*)” Michael: “Why are you smiling?!?” Colin: “(deadpan) Last year, I got a C.”
— For the second season finale in a row, we get a special segment with Colin and Michael doing their favorite cut-after-dress-rehearsal jokes that were deemed too harsh to make it on the air earlier this season. It’s nice how this has become a season finale tradition.
— Several hilarious jokes from Colin and Michael in this “Favorite cut-after-dress-rehearsal jokes” segment, especially the very off-color joke Colin tells about the Lucky Charms leprechaun’s voice actor’s tumor turning out to be “(*in a sing-songy manner, ala the Lucky Charms jingle*) maaaagically malignant!”
— The usual big laughs from Kenan’s Willie character, especially the bits about the candy van and his dog being locked in a hot car.
— And thus ends another strong season of Update in the Jost/Che era.
STARS: ****
ESCAPE POD
(FRA)’s spaceship crewmates’ magnanimity dims as he activates escape pod
— Man, I forgot Taran was even still in the cast before he showed up in this sketch. There’s a very staggering and saddening tone to how much he’s gradually disappeared in the homestretch of what ends up being his final season before getting fired. I, like many other SNL fans, remember being absolutely blindsided by the announcement of his (and Jay’s) firing that summer, but while doing reviews of this season these past few weeks, I’ve seen so many signs this season that Taran’s formerly-solid SNL tenure was slowly dying a sad death. That was nowhere near as visible to me when this season originally aired.
— Speaking of Taran’s decline this season, it’s sadly fitting for his final episode that he’s making his first actual appearance of the night (aside from the full-cast portion of the end of the cold opening) playing a depleted, non-comedic supporting character who’s about to die.
— A lot of pretty good laughs from the extremely drawn-out activation of Fred’s escape pod.
— A good twist ending. (And, hey, turns out Taran’s character didn’t die after all.)
STARS: ***½
THEATER SHOWCASE
self-congratulatory Student Theater Showcase is a crowd displeaser
— Always good to see this recurring sketch. Odd seeing it buried so late into tonight’s episode, but given the fact that this is the season finale, I actually like that.
— At least for once tonight, Taran has been given an actual good, comedic role.
— Ha, Larry David as an audience member in this sketch!
— Even funnier, Larry’s character immediately walks off after hearing that he watched what’s only the first of 85 scenes in this play. Even though that gag was basically just a knock-off of something Leslie did in a previous installment of this sketch, Larry still made it very funny.
— Very funny how, after Kyle demonstrates he has the Zika virus by exclaiming “Cough, cough!” and Kate demonstrates she has Ebola by exclaiming “Achoo, achoo!”, Aidy demonstrates she has malaria by exclaiming “Malar, malar!”
— The line about the theater showcase students getting into NYU was a topical reference to something, and got a big reaction from SNL’s audience, but I forgot the news story that it was a reference to. Thanks in advance if anyone in the comments section can refresh my memory on this topical reference.
STARS: ****
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Pedestrian at Best”
THE HARKIN BROTHERS
honkytonkin’ Harkin Brothers Band comprises (Carrie Brownstein) & 19 more
— A sketch in the tradition of “Fred as the lead singer of a band” sketches from Fred’s later years as a cast member (e.g. the Blue Jean Committee sketch with Jason Segel, the sports bar sketch with Dana Carvey), only this one involves the entire cast (even Jost and Che!), as well as the cameos from earlier tonight, and Carrie Brownstein. Looks like I spoke too soon earlier in this review when I expressed minor disappointment that this episode’s full-cast cold opening wasn’t placed at the end of this episode. I absolutely love that this season finale has TWO full-cast sketches. And this particular sketch gives the cast more to do than this episode’s cold opening did.
— Ah, this is such a feel-good way to end the season. Also, with this sketch, Taran and Jay (oh, and you, too, Jon) get to end their SNL tenures in style, even if this sketch DEFINITELY doesn’t make up for how Lorne did Taran and Jay dirty in the manner that he fired them.
— This overall sketch felt like it got cut very short, probably because of how extremely late in the episode it started (about 12:57, IIRC). We’re lucky we even got as much of the sketch as we did.
STARS: ****
GOODNIGHTS
IMMEDIATE POST-SHOW THOUGHTS
— A strong way to end the season. We got two classic short films (one of which, Farewell Mr. Bunting, is a particularly standout SNL piece), lots of other solid segments, and very little that I disliked. Fred Armisen was actually a good host. And I’m so glad that, aside from the Regine sketch, we got performances from Fred that not only didn’t bother me, but reminded me of how very good he was in the earlier seasons of his SNL tenure (in fact, he was, along with Will Forte, my favorite current cast member back in those days) instead of reminding me of how irritating and harmful to the show he became in the later seasons of his tenure.
MY PERSONAL CHOICE OF “BEST OF” MOMENTS FOR THIS EPISODE, REPRESENTED WITH SCREENCAPS
RATED SEGMENTS RANKED FROM BEST TO WORST
Farewell, Mr. Bunting
Finest Girl
Hillary & Bernie
Weekend Update
Monologue
Theater Showcase
The Harkin Brothers
Escape Pod
Expedition
New Girlfriend
HOW THIS EPISODE STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING ONE (Drake)
a big step up
MY PERSONAL CHOICE OF “BEST OF” MOMENTS FOR THIS ENTIRE SEASON, REPRESENTED WITH SCREENCAPS, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
HOW THIS OVERALL SEASON STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING SEASON (2014-15)
a mild step up
My full set of screencaps for this episode is here
TOMORROW
Season 42 begins, with host Margot Robbie, and three new additions to the cast
Just one direct mention of Bobby in this. Interesting. But geez, here comes the pain of Trump’s victory. Oh what a h*ll. It’s funny though. Not only does season 42 bring in Baldwin as Donald, but it’s Mikey Day and Alex Moffat’s first seasons, so it’s the entire male Trump portion of the administration. In hindsight it’s a bit odd that Mikey never took on Jr.’s facial hair, but then again that sort of thing happens with a lot of the impressions
Courtney Barnett strikes me as an unusual (but *very* welcome) choice for a season finale musical guest. I bet Fred had something to do with her getting booked.
