Continue reading “Will ‘Stranger Things’ get the ‘Game of Thrones’ finale treatment from fans?”
Tag: kate mckinnon
No matter how much Disney may want it to, this Jimmy Kimmel story just won’t die
It must be an election year, because a bunch of people watched ‘SNL’ this weekend
BREAKING: Ryan Gosling and everyone else on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Saturday Night Live
Ryan Gosling & Chris Stapleton
April 13, 2024
Somehow this is only Ryan Gosling’s third time to host Saturday Night Live which … just doesn’t feel right. But according to my sources, the first time he hosted was in late 2015, and then in 2017, and now this week. Which begs the question — HOW DID WE GO SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT RYAN GOSLING HOSTING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AGAIN? LORNE?
Because here’s the thing: especially following Barbie, I’m pretty sure the entire world agrees that Ryan Gosling is not just a pretty face, he’s genuinely hilarious, and clearly delights in being funny. But maybe he delights a little too much in being funny, especially if you’re one of those people who hates when the host and/or cast begins breaking mid-scene. Because Ryan Gosling Can. Not. Keep. It. Together.
Hating it when the cast breaks is a legitimate complaint that many people have — I’m old enough to remember Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz making each other crack up which felt like a cheap way to make the audience laugh with them when the sketch wasn’t otherwise working. That said, Gosling’s giggles seem genuine, and they are, like it or not, highly contagious.
Bring him back sooner THAN SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW, Lorne.
Continue reading “BREAKING: Ryan Gosling and everyone else on ‘Saturday Night Live’”
Kate McKinnon comes home for Christmas on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon & Billie Eilish
December 16, 2023
In my mind, the pre-Christmas episode of Saturday Night Live has traditionally been hosted by a former cast member — the perfect episode for some nostalgia and a homecoming. However, I did the math, and it turns out that over 49 seasons of SNL, only 10 of the Christmas episodes have been hosted by previous cast members, so go figure!
In any event, it’s the wonderful Kate McKinnon’s first trip back to SNL after having left the show in 2022 after 10 seasons. McKinnon is one of the best SNL performers of the past 20 years, a solid comedian who prefers to go full weird, and who has been the savior of many a sketch. And so I had high hopes for this episode, hopes that I’m afraid were unmet. It wasn’t a bad episode — McKinnon is always fun, she was joined by two other SNL greats, and the annual Christmas Joke Off is one for the ages — but overall, it feels like it could have been so much more.
Continue reading “Kate McKinnon comes home for Christmas on ‘Saturday Night Live’”
Welcome to day 399 of the Twitter implosion
It’s a BIG DAY! HBO is working on another ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel! (What? Is something else going on?)
Sit down, because it’s once again time for me to remind you how ‘Lost’ changed television.
Who’s excited about tonight’s big season finale of the January 6th Committee Hearings?
Natasha Lyonne hosts an exceptional and emotional ‘Saturday Night Live’
Saturday Night Live
Natasha Lyonne & Japanese Breakfast
May 21, 2022
It’s almost unfair: Natasha Lyonne is one of my favorites — a wonderful actress and a New York classic, and if she had hosted any other episode, that would be the story. Fortunately, she hosted one of the best episodes of the season. Unfortunately, it was the final episode for four now-legendary cast members: Kyle Mooney; Aidy Bryant; Pete Davidson; and the great Kate McKinnon, who, along with Kennan Thompson, has been carrying this show on her back for ten years now, and that will be what this episode is remembered for. Not that it’s a bad thing: the goodbyes are sweet and funny and well-deserved. I just hope Natasha Lyonne is invited back soon: she had great chemistry with the cast, had terrific comedic timing, and held her own in a challenging episode.
Continue reading “Natasha Lyonne hosts an exceptional and emotional ‘Saturday Night Live’”