re: SNL 5-11-2013 Kristen Wiig hosts

Cold Opening: CSPAN Benghazi hearings; Jodi Arias as witness. Not funny. Poorly rehearsed.

D

Monologue: Typical--Wiig running around backstage and singing a song. Not very funny.

C

The Californians: I HATE The Californians

F

Commercial: Disney Channel--"Aw Nuts! Mom's a Ghost"

Great concept. Kind of short on laughs.

B-


Lawrence Welk Show w/The Merrill Sisters

I love this skit. This isn't one of the best ones, but it's still great.

B

Vampire Weekend

not a fan, but no grade because the seem to be popular with you young kids, with your rock and roll music.

Weekend Update

Anthony Crispino--"2nd hand news guy" Always pretty funny. Chris Christie: Lap dance surgery. ; Ben Gazzara lost his hearing; would not bang-- ; said a tuba player ;
Garth & Kat. I HATE Garth & Kat. Please make it stop:

D-(Garth & Kat turned a B-/C+ into a D-)

Target Lady
--Jay Pharoah sighting!!!!!
--extra points for Vanessa Bayer

C+

Accupuncture (Wiig, Aidy Bryant, Jason Sudeikis)
--They haven't used the "spurting bodily fluids" gag in years.

B

Vampire Weekend

(once again, no grade)

Eddy's Restaurant (underage double date)
--Ok. Nice concept. Could have been better.

B-

CD Commercial
--Nasim is hot.
--looks like Studio 8H just got its own Autotuner

B-/C+


OVERALL GRADE: C