This season will always go down as my favorite in the past 45 years of the show’s history. I will argue that this season is as good as any of the other higher-praised seasons. I mentioned before that this season holds a VERY personal connection to me, but rewatching them along with Stooge made me realize that there were extremely solid episodes for the first half of the year, even foregoing my emotional history. As you’ll see below, the percentage rating I’ve given to this season is the highest BY A LONG SHOT compared to the ones I have watched and rated (29-41). Heck, even the you-know-who show had a high rating compared to other seasons where I’ve given an 8% to some shows (but that’s just thanks to the cold open, LJ, and Drunk Uncle).
Below are the ratings given to each episode. Each percentage is the quotient of the # of sketches that were my highlights / the total # of sketches:
BANKS (92%)
MORGAN (91%)
CYRUS (69%)
GOSLING/DAVID – tie (67%)
FEY & POEHLER/GRANDE – tie (64%)
DINKLAGE (58%)
ARMISEN (54%)
HEMSWORTH/MCCARTHY – tie (50%)
LOUIS-DREYFUS (46%)
LARSON/DRAKE – tie (42%)
ROUSEY (38%)
DRIVER (36%)
SCHUMER/MCCONAUGHEY/CROWE – tie (33%)
HILL (31%)
TR*MP (25%)
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AVG = 52%
I’m so excited that we’re about to enter the Trump years of the current Snl era. This is when the show starts to get more political all the time. This next season is also the last for Vanessa and Bobby, two of the last remaining cast members from the digital short era (Kenan is the only one left). By the way stooge, will you be reviewing upcoming seasons after this current season?
“By the way stooge, will you be reviewing upcoming seasons after this current season?”
No. Once my reviews reach whatever the newest episode is at the time, this project is officially completed. I won’t be doing anymore reviews after that. I love this project of mine, and I’m glad other people do, too, but man, this project has burned me OUT on doing reviews. Once this project is officially completed, I’m not going to want to even imagine doing reviews ever again.
@Stooge, if you aren’t sick of the current show by the time this is over, I hope you might consider giving us your thoughts on episodes or the show as a whole every once in a while, somewhere, outside of review form. But if you’re pretty much just tired of talking about SNL period, I can’t blame you. Either way, thanks.
Bummer news. This is the best SNL forum on the web. Any way we could keep the comment section alive for new episodes?
Question: will this site still be up after you’ve finished this project?
Roughly 100 episodes (give or take if we’re including the At-Home shows and whatever 20-21 ends with) remain in Stooge’s project. I hope you’ll reconsider your decision, the project will end in early June allowing you a summer off but I understand the burn out and respect your decision.
Totally understand once you’re done you will never want to review another SNL again, but would love to see you go back and review specials like SNL 25 or SNL 15 and some of the one-offs or best ofs they did.
Would also love if you could give us a place to discuss the most recent episode even if you don’t want to review it.
You’ve done amazing work.
“Question: will this site still be up after you’ve finished this project?”
Of course.
“Any way we could keep the comment section alive for new episodes?”
“Would also love if you could give us a place to discuss the most recent episode even if you don’t want to review it.”
I don’t know anything about creating and managing a message board, and I’m not crazy about the idea of managing one when I already have a hard enough time keeping up with the comment section of my blog. Perhaps someone who’s more savvy with message boards can create one that people here can talk about new episodes on, and I can leave a link for it in the menu bar on my blog.
@Carson A Discord server might be the easiest way to congregate all the commenters here. Unless anyone here is savvy enough to maintain a whole forum.
I’d be open to a discord server
Gap Of Return:
– Bill Murray – 9 months 14 days
– Kristen Wiig – 11 months 23 days
– Chevy Chase – 1 year 3 months 19 days
– Bill Hader – 1 year 4 months 24 days
– Norm Macdonald – 1 year 7 months 9 days
– Martin Short – 1 year 7 months 23 days
– Dana Carvey – 1 year 8 months 16 days
– Tina Fey – 1 year 9 months 3 days
– Amy Poehler – 1 year 9 months 12 days
– Phil Hartman – 1 year 10 months 9 days
– Andy Samberg – 1 years 11 months 29 days
– Mike Myers – 2 years 2 months 1 day
– Chris Farley – 2 years 5 months 12 days
– David Spade – 2 years 5 months 20 days
– Will Ferrell – 2 years 11 months 27 days
– Fred Armisen – 3 years 4 days
– Chris Rock – 3 years 5 months 18 days
– Maya Rudolph – 4 years 3 months 15 days
– Tracy Morgan – 5 years 9 months 28 days
– Molly Shannon – 6 years 2 months 25 days
– Paul Shaffer – 6 years 8 months 7 days
– Jon Lovitz – 7 years 5 months 20 days
– Jimmy Fallon – 7 years 7 months 2 days
– Damon Wayans – 9 years 24 days
– Ben Stiller – 9 years 5 months 4 days
– Robert Downey Jr – 10 years 5 months 23 days
– Sarah Silverman – 20 years 4 months 21 days
– Julia Louis-Dreyfus – 20 years 11 months
– Dan Aykroyd – 23 years 11 months 22 days
Excluded:
– Billy Crystal
– Michael McKean
– Eddie Murphy
It’s so heartening to see how many of the season’s highlights feature Vanessa Bayer. Would you say she’s one of the top all-time cast members?
I’d certainly say she would be on the list, especially since she did not stay long enough to taint some of the more positive memories of her work. I think it’s hard to appreciate her unless you study it in this review format, or unless you step back, because her first years were overshadowed by Kristen and the rest by Kate (as well as Cecily and Aidy). What I appreciate most about what she brought to SNL is that she has a very positive spirit and uses that as part of her comedy – sometimes she subverts it, but she never really goes into the “I’m not a bimbo” route nor does she try very hard to seem edgy in order to compensate for being seen as having a positive spirit.
While going through season 42, I did feel like her last season left her somewhat on the sidelines until she has a very strong run of episodes near the end. Reading with Stooge’s reviews I may see some gems I overlooked though.
