Why does SNL put their worst sketches in the beginning? The Rona one never got beyond the concept stage. The two funniest were the tik tok rappers and the Newsmax sports. It doesn’t matter if a concept is stale if the execution is done well, which is something I expect I’ll be saying a lot after next week’s episode.

Why does everyone compare Lauren to Aidy? It’s like comparing the black guy to the other black guy. No one thinks Ego Nwodim was at all like Leslie Jones, or like Sasheer Zamata, but everyone’s comparing Lauren to Aidy. 

Because that was the case for all shows back then. I know the Desperate Housewives creator got mad when one of his stars got pregnant. I’m sure they still do, secretly, but a combination of social media and social mores means you have to pretend you don’t mind.

Wait what? I’ve never heard that. Certainly his overt feminism would preclude being an Ayn Rand fanboy.

Love these. I used to make thm all the time but without pine nuts, after a really bad episode of pine nut syndrome about 10 years ago. Is pine nut syndrome still a thing?

What I think is funniest is every so often someone wrings heir hands about why girls do better in school and why boys don’t like to read and then all the MRAs and right wingers come to the conclusion that the problm is elementary education is mostly female, and kids’ books need to have more boys, be about boys.

The celebrity stunt casting was a part of it, but I think Aidy playing Barr was more a function of all the white guys on the show being very skinny. She also played James Cordon and Elton John for the same reason.

I feel that. I want to cook and bake and give it away to someone. It’s not even charity since I’m doing it mostly for me. But there’s no one to give it to, so I won’t.

What’s with the bloated cast? It used to be Lorne was pretty aggressive about clearing house every few years, even firing guys like Adam Sandler who were still popular, because their time was done. And if you wanted to make a movie that conflicted with SNL, too bad because you have to choose!

If Kyle Mooney HAS to do that “awkward guy” persona in every single sketch, this was one of his better ones. The only one of his I really liked was the one where he pretended to be a body builder. That was funny. Usually his awkward guy stuff makes me cringe, because he’s not awkward, really. He’s been on SNL for like…

Seriously? I don’t think Wallen was punished for being country. That’s straight-up victim shit. It seems like the opposite - they have one country artist, not really known outside the country world, every season. Like ticking a box. They have a strange mix of “up and comer we have to get on because we’re hip with the…

Always appreciate a post with receipts. For real. Thanks.

I believe that for every single culture, the one best thing they do is hot bread. Bagels, naan, those dark Northern rye pumpernickels, cornbread, biscuits/scones/muffins, pizza, crepes, pancakes, those Korean scallion pancakes. Even regular bread as long as it’s from a bakery and not that Wonderbread nonsense.

I just love that he did an impression of a non-Asian person. I’m separate from the usual woke people in this regard, but I think that in sketch comedy, you don’t need to have people being played by the same race as the target. It’s not “blackface” to have Darell Hammond play Jesse Jackson or Jimmy Fallon play Chris…

Wait. Food banks take homemade food? Is this true this year too?

Me too. Not this year, but it’s my excuse. My friend’s party. I decide in advance what I’m doing, usually a mainstay like gingersnaps and then a few things I’m craving or want to try. And I have a few GF (usually meringue or almond-meal-based) and if I’m going to a party where someone is vegan AND GF, halvah.

Why are teachers instructed to throw out baked goods? What on earth for?

We’re all picky about cookies because we’re all mentally calculating our junk food allowances. We have our absolute favourites, usually right out of th oven or something we love from childhood, and the rest are a pile of sweet. So we mentally put them in the not worth it pile, but they’re still very good because,…

I love ascribing the worst motives possible to everyone, but I really don’t think anyone’s thinking the mere fact of a woman doing the impressions is #resistance. She’s their go-to impressionist for white people. Every SNL cast has a co-to impressionist for white people. And she got sort of grandfathered in before the…

I’ve never mailed cookies but for years I’ve done 4 or 5 different kinds for my friend’s Christmas party. Since I share a kitchen I’ve staggered them so I bake the earliest maybe 5-6 days in advance. I’ve found plastic storage containers + parchment separating the layers + a slice of bread and they’re perfectly fresh…