At some point in my high school career, when my brothers had already moved out and I was too rebellious to go to bed at a normal time, but also nowhere near enough of a bad-ass to sneak out, I started staying up super late and watching TV. I have always loved TV more than a person should, but late night TV became my thing. Included in this after-hours special was, of course, "Saturday Night Live."
Ah, SNL. I do have to give my brother, Nathaniel, credit here for hooking me on the show-- he would often ask me to record it for him if he knew he was coming home for the weekend but would miss the episode, and eventually I thought I may as well give it a try. So thanks, Nathaniel. Not that you'll read this, but thanks anyway.
At times, some of the jokes have gone over my head, other sketches in total I just haven't found funny. But without fail, every weekend, the segment "Weekend Update" has made me laugh. No matter who the host is and no matter who the guest is, "Weekend Update" has always been-- and will always continue to be-- one of my favorite sketches.
Season 42 of SNL premiered last week and so far, it has not disappointed. Last week, I was literally dying in bed unable to me.I mean, I literally wore the same pair of pants for six days and showered twice (so sorry roomies, xo). Like, really, really deathly ill. I slept for six days straight essentially and couldn't even look at my phone without making my headache worse. One of the only things I was able to watch, one of the only things that made me feel better was, yep, you guessed it, "Saturday Night Live." Specifically, the opening skit from the premiere episode where Alec Baldwin's impression of Donald Trump is maybe just a little too real and Kate McKinnon (bae) does a banging job as always of Clinton. Their jokes were top notch and the impressions were Tina Fey-Sarah Palin level good. I loved every second and of course, have watched it several times since.
Coming home for fall break this past weekend gave me plenty of time to catch up on all the TV I've missed and get a chance to watch SNL. While not as funny as the premiere's episode, it still provided some great laughs, and an amazing guest host (ILY LIN!!!). The opening sketch was hilarious, and Baldwin was back again doing his hysterical Trump. Also, they had a digital clip of a high school after-party of a school play, which brought me back to my performing days and the crazy after parties we had (looking at you, Musical Revue 2015).
Hopefully, the rest of the season will prove to be just as strong as the initial episodes. I'm excited to see how McKinnon and the whole gang play out the rest of the always entertaining 2016 election.
