Okay, let me just say that this cold open was one of the most offensive things I have ever seen! I felt attacked and like they were trying to put words into my mouth! However, I forgave them and moved on with the episode. Let me also say that I feel bad for Oscar Isaac because he had to follow John Mulaney, which I consider to be the best episode so far this season. I expected a mid-tier episode, but those expectations were exceeded, just not by much. The "Paw Patrol" sketch was hilarious and I died of laughter during "Fiction Workshop". One thing I love about Oscar Isaac as an actor is all the different voices he uses for his characters, so I loved how he incorporated that into the sketches. I will say this. The most memorable sketch of the night was also probably the most cursed thing I've seen in my entire life and that sketch is "Meatballs". I really got a kick out of how stupid it was! Charli XCX delivered some catchy songs with dancing that seemed a tad awkward. Overall, I'll give this episode a seven out of ten. It definitely isn't the greatest episode this season, but it's passable.
6 Reviews
Some very funny some flat
pgkps6 March 2022
The Cold Open was so full of jokes I had to watch it a second time! Some skits were barely one star while like the home improvement skit was a ten! Weekend Update should have had Pete D show up as a claymation! Otherwise Weekend Update was very good.
The musical guest was just a third rate Katy Perry/Lady Gaga knockoff. I laughed when she bumped into one of her two backup dancers!
The musical guest was just a third rate Katy Perry/Lady Gaga knockoff. I laughed when she bumped into one of her two backup dancers!
I hope Oscar Isaac keeps coming back!
serdaraltin6 March 2022
It's a very good episode. Oscar Isaac's commitment to his characters are off the charts! He really looks like enjoyed. Sarah's meatball sketch was just her sense of humor and i really burst of laughing couple times. Ego's weary mother has blast us again with Weekend Update. Overall such a good episode/sketches!
Some truly funny bits, but this was the nadir of SNL musical guests.
mitchandcary6 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I'd suggest going straight to YouTube for the choice funny bits from Chloe Fineman, Kate McKinnon, Chris Redd, et al., but skip the musical 'talent'.
I honestly sat with my jaw agape, wondering what on Earth I was witnessing with Charli XCX and the lip-sync vocals, canned backing tracks, with a mix of burlesque and strip club dancing, re-hashed, over-produced grooves, stale choreography, and vapid song lyrics, behind yet another industry-hype, propped-up gyrating sex doll. This schtick was passé with Cardi B's WAP five years ago.
Standout performances by host Oscar Isaac, and the rest of the regular cast.
I just don't understand the production and marketing team's choice of 'booty show' with the musical guest. It painfully set feminism back to the drawing board, and left me wondering how fast I could reach for the remote control to hit the fast-forward button. However, I ended up sitting through it, if only as a grim reminder of what 'sex sells' looks like.
I honestly sat with my jaw agape, wondering what on Earth I was witnessing with Charli XCX and the lip-sync vocals, canned backing tracks, with a mix of burlesque and strip club dancing, re-hashed, over-produced grooves, stale choreography, and vapid song lyrics, behind yet another industry-hype, propped-up gyrating sex doll. This schtick was passé with Cardi B's WAP five years ago.
Standout performances by host Oscar Isaac, and the rest of the regular cast.
I just don't understand the production and marketing team's choice of 'booty show' with the musical guest. It painfully set feminism back to the drawing board, and left me wondering how fast I could reach for the remote control to hit the fast-forward button. However, I ended up sitting through it, if only as a grim reminder of what 'sex sells' looks like.
Overall, quite a heavy hitter SNL episode.
smithzed6 March 2022
Sketch Rating & Ranking:
Weekend Update Pt.1: 9.8/10
Paw Patrol: 9.5/10
Weekend Update Pt.2: 9.4/10
Workplace Harassment Seminar: 9.2/10
Monologue: 9.1/10
Inventing Chloe: 8.8/10
Home Repair Show: 8.6/10
Aerotoilet (Cut for Time): 8.3/10
Aidy's Dream: 7.9/10
Fiction Workshop: 7.7/10
Weary Mother In Her Darkest Hour; Ego Nwodim: 7.5/10
Don't Say Gay; Kate McKinnon: 7/10
Fox News Ukraine Cold Open: 6.5/10
Meatballs: 2/10
Average: 7.95
Several sketches were highlights - the serious political advert about Paw Patrol was one of my favourites, and the Weekend Update quick-fire joke segments were especially good this week. The Workplace Harassment Seminar also was quite well laid out. The monologue was also very good - the videos were especially fun to watch.
However, there were a few middling sketches, like Aidy's Dream & Fiction Workshop that were focused around just one drawn-out joke rather than consistently keeping up the comedy.
The cold open could have done with more tightly packing in jokes, rather than having an eight minute segment, but it had good jokes in there. The only bad sketch I would say is the Meatball sketch, which relied upon one joke but the joke was that it was just "surreal" - not much of an actual joke there. I would have preferred the cut for time sketch to make it to the air.
Weekend Update Pt.1: 9.8/10
Paw Patrol: 9.5/10
Weekend Update Pt.2: 9.4/10
Workplace Harassment Seminar: 9.2/10
Monologue: 9.1/10
Inventing Chloe: 8.8/10
Home Repair Show: 8.6/10
Aerotoilet (Cut for Time): 8.3/10
Aidy's Dream: 7.9/10
Fiction Workshop: 7.7/10
Weary Mother In Her Darkest Hour; Ego Nwodim: 7.5/10
Don't Say Gay; Kate McKinnon: 7/10
Fox News Ukraine Cold Open: 6.5/10
Meatballs: 2/10
Average: 7.95
Several sketches were highlights - the serious political advert about Paw Patrol was one of my favourites, and the Weekend Update quick-fire joke segments were especially good this week. The Workplace Harassment Seminar also was quite well laid out. The monologue was also very good - the videos were especially fun to watch.
However, there were a few middling sketches, like Aidy's Dream & Fiction Workshop that were focused around just one drawn-out joke rather than consistently keeping up the comedy.
The cold open could have done with more tightly packing in jokes, rather than having an eight minute segment, but it had good jokes in there. The only bad sketch I would say is the Meatball sketch, which relied upon one joke but the joke was that it was just "surreal" - not much of an actual joke there. I would have preferred the cut for time sketch to make it to the air.
Some good, some duds
rmmil6 March 2022
This week was a mixed bag IMO.
Opening sketch was a bit cringey, maybe don't make jokes about an ongoing armed conflict that is actively killing innocent civilians. I know SNL wants to be edgy, but did you "have" to do this one?
Weekend Update was strong, as usual (lately). No Pete Davidson this week too, which is always a plus. I did enjoy the weird Cecily Strong workplace appropriateness skit. Good to see more weird on the show.
I didn't "get" the point of the Aidy Bryant / Oscar Isaac skit. She finds him attractive, that was the punchline? Maybe I did get it.
More of the usual "meh" quality of mid-season SNL episodes.
Opening sketch was a bit cringey, maybe don't make jokes about an ongoing armed conflict that is actively killing innocent civilians. I know SNL wants to be edgy, but did you "have" to do this one?
Weekend Update was strong, as usual (lately). No Pete Davidson this week too, which is always a plus. I did enjoy the weird Cecily Strong workplace appropriateness skit. Good to see more weird on the show.
I didn't "get" the point of the Aidy Bryant / Oscar Isaac skit. She finds him attractive, that was the punchline? Maybe I did get it.
More of the usual "meh" quality of mid-season SNL episodes.
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