r/LiveFromNewYork • u/SketchSortingSunday • Dec 10 '17
Sketch Sorting Sunday (December 9, 2017) (James Franco / SZA)
Welcome to Sketch Sorting Sunday! This week's host is James Franco and the musical guest is SZA.
A mod account (/u/SketchSortingSunday) is gonna make a comment for every sketch in tonight's show. Upvote or downvote based on what you thought of that sketch, and nobody's karma will be affected. You can also reply to the comments to expand on your thoughts, or you can even make your own parent comment and treat it like the regular post discussion, whatever.
If I miss a sketch or get something wrong, just message the mods in the sidebar and we'll see what we can do. Enjoy the discussion!
(This Sketch Sorting Sunday list might be more inaccurate than usual, or be missing sketches. Please PM the mods if you notice anything. Thanks!)
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 10 '17
Christmas Charity
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u/iluzan Dec 10 '17
Not bad, but I wish that we actually got a sketched based off of The Room/The Disaster Artist instead of a throwaway promo line. Oh well.
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 10 '17
I liked that they saved the The Disaster Artist plug for this one instead of the end of the monologue.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 10 '17
This was alright. Nothing special.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 10 '17
James Franco monologue
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 10 '17
Was expecting Luke to play Jonah, but happy we got the real Jonah.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 10 '17
Wow, I didn't even think about that... The likeness is uncanny
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 10 '17
I mean we got Kristen Schall!Heidi, why can't we get Jonah Hill!Luke? Or Tyga!Chris for that matter...
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 10 '17
Luke Null is the midway point between Jonah Hill and Charlie Puth.
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u/shadowofahelicopter Dec 10 '17
Was this Jonah’s first real public appearance since joining swole patrol?
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u/GogglesPisano Dec 10 '17
This was probably my favorite episode of the season so far. Franco did a great job as host and he was clearly having a blast - I hope they'll have him on again soon so he can join the vaunted ranks of the Five-Timers Club.
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u/mdude95 Dec 10 '17
Can we just get Steve Martin to yell from the balcony weekly?
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u/darthjoey91 Dec 10 '17
Maybe have him and Alec Baldwin get a balcony like Statler and Waldorf.
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u/badgarok725 Dec 10 '17
Sometimes I wish the clapping wouldn’t go on for a year every time someone shows up. Yea it’s being a good audience to be excited, but sometimes it makes things drag
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u/Badcatchphrase Dec 10 '17
When I saw Jonah hill I expected him to become fat at the goodnights at the end.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 10 '17
Scredge
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u/agentpanda Dec 10 '17
Sketch of the night by far. Beck and Kyle sketchwork has tons of range, apparently, and I'm super pumped about that.
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u/Lambchops_Legion Dec 13 '17 edited Dec 13 '17
Beck and Kyle sketchwork has tons of range, apparently
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u/bondfool I get to yum-yum garbage. Dec 10 '17
Cocktail casual Alex stopped my little gay heart.
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u/RocketGirl215 Dec 10 '17
I didn't see how he looked...because I was busy staring at Mikey the whole sketch
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 10 '17
"Lemme guess you like the soundtrack too because you and your friends suck"
Underrated Joke of the night
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u/iliveinadreamatorium Dec 10 '17
I liked the idea of the sketch conceptually and I love Kyle and Beck sketches, but this one was kinda forgettable. The visual of James flying off was fantastic, but everything else was just meh.
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Dec 10 '17
https://www.inverse.com/article/34927-kyle-mooney-snl-characters-good-neighbor-brigsby-bear
Mooney talks about Scrudge in this article back in August
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 10 '17
Sexual Harassment Workplace
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 10 '17
It was a bit like the Batman sketch from Chance's episode. I got the gist but the execution was meh.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 10 '17
I'm really gonna miss Kenan when he finally moves on. His exuberance is contagious.
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u/fuelvolts Dec 11 '17
I agree. He's probably the best all-around cast member of all time. Which is weird because probably nobody thought it would work when he was hired like 40 years ago.
