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SNL Ranked: Amy Schumer Absolutely Kills It, Obviously
SNL Ranked: Amy Schumer Absolutely Kills It, Obviously
SNL Ranked: Amy Schumer Absolutely Kills It, Obviously
Amy Schumer has had an incredible couple of years with her hit series Inside Amy Schumer, her collaboration with Judd Apatow for Trainwreck, and her upcoming HBO comedy special. When you’re this beloved, there’s one place you need to be: on the SNL stage. Schumer makes her SNL hosting debut tonight and absolutely kills it, delivering a complete 180 from whatever happened with last week's relentlessly humorless season premiere (can we just pretend this was the season premiere? OK). There’s so much to love in this consistently funny episode, where even the weakest sketch of the night is still quite delightful. Read on for this week’s sketches, ranked from best to worst.
SNL Forces the Cast to Apologize to Their Actual Mothers
SNL Forces the Cast to Apologize to Their Actual Mothers
SNL Forces the Cast to Apologize to Their Actual Mothers
Last night’s generally unremarkable episode of SNL peaked early when it took advantage of its proximity to Mother’s Day to do something kind of remarkable. As part of her opening monologue, guest host Reese Witherspoon declared that the show was going to mark the occasion by bringing each cast member out with his or her mother...and then forcing them to apologize for their childhood transgressions.
SNL Presents Scarlett Johansson in ‘Black Widow: Age of Me’
SNL Presents Scarlett Johansson in ‘Black Widow: Age of Me’
SNL Presents Scarlett Johansson in ‘Black Widow: Age of Me’
It’s not coincidence that Scarlett Johansson guest hosted SNL on the same weekend that Avengers: Age of Ultron opened in theaters, so of course the show had to do a Marvel sketch of some kind. And unlike the previous Avengers sketches cooked up for Chris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner, this one is actually a pretty effective dig at the Marvel movie machine. More importantly, it’s very funny.
SNL Puts ‘Empire’ Star Taraji P. Henson on ‘Sesame Street’
SNL Puts ‘Empire’ Star Taraji P. Henson on ‘Sesame Street’
SNL Puts ‘Empire’ Star Taraji P. Henson on ‘Sesame Street’
At some point in the SNL writer’s room, everyone must have realized that guest host Taraji P. Henson plays a monstrous character named Cookie on the smash hit Empire and, a few Cookie Monster jokes later, they were scrambling to call the producers of Sesame Street. Yes, SNL put Henson’s Cookie on the world’s most famous children’s program and the results are kind of spectacular.
‘SNL’ Lets ‘The Walking Dead’ Star Norman Reedus Crash ‘Weekend Update’ [Video]
‘SNL’ Lets ‘The Walking Dead’ Star Norman Reedus Crash ‘Weekend Update’ [Video]
‘SNL’ Lets ‘The Walking Dead’ Star Norman Reedus Crash ‘Weekend Update’ [Video]
Since The Walking Dead just ended its fifth season and it’s still one of the biggest shows in the history of television, it makes sense that SNL would pause to talk about it. After all, what good is the “Weekend Update” segment if the anchors don’t occasionally stop to talk about what’s big in popular culture? And what good is SNL if it can’t get one of the most popular actors from The Walking Dead to stop by for a minute-long cameo?
‘SNL’: Dwayne Johnson Returns as President ‘The Rock’ Obama
‘SNL’: Dwayne Johnson Returns as President ‘The Rock’ Obama
‘SNL’: Dwayne Johnson Returns as President ‘The Rock’ Obama
There are few impersonations on SNL we enjoy as much as Jay Pharoah’s President Barack Obama, the chief subject of the latest episode’s cold open. But in a nice twist, the leader of the free world soon finds himself transforming into a monster of a man. Did you really think SNL would get Dwayne Johnson to guest host and not bring back The Rock Obama?
Adam Sandler Recalls How Much Chris Farley Used to Eat at ‘SNL’
Adam Sandler Recalls How Much Chris Farley Used to Eat at ‘SNL’
Adam Sandler Recalls How Much Chris Farley Used to Eat at ‘SNL’
Now give this a chance. It might sound boring – Adam Sandler talks about food with Conan O’Brien – but the former Saturday Night Live stars (Sandler was, of course, a cast member, while O’Brien as a long-time writer) have some pretty tall tales to share about their time on the show, specifically as it applies to meals.
'SNL' Does Parody Ad for ISIS
'SNL' Does Parody Ad for ISIS
'SNL' Does Parody Ad for ISIS
NBC's Saturday Night Live did a parody with Dakota Johnson on Saturday night. In the parody, a dad played by Taran Killam drops off his daughter (Johnson) to what at first seem like college. It ends up being for her to join ISIS -- the acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham terrorist group.

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