![]() Not caring for where this sketch has been going so far. Feels strange in hindsight seeing Julia playing such a ditzy character like this, considering this is VERY different from the roles she’d end up typically being cast in for most of her tenure. Julia Sweeney gets her very first big showcase, right in her first episode. (host) is frustrated by ditzy (JUS)’s short attention span & bad stories A sign that he’s starting to get burned out as an Update anchor, which unfortunately ends up only getting worse as this season progresses. I’ve been noticing lately that Dennis’ trademark arm-swipe when scribbling off the sheet of paper after his “I… am… outta here” tagline hasn’t been as energetic as usual this season. Dennis goes on a jokingly xenophobic-esque rant, but it fell flat for me. Dennis, in a meta comment about Farley after the marathon runner commentary has ended: “At least we didn’t see his ass this week.” Unfortunately, there’s not much for him to work with here in terms of material. The marathon runner commentary is featuring a very early display of Farley’s extreme energy. A very rare Update appearance from Jan, though as usual, it’s not behind the Update desk. In Central Park, JAH interviews New York Marathon last-place runner (CHF) ![]() ![]() I like the New York hotel window drawing with the window washer blocking the view. I’m enjoying Mike’s characterization and unique pronunciation of certain words (particularly “draw-rings”). I like the opening announcer’s passing mention of the show having been preceded by 5 hours of The All-England Sheepdog Trials from Bridlington. This Mike Myers character makes its debut. While in the tub, neglected English boy Simon (MIM) shows his drawings Jimmy’s angry outburst at the end was good. Dana is particularly funny at doing the Spanish pronunciations here. This is a fleshed-out, sketch version of a commentary that Victoria did on Weekend Update a year earlier, where she kept using a heavy accent when pronouncing the names of Spanish nations. NBC News employees overdo their Spanish pronunciations Bob Costas cameo Heavy reliance on Don Pardo tonight, between the monologue and now him being held hostage from off-camera in his announcer’s booth at the end of this sketch. As usual in his portrayal of gameshow hosts, I love Phil’s overly-cheerful demeanor in this. Funny reveal of the skeleton on display being Jimmy’s great-grandfather. Pretty funny how one of the contestants is a Native American coming to reclaim the Indian artifacts that are being presented as gameshow prizes. (host) competes to reclaim Native American artifacts The testimonials are all very funny, especially Rock’s. I love them showing the process of Kevin planting his about-to-grow hair, as if it’s perfectly normal. At least they seemed to be fully aware of that.Īn organic alternative to traditional baldness countermeasures Boy, this bit ended up running out of steam and dying off pretty fast. Pretty fun idea of Don Pardo translating Jimmy’s dialogue into Spanish. Nice energetic entrance from Jimmy Smits. Season 16’s growing cast continues to increase in size, as Julia Sweeney and David Spade are added to the cast tonight as featured players, the former of whom is a new SNL hire and the latter of whom was already working on SNL as a writer and had made many uncredited onscreen appearances.ĭOP provides a Spanish translation of host’s story Interesting how they let the child actor playing Quayle (Jeff Renaudo) deliver “Live from New York…” this time. Memorable part with him using infrared night vision goggles, especially him getting scared by Little Dan Quayle sneaking up on him with night goggles of his own. Some good laughs from him emphasizing how un-American Mario Cuomo’s first name is. Love Dana-as-Bush’s ways of demonstrating how down his approval rating has gone. George Bush (DAC) emphasizes that Mario Cuomo has a foreign-sounding name ![]() Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars
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