I think Vanessa’s a strong contender for SNL’s best ever female cast member. It’s ridiculous that she’s as underrated as she is, compared to Kristen, Kate, Aidy, , and Cecily.
I posted this before but just to have it on this page… Stooge’s timing is once again eerily accurate, as Jason Sudeikis just won a Golden Globe last night for Ted Lasso.
Also while this Regine sketch kinda gives me conflicting emotions like Stooge, the miserable side is almost cancelled out for me. With anyone else (save for maybe Bobby Moynihan) as the boyfriend the Regine sketch would have died an awful death, but Jason’s very passionate performance (especially his classic shoe guac ad-lib) gives it a sense of liveliness that it was desperately missing before.
From Mashable, Colin Jost comments on the Mr. Bunting film:
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Mikey Day had pitched doing a “Dead Poets Society” type sketch the week before, and when I heard it, for some reason I immediately thought that one kid should stand and have his head chopped off by a fan and blood should spray everywhere. I talked to Mikey about it and it was making us laugh thinking about the head ricocheting into other fans and landing on the other students. Then we had a lot of fun brainstorming dialogue in the style of “Dead Poets Society” — all the strict anti-emotional language that’s in the movie. We watched the original scene about 10 times and it made us genuinely want to cry, so we tried to preserve that tone and keep delaying the reveal until you didn’t really expect it anymore.
Fred seemed into it Tuesday night and we loved the idea of Fred playing a “fun,” “anti-establishment” teacher. One of Fred’s many strengths is that he can play a part very straight, yet there’s something playful in his eyes that lets you know a joke is coming.
There were definitely concerns about the blood. Even while we were filming, the crew seemed justifiably confused as to how this would end up being “comedy.” I saw pictures of the set covered in blood that looked like a scene from “The Shining”. We didn’t quite know how an audience would react. Would they laugh or just scream? In the end, it seemed like a mix of both.
Rhys Thomas, who directed it, did an amazing job. He captured the tone just right. The build up is paced out really well. He and our editor Adam Epstein timed the whole head flying off sequence perfectly. That was hard to time properly so it would keep building and keep surprising people without overstaying its welcome. They really nailed that. Rhys and Alex Buono, our DP, also captured the texture of the room. Part of why it worked was that they let you settle in and feel like you’re inside that room. We have a fantastic Film Unit all around and they really killed it.
“You guys have my email and everything.” I believe that one was my line, but we were both throwing out a lot of options for last lines. That one just sounds like something Fred would say at that moment. We also had a version where Fred said, “Oh, and I’m sorry for exposing myself in class all the time. That was definitely fireable.”
This was the final show I ever reviewed as a “Full time” episode reviewer. Of course, by then, Sean Bradley’s site wound up going down, so what better time?
I remember I was kinda scared that this episode would go down the same route as Samberg’s in ’14 (In fact, I think a LOT of us were). But truthfully and honestly, with the exception of Regine, This was a pretty good show. There was really only one Truly Awful thing, Everything else was better than expected. We had at least one moment that went for the jugular (granted at the expense of Pete’s Vs. a Ceiling fan), a reasonably strong close for “Update”, No “Californians” to make us throw rocks at the TV, and MOST Surprising of all—a Fred that actually made us (or at least it made Me) feel nostalgic for the otherwise maligned 2003-2008 era. An era of great uncertainty after a major Star leaves the show and we don’t know if the show will ever be the same afterward. And yet the show continued, and they were able to get back on top again long after other stars left. It took a while for them to get back on top during those years, but as we all know by now, with every Ebb, there’s a flow.
Yeah, Fred is still a little on the Pretentious side (even to this day), but I’m sure he was on the show for 11 years for a reason that none of us probably realize or understand without resorting to outright cynicism (I.e. “He’s Blackmailing Lorne or something”–one of my Favorite excuses on the old Voy board, BTW). It may be hard to accept it, but when he’s good, he’s good where it counts—and thankfully, it counted in this show………..Don’t worry, folks, I’m Still Not forgiving him for 2008-2013 (or for Regine)…at least not until senility kicks in.
No disrespect to Armisen, but I honestly realized watching that Connor4Real short- why WAS Armisen hosting, outside of heritage? He had Documentary Now and Portlandia going at the time…. but that was about it. If the goal was to promote the movie, they could’ve just had Samberg host again (similar to how Ferrell hosted the season 34 finale in part to promote Land of the Lost), maybe have Armisen make various cameos (with him, that wouldn’t exactly be surprising). Honestly, that probably could’ve helped the movie in hindsight- while it has a 79% on RT, it bombed pretty badly, mainly due to, sure enough, barely being promoted, and the SNL portion is a good example, as they practically doomed it to be overshadowed by the host. But, I digress…
Miley Day era starts tomorrow. With the amount of air time he got and so many of his sketches with Seidel make air kinda surprising this is only his 5th season. Seems like way more than that. At least to me,
It’s also the first episode for Alex Moffat and Melissa Villasenor. They’ll later be joined by Heidi Gardner and Chris Redd the following season and season after that Ego Nwodim as well as Chloe Fineman, Bowen Yang (who was hired as a writer the same year Ego joined the cast and later promoted to the cast the following season) and Andrew Dismkukes (who is hired as a writer the same season Heidi and Chris joined the cast and later promoted to the cast this season). When Kate, Cecily, Aidy, Pete, Colin, and Michael all leave eventually, they will be the new faces of the show.
I think part of the reason is because even though he joins the cast in 2016, his writing had already made a clear imprint since 2013 or 2014, so the only difference was seeing him act out his own sketches. The other part is because, due to the limited male cast at that time (Bobby was away, Pete and Kyle were limited to supporting and niche parts, Alex had just been brought in), he is thrust into a big role pretty much immediately. And the Mikey reacts/Mikey explains genre just has a shelf life. It was around early last season I started to think his work felt fatigued. Things have gotten better since then, but it feels closer to 7-8 seasons than 5.
