‘SNL’ tried (at times) to be funny
At least we can be sure of one thing: The “Saturday Night Live” writers abided by the strike; they weren’t writing clever things in their spare time.
“SNL” returned Saturday after a 23-week gap, filling a key void in our humor landscape. A few moments were brilliant, but the rest were oddly ordinary.
We’ll have to see what happens next: “The Daily Show” finally returns this week (11 p.m. Monday through Friday, Oct. 16-19) on Comedy Central; “SNL” has its second new episode, at 11:29 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 21).
That one has Bad Bunny as host and music guest, which is OK but not promising. It was the host portion by Pete Davidson (shown here) that stood out this time. Read more…
