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John Mulaney comes home to ‘Saturday Night Live’

by Therese Odell, posted in saturday night live: season 47

Saturday Night Live
John Mulaney & LCD Soundsystem
February 26, 2021

John Mulaney is BACK! After an event-filled couple of years (more on that in a minute), Mulaney came home to Saturday Night Live to host for the fifth time, earning him a spot in the increasingly less-exclusive Five-Timers Club.

The hosting gig also served as a chance for Mulaney to show the world that he survived the hurricane that hit his life mere days after the last time he hosted in 2020. Mulaney seems older now, a little more tired, a little darker — of course, that’s what happens when life happens to you. But he’s just as funny, just as observant and clever. He seems to have found his grounding; let’s hope he keeps it.

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For reasons that are unclear, Chris Pine sings his way through a thoroughly terrible ‘Saturday Night Live’

by Therese Odell, posted in saturday night live: season 42

Saturday Night Live
Chris Pine & LCD Soundsystem
May 6, 2017

Hey, did you guys know that Chris Pine, that guy from Star Trek, can sing? Because Chris Pine REALLY REALLY REALLY wants you to know he can sing. If we count Weekend Update as one sketch (which, let’s just) there were 12 sketches on last night’s Saturday Night Live, and Chris Pine sang in 5 of them. The thing is, Chris Pine? Is not that great of a singer. So, what is even happening here? Who asked this guy to sing?

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