’)As of late, Saturday Night Live has about 20 misses for every hit. The skits just aren’t funny. And since the election they haven’t done a sketch with Obama. I think they finally get how bad Fred Armissen’s been. One of the show’s biggest stumbling blocks is how lilly white it is. That’s part of why they haven’t been able to cast an Obama or Michelle Obama. Can they really go through the next 4-8 years without parodying the president? I don’t think so. Last night was even more evidence in favor of SNL opening itself to more races, as the selection of Rosario Dawson (swoon!) allowed them to feature a more diverse selection of skits (still mostly not funny, however)
Here are a few funny ones, however.
Aladdin 10 Years Later
Doogie Howser Theme had to have made those of us who grew up in the early 1990s laughing our asses off. Doooooog!
And La Policia Mexicana was just “heh I remember Spanish class” funny but Rosario Dawson was easily a 10 in it.
And yet even in their funnier sketches, such as these, the writers and producers manage to find ways to mess up decent concepts. There are at least three jokes that could have been trimmed from the Aladdin bit, and the Doogie Theme would have been much more impressive if they’d hired an actual ensemble to play the instruments instead of pushing the cast to fake it, and poorly.
Rosario Dawson is a 10 no matter what she does.
Rosario Dawson in fetish gear? That’s one for SNL.
Yes, but what does Jay Tea think about this?