Performing in shifts? I would have flipped the mafia sketch and the beer commercial, but I’m not Lorne. !” coupled with a side order of shut-in shutdown cabin fever makes for a feast for Burr and McKinnon. And there were a few funny throwaway lines, as when Pence refers to the “Macho Man Randy Savage amount of steroids” Trump is taking. Burr put on a hairpiece for a sketch about police brutality and poorly-timed pranks. (Hey, the country is potentially crumbling under the sag of white supremacist, anti-democratic thuggery and unimaginable stupidity regarding an unprecedented health disaster, but if SNL sucks at tackling politics head-on—and it has for most of the Trump era—then just go for the laughs.). And, the best part about it, is that Bill Burr breaking stuff on SNL was cathartic as hell.. Hearing Burr spit out the term “woke culture” prepares you for some hacky bigotry, but instead pivots to a run of unlikely allyship—that turns its comic derision instead on privileged white women inserting themselves into the cause of racial justice. Maya was fine as usual, although, like the fly, Kamala Harris’ slideshow of already meme-happy facial expressions to Pence’s interruptions and obfuscations represented the easiest-to-pick fruit from the debate. I don’t think I’m going to count tonight’s late-sketch appearance as a full Biden outing for overall evaluation’s sake, what since Carrey spent a third of his time as the fly on Mike Pence’s head, and another third as Jeff Goldblum. Everyone’s into their characters as completely as their characters are into their own assumed self-righteousness, with Kyle Mooney correcting the don’s pronouns about a newly-out LGBTQI thug (“Hey, they’re a friggin’ murderer”), and Beck Bennett’s Nicky (formerly Nicky The Nose) choking up while explaining that nicknames based on physical appearance are just hurtful. Don’t bring that sh*t to my house, bro. Not all of the skit is successful, mind you. Contributor, The A.V. Wearing a grey face covering, the 52-year-old comedian hosted the second episode of … Watch here. “Trump surviving COVID is like the drunk driver being the only one that survived a car crash.” Exactly. The Blitz — Bill Burr plays an NFL analyst on an NFL show who is taunting his co-anchor, only to realize that his co-anchor is not interested in talking about the football because another Black man has been killed by a police officer. Damnit. Still, Burr could not have been more at home as the one authentic testimonial-giver in the ad for Boston-based Samuel Adams’ new pumpkin-flavored brew. Comedian Bill Burr caused a bit of a commotion after delivering his “Saturday Night Live” monologue on Saturday, Oct. 10. Of the three new kids, Andrew Dismukes was likewise invisible, I saw Lauren Holt with a line in the Sam Adams commercial, and Punkie Johnson won the day with a not-insignificant role in the mafia sketch. Burr’s persona is all over this sketch, with his don espousing a retrograde sensibility that’s as objectionable as it’s rightly confused about the moral gymnastics his associates are engaged in as they attempt to conform to the new normal. Mat, who probably has 5 or 6 year-old pumpkin-flavored beers sitting in his fridge that he’ll unload at someone else’s house at the first opportunity after the pandemic, will also like this one. (A live sketch is always a better ten-to-one conceptual showcase.) On the heels of a lackluster season premiere, comedian Bill Burr is hosting “Saturday Night Live” this week. Privacy Policy / Advertise Do you remember it? Boston-area Massachusetts is a tough place to navigate. Bill Burr Monologue — Bill Burr really straddles that fine line between funny and f**k you, doesn’t he? The premise, such as it was, is that the married couple keeps misusing or mispronouncing words. Carrey spent more time on his good-but-not-great Goldblum than he did on the Democratic candidate tonight, and it’s probably just as well. Contrast them with Bill Burr! But I am here for a performance-driven piece about social awkwardness in the workplace stemming from same, and Burr does fine work backpedalling sweatily as his trash-talk deflates into a desperate series of lies concerning his awareness of the killing that his Black colleagues have been so affected by. This weekend, comedian Bill Burr will host Saturday Night Live. Yes, the boss rails variously against “Mexicans” and “queers,” but his outbursts are gingerly condemned by his underlings because he hasn’t internalized the superficial wokeness of language that they have—while they continue to kill, steal, and do all other traditional mob things. Che, doing back-to-back animal stories after the political stretch, nailed’ em both with the flair of a guy who knows he’s killing. McKinnon is money as ever as the second ineffectual moderator of this ongoing shitshow, Susan Page. Even though SNL’s pared-down pandemic audience (no jokes about the