Saturday Night Live Skit Star Trek Spinoff

 Star Trek has been one of the television shows that Saturday Night Live has parodied many times throughout the years. John Belushi did captain Kirk and Patrick Stewart was on the show himself when he did a spoof that made fun of his own character from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

This new skit centers around two self centered white twenty somethings that just graduated from a exclusive starfleet training academy. The young crewmembers are played by Carey Mulligan and Mikey Day. As the ship faces certain destruction by being pulled closer and closer to a blackhole the duo continuously wreaks chaos on the bridge by making themselves the center of fake drama.

This is not the best Star Trek skit I have seen SNL come up with but it has some good laughs. The whole cast comes out for this one with Beck Bennett playing the captain, Kate McKinnon as the 1st officer and the rest of the crewmembers are filled in by Ego Nwodim, Alex Moffat, Bowen Yang and Chloe Fineman.

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.

Saturday Night Live Urkel Reboot On Peacock

 These days it seems every streaming service and network is rebooting some old television series from the 80s or 90s. Saturday Night Live has some ideas of their own for the next big reboot. They want to see a new gritty updated version of Family Matters.

This updated version has a new spin on the popular sitcom with the Winslows living on the bad side of Chicago instead of their upper class California neighborhood. Although Urkel still has his nerdy persona the mean streets of Chicago have hardened him up and in one scene he repeatedly hits Mikey Day’s character while saying his catchphrase 'did I do that'

All the major characters from the original show are acted out by the SNL crew. Ego Nwodim plays Laura Winslow. Kenan Thompson plays Carl Winslow. And of course Urkel himself is portrayed with great comedic effect by Chris Redd.

I really love this skit. I often watched Family Matters when I was younger and seeing the characters I enjoyed watching so much parodied by the SNL cast was a real treat. Don't pass this one up. It's worth a watch.

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.

SNL Willem Dafoe Monologue Season 47, Episode 12

 Season 47 episode 12 features Willem Dafoe in the guest seat and surprisingly turned out to be a tummy tickler.

Willem Dafoe has never hosted Saturday Night Live and I think it is about time he got his shot. With the huge success of the new Marvel movie Spider-Man No Way Home it became possible for this Willem to do what every Hollywood actor dreams of, hosting SNL.

Willem has never been a comedic actor, most of his roles are too serious to make room for goofs and one liners. He has been in a lot of critically acclaimed movies and there can be no doubt of his dramatic ability for anyone who has seen The Lighthouse, Platoon or Boondock Saints.

When it comes to hosting SNL, having copious amounts of comedy experience is not a prerequisite for a one time gig. Almost everyone who has had serious mainstream success in Hollywood will be asked to host the show sooner or later.

Of course if you want to host multiple episodes you will have to have real comedy films in your oeuvre of work. This is why actors like Steve Martin, John Goodman, Tom Hanks and Alec Baldwin are constantly being asked to host the show multiple times.

Sometimes the best Saturday Night Live Skits come from more dramatic actors like Willem Dafoe. I think we did get some funny sketch comedy from this episode. Some of the better skits to look out for are Beauty and the Beast: The Mirror, Good Morning Columbus and Nugenix. I only wish we could have gotten a Spider-Man or Green Goblin skit, that would have been a real treat.

There is also the opening monologue itself which features Aidy Bryant and Mikey Day pretending to be from his hometown in Wisconsin. This is featured in the clip below, I hope you enjoy it.