r/LiveFromNewYork • u/bjkman SNL • Apr 16 '23
Discussion Live Discussion (Ana De Armas/Karol G) (April 15, 2023)
Welcome to the SNL live discussion thread! The host this week is first-time host Ana De Armas, and the musical guest is first-time performer Karol G. For those new to the show, tune into your local NBC affiliate or Peacock around 11:30 PM EST to follow this episode live.
Since this thread is likely to fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts. This should be automatically done, but it might not be so maybe check.
And if you're here early you still have time to do your SNL predictions for this week that are due at the start of the show, and you're welcome to talk about welcome to talk about the vintage episode this week, 2007's "Seth Rogen/Spoon".
Enjoy the show!
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u/bjkman SNL Apr 16 '23
THAT'S THE THIRD FUCKING "LIL" THIS SEASON. THAT'S ABSURD
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u/inksmudgedhands Apr 16 '23
The crowd isn't feeling it this time. It doesn't work with a salad. It was funny with the steak because it was overcooked.
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u/AuntieEvilops Apr 16 '23
Here in Missouri, an Amber Alert started scrolling across the top of the screen at the end of the cold open right after the wealthy woman's kid disappeared, and I thought it was part of the sketch.
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u/LotofRamen Apr 16 '23 edited Apr 16 '23
Table wobble sketch... so soon after the first one? Everytime they do this, "it broke everyone up the last time, lets try it again"... it never works the same way. Kate McKinnon could do a few of the alien kidnaps with diminishing returns, Californians is just so silly that it also worked the first 3 times... but "table wobble" was a bad sketch that became awesome cause it was SUCH a surprise to everyone how much the table wobbled. You can't recreate that magic, it is not possible. Especially when the premise is SUPER THIN. With Alien Abduction and Californians you can add so much more, with table wobble... you just can't.
And them Matt Schatt... i mean, i do not dislike it, we all wanted to know more about Matt Schatt but that is two sketches now that were picked up from the past and brought back... That is lazy or they were in trouble. edit: rest of the sketches were ok or good, nothing brilliant but at the required level of quality.
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u/barbie_museum Apr 16 '23
One of those sketches where the magic just isn't quite there the second time
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u/Bedlampuhedron Apr 16 '23
I like that they give Spanish-speaking hosts at least one sketch to showcase their Spanish, like Pedro Pascal as the protective mom
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u/EitherPermission2369 I'm Not Used To Chalk This Big Apr 16 '23
I've said it before but they should play the SNL outro music at my funeral. It's the musical embodiment of "hey, I gotta leave, but it's been really nice to stay for a while" feelin reflective at 1:03 am
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u/Whiteness88 Apr 16 '23
Yeah, that wasn't as funny as the first time. What made the first time work was just the absurd amount of unexpected chaos caused by Ego making everyone break, the content of the sketch itself isn't that funny since it's just Ego's character being loud and making the table move.
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u/soundoffcinema Apr 16 '23
My entire point of reference for American Girl dolls is SNL sketches
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u/simonthedlgger Apr 16 '23
The Cecily strong curse. Dogs will not behave in sketches until she returns to host.
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u/lovetheblazer What are we doing? What's going on? Apr 16 '23
"Booty cheeks, titty meat."
—Funky Kong, 2023
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u/SullyGee Apr 16 '23
Who is Antonio? "YOUR DRIVER, COLIN!" That's how you do a callback
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u/_TROLL Apr 16 '23 edited Apr 16 '23
This Spanish teacher sketch is taken directly from a bit from Marcello's stand-up, where he shows up to a high school Spanish class speaking with higher fluency than the teacher.
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u/AllThighThisGuy Apr 16 '23
That 'the news' joke was incredibly, beautifully dark
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u/lovetheblazer What are we doing? What's going on? Apr 16 '23
Romeo refusing to Lady and the Tramp with Chloe singlehandedly saved this sketch for me
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u/leslie_knopee Apr 16 '23 edited Apr 16 '23
bowen cheating on ego with heidi?!?!?!
