A classic skit returned to NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on its October 23, 2021 edition: “talk show” “What Up With That” hosted by Diondre Cole (Kenan Thompson). His guests were “Dune” star Oscar Isaac, model Emily Ratajkowski and, although Cole kept referring to him as frequent guest/former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, “Succession” actor Nicholas […]
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During “Weekend Update” on the October 23, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” the devil (Jason Sudeikis) made a guest appearance to tout his successful recent years, taking credit for the Houston Astros, Tom Brady, Bitcoin, vaping and too-large web page advertisements that won’t go away no matter how much scrolling takes place. When […]
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In a parody commercial on the October 23, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” it was mentioned that so many daytime talk shows only cater to women. But a new host is taking TV by storm, targeting male audiences: Mellen (Jason Sudeikis), the male version of Ellen DeGeneres. One week prior, he was just […]
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In a skit on the October 23, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” it was parent-teacher night. The teacher (Jason Sudeikis) told the parents (Ego Nwodim and Kyle Mooney) their son needed tutoring in math. But throughout their meeting, the teacher clearly continued to express his desire to openly romance his student’s mother even […]
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In a skit on the October 23, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” a PBS Kids program entitled “Science Room” featured a science professor (Jason Sudeikis) attempting to teach the solar system to two students (Cecily Strong and Mikey Day) — a task the professor soon finds to be increasingly frustrating. Watch Science Room […]
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On the October 23, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live“, President Joe Biden (James Austin Johnson) was feeling a bit downtrodden, wondering to himself “I don’t understand. People used to like me. The press would call me ‘Uncle Joe’. I miss the old me. Where the hell did that guy go?” Then, Vice President […]
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In the first skit following the monologue on the October 16, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” students (Rami Malek, Bowen Yang, Andrew Dismukes, Sarah Sherman) present facts about their favorite bugs at a school assembly. But it was Yang’s “Daddy Longlegs” that aimed to be star of the event, uttering those facts in […]
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In a music video parody on the October 16, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” two cowboys (Pete Davidson and Rami Malek) sing a country song about how their financial situations are so dire, they play the deadly “Squid Game” for a huge cash prize. “Squid Game“, the Korean-produced thriller, has been a global […]
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During “Weekend Update” on the October 16, 2021 edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” a report on social media’s reaction to a teaser photo of Timothee Chalamet from the set of “Wonka“, the prequel to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, which labeled the actor as a “twink Willy Wonka” led anchor Colin Jost to bring […]