Cold Open: Massa Exit Interview — With all the talk of this in the past week, I was near certain the cold open tonight would have to do with Massa and his tickle parties and, eh, “snorkeling” stuff. In hindsight, I guessing most people made that assumption early in the week.
Monologue: Jude Law — I’m not all that into Broadway stage, so this didn’t strike me funny really. Law was definitely comfortable up there, though.
Ford Hybrid Commercial — Funny, but too short! Then again, it could have gone on too long and then we’d say it should have quit while it was ahead.
Secret Word — The size of the package on Law’s Vladimir was hysterical. Also, for the secret word “vodka”: “If your baby is thirsty it drink this.” Or how about “steamed eggs in picked water” for your birthday?
Broadview Security — I swear I saw another skit in the past about Broadview Security, but I can’t seem to place when that was. Anyway, I particularly loved how this skit poked fun at these insane commercials of real security products, where a HUGE house is occupied by a single woman.
Welcome to Spain: Have an Adventure — Not really sure what to say about this one other than I loved Law in it, hence my photo choice above.
SNL Digital Short: A Boombox is Not a Toy — Oh you just knew I’d do the lyrics for this puppy. And here they are. But before that, who was the other guy with Samberg in this sketch singing?
Imagine in your mind a posh country club
The stuffy old money where the poor get snubbed
The spread is bland
Sourkraut and boiled goose
There’s no way these people
Will ever cut loose
Then I walk in the room
Hold my boombox high
And what happened next
Will blow your mind
Everything got out of control
The music was so entrancing
Everyone got out on the floor
It was a bunch of old white people dancing
The Big Apple, where people never dance
Spirits go down while profits expand
The cops or the dealers
Who’s got the juice?
The street vendors peddling
Their boiled goose
So many types of people
They’ll never get along
‘Til I bust out my boombox
And play this song
The music washed away all their hate
And society started advancing
The demographic was represented
It was a rainbow coalition of dancing
Whoa! Everyone was wearing fingerless gloves
Whoa! I saw a Spanish guy doing the Bartman
Transport now
To an old folks home
Where the elderly are tossed
On their brittle bones
The orderlies are stealing
There’s no excuse
Everyday for lunch they eat boiled goose
So I grab my boombox
And hit the Turbo Bass
And what happened next
Was a total disgrace
Everybody started having sex
The music was way too powerful
The old people where fucking like rabbits
It was disgusting to say the least
Oh! A boombox can change the world
You gotta know your limits with a boombox
This was a cautionary tale
A boombox is not a toy!
Musical Guest: Pearl Jam — These guys sounded decent, and pretty much the same as I remember them sounding from the ’90s, in particular Eddie Vedder. He even has the same odd looks on his face when he’s singing, sorta looking off into the sky/ceiling as he sings, his eyes nearly rolling back into his head.
Weekend Update — If any guest was ever perfectly fit for the “Really!?!” sketch, it’s Jerry Seinfeld. “Why do I get the sinking feeling that ‘Massa Massages’ were quickly followed by massabations?” Was a great addition to Weekend Update, but anytime I see Jerry on TV now — especially on NBC — it’s because he’s basically begging people to watch whatever movie or TV show he’s involved with at the time.
Twilight Zone –Hader did a great Rod Serling. The best part of this sketch was Pearl Jam appearing on the wing of the plane in the final outside scene.
Jude Law’s Audition — Some of the current SNL cast can pull off some really decent impressions. I especially get a kick out of Samberg’s Nick Cage.
Kickspit Underground Rock Festival — This is a reused sketch from last year, but it’s still funny as hell.
Elinda Nade: Court Stenographer — Elinda is a character we saw once before with Jon Hamm in January. It was funny the first time, but since we saw it already, this felt like nothing new.
Talk Show with Ravish — This was actually more depressing than funny, because I’m betting there are families out there with fathers who pressure their already excelling kids. The funniest part was probably “Jay Leno Walking with Ravish.”
Clacked by Keith McDuffee 
on Mar 14, 2010 @ 01:06 EST5EDT
Sauerkraut.
I have the original “The Simpsons sing the Blues” LP here.
I’m old :-/
It was Julian Casablancas from the Strokes in the boombox digital short. The song is from the Lonely Island’s album from last year.
I thought the talk show with Ravish was the best sketch of the night. This episode featured a lot of Nasim Pedrad and she did a good job in all her sketches, but I thought Ravish was the first time I really saw her click with a character.
Looking forward to Tina Fey & Betty White episodes in the near future.
It occurred to me last night that Jude Law is the perfect kind of guest for this show: A good actor who can have fun and get into his characters. Not sports stars, not flavor-of-the-week teenyboppers, not actor/musicians, not even comedians (at least, not when they’re just doing their own material), but real actors make the best hosts. Law was very loose out there and talented enough to make most of his sketches work. I also liked that a fair portion of the sketches were new material, and not just retreads of earlier characters. Shame on you, though, Secret Word and Elinda Nade. The former could be a funny idea but it shouldn’t center on an over-the-top Kristen Wiig every time. There are other ways to make it funny with different types of celebrities, as they did with Law’s character. Match him up with somebody else, and you’ve got a funny, original sketch that’s already a proven winner (a la Celebrity Jeopardy when they switched up the celebrities). GET CREATIVE, WRITERS. The stenographer sketch never really worked for me in the first place, but it’s doubly bad to see it come back again. I’m okay with them re-using some of their best old material, Kickspit Underground Music Festival, especially since it was pre-filmed, and the Digital Short cracked me up (even if I’d heard the song before). I especially loved the random and unexpected Seinfeld cameo for “Really?!”
All in all, solid episode because of one of the best hosts they’ve had in recent memory. That’s the kind of person they should target.
the guy in the digital short is Julian Casablancas
I thought the same thing; WHY ISN’T JORMA STARRING IN SHORTS ANYMORE?
https://www.themodernage.org/2009/02/10/julian-casablancas-gets-his-boombox-on-with-lonely-island/
The weekend update was hilarious and seeing Jerry at the weekend update desk just made me laugh.
Jerry Seinfeld had another random cameo back in around 2001: He appeared on Weekend Update and had a Point/Counter-Point with Seinfeld against himself (Fallon portraying Seinfeld). It was equally great.