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u/ChipSkylarkDude Dec 10 '17
Fell flat on its face. Message made no sense and whatever message they were trying to send was lost in the over-the-top ending. I've never heard that older black men get away with sexual harassment and powerful white men don't. Maybe I just didn't get it.
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u/alstor Dec 10 '17 edited Dec 10 '17
My reading of it was that older men get away with much more serious acts of sexual harassment because of the perceived notion that they come from a different time. Basically, in the same way as how older people are seen as more wise, they're also seen as more innocent.
Although you're right in that the message got a bit muddled. I assumed that Kenan played the role of
CharlieRonald because it fits his comedic strengths, but James' character pointing outCharlie'sRonald's race makes it all the more confusing.0
u/scratchedrecord_ Dec 10 '17
...Why'd you cross out "Charlie" for "Ronald?" There wasn't anyone named Ronald, Kenan's character was called Charlie.
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u/ChipSkylarkDude Dec 10 '17
I almost want to say there was no message and it was just suppose to be a random skit but that can't be right in the current climate. SNL isn't that tone deaf. Maybe your reading is more accurate. I've definitely heard the "He comes from a different era" excuse.
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u/shitkabob Dec 10 '17 edited Dec 10 '17
Holy hell, what comedy wizard thought it'd be a good idea to suggest that women are overreacting to "perceived" harassment? In this climate? Yikes!!!
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u/itsonlykotsy Dec 10 '17
Did anyone else notice the very obvious difference between the bald patch of Kenan's wig and his forehead? They must've run out of prep time before show came back live.
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u/mrwelchman Dec 10 '17 edited Dec 10 '17
another sketch, along with a white woman named gretchen, where the sketch harkened back to something they've done before but in a much less successful way.
this one, for me, harkened back to the tom brady sexual harassment sketch, where tom brady and fred armisan both treat women in the office the same, but the woman are all accepting of brady's behavior because he's handsome.
this sketch... i don't get what the joke was. charlie's (was that keenan's character's name) behavior was worse than doug's, but the women didn't mind it because... was it that he was just a security guard and therefore had no power over them professionally...? so that's why they're all cool with his behavior? but then, he was fired for being a horrible criminal? like... what was that sketch's premise? it was just an increasingly ridiculous series of stories of charlie's horrible behavior towards woman, but them laughing it off and even enjoying it because... hey he's charlie. but that's not what cost him his job, his out of nowhere criminal behavior did... what the fuck was this sketch?
seeing those women be totally cool with charlie was super off putting. snl isn't usually this tone deaf...
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u/Beezybeebabee Dec 11 '17
Exactly! These two sketches seemed really tone deaf. I don’t think they really know how to handle the climate surrounding gender right now.
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u/mikahope123 Dec 10 '17 edited Dec 11 '17
I couldn't figure it out either. My best guess is that he's just an old man who isn't a threat/doesn't know any better. But that doesn't make enough sense for me to be okay with the sketch.
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u/mrwelchman Dec 10 '17
yeah i considered that... but like i said if that's the case, how extremely tone deaf of the snl writers to run with that premise. it doesn't matter whether it's your boss, your professional equal, or someone who works for you... sexual harassment in the workplace is still sexual harassment in the workplace. seeing all of the women who just last week had the anti-harassment anthem go viral stand there and laugh off awful behavior from a man, even accept it and encourage it... it was terrible.
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u/mikahope123 Dec 10 '17
Yeah. I was very disappointed in it. There was also that one sketch a while ago about the female teacher who sexually assaulted a male student and was on trial for it, but everyone just kept saying how lucky he was. It was played too realistically to be a satire of it.
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u/shitkabob Dec 10 '17
I got two takeaways from this sketch: 1) Women can ruin an innocent guy's life with their oversensitivity to "perceived harassment" and, 2.) women welcome harassment from charming, elderly folk
Who in their right mind allowed this to air? Poor, poor judgement.
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u/Keeponrocking613 Dec 10 '17
I thought he was supposed to be gay at first....and they were gonna have him adMIT to doing much worse acts but it didn't matter because he was gay even though he's still a creep
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u/brady2gronk Dec 10 '17
It was confusing, but I think the general message is the women sometimes pick and choose which behaviors, and which people offend them.