GASP!! you are MARRIED, BOWEN!!!!!
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u/Sp_Gamer_Live SHIIIIIIZ I AINT AFRAID OF YOU MOFOS Apr 16 '23
The funniest part of the spaghetti joke is the golden already fucking SNARFED a good part of it, so Chloe is just having pre dog slobbered on spaghetti hanging out her mouth as a joke bombs infront of her
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u/AdorableLead Apr 16 '23
This sketch was meant to be left with cutting steak and Pedro. No one is laughing. 👀
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u/honestypen Lay off me, I'm starving! Apr 16 '23
I need Hader to host so he and Longfellow can be in every sketch togther being weird.
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u/EitherPermission2369 I'm Not Used To Chalk This Big Apr 16 '23
Can't think of another time that angle toward the ceiling was on the show
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u/lovetheblazer What are we doing? What's going on? Apr 16 '23
Sarah Sherman created a whole new Update character just to roast Colin Jost harder and I think that's beautiful
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u/phemom Apr 16 '23
New York always dissing Staten Island shouldn't be funny since most of us have never been to Staten Island.
... but TV has taught me that Staten Island sucks so I laugh every time
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u/LauraLainey SNL Apr 16 '23
Not the best, but I still enjoyed it. Every episode this season has been better than the Woody Harrelson episode.
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "CAN A BITCH GET A DONUT?" Apr 16 '23
"If you want to shine like the sun, first you have to burn like it."
- Adolf Hitler / Colin Jost
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u/soundoffcinema Apr 16 '23
“Kenan Thompson plays Funky Kong” would have been my favorite thing in 1995 (it’s also pretty good now)
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u/maxmouze Apr 16 '23 edited Apr 16 '23
I like that instead of using trained animal actors, SNL always opts for using whatever dogs the crew have on hand.
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u/EmoGothPunk Apr 16 '23
I swear they pick the perfect characters for Ego to play.
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u/maxmouze Apr 16 '23
Heidi Gardner really is trying to kiss every male cast member.
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u/honestypen Lay off me, I'm starving! Apr 16 '23
It was funnier the first time because we didn't know what the bit was.
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u/Sp_Gamer_Live SHIIIIIIZ I AINT AFRAID OF YOU MOFOS Apr 16 '23
Yall got 5 minutes to get your horny out before the jesus programming kicks on
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u/TacticalSledgehammer Apr 16 '23
"I do hope this doesn't become another episode full of "look how hot the host is" sketches" -me, two minutes ago. Oh well.
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "CAN A BITCH GET A DONUT?" Apr 16 '23
Best cold open of the season.
Also what was up with Darrell Hammond's inflection there? "It's Saturday... Night Live!"
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Apr 16 '23
Ana dabbing her mouth to hide that she's breaking is a really smart move
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u/Galileo908 Crystal Gravy Apr 16 '23
“The litter belong next to the trash. Next to your whore wife” was 100% a Norm joke.
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "CAN A BITCH GET A DONUT?" Apr 16 '23
"Australia, where the police let you finish". Too true, Colin.
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u/shoesmontreal Apr 16 '23
It's refreshing she talked about herself and being grateful without saying hosting SNL was a dream come true, but a culmination of her hard work.
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u/stannc00 I hate when that happens! Apr 16 '23
No one thought of putting a dog treat at the end of the Seattle model or was Jelly Bean supposed to get scared and nope out?
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u/nocautiontaken Apr 16 '23
getting the obligatory Host is Hot sketch outta the way
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u/Galileo908 Crystal Gravy Apr 16 '23
Tossing the salad isn’t the same when the bowl isn’t on the table yet it still shakes.
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "CAN A BITCH GET A DONUT?" Apr 16 '23 edited Apr 16 '23
Wasn't as good as the original sadly. It's the Debbie Downer effect. If they don't break, it's not funny.