pay-for-laughs revelation last week) made reading reaction harder than usual, Burr wound up wrapping his set with a “Well, that’s my time” of the type usually reserved for a comic who just bombed. Host Bill Burr does stand-up about the COVID-19 pandemic, cancel culture and white women.Saturday Night Live. Wenowdis” (it’s Greek) smacked of a true loser of a one-joke premise, even if Kate looks striking in a wiry wig and late-period Groucho mustache. I grew up in Massachusetts at around the same time as Bill Burr. Dustin is the founder and co-owner of Pajiba. That he and adult son Mikey Day ultimately get into a fistfight over cereal choices and some clearly unresolved issues just cements the Massachusetts spirit of it all. https://nypost.com/2020/10/11/bill-burrs-snl-monologue-causes-twitter-firestorm Again, I don’t have all the faith in the world for this show to do a hard-hitting comic dissection of systemic racism in law enforcement. Burr has a way of making you think he’s going to say something truly awful, then swerving to say a completely different awful thing, without ever letting the first awful thing dissipate completely. With just the right combination of subject selectivity and “fuck it” attack posture, Jost and Che delivered a much better Update this week. It’s not that Bill Burr is too big for Saturday Night Live—it’s more that the comic ground he’s staked out for himself feels like it’s off the Saturday Night Live map. This is exactly why. I kid, I kid: But for real, the Trump jokes at the top of “Update” killed, especially Che. Here, Burr, having forgotten the name of the (this time) fictional Black man killed by white cops, tries to save his bacon by exclaiming in a moment of inspiration, “There are so many guys to name—that’s the problem!” Sadly, his elaborate setup to humiliate Kenan over picking the Buccaneers includes on-set delivery of their wagered steak dinner and an inappropriate camera filter dutifully played by the boys in the booth over Kenan’s sincere plea for justice. White, with his stripped-down three-piece band and signature lyrical and guitar virtuosity, was, no pun ever intended, electric. Because The Fly. “The one thing that we do know is,” she begins forcefully before holding for an exquisitely prolonged pause, “that—no we don’t know dis.” All-star stuff, born of all-star performer confidence. Cancel culture: F**k you. His acting in live sketches was more confident than it’s been, and, since he joked about Mental Illness Awareness Week (“We out here and we crazy—go Giants!”), I’ll just say it’s nice to see. The character of the told-you-so COVID expert “Dr. To lend some manic weirdness to what’s turning out to be a blandly unfinished political impression? (Some online have praised this as McKinnon breaking character but, bless your hearts.) Comedian Bill Burr hosted SNL on Saturday night, marking his first time on the long-running sketch series. The best: Burr’s a character actor (when he’s an actor), something that informed much of the cast’s performances and the sketches tonight. [VIDEO] 'Saturday Night Live' recap: Bill Burr hosts Season 46, Episode 2; Jack White performs — 'SNL' monologue, best and worst sketches. Like Burr, Pete’s spotty progressivism comes couched in townie matter-of-factness. SNL host Bill Burr made some controversial jokes during his opening monologue. Comedian Bill Burr raised eyebrows with his "Saturday Night Live" monologue. It didn’t look that way, to be honest. (Daru Jones, with his forward-leaning stand-up drum kit, is a spectacular, on-point sideman.) Bill Burr took the reins of “Saturday Night LIve,” kicking off the night with a very topical and edgy monologue that carried through the rest of the evening.. Here, the premise is micro-targeted at this one guy, nodding as he repeats his roommate’s reasonable objections. A fly landed on Mike Pence’s head during the debate. Comedian Bill Burr pissed off a lot of people with his “Saturday Night Live” monologue Saturday night. (Score: 3 out 10), The Blitz — Bill Burr plays an NFL analyst on an NFL show who is taunting his co-anchor, only to realize that his co-anchor is not interested in talking about the football because another Black man has been killed by a police officer. Che, on conservative hypocrisy about Trump being treated with stem cell therapy derived from aborted fetuses: “They do a comp, Burr’s monologue steered hard into audience unease as his jokes about white, Same goes for Burr using Gay Pride Month to stick up for Black History Month (“. And here’s to giving Alec Baldwin as much time off as he clearly wants until his comic nemesis hopefully evaporates like a bad fucking dream. By Abigail Covington Stand-up comedian Bill Burr played an ignorant sports commentator unaware of a tragic police brutality incident on the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live.” His Update appearances as himself have always been