The highlight of the show was a clever commercial lampooning undecided independent voters six weeks before the election. In another, Vanessa Bayer pushes g.o.b. tampons, "made for a woman, by Republicans." Another set of advertisements made fun of Dos Equis' Most Interesting Man in the World, with his douche-bag son (Gordon-Levitt) selling Tres Equis. They were cute, until Jason Sudeikis unnecessarily barged in to appear as the father. In the Hypnotist skit, Taran Killam plays a volunteer pretending to be be under a spell when he humps on Kenan Thompson in front of the audience wearing only shoes and his tighty-whities loosely holding up all of his giblets. Hader played a Private Detective who provided his client with cartoon doodles as evidence of his wife's affair. They did that skit where a bunch of suits get together in a bar and tell awkward stories and pretend they're par-for-course (Mumford & Sons serenaded the proceedings as a Beatles cover band). Pharoah and Thompson play rappers with their own show (how original) The Finer Things. Gordon-Levitt does drag as a teenager who puts on a performance with music provided by her parents for an unsuspecting potential suitor visiting their home. Burt & Blair Powers are a disrespected real estate couple with defaced ads all around the city. The middle-eastern couple who speak under hushed voices when discussing their famous Muslim friends showed up on Weekend Update. Pharoah appeared as CNN newscaster Stephen A. Smith. As well, we saw the saucy McKinnon as Anne Romney (who humorously pronounces Beyonce as "Bay-yon-say").
As a whole, not great, nor good, just there. However, they certainly didn't allow any skit to overstay its welcome, which is something worth mentioning. I hope Daniel Craig can get this season going next week, but the writing and new cast suggests he is going to have to bring more than just himself and ability to act and read lines. Sorry for being such a bitch.
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