The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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Reviews 58% Avg. Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Live from New York for more than four decades, celebrity hosts join an award-winning ensemble cast to perform comedic sketches, satirical news and...
- Michael Che
- TV-14
- 49
- Host: Woody Harrelson
- Best Sketch(es) of The Night: “Dad” & “Apple Picking Ad”
- Worst Sketch(es) of The Night: “Roadside Museum”
- Best Female Performer: Cecily Strong
- Best Male Performer: Kenan Thompson
- Cold Open
- Final Thoughts
In Woody Harrelson’s first three outings as “SNL” host, he’s hit the live audience (and the viewers at home) with the tried and true “SNL” cold-open format, complete with singing and acoustic guitar. Surprisingly, Harrelson doesn’t bust out the guitar for his fourth time hosting. But the monologue still manages to include that same infusion of the ...
Part of the reason Kyle Mooney (and Beck Bennett) sketches don’t play as well for some is that they’re made with an equally ridiculous knowledge of and nostalgia for very specific bits of ‘80s and ‘90s pop culture. For example, the whole premise for “Dad”? That comes from the “Saved by the Bell” episode “Rent-a-Pop,” the one where Zack has James fr...
If this isn’t the result of trying to think outside the box on product integration, then this sketch doesn’t even have that to defend it. While there are some minor quips in this sketch that would typically help it stand out, the realization that “Roadside Museum” (aka the “World’s Biggest Cheeto Museum” sketch) truly own exists for the moment of d...
As much as the Cheeto sketch doesn’t quite land, Cecily Strong’s Jo (of “Jo on the Go”) does. She’s a surprisingly realized character for a not-so-realized sketch. And going back to the cold open, her Jeanine Pirro obviously picked up a lot of steam last season, and “SNL” realizes that. It’s a shame this season premiere’s Weekend Update only has on...
Let’s just take a moment to praise Kenan for his promise to never, ever leave this show. Don’t ever leave, Kenan. “SNL” needs you and your reactions. Sure, he busts out his David Ortiz—a popular character to the live crowd, at least — on Weekend Update, but it’s clear that his strength in this episode was those reactions.
Perhaps the worst way to start things anew is to start them with one of the worst — if not the worst — aspects of current “SNL,” Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump “impression.” For a few seconds, you might think that it’s a bait and switch to introduce either a new performer for the role or to somehow write it off forever — making the “SNL” version of Tr...
One final note, specifically on the cast this season. After their two-season dues, Heidi Gardner and Chris Redd are now officially repertory players, as newcomers (“SNL” writer-turned-cast member) Bowen Yang and Chloe Fineman join Ego Nwodim as featured players. (Chloe Fineman has a solid first-time outing as Marianne Williamson, but then the “Down...
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