Here are the average ratings for Season 41:
*may not represent review’s perception*
4101: 6.3 (Miley Cyrus)
4102: 6.2 (Amy Schumer)
4103: 8.2 (Tracy Morgan)
4104: 4.6 (Donald Trump)
4105: 8.5 (Elizabeth Banks)
4106: 5.9 (Matthew McConaughey)
4107: 7.3 (Ryan Gosling)
4108: 5.7 (Chris Hemsworth)
4109: 7.2 (Tina Fey and Amy Poehler)
4110: 7.8 (Adam Driver)
4111: 6.3 (Ronda Rousey)
4112: 7.8 (Larry David)
4113: 7.0 (Melissa McCarthy)
4114: 5.1 (Jonah Hill)
4115: 6.6 (Ariana Grande)
4116: 7.9 (Peter Dinklage)
4117: 5.8 (Russell Crowe)
4118: 7.7 (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
4119: 6.8 (Brie Larson)
4120: 6.0 (Drake)
4121: 7.4 (Fred Armisen)
Best Episode: 4105 (Elizabeth Banks)- 8.5
Worst Episode: 4104 (Donald Trump)- 4.6
Season Average: 6.8
Holy shit, think that puts the Elizabeth Banks episode in the top 5? I like that episode but not THAT much, though I’m glad Stooge enjoyed it so much.
Season Averages Ranked:
#14 – 7.2
#15 – 7.1
#18 – 7.1
#17 – 7.0
#21 – 7.0
#22 – 7.0
#24 – 7.0
#16 – 6.9
#23 – 6.9
#26 – 6.8
—> #41 – 6.8 <—
#13 – 6.7
#25 – 6.7
#34 – 6.7
#3 – 6.6
#4 – 6.6
#27 – 6.6
#2 – 6.5
#12 – 6.5
#33 – 6.5
#38 – 6.5
#40 – 6.4
#1 – 6.3
#10 – 6.3
#32 – 6.3
#37 – 6.3
#5 – 6.2
#39 – 6.2
#9 – 6.1
#28 – 6.1
#31 – 6.1
#35 – 6.1
#8 – 6.0
#19 – 6.0
#36 – 6.0
#7 – 5.8
#11 – 5.7
#29 – 5.7
#20 – 5.6
#6 – 5.3
#30 – 5.3
Best and Worst Episode Ranking
8.9 – Jerry Seinfeld (17.18)
8.8 – Alec Baldwin (15.18)
8.8 – Christopher Walken (18.04)
8.5 – Tom Hanks (14.01)
—> 8.5 – Elizabeth Banks (41.05)
8.4 – Tom Hanks (16.08)
8.3 – Christopher Walken (15.11)
—> 8.2 –Tracy Morgan (41.03)
8.1 – David Alan Grier (21.08)
8.1 – Jim Carrey (21.20)
8.0 – Steve Martin (3.18)
8.0 – Chris Evert (15.05)
8.0 – Robert Wagner (15.08)
8.0 – Kyle MacLachlan (16.01)
8.0 – Ray Romano (24.15)
8.0 – Christopher Walken (25.16)
8.0 – Jon Hamm (34.06)
8.0 – Martin Short (38.10)
8.0 – Woody Harrelson (40.06)
7.9 – Tom Hanks (17.19)
7.9 – Sinbad (18.07)
7.9 – Kevin Spacey (22.10)
7.9 – Steve Buscemi (23.17)
7.9 – Christopher Walken (28.13)
7.9 – Jamie Foxx (38.09)
—> 7.9 – Peter Dinklage (41.16)
7.8 – Candice Bergen (2.10)
7.8 – Gary Busey (4.14)
7.8 – Paul Simon (13.08)
7.8 – John Larroquette (14.03)
7.8 – Rick Moranis (15.02)
7.8 – Patrick Swayze (16.04)
7.8 – Miranda Richardson (18.16)
7.8 – John Goodman (21.15)
7.8 – Martin Short (22.08)
7.8 – Alec Baldwin (24.09)
7.8 – Calista Flockhart (26.05)
7.8 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus (31.18)
7.8 – Anne Hathaway (34.04)
7.8 – John Malkovich (34.10)
7.8 – Michael Keaton (40.17)
—> 7.8 – Adam Driver (41.10)
—> 7.8 – Larry David (41.12)
7.7 – Robin Williams (12.05)
7.7 – William Shatner (12.08)
7.7 – Steve Martin (14.20)
7.7 – Michael Jordan (17.01)
7.7 – Kirstie Alley (17.03)
7.7 – Kiefer Sutherland (17.05)
7.7 – Joe Pesci (18.03)
7.7 – Harvey Keitel (18.11)
7.7 – Alec Baldwin (18.13)
7.7 – Christopher Walken (21.10)
7.7 – Rob Lowe (22.17)
7.7 – John Goodman (23.12)
7.7 – Garth Brooks (23.14)
7.7 – Conan O’Brien (26.14)
7.7 – Christopher Walken (26.20)
7.7 – Jon Stewart (27.14)
7.7 – Louis C.K. (38.06)
—> 7.7 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus (41.18)
–
4.9 – Steven Seagal (16.18)
4.9 – Steve Martin (20.01)
4.9 – Colin Farrell (30.07)
4.9 – Cameron Diaz (30.16)
4.9 – Eva Longoria (31.06)
4.9 – Taylor Lautner (35.09)
4.9 – Justin Bieber (38.13)
4.9 – Andy Samberg (39.21)
4.8 – Frank Zappa (4.03)
4.8 – Jamie Lee Curtis (6.04)
4.8 – Robert Culp (7.18)
4.8 – Jerry Hall (11.10)
4.8 – Christian Slater (19.05)
4.8 – Jennifer Aniston (29.09)
4.8 – Lance Armstrong (31.04)
4.8 – Gabourey Sidibe (35.20)
4.8 – Scarlett Johansson (36.06)
4.7 – Sally Kellerman (6.09)
4.7 – Teri Garr (11.06)
4.7 – Johnny Knoxville (30.18)
4.7 – Lindsay Lohan (30.20)
4.7 – Scarlett Johansson (32.18)
4.6 – Malcolm McDowell (6.02)
4.6 – Charlene Tilton (6.11)
4.6 – Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey (29.10)
4.6 – Ashton Kutcher (30.15)
—> 4.6 – Donald Trump (41.04)
4.5 – Nancy Kerrigan (19.15)
4.5 – Bob Saget (20.19)
4.5 – Halle Berry (29.03)
4.4 – Tom Green (26.06)
4.3 – Robert Hays (6.08)
4.3 – Kate Winslet (30.04)
4.2 – Milton Berle (4.17)
4.2 – Deborah Harry (6.10)
4.2 – Matthew McConaughey (28.11)
4.1 – George Foreman (20.09)
4.1 – John C. Reilly (32.03)
3.7 – Donald Trump (29.16)
3.6 – Deion Sanders (20.13)
3.6 – Hilary Swank (30.13)
3.4 – Sarah Jessica Parker (20.05)
2.9 – Paul Reiser (20.15)
Cut sketch from this episode, which does feature Jay (I tend to wonder how much of this was improvised):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl6BhdIeGgA
For some reason this episode has the one High School Theater Showcase that is not on Youtube. I don’t really know why they buried this one.
