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Thankfully, Stone is comfortable enough in theSNLgroove to show up and just do the work.
Her comic instincts, character work, and sense of physical play are all excellent.
(As usual, weve ranked this weeks sketches from best to worst.)
And her daughters job is now quote-unquote influencer?
This woman is crazy.
You think prison is hard?
she asks the guys.
Ive done 68 Hallmark movies.
This refreshing sketch remains light and silly even while cleverly taking the piss out of its ripped-from-the-headlines targets.
Still, she wonders whether she will find Deirdre in timebecause, yes, she named her character Deirdre.
The director, of course, will be editing that out and cut right to the plowing.
Well composed, well acted, well written, this is an excellent, self-aware jab at actor puffery.
Fashion Coward
This commercial parody introduces a store for people who feel lost and scared while shopping.
The messages these clothes send include Ideal Juror, and I Go on Cruises With My Parents.
Its a specific and sharp look at fashion for the nonmodels among us.
That just means faster Ubers and more Elmos.
Aidy Bryant comes on as Carrie Krum, the kid with travel tips that are specific to her.
Boise, Idaho, is the place to go on spring break to visit her grammy and step-grandpa.
Grammys cul-de-sac, which is perfect for Rollerblading.
And the beaches of western Pennsylvania are great for standing ankle-deep in ice-cold water that stinks.
Bryant is sweet and charming, as always.
There is also a joke about dolphin vaginas.
Scientists discovered that the dolphin clitoris is remarkably similar to that of a human woman.
Said the night janitor at Sea World, Well, I could have told you that.
Mikey Day and Heidi Gardner return as Instagram influencers Nico Slobkin and Brie Bacardi.
Though their perfectly composed and hashtagged photos make them look content, their passive-aggressive personas immediately surface on Update.
After some accusations, some Cartman impressions, some use of a shirt shield, she says shes pregnant.
Shes lying, though, and somehow everything goes back to normal.
Even though there are some bigger, cartoony moments here, the characterization of this couple remains spot-on.
Its also like math, too, somehow.
Then Jenny McCarthy (Stone) comes on to defend anti-vaxxers and things get nuts again.
The cutting take on McCains self-righteousness is the core of this sketch, and that alone is worth it.
You had it engraved?
This self-referential take onSNLmythos is a bit of an ouroboros, but its still enjoyable.
And the clerk needs to know if they thought it was a bathroom, how many of yall went?
The content feels right for a good, weird ten-to-one, but it never quite hits.
