Saturday Night Live - Woody Harrelson

My apologies for this being a late post, I had a lot of school-related stuff in the last few days, and next week's SNL post will likely be late as well, since I'm going home to visit my family this weekend and probably won't be watching. Hope it was worth the wait!!

The cold open following the US election is a political one, no surprise there.. Jon Stewart does a much better Mitch McConnell impression than Taran. And then drunk McConnell and Obama decide to prank-call Hillary Clinton. And scream when she calls back. The only thing they agree on is doing the opening.

Taran, you gotta do the face.

Take notes.

For some reason, Darrell's announcing has gotten all quiet again. Can barely hear him over the music. SPEAK UP, MAN!! (I'm aware it's probably a technically issue and not his fault).

Apparently Woody last hosted in 1989 - back in his Cheers days. Man, he was adorable when he was younger on Cheers. He decided to sing about the year 1989 in honour of Taylor Swift's new album. But he doesn't remember those years (because of all the drugs). OK the internet totally spoiled this for me, the Hunger Games showing up, but if I was actually watching, I would have been so excited because I love 2 of them and I'm indifferent toward the third. I'll let you guess who that one is. (Nevermind, I'll tell you. It's Hemsworth.) I'm reminded that Hutcherson is my age. And Woody thinks Jennifer is Taylor Swift. Jennifer can't talk and then they all dissolve into giggles. That's actually kind of adorable.

Oh hey, Hemsworth is the only one who hasn't hosted yet. Innnnteresting.

Fauxmercial for a sitcom that keeps getting changed because of people complaining on Twitter. If they actually did that, it'd be so confusing... They've changed the actors like 3 times. Including one of the actresses from OitNB. And Woody and Keenan are making out.

Next sketch is a fake dating show where Ceciley is a girl who is trying to pick between three disgustingly inappropriate guys (Kyle, Beck, and Taran) and it's grossly obnoxious - BUT THEN there's a plot twist because Woody's the host and he reveals she's his daughter. And then they become really respectful and polite. "On our date, I would start by making sure she's fully clothed." "I would take her to a war memorial, because it's important to respect our war heroes." This is freaking hilarious. Woody goes 'backstage' and gives them a moment alone, so they go back to being assholes. Then he returns and announces they're going to watch that footage after this commercial break. That was hilarious. A+ sketch. I loved watching Taran get all squirmy.

Stoners in NYC, beginning with Pete, start getting excited that you can have pot in public (but not smoke it) and one of their means of celebration is waving around a Funyuns flag.

Pictured: Woody Harrelson during his college years.

Football players at a highschool are being taught about the new rules about tackling (to protect against brain damage) and Keenan comes in as an old player who keeps repeating fragments of the same sentences. THIS COULD BE YOUR FUTURE!! BECAUSE THIS HERE IS REAL! Oops. Wrong sketch.


They used another real song - one of Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett's duets - to introduce a fauxmercial for a 'young tarts and old farts' CD, kind of in the same vein as that awesome Michael Buble Christmas duet album they did a few years ago.
This just in: KEENAN DOES AN EXCELLENT LIONEL RICHIE IMPERSONATION!! I'm astonished. AND A B.B. KING ONE TOO!!! WOW!!! How have they never used his musical talents before?? Sam Smith doesn't know how to be happy. It's kind of funny that they're making fun of all their former musical guests - including Miley Cyrus (I'm reminded of why I love Vanessa Bayer) who is the 'old person' in a duet with Lorde hahaha.

One of the best things about watching online (aside from no commercials, and rewinding to catch any jokes you missed because you were laughing too hard) is you can skip through the musical guest if you want. But I caught a few seconds and it kind of looked like Kendrick was having a seizure right there on the stage... Someone should turn off the strobe lights and make sure he gets medical attention.

WEEKEND UPDATE!!! Michael has no comment on any of the actually IMPORTANT news, because of Kim Kardashian's ass. But Colin has his priorities in order, taking about the new Healthcare.gov website - "But no one could do that, because someone broke the Internet!" HE SMILED DELIVERING THAT LINE!

Couldn't find a picture of the full smile. We'll settle for the half-smile.

Leslie's back, and she told Colin to look at her breasts and he started laughing again. He's so cute... She then says women have to let men inside them - inside their hearts, their houses, and their Netflix accounts!! That's pretty brave! She also calls Colin a 'tall glass of almond milk'. They have a fascinating dynamic.

Taran does an incredible Matthew McConaughey impression. Even though he looks nothing like him. Woody just looks amused. And at one point, he did the music from Super Mario Brothers and I guess you have to be on drugs to understand his thinking..

But I'm totally down with calling Colin 'CoJo'.

Dudes at a bar (looks a little like Cheers...) talking about the classic NYC food they miss the most - and Woody misses crack. This dude needs to get in touch with Rob Ford.

Woody pulls a song about apples out of nowhere at a campfire and he insists everyone else knows the song but they don't. He 'tosses' his guitar into the lake, but it was his 'only possession'! And they say they actually know the song. Then he gets all sulky because he threw the guitar into the lake - but you did that! And dude, you could totally just go get it.. I'm sure guitars float, right?

Oh look, they're in a different bar! With a different set! This is not at all a Cheers thing, is it?? And oh lord, it's that sketch where Kate and the male host are the last 2 people left at a bar and they start hooking up and they're really weird. And Keenan's the bartender and he gets increasingly disgusted.
'I noticed you because you're so breathing'.
"Are you feeling what I'm feeling?"
"If that's an impulse to retch, then yes, but I'm willing to ignore it." Ok that line was pretty gold.
Alright, now they're making out through cling wrap... And Keenan's just reading the Bible...

This is so much better. This is adorable.

Leslie did not want to let go of Liam Hemsworth during the goodbye hahaha.. And Jennifer kept talking to... someone, I have no idea who. But that was adorable.

Overall there was a lot of great material this episode. It's kind of awkward that Harrelson only really got to play one type of dude.. And the sketches at the end (post-Update) weren't great. But that's why they put them at the end!