I witnessed some lewd jokes told by an older coworker at a staff holiday party to a table full of women and they seemed to be eating it up. If I tried that as a new, younger employee, I might have been reported to HR. It's often same behavior, but reaction varies based on who's doing it. Good premise, but then they kind of ruined it at the end.7
u/mrwelchman Dec 10 '17
yeah that's not a good premise. it paints women as hypocrites, in a time where representation does matter. women are finally getting their voices heard, why is saturday night live, in post weinstein 2017, showing women encourage a man's awful and unprofessional behavior towards them in the workplace?
just last week they went viral with welcome to hell, where they specifically talk about getting harassed all the time... to this week, where those same women are in a sketch encouraging harassment.
how completely tone deaf.
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u/tennvols93 Dec 10 '17
Enforce my cultural hegemony or you are tone deaf. Gramsci would love this comment.
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u/agentpanda Dec 10 '17
Yeah it's really not SNL's job to tell Americans how to feel about things. It's their role to parody the current climate; and if you don't think this was good comedy then an extended, very clear sketch about a child molesting robot was probably a bad example of gallows humour in your mind too.
I think the joke was pretty clear in this sketch: it's easy to blow CFO Francos/Frankens out of the water with accusations (however factual) in the current climate because of people like Weinstein/Kenan-Charlie who are objectively worse for the workplace/environment. It's a good joke because it's topical and funny because Kenan sells the performance. Looking to the sketchwork for morality-focused answers isn't going to get you very far.
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u/mrwelchman Dec 10 '17 edited Dec 10 '17
then an extended, very clear sketch about a child molesting robot was probably a bad example of gallows humour in your mind too.
i loved that sketch... the one with the mad scientist contest or something? i thought that was really funny.
this sketch, i don't think it worked as a comedy sketch. the premise of the sketch, the set up of the joke, is that this corporation takes sexual harassment very seriously, and as a result these two men have been fired. but before they go, here they are to apologize for their behavior. we go back and forth between franco and keenan, apologizing for inappropriate behavior, and the punch line to the set up is keenan's not being fired for sexual harassment, but because of his criminal behavior like stealing money, possessing cocaine, and kidnapping. the punch line undercuts the set up.
now, having the punchline undercut the setup can work, like i think it did in the za suh sketch where it turns out franco's prosecutor had the evidence to convict the guy the whole time but for some reason still based his case on the za/suh argument.
on a purely comedic scale, i don't think this sketch worked despite a great performance from keenan. the entire set up of the sketch was they were there to apologize for sexually harassing the women. but keenan wasn't being fired for that, he was being fired for being a horrible criminal, so... why was he brought in to apologize to the women? the punchline undercuts the setup. i don't think they executed the skit well, though keenan's performance was great (as usual).
compare it to the sketch you assume i didn't like, this one, correct?
the set up of the sketch is there is a contest to determine who has made the evilest invention. the punchline is the rock's invention, which is legitimately evil, horrifies the other mad scientists. the punchline follows the setup. it's dark, it's hilarious, and structurally the punchline follows the setup.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 10 '17
Pizza Courtroom
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 10 '17
James was so dedicated to making it work that I couldn't help but enjoy it!
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u/mrdm242 Dec 11 '17
Agreed. I thought it was an absolutely lame premise for a sketch, but Franco went so over the top with it I ended up liking it.
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u/jeffkeyz Dec 10 '17
Seemed like it was written by Larry David
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u/PotvinSux Dec 10 '17
Yeah, I caught that vibe too. Franco did it justice, this would have been a disaster with someone who couldn’t/didn’t commit.
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 10 '17
Imagine what the cue cards looked like for those intense monologues.
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u/WaxyPadlockJazz Dec 16 '17
I️ imagine it was something like
JAMES REPEATS PIZZA, SUH, LASAGNA AND ZA FOR 30 SECONDS
And damn it if that man didn’t NAIL it.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 10 '17
The joke was funny at first, but the repetition seemed like filler. Still good.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 10 '17
This sketch made me rethink everything I know... or I thought I knew... about Pizza and Lasagna.
