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Saturday Night Live Season 33 Episode 9

Jonah Hill/Mariah Carey

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AIRED: 3/15/08

Live from New York, it's... Bill Hader!

Sketches include "Spitzer & Associates," "MacGruber" (two parts), "What's Your Situation?," "Adam Grossman at Benihana," "The Suze Orman Show," "Andy's Dad" (Digital Short), "Target Greatland," "NBC Special Report," "Clancy & Jackie," and "Internet Date."

Mariah Carey performed "Touch My Body" and "Migrate" (featuring T-Pain).moreless

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Didn't expect this to be as good as it was.

7.0

By mp34mp, Aug 15, 2010

I haven't laughed at an SNL this much in a long time. The steakhouse bit was annoyingly funny. That Suze Orman bit was dead-on, if you've ever unfortunately watched one of her PBS programs multiple times. That Digital Short shocked me, maybe a bit too low-brow for my SNL tastes. And Weekend Update was surprisingly consistent, heavy on former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. And way to go, Tracy Morgan on Tina Fey! I love seeing Liberals fight! :D

Looks like Kristen Wiig has taken over the show. She was in 7 total sketches while Casey only got 2 and the first was very short. The Country Music sketch was funny because country music is so redundant, but "What's Your Situation" is probably the worst SNL game show parody I have ever seen. And as for the Target sketch, if you've seen one, you've seen them all. But in general, this was one of the better, if not more perverted SNLs in a long time.moreless
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This episode was so much fun, I feel like I'm 8!

7.5

By whoaitsconner, Feb 18, 2009

Week 4 out of 4. This is what we've been waiting for. Since it's our first guy host of season 33 1/2, it's looking pretty hopeful that tonight's show won't totally suck.

This week's host is Jonah Hill. Jonah was supposed to host in November, but due to the writers' strike, his episode was hung out to dry. Also, the musical guest this week is Mariah Carey, but originally was supposed to be Janet Jackson, but she dropped out due to the flu. Who gets the flu in March? At least I'm somewhat familiar with Mariah's album.

Spitzer & Associates: Bill did great as Spitzer, and I was waiting this whole week to see what we were going to do with this. Kristen was hilarious as Mrs. Spitzer. I loved the pan in after Bill's LFNY.

Monologue: Much funnier than last week's musical monologue. Amy's random "Grandma Nancy" was great.

MacGruber (1): MacGruber!!! :) I've been waiting forever for this character to come back. Well, it's only been 5 original episodes spaced apart, but still, there was a strike. But, the insecurity in this part was great.

What's Your Situation?: A pretty weak lead off sketch, which led me to believe this week's show would be weak. But, still, laughs did come with this, such as Jonah in the room with Kristen.

6-Year old: This was so annoying, it was funny. Almost everything that happened in this sketch, I laughed at. This was a great sketch.

MacGruber (II): Another great edition!! I laughed so hard at the end. I was sad to see if it blew up, though. I wish Jonah could have showed MacGruber up, and MacGruber would have a huge break down. That would have been hilarious.

The Suze Orman Show: This was DEAD ON! It was great seeing Kristen pull out a new impression was great. This sketch was great.

SNL Digital Short: Andy's Dad: Jim Downey is the man. This sketch was just awesome. Definately the best digital short thus far of the season.

Musical Performances: Mariah goes through her hit, "Touch My Body" which is a nice groovy song, that gets stuck in your head, and embarrasses yourself when you start singing it out loud in public.

Weekend Update: I don't know which was better. The Tina Fey Update or the Jonah Hill Update. I'm pretty much leaning forward to this one. Tracy was just a delight, and "Really?!?" was awesome.

Target Lady: Jonah carried this sketch, since once you've seen this Kristen character once, you've seen it everytime.

John McCain old: Firstly, Darrell Hammond hasn't portrayed John McCain before? That's weird. The McCain old jokes are already tired in the late night business, so, the sketch itself was pointless. But, the little details reminded me so much of Seinfeld, with eating at 4:30 and such. Nice sketch.

