These days I’m not all that surprised when SNL doesn’t capitalize on what the guest host is most known for, but in this case I’m actually a little surprised we saw really nothing about Ashton Kutcher‘s “fame” on Twitter. It was a little surreal seeing Ashton Kutcher broadcast on Ustream before he went on, then left the camera on throughout the episode in his dressing room. Anyway, it looks like we’re off until the 2th.
Cold Open: On the Record with Greta Van Susteren — I loved that the FOX News correspondent was simple “an attractive blond lady.” This sketch had me wondering how often the guest host appeared in the cold open. So far, at least this season, it doesn’t seem it’s that often, probably because the sketch is most times limited to politics and not every host can fit in.
Monologue: Ashton Kutcher — Alright, as much as I think a lot of people wanted to hate Kutcher’s monologue, this one was pretty damn funny. Superman getting served a daiquiri by a Stormtrooper. Come on!
Will Reading — At this point I’m very hopeful that the rest of the episode is at least as good as this sketch. Some great lines in this one. “No I didn’t use protection! She was 110! What was she gonna do, give birth to a ghost?!”
The View — Kutcher’s Mel Gibson is AWFUL. I hope he didn’t go on the show thinking he did a good Gibson impression, because it stunk horribly.
Commercial: Cialis for Threeways — Hey, why else would you want an “extra strength” Cialis? A mini-orgy!
Rome, 160 A.D. — Forte as the king and Kutcher almost losing his shit were what made this sketch. And after seeing it, I wonder why Samberg didn’t do Mel Gibson in the prior sketch.
Musical Guest: Them Crooked Vultures — At first I was thinking: “Who are these dudes? And how the hell old are they?” And then I thought the bassist looked familiar — John Paul Jones. Pretty wild hearing him playing stuff that’s quite modern sounding.
Weekend Update – The Garth and Kat portion was pretty funny, and it was made pretty clear that these songs really are thrown together on the spot by both Wiig and Amisen.
What is Burn Notice? — Oh come on, picking on one of my favorite shows now? But y’know something? I bet this is a really difficult show for a newcomer to get into if they have no idea what it’s about in he first place. Seriously, how can anyone understand the show at this point when they’ve sort of gotten away from the main plot point? With that in mind, this wasn’t so bad. Maybe someone here at CliqueClack should write a study guide for this game.
Access Hollywood — Wow, I just didn’t get this sketch at all. Maybe it was how Access Hollywood covered the nominations this year? Did they interrupt the nominations with their own B.S.? I think if I knew what the hell this was supposed to be making fun of, I’d find it funny…?
Rahm Emanuel Apology — I think this whole speech spoke what a lot of people have been thinking this past week. Amazing what gets under people’s skin “I will write something on your Facebook wall so obscene that your computer will cry!”
Cadena-Norton Wedding — This one seems cut short and could have been funnier … somehow. The thing is, it’s not too far from the truth that punksters will be seeing their sons and daughters married off, and who’s to say they won’t get up there and do a little reunion show?
And here’s a “web exclusive” sketch for you, one that wasn’t shown on the air last night:
Clacked by Keith McDuffee 
on Feb 07, 2010 @ 01:08 EST5EDT
I don’t think there’s a lot to understand about Burn Notice, the opening of the show sets it up pretty generally. He was a spy, now he isn’t and he now does jobs using his spy skills and those of his friends until he can be a spy again, the specifics aren’t that important.
The Access Hollywood skit was making fun of the increase in Best Picture nominations at the Oscars. Also the hosts of Access Hollywood are annoying so they would interrupt like that.
When they said Them Crooked Vultures were the musical guest I had no clue who they were. And during their 1st song I spent a good portion thinking “Is that John Paul Jones?” as well. For a band with someone from fucking Led Zep, Nirvana, and Queens of the Stoneage I was surprised to not really enjoy the songs they played too much.
*POST AUTHOR*
Ah hah! I thought that 2nd song sounded a lot like QotSA. Now I get it.
I think, as is often the case on SNL, the sound was very off for the band, THEM CROOKED VULTURES.
I think they have a great sound, but I’m a huge fan of the artists.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=them+crooked+vultures&search_type=&aq=0&oq=them+croo
Yeah, like, David Grohl, you know… Foo Fighters? Hello? Best Band ever?
https://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2010/02/grohl-sets-snl-record.html
Didn’t like their music either but whatever. The episode was great, the acting was top notch. I mean don’t you guys all think this season of SNL is way better than the last two or maybe three? I remember those days when an ep. of SNL seemed to drag on forever, now it’s really entertaining and you want to watch it all until the end. Maybe that’s just me though. I love comedy and I really do like SNL. I really think there weren’t any stinkers for a couple of months now.