Description

Devin walks Mark through a therapy session as they unpack the current state of Saturday Night Live.

Topics:

• Political satire (0:00 - 19:30)
• Alec Baldwin (19:30 - 27:00)
• Weekend Update (27:00 - 38:00)
• Pete Davidson (38:00 - 46:00)
• Mark's theory on hosts (46:00 - 50:00)
• Why we keep watching (50:00 - End)

Some sketches we discussed:

• Robert Mueller/"The Bachelorette"
• #resistance bros at the bar
• Watching the presidential election returns
• Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer
• Adam Driver as a despicable oil baron
• "The Sink"
• "Wells For Boys"
• "Black Jeopardy" with Tom Hanks
• Killer ceiling fan
• Adam Driver monologue
• Cast jealousy over Pete Davidson's new stardom
• Pete Davidson talking Ariana on Weekend Update
• Pete Davidson proposing to Maggie Rogers
• Pete Davidson's Dan Crenshaw joke

Other stuff:

• Taran Killam, ousted cast member, discusses the show's relationship with Trump
• Alec Baldwin's "retirement from public life"
• Mark's Vox list of non-political "SNL" sketches
• The M&M Report on Don't Think Twice
• Ariana Grande, "Pete"
• Dan Crenshaw in the Washington Post