It’s done annually for the holiday episode, which was the canceled week with Paul Rudd last year. I keep hoping they’ll break it out because I’m sure the jokes were already written prior to the show being scratched.

I loved The Ladies Man but how in the world did anyone think there was enough there for a movie??

I read a cast interview some years ago (can’t remember who it was, possibly Wiig) where she made the comment that just having Forte in the room was exciting and unpredictable because he’s pretty much insane.  I guarantee having Sudekis spit the chewed-up potato chip back into his hand was his idea.

Right, when they first brought out Guy Who I was like “Why is this still a thing?” but then I realized they had a topical reason. And hey, both Sarah Sherman and Bowen Yang can get as much airtime as they want, they’re always funny. It just seemed like a lot of easy choices.

Tim Calhoun would now be a respected voice…

Too Many Cooks featuring Andreeeeeewwwww Dismuuuukkes

There was a point early on in this episode where you could feel the wheels coming off

I don’t feel like this reviewer knows/remembers that era of SNL very well. They also say three MacGrubers isn’t a good sign, but when MacGruber was a regular sketch, it was always formatted like that.

I agree with those mentioning the under-utilization of Will Forte’s weirdness and darker sort of humor. The “Kids Klash” game show sketch was just getting good as Forte’s host character was getting increasingly menacing, but then it sort of fizzled by the end. If they had to revive any other old Forte characters from…

(1) I am anxious for Willem Dafoe because I think (hope) he could become the next Christopher Walken for SNL. I miss “The Continental” and “Colonel Angus”.

And he’s funny and campy on social media. Sometimes it doesn’t translate well to the screen.

I was watching some older episodes and the applause for the show starting began in the early ‘00s. I do wish it could end, and that applause for cast and cameos could stop. However, I think the main problem with timing is that so many of the sketches feel so needlessly padded - this was especially bad last night.

But shouldn’t it be a Sensible Seventy-Four?

I really liked this episode. The country singers had me in tears by the end because these 2 performers were trying to outdo each other, committed and drove that shit into the ground. I always admired that about Forte. He was weird but he never let up. I’m an old but I LOVED Maneskin. The lead singer was working the…

Well, I laughed several times during this episode. I can’t say that about many in the last two years.

I misheard the name, and was like, hey, I write in Moleskines...

Yeah, I’m a bit numb to it all after Gawker, Splinter, Deadspin etc., but this is still really sad. I’ve also been coming to the AV Club since I became web literate and before that I used to read the local Twin Cities AV Club reporting back when physical copies of the Onion were just... laying around everywhere.

It’s been irrelevant since Disqus

In fairness it’s really been mostly irrelevant since Kinja, but this will be the final nail in the coffin. It really is a shame.

Soon! The dude's leaving the site by early March. Personally I think that sucks, but you're gonna get your wish.

Yeah, out of all Kylie songs to choose from, that wasn’t a great one.