If only Armisen had wrapped up his involvement with the show here rather than his consistently poor, offputting cameo parade over the next 4 seasons (the few I would say that worked were in the at-home episodes).
Jay and Taran were not the first long-running players to have abrupt firings, or even the longest-tenured (Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz still have them beat by a few years), but they stand out more because the last decade of SNL had been much more hesitant in letting longtimers go, and this was not a situation where they had to purge cast members for budget reasons or because of network mandates. This hurts the show because even if we don’t get the backstage segments now, social media and more fan interaction means many viewers still feel that they know or care about the people involved. It also meant that, even though I generally prefer the season 42 cast to seasons 39-41, the cast dynamics still suffer in the long-term, because you have cast members broken into so many tiers, so many arrivals or exits that don’t quite have the same impact (Bobby, for instance, seems lost for a lot of his final season without Taran or Jay around, and Vanessa does as well, at times).
I do wonder just how Taran and Jay would have fared in season 42, especially since Taran would have missed some early episodes. Even though neither were real favorites of mine (and I am very fond of Alex Moffat – fonder than the show is, probably…), the question stays in the back of your mind when you watch some of that period.
I’m looking forward to your season 42 reviews. It seemed to attract a great deal of anger at the time, mainly due to Trump, or because of people focusing on certain elements (Trumpwin, Spicer, that Update writer who got suspended, a few very maudlin post-election pieces), yet I know there are other fans who revere it and have been disappointed by what’s come since. I watched all of it last year in a stream and would say the hype worked against it a bit for me – there are some very strong episodes and it’s better-written as a whole than most of what was before or after it in the ’10s, but there are a lot of shaky episodes (especially in the first half of the season) and even if I try to ignore the election results, a lot of the debate stuff does nothing for me.
Hey Stooge. Was Fred’s Monologue SIXTEEN Minutes Like Dave Chapel’s Monologue In 2021 ? IF He Always Has Long Monologues, Then, You Can Use One OF His Other Monologues !
I’m not Stooge, but I think I can give you an answer. Fred’s monologue was just about seven and a half minutes long, still less than half of Dave Chappelle’s last monologue. I do recall reading that Fred stretched it out a little bit longer at dress rehearsal (particularly the ending bit with the lights), so I think Fred honestly could have made it sixteen minutes long if he wanted to.
Which would have been funny, but we’d have to miss a sketch or two. (Stooge, I know you’re probably thinking of Regine, and I get it… but I still think the rather cringy Regine sketch was almost worth it for the shoe guac.)
Dave Chappelle’s 2nd monologue was on November 7, 2020. Not 2021. But yes, 16 minutes long, but it was to be expected, given that it was the 1st show after the Election and that 2020 was the epitome of a dumpster fire, but Dave summed it up perfectly in those sweet sixteen minutes.
I don’t know if I’d call that monologue “perfect.” The little “triggered” rant was PAINFUL.
Was it a “rant”? I remember it being an aside that lasted maybe 2 sentences, but I’ll stand corrected if wrong.
Thank You For Answering My Question ! I Look AT My Watch After Week End Up Date So I Know How Long They Are ! I Also Notice How Long Cold Opens Are ! How Ever, I Don’t Notice How Long Monologues Are Except I DID Think Dave Chapel Went On And On And On ! I Guess Seven And A Half Minutes Would Be Kind OF Long For A Monologue Even IF IT Is NOT Sixteen Minutes Long !
Alex, You Are Right ! Sorry About That ! I KNEW He Was On In The Fall, But I Was Just Thinking About Him Being On Recently Where Stooge Had Not Gotten To That Yet In These Reviews !
Also I forgot to comment… farewell officially to Taran and Jay (and J-Rud). I’m still bitter about their abrupt departure, but it’s not as “out of nowhere” now. It’s hard to explain… you can just sort of tell the end was near. Nevertheless, they were two incredible performers with wonderful iconic moments, and I still kind of miss them .
And as for the next season… wow. It’s so weird now that we’re now pretty close to what I consider “my” cast – as in the one from when I first got into this show (season 44-on). It’s crazy that Stooge will be reviewing a cast from which only four people have departed: Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer, Sasheer Zamata, and Leslie Jones (and of you count Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump, that number JUST turned into five). Other than them, EVERYONE ELSE is still there in season 46. That’s a testament to the longevity of both this blog and this current SNL cast.
… is this what it’s like to feel old?
Also Luke Null, but that’s different.
@Curly Joe True. I was focusing specifically on season 42, but Luke Null would be the fifth cast member (fourth chronologically) who’s left in the last four years.
Yeah, and Ego Nwodim took his place and has been doing good for the past three seasons. Even better than Luke Null obliviously in my opinion
No, Watching Saturday Night Live For FORTY SIX YEARS Is What IT Is Like To Feel Old ! I STILL LOVE Saturday Night Live Though !
I May Be Wrong, But Ego Took Sasheer’s Place ! Also, I Thought Luke Null Was On A Few Years Ago Maybe After Noel Wells And Those Other Cast Members Left And Then He Left Because He Hasn’t Been On There In The Middle OF 2000’s !