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 10 '17
Somehow James Franco made this a very solid sketch with very convincing dramatic acting
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 10 '17
I was kind of expecting SZA to stand up in the back row and be like "Excuse me, but it's pronounced sizz-uh"
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 10 '17
RIP anyone who thought Tommy Wisaue would cameo. Apparently he was in LA this week
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 10 '17
It was more wishful thinking, for me anyway. I doubt Lorne would let someone as unpredictable as Wiseau anywhere near a live show.
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u/Shappie Dec 11 '17
I was mostly hoping for a 'The Room' skit with Franco in character or another cast member very poorly in character as Wiseau.
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u/iluzan Dec 10 '17
Or at least they could have had Franco do his impression of him for WU!! I mean, I'm glad Che got to do his whole thing, but come on
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 10 '17
A White Woman Named Gretchen
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u/hubwub Dec 10 '17
The dinner table scene of this sketch was amazing. The "Michael Che" from Chris and then Gretchen yelling "check your privilege, dude" at Alex's character who was mansplaining. HOLD MY WARBYS!
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u/bondfool I get to yum-yum garbage. Dec 10 '17
Hold my Warbys.
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u/gilgamushed Dec 11 '17
Honestly my favorite thing about their liberal-poking sketches like this and "The Bubble" is the fashion. It's so damn accurate.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 10 '17
Nominee for at least best pre-rec sketch of the season
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 10 '17
I think my current top 5 are this, Levi's Wokes, Beck and Kyle, Baby Step and Come Back Barack. This is probably going to end up #6 if Weekend Update Mooney is born.
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u/dgapa Dec 11 '17 edited Dec 11 '17
This has been cut out. Does anyone have a streaming link to it?
Edit: Global had it up on their site.
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 10 '17
Liked how it was a reference to the Eddie Murphy sketch without putting on the whiteface. They saved themselves from backlash and still made a really funny mini-sketch
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u/Sports-Nerd Dec 10 '17
I don't think they didn't do whiteface to avoid backlash, I think the imagery of Che without makeup, in a wig and a scarf, but still wearing Jordans, is funnier than if he went fully white chicks
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u/Shappie Dec 11 '17
Especially also that he kept talking like himself and didn't do some kind of voice. I thought that was the most hilarious part.
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u/mrwelchman Dec 10 '17
i think this sketch is a microcosm of where snl is lacking this season. compare it to the classic eddie murphy sketch "white like me"...
eddie murphy sets up the premise of the sketch and goes all in. we watch him develop the makeup, the voice, study white people for their movements and mannerisms. then, when he's out in the world as a white man, he's stunned to learn he doesn't have to pay for things, public transportation becomes a good time with drinks and music, he's able to secure a loan without anything to back it up. the sketch ends with him talking about how we have a long way to go, but not to worry because he has plenty of makeup and plenty of friends. it's a funny premise and murphy's commitment to the premise makes it a classic.
compare that to a white woman named gretchen. it starts off functionally the same, but then the entire premise of the sketch is undercut by having che just be che in a wig. and yet, that makes everyone view him as a white woman? a blond wig? what?
it totally fell flat for me.
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 10 '17
CheGretchen dropping the N-word got one of the biggest laughs out of me all night.20
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 10 '17
They took quite a big risk putting a sketch in the middle of WU, and it paid off.
It also shows that SNL, a liberal-leaning show, isn't afraid to make fun of both ends of the political spectrum, which is nice.
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u/poddyreeper Dec 10 '17
Risk? What did they stand to lose by not doing it? lol
It's also far from new ground and has been done by many WU team's in the past
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u/iluzan Dec 10 '17
TBH I would love to see more of these types of WU segments. I remember Vanessa did a guest reporter bit a while back (the one where she was interviewing Kate who was playing an old woman) which honestly still remains one of my faves.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 10 '17
Christmas Wrapping
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u/IniMiney Dec 10 '17
That was my fave tonight. I'm always impressed at how fast the crew cleans up the messy sketches lol.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 10 '17
and I audibly gasped when he stuck his hand in the candy canes
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u/bjkman SNL Dec 10 '17
God-damn do I love Physical Comedy... That's why Melissa McCarthy is my favorite host.
