SNL 40 Review Catch-Up continues with Jim Carrey, still one of the best comic actors around, as host. Let's see what comic craziness he'll conjure up this time.
The CO this squared on President Obama (Jay Pharaoh) giving a press conference on the second person in America that has contracted Ebola. He then changed things over to new Ebola czar Ron Klain (Taran Killam), who will answer questions from reporters (Cecily Strong, Bobby Moynihan, Aidy Bryant and Beck Bennett). Then after he fails to show how he's worthy of the job, for some reason, Reverend Al Sharpton shows up.
This was shit. The jokes weren't funny, Sharpton did not save it, help it and wasn't even needed in it. This is the worst CO so far this season.
Monologue time, as Jim takes the set in a really nice costume. (It IS the Halloween ep, after all) It's a red Elvis-like jumpsuit and attached cape and horns on his head, dressed like The King of Rock 'n Roll himself. We'll call him HElvis.
He performs a song number based on Mr. Presley's assumed favorite snack--peanut butter and banana sandwiches. TKill, CecStrong, Sasheer Zamata and Kenan Thompson join in on-stage to give it a bigger pop.
This is the best monologue of the season so far; the song is funny and catchy, Jim's impression of Elvis was awesome, the Helivs sign at the end was so damn cool, the choir joined in during the song was way cool.
The Sketch After is a family reunion of sorts for good ol' Jim. And the members are quite colorful. In fact, so colorful, they may remind you of some people. This skit was real genius, combining cast members/family members with some of his most famous film characters:
TKill as Jay (Possibly my favorite of it all for how he has the speech mannerisms down pat)
Kyle Mooney as Percy/
Beck Benn and Nessa B as John & Rita/Ace Ventura
Pharaoh as Cable Guy Eddie Torres/Ernie "Chip" Douglas--The Cable Guy
CecStrong as Aunt Kay, and
Moyni as Cousin Wayne/Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask (Second Best of the skit)
His Dumb & Dumber movies co-star Jeff Bridges makes a cameo as Grandpa Lloyd aka Lloyd Christmas, and God does he hold his own here.
The downside is The Riddler from Batman Forever shows up out of nowhere to be in the family picture. That's a shame, because I wished he could have a couple lines in it, but NO! We get the ass-mouth couple instead.
I have to say this was the best sketch so far, but since this ep is hosted by Jim Carrey, we may have some contenders in the wings.
Graveyard Song
The next sketch takes place at a cemetery, where a couple (SaZam and Pete Davidson) are going to have a spooky night ahead. Then, without warning, two headstones, a walking statue and a tree with a face start singing as if we're riding the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland. Screwing up the rag-tag group's plans for their deaths are Paul and Phil (TKill and JCarrey), whose part in song basically involves their names repeated over and over.
This one did have some funny parts (Paul and Phil's introduction, the tree's goofy-ass voice and dialogue [like he's a 7-year-old girl], and how goofy this whole thing is. It's not that great, but it is enjoyable.
Secret Billionaire
In what has to be a spoof of Secret Millionaire, a woman named Stacy has met four men,
(Mike, an obnoxious internet genius
Gordon, a nice but dorky owner of retail chain
Abbot Bonneville Cane, member of the Illuminati, and
Tony, Hip-Hop mogul)
with one of them being billionaire.
Oh man, this skit was shit. I pretty much knew the second he spoke, that the funnier lines would be coming from Carrey, and even they suck.
Also, an obvious goof. Near the top of the sketch, we see a white-haired man from out of nowhere getting into a seat, we assume. Later, it's Carrey in a wheelchair. OOPS.
High School/Zombie Attack
In Powder Springs, Georgia, during a major zombie apocalypse (Oh God), four teenagers (KyMoo, Beck Benn, CecStrong & Kenan) band together to protect and save each other from the flesh-eating monsters. A father also on defense mode brings his son (Pete Dave) along, but he doesn't realize that he's a zombie.
As soon as "Attack" came up on screen, I knew this skit would be following the zombie trend, made popular by The Walking Dead of course. This one was super crap. Carrey just doesn't help help the teenagers are stupid as fuck (they just can't tell that's a zombie in front of them!) and Kenan makes a shitty Southern accent.
Office Costume Contest
It's Halloween at the office and everyone has shown up in their best costumes for an annual contest. Karen shows up as Maddie Ziegler from the video of Sia's "Chandelier", and Rick shows up as...Maddie Ziegler from the video of Sia's "Chandelier". So a face-off to determine the winner in the form of a dance-off of whoever can perform the vid's dance the best way possible.
None of them can do it, but that's the best part of the segment, which started off lackluster, put picked up as soon as Rick came in. Creator/executive producer Lorne Michaels and musical guest Iggy Azalea both appear in the skit: Michaels flatly refusing in his 20th time showing his face on-camera, and Iggy also showing up as Maddie, doing something way better than the abominations--uh, performances by her you'll see later below in the review.
Lincoln Ads
Oh and I should mention this: during the first half-hour of the episode, Jim is a perfect imitation Matthew McConaughey in the spoof of his ads for the Lincoln Motor Company. These promos were perfectly hilarious and shows that SNL can be more funnier when the pre-tapes air.
See for yourself.
Here's the medley of "Fancy" and "Black Widow" with Rita Ora.
And "Beg For It" with MO/ (can't put the slash in the O. My God, this had disaster written all over it, especially on her.
I felt sorry for MO because of the stuff that happened during the performance. This shit shouldn't have happened to her, but it's live television, and things like this happen and will stay a part of the annals of TV history forever. She had this to say a few days later:
"I was beyond EXCITED (!!!) -- but unfortunately I had some technical issues which caused latency on my vocals, and as a result I got confused and my timing was off. It pains me and I'm SO sad today. But life goes on..."
And another thing, I would've loved Iggy's ass if it wasn't so fake.
Update Time:
Jost bored me. When I watched this ep. the first time, everything that came out of his mouth almost put me to sleep. Che was still great.
So, yeah. I though this would be a great show, but but it lacked BIG TIME. Jim did his best, and that was great. And the cast tried to. But I honestly felt that the writers wrote the best jokes catered to him and any joke written for the cast either misses completely or is good, but leaves a lot to be desired.
Also, this annoys me. I would love to see all cast members get a shot to be in at least one sketch every week, but some cast members always get the spotlight to be in more than one. Some of the biggest offenders are Booby Moynihan, Taran Killam, Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant. I know they're all popular among the group and talented, but for Christ's sake, they take up more screen-time than the other cast members! Can't Lorne, the writers and the producers give the other cast members some time? I know they're trying, but the other cast members have talent. Please, writers and producers, give the other cast members more equal time. Please, for me? Okay, you might not read this, so my opinion's pointless.
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