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Mick LaSalle May 9, 2021Updated: May 10, 2021, 9:21 am
Elon Musk gives his monologue as “Saturday Night Live” host. Photo: Will Heath, NBCU Photo Bank
Palo Alto billionaire Elon Musk hosted “Saturday Night Live” and showed himself to be game and good-humored but uncomfortable in his own skin.
But everyone knew going in that Musk was no performer, and he actually did get better as he went along. He did himself no harm and probably made a few fans on Saturday, May 8, so score him an A for effort and a C for delivery.
During the show’s opening monologue, the Tesla CEO said he was “running human in emulation mode,” as though he were an alien or a fairly convincing example of artificial intelligence. The audience laughed, but I had to entertain the possibility that he was telling the truth. I watched the rest of the show with that notion in mind.
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The title of HBO Max’s new comedy sketch series, “That Damn Michael Che,” implies that we should already have an idea of what we’re about to receive: on-brand humor from “Saturday Night Live’s” co-head writer and “Weekend Update” co-anchor, marking an expansion of his trademark material into series streaming. But what, exactly, is Che’s comedy all about?
It’s hard to glean from his recent run on the flagging “SNL,” which Che has called home in multiple capacities, including guest writer and staff writer, since 2013. Eight years later, even he appears bored by the lack of innovation and occasionally outright offense in his and fellow anchor/co-writer Colin Jost’s approach to the venerable newscast parody. One example: When President Biden reversed predecessor Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military, Che sardonically joked: “It’s good news, except Biden is calling the policy, ‘Don’t ask, don’t tuck.’” The audie
Morgan Wallen Back on One Country Station, as Hometown Outlet Sides With Fans Over Industry Censorship
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In what could be a sign of a break in country radio’s unified front, the currently forbidden superstar Morgan Wallen is back on the airwaves on at least one station that had put him on hold, WMYL-FM in Knoxville. The station may have more reason than most to return him to its playlist Knoxville is Wallen’s hometown but it does raise the question of how long the country radio industry will continue to speak with one voice in keeping music’s most successful recording artist of the moment off the air.