I read in a review of last night’s episode that Cecily is off the first couple of episodes this season because her revival of Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe is still playing in L.A. Now, I read that on an amateur website where people just do it for fun; you’d think a “professional” site where…

Nobody could trash SNL like Dennis Perkins.

“While it would have been funny for the sketch to focus on the less-desirable aspects of the multiplex...”

No, it wouldn’t have, and most likely had they done it? You’d call it out for being pedantic.

It’s sad when these reviews are as much on autopilot as you deemed it to SNL.

But please, ask about Cecily a few more…

I’m not in the US but fully aware that the primary market for SNL and the AV Club is the US. If the videos are not made available to your country then that’s a decision by NBC for some reason. Yet you want AV Club to break copyright by hosting the videos themselves and breaking geo locks? Why the hell would they do…

I know everyone is going to tar and feather me but I actually liked the cold open.

How on earth did Punkie Johnson get promoted to main cast while James Austin Johnson is still only featured? I can’t think of any especially memorable bits by Punkie since she joined, whereas James is playing major roles like Trump and Biden. . .

(I don’t begrudge her getting bumped up, mind you, but was stunned that…

There was a couple sketches that didn’t feel fully fleshed out, but the D+ rating is way too low. I thought the setup for the cold open was pretty creative, all considering.

I’ll give them this much. I went in blind, not knowing who the host was, and I had to do a double take on Peyton Manning. If it wasn’t for the hairline I might not have realized it was Miles Teller for a few minutes

I dunno, I didn’t think it was bad. 

Everyone is more than welcome to their opinion, but to mention how repetitive and boring an episode is and then to spend half the “stray observations” talking about a missing Cecily Strong seems like a real choice. You can’t criticize people for not being clever in such an uninteresting way. I think you are upset…

I think it was weird that he called out his parents being there and they didn’t even show them. Maybe they didn’t want to be on camera but it was weird.

You are welcome.. https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/miles-teller-snl-review/

Was Kendrick Lamar so awful that he didn’t even rate a mention? That seems unlikely, but I haven’t watched yet, so who knows?

I miss Dennis Perkins.

Nothing. Life’s too short to watch bad TV.

Or bad movies unless they’re on MST3K.

No recollection? Have you ever SEEN Mean Girls? He’s one of the main characters!

I’m sure he does “know more.”

Well, we can’t get the great scallops here. (Lots of great gulf seafood though!) So we’re stuck with the frozen kind of scallops. And I don’t expect them to be awe inspiring, just really good. And they are. They are priced accordingly and I’m okay with that.

Shark. Back in the late 70s that was the story. Shark flesh and cookie cutters. 

I’ve never had diver scallops. Our Publix sells “Sea Scallops” frozen and they are about the size of a dollar coin. They aren’t cheap, but they aren’t super expensive. When they go on sale I buy a bag. You have to thaw them thoroughly and then get them dry dry dry dry dry befor you try to sear them, but they are good!