BY: ORANGECHAIR
I hate to have to admit this but it has been quite some time since I have watched a new episode of Saturday Night Live on Saturday night. I have a few theories as to why this happened. The first has to do with a garden hose, three watermelons and Invisaline Braces (ah here is goes) while the second involves my 21 year old drivers’ license, rainbowchair, greychair and a number of establishments that happen to serve alcohol from 10:30 to 12:00 on most Saturday nights. That being said, SNL has not made funniest moment of the week until Maya Rudolph hosted this past Saturday. I did manage to pick one specific skit from the episode but it merits mentioning how good the episode was as a whole. Lead by the amazing, ex-cast member host Maya Rudolph, the episode boasted enough guest stars to make me think that the episode was a season finale, which is not the case. Beyond the host and musical guest, Sleigh Bells, Amy Poehler and Justin Timberlake both make surprise appearances. Leave it to a past cast member, who opened the episode with a song that involved the entire cast, to host an episode that was hilarious from opening to close. The specific sketch that earns Saturday Night Live the funniest moment of the week revolves around Beyonce, played by Maya Rudolph, and Jay-Z’s, Jay Pharoah, new baby. In the skit, a number of different celebrities come by to bring the new child gifts. During any given episode of SNL, no celebrity is safe. Anybody and everybody gets made fun of but in this specific skit, more parodies are made than in some single episodes. Cast members seem to pour into the room making fun of celebrities: Fred Armisen as Prince, Kenan Thompson as LL Cool J, Masim Pedrad as Nicki Minaj, Kristen Wiig as Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake as Bon Iver. The celebrities spoofs all come together to make this skit the funniest moment of the week.
