There was really no rhyme or reason to this week's Saturday Night Live in terms of cast member airtime. Taran Killam and Bill Hader (suprise!) both had huge nights while Paul Brittain -- who, in the past, shared the second-fiddle roles with Killam -- was nowhere to be found. In other words, if a cast member was in more than one sketch, he or she was used in, it seems, almost every sketch. The result was a very top-heavy night during which it seemed almost half of the cast sat on the sidelines.
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Yes, Stefon was back, even though Hader's character "breaks" are starting to look a little planned. But his performance in "British Movie" and "Royal Taster" were two highlights of the night.
Bayer scored with a starring role in "Livin' Single" and during the week off will no doubt be contemplating Miley Cyrus sketch ideas. Also, "Did Frank Gublin get me a settlement? Why don't you ask my new Spider-Man hat?"
I give up. It seems that, at least for this season, Pharoah is going to be the go-to impression guy and not much else. Which, I suppose, is fine for now as long as the impressions -- like Lil Wayne this week -- continue to be good.
For some reason Wiig decided to replay, almost line for line, her "Vacation Getaway" sketch. Then again, repetition is Wiig's thing; so be it. Other than that, her only other appearance of note was during "George Washington."
Other than "A Spot of Tea," Samberg was pretty much MIA during the show.
Outside of a small role in "Vacation Giveaway," not much going on for Kenan this week.
I guess it was too much to ask that Elliott have back-to back good weeks. Practically invisible this week.
What the hell happened here? How did Killam wind up with a role in practically every sketch but Brittain was unheard of tonight?