Ashton Kutcher, in the grand scheme of nouns, isn’t someone that deserves a lot of shit. Basically, Ashton Kutcher knows what people think of Ashton Kutcher, and he adjusts accordingly. He can play stupid and obnoxious very well, but when we get bored with it he dials the Ashton meter down. The Kutch is a really good host for Saturday Night Live for that reason, which explains why this was his fourth episode hosting. And ladies and gents may I say that this was a really really good episode.
In honor of the Kutch tonight’s categories will be That 70’s Show (Seasons 1-3) for the cream of the crop sketches, What Happens in Vegas as the acceptable bits, and The Butterfly Effect for the pointless.
For those reading off their RSS feed, video for each sketch is embedded on the website.
That 70’s Show
It’s the game show “What is Burn Notice?” Sudekis always hosts the quiz shows for some reason. Just tell Sudeikis something, anything, about the supposedly popular USA show Burn Notice. Eighth highest rated show on cable people. All I know about it is a friend of mine really likes it and Bruce Campbell is in it.
Cadena-Norton wedding, where yay Dave Grohl gets witticisms in. Fred Armisen brings his punk band back together to sing at his daughter’s wedding. This looked like a lot of fun to do, and props for Ashton’s quick thinking when Grohl’s mic didn’t work. “We’re crisis of conformity!” “Hell yeah you are!”
Eliot Spitzer reveals some greeting cards are created that probably wouldn’t go over well with the ladies. This is the first time I can remember Bill Hader cracking up during a bit.
A-Kutch tells us that at midnight he turns 32 years old. He talks about finding his newfound maturity when several opportunities to go off on sophomoric tangents appear. A dog on a skateboard! In sunglasses! Shit I thought Spuds McKenzie was dead. Superman drinking a dacari with a Storm Trooper bartender?! He loses it. Can’t blame him; I’m a sucker for Mark Twain getting hit in the balls myself.
What Happens In Vegas
Fox News parody. (New tag line: “Look out behind you!”) Amusing parts included what constitutes “acceptable” homosexuals (Neil Patrick Harris, Will from Will and Grace) and the ones that aren’t (Jack from Will and Grace), “Attractive Blonde Lady” as a Fox News correspondent, and Jason Sudekis’s Glenn Beck. (“There was a man…”)
Bill Hader reads a will, and Kutcher plays a poolboy expecting hundreds of millions of dollars. His reward for his ten years of fornicating with a very old wrinkly woman is pool privileges (except on weekends and holidays) and level 5 chlamydia. Round of applause!
Cialis for Threeways. “When it falls in your lap, you’ll want your lap to be ready.”
Rome 160 AD. In what might be a parody of that new pornographic Spartacus show on Starz, Will Forte plays an effeminate king who spends too much time on the grape feeding Ashton Kutcher and less on his potential stabber. This was definitely a Will Forte written sketch.
Samberg as Rahm Emanuel. See the joke is, he’s a very angry man.
Them Crooked Vultures, the Josh Homme-Dave Grohl- John Paul Jones supergroup tried to prove vocals are completely overrated if you use a lot of pedals.
Weekend Update features Andy Samberg’s new character, Liam, the teenager who just woke up. Jean K. Jean, french hip hop artist, didn’t do much, and Garth and Kat’s whole shtick of not practicing before the show got tiring while they did it the last time. Armisen and Wiig cracked up though, which saved it from being tedious. I don’t know why I smile whenever the cast laughs. I’m a fan of a lack of professionalism?
The Butterfly Effect
The View sketch rightfully takes down Mel Gibson for making the same movie he always does. Kutcher’s Gibson impression is kind of awful, and not in the good Seth Rogen impersonating people (“Well hello I’m Billy Joeelllll”) way.
Access Hollywood covers the Oscar nomination announcements, where in the SNL universe the Oscars decide to nominate NFL teams, reality shows and movie sequels that haven’t even been released yet in the Best Picture category. Good idea, but not the best execution.
Crisis of Conformity’s Liner Notes
“What was she going to do give birth to a ghost?”
“Grape attack. Grape attack. Grape attack.”
“Is it a reality show about…sunglasses?”
“I am Billy Bush and I will NOT apologize for that.”
“Take that, Alexander Haig!”
P.S.
Has anyone ever sneezed on this show? I don’t remember that every occurring, but that’s impossible.
Very little Kenan Thompson tonight.
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