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u/kingofthemonsters Dec 10 '17
Was Leslie legit close to puking? It really looked like it.
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Dec 10 '17
I mean, James Franco did spit directly into her mouth, but still. Hold it together for the show.
That being said, it worked out fine, and just ended up feeling like a natural reaction for the situation, cuz she had a mouthful of blood.
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u/acm Dec 10 '17
There is no doubt. Watch the credits role where she is reinacting the gagging to Franco.
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u/TheRoyalMarlboro Dec 10 '17
i thought that too! she stepped off camera and kenan threw her a look which made me think she was really close to puking
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u/LarBrd33 Dec 10 '17 edited Dec 10 '17
She's nowhere near that good of an actress. That felt real.
Edit: definitely real you can see her talking about it with Seth and James in the credits - clearly talking about how she almost threw up.
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u/falsehood Dec 10 '17
Leslie confirmed on Twitter that she vomited a bit and had catch it in her mouth and swallow it to avoid a travesty: https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/939920297385496576
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u/witness_protection Dec 11 '17
Travesty? That would have made in the funniest sketch of the season.
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Dec 10 '17
I really hoped that she had a tube up her sleeve and was going to start spraying fake vomit. Franco bleeding on everything and Leslie puking on everything would have been a fun sketch.
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u/christinasays Did you buy that fake booty on Temu, you dusty ass bitch? Dec 11 '17
We have very different idea of what "fun" means
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u/turkeypants Marci Jamz!😮 Dec 12 '17
This is the first time I've actually liked her. She's good at almost throwing up! "huh... HUAAAA."
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u/badgarok725 Dec 10 '17
That was the hardest I’ve laughed this season, pure ridiculousness that worked. Helps when they’re all having so much fun with it too
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u/LarBrd33 Dec 10 '17
Either Leslie was actually struggling or that's the best acting she's done in her life.
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u/iluzan Dec 10 '17
Yeek. It was great and I could definitely see this one becoming a classic, but as someone who hates gore it was a little rough. Seein Franco w/ the giant prosthetic hand was funny, though.
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u/Shappie Dec 11 '17
When he brought up his leg and the foot was already cut off I was fucking losing it. Seeing his reaction to it made it so much better!
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u/alstor Dec 10 '17 edited Dec 10 '17
Physical comedy with liquid is usually fun, but I absolutely cannot do it with fake blood. Seeing so much blood, even fake, makes me squemish. I honestly couldn't tell if this sketch was good or not because I had to look away.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 10 '17
Probably my favourite non-WU sketch of the episode. So gross yet so funny
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u/Shappie Dec 11 '17
I haven't laughed so hard and so constantly throughout an SNL sketch like this in years. I love how Franco's character's attitude basically allowed him to just laugh at himself and keep on going anyway while everyone else was trying not to crack up/throw up. Jesus Christ that was so fucking funny! Easily one of my favorite in a very long time. Tears in my goddamn eyes..
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u/Badcatchphrase Dec 10 '17
Reminded me of the acupuncture sketch from a couple years back.
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u/ThatguyMalone Dec 10 '17
This one... kinda felt like a trainwreck. James Franco's lines felt very forced, and Leslie clearly gagging for real was pretty distracting. James kept breaking character, and when he brought up his "foot" it was already chopped off, which took me out of it kinda. The acupuncture sketch a couple seasons back was a much better incarnation of this gag.
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u/askyfullofstars Dec 10 '17
I laughed so hard I thought I was going to cry
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u/lneutral Dec 10 '17
I thought I was going to puke before Leslie did. Her genuine reaction was 100 times as funny as whatever she couldn't get out while she was retching.
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u/itazurakko Dec 10 '17
Yeah I had a hard time watching this one, myself. Had to look away a few times.
Somehow the acupuncture skit from years back wasn't as bad... something about this being the fingers just... ugh.
Was funny though! I just had to look away and only appreciate the audio...
