The “Road House” star decided to remind everyone he can sing.
Here we are, Conehead nation!
over the past 20 episodes.
Jake Gyllenhaal on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Saturday Night Live/YouTube
Kristen Wiig as the guest host and Maya the other night?
Bold and crazy - they were in their playground.
Season 49 concludes in 3…2…1.
He namedrops Elaine fromSeinfeld AKA formerSNLcast memberJulia Louis Dreyfus.
Trump gets into his veep candidates.
Devon Walker returns as Senator Tim Scott.
Heidi Gardner brings out a fake dog but a real gun as South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem.
The late, great Hannibal Lector (Michael Longfellow) is giving Pence vibes.
Solid stuff - short and sweet.
Nothing to write home about.
We have seen worse political cold opens, havent we friends?
Monologue
49 is a great number, Gyllenhaal says.
He riffs about numbers and working with Conor McGregor in the streaming remake of Roadhouse.
He is right - this is the last episode before the big 5-0, the key anniversary season.
I love him shouting out the Ed Kock episode, way back in season 9.
(Lets be accurate: Edwin Newman, Father Guido Sarducci, Betty Thomas and Billy Crystal co-hosted!)
I like Kenan Thompson noting most of this season were fine.
Dad has a cookie
Andrew Dismukes wants to propose to girlfriend Chloe Troast at her parents house.
However the father (Gyllenhaal) has a bigger obsession: his wifes peanut butter cookie.
She forbid him, but he couldnt help himself.
Matthius calls Troast a wonderful new singer… shes terrific.
There is some Tim Robinson influence here, right folks?
Old man Franklin (Johnson) is found out as the phantom.
So far, a standard Scooby mystery - the villain has been revealed.
However, more is in store for these kooky kids.
Things take a dark turn when Gyllenhaal turns violent.
High concept Sherman short film.
Beautiful Girls
We witness a chorus line of attractive, well put together young women.
Heres the hook: now the boys get a turn.
Something for the ladies in the audience.
We go Busby Berkley with the camera work, after hearing backstories for most of the male cast members.
Gyllenhaal sings for the second time in a half hour.
This is like a cousin to the “Lawrence Welk” set-ups from the Kristen Wiig era, no?
It is wild that Chloe Fineman was just at the Cannes Film Festival promotingMegalopolis.
Now she is appearing here!
(In a small role.)
Pretty pedestrian, despite the choreography.
He is very obnoxious!
He audibly enters text, dictating emojis.
Send with invisible ink!
he orders to his iPhone.
We get our second Apple reference in several minutes.
Very curious when that happens.
Clip out, then clip back in.
Fast-fashion ad
These clothes are pretty cheap dont worry about it!
No prisoners involved, dont worry about the labor issues behind these deals.
This is pretty incisive, watch it!
Heres the point: even if you were aware of these ethical issues, would you keep buying it?
Sabrina Carpenter first performance
Espresso peaked at No.
4 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Carpenter’s first top ten single on the chart.
I get it, it has a catchy hook.
One key fact: it was co-written by Windham, Maines Amy Allen.
Two separate broods of cicadas will come this summer.
To comment, two cicadas.
Colin Jost raps Kreayshawn.
Lots of tentacle-related fun.
Marcello had a fun season Emmy nomination, maybe?
Heres the fun takeaway: the return of Joke Swap!
Last time, Che hired an actress to play a civil rights activist.
This time, its Rabbi Jill.
This kind of flops no?
Back in 2021, we had asimilar sketch with Kieran Culkin, who had issues with his cable.
Dismukes works at Hudson News - he is selling warm DaSani.
Bowen Yang is both South and West - all directions.
They cant even get his name right.
Boring, don’t bother.
This turns into a medley.
Im onSNLand youre not!
Jakes sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal, is remakingBride of Frankenstein.
Hence his shirt when he introduces this performance.
New York Police Department
Sergeant Jeff McDougal is giving a PAS on random acts of violence.
Stop punching character actors in the face!
Steve Buscemi was just targeted, as was former host Rick Moranis.
Stephen Root is being given a security detail.Seinfeldgirlfriends (likeGilmore Girls Lauren Graham) are also on notice.
This is very funny!
We get a Jon Hamm cameo and a Stephen Tobolowsky reference.
Character actors are the lifeblood of the entertainment industry!
Heidi Gardner and Andrew Dismukes spar over Brad Pitt and Paul Giamatti.
Tavern
Gyllenhaal is a rough neck, who hits on Lexi, Snake Eyes girl.
We meet Snake Eyes (Johnson).
They shoot looks at each other.
Final thoughts
Pretty middle of the road episode!
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Huge thanks to formerSNLer and voice actor Gail Matthius for her thoughts tonight!
Look out for more from her soon, including her folk rock band The Shambles (LA).
(Her husband is John Wirth, the award-winning showrunner on the AMC seriesDark Winds.)
A nice title card for the recently departed Dabney Coleman, who hosted back inseason 13.
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