No Time to Die, but plenty of time to host.
Plus musical guest the Weeknd.
Welcome back, fellow Coneheads, toSNLin Review!
Tonight’s host second-timerDaniel Craig was poised to promote the latest James Bond movie.
So Craig will, I guess, be promoting the recent release ofKnives Outon DVD.
So coronavirus or no, Craig can let his eccentricity flag fly.
He’s joined by musical guest and third-timerthe Weeknd.
Buckle up, it’s Saturday night and we’re LIVE, people… let’s DO THIS!
Tonight’s cold open is about the fear-mongering around the coronavirus in 2018, McKinnon’s Ingrahamtackled the caravan.
(She alsopopped up on “Update”.)
Hammond played Matthews nearly two dozen times during his tenure on the show.
She sprints into Warren’s shot, losing the Ingraham garb for the Massachusetts senator’s patented blue blazer.
There’s real affection here, though Warren is far from funny.
Monologue
New York transplant Daniel Craig is not humble and not a nerd.
He discusses playing James Bond one last time in a script co-written byFleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Funny the show riffs more onFleabaghere thanwhen Waller-Bridge hosted?!
Kenan Thompson pops up on stage to close things out in character from the short film.
The Sands of Modesto
A soap opera spoof with a coronavirus spin.
The soap stars are being careful, and don’t want to catch the disease.
On the Couch
Kenan singing!
This is very catchy.
Craig is the husband of the Weeknd’s ex, Heidi Gardner he’s been crashing with them.
Nice to see Melissa Villasenor being used here!
Cookie could be a great recurring character for Ego, if the show lets her shine.
Debbie name-checks feline AIDS, of course.
Debbie Downer in the Trump era is very fitting.
Nine appearances total!)
In a sharp red blazer, Weeknd performs an impressive ’80s homage.
We will see if they bring it back tonight!
To be fair, Jost also lands a brutal joke about Trump and brain disease.
Che is back to drinking amazing.
And in case you’re playing bingo BINGO!
“The Weeknd Update” comes back.
Here she’s tackling, you guessed it, coronavirus!
Accent Coach
Craig introduces his accent coach (Beck Bennett) to theKnives Outproducers.
Craig has definitely based some of his Southern characters on Foghorn Leghorn.
And another show throwback: aggressive stage vomiting!
Craig matches her love of films, and it becomes more than a game.
Salad
Aidy Bryant gets in the singing game, describing her late-night cooking for her family.
Of course the reveal is that her husband (Craig) and children hate it.
“You killed the fing dog,” Craig hollers.
Domestic bliss this is not.
Final thoughts
Craig was game, and I dug the throwback characters here!
What did you all think?!
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