First-time host John Krasinski scores as 2021's first Saturday Night Live shines
“So government doesn’t work and, frankly, I regret not taking that gun.” “I’m not an actor, I’m a[n action hero and not just a Jim Halpert] star!!” For the first Saturday Night Live of this year of please-god-let-it-be-different, 2021, I’m here to paraphrase Stefon. This SNL had everything: a host who threw himself into sketches; the return of Li’l Baby Aidy; a political but not impression-driven cold open; a genuinely weird ten-to-one sketch; Bowen Yang as Fran Lebowitz; and that thing where everyone seems to be having a good time and even the mediocre premises are lifte...
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