'Wasn't That Special' Season 43 Bonus Materials
As the Wasn’t That Special co-hosts watch each season of Saturday Night Live, they compare notes on each episode, chatting back and forth about popular and long-forgotten sketches. Some of the topics they discuss make it to the final podcast; others are left on the cutting room floor.
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Please enjoy this edition of the Season Forty-Three bonus notes section, with the clips coming soon. (Apologies for the late delivery of this one, work trips and such got in the way.)
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Episode One: Ryan Gosling
Christian: Pretty strong season debut. Gardner hits the ground running.
The Chaos President - Donald Trump (Baldwin) renews relationship with Jeff Sessions (McKinnon); Bryant as Huckabee Sanders, Moffat as Schumer
Scot: Whole lotta nothin'
Levi's Wokes - unoffensively indeterminate Levi’s Wokes jeans are universally wearable
Christian: Heidi Gardner debut.
Scot: The "uni-fly" is a great concept - This is potentially dangerous territory for the show - "Woke" has entered the language, clearly.
Italian Restaurant - Gosling and Strong are angry about Pizza Hut commercial’s pasta switcheroo
Christian: It's just the Farley Folgers bit recycled?
Scot: Giggly Gosling - Rewrite of the Farley hidden camera commercial from long ago.
Papyrus - Font choice for Avatar logo is Gosling obsession
Scot: Julio Torres - Same intensity Gosling brought to "Santy Baby."
Episode Two: Gal Gadot
Christian: Gadot is very...watchable. Just so-so as a host.
Scot: Nothing really great, nothing truly terrible. Liked Gadot.
First Date - O.J. Simpson (Kenan) has a dinner date with Gadot
Christian: Well done. Perfectly paced.
Scot: Couple of big laughs and a nice idea behind this one.
Safelite Auto Glass commercial - Safelite AutoGlass worker (Bennett) breaks windshields to be near teen (Villaseñor)
Scot: Safelight complained and got this pulled from re-runs. Bennett is actually looking like the real employee in their ads - They've done this sort of thing better.
The Naomi (Gadot) Show - Kenan becomes terrible teen’s (Gardner) father figure
Christian: Good feature debut by Gardner but a joke would have been nice.
Episode Three: Kumail Nanjiani
Christian: Totally fine. Nanjiani was perfectly capable. Fun fact: I roasted Nanjiani on Twitter once and he was a good sport about it.
Scot: Nanjiani actually was very good but, strangely, the writing held things back.
Nanjiani does stand-up about being from Pakistan and dealing with Islamophobia
Christian: The Muslim/racist stuff is strong.
Scot: Was not familiar with his material. This was mostly good!
Potential hepatitis transmission kills fun at an office Halloween party (Bennett, Kenan, Bryant, Jones)
Scot: It's not awful but it's certainly lacking in actual jokes.
Melania Trump (Strong) befriends a Pakistani call center worker (Nanjiani)
Scot: Julio Torres wrote it.
Episode Four: Larry David
Christian: Hated, hated, hated this episode.
Scot: The seams are showing in a way that never was a problem in S42.
Paul Manafort's Apartment - Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) visits house-arrested Paul Manafort (Moffat)
Christian: Moribund.
Scot: Pretty terrible stuff. The Melania angle barely keeps it afloat.
The Price Is Right - Bennett is Carey; Bernie Sanders (David) wins; Liam Hemsworth cameo, Baldwin as Tony Bennett
Christian: Workmanlike.
Scot: Impression workout.
Pre-tape - “Confident” and dismissive Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Bryant) with reporters
Christian: Weak. We've done Spicer, we've done Conway. Getting less interesting as we go.
Scot: Conway last episode, Manafort and Huckabee tonight. These people are not that interesting. Boy I really did not like this.
Ad Council Awards Dinner - Honoree’s (David) old PSAs are offensive; Strong is MC
Christian: Kind of a statement on the show itself.
Scot: Big laughs. The second tag line I was not quite expecting.
Pre-tape - The Baby Step - David refuses to participate in infant-themed rap video; Cyrus helps
Christian: David can't save this.
At a party, (David)’s gay-famous new wife (Strong) performs her club routine
Christian: Did we need an American Gemma? This feels like David trying to pull this dreck out at the end by breaking.
Scot: David breaks badly - I'll give you $5 if you can guess who wrote this one.
Pre-tape - On a sitcom episode, Mooney and Bennett realize David is an alcoholic
Christian: "Here are some things I noticed about sitcoms." Nothing clever, no escalation. I had hoped Lorne framed Mooney for murder.
Scot: I love 80s sitcoms as much as anyone, but this is basically as unsuccessful as the other Mooney and Bennett stuff because they worship form over function/humor.
Episode Five: Tiffany Haddish
Christian: The race is on to be Female Cast Member 2 behind McKinnon. I guess it's Strong? Bryant had an opening, but she's not running through it.
Scot: Strong is absolutely Female 2 and it's not exactly close. Haddish won an Emmy for this episode and I have no idea why that happened.
Roy Moore visits Mike Pence - Mike Pence (Bennett) and Jeff Sessions (McKinnon) ask Roy Moore (Day) to drop out
Scot: The hell are we doing here? Appoach now is less looking for humor than recapping the week in news. McKinnon's Sessions is all sorts of ragged now.
Monologue: Haddish stand-up
Christian: Think Haddish would be nervous her first time hosting? She's a natural. I really enjoyed this.
Scot: Energy! The dress bit is good at the end.
Boo Boo Jeffries - (Kenan) is stuck with non-fighting avatar (Haddish) during video game battle
Christian: It's David S. Pumpkins.
Dems Are Back -Old Democrats declare “We’re Back!” - Moffat/Schumer, Strong/Feinstein, McKinnon/Pelosi, Sudeikis/Biden, David/Sanders
Christian: Making fun of Democrats, again.
Scot: David references his monologue from the previous show - Quibble: Bernie technically is an Independent, right?
Pre-tape - Kyle and Beck - Jost conspires with Bennett to split up Mooney and Jones at the SNL Masquerade Ball
Christian: Really trying to wring blood out of a stone now.
Scot: These pieces are about the only time Lorne is on-camera anymore.
Get Woke With Tamika (Jones) - Bryant is guest
Christian: Just a grab-bag of unrelated stuff. Totally themeless. Why is Breitbart a sponsor?
Scot: The material might be fine, but Jones is the absolute WORST choice to take it off the page. Not suited for her skills.
Pre-tape - The Dolphin Who Learned to Speak solicits handjobs from (Bryant) and (McKinnon)
Christian: Would have been funnier in the context of the #MeToo stuff happening at the time. It's fine.
Whiskers R We - Katt Williams (Robb) joins Barbara and new partner (Haddish)
Christian: What can I say, I'm a sucker for these.
Scot: The cats are crazy tonight.
Episode Six: Chance the Rapper
Scot: A perfectly fine episode until the late collapse in quality.
Wikileaks - Donald Jr. (Day) and Eric (Moffat) Trump get intel from Julian Assange (McKinnon)
Christian: The long exposition was blah but Trump bros again prove to be the best thing about the administration on the show.
Family Feud: Harvey Family Thanksgiving - Steve Harvey (Kenan) meets his secret love child (Chance)
Scot: Writer Gary Richardson makes an appearance - this is fun and a good twist on a tired plot.
Hockey broadcast (Bennett, Strong) gig has basketball reporter Lazlo Holmes (Chance) confused
Christian: Chance is really good here.
Scot: Definitely could see Kenan playing this role.
On career day, Chance and (Day) try to hype their boring dads (Kenan) and (Bennett)
Scot: Tone was way off through all of this.
Porn Pizza Delivery - Actual kid (Bryant) interrupts (Chance and Gardner) in porno set in babysitting scene
Christian: Oddly, I kind of like this now?
Episode Seven: Saoirse Ronan
Christian: Huh. We split pretty drastically on two bits. Ronan was good!
Scot: The WRITING! is falling well short of "funny" at this point. LOL, I've never heard of this person in my life.
Christian: She's been nominated for four Academy Awards!
Spirit of Trump's Past - Donald Trump (Baldwin) and Conway (McKinnon) at Christmas a la A Christmas Carol ghosts (Day as Flynn, Moffat as Billy Bush, Bennett/Putin, McKinnon/Clinton)
Christian: The bigger Baldwin's Trump impression gets, the worse it is.
Scot: They run out of things to say about Tump, now just content to paint him as a fool/point and laugh.
Pre-tape: “Welcome to Hell”- music video highlights the impact of bad male behavior
Christian: More of a speech than an actual sketch.
Scot: Like an extended riff on the final 30 secs of Strong's WU piece as the NBC HR person.
Return Counter - Kmart clerk (Day) fields a series of unreasonable customer complaints
Christian: Just another version of the town hall or funeral speech sketches.
Scot: Fine batch of quick-hit jokes.
Pre-tape The Race - (Mooney) regains confidence to literally run errands for boss (Gerwig)
Christian: I'm so confused. A good Mooney/Bennett film? What is this sorcery?
Scot: Form over comedy.
Bachelor Auction - Chad (Davidson) is inexplicable hit at bachelor auction; John McEnroe cameo
Christian: This is actually the Pete Davidson story in real life?
Scot: First live Chad and it was weaker.
Aer Lingus stewardesses (Ronan, Strong, Bryant) make preflight announcements
Scot: Brutal. Is it funnier if you're Irish?
Episode Eight: James Franco
Christian: Some bumps, but a higher-end Franco episode.
A Visit with Santa - Santa (Kenan) fields awkward current events questions posed by kids
Scot: This is so good and a refreshing break, but McKinnon's interjections aren't needed and her speech at the end is too much.
Co-workers react unevenly to problematic (Franco) and ribald Charlie (Kenan)
Scot: THIS DID NOT AGE WELL FOR FRANCO
Spelling bee moderator (Franco) injects personal traumas into proceedings
Christian: As a former spelling champion, I have a major beef with this. They only ring the bell if you get the word wrong, not if you get it right.
Scot: Franco breaks - I don't know why it's structured the way it is, with broadcasters involved - Once established, you know exactly where it is going.
Lawyer Franco says 'za' means lasagna not pizza; defendant/Davidson, Kenan/judge
Christian: A five-second idea from a writer turns into a full sketch, and...it works?
Scot: My priors: the use of "za" disgusts me - Franco breaks - Premise is paper thin, but it's a lot of fun and Franco sells the hell out of it.
Franco’s cousin Mandy (Gardner) is concerned about him; Dave Franco cameo
Christian: Good character work by Gardner.
Scot: Really enjoyed this. A touch of sweetness in there. Gardner does a really nice job with it.
Episode Nine: Kevin Hart
Christian: Gardner leapfrogged a few female cast members as soon as she showed up.
Scot: Villaseñor is rarely given anything to work with. I have no idea if she's good or bad or anything. Null might as well not exist.
Special Xmas Message From the White House - Donald (Baldwin) and Ivanka (Scarlett Johansson) trim loser tree
Christian: Totally mailed in.
Scot: Holy balls is this terrible. Just stop this right now.
Hart won’t admit that he needs to go to the bathroom in middle of work meeting
Scot: Started well, middle was eh, decent close with all the "phone calls."
Gene and Crystal - at a holiday party, Hart's’s wife (Jones) makes him ravish a big teddy bear
Christian: Um what?
Scot: Mostly just abrasive and forgettable.
Episode Ten: Sam Rockwell
Christian: Warmed up after a rough start.
Morning Joe (Moffat) and Mika (McKinnon) – Michael Wolff (Armisen) thanks source Steve Bannon (Murray); Jones as Oprah
Christian: Drags on and on and on. Bill Murray gives exactly zero effort.
Science Room -dumb kids (Day) and (Strong) irritate Mr. Science (Rockwell) in 1990
Scot: Might be the loudest, most obvious "f-word" in show history.
The Look - Time’s Up wokeness neutralizes red carpet fashion critiques
Christian: All premise. Villaseñor deserved better.
Scot: McKinnon doesn't get Frances McDormand at all.
Pre-tape “My Drunk Boyfriend” commercial - Lets women experience life with an inebriated dummy
Christian: I get it - these are things drunk guys do. But there's a logical problem - why would any woman want this?
Episode Eleven: Jessica Chastain
Christian: Let's just hope the writers were holding things back for the Ferrell episode next week.
Scot: Hope it's a pothole and not a ditch, but really feels like a switch flipped during this episode when it comes to approach and tone. Hated hated hated hated this episode.
Pre-tape: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Revamped theme song has Thug (Method Man) chasing Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (Redd) into hiding
Christian: The role of Carlton is played by writer Sam Jay.
Google Talks - At a forum, Day is bullied because he looks like Bart Simpson. Chastain hosts.
Christian: Heidi Gardner is in this sketch, so she had to know what it was all about when she did the Beavis and Butthead version in S49.
Scot: All the ingredients were there and nothing came of it. - Clearly the template for Beavis and Butthead.
What Even Matters Anymore - Chastain rants at Trump in game show sketch - Strong, Kenan, McKinnon are contestants
Christian: Just because they admit it's a struggle session doesn't mean it's not still a struggle session.
Scot: The audience doesn't think it's funny either - Just laments, nothing written around it.
Amazon HQ2 - Reps for potential Amazon HQ2 cities pitch to Jeff Bezos (Mooney) - Boston (Chastain, Moffat as Casey Affleck), Atlanta (Kenan, Bryant as Paula Dean), Newark (Redd as Booker), Miami (Strong, Day as Pitbull)
Christian: There's a good sketch to be made about all the cities embarrassing themselves to get the Amazon HQ, but this doesn't come close.
Jeffersons Acting Coach - Star of The Jeffersons offers acting tips for (Chastain and Jones)
Christian: I shouldn't laugh at this, but I still do.
Scot: Already a bad James Anderson-written recurring sketch, but Chastain and Jones are just awful in this installment.
Episode Twelve: Will Ferrell
Christian: Another Ferrell dud as host. Disappointing.
Scot: Why was Ferrell a top-3(?) cast member but such a consistent dud as a host?? - Closing kick pulled this episode out of a nosedive. Heavy dose of MeToo through the whole epsode. It's like they've just traded a Trump obsession for something else.
George W. Bush (Ferrell) reminds America that he was a really bad president
Christian: All microwaved jokes from 18 years ago. There should be some connection to reality, but why would George W. Bush tell people he was a bad president? It's just detached.
Scot: $100 says we see an Adam McKay writing credit at the end of the show (Edit: I'm wrong!)
Clown Penis (Ferrell) is less skilled than his fellow ace jet fighter pilots
Christian: One joke over and over and over.
Scot: Do you think "clown penis" is a funny phrase?
Old couple (Ferrell and McKinnon) flubs lines during a restaurant commercial shoot
Christian: I'm starting to get the idea that they're not going to get the line right.
Scot: Why does this exist?
Atheist Ferrell’s lines spoil fellow flight attendants’ (Bryant, Redd) safety rap
Christian: Same joke. Same joke. Same joke.
Scot: Luke Null sighting!
Reality TV stars (Ferrell and Strong) start fake fights with friends
Christian: This is 100% a James Anderson.
Scot: They're all breaking for no particular reason.
Three couples’ conversation tiptoes around sexual politics of Aziz Ansari
Christian: I guess it's good they're acknowledging the MeToo movement was complicated? But in the most ham-fisted way possible?
Scot: Allegations came out this month, Jan '18 - Finally somethig solid, if not spectacular. Why would the women be hesitant to talk about this?
Episode Thirteen: Natalie Portman
Christian: We are in a fallow period.
Scot: Well, that was pretty terrible, once again. The show managed Trump relatively well (save for Baldwin), but the MeToo era is weighing on almost everything they do.
Fox and Friends (Killem, Bennett, Gardner) - Strong as Hope Hicks, Redd as Farrakhan - Donald Trump (Baldwin) disparages FBI from his bed
Scot: Wow. All new cast for this! - The Farrakhan stuff was moderately interesting then Trump arrives and kills everything
Alien Lover - Portman’s space alien (Bennett) lover has face and butt locations reversed
Christian: Not enough to carry this dumb premise.
Scot: Andrew Dismukes wrote - Nope!
In a bar, catfishing Bunny (Bryant) gives women (Portman, Gardner, Strong) advice on how to catch a man
Christian: I guess Aidy Bryant needed her Colleen Rafferty?
Scot: Bryant trying out a new character in the 10-to-1. Not going to see her again, I hope.
Episode Fourteen: Charles Barkley
Christian: Turrrrrble.
Scot: Did I dream S42? Was it all a mirage caused by SNL overload? How could the same people (essentially) be responsible for this season? That's a bad bad episode.
Anderson Cooper 360 (Moffat) - Donald Trump (Baldwin) addresses gun violence at bipartisan meeting
Christian: Baldwin's over-the-top smirking, which he does because his impression is terrible, has just murdered these.
Scot: This is CNN: Your #1 Source for Impeachment Porn - Complete trash, just Baldwin vamping. And then Sessions/McKinnon, the rotten cherry on the sundae.
The Grabbies - Strong/Bennet red carpet - award show recognizes problematic male-female interactions
Christian: Nothing clever, just a lecture.
Scot: This never fired for me. Crowd is kinda dead for it. They don't seem to have much to say in these MeToo sketches except noticing that a lot of people are getting in trouble.
Homework Hotline - prank callers target tutor (Barkley) on public access TV
Christian: One joke beat to death.
Scot: One joke, premise unveiled immediately. No surprises.
The Champions (Day hosts) - Barkley, DC Timmons (Kenan), Alex Rodriguez cameo - Timmons has brain injuries
Christian: Another strong Kenan bit.
Scot: Am I missing something? The way to work around a semi-stiff host might not be to add another semi-stiff cameo.
Construction workers (Barkley, Kenan, Bennett, Davidson, Moffat) speculate on what they would wear if they were women
Christian: It's the RuPaul sketch from last season all over again.
Scot: Decent slice-of-life sort of thing.
Episode Fifteen: Sterling K. Brown
Christian: Brown is an intense actor, but I think it actually worked pretty well. This episode's score is weighed down by two bombs.
Pre-tape: The Bachelor Live - Robert Mueller (McKinnon) has bad news for Becca K. (Strong)
Christian: Absolutely abysmal. Doesn't work on any level.
Scot: Mueller is Kate's natural voice with prosthetics? - Painfully unfunny and an absolute bomb.
Monologue: Brown is very emotional about hosting SNL
Christian: This is REALLY good.
Scot: Worth it for the Kenan impression.
At dinner with his future in-laws (Bennett Bryant), Brown insists that Shrek is the best animated film
Christian: This will be a theme that surfaces with the Weezer sketch next year. A guy fighting over some esoteric pop culture point.
Scot: Written by Steven Castillo and Will Stephen.
Script supervisor’s (Stong) odd readings throw actor (Brown) off his game
Scot: Found myself liking this as it went on, especially Strong's verbal juggling
On her death bed, Villaseñor recites “This Is How You Remind Me” lyrics
Christian: Didn't like it, didn't like it, then SUDDENLY LIKED IT.
Scot: Simple premise, one joke, revealed immediately.
Episode Sixteen: Bill Hader
Christian: What is Jon Hamm doing at goodnights?
Scot: A lot of breaking going around for being such a mediocre-at-best season.
The Californians - Devin’s (Hader) love child (Davidson) attends Stuart’s (Armisen) party
Christian: This is bad when it has all-time great cast members in it, and it's even worse when it doesn't.
Scot: I can see why the cast loves these scenery-chewing roles, but it's death for the audience.
Girlfriends Game Night - Strong has wheelchair sex with elderly husband (Hader) in front of friends (Gardner, Bryant)
Christian: The breaking actually helps this a little.
Scot: Hader breaks, Strong breaks.
CBC Report - Canada’s Harvey Weinstein equivalent (Hader) actually is inoffensive
Scot: Prescient: Here's Win Butler, who would soon have sexual misconduct allegations against him - Canadians say “sorry” in a weird way. Do you find that funny?
Undercover Office Potty commercial - allows (Bennett) to crap in his office while at work
Scot: Didn't we just do this in the Kevin Hart episode - I want to reward some decent escalation, something sorely missing from a lot of stuff this year.
Episode Seventeen: Chadwick Boseman
Christian: Boseman was shaky, but he was probably undergoing cancer treatments, so it's understood. Things got worse after WU, but I think it pulled out of it.
Scot: Mooney is barely involved, not that I'm complaining. Boseman was fun with a lot of contributions throughout the show.
Outnumbered - Jones as Falkner; Donald Trump (Baldwin) and Baltic leaders field reporters’ questions
Christian: Lot of prescient stuff in here - Bezos, immigration, Putin, tariffs, etc.
Scot: This beginning Fox part is lazy AF - Not much better the rest of the way.
Black Jeopardy! - Jones + Redd - T’Challa (Boseman) adapts to African-American perspective
Scot: Opposite of Hanks episode with this great contrast - What is this? It's a pulse!!!
Pregnant man (Day) answers questions about urethral delivery of triplets
Christian: It's only seven years ago, but would this be done today? When we are being told men can be pregnant?
Scot: Simple premise, one joke, revealed immediately, no escalation.
Aidy B and Cardi B - mild-mannered Bryant takes inspiration from musical guest
Christian: Three weeks from this episode, Bryant married comedian Conner O'Malley, who wrote for Seth Meyers' show.
Magic Mirror - Women (Villaseñor, Stong, Jones) at Disneyland, R. Kelly (Boseman) appears to (Jones) in the Magic Mirror
Christian: Sort of a David S. Pumpkins effort but with R. Kelly?
Episode Eighteen: John Mulaney
Scot: Well, well, well. Best episode of the season, even with a poor WU. Mulaney's first hosting gig is a massive success. Lots of Kenan tonight. No Mooney or Villaseñor.
Sessions (McKinnon) and Pence (Bennett) meet; Michael Cohen (Stiller), Robert Mueller (De Niro)
Christian: Trump's code name: Putin's Little Bitch.
Scot: Not even a hint of comedy or concept other than "get DeNiro and Stiller together" - Homophobic Mike Pence jokes continue.
Mulaney stand-up about politeness, gazebos, ship-wavers, Turing tests.
Christian: I think about his robot joke every time I do a captcha. Spoiler: he eventually got over his fear of substances.
Scot: Stuff on "tonight" is golden - Robot bit is great - Oh, I loved this very much. A fine tonic after the cold open.
Drag Brunch - Mulaney works as waitress to get even with former boss (Moffat)
Christian: Didn't Jennifer Lawrence do this already?
Scot: James Anderson and Julio Torres wrote it.
Diner Lobster - Davidson orders lobster in a diner - musical production inspired by Les Miz (Mulaney, Kenan, McKinnon, Strong)
Christian: I don't actually love these as much as everyone else, but I have to give it up for the very first one.
Scot: Originally written by Mulaney and Jost for the 2010 Galifianakis episode - Davidson is gone laughing 30 seconds into it.
Switcheroo - Hollywood Update hosted by Strong – Mulaney reboots a 1980s body-swap sitcom
Christian: Dark. Saw where this was going from the start.
Scot: Crowd totally misses the “little Andy Cunanan” joke - OMG, they're taping in Guyana - this is sooooo dark and layered and I loved it.
Gardner dislikes boyfriend’s (Null) choice to have his horn implants removed; Mulaney is doctor
Christian: Dreadful. Only Mulaney keeps it from the bottom.
Scot: Overdelivered on its premise, IMO. Gardner was very good and, frankly, it might be Null's best performance. They co-wrote this one.
The Real Intros Of Reality Hills devotes majority of runtime to cast bios
Christian: I guess I would like this if I had seen a second of any of these shows?
Scot: Amy Poehler's "Jealous?" line is scavenged
Episode Nineteen: Donald Glover
Christian: Mooney is effectively benched. A couple of Glover's albums are pretty good. But he was not a strong host.
Scot: A total wreck of a show. Glover was wrong. Apparently, he can't do anything. McKinnon missing after the open.
Michael Cohen Wiretap - Michael Cohen (Stiller) phones Harold Bornstein (Short), Guiliani (McKinnon) and Stormy Daniels [cameo]
Christian: I wrote about this.
Scot: Just a stupid game of cramming as many terrible impressions as possible into five minutes and then a disastrous ending.
Jurassic World - Jurassic World attorney (Glover) minimizes carnage experienced by Day
Christian: No laughs.
Scot: Glover and Streeter Seidell wrote it.
Mistaken identity leads Raz P. Berry (Glover) to overreact in music video
Christian: This is a play on the Oran "Juice" Jones song "The Rain:"
Barbie's Instagram - Interns (Davidson, Glover, Gardner) suggest Barbie Instagram account captions
Christian: Someone should make a movie about Barbie realizing she's a doll. Might make some money.
Scot: Kept hoping something would spark this. Nothing did.
Inmates Call Center - inmates (Redd, Glover, Kenan) staff call center and discuss prison turmoil
Christian: One joke, six times.
Scot: Attempt at contrast but neither end of this is interesting in the least.
Episode Twenty: Amy Schumer
Scot: Gotta say this. Quality control has failed. Too much breaking. Too many basic sketch errors/mistakes. Not enough pushing past the initial premise. Observation: WU is now being pushed deeper into the show. Third straight "2" WU for me, which is saying something. Jokes and desk pieces are suffering.
Recently-married Schumer does stand-up about proposals, weddings, tampons
Christian: Fine. I think her movie got some of the worst reviews I've ever seen.
Handmaids in the City - (Schumer, Strong, Bryant, McKinnon)
Christian: Hey, what if this thing was like this other thing?
Gospel Brunch - Cooking show hosted by Kenan and Jones, Redd; Schumer guests
Christian: Pretty lame ad-lib from Schumer when the blender won't work.
Scot: Jones is stumbling over herself right from the start; a bad season from her - Weak premise, poor writing, bad performances.
Wake Up Denver - Day directs, (Mooney and Schumer) will act in Lil’ Rent musical about diabetes epidemic
Christian: Had potential, but Schumer is terrible and I don't like doing sexual material around little kids.
Scot: Decent premise, which is essentially abandoned to let Schumer chew scenery as a parody of a conservative.
Last Call - Sheila Sauvage (McKinnon) hooks up with lesbian (Schumer)
Christian: Wordplay is still so fun in these.
Scot: The writing still is fine. I'm tiring of the tongue stuff every time out (not sure where else you go physically, though)
Episode Twenty-One: Tina Fey
Christian: Totally out of gas by the end of the season. Not even Fey can save it.
Scot: Appropriately scuzzy show to end a scuzzy season. This is exactly what people think S42 was.
Sopranos - Donald Trump (Baldwin), Guiliani (McKinnon), Cohen (Stiller), Don Jr (Day), Mueller (DeNiro)
Christian: Liberal pornography.
Scot: Sopranos finale aired 11 years prior to this - Just resistance porn - Another E19, finding a reason to cram impressions together.
Morning Joe (Moffat) and Mike (McKinnon) - Megan McCain (Bryant) - Natalia Veselnitskaya (Fey) denies Russian collusion
Christian: I haaaaate these.
Scot: Stupid and pointless. Who decided the funny part of Morning Joe was the sexual tension?
Mean Girls - Fey wants to be in the Mean Girls musical; Lin-Manuel Miranda cameo
Christian: Jeff Richmond, who appears, is Tina Fey's husband.
Scot: Feels like a giant commercial for the musical.
What I Did For Trump - Sarah Palin (Fey) sings “What I Did For Love” variant with Trump crew (Bryant/Huckabee, McKinnon/Conway, Armisen/Wolff, Strong/Daniels, Goodman/Tillerson, Omorosa/Jones)
Christian: Fey knows better than this.
Scot: Go away. All of you - Everyone who couldn't get squeezed in the open appears.