Bill Hader made his return to host SNL this week. Onto the review
Anderson Cooper White House Turmoil Cold Open: This felt like a "classic" cold open....well classic in regarding to the days of when Hader was still a castmember. John Goodman made a cameo playing a disgruntled Rex Tillerson. On top of that, we got Hader as "The Mooch" and Fred Armisen as Michael Wolff. Armisen's Wollf is spot on...the way he tries to sell a story and talks around on whether its accurate or not. (7.5)
Monologue/The Californians - Replacing Rosa: I included these two together because of how the monologue segued into The Californians. I'd never seen a monologue quite like this, directly going into the opening sketch, full costume and all. (7.0)
Irish Dating Show: I'm not sure if "kissing cousins" is a popular Irish stereotype or not....but SNL sure thought it was. Maybe we were all Aidy Bryant, an Irish-American who was confused throughout this dating show. (7.3)
Girlfriends Game Night: This was something else. Bill Hader showed why he was so special on SNL, just through his work driving his wheelchair.....at times nearly toppling the set and breaking character. (8.3)
Jurassic Park Auditions (short): This was good at the start....but then it just kept going, and going, and going. Also, some of the impressions didn't really make sense of why they'd be there...like Gwen Stefani and Lisa Kudrow, given when their rise to fame was. (6.7)
(Arcade Fire): (7.1)
Weekend Update: The first guest saw Kate McKinnon as Betsy DeVos talking about her 60 minutes interview disaster. Is there any government official McKinnon can't play?
Pete Davidson then talked about mental illness in regards to his own and Kevin Love's. This was a real hit and miss for me. I get that he was accepting his own struggles and wasn't ashamed to talk about it....but it was weird how he was dumping all over Kevin Love and his anxiety issues. You would think that Pete would know better.
And last but not least....Stefon made his triumphant return. Stefon is just a constant...no matter what, its always hilarious. (8.0)
Sacred Rock: (6.2)
CBC Report: (7.0)
(Arcade Fire): (7.5)
Undercover Office Potty (short): This was another classic 10 to 1 piece. Beck Bennett just played this up so well as it progressed. (9.0)
All in all, a solid show. It again ran into the problem of lulling after weekend update, but Bill Hader brought what he does best. (7.42)
Will Ferrell: 8.02
Chance The Rapper: 7.83
Ryan Gosling: 7.63
Sam Rockwell: 7.55
Kumali Nanjiani: 7.48
Bill Hader: 7.42
Charles Barkley: 7.41
Sterling K. Brown: 7.30
James Franco: 7.28
Kevin Hart: 7.20
Saoirse Ronan: 7.16
Tiffany Haddish: 7.15
Larry David: 7.14
Jessica Chastain: 7.11
Gal Gadot: 7.08
Natalie Portman: 7.03
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