his best showcase, and this one was one of his best, Davidson wading into the transphobic ruins of what was J.K Rowlings’ reputation. As it turns out, that’s just what SNL needed. Burr left Boston, too, becoming a headlining stand-up comic before making forays into character roles in TV and movies. Buy a Pajiba T-Shirt at the Pajiba Store, Trumpdates: We Will Never Live Down 'Basket Full of Deplorables', Dr. Fauci Is Pissed That the Trump Campaign Featured Him in an Ad Without His Approval. Nope. During the latest episode, the actor, who stars in "The King of Staten Island," gave a stand-up segment that addressed topics including cancel culture, anti-maskers, marginalized groups, and … Like Burr’s monologue joke about oblivious co-opting, the target here is less about “those P.C. Riding on their transgressive momentum, Jost and Che just kept nailing jokes, which is a rhythm that, when they find it, is as confident and funny as any team of Update anchors ever. Burr’s is a boldly unlikeable act, one that teases those prepared to burst out in whooping agreement-laughs before clanging both those he’s suckered in and some nearby unsuspecting targets over the head. Burr is such a strong personality (both in his stand-up and his popular, homemade podcast) that it’s a little odd to hear him in tonight’s monologue explaining that hosting Saturday Night Live is “a lifelong dream.” Like everything else Burr shows up in, tonight’s show tingled with an undercurrent of comic tension, in this case from the incongruity that Burr was hosting SNL at all. Maybe it was the lack of talk show sketches, game shows, or recurring bits in favor of some original, moderately ambitious conceptual stuff. It’s really about the strange times we’re living in! “I have a lot of wigs and mustaches at my disposal.”. And it’s only just begun. Or about how Black people are always complaining about cops killing them. ), The rest: It’s odd looking back. Those sound like setups for truly shitty jokes, and, depending on your tolerance for sneering Bostonian disdain, they might stay that way for you. “So, the idea is this: A white guy is giving a Black guy shit because he lost a bet, and the Black guy is upset because cops keeping murdering Black people, but the white guy pretends to feel bad, but he’s mostly just excited that the Bears won and he’s gonna rub his Black colleague’s face in it! All of our TV reviews in one convenient place. F*ck off, Burr. “Bill Burr can fuck himself. And while it’s a false comfort taken from unlikely white males actually being on the right side of something, it’s still all the funnier when Davidson’s stoner little brother comes right out and slams the formerly beloved children’s author for “go[ing] all Mel Gibson on us.” He also delves into some shady stereotyping in the Harry Potter-verse concerning the “little giant-nose Jew-goblins” she made the wizarding world’s banker class. So, Bill Burr is hosting the show, and apparently, he also wrote a lot of it, too. Answer me! Bill Burr is known for pushing the envelope in his stand-up act, leaving no topic untouched onstage. He took part in several skits throughout the evening, including one that addressed a hot topic. This is probably the funniest SNL Monologue in a long time and it is no surprise that it offended the Twitter community. I mean, how did this pitch go? Oh lord. The Pride month vs. Black History month? !” Burr’s comic style hews closely to that hair-trigger, defensive offensiveness, only for Burr to veer into a more—dare I say?—liberal lane, without ever losing the tone that suggests he’s prepared to punch you in the mouth if you agree with him the wrong way. A recap of Saturday Night Live’s October 10, 2020 episode, featuring Bill Burr and musical guest Jack White, replacing Morgan Wallen. The Moranis joke? If you don’t? (“Don’t trust this white devil ’bout that ’rona!,” made me laugh. With nobody leaving the show after last year and Lorne packing in the new faces, there just isn’t enough room on this lifeboat. Send up a flare. That this is the first skit of the night does not bode well for the rest of the show. To Trump’s steroid-fueled brag about him catching the disease he’s done exactly nothing to prevent (calling it “a blessing from God”) Che quoted God as saying, “Hey, we tried guys.” And speaking of Trump’s gasoline-on-the-fire “leadership” on COVID, Che got his biggest groans (and my highest scores) for claiming that, while he’s not glad Trump died from the disease that’s killed over 210 thousand Americans on his watch, seeing Trump up and about is like “a car crash where the only survivor is the drunk driver.” One more. Here's why. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. The worst: I really don’t have a clunker to pick out this week, but the low-key Mafia sketch perhaps could have used an ending, so I’ll go with that. 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