I’m 39 and I grew up watching all these shows on Nick at Nite and TV Land in the 80s & 90s. Hell, TV Land wasn’t even launched until 1996, showing things like Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Petticoat Junction, etc.

Of course Clancy writing novels about how a CIA analyst saves the world and becomes the president of the U.S. is a political act. The fact that other (not republican) actors choose to play that same character doesn’t change anything. The CIA kidnap, torture and murder people around the world on a daily basis, that’s…

Well, if filming a movie about a real life politician is not political to you, I don’t know what else can I say to further my point, really.

This sketch was too self aware.  They should have simply played it totally straight.

yeah, i’m always excited when snl skits get weird and that might be a modern classic of a weird-ass snl skit.

I think some of this might have been about as biting as modern SNL tends to be, outside of the occasional Trump jab on Update or random outbursts like Jost’s Neutromony video or the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing cold open. Having such an openly nihilist cold open, no rictus grin style distractions or attempts to have…

Movies and tv shows are not objective. Bale credited Satan for inspiration on how to play that piece of shit Cheney, Krasinsky is putting his talents to makes us believe a CIA analyst is some kind of hero. That’s political to me. Same as Bale’s role.

Did you watch Jack Ryan? I’m not sure how can you play that character in an apolitical way. It’s CIA propaganda.

“Married to someone who doesn't like Donald Trump" is not exactly worthy of praise on its own. 

It doesn’t take a lot of energy to note when a celebrity is in the wrong. Belonging to a church and openly pumping it up despite its very problematic history with LGTBQ discrimination is very bad, and i doesn’t deserve a pass because there are worse people out there too.

I’m irritated that Republicans have successfully normalized this “Democrat Party” bullshit. I remember when pettily dropping the “-ic” was just a bit of right-wing talk radio trollery.

Overall I thought this was a decent, middle-of-the-road episode, with no big highs or lows. I was pleasantly surprised at how they managed to use most of the cast (the first episode this season to have all cast members present), even if Lauren Holt and Punkie Johnson still aren’t getting enough chances (at least…

He’s an actor that choose to portray soldiers in films and tv shows about how the military saves the world. That is a political decision in itself.

Given how many guest hosts haven’t even cleared that?

He’s part of a super right-wing church that hates gay people. My initial reaction to learning that was “So he’s a Christian?” which apparently annoyed a lot of people (a lot of people on the Jezebel boards don’t love me)

Those always get a laugh out of me because even though they happen enough to be a trope I’m still never quite expecting them.

because gossiping about celebs political beliefs is good wholesome fun that makes me momentarily forget that I’ve been having panic attacks almost every time I leave my apartment for nearly a year because of a pandemic

Chris Pratt is a doof.

The CNBC/creepy twins sketch also indulged in one of favorite SNL tics, the random, one-off hostile joke designed to get a laugh during the necessary but tedious introduction/exposition stage of a sketch.

I didn’t think this show was all that—the writing felt a bit obligatory, like they felt the need to offer the broadest possible take on every single thing that has happened since the last show—but oh man was it refreshing to go an entire show without them leaning on the crutch of “surprise” cameos for easy audience…