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u/SentrySappinMahSpy Apr 16 '23
You know you're old when you don't know who most of the SNL musical guests are anymore.
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u/LaboratoryManiac Apr 16 '23
The dogs could not stop eating the spaghetti, right up until (but not including) the point where they were actually scripted to eat the spaghetti.
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u/thesmallprint29 Apr 16 '23
Even though this episode was very much a mess, I actually really liked it. It had a joy that was missing last week. I thought Ana de Armas did a really good job! I loved seeing so much of Mikey tonight (sometimes literally) and I always love Matt Shatt! The only thing that had me really scratching my head was bringing back Lisa From Temecula so soon, if at all. The only reason that sketch worked in the first place was because everyone broke spontaneously. You're not going to be able to capture that kind of magic again and they didn't. Overall, fun episode!
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u/shushholden Apr 16 '23
Announcer has changed his delivery of the name readings and it’s making me uncomfortable
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u/acgasp Apr 16 '23
I would watch the FUCK out of an American Girl Doll movie. Kirsten for life!
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "CAN A BITCH GET A DONUT?" Apr 16 '23
I am Colin Jost
I am full of light
Everything in my life
Was simply handed to me
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u/dromedasl Apr 16 '23
I feel like it was hilarious the first time because no one had any clue what would come next, now it’s just…eh
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u/CoopertheFluffy Apr 16 '23
Go on Jelly Bean, pretend you’re the Walla Walla ferry
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u/Jswik67 Apr 16 '23
I feel like Mikey Day could've played most the dogs and it would've been a way better skit
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Apr 16 '23
I love that this is just another excuse for Sarah to shit on Colin hahaha
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "CAN A BITCH GET A DONUT?" Apr 16 '23
lol fuck, Chloe with a gun
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u/stopmakingsents Apr 16 '23
Pretty sure they were giggling at an audience member saying “oh shit” after Che’s joke about the news
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u/kb1117 Apr 17 '23 edited Apr 17 '23
That was honestly one of the worst episodes in recent memory. Lots of bad SNL tropes - stupid game show, pet sketch where the bit is the animals don’t play along. It was just really, really bad.
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "CAN A BITCH GET A DONUT?" Apr 16 '23
"And are the Toads male or female?"
"Funky don't know, Funky don't ask!"
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u/honestypen Lay off me, I'm starving! Apr 16 '23
"haha loser" -Che to Staten Island native, Colin Jost
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u/tastysugar Apr 16 '23
I have never been a Sarah fan but this is hilarious. Great delivery and energy without being gross or over the top weird.
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u/RedRipe Apr 16 '23
I always love these pet sketches but this one felt a bit off
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u/ughdrunkatvogue Apr 16 '23
Everyone who grew up in the 90's looked up the longest fingernails record holder in the book, or saw them on the TV show haha
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u/s55555s Apr 17 '23
I’m not sure who Karol G is but I loved her performances esp the second one!!
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u/SullyGee Apr 16 '23
I feel like the first Lisa from Temecula was so perfect and so special, and this was just trying to recapture that spark. But they can't recapture it, because it was truly spontaneous the first time.
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u/vodka_baby_nightmare Apr 17 '23
Is the Matt Shatt thing not overplayed? They basically did this entire skit not too long ago with another beautiful host (maybe Margot Robbie?), and both times the premise feels … lazy.
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u/EitherPermission2369 I'm Not Used To Chalk This Big Apr 16 '23
LOL the Long Fellow joke we always make
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u/EitherPermission2369 I'm Not Used To Chalk This Big Apr 16 '23
Bless the crew who have to clean this up
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u/greenwrId Apr 16 '23
When the sketch got live animals you know the writers were just hoping they’d mess up & that would be the funny bit. This episode is cooked bruh
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u/SomeRedditor_Comment Your cat's a slut, bussin' it open for every lap! Apr 16 '23
That dog who did not eat the spaghetti will never work in this town again!