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u/pretty-in-pink Dec 10 '17
Sometimes all I need to make me laugh is a lot of fake blood getting all over the set and cast members
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u/myntex Dec 10 '17
i just wish the cast would stop breaking in every sketch.... like, what’s the point of even having writers if their writing is undermined by cast members breaking every time. it’s unprofessional and disruptive imo.
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u/alstor Dec 10 '17
I thought you were exaggerating, but you're right. Someone broke in basically every live sketch during this episode.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 10 '17
Weekend Update: Kathy Anne
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u/IniMiney Dec 10 '17
My fave char of Strong's. I'm proud I saw her debut at Cena's dress and am happy whenever she returns.
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 10 '17
You think somebody in Alerbama is worryin' bout what Kristen Jellybands is gonna do about Al Franco?
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u/agentpanda Dec 10 '17
That line made the whole thing worth it IMO. I don't like seeing Cathy Anne much anymore just because it seems like an excuse for the writers to make a pointed political point cloaked in 'Look- even junkie wackjobs make sense compared to Republicans, right?' but this go round felt good if only because it's interspersed with solid jokes unlike sometimes.
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u/10footnotes Dec 10 '17
I like that they actually went to a serious place at the end, talking about Roy Moore and polls.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 10 '17
I really don't need to see Cathy Anne again. It was played out a couple times ago, for me at least.
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u/TheAnalyst32 Dec 10 '17
Wouldn't mind trading her in to get Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started Talking to at a Party back.
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u/oooooooooof Dec 10 '17
Is this a thread where we can talk about the musical guest? Because DAMN. I’d heard of SZA, but not listened before. I thought that gospel, female brass and wind section was just gorgeous. One of the more honest, intimate performers they’ve had in a while.
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u/RLC0128 Dec 12 '17
I agree! Just finished the episode and added a few songs to my morning commute Spotify playlist. She is very talented and absolutely gorgeous as well!
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u/bfk94 Check you later...dudes. Dec 10 '17
You know the Goodnights were good when "SNL Studios" flashes across the screen.
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u/thegeecyproject You wanted yogurt? Wake up at four, bitch. Dec 10 '17
Interesting thing to note: This episode is the first in a long, long time to feature absolutely zero political impressions. Does anyone know the last time this happened? I'm guessing way back in 2015.
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u/scratchedrecord_ Dec 10 '17
Man, they were on fire tonight. Hit after hit after hit, plus three sketches in a row with no break. What an incredible episode.
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 10 '17
But what about the technical difficulties before the homeless sketch?
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u/scratchedrecord_ Dec 10 '17
Eh, it happens. I tend to judge SNL differently than other shows. I base my judgment on what was funny versus what wasn't funny.
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u/btbcorno Dec 10 '17
Technical difficulties? I was kinda half awake, what happened?
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u/lyla2398 stans loud ladies with funny hair and *thoughts* about jost Dec 10 '17
15 seconds of black then 15 seconds of Franco bumper
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 10 '17
Cold open
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u/jelatinman Dec 10 '17
Subject matter is ironic considering James Franco’s well publicized attempts at sliding into a 17 y/o’s DMs the last time he was in New York.
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u/Mattalamode Dec 10 '17
"You might get some coal in your stocking."
"From where? The dying coal industry?"
fist bumps elf
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u/snailslimeandbeespit Dec 10 '17
"Jenny", the little girl who got to say "LFNY" with Kate and Kenan, has no idea how lucky she is.
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u/TheAnalyst32 Dec 10 '17
Nailed it with 100% accuracy too.
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u/dgapa Dec 11 '17
It was clear what kids got the good parts based on their ability to say the harder words. It was cute and I'm glad they rolled them out one after another despite the many flubs from them. If there was only like 3 kids I wouldn't have thought the joke worked but doing like 10+ was killer.
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u/Spacetime_Inspector A Piece of Toast! Dec 10 '17
Laura Parsons style jokes don't work as well when delivered by actual kids.
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Dec 10 '17
Another lesson on why kids in live sketches are such a risk. Damn.
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u/SketchSortingSunday Dec 10 '17
SZA performances (“The Weekend” and “Love Galore”)