(S34E09) I had my doubts about Tim McGraw, since musicians hosting kind of freak me out and state music is inherently scary to me. Thankfully, the redneck humor was somewhat limited, Tim McGraw only sang once, and his over-the-top enthusiasm was marvelous. A lot of the sketches felt underdeveloped, but McGraw jumped head foremost into every case and sketch, which made even the worst jokes a little more bearable.
Check out some video highlights after the jump, plus a web exclusive sketch!
"Clear Rite": Oh, man, they could get done so much more with this sketch. I mean, instead of leaving the chickening out with the fake commercial route, placing the weird retainers in some bizarre social context would have been hilarious. Have I mentioned how sad I am about Kristen Wiig's nose job? Remind me to save a square face-punch to whatever idiot placed the essence of uncertainty in her mind, making Wiig think that her wind was always a problem.
"Turkey Day": Obligatory Thanksgiving Day sketch? Cute idea, terrible writing. They could have pushed this so much further. I imagine what I'm asking for is more senseless violence against delicious, human-sized turkeys. I liked that Fred Armisen was wearing his glasses, though.
"Dwayne and Bond": I feared they would repair to giving McGraw a case like this. And they did it. I think it's only a personal preference, but these types of characters annoy me more than they do amuse. Again, I'll give recognition to McGraw for his enthusiasm, which made things a little better.
"Weekend Update": New girl Michaela Watkins made herself known in this episode, but we still haven't seen anything from Abby Elliott apart from one or two brief, virtually silent appearances in other sketches. It was just to see Watkins's Arianna Huffington, which was almost spot-on. She definitely could have pumped up that weird Huffington adorable-ness. Darell Hammond stopped by to do Bill Clinton next. When are they exit to let this man go home already?
"Dateline": Bill Hader is hilarious, but this didn't look like enough fabric for an entire sketch.
"Blizzard Man": Ludacris did host/musical guest double-duty way back in 2006, and in that episode, we first met Blizzard Man. It didn't surprise me that he returned, because the introductory formula is open enough to have things interesting every time. Ludacris and T-Pain did so beautifully in this sketch, they all should have hosted this episode together. I cracked up every time T-Pain's lines trailed off into mumbles of frustration. Some of the Blizzard Man's lines were fairly good, including "I give a silver dollar and a lady gets hurt!" Injury humor! Yes!
Web Exclusive (Rahm Emmanuel): I question if they bumped this because of the risk of slipping in a swear word? Or perhaps it was a time issue? I thinking it was pretty funny.
John Malkovich is hosting next time (December 6)?! What?! My head just exploded. He's hosted twice before, but the final sentence was in 1993. It'll be interesting to see how he plant with this group.
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