If you’re thinking about a new season of Saturday Night Live, don’t worry. So does Saturday Night Live.
In the first episode of its 48th season, “SNL” went meta in its opening sketch, recruiting host Miles Teller and cast member Andrew Dismukes to play brother sports commentators Peyton and Eli Manning. rice field. Standard satire of former President Donald J. Trump.
In a sketch within a sketch, James Austin Johnson reprized his recurring role as Trump, and Chloe Feynman played an advisor who advised him not to stay in Mar-a-Lago during Hurricane Ian. “This is her safest place in two years, actually,” Johnson told her. “No lawyers, no FBI. I’m in a happy place.”
Teller and Dismukes mocked various (scripted) elements of the sketch, including new cast member Michael Longfellow’s awkward entrance and Heidi Gardner’s impersonation of South Dakota Governor Christy Noem.
“The political impression that no one asked for,” Teller said. “What about the fun impressions of Anthony Fauci, Lindsay Graham, Rudy Giuliani?”
Dismukes replied, “They were all Kate McKinnon.”
The episode also featured musical guest Kendrick Lamar, and the absence of some familiar faces was noticeable. Eight veteran cast members left “SNL” ahead of this weekend’s broadcast, including McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Kyle Mooney. Atari’s departure was announced in early September, with Chris Redd leaving at the end of the month.
“SNL” creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels has hired four new cast members this summer and says the new season will be “the year of reinvention.”
In an interview with The New York Times last month, he said: The way the series survived is because of its level updates. ”
The opening sketch made fun of these expectations, like when Bowen Yang appears as Chinese President Xi Jinping and (deliberately) mispronounces the word “corgi.”
“An amazing failure for a veteran Jan,” Dismukes said. “He was supposed to step up this year, but you can see the pressure on him.”
The sketch continued to be laden with cameos, including appearances by new cast member Devon Walker (as viral celebrity Corn Kid) and snowboarder Shaun White.
Meanwhile, “Mad Men” alum and veteran “SNL” host Jon Hamm joined the dismayed Teller and Dismukes for the segment.
In response to White’s appearance, Teller said, “It’s gratuitous stunt casting.”
Turning to Teller, Hamm replied, “Sometimes you need to bring in a real celebrity when the host isn’t that famous.”
Teller tried to refute him.
Hamm replied, “Are you special or desperate?”
Game show parody of the week
If the show still relies on the tried-and-true staple of game show parody, how many years of rebuilding will it really be on ‘SNL’? This time, Keenan Thompson played the contestant rather than the host. Instead, a spoof called “Send Something Normal” was hosted by Teller. It’s no easy feat when panelists include him Adam Levine (Mikey Day), Armie Hammer (Johnson) and Neil deGrasse Tyson (Thompson). Two-time winner Bowenyan, playing himself, explains the secret to his success in the game:
Internet Education of the Week
This filmed segment, in which Teller and Day play bank robbers in a failed robbery, is not only a clever commentary on the popular photo-sharing platform BeReal, but for those who have never actually heard of the site. There is also an informative description of the site of Previous. (Not us, of course.) As the incompetent criminal learns, the app sends the user a notification at her once-a-day random time and posts a picture of herself. (“Oh, so no attitude, no status orientation,” says the understanding teller. Alright, so who can help me understand cryptocurrencies?
Weekend Update Joke of the Week
On the Weekend Update Desk, anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che repeated Russian President Vladimir V. Putin’s belligerent speech and a widely-discussed gaffe by President Biden.
Weekend update Deskside segment of the week
Prolific “SNL” impressionists Johnson and Thompson joined forces on Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Johnson) and Georgia Senate Republican candidate Herschel Walker (Thompson). Thompson made an awkward defense of Walker’s past remarks. his claim “When China gets our good air, their bad air has to move”. air buds. Air Jordan. Air-n Brockovich. You see, science does not understand. Johnson, as McConnell, read through a list of policy proposals that Thompson gave him, including “Barbecue Tuesday.” “Let’s take the daytime moon—and it won’t rain anymore”; and “Create a department for Instagram Booty.”
New cast member of the week
Despite being ridiculed in the opening sketch, new employee Michael Longfellow makes a strong appearance in this Weekend Update segment, saying he has different political views than his family in Arizona. Did. Longfellow joked. They may be dead tomorrow. Spend time with them. i will call them enter the will He also said when he found out his father was voting for Trump, “I sat him down and said, ‘Hey, if you keep going down this road, you’re going to have to pay your own car insurance next year. I told him it might be. Then he told me how much it was.