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Scarlett Johansson/Björk

Season 32, Episode 18, Aired Apr 21, 2007

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"Live" from New York, it's... Senator Charles Schumer!

Sketches include "White House Witnesses," "Live with Regis and Kelly," "Mrs. Hastings and the Prom Dress," "Roy Rules!" (film), "Mike's Marbleopolis," "WIIX News," "Kuatos," "Newsmakers with Jane Pauley," and "Torboto" (cartoon).

Bjrk performed "Earth Intruders" and "Wanderlust."moreless

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Scarlett Johansson

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Björk

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Charles Schumer

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Kristen Wiig

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Scarlett hosts

7.0

"Good"

By thefanof, May 26, 2010

Scarlett Johansson is your host tonight. Definitely one of the best looking women to ever host, but could she deliver the laughs? Yes, and no.

Saturday Night Live did not provide her with the best material, but she was interested in playing a wide variety of characters and trying her best to go out with a bang, and she did just that, leaving an impression on the viewers that she can be funny.

Bjork was your musical guest, an artist popular in her home country and among snug fans in the US, but I found her yelling to be anything but pleasant on the ears.moreless
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This episode could have been so much stronger than it was. They front-loaded the episode with so much crap that it didn't really show any life until the digital short.

6.5

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By FarleyRules, Nov 09, 2008

Bush cold open - I have typed the words Bush cold open far too many times this season. Actually, it would have been a pleasure during the Ferrell years as I loved his take on W. This was just another overly long and unfunny sketch. I've seen enough of these openings to last me a lifetime. Grade: D

Monologue - The native New Yorker jokes have been done before. The Sanjaya part was pretty lame and not much different from the brief WU bit that was done earlier. Grade: D

Regis & Kelly - We haven't seen this one in a long time and, frankly, I didn't miss it. Hammond just needs to go. I love all of the great stuff he's done for the show, but he's just a boat anchor at this point. Grade: D

Dress Shop - Ah crap, more of Kenan's Big Momma impression. Hader was amusing as the irritated salesman, but that's about it. Grade: D

Roy Rules! digital short - A hilarious digital short and a nice comeback after the "controversial" one last week. I love the line about Andy dreaming his dong is the pirate's peg leg. Nice! Grade: A

Marble Columns - As David Spade would say, I enjoyed it much better the first time when it had the chandeliers. This was almost a word-for-word replay of the chandeliers sketch that was done the last time Scarlett hosted. I enjoyed it but not as much as I did the first time. Grade: B-

Local News Reporter - I didn't really care for this character during the Jamie Pressley episode and I still didn't find it very funny. It's not bad, but just doesn't tickle my funny bone. Maybe if Kristen was even more obnoxious and "hands on" with the guests then it would work. But as it stands, I could do without it. Grade: C

Weekend Update - Really! is back and it is really one of the best things to happen to WU in a long time. I'm so glad that they didn't roll out Armisen or Hammond to do a Gonzalez guest spot. Most of the other jokes were kind of lame tonight, but they pulled it out in the end with Forte's great Earth Day song. One of the funniest songs on WU since the days of Sandler. Without the horrible guest spots, this was one of the stronger WUs of the season. Grade: A-

2 Kuatos - I really liked Andy's Kuato the first time he did it and it is still funny, but he didn't do anything to expand on the original jokes. The only twist this time was that Maya had her own Kuato played very well by Scarlett. The interplay between the two Kuatos was enough to elevate the sketch above the original. The vomiting was a bit over the top, but what the hey. Grade: A-

News Makers - Kristen was great as Jane Pauley. The guests could have been better especially with all of the weird crap out there. The best parts for me were the horrible script that Kristen was stuck with and the brief appearance of the Star Wars Kid at the end. This sketch does hold promise as a recurring sketch though. Grade: B-

TV Funhouse - Not one of the better Funhouses, but not too bad. The Abu Ghraib thing is really old news now. Still, I liked the robot's Cheney impersonation. Grade: Bmoreless
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Earth, you're a wonderful, wonderful planet!

6.0

"Fair"

By whoaitsconner, Jul 19, 2008

Saturday Night Live is now close than farther to the next season (Unless SAG has different things to say). So, these reviews are going to be more spaced out. But, here we go.

Scarlett Johansson, the model gone actress hosted for her second time, with the... out-there, Bjork as musical guest.

George on C-Span: George W. Bush takes questions about Alberto Gonzales. This went way too long to begin with. You can't make a whole sketch about Bush avoiding the questions about Gonzales. And the random filmed cameo at the end, just gave you an impression that the writers said "we tried...?"

Monologue: Sanjaya singing with Johansson made me laugh. Kristen's ressurection of Ashely Ferl was a hilarious add-on. I also liked the changing hair dues.

Live with Regis and Kelly: Of course, Darrell's Regis is spot on, and Amy's Kelly is almost there. Scarlett's Ivanka Trump was also very good. I thought most of this was good writing.

Prom Dress Shopping: This edition of Virginica wasn't as good as Justin Timberlake's episode. The reason why most SNL characters die sooner than later is because they stick to the same formula.

Roy Rules!: Andy has a creepy crush on his brother-in-law, Roy. This seemed like more of a MadTV sketch, than SNL, because of the sketch revolving around how Andy wanted to bang Roy.

Marble Collumns: I liked the chandeliers, and this was also a good one. Scarlett was good at pointing every direction, also.

