Fusion Scientist And His Loser Brother, Austin Butler SNL Skit

 

Here is a new family dinner conversation skit from the 48th season of SNL. It's been almost a year since I posted anything on this blog and this simple vignette seems like an easy clip to talk about as I move into finally getting this Saturday Night Live blog back on its feet.

In this short comedy skit from episode 9 of season 48 Austin Butler plays the archetypal brilliant son who has just helped discover a breakthrough in fusion energy. His position at the department of energy has him manning the lasers that create the fusion reaction that attempts to harness the energy of a star.

His underappreciated and idiot of a brother is played by Andrew Dismukes. The clips from this last season are bittersweet as they are the last time we will get to see Cecily Strong as a regular on the show. In fact this is her last episode. Let's hope we get to see her in a guest appearance in later seasons.

As the family praises their intelligent and successful son on his codiscovery of free energy their other much less appreciated son interjects that he does stuff too like deliver so many pizzas.

This skit has a simple formula but it's hilarious and should not be missed. I won't ruin it for you by giving away to many spoilers but for an under six minute skit it is full of laughs.

Butler, Cecily and Dismukes are joined by fellow cast mates Heidi Gardner, Marcello Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, and Sarah Sherman who play his family members sitting around the table for dinner.

SNL Wario Skit With Elon Musk And Grimes

Saturday Night Live season 46 featured Elon Musk on episode 18. One of the skits was an homage to all the characters in the super Mario video games. Elon Musk played the part of the evil Wario who was on trial for the murder of Mario who is portrayed at the end of this SNL skit by Kenan Thompson.

This sketch is set in a courtroom with Mikey Day playing the defense attorney for the accused and Kyle Mooney as Mario's brother Luigi. Grimes plays the part of Princess Peach who is secretly carrying on a love affair with Luigi. Kate McKinnon plays the best friend of Wario and the other evil character Waluigi. Heidi Gardner gets the role of prosecuting attorney and Cecily Strong plays the judge in the case.

There is also a surprise appearance of Pete Davidson as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, this episode was created during the time the Governor was going through a scandal that would end his political career.

I didn't really like most of the SNL skits that featured Elon Musk but the cast did a great job of making these sketches funny. At the very least they were not bad and I could get at least a few laughs out of all of them.

SNL Sketch Comedy Man Park Featuring Pete Davidson

This season 47 episode 6 Saturday Night Live skit is a commercial and features Alex Moffat and Pete Davidson as husbands who are having male intimacy issues because now that they are married they seem to have no male friends to talk about guy stuff with.

When their wives played by Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim come home they are inundated with a verbal tidal wave of masculine information about sports and random movie facts.

Cecily Strong does the voice over for this funny commercial skit. She explains that there is a place for men that have male intimacy issues and that place in man park. A park created exclusively for straight partnered men.

As the men visit the park they find it is an outlet to talk and sometimes argue about movies, sports and other interests.

The park is sort of like a dog park for grown men that have no male companionship. This turned out to be a great skit. Pete Davidson never fails to deliver. This is one SNL sketch comedy you don't want to miss.

SNL Season 47 Skit Threesome

 This season 47 episode 11 skit is called threesome and it's a little bit raunchy but unless you are a prude or an antisex religious nut you shouldn't have a problem with it. To be honest I don't know why youtube put a content warning at the beginning of this clip. I guess because this is an American show and as a society we still have an inhibited attitude towards sex.

As the name implies there are only three actors in this sketch. Mikey Day and Heidi Gardner play a married couple looking to spice up their love life by inviting a third man into their love making. The male gigolo is played by Will Forte. Apparently he specializes in heterosexual three ways. This a really funny yet simple sketch that shows off Will Forte's comedy skills. I also give props to the writers on this one. There is some really hilarious dialogue in this one.