Here are the five star sketches from the 2015-16 season:
Family Feud (Tracy Morgan)
First Got Horny 2 U (Elizabeth Banks)
Uber For Jen (Elizabeth Banks)
A Thanksgiving Miracle (Matthew McConaughey)
Close Encounter (Ryan Gosling)
Santa Baby (Ryan Gosling)
Meet Your Second Wife! (Tina Fey and Amy Poehler)
Undercover Boss: Star Killer Base (Adam Driver)
FBI Simulator (Larry David)
Bern Your Enthusiasm (Larry David)
Totino’s Pizz Rolls/The X-Files (Larry David)
The Day Beyonce Turned Black (Melissa McCarthy)
Cinema Classics (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
Mercedes AA Class (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
Finest Girls (Fred Armisen)
Farewell, Mr. Bunting (Fred Armisen)
16 Sketches. Down four from the previous season’s shocking total, but no slouch. Basically, the difference between this and the previous season is the lack of five star monologues – though I’m stunned Armisen’s didn’t get it because that one is an all-timer. But that does mean there are more proper live sketches – five actually! 16 total is on par with the 12-13 season, which is interesting. I wonder how the two season’s compare among the group. I don’t get quite as giddy over some of the filmed pieces, but I would never deny the quality of their execution. I think I’m just not in complete lockstep with the comedic conceits – especially the music videos (as a rule, maybe not these music videos). Then again, I’m faaaaar more into the Beck and Kyle shorts than Stooge, who seems to merely like them. They are seemingly divisive, I guess. But they are the pieces from this era that hold up to the most repeat viewings.
I feel like the pre-tapes took a step down this season compared to the 2-3 seasons previous. I wonder how season 42 will fare – they have some excellent pre-tapes (thanks in part to the arrival of Julio Torres), but there are many mixed bags.
Agreed. I think 2012-16 was a real renaissance for the pre-tapes, especially coming off some years of diminishing Lonely Island returns, but I think there are areas where this season took a mild step back. First, I think the fact that Mike O’Brien had only a couple shorts is a hit to the overall quality (and this season’s O’Brien shorts were decidedly “minor O’Brien”). Also, two of this season’s five star pieces were more commercial parodies, which is awesome, but doesn’t really register in the same way as the other pre-tapes (though the Totino’s commercials have a cinematic element). The best of this group (I’d say Bern, Bunting and Adele) are as good as any of this period, but I think the previous three seasons had a deeper pool of greatness.
I DO Hope That You DO Put Doing It On My Twin Bed As A Music Video That You Do Like ! One Thing Besides A Catchy Song Is That They Have Pictures OF Every Body When They Were Children !
Here are the sketches that came in under 2 stars in Season 42.
*1/2:
50’s Dance (Miley Cyrus)
The Millennials (Miley Cyrus)
Ford’s Theatre (Amy Schumer)
Monologue (Tronald Dump)
Trump 2016 (Kim Jong-Un’s Former Best Friend)
Blues Shack (Matthew McConaughey)
Santa And His Magical Elves (Ryan Gosling)
Debra’s Time (Chris Hemsworth)
Hunk Junktion (Chris Hemsworth)
Trump Rally (Ronda Rousey)
Super Crew (Ronda Rousey)
Murder Mystery (Jonah Hill)
Henry VIII: The Experience (Russell Crowe)
Match Finders (Russell Crowe)
Sexy Kinda Evening With Dennis Walls & The Cookies (Drake) Regine (Fred Armisen)
*:
White House 2018 (Melting Wax Statue of Modern Day Axl Rose)
Live Tweeting (That Guy Who Likes Piss Play)
Rock Band (Rotting Jack-o-Lantern Possessed By Archie Bunker)
Pirate Ship (Chris Hemsworth)
Silver Star Catering (Jonah Hill)
Monologue (Russell Crowe)
22 sketches, 6 getting one star. Down 8 overall from last season, and 2 less one star sketches, almost identical to the numbers from Season 39 (that season had one less sketch under 2 stars overall).
And now the ****½ sketches:
Bar Talk (Miley Cyrus)
Guns (Amy Schumer)
Weekend Update (Amy Schumer)
Democratic Presidential Debate (Tracy Morgan)
Mitchell’s Fake Cocaine (Tracy Morgan)
The Standoff (Tracy Morgan)
Yo! Where Jackie Chan At Right Now? (Tracy Morgan)
Black Jeopardy! (Elizabeth Banks)
Theatre Showcase (Elizabeth Banks)
Weekend Update (Elizabeth Banks)
Weekend Update (Matthew McConaughey)
Weekend Update (Adam Driver)
Golden Globes (Adam Driver)
Love Struck (Ronda Rousey)
Monologue (Larry David)
Weekend Update (Ariana Grande)
Space Pants (Peter Dinklage)
Weekend Update (Peter Dinklage)
Undersea Hotel (Peter Dinklage)
Pogie Pepperoni’s (Russell Crowe)
Shanice Goodwin: Ninja (Russell Crowe)
Oprah Winfrey: A Life Of Love (Russel Crowe)
“Then again, I’m faaaaar more into the Beck and Kyle shorts than Stooge, who seems to merely like them.”
Oh, you could not be any more wrong about that. I’ve been a fan of Beck and Kyle’s work since before they were even on SNL, back when they were making YouTube videos. I may not have felt that most of their SNL shorts that I’ve reviewed so far warranted a perfect five-star rating (I think their only short I’ve given that rating to is the Flirty short from season 39), but that certainly doesn’t mean I “merely like” them. I’ve given most of their shorts a four or four-and-a-half star rating, and their shorts often make it onto my “Best Of” for each episode. Last time I checked, that’s nothing to sneeze at.
Saturday Night Taped (Episodes from S39 on where the top 2 or more highest ranked sketches are pre-taped): 13
So “Finest Girl” was a Digital Short promo for Popstar… now I understand why all the people in that video are SNL cast members. I wasn’t interested in seeing this episode because I don’t really care for Fred Armisen but now I have to, just to see how they censored that song… Vanessa Bayer was indeed great in that short.
