John Mulaney is properly on his method to becoming a member of the five-timer membership on Saturday Night Live after internet hosting the most recent episode, which was crammed with dad jokes and one high-flying celeb cameo. Following that politically-charged cold open, Mulaney’s opening monologue shifted the tone completely as he took pictures at himself and his outdated man.
“It is Leap 12 months Saturday, and I’m the primary individual to ever host Saturday Night time Stay on a Leap 12 months Saturday. Very thrilling,” he mentioned, including the very self-deprecating observe, “I’m additionally the primary host to have completed the least between his second and third occasions internet hosting. I’ve nothing developing. I’m right here to advertise the month of March. March, when winter hits spring. March.” Mulaney won’t have had a brand new present or film to pump together with his SNL internet hosting stint, however he did have some recent materials to supply the crowds together with his very “OK Boomer”-themed standup routine.
“Clap in case your father is between the ages of 60 and 75. Yeah, what is going on on with them? What’s unsuitable with them? They’re so emotional. My dad hugs me so tightly generally, I am like, ‘Is one in every of us about to die?’ And my dad has no associates, and your dad has no associates. When you assume your dad has associates, you are unsuitable. Your mother has associates, they usually have husbands. These should not your dad’s associates,” Mulaney joked. “Why do none of our child boomer dads haven’t any associates? I’ve just a few theories. One: they forgot. Two: they wish to be alone. Dads wish to be alone. I am not a dad, however I noticed one. And he was going to a room and he’d examine World Battle II. All of our dads are cramming for some World Battle II quiz present. And I can not wait to observe it. We’re simply going to alter channels and see our dads successful $900,000 on Normandy trivia.”
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In fact, the sketch that had everybody squealing on Saturday night time was “Airport Sushi,” the most recent iteration of Mulaney’s charmingly weird musical custom on the present, seen beforehand in “Diner Lobster” and “Bodega Bathroom.” As soon as once more, the section featured him as a cashier taking challenge with the purchases of Pete Davidson and Chris Redd — this time, as the previous decides to eat, you guessed it, airport sushi.
As is now customized for these Mulaney bits, Kenan Thompson got here out dressed up like an animal — this time, because the chook that triggered the Hudson airplane crash of 2009 — whereas Cecily Sturdy dove in because the sushi chef, Kate McKinnon appeared as Orphan Auntie Annie, Beck Bennett performed an unaccompanied child certain to spoil everybody’s flight, and Jake Gyllenhaal got here in to visitor star as a man who likes the TSA safety checkpoint just a little an excessive amount of.
Different highlights of Mulaney’s episode included one about Kyle Mooney getting his body jacked up for a shirtless sketch with the assistance of Justin Theroux, one other of McKinnon and Aidy Bryant‘s turns as ladies in waiting for Mulaney’s admiral character, and Mulaney as a man who confronts his nephew about turning him right into a hysterical web meme.
Saturday Night time Stay airs Saturdays at 11:30/10:30c on NBC.
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