Dan Levy/Phoebe Bridgers

Okay, so we all know that this season of SNL has been pretty mediocre and kind of lame, possibly due to the crew not having much rehearsal time because of COVID restrictions and not much time for rewrites to make the skits funnier, but seems like they finally had time because nearly every skit got a laugh out of me tonight.

The writers seemed to step up their game and make the skits funny and I think they did a good job. Some skits were downright funny, I actually laughed, and it feel like it's been a while since I laughed at an SNL episode. So props to the writers.

Dan Levy was great tonight too. Tbh, I haven't watch much of Schitt's Creek, but I'm guessing the energy he put in this episode is the same amount he put into the show and he was hilarious. He wasn't shy, he didn't stagger, and he just acted with great gusto. Also (SPOILER ALERT!!!), nice that his dad Eugene appeared as well. I had a feeling he would, tbh.

Weekend Update...well...it's Colin Jost and Michael Che, people. They're always funny and know how to make the audience laugh and they did so once again tonight. The characters they had on (played by Mikey, Heidi, Kenan, and Chris) were pretty funny too and I got a laugh from them, though not nearly as much as I did from Colin and Michael.

As for Phoebe Bridgers, her first performance was good, but her second one...eh...it was rather over-the-top and a little disturbing. The rock music growing louder towards the end with her screaming at the top of her lungs then smashing her guitar (well, attempting to, anyway) on the speakers several times just made it a very weird performance. I know some musicians do that and some people love it when they do, but to me, it just seemed unnecessary and over-the-top, like I said. So if you're not really into that type of music, prepare yourselves. If you do like it, then I'm sure you'll love it.

Anyways, overall, if you want to laugh at an SNL episode, I would choose this one and I guarantee you'll be satisfied.

Dan Levy was phenomenal, his energy was great. The Eugene Levy cameo was a fun surprise.

Cold Open: It was okay, the commercial parodies and Aidy as both coaches saved it.

The monologue: It was pretty good, but it seems like they do a studio tour at least once every couple months and it's getting old now but Aidy as the covid police and Eugene Levy's cameo saved it.

The Sketches: Universal Tram was funny, Levy's jokes and energy were funny and present. Kenan's reactions were, like always, perfect

Super Bowl Pod was not great, it had potential but didn't get quite there. Kate as Fauci and Bowen as Psy really saved it and was one of the best moments of the night

Lifting Our Voices was funny but not memorable at all. Levy's over-the-top activist and Aidy's well-intentioned math teacher were great and made the sketch watchable.

Hot Damn was not funny, long and recycled. This format of 2 people singing a song that nobody has ever heard, but then they remember. They did it in the 2015 Chris Hemsworth episode and possibly more. The format is just not funny

Wedding Friends had the most potential of any sketch but it didn't get there. It had funny moments, like when Dan and Kate's characters are texting each other with the volume up, but besides that it was not funny.

Prerecorded Sketches: The Zillow sketch was the best of the night, it's so true and I bet hundreds of 20-40 yr olds felt attacked. The It Gets Better sketch was pretty good and Kate's iguana was the best part. Fun Fact: All cast members featured in the sketch are LGBTQ+.

Weekend Update: It was probably the most funny segment the entire night, from Jost and Che's comments on Marjorie Taylor Greene's Conspiracy Theories, Calling Trump a "Social Media Influencer", Jeff Bezos' Retirement. The guests were all funny, Heidi and Mikey's child cancellers were good and Kenan and Chris' Twinsthenewtrend were hilariously reacting to the Friends Theme Song, Baby Shark, and The Alphabet.

Musical Guest: Phoebe Bridgers type of music is not really my thing, but it wasn't too bad, but if she's gonna smash a guitar, she's gonna need to work out a bit more.

Overall: Good episode, very funny moments and lines but overall most sketches were lacking, they had potential but didn't quite get there, whether that's just not great writing, or because covid messed up the time for rewrites, I don't know. But the sketches are just not quite funny enough to be good.

Best/Worst Sketches: Best is the Zillow Sketch Worst is Lifting Our Voices

Extra Opinion: Obviously Lorne and the writers are over politics, but they need to do one big send off for Trump, get Alec back and do a post-presidency sketch and retire him.

I do appreciate the energy Dan Levy has, and I did chuckle at least once in every skit. But it still has weaker moments here and there where I feel like I am supposed to laugh but it just doesn't come through me.

Let's call it what it is: Dan Levy is not funny. The emperor has no clothes.

He is a hack writer and an unfunny performer. The closest he gets to being funny is humorous; gross. Yech.

Unfunny people who have weight behind them infect the writing and performing of others... that's why the show last night stunk.

It reminds me of Colin Hanks when he started out and they gave him so many chances and he suuuuuuuuuuuuucked. Then he suffered because of it and had to dig deep and then became a pretty great actor (he was awesome in Dexter), and now he is almost really funny.

I may be wrong, but I can pretty much guarantee Dan Levy will never host SNL again. Lorne was probably smiling and saying all the nice things while shoving him out the door. Funny is funny and Dan is not. And, all the power to the people that want to watch Schatt's Crak, but when I am forced to watch him on a show I have loved for over 3 decades, then I get annoyed.

Oh, and I saw someone write about Dan's range!? He has no range. He just got over imitating his father a few years ago and he just got over mumbling his dialogue as well. I say no. Sorry. I wanted to like him. I wanted to be wrong, but sadly he stinks.

Oh and we couldn't see his damn eyes in the opening monologue because the shadow from his glasses

Somewhere between sad and cringy. I laughed exactly twice.