Plus, what a great choice for musical guest. I’m guessing Fred had something to do with that, as @Ruby suggested… either way it’s a great pairing.
“This sketch is reminding me of how fun and damn strong Jason was as a cast member. Man, where’s his hosting stint?” Seriously… (I’m hoping it will happen now with the success of Ted Lasso, though.)
Was curious how the first and last episodes rank. Thank you Vax! Here’s the ranking:
Season Premiere:
8.5 – Tom Hanks (S14)
8.0 – Kyle McLachlan (S16)
7.7 – Michael Jordan (S17)
7.6 – Rob Lowe (S26)
7.4 – Alec Baldwin (S37)
7.3 – Steve Martin (S3)
7.3 – Cameron Diaz (S24)
7.3 – Jerry Seinfeld (S25)
7.3 – Dane Cook (S32)
7.3 – Seth MacFarlane (S38)
7.1 – Sylvester Stallone (S23)
7.0 – Steve Martin (S13)
7.0 – Nicholas Cage (S18)
7.0 – Mariel Hemingway (S21)
7.0 – LeBron James (S33)
7.0 – Tina Fey (S39)
6.8 – Rolling Stones (S4)
6.8 – Chevy Chase (S8)
6.7 – George Carlin (S1)
6.7 – (no host) (S10)
6.6 – Tom Hanks (S22)
6.6 – Matt Damon (S28)
6.5 – Lily Tomlin (S2)
6.5 – Steve Martin (S5)
6.5 – Bruce Willis (S15)
6.5 – Michael Phelps (S34)
6.4 – (no host) (S7)
6.4 – Sigourney Weaver (S12)
6.3 – Steve Carell (S31)
—> 6.3 – Miley Cyrus (S41)
6.1 – Brandon Tartikoff (S9)
6.1 – Amy Poehler (S36)
6.0 – Charles Barkley (S19)
5.8 – Madonna (S11)
5.8 – Reese Witherspoon (S27)
5.8 – Jack Black (S29)
5.5 – Elliott Gould (S6)
5.3 – Ben Affleck (S30)
5.3 – Megan Fox (S35)
5.3 – Chris Pratt (S40)
4.9 – Steve Martin (S20)
Season Finale:
8.1 – Jim Carrey (S21)
7.7 – Steve Martin (S14)
7.7 – Christopher Walken (S26)
7.5 – George Wendt (S16)
—> 7.4 – Fred Armisen (S41)
7.3 – Will Ferrell (S34)
7.1 – Ben Affleck (S38)
7.1 – Louis C.K. (S40)
6.9 – Buck Henry (S2)
6.9 – Buck Henry (S5)
6.9 – Heather Locklear (S19)
6.9 – Sarah Michelle Gellar (S24)
6.9 – Dan Aykroyd (S28)
6.8 – Jeff Goldblum (S22)
6.7 – Billy Crystal & Others (S9)
6.6 – Woody Harrelson (S17)
6.6 – David Duchovny (S23)
6.6 – Winona Ryder (S27)
6.5 – Howard Cosell (S10)
6.5 – Kevin Kline (S18)
6.4 – Buck Henry (S4)
6.4 – Judge Reinhold (S13)
6.4 – Candice Bergen (S15)
6.1 – David Duchovny (S20)
6.1 – Kevin Spacey (S31)
6.1 – Steve Carell (S33)
6.1 – Justin Timberlake (S36)
5.9 – Kris Kristofferson (S1)
5.9 – Olivia Newton-John (S7)
5.9 – Dennis Hopper (S12)
5.9 – Alec Baldwin (S35)
5.8 – Olsen Twins (S29)
5.7 – Mick Jagger (S37)
5.6 – (no host) (S6)
5.5 – Jackie Chan (S25)
5.5 – Zach Braff (S32)
5.3 – Buck Henry (S3)
5.3 – Ed Koch (S8)
5.3 – Anjelica Huston (S11)
4.9 – Andy Samberg (S39)
4.7 – Lindsay Lohan (S30)
Here is a ranking of the season ending sketches.
*****
– Backstage Fire (S11)
– So Long, Farewell (S19)
– Jimmy Tango (S21)
– Summer Break (S29)
– Goodnight Saigon (S34)
**** ½
– The Polar Bear Cage (S20)
****
– O’Donoghue Performance (S2)
– Karate School (S9)
– The Pirates (S13)
– Have A Bitchin’ Summer (S14)
– The Sunrise Show (S16)
– Bad Expectant Mother (S17)
– Criminal Encounter (S18)
– Larry King (S22)
– Memorial Day Greetings (S26)
– Bear City (S30)
– Bless This Child (S33)
– It’s A Lovely Day (S38)
– The Harkin Brothers (S41)
*** ½
– The Franken And Davis Show (S3)
– Mommy Beer (S5)
– ^The Clams (S7)
– The Sweeney Sisters (S12)
– Brian Fellow’s Safari Planet (S24)
– The Diggers (S25)
***
– Not For Transsexuals Only (S4)
– The Red Guys (S10)
– The Boss (S15)
– Dr. Deacon’s Haunch Crack Powder (S28)
**½
– The Birthday (S8)
– Forgotten TV Gems with Reese De’What (S40)
**
– Waiting For Pardo (S1)
– Neil Young’s New Album (S31)
– The Barry Gibb Talk Show (S36)
– The Ex-Porn Stars (S39)
*½
– The Bag Lady (S6)
– Snipers (S35)
*
– The Receptionist (S32)
N/A Rating
– The Lost Deep Thoughts of Jack Handey (S23)
– Will’s Last Show (S27)
– She’s A Rainbow (S37)
^ Repeat Airing
8.8 – Alec Baldwin (15.18)
8.8 – Christopher Walken (18.04)
8.5 – Tom Hanks (14.01)
8.4 – Tom Hanks (16.08)
8.3 – Christopher Walken (15.11)
