Shane Gillis yet again
Why must we suffer through a Shane Gillis episode once per season for the last three seasons when there are incredible celebrities who have NEVER hosted or haven’t hosted since like, 2010.
I’m sure there are plentyyyy of industry considerations (agents, contracts, upcoming projects, ratings, etc.), but there are so many interesting, talented people who have never hosted or haven’t hosted in years, and somehow we’re getting him for a third time.
And… a joke about women dressing like “whores” and name-dropping Joe Rogan in his monologue? Check! We’re all just living through the headlines about the Cornell 7, but it’s no big deal, I’m LOVING ur edgy takes on women’s bodies/how they dress or whatever!!!
Then we head right into a cop sketch where the only person he isn’t hard on is a drunk woman cuz he’s flirting with her (I love u tho veronika)? Check! [edit: of course, I know the sketch is making fun of cops and real-life situations like the one I mention below, I just didn’t find the writing or delivery funny enough to laugh instead of think about the material it was making fun of, but I know it’s subjective].
I live in Canada, and in April, a story came out about how members of the police force in Ottawa were abusing their power and using their access to database searches to stalk/hit on/target women. So, while i tryyy not to take SNL too seriously, I’m sorry, but that sketch didn’t hit for me either.
It’s been hard to pay too close of attention to the rest of the episode because I’m sitting here wondering why we’ve never had any of the following hosts even once yet I’m watching this guy again (some aren’t big-league famous necessarily but would be a dream for meeee specifically):
Florence Pugh, Amanda Seyfried, Annie Murphy, Eugene Levy, Ali Wong, Parker Posey, Chelsea Handler, Nathan Fielder, Max Greenfield, Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris, Hilary Duff, Chris Evans, Tom Holland, Kathy Bates, Bo Burnham, Ben Schwartz, Benito Skinner, Mary Beth Barone, Rosalind Pike, Lisa Gilroy, Domhnall Gleeson, Stephen Colbert, John Legend, Hasan Minhaj, Ronny Chieng, Chris Parnell, etc.
I knowww stars are usually hosting to promote a project, but there are many booked n busy actors who haven’t hosted in over a decade, and while we can say, ‘maybe they were asked to host and said no,’ COME ON dude. Ted Lasso came back but we didn’t get Sudeikis again. Anne Hathaway staysss on our screens but hasn’t hosted since 2012. I could think of more examples but I am TIRED (it’s likely many people we as the audience would love to see aren’t being considered, even when they have high-profile projects on the horizon). I’m mostly tired of Shane Gillis hosting to promote another season of a new-ish Netflix show that I ironically only watched because Veronika was on it. Anyway that’s my pointless rant! I wish Lorne would think a little more outside the dang box when it comes to hosts! I beg!!!