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By Beth Coyle ’16 | Staff Writer
On the March 7, 2015 episode of “Saturday Night Live” the cast finally quit beating a dead horse with redundant puns. In addition, celebrity host Chris Hemsworth displayed his willingness to make fun of himself in a hysterical performance. All in all, this led to a memorable and overall entertaining episode. Below are all of the sketches, dissected and broken down for further enjoyment.
The sketch starts off with four people in a spaceship, Kenan Thompson, Sasheer Zamata, Chris Hemsworth and Cecily Strong. Cecily goes to Hemsworth and starts complaining about how the captain is running the ship. Hemsworth is quick to defend the captain, which turns out to be a chicken. The Captain is placed on a chair and starts to give orders that are completely ridiculous, but everyone can understand what she is saying. It turns out Hemsworth and the Captain have had a relationship for two years, so he always defends her honor. The sketch is full of extremely smart, avoiding obvious ones which is what makes it great.
Starring Kate McKinnon, doing an absolutely incredible Iggy Azalea impression brings out Azalea Banks (Sasheer Zamata), and they start to feud. Mostly the sketch is “Iggy” copying everything Azalea does, making jokes of how unoriginal “Iggy” is. Iggy then brings out her cousin to help with Hip Tips Hip Hop Tips on how to make rap songs. This was one of the best sketches of the night mostly because of how accurate the acts portrayed Iggy Azalea, though Zamata’s impression of Azalea Banks fell a little flat.
This was one of the worst Weekend Updates I have ever seen. Colin Jost and Michael Che have absolutely no chemistry, and it shows. Their jokes did not work well together and they seem to be fighting for who can be the stronger anchor. They brought in their relationship expert Leslie Jones, and she also was not very funny. Her usual bits are hysterical, but Jost kept teasing her delivery and stepping on all of her jokes. Though the back and forth teasing of Ben Carson was funny, it wasn’t enough to carry the sketch. The highlight was Cecily Strong as the girl you wish you hadn’t started a conversation with at a party, but then Che ruined the rest of her jokes by intruding on her punch lines, making it fall flat.
Whenever Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney make a digital short it is magic. With elements of “American Idol,” “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” and “the Bachelor,” the sketch mocks how ridiculous people on reality shows can be about things so miniscule. The best of the night.
