It’s amazing looking back, 11 years later, and being reminded of how much people disliked Megan.

I know this is far into the future from this comment, but the song was an instrumental of “Do You Want To Know A Secret” 

I think she does not write for herself and the writers who write for her don’t seem to last long. She also doesn’t seem to establish a niche on the show. Aidy/Kate/Cecily won’t leave, and Heidi and Ego, who arrived not long after her, have found their niches. So, similar to Alex Moffat, she mostly just gets a bit here…

I read that same sentiment over and over. She has been there long enough and has some recurring characters but I don’t know if it is because she doesn’t write a lot of her own stuff or the writers are not sure how to use her? I keep thinking she is getting pushed aside with all these new cast members. Hope not.

To be real, as Pete has softened over the years he looks less and less like Malek. Look way back and the resemblance was reasonably strong.

It’s a fine line, because I think Bowen is very talented, and after growing up on an SNL full of straight men lisping and flapping their wrists (and possibly being raped as a “joke”), I appreciate seeing a gay man get to take over these parts in his own voice. Yet I did think that having the daddy long legs sketch…

The whole cast seemed to be in the spirit, which always helps, especially with shaky writing. You want to see people having a good time in a way that includes you, which was the case here. I also loved the end where he jumped into Daniel Craig’s arms, even if the camera cut away with a quickness (I guess they were…

As somebody who has taken long breaks from the show I’m glad to see people pop back  in when some part of SNL does still work. 

I don’t think that’s necessarily it—Mikey Day had a memorable bit as a gay high school student when Will Ferrell hosted—but I think maybe there is some kind of reclaiming/reframing going on with Bowen, like: why shouldn’t 95% of the characters he plays be gay? After all, a lot of straight cast members never played a…

I truly thought Rami killed it. He brought an energy to his mundane characters and was so enthusiastic while doing the Pete impression. Also, Bowen Yang is a fucking super star SNL cast member. What I learned most from this episode’s Weekend Update is how to pronounce Zendaya correctly. Chloe’s Jennifer Coolidge…

Heidi Gardner looks like a cross between Kristin Schaal and Chelsea Peretti.

The “Angelo” sketch reminded me of classic SNL - not the well-known popular sketches like Matt Foley or Church Lady or any of that stuff, but the original couple of seasons that were just deeply, deeply, committedly weird.

Was really annoying how Kenan kept mispronouncing Takei throughout. As the Star Trek actor has said, it rhymes with “gay.”

I think the difference is that Johnson seems to truly inhabit his characters while Villansenor is simply doing impressions. Great impression, yes. But you never forget that you’re watching her and not the character. I don’t think Villansenor has any range outside of that. Chloe Fineman is criminally underused.

Please Don’t Destroy has only been here for two episodes and I already want them to stay forever.

Assorted thoughts: Heidi was pitch perfect as the pick-me WFT cheerleader, I liked the fact that they treated the “bug assembly” as a perfectly normal part of middle school, and James Austin Johnson has basically won the New Cast Member Lottery. (I will say that being a white guy, he inherently has an easier in than…

I’ve missed Nate Ruess! fun. really holds up. Such a great voice, but he has (mostly) fallen off the radar for the past few years.

It’s always odd when people look forward to or favor when the host is a proven “sketch comedian” since the show’s thrill since ‘75 has been inserting unexpected hosts into the cast to see what crazy alchemical combination results. This can create a mess or some inspired revelation about some hidden talents we’d have…

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode and its committment to that weird ambiance that Malek has. It was again one of those neat shows where they clearly considered who was the host and how to build the sketches to fit that person instead of just doing random stuff. I’ve also started to wonder if that is almost a signal on…

Good for the new guy to get the showcase (while the other new guy has been a focal point of all three cold opens...I can’t remember when that’s ever been the case. Maybe Season 1.)