Saturday Night Live: Kristen Wiig And Vampire Weekend

Saturday Night Live: Kristen Wiig And Vampire Weekend

Your enjoyment of this weekend’s Saturday Night Live depended almost entirely on whether or not you enjoyed Kristen Wiig’s recurring characters, characters who left us only one season ago. Many — myself not particularly included, but I’ll get to that in one sec, do not rush me — suffered from Wiig fatigue by the time she left, and I don’t think the short break between her work as a cast member and her work as a host was enough to draw any sort of nostalgia-induced happiness for characters that became, by this group of viewers, ultimately disliked. For those in the group that found Wiig’s characters one-note and more obnoxious than funny, this episode was probably omfggggggggggggggggg-the-worst. But for those who, although they can see where the others are coming from, never particularly felt sick of most of Wiig’s characters — barring “The Californians,” which continues to only seem like a cruel, unending prank on the viewers — this episode was very good! I AM IN THAT GROUP! One of the few who will proudly say that she is a fan of “Gilly,” and who still quotes “Gilly” in her day-to-day, I found this episode to be generally quite enjoyable. The cold open was confusingly bad and statement-less, and, like I already mentioned, “The Californians” was included and went on forever, but there were a bunch of good parts! Let’s take another look!

The “1-800-Flowers” Mother’s Day commercial premise was a simple one, but I thought it was executed well and took up only as much time as it could reasonably fill. It sounds like I’m reaching to give it a compliment, but I truly did like it! LOL!

“New Disney Show” was odd because that ghost lady hasn’t gotten a lot of BUZZ lately, but the Disney parody element was very well done and I kind of do always have a spot in my heart for a goof on that ghost lady, so WHATEVER! I LIKED IT!

Although “Lawrence Welk” is totally the kind of recurring Wiig sketch that people complain about — one joke, done a million similar ways — I will always love it. When she says crude things?! Give me a break. Love it, laugh it, don’t care.

Double Date was great.

Target Lady is not someone that I am always on board with, but I was on board with her this time. It’s nice that we don’t have to see her a lot anymore, but it felt good 2 check in! YOU JUST CANNOT STOP MY LIKE TRAIN FOR THIS EPISODE, IT IS OFF THE RAILS AND BARRELING TOWARDS UR HEART!

Similarly, “Garth And Kat” is not a Weekend Update premise that I wished could go back to being included every few episodes, (there isn’t a Weekend Update premise that I WOULD want to be included too frequently), but I do enjoy the premise a lot and luved this bit.

Acupuncture was great. Very silly. Probably a nice break for those of you unhappy with all of the recurring Wiig characters. A+

Finally, Vampire Weekend performed and were also great. I JUST LIKE THIS EP A BUNCH, YOU CANNOT STOP ME!

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