I've been blogging about TV for over a year now and in that time the two things I've tirelessly written about week after week were SNL and gay girls on TV. Tonight these two things will be coming together in one magical evening. Since tonight is out comedian Katie McKinnon's first night as a cast member, I get to spend the next ninety minutes being thrilled and excited about what will probably ultimately be a very standard episode. Join me!
11:33: There she is!
11:34: Alright, sketch. Little long, little long. We get it.
11:35: Okay, that ending was cute.
11:36: There she is! Taran Killam is no longer the cutest person I've seen in the past thirty seconds!
11:37: Sofia Vergara's outfit is hilariously flattering compared to what the female hosts usually wear. She brought it from home.
11:39: Vanessa Bayer is saying what we're all thinking.
11:40: Those Just Friends shorts are my new all-time favorite visual.
11:40: No, wait, those Not Gay tank-tops are my favorite visual.
11:44: Yay, Bein' Quirky.
11:45: Fine, that's a pretty good Barrymore.
11:46: Goddamnit, that Drew Barrymore impression is excellent. I shouldn't react to that with anger!
11:46: Is Abby Elliot unable to wink or does she think that Zooey Deschanel can't wink?
11:48: Andy Samberg, you can't do impressions but you can say "Jewish Strawberry Shortcake" and warm my heart.
11:50: Bill Hader as a middle-aged dad is so right.
11:50: "If anything, it's getting hotter" was a nice quirky touch.
11:52: I know it's been less than a full minute, but I think it's safe to say this sketch is a little long.
11:53: That was not a joke and makes me suspect Sofia Vergara is going to have to bring up her boobs in every sketch.
11:54: Sofia Vergara is wearing a wig that looks basically like her hair. Sometimes I just don't understand Hollywood.
11:58: Oh my God, is this Gilly. No no no. Please no. Please no. Maybe Kenan has broken arms for unrelated reasons?
11:59: Damnit. It is Gilly. I'm so Changry.
12:00: Wow, they figured out that the only way to make me hate Gilly more is to bring puberty into it.
12:01: How many times do I have to hear Sofia Vergara mention her boobs? Have some dignity and concentrate all of your thinking-about-Sofia's boobs on coming up with a truly clever joke.
12:06: This song is terrible. Even their school-picture-day outfits can't change that.
12:07: They are so awkward on stage! Why is this a thing?
12:08: The kid with the big shaggy hair looks so unhappy about being here.
12:09: The kid who is the most awkward and miserable seems to be the lead.
12:11: It's weird how NBC always calls its Wednesday block Happy Hour. It does always look like I'd have to get hammered to get through it, so I guess I see it.
12:13: It's weird when they make Weekend Update report on NBC stuff.
12:14: Schools do archery all the time, Seth. Cool your jets.
12:15: Man, I wanna wear a holiday sweater over a flannel shirt.
12:16: Adults are constantly saying that young people only care about if wi-fi is organic.
12:20: Montana mention! Clown! I know clowns in Montana!
12:23: That The Office storyline seems unpleasant.
12:23: Oh good. Manuel Ortiz. The best part about it is that it's exactly the same every time and it's pretty long.
12:27: It's been four damn minutes.
12:27: At least One Direction kids look happy for once in their lives.
12:28: This is a good parody commercial and all, but thrice?
12:34: I like the pure rage with which this Watch What Happens Live sketch was written.
12:35: Awww, Taran, you are the cutest thing in the world every minute of your life. Don't ask me to choose.
12:37: Andy Cohen, written with pure disdain and played by Taran Killam, is my favorite person in the world.
12:37: THERE SHE IS!
12:39: I hope that becomes a regular sketch. I spend most of my time thinking Taran Killam is cute but feeling like I can't say anything unless he prompts me.
12:41: As much as I hate that one One Direction song that I know, I'm really dreading having to hear their other material.
12:42: It's weird how miserable these kids are, but at least that one playfully poked his band mate while he was singing. Aww.
12:43: This is exactly as bad as I was expecting.
12:43: I'm one cup of watered down punch away from feeling like I'm at an elementary school event. I'm out of here as soon as my kid is done performing.
12:44: I don't ask much from my teen pop, but "I don't know what it is, but I need that one thing and you've got that one thing" is a truly terrible lyric. You should've kept that in the brainbox.
12:48: McKinnon'd!
12:48: Kate McKinnon is doing a great job considering that most of this sketch is "Latinas pronounce words funny."
12:50: She's really selling the lone funny element of this sketch, Penelope Cruz's bitterness.
12:51: Well, that "refrigerator" thing was not for me. Now the premise is just "Latinas have no idea what words are."
12:52: I'm sorry you had to be in such a lame sketch on your first outing, Kate. Climb that ladder.
12:56: This sketch really makes the same satirical points that The Hunger Games makes. I don't think they understand the rules of parody.
12:57: Annnnd that was the whole sketch. I thought they might be building to a joke. Did I expect too much from a comedy program?
12:59: Awwwwww, Bobby is pointing at Kate McKinnon because that's where she is!
1:00: Is there anything better than watching Bill hug a lesbian?
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