Bi-Curious: The bi-curious news-caster is back. Kristen once again, made the sketch funny, while Scarlett played a good creeped out woman.

Weekend Update: Jokes seemed to have a more fast, dry sense of humor this time around, which was a nice change in? the wind. Will Forte's song was also a song to remember.

Kuatos: Oh god. The fact that this sketch wasn't intended to become a recurring sketch in the first place, and bombed when it aired wasn't enough to never bring it back again?! Of course, this didn't improve. The only good news was that Darrell's Arnold monologue only went on for 5 seconds opposed to a year.

Newsmakers: This sketch somewhat had a grip. It really did point out how ridiculous some of the things that go on Youtube are. But, the energy never got climatic.

Torboto: Ahh, the cartoons during season 32 were mostly a mess. The only ones I liked from 32 were the political ads from "Hugh Laurie/Beck" and Maraka from "Peyton Manning/Carrie Underwood". This was just a dudder.

The episode started low, then got high, but by Update, it started to fly down, and by the first sketch after Update, it was shot. Of course some sketches were acceptable, but post-Update just fell apart.

Scarlett was once again, an acceptable host. She was willing to do what she had to do.

Bjork's music was out-there, and even as I like some out-there music, Bjork music is not for me. Unfortunately, after the two exception March musical guests, the April musical guests had you suffer, while the May musical guests brought you back.

Some time or another I'll be writing a review on "The 25th Anniversery special", but my next official review will be Molly Shannon/Linkin Park. Yes, I already have a review up there, but ignore it. I'm making a new one.moreless
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Hilarious!

8.7

"Great"

By stitchfan85, May 01, 2007

I never thought of Scarlett Johannson as a funny person, but I changed my mind after seeing her on SNL the first time. She really is a versatile actor. I wasn't a big fan of the sketch before the "intro credits", but the rest of the show was pretty decent. I don't follow American Idol but I loved the parody of Sanjaya (complete with the everchanging hairdos) singing with Scarlett. Hilarious! The other sketches I enjoyed the most was the Digital Short (about Andy singing about how he wants to have a "special" relationship with his brother-in-law). It was really random and hilarious, and also the sketch about "marble columns". I'm not a Bjork fan so i didn't like the singing, mostly because i didn't really know what she was singing about.moreless
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Better than i thought it was going to be.

8.0

"Great"

By Water78, Apr 28, 2007

Saturday Night Live,
Scarlett Johansson is the host while bjrk performs. Scarlett did a good job as host. bjrk and friends not so good.I could barley, at some points, understand what she was saying. The show opens with another bad press confrence sketch with Jason as the president.I think Will does a better job then him. With a huge surprise that many really did not want to see Senator Charles Schumer! as he opened the show.Sanjaya again shows up and sings during the monologe. Nothing special with Regis and Kelly your tired{joke} on the pillow to me brought the sketch down. I find Virginiaca Hastings actually funny then most characters after seeing another sketch of "hers". The show goes on with Andy singing about his brother in law Roy. Fred tries to get you to buy colums. And Kristin does character who is in love with the femal people she interviews again. No funny or news makers. I got sick during Kuatos way to much seen.And the cartoon was weird. Although with a interesting muscial guest and people coming out of people it was an above average show.moreless
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- When Michelle Dison first appeared earlier in the season, she was a reporter for WVIR in Charlottesville, Virginia. However, in her second appearance she "returns" to WIIX, the same fake NBC affiliate from the "Photo Shoot" sketch from Black/Young in Year 31. The call letter change may or may not have anything to do with the Virginia Tech massacre, which occured five days before this broadcast aired.
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- On Weekend Update, Seth Meyers talks about a recent article on the French newspaper Le Monde which reported that the French secret service had produced nine reports between September 2000 and August 2001 looking at the Al Qaeda threat to the US. He goes on to the punchline, saying "Although, not to brag, but, you know, so did we." The visual at the end of the gag is a fake report by the American intelligence, in which they misspell Osama Bin Laden's name: "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US."
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- Seth Meyers: The French newspaper Le Monde said on Monday that French secret service produced nine reports between September 2000 and August 2001 looking at the Al Qaeda threat to the U.S., and knew it planned to hijack an aircraft. Though not to brag, but so did we.
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- Sketches not shown in the 60 minute version: "Ms. Hastings," "WIIX News," "Newsmakers," "TV Funhouse: Torboto," and Bjork's performance of "Wanderlust."
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- Sketches cut after dress rehearsal include: "Two A-Holes in a Yoga Class"; a sketch about a woman (Scarlett Johansson) grocery shopping but runs into her ex-boyfriend, when she avoids him he makes announcements over the intercom; a sketch where Fred Armisen is a customer in a hardware store and he uses his genitals to hit things; a second sketch about Bill Hader's Vinny character from the Julia-Louis Dreyfus/Snow Patrol episode, this time he talks to Scarlett Johansson and does impressions of Woody Allen and Peter Falk; and a sketch where Scarlett Johansson is on a trial with ever-changing names of the participants/suspects.
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- Seth Myers: I'd rather have the guy from Memento as a lawyer. Seth compares Alberto Gonzalez's memory to the main character in Memento, who had severe memory problems and couldn't remember anything that happened more than about 15 minutes ago.
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- The Smigeltoon "Torboto" is a spoof of the classic Japanese cartoon "Gigantor."
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