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I just watched Almost Pizza and then the very next video I watched had an ad for DiGiorno before it

Kate McKinnon's only on her 3rd episode and I think I love her already, "What Is This?" and "Helga Lately" are great

That wasn't her on What Is This, was it?

no it was bayer

o wait no she was the guest. was it her?

Uh, no. No, it wasn't.

And, yeah, she seems like she's gonna be pretty good for the show. She might make for a decent Wiig replacement. Lorne's probably gonna start trawling failed sketch shows for more performers like her and Killam.

I know she's ridiculously underused, but do people really not recognize Abby Elliott?

wait was that Abby Elliott? nvm, "Helga Lately" was dope though

Great show tonight. Eli was stiff, but was at least given funny things to do. Court room sketch had me laughing out loud.

Loved "What Is This?" and "Helga Lately" too. And Eli's "Little Brothers" bit was on par with Peyton's "United Way" thing from a few seasons ago.

I don't love Abby Elliott.

I thought it started strong but the last few skits were clunkers.

Was impressed with Eli. I usually get bummed when they have sportsfigures on, sometimes they're suprisingly great, but most of the time they're terrible. He was stiff, but he didn't constantly fuck up his lines and had some good moments.

Yeah, they definitely gave him some decent material and he was game and not distractingly stiff.

In the Cheech & Chong bit, the line "Let's just call NASA and explain what happened" cracked me up for some reason.

Good to see Hammer pants are back btw.

I watched for maybe the first time in months, since I was waiting for the cat to come back inside. Seemed OK. The court room sketch took forever to get going, for an erratic pay-off, but once it was just Eli making faces it was funny. Also, his big brother protection agency bit was good.

News sucked. Lots of "wait for it ..." pauses on Seth's part for laughs that never came, and the Dictator bit was a bust.

there are plenty of digital shorts i like but this 100th thing was the worst thing ive ever seen on tv

It was pretty terrible. Could Andy Samberg look and sound less like Nic Cage?

This Funkytown skit must appeal to the world's smallest demographic, to which I belong.

otm i loved that

Could Andy Samberg look and sound less like Nic Cage?

I'm sure Andy Samberg would be upset to learn that he doesn't look or sound like Nicholas Cage, seeing as how doing a note-perfect Nicholas Cage impression is the entire point of Get In The Cage. Rich Little is spinning in his grave.

That's not what I meant. I mean they keep bringing on celebrity guests, so it would be funny if they at least acknowledged his not at all Cage-ness. But even as an exaggerated cartoon version of an exaggerated cartoon person, it's never really worked for me. Doesn't help to have a sleepy, mumbling Liam Neeson on to make Samberg look extra tiny and non-Cage. Like, Bill Hader's Lindsey Buckingham is funny, because it's close enough, and ... anyway, I'm babbling a little. I just thought it was really shitty, boring, not funny, poorly performed, etc., this week.

But yeah, Funkytown. Why no robot voice joke?

Was Jay Pharoah's only appearance this week as a guy in a glittery diaper?

Yeah, it was a very 'blink and you'll miss'em!' episode for about half of the cast this week. I think Nasim and Taran were the only featured players with speaking parts. But they can at least look forward to their extensive guest appearances when Kristen Wiig hosts in 2020.

so is jon hamm just on this show now

i wish

wd watch the cast of mad men perform snl

armisen has some balls

is Mick Jagger channeling Richard Ayoade?

Not watching, but I just heard about Arcade Fire sporting the red squares. Nice gesture.

Mick sang "Last Time" backed by Arcade Fire and now he's backed by the Foo Fighters for a medley. His Steven Tyler impersonation on the last skit was funnier in theory than in practice.

mick swore.

Ayup.

In other news: ugh, this fucking "song".

That blues one about Romney with Jeff Beck was terrible. But now Arcade fire doing She's a Rainbow and Ruby Tuesday for Kristen Wiig's farewell. There's Jon Hamm and Steve Martin and Lorne Michaels

Kristen Wiig's not dying, right?

She was kind of a big deal though

In even more news: aww, that was really sweet. Assuming there aren't other cast members on the way out, in which case they got SHAFTED.

I thought Sudeikis and Samberg were gone as well.

xp Was she though? I mean clearly Lorne always thought so, but

Sudeikis looked fucking pissed. Can't say I blame him, but Lorne got to give his golden girl a hell of a send-off.

No Sueikis and Samberg are definitely gone. This was standard Lorne, its why Wiig has been allowed to run every half-assed character she's done into the ground. So glad she's gone now.

I thought Sudeikis and Samberg were gone as well.

Maybe their particular decisions haven't been finalized? The last two digital shorts sure had a feeling of finality about them. But it was weird how absent Sudeikis was if it was his last episode.

Yeah, Samberg kinda got his send-off with those 2 shorts

I mean I like Kristen Wiig, but it's just weird is all. When that started I figured like "oh, this will be a nice send-off for Samberg and Sudeikis and Wiig...."

Sudeikis got nothing though, and if you go back and watch his face as Lorne comes out, he looks super pissed. I wonder if something else happened, since he was hardly in the episode.

Whaddayamean Sudeikis got nothing?! He got to be a worker at a fish packing plant! Come on! What a send-off!

I figured that's why Wiig was whispering something to him during that final number. Pretty shitty way to go for such a great member of the cast. Wiig definitely responsible for a lot of the show's popularity over the last half-decade or so, even if I didn't like most of her recurring characters. She's hella talented though, and I've got a lot of love for "Liza Minelli Tries to Turn Off a Lamp".

Cosign pretty much all of your post, Gubke. I seriously think Wiig's gonna shine now.

sudekis was emo not mad. that was pretty over the top for being all about wiig though.

The Hulu edit of this episode will be pretty tiny, given how much too-expensive-to-license music was used in the skits.

Are formal send offs a regular thing for the bigger names? The last one I remember happening was Phil Hartman's.

Though, tbf, when we look back on the show in time, she'll be regarded on Hartman's level easily.

"Liza Minelli Tries to Turn Off a Lamp".

This was all-time.