Saturday Night Live
Chris Rock & Gracie Abrams
December 14, 2024
Remarkably, this is only the fourth* time Chris Rock has hosted Saturday Night Live since he was a cast member back in the early nineties. Despite (or maybe because of) being comedy royalty, Rock hasn’t really spent that much time in the 8H studio that helped make him a star. And honestly, it’s probably for the best? Rock seemed unprepared for live television, hesitant at times, and clearly dependent on the cue cards and teleprompter. It was almost like he was coasting on being Chris Rock.
As for the episode, it was … fine. It was completely fine and unmemorable. It was a mid episode of Saturday Night Live, featuring a couple of legitimately funny sketches, a bunch of middling ones, and a couple of desperately unfunny bits. But most unfortunately for Rock, the episode will probably be best remembered for an unexpected cameo from an entirely different SNL alum. (Not Dana Carvey.) (Thank goodness.)
*Fun little fact: note the Prince symbol necklace Rock is wearing in the bumper photo above? Prince was the musical guest when Rock hosted for the second time in 2014. R.I.P. Prince.
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