Çand debuts on a talk show in Las Vegas, Oops, You Did it Again. Presented by Brittney Spears (Chloe Feinman), who we all know from her “optimistic Instagram videos and the word ‘guardianship’”, the program is a forum for public apologies.
After a well-earned shot at Justin Timberlake, Spears welcomes his first guest: Ted Cruz (Aidy Bryant). Wearing pigtails and drinking a piña colada, the Texas senator, who this week was caught on vacation in Cancun amid his state’s energy crisis – and who blamed his daughters for all this – admits “I have a little hot water , which is something I was told that people in Texas don’t have. “
Then, Spears welcomes New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (Pete Davidson), grudgingly apologizing for “the things of the nursing home.” Eating a crow hurts and he reaches the limit when he learns that the “bird bitch” mayor Bill DeBlasio thinks he should be investigated. Still, at least Cuomo is not as pathetic as Cruz, whose sympathy he strongly repudiates: “No. Join. With me. I am a man. You’re a clown. If you mess with me, I’ll send you to a clown hospital. And when you die, I will not count your body. “
Finally, there is the Mandalorian actress Gina Carano (Cecily Strong), removed from the Disney show for, among other things, comparing criticisms of conservatives to Nazi persecution. She snorts and snorts about the culture of cancellation and asks why Disney has the right to take a high moral stand: “Did you hear Brer Rabbit’s accent on the Splash Mountain ride?” This is a fair point, but coming from Carano seems very strange. Despite everything, even she wants nothing to do with Cruz, saying to him: “No. Join. With me.”
Saturday Night Live – SNL
(@nbcsnl)Ted Cruz stopped by Britney’s program to talk about her recent trip to Cancún. pic.twitter.com/2NLPKvWbmq
The show gets points for continuing with an original set up for the cold open, as well as its impiety towards Cruz. That said, the constantly breaking cast gets in the way. Nothing and what funny.
Our host is actor Regé-Jean Page from Bridgerton. After a quick reference to Ray Jay Johnson that I suppose went over the heads of the fans, he dodges the female cast. They are all obsessed with the sexual dynamo he plays in the hit Netflix drama, although Aidy Bryant assures him: “We definitely have other sketch ideas in which you are not just being an extremely sexy sex man.” SNL has shown a tendency to rely too much on the hosts’ hotness – see the recent episodes of Jason Momoa and Jennifer Lopez, both terrible.
In Actor’s Spotlight, two black British actors – Kingsley Ben-Adir (Page) and Daniel Kaluuya (Chris Redd) – join Ice Cube (Keenan Thompson) to discuss their new films. Cube tries to get into the love of criticism by pretending he is also British, stating: “My name is not Ice Cube in Britain, it is Coldy Squares”. Nobody buys until Hugh Grant (Alex Moffat) shows up and recognizes him from the old neighborhood.
After a brief rap by Ego Nwodim, Davidson and musical guest Bad Bunny about going crazy during quarantine, a game of pool at the bar is interrupted when a player takes out Olivia Rodrigo’s driver’s license. All the guys laugh at the song, but end up revealing that they are big fans. In-depth discussions about the complicated backstory and reminiscences of his own grief led the male cast to unite for “the bridge of our lives”.
The following are interview pages for a job at an advertising company that works with specifications, creating slogans for brands that didn’t ask. Disastrous examples include “Charmin – Use after pooping!”, “Legos – I bet you can’t eat just one e!” and “Netflix – Now we have porn!”. As funny as the ads are, and as good as the interaction between Page and the indifferent boss of Beck Bennet is, the funniest part is a recurring joke in which Bowen’s tormented assistant Yang delivers the two strange notes that say ‘We’re losing millions’, ‘They have your daughter’, ‘Your mom is topless in the lobby’ and, simply, ‘Hi’. A little overwhelmed, this crazy pre-filmed segment is still one of the best of the season.
Bad Bunny takes the stage next to Rosalia for a hot duet at La Noche de Anoche. In the weekend update, Colin Jost kicks off Cruz by hammering, noting “if you hate Ted Cruz, this is a really fun week … and if you like Ted Cruz, well, you’re probably Ted Cruz.” Michel Che notes that the winter storm brought “the most snow seen in Texas since Michael Irvine’s Super Bowl party.”
Jost welcomes ‘relationship expert’ Davidson to discuss the pandemic’s “first and, hopefully, last” Valentine’s Day. Davidson says he spent the holiday watching Britney Spears’ doctor with his mother, which convinced him to finally move and get his own home.
“My mom is very similar to this show,” he explains. “No matter what I do, I am never asked to leave.”
After doing a few more digs in Cruz and Cuomo (in addition to making a joke about Israel just vaccinating its Jewish population that will surely generate a reaction), Che welcomes Jessie Rauch (Heidi Gardner), a community activist who wants to discuss the food insecurity. She doesn’t stand a chance, as Che can’t get over the fact that she is dressed as Freddy Krueger. I’m not sure what the point or joke was, but Gardner’s silly charm keeps it from sinking completely.
A History Channel program shows marine slums. A whaling crew sings one, quickly revealing that no one knows what they’re doing and everyone is doomed: “Hey, we’ll never go home / We’re stuck here and we’re alone!” The funniest part is a brief part in which the crew describes to a new sailor his various “wives of the sea” – a whale opening, a blanket stuck in a barrel, two tied jellyfish and their hands.
Saturday Night Live – SNL
(@nbcsnl)Every sex scene needs a good intimacy coordinator. And when a good intimacy coordinator fails, they bring in these guys. pic.twitter.com/MQ4pvy5fa6
A meeting between new neighboring families, one white, the other black, sees them engaging in an agreement, trying to outdo each other through the gospel. You wait for things to take a dark or strange turn, but everything remains surprisingly sweet. Congratulations to Bennett, who shows a really impressive dance.
On the Bridgerton set, Page and an assistant are scheduled to shoot a sex scene, but the intimacy coordinator is sick. Their substitutes are two idiots (Davidson and Mikey Day) who have no idea what they are doing or even what the show is about – they seem to think it involves incest. The configuration promises something bold or daring, but, unfortunately, only intricacies.
Bad Bunny returns and performs Te Deseo Lo Mejor. Wrestling fans will love him proudly sporting the WWE 24/7 Championship belt, which he recently won. I imagine non-wrestling fans will be confused.
The last sketch of the night is a video clip set in a grocery store, in which a stupid trio of ironic white rappers continues to be interrupted and embarrassed for not wearing masks. It ends with them electrocuted and attacked by the manager.
There was a noticeable patchwork quality to most of tonight’s sketches, but that wasn’t always a bad thing. In fact, this has led to many unexpectedly funny moments. He also made excellent use of Page’s musical skills and Bad Bunny’s decent comic skills, the end result was a lively and fun episode.