I remember many years ago that, when a guest was scheduled to appear on SNL, it was a near certainty that at least one skit would be all about some movie or TV show that the guest was associated with. What the hell happened to that? I miss those days of SNL. I think we all do.

Cool thing about this week’s post: ALL of the skits AND musical numbers are embedded below!

Cold Open: Presidential Address — Surprise! Another presidential address, and I think everyone was with me in knowing it just had to be about Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize … for “not being George Bush.” Yowch. Really a weak open, just because it short on the funny and really didn’t have much to it.

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(Season 1, Episode 8)

Man, there’s nothing like a homecoming episode to make you feel old, and there’s nothing like a homecoming set at West Beverly High to make you feel poor. It’s been a few weeks since the last episode, and this one wasn’t exactly worth the wait. Nothing happened. At least, nothing that we haven’t already seen before.

They’re really trying to make this whole Ethan/Annie “will they or won’t they” thing happen. Every episode, it’s something new with these two: He breaks up with Naomi! He gets back together with Naomi! He asks Annie to homecoming! He tells Annie he can’t take her to homecoming! He and Annie almost kiss! He and Annie actually kiss! Enough. Between his (what appears to be) hair plugs and the scrunchy faces she insists on making, I’m absolutely driven to distraction and cannot focus on anything that may or may not be going on between them.

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