8.0 – Steve Martin (3.18)
8.0 – Christopher Walken (25.16)
7.9 – Tom Hanks (17.19)
7.9 – Christopher Walken (28.13)
7.8 – Candice Bergen (2.10)
7.8 – Paul Simon (13.08)
7.8 – John Goodman (21.15)
7.8 – Alec Baldwin (24.09)
7.7 – Steve Martin (14.20)
7.7 – Alec Baldwin (18.13)
7.7 – Christopher Walken (21.10)
7.7 – John Goodman (23.12)
7.7 – Christopher Walken (26.20)
7.6 – Bill Murray (12.14)
7.6 – John Goodman (15.07)
7.6 – John Goodman (16.07)
7.6 – Tina Fey (33.05)
7.5 – Dwayne Johnson (40.16)
7.4 – John Goodman (22.19)
7.4 – Ben Affleck (29.15)
7.4 – Dwayne Johnson (34.17)
7.4 – Alec Baldwin (37.01)
7.3 – Paul Simon (2.08)
7.3 – Steve Martin (3.01)
7.3 – Tom Hanks (13.12)
7.3 – John Goodman (24.17)
7.3 – John Goodman (27.04)
7.3 – Ben Affleck (34.07)
7.3 – Will Ferrell (34.22)
7.2 – Buck Henry (2.06)
7.2 – The Sisters (41.09)
7.1 – Steve Martin (4.04)
7.1 – Alec Baldwin (20.08)
7.1 – Justin Timberlake (29.02)
7.1 – Alec Baldwin (26.16)
7.1 – Alec Baldwin (32.05)
7.1 – Ben Affleck (38.21)
7.0 – Steve Martin (2.05)
7.0 – Elliott Gould (2.19)
7.0 – Steve Martin (13.01)
7.0 – Danny DeVito (14.07)
7.0 – Alec Baldwin (21.11)
7.0 – Tina Fey (39.01)
7.0 – Melissa McCarthy (41.13)
6.9 – Buck Henry (1.21)
6.9 – Buck Henry (2.22)
6.9 – Buck Henry (5.04)
6.9 – Buck Henry (5.20)
6.9 – Tom Hanks (15.13)
6.9 – John Goodman (17.15)
6.9 – Bill Murray (18.14)
6.9 – Alec Baldwin (22.14)
6.9 – Ben Affleck (25.13)
6.9 – Dwayne Johnson (25.15)
6.8 – Elliott Gould (1.09)
6.8 – Chevy Chase (8.01)
6.8 – Three Amigos (12.06)
6.8 – Alec Baldwin (16.14)
6.8 – Danny DeVito (18.10)
6.8 – Drew Barrymore (24.16)
6.8 – Christopher Walken (33.09)
6.7 – Bill Murray (6.12)
6.7 – Tom Hanks (11.05)
6.7 – John Goodman (20.16)
6.7 – Alec Baldwin (27.18)
6.7 – Justin Timberlake (34.21)
6.6 – Buck Henry (1.10)
6.6 – Chevy Chase (3.11)
6.6 – Tom Hanks (22.01)
6.6 – Will Ferrell (30.19)
6.6 – Drew Barrymore (32.12)
6.5 – Candice Bergen (1.04)
6.5 – Steve Martin (5.01)
6.5 – Candice Bergen (13.05)
6.5 – Chevy Chase (21.02)
6.5 – Dwayne Johnson (27.17)
6.4 – Eliott Gould (1.22)
6.4 – Steve Martin (2.14)
6.4 – Buck Henry (3.06)
6.4 – Buck Henry (4.20)
6.4 – Danny DeVito (13.06)
6.4 – Candice Bergen (15.20)
6.4 – Bill Murray (24.14)
6.4 – Scarlett Johansson (31.10)
6.4 – Jonah Hill (39.12)
6.3 – Candice Bergen (1.08)
6.3 – Danny DeVito (7.09)
6.3 – John Goodman (18.15)
6.3 – Jonah Hill (33.08)
6.2 – Buck Henry (4.05)
6.2 – Elliott Gould (4.09)
6.2 – Bill Murray (7.08)
6.1 – Steve Martin (3.09)
6.1 – Chevy Chase (17.11)
6.1 – Danny DeVito (25.08)
6.1 – Steve Martin (31.12)
6.1 – Justin Timberlake (36.22)
6.0 – John Goodman (19.19)
6.0 – John Goodman (25.18)
6.0 – Justin Timberlake (32.09)
6.0 – Drew Barrymore (35.03)
6.0 – Will Ferrell (37.21)
6.0 – Jonah Hill (37.17)
6.0 – Justin Timberlake (38.16)
6.0 – Melissa McCarthy (39.13)
5.9 – Chevy Chase (5.10)
5.9 – Chevy Chase (22.13)
5.9 – Alec Baldwin (31.08)
5.9 – Alec Baldwin (35.22)
5.8 – Paul Simon (5.14)
5.8 – Steve Martin (5.19)
5.8 – Steve Martin (17.09)
5.8 – Drew Barrymore (27.03)
5.8 – Tom Hanks (31.17)
5.8 – Steve Martin (34.14)
5.8 – Tina Fey (35.18)
5.8 – Tina Fey (36.20)
5.7 – Melissa McCarthy (38.17)
5.6 – Paul Simon (1.02)
5.6 – Alec Baldwin (34.16)
5.6 – Scarlett Johansson (40.19)
5.5 – Elliott Gould (6.01)
5.5 – Chevy Chase (11.02)
5.5 – Paul Simon (11.16)
5.5 – Alec Baldwin (29.06)
5.5 – Melissa McCarthy (37.02)
5.4 – Danny DeVito & RP (9.02)
5.3 – Buck Henry (3.20)
5.3 – Elliott Gould (5.3)
5.3 – Drew Barrymore (8.07)
5.3 – Alec Baldwin & KB (19.13)
5.3 – Ben Affleck (30.01)
5.2 – John Goodman (39.09)
5.1 – Jonah Hill (41.14)
5.0 – Drew Barrymore (29.12)
4.9 – Steve Martin (20.01)
4.8 – Scarlett Johansson (36.06)
4.7 – Scarlett Johansson (32.18)
Finest Girl always seemed like a spiritual sequel to Iran So Far.
I know why Taran was let go but why was Jay?