And Shaboozey joined as musical guest.
Hiyo Conehead nation welcome back toSaturday Night Livein Review we have started our December stretch of season 50.
First up:Gladiator IIsPaul Mescal, who was so magnetic in bothNormal PeopleandAftersun.
Paul Mescal delivers his ‘Saturday Night Live’ opening monologue.Saturday Night Live
Gladiator IIis aRidley Scottmovie.
Shaboozey is tonights musical guest.
An iconic Dana Carvey character awaits.
Saturday Night Live
Cold Open
Lets go!
Dana Carveys iconic character jokes aboutSabrina Carpenterand how Jesus Christ was the best carpenter.
echo fails to land with the crowd you see Carvey waiting for a bigger reaction.
One issue could be Sarah Shermans Matt Gaetz.
Usually I enjoy Shermans brand of live-sketch work, but this gets a huge thumbs down.
David Spadeappears as the next guest, Hunter Biden.
This exchange is better received (its way more timely) and Isnt that special gets a nice response.
Marcello Hernandez plays Juan Soto Church Lady takes him to task.
“Satan had a good year,” the Church Lady choir coos, name-checking the likes of Diddy.
Church Lady last appeared in season 42 during Weekend Update to talk about the November 2016 presidential election.
I am unclear why we are going to the Church Lady well now.
But this echoes that they should just call Carvey a cast member.
Monologue
A montage of Mescal crying!
As he makes clear, he is game for emotional scenes and nude scenes and nude emotional scenes.
Safe to say, not a ton of comedy on the resume!
He checks off some of the stereotypes about being Irish.
This reminds me of something off late night hes doing well until Marcello Hernandez shows up in short shorts.
Why did they interrupt him with this?
Mescal regains form and ends well he feels lucky to be here!
This was charming, didnt need Hernandez though.
A surprise: He recently got his ear pierced with some friends.
They overreact, with references to Ben Shapiro, Metallica and going to work naked.
Mescal accuses them of homophobia; they think hes being an edgelord.
Gardner delivers a tour-de-force here, drop-kicking Nana out of the window.
She mutilates her own ear to make a point.
This is histrionic and fun and has a nice ending with Michael Longfellow.
“Gladiator II: A Musical”
WickedandMoana 2have been huge successes even more thanGladiator II.
So filmmakers have added an extra 50 minutes of song!
He recommends folks check out formerSNLer Dean Edwards Instagram for hisspot-on Denzel impression.
Indeed, Dean Edwards' Denzel is hilarious and dead-on, Kenan Thompson’s impression here less so.
I enjoyed James Austin Johnsons Christian character.
“Italian Restaurant Commercial”
Pastabilities!
A young actress played by Ashley Padilla accidentally improvs during a taping for an Italian restaurant commercial.
The director likes it, her costar Craig (Mescal) less so.
The crew thinks she is a comedy machine she admits shes feeling saucy, another pasta pun.
The camera clearly loves Padilla.
Craig is withering, his resentment growing.
The restaurant owner Mario Capanello (Thompson) appears.
They have Mescal in their room, hanging out.
They are relieved that he is normal, not self-serious or emotional.
That compliment backfires, as he is very moved.
He wants to move in upstate maybe sex in the future.
Things get dark and absurd in a fantasy vision, living together in a cabin.
This was a safe one for PDD their past few installments did not land nearly as well.
“Pirates”
A bachelorette party is out for aMagic Mike-style show.
My first thought: Is this a Domingo prequel?
Its mostly the same performers, but I note Dismukes is in the revue.
Instead, this is a male stripper pirate story, practically straight fromPirates of the Caribbean.
The women lament the wild level of detail and lack of skin.
Okay, this isnt Domingo Hernandezs stripper has scurvy and gets thrown overboard.
Wakim has a funny moment but otherwise I was not moved by this.
Shaboozey “Good News” Performance
This country ballad was released last month.
All he needs is a little good news!
The murder happened only three blocks away from 30 Rock.
(The show joking about NYC crime actually has a long history.)
Other jokes: Trump in Paris, Biden in Africa, Diddy.
Che tells a very smart joke about time travel.
Che and Jost have great chemistry tonight.
Lots of laughter at each others jokes.
“Brilliant Lawyer”
It is the last day of a trial.
Paul Mescal tells his attorney (Dismukes) he has not argued his case at all.
His only advice was to have him wear a crazy green suit and a Devo hat with a beard.
He calls Sarah Sherman to the stand; she was a witness to the trials robbery.
The Devo extras all shuffle.
Dismukes tries to sell his desperate plan he tries plan C. He wants the case dismissed.
If the judge doesnt agree, he will kill himself!
It was the fourth single from his albumWhere I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going.
“Spotify Wrapped”
Ego Nwodim appreciates her friends; she needed a good old-fashioned hangout.
They start talking about Spotify Wrapped, the soundtrack to our lives.
Mescal is proud of his list, as he thinks he has good taste.
Satoshi Gutman (Bowen Yang) is from Dundalk Maryland!
Very close to me!
Dundalk is the epicenter of the ace core movement.
(Nwodim is from Baltimore/PG County so she absolutely knows Dundalk.)
The lifestyle podcaster and vlogger Trisha Paytas pops up!
This allows JAJ and Chloe Fineman to display their top-notch impressions.
Dismukes also plays Bruce Springsteen, while Bono is played by Mescal.
I like this one.
Jess, Logan, Dean is the correct Rory Gilmore ranking Bono and Dylan get it!
Dean was just a townie.
(They recently collaborated on the video game, [redacted].)
On the Busey-themed episode, Richards says Spike was the butter to my sausage.
Did we need him promotingFly on the Wallalongside Carvey?
I have mixed feelings about this Church Lady return.
I saw the Delicious Dish Capitol One commercial twice during my broadcast.
Good use of Heidi and Dismukes this week!
