Saturday Night Live Scorecard: Was Paul Rudd Once Again Overshadowed by His Musical Guest?

The Bad

"Cat Cuisine" (Elliott, Pedrad): This is the kind of bit that I wish there was a category called "It's fine." If there were, "Cat Cuisine" would be included. There's nothing bad about the sketch, but there's nothing particularly good about it either. Chefs spend a lot of time making gourmet cat foot that still looks like cat food. The End.

Score: 5.5

"Field Day" (Pharoah, Rudd): The good news: Jay Pharoah finally got a non-impression character onto the air and, from his Twitter account, I know he was quite excited about this fact. The bad news: It wasn't particularly great. I mean, his heavy breathing quite religious principal was, well, odd? Is that the word? I don't know. I'm a Pharoah fan, but I have to admit, I didn't particularly get this one. Though, again, it's good to see Pharoah do something other than in impression.

Score: 5.0

"Sexually Speaking" (Armisen, Rudd, Hader): There's always something missing with these Roger Brush sketches, yet they continue to air. Honestly, it doesn't even matter what I say here, I could be describing any of the installments. Watch any one of them, they are all exactly the same. Why not just show a previously aired version if nothing new is going to be done with the premise?

Score: 4.5

"Kissing Family" (Rudd, Wiig, Hader, Armisen, Bayer): I realize that there are fans of "The Kissing Family," and I think it worked well the first time it aired because of shock value. As a recurring sketch, it's honestly one of the most lazy, one-note recurring sketches in the history of Saturday Night Live. Son brings friend/girlfriend home from college, the family kisses a lot. That's it, every time. I mean, how can the writers think there's any shock value to this sketch any longer now that we've all seen it multiple times?

Score: 3.5

The Ugly

"Barack Obama Address Cold Open" (Armisen): Because he agreed to the Republican tax plan, Obama is now a Republican. Could have been a funny premise, but, honestly, is Armisen even attempting to do an Obama impression any longer? Armisen's Obama impression during this sketch sounded like Fred Armisen. Part of me thinks he's phoning it in on purpose because he doesn't want to play Obama any longer.

Score: 1.5

Average Score For This Show: 5.83

Weekly Host Scorecard:

· Amy Poehler 6.04

· Anne Hathaway 6.00

· Emma Stone 5.88

· Jon Hamm 5.86

· Paul Rudd 5.83

· Robert De Niro 5.83

· Bryan Cranston 5.79

· Jane Lynch 5.31

· Scarlett Johansson 4.69

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Comments

  • Jamie says:

    I feel like Jay Pharoah has a lot up his sleeve that's just waiting to bust out, and I really hope he gets the chance to expand on his principal character. It was weird and, I think, has the potential to be pretty great if they shift a few things.
    I'm starting to feel pity for Abby Elliot at this point. The four new people have had way better material and screen time all season. And they're better than her. Seriously, I've never once been wowed by her.

  • Matt Webb Mitovich says:

    I for one am so tired of the default "Presidential address" cold open. It's one thing if you've got a Phil Hartman or Dana Carvey or Darrell Hammond doing a spot-on, funny-in-itself impression - but Armisen fall so short.
    "What's That Name?" was pretty funny, because I am 100% that way with people. I'd like to see it again. P.S. It's Norman.

  • Jimmy O. says:

    To the writer: I hate to break it to you, but Pharoah's principal is not an original character, but a, you guessed it, impression. Whom might you ask? None other than Principal Frye of Pharoah's high school alma mater, Indian River High School in Chesapeake, VA. How do I know this? Because I went there. After last night's episode, every IRHS alum knows exactly whom he was doing. He's not original. You can even do a facebook status search of "Mr. Frye" to confirm this.
    I'm happy for our home-town boy to be on the screen, but he has nothing to offer than impressions. I was especially disgusted by his turn on Weekend Update a few weeks ago when he did his rap. It was nothing more than "Hey, watch me do a bunch of impressions I can't write into a cohesive skit."

  • Mike Ryan says:

    Wow. Thanks for sharing that. I mean, I assumed he got that from somewhere, but at least it's not a celebrity impresion. I liked his rap, I hated his "Jay Pharoah" shirt.

  • Kristen says:

    I'd be perfectly content with 90 minutes of Stefon every week.

  • rebecca says:

    Where has Sudeikis been this season?

  • Scraps says:

    Nine Asian Balkis!!

  • Chandler N. says:

    Im still a student at Indian River and the school was buzzing about it all day. He actually came to the school not too long ago to ask Mr. Frye if it was ok to do it.
    I, however, like the impressions that Pharoah does. He is extremely talented at doing them. Maybe eventually we will get to see an original character, but i think that maybe its better for him now as a new cast member to establish a name for himself doing impressions.

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