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Saturday Night Live wasted no time getting to the good stuff this week: another alien abduction sketch, with host Ryan Gosling joined by (and trying hard not to laugh at) former cast member Kate McKinnon.
In the cold open, Gosling returned as alien abductee Todd, with McKinnon reprising her role as the chain-smoking Miss Rafferty, who always has a much less pleasant encounter with the extraterrestrials. (The sketch debuted in 2015 with Gosling as host and returned for his 2017 stint as well.) This time, Todd and Miss Rafferty were joined by Sarah Sherman’s other abductee… and Todd wants to clarify first: “I’m just realizing that I was wearing the same outfit the last time I was here. I just want you to know I do have other clothes.”
For Todd and Sherman’s character, the alien encounter was transcendent bliss, but Miss Rafferty had a tougher road. She “was by the lake taking a whore bath” when she got “sucked up by a giant vacuum cleaner hose” and came face to face with the gray aliens again. While Todd tried to recreate the aliens’ beautiful humming language, Miss Rafferty complained that the aliens were “batting at my knockers” and “staring down the barrel of my south mouth.” But “their heart wasn’t in it,” she admitted.
Todd remembered that the aliens were impressed by him because “they’re smooth down there… no dong,” while he’s “packing a troll nose” down there. (And if you haven’t heard the term “troll nose” before, “you must be hanging out at a different bowling alley than we are.”) He stood up, and Rafferty demonstrated how they “checked under his hood,” batting at and sniffing his crotch: “One guy, he tried to wear it like a hat.” As for Rafferty’s departure, it wasn’t so cordial: She said the aliens “bitch-slapped me out of an open hatch,” and she landed on… Kim Jong-Un’s face in North Korea? “But hey, not the worst place I’ve been on all fours,” she sniffed.
Watch the full sketch above, then grade this week’s SNL in our poll.
Ryan Gosling is such a treasure. He’s just so good at everything he does.
“I’ve killed more chubbies than diabetes” might be the best line in the whole thing. Shame that it gets lost under the laughter from the previous gag.
It would be nice to see the videos in Canada.
Ryan’s comedic abilities have long been overlooked. Loved him in The Nice Guys
By far the best episode this season. We haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. And thanks for not having a political cold opening.
The cast couldn’t keep a straight face or get through a skit without laughing — multiple times. Totally unprofessional.
It would do you some good to lighten up.
I may be in the minority but when anyone breaks it makes me laugh even more
I totally agree. My favourite episodes of the Carol Burnett show were when they couldn’t hold character – the infamous dentist chair skit with Harvey and Tim as one example. The more they crack up the funnier it is.
I’m not always a fan of Kate McKinnon, but my gawd is she funny as this character.
Wow. You sure sound like a barrel of laughs. The best part is when they can’t keep it together. Lighten up. Put the Twinkies down, leave mommy’s basement, go outside and get some fresh air.
You must be fun at parties 😂😂. It makes the skit even better when they do that.
I could totally understand how they were struggling to keep a straight face and how they started laughing.
The Beavis and Butthead.
skit was totally
hilarious 🤣!
Last night’s episode
was fabulous 👍👍!
Funniest episode in a while. Beavis and butthead was hilariously random
The Beavis and Butthead sketch was by far the best of the night! I haven’t laughed so hard at an SNL bit since Samberg or Hader were cast members.
I haven’t laughed that hard in so long. I didn’t watