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Between the moth-eaten out-of-doors , host Dave Chappelle ’s soliloquy , and " Weekend Update , " SNL did a sight of comedic heavy - lifting - and it bring .
NBC’sSaturday Night Livereturned from its midseason fracture with hostDave Chappelleand musical guestGloRilla , hand us what might be the one show this time of year that I might end up rethink my limited review on a few times before the terminal of the season . Whether or not this weekend worked for you depended pretty much on how you felt about three segments : the insensate open , Chappelle ’s monologue , andColin JostandMichael Che ’s " Weekend Update . " That ’s not meant as a disrespect to the other sketches – it ’s just that there was n’t enough time left for a whole lot more . Between those three segments and GlorRilla just f***ingkillin ' itwith " WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME / LET HER COOK " and " Yeah , Glo ! " ( with serious props to the product squad for making those performances look heroic ) , you had more than half the show already accounted for ( and that ’s not counting commercial rift ) .
Thankfully , that clip was well spent because all three segment elevated SNL ’s plot in some very big ways , proving once again that the long - run late - night sketch funniness series is as relevant as ever when it come to being in the conversation on crucial societal issue . If I had one vexation – and it ’s the understanding I may finish up resisting the installment – is that those three segments ate up so much of the comedic O in the room that I ’m not sure the other sketch had enough room to breathe on their own . Here ’s a look at some persuasion on this weekend ’s sequence :
" MSNBC Special Coverage Cold Open"/Dave Chappelle ’s soliloquy : I wo n’t hash over what we covered last Nox ( you may checkthoseoutlater ) , but the cold open did an splendid job showing that it was n’t going to lease up onDonald Trumpanytime before long – and that it does n’t beware turn the knife in - house like it did to MSNBC and its addiction to Trump ’s folly ( though MSNBC has been spun on from NBC News so guess of it more as a " farewell natural endowment " from SNL .
" Weekend Update " : Jost and Che were back , hit those headlines hard like there was never a midseason breaking . Was it just me , or did it palpate like Jost was getting impinge on with an unofficial round of " Weekend Update Joke Swap ? " While all of the jokes stumble , Jost referring toMark Zuckerbergas " Meta CEO and Puerto Rican gigolo Mark Zuckerberg " deserves special attention . Michael Longfellownailed it during his segment where he make the case for carry through TikTok . I know we ’ve institute his previous segments to be a assorted bag , but this was the one that sold us on what this " Henry Wadsworth Longfellow " is all about . As forSarah Shermanportraying the original Nosferatu and finding new ways to dig at Jost , if that alone is n’t enough to explain why it work , then we do n’t know what to tell you . It ’s been nice seeing Sherman aim more of the spotlight in sketches ( like portrayingRachel Maddowin the cold open ) , with this segment demonstrating her comedic versatility .
" Immigrant Dad Talk Show 2":Marcello Hernandezand Chappelle co - hosted the latest edition , once again foreground the difference in parenting style . It was peculiar , but not in a agency that win over me that there needed to be a follow - up to the original .
" Evacuation Alert " : harness the LA wildfires and excretion in a comedy resume is a rugged tightrope to walk – not on the button " breaking news . " Even though we have intercourse where the cartoon was heading , Chappelle , Ego Nwodim , andDevon Walkeradded a grounded sense of realness to the blooming fatuousness going on around them as they prepared to evacuate – with threading in the theme of how accuracy come out at the bad moment a particularly dainty jot .
" Police Station " : Yeah , this was the one that I laughed at ab initio , but then realized that the premiss we got early on was basically what we would be getting for over four minutes . For their part , Walker , Bowen Yang , Mikey Day , andKenan Thompsonkeep it engaging , but the premise felt stretch a bit too fragile .
" pour down the Balloon " : Sherman , Heidi Gardner , Chloe Fineman , Jane Wickline , andAshley Padillaplay a lineup of women who must choose between eligible bachelor wager by Chappelle , Thompson , Walker , Andrew Dismukes – and Donnell Rawlings?!?That ’s ripe – along with what was an splendid knife - twister on the balloon - come out go out set - up also include the income tax return of Chappelle ’s Silky Johnson and Rawling ’s Ashy Larry from Comedy Central’sChappelle Show .
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