“So government doesn’t work and, frankly, I regret not taking that gun.”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a[n action hero and not just a Jim Halpert] star!!”
For the first
Saturday Night Live of this year of please-god-let-it-be-different, 2021, I’m here to paraphrase Stefon. This
SNL had everything: a host who threw himself into sketches; the return of Li’l Baby Aidy; a political but not impression-driven cold open; a genuinely weird ten-to-one sketch;
Bowen Yang as Fran Lebowitz; and that thing where everyone seems to be having a good time and even the mediocre premises are lifted up by the sheer professionalism on display.