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Last Night on "SNL": Elton Who? How About Tom Fu*king Hanks

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under TV Reviews | Comments (9)

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Lawrence Welk Cold Open

The only thing I can say about the Cold Open is that it wasn’t a lame political one. But it was lame.

Elton John Monologue

A lot of boomer deprecation. Not inspired, but not terribly embarrassing. Kind of hits all that Elton John notes, which is good or bad, depending on how you feel about Elton John.

ESPN Classic: Ladies Shot Put

The ESPN segments are always great, although given the reception that Will Forte gets here, I wonder if anyone even realized he left the show last year? The sport: Track and field. The sponsor: KY Jelly. “No foreplay today? Hey, that’s OK! KY Jelly!” Also, there’s a cameo from a basketball player and Tom fucking Hanks.

Knights of The Realm

All those contemporary celebrities that the English monarchy has knighted? Now, they’re called in to battle a dragon. Good premise, but Tom Hanks’ Michael Caine impression steals it. The dig at Spider-man: The Musical is also pretty great.

Digital Short: Laser Cats, The Musical

Still don’t really understand the appeal of Laser Cats, and here it’s still in the tiresome phase right before it’s so done to death it becomes amusingly absurd.

Weekend Update

As always, Seth Meyers’ headlines are the only reason to watch Weekend Update, and fortunately, this week there’s a full three-and-a-half minutes, which you can watch here without being interrupted by two bad segments.

I will throw in Nic Cage and Jake Gyllenhaal’s segment though, because look! Jake Gyllenhaal. He has two lines in three minutes. And he still stares at the cue cards.

The Silver Screen

Two bitchy gay film critics? Where have we seen this? Two snaps and a talk to the hand. At least these guys make out a lot.










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Comments

Will Forte left?

To do WHAT?

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 3, 2011 1:52 PM

Lord knows why, but the random Sir Mix A Lot appearance cracked me up (and Hanks really does steal that sketch as Michael Caine.)

Posted by: Joseph Finn at April 3, 2011 1:58 PM

Last night on Twitter, everyone was taking a good, long and hard shit all over SNL. Not surprised to see why.

Posted by: Fredo at April 3, 2011 2:28 PM

Well 'MaGruber,' which didn't work out so well for him. I think there were some contract disputes as well.

I thought this episode was one of the better ones, in part because of Tom "Fucking" Hanks. Pretty sure he was in more of the first 30 minutes then Sir Elton.

Also, I did enjoy when Elton messe up a linchpins and he berated himself and hit the table. It was probably funnier than the joke.

Posted by: kilmo at April 3, 2011 4:24 PM

What, no love for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip playing punk rock while Edward pogo dances?

Posted by: spoobnooble at April 3, 2011 5:49 PM

Where the fuck has Jay Pharaoh been? Are they mad at him?

Posted by: Courtney at April 3, 2011 7:02 PM

Weekend Update minus the stupid segments! Thank you Pajiba!

Posted by: John W at April 3, 2011 7:21 PM

Will Forte left?

To do WHAT?

Terrible Ted Turner impressions on Conan.

Posted by: Uda at April 3, 2011 8:13 PM

I just assumed they let Forte come back last night for him to qualify for SAG health insurance for the year.

Posted by: Sean at April 3, 2011 8:25 PM