The Country songs: This was great. Just awesome. I mean, Jonah couldn't keep it together, which wasn't all that entertaining, since it really doesn't go with this cast. But, Will and Kristen were great. This was just so spot on the stupidness of some of the country songs now a days.

Musical Performance: Mariah performs "Migrate" with T-Pain, which is this cool sleek single.

Internet Couple Meets: Yeah... a regular 5 to 1 sketch. Not too good. Not too bad.

This episode was delightful. Even better than the Fey episode. Between the majority of the sketches, and the musical performances, tonight was just a fun episode, and the cast's stamina held up great.

Jonah was a silly, good host, who looked like he had a LOT of fun on the show. Mariah's two singles were enjoyable, and helped this show too.

We return live April 5: Christopher Walken/Panic At the Disco. I'm so excited for Chris Walken. You have no idea. Panic At The Disco, I can wait for.

Repeats: Next week: Tina Fey/Carrie Underwood. Pretty good episode. Enjoy!

Two Weeks From Now: Ellen Page/Wilco. You can spare the re-watching this one.moreless
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It was good to see a show with so many new sketches. They didn't rely on a lot of recurring sketches.

8.0

By FarleyRules, Nov 09, 2008

Eliot Spitzer cold open - A clever take on the Spitzer scandal with Eliot acting as a sleazy late night attorney. Kristen was great as the PO'd wife. A nice impression by Hader and the whole sketch was refreshing after all of the Clinton-Obama sketches. Grade: B

Monologue - Another singing and dancing monologue. This one was better than usual thanks to a jaunty tune and Jonah's charm. Nice to see the guys in tuxedos and top hats. They ought to do a sketch with these outfits. I also like how Jonah sings about how much class he has while wearing a suit jacket over a flannel shirt and jeans. Not to mention the crazy lyrics. Grade: B

MacGruber 1 - MacGruber returns but not in one of the better episodes. MacGruber has been through a lot and is now showing a loss of confidence. He could use a some different scenarios to enliven the series. Grade: C

What's Your Situation? - One of the better game shows in a while. Building a sketch around a stupid phrase seems like something Seinfeld would do and it worked well. It was a one joke sketch, but that's OK since they kept it short and it had a suitably creepy host. The set was great and the isolation chamber was a nice touch. Grade: B

Six-year old - The whole sketch was really stand up style of piece. What made it work so well is that Jonah is great as a six-year old Jewish comedian ala Mel Brooks. Grade: B

MacGruber 2 - Mac's stress level escalates and Forte does a great job with the emotional breakdown. I like how the lyrics get more descriptive of his situation with each successive episode. Grade: B-

Suze Orman Show - Another TV show parody. I don't watch Suze, but I am aware of who she is so I realize that Kristen did a great job of portraying how annoying Suze is. Other than that, not too much to like here. Grade: C-

Andy's Dad Digital Short - One of the most bizarre digital shorts yet. The makeout scene was insane! I wouldn't have changed a thing. Grade: A+

Weekend Update - As expected, lots of Spitzer jokes. It was good to see the return of "The Really!" segment and the client number 9 joke sealed the deal. Seeing Tracy was refreshing compared to rolling out a Kenan in a dress yet again. It was nice to see Tracy's retort to Tina's Clinton plug: "Black is the new president, b1tch." The jokes were mostly good tonight and there weren't any bad cameos. Grade: A

Target Lady - I've never liked this sketch and it still hasn't grown on me. Watching her smell the soap was funny, but not enough to save this turkey. Grade: D

McCain Interview - Hammond was great as McCain and the whole premise of the sketch was very good. All of the jokes worked very well with the premise. I like what Forte does with his Williams impression too. Grade: A

Country Songs - Awful lyrics, outrageous Forte hair, cheap patriotism and great performances make this a winning late night commercial parody. Grade: A

Online Dating - A funny look at the wasteland of online dating where exaggeration is the order of the day and half-truths are to be expected. Well written and acted. Grade: Bmoreless
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painful to watch

4.6

By stitchfan85, Mar 31, 2008

I thought this would be a good episode because of how popular jonah hill is. (by the way, is it me or does he and seth rogan look fairly similar?) anyway, i was wrong. his monologue was not funny at all. the only decent skits were the target lady and suze orman, both of which didn't involve the jonah in a big way. i didn't really care for the digital skit, which consisted jonah telling andy samberg that he's been having an affair with his dad and then just shows scenes of jonah making out with an old man. that's just tacky. my least favorite skit was the last one, where jonah and this lady are on a date and jonah tells her that he lied about almost everything on his online dating profile.moreless
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Above avergae for Saturday Night Live as of late.

8.3

By KentAllard911, Mar 17, 2008

Having not seen Knocked Up or Superbad, I was not familiar with Jonah Hill. While he was not hysterical, he did better than some of the hosts have (i.e. reading directly from the cue cards, etc).

By and large, the sketches were pretty funny and well written. The bit attacking John McCain on his age was well done and got funnier as it went on. Hammond's impersenation was right on.

My favorite sketch of the night was Target Greatland. Kristen Wigg is a fantastic. She can slip into different characters very easily and never seems to disappoint. However, and this is not a slam, she was in most of the sketches of the night. Hopefully, the writers don't overuse her like they did Will Ferrell. When he left, there was a huge whole to fill. I fear the same thing might happen when she decides to leave.

Weekend Update, after having been stale for the last two seasons, seems to be getting its' stride back. The jokes were quick hits and not drawn out like in the past. Tracy Morgan did a wonderful commentary.

As I said, above average episode.moreless
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Darrell Hammond	Himself
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Don Pardo	Announcer
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Jonah Hill	Himself	Guest Star
Mariah Carey	Herself	Guest Star
T-Pain	Himself	Guest Star
James Downey	Ben Samberg	Recurring Role
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- During the "What's Your Situation?" sketch, one of the walls on the game show set detaches and opens.
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- Tracy Morgan: (referring to what his "30 Rock" co-star Tina Fey said three weeks ago) B**** may be the new black, but black is the new president, b****!
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- Sketches not shown in the 60 minute version: "NBC Special Report," "Target Greatland," "Andy's Dad" (Digital Short), "Suze Orman Show," "Internet Date," and Mariah Carey and T-Pain's performance of "Migrate."
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- Jonah Hill also worked with the cast in Superbad (with Bill Hader), Knocked Up (with Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig), the episode "Plugged" of Wainy Days (with Jason Sudeikis), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (with Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (with Kristen Wiig), and Horton Hears A Who (with Amy Poehler).
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- This is the only episode with two "MacGruber" segments, instead of three (the final segment was cut due to time).
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- This is the last of four consecutive episodes (the most since season one) to air after the WGA strike.
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- Sketches cut after dress rehearsal: Tyler Perry (Kenan Thompson) previews his new movie featuring an all-white cast; MacGruber #3 - our hero (Will Forte) is being instructed in proper bomb detonation; in a coffee shop, an out-of-work juggler (Jason Sudeikis) struggles to get anyone interested in his flier act; and on Weekend Update, comedian Nicholas Fehn (Fred Armisen) continues to fail at witticism.
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- Janet Jackson was originally tabbed as the musical guest, but dropped out on March 11th due to illness.
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- Jonah Hill was originally scheduled to host on November 17th, 2007, with musical guest Kid Rock. However, the writer's strike effectively shelved that episode.
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- Jonah Hill is the second actor from the movies "Knocked Up" and "Superbad" to host SNL.
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- In the "Weekend Update" sketch, Amy Phoeler said that the Beverly Hills 90210 remake would be called "One OC Gossip Tree Creek". That was a spoof of the most famous teen shows of the CW and the defunct WB: Dawson's Creek, Gossip Girl, The OC (which technically aired on Fox), and One Tree Hill.
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