Saturday Night Live
Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Kim Kardashian West makes her hosting debut onSaturday Night Live.
While she doesnt have anything premiering, Kim has been in the public eye for years.
(I wonder if hell be watching.
I checked his Twitter and his last tweet was about voting on Election Day.)
Facebook Hearings Cold Open
Saturday Night Liveopens up with C-Span coverage of the Facebook hearings in Congress.
This is a solid sketch, with the out-of-touch older senators asking basic questions about technology.
The impressions are very good, but Aidy Bryants hilarious Ted Cruz deserves a shout-out.
Frances Haugen testified that Facebookamplified misinformation and was exploited by foreign adversaries.
It feels like a missed opportunity forSNLto actually go into these details and see how the senators react.
I admit its tougher ground to cover.
Im just so much more than that reference photo my sisters show their plastic surgeons.
Kims monologue is so aggressive that it bodes well for the rest of the episode.
This sketch is a hit, and its my highlight of the episode.
Kim plays against pop in, as she now can barely stay awake at the club.
The Dream Guy
Kim is in aBachelorette-pop in showabout to make her selection for the next round.
The hot guys are all pumped to be there, and Kyle is hysterical as the nerdy loser.
(Do you accept this token?
With both of my holes.)
Eventually, even weirder things pop up as balls, such as a meatball sandwich and condoms.
The sketch never really lifts off, but Ill talk more about this later.
Colin reveals he went to Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg.
Alex Moffat playsmovie reviewer Terry Fink, a Sandy Kenyonstyle reviewer on LSD.
This character really works because Alex plays each movie in a different way.
Bond reveals childhood trauma;Paw Patrolis horrifying; andVenomis a fun rom-com starring Meryl Streep.
It keeps us on our toes, which is what you want with a character sketch.
The sketch provides a lot of fan service forKeeping Up With the Kardashians.
However, we soon strike gold with Chris Redd as Kanye.
you’re able to still bring on Kris Jenner and the others as witnesses.
It feels like a missed opportunity for a hall-of-fame sketch.
just Dont Destroy Hard Seltzer
Sketch groupPlease Dont Destroydebut their firstSNLsketch, Hard Seltzer.
Skims Commercial
Kim introduces a new product for her company: Skims Shapewear for Thick Dogs.
I like this premise, but the sketch flies wildly off base.
But instead, we just get testimonials about how all the dogs lives have gotten better.
But the sketch suffers because the people announcing the numbers never react.
Any reaction at all will elevate the sketch.
Compare this toPowerPointfrom a few years ago.
Every time something goes wrong, Aidy and Kate justify and react.
A person who creates a bad PowerPoint is certainly a different idea than somebody calling the lotto numbers.
Keeping Score
Kim reminds me of when professional athletes hostSNL.
While they have natural charisma, you have to be strategic about what they play.
In this episode, Kim played herself a lot.
However, everybody will be deservedly praising the monologue.
This was a pretty strong episode for Aidy.
She gets my MVP.