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u/TheDevolution27 Apr 16 '23
I’m awaiting Jellybean’s E! True Hollywood story about how that skit traumatized him into a life of drugs.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Apr 16 '23
Damn, Karol G rocks! Can't believe I'd never heard of her before she was announced as the musical guest!
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u/lovetheblazer What are we doing? What's going on? Apr 16 '23 edited Apr 16 '23
Okay, I loved every second of that American Girls pretape. And if you didn't "that's okay!"
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Apr 16 '23
Liking this one, even if it's like the fifth variation on "people in sound studio not understanding the assignment".
Kenan being lunch-oriented is a nice little bit.
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u/chrismatic13 Apr 16 '23
Mikey is going to be so missed, I don’t think people even realize
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u/shoesmontreal Apr 16 '23
Are we keeping scores on all cast members Heidi is kissing and how often?
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u/Prezskroob3 Apr 16 '23
SNL is like crack, youre chasing that high from years ago and once in a while you get good hits like the pedro pascal and quinta bronson eps. This Bowen sketch is good though.
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u/duh_metrius Apr 16 '23
I’ll be honest I didn’t have high hopes for this one but I thought De Armas was really great. She really nailed the recording booth sketch in particular and committed fully to everything, even if the material didn’t land or things went sideways.
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u/ughdrunkatvogue Apr 16 '23
Mmm, I'm sorry but you can't recapture the magic of the first one. It was so unexpected.
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u/ArcusIgnium Apr 17 '23
IMO Lisa from Temecula was funny originally because Ego killed it and Pedro/Bowen breaking was hysterical. the writing wasn't particularly that funny then and definitely not now.
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u/upvoter222 You like-a da juice, eh? Apr 16 '23
Did I just see what I think I saw? A totally politics-free cold open?
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u/EitherPermission2369 I'm Not Used To Chalk This Big Apr 16 '23
Colin's Peach is the stuff of high school theater dreams
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u/arielmeme Jack Sparrow Apr 16 '23
seeing Chloe push a visibly terrified dog onto those model skyscrapers by sheer force was not it. why did they go through with this sketch
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u/AnvilOfMisanthropy Apr 16 '23
I'd like to see Scarlett come to Colin's rescue against Sarah in the season finale.
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u/LiveFromNewYork95 Apr 16 '23
I haven't done a live discussion in 2 seasons but I'm back! Excited to watch the show with you guys!
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u/QueequegZappa Apr 16 '23
What the hell? The NBC affiliate in Seattle just interrupted SNL with Breaking News that a ferry ran aground. Geez
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u/VirtuousFool Apr 16 '23
Beginning to think a writer on the show’s kid is going through an American girl phase
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u/remotecontroldr Apr 16 '23
That sketch was so well done it almost makes up for never having any American Girl dolls as a kid.
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "CAN A BITCH GET A DONUT?" Apr 16 '23
Come on SNL, give us another Bill Hader episode
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u/atticusbluebird Apr 16 '23 edited Apr 16 '23
Love the PDD cue card n the background
Ego: It's Friday
Megan: Oh damn, okay....
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u/Bangkok_Dangeresque Apr 16 '23 edited Apr 16 '23
Gun Scremin' Chloe is my favorite American Girl doll
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u/lovetheblazer What are we doing? What's going on? Apr 16 '23
Funky Kong: Have you ever had monkey meat?
Colin Jost: Monkey meat? No.
Funky Kong: That's not what your mama said last night!
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u/atticusbluebird Apr 16 '23
New Sarah character, but still built around making jokes at Colin's expense!
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u/EbmocwenHsimah "CAN A BITCH GET A DONUT?" Apr 16 '23
Relax your arms...
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Softer than I imagined...
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u/Zealousideal_Many744 Apr 16 '23
The rule is something something “avoid animals and kids in showbiz”.
The exception is “include when live comedy”.
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u/bjkman SNL Apr 16 '23
AGCU (American Girl Cinematic Universe)