Doesn't help that Alicia Keys' biggest hit is an absolutely terrible song.
Tina Fey was fantastic as usual. I still crush on her so hard. Her Palin impression showed she hasn't aged nearly has much as Palin has over the last 10 years. The Mean Girls Broadway bit was hilarious as well.
The SNL "This is America" came up on YouTube after I watched Nicki Minaj's performances from Saturday. It's still very good, but it loses luster if you've seen the video first. But then I thought back to my immediate reaction to the SNL performance. I googled the song and found the video after I finished watching the show. Then I spent about 20 minutes trying to find any write-ups about the video has I watched it 5 more times.
On a tangent, YouTube took me to Glover's cover of Tamia's "So Into You" on an Australian radio show. That took me down the road of several early 00s Alicia Keys videos. I was never that big of a fan. She was great, but I wasn't all that into her. But damn, I got the feels looking back and watching her early stuff. She was so damn cute and the music just had a groove that isn't really around anymore.
not sure if unpopular opinion:
SNL cold openers are becoming lame pastiches of themselves
that Sopranos one was just unfunny sans Alex Moffat's big wheels part
a skit that uses meet the parents and the sopranos allusions after a decade? wat.
So who's on the Mount Rushmore of SNL ?
Tim Meadows
Robert Downey Jr.
Jay Mohr
Sarah Silverman
Best Alicia Keys video is If I Ain't Got You with Method Man acting in it.
not sure if unpopular opinion:
SNL cold openers are becoming lame pastiches of themselves
that Sopranos one was just unfunny sans Alex Moffat's big wheels part
a skit that relies on meet the parents and the sopranos allusions for most of the comedy after a decade? wat.
Tim Meadows
Robert Downey Jr.
Jay Mohr
Sarah Silverman
this week's episode seems like there were some ideas that have been sitting around since 2007-08 -- Sopranos finale, To Catch a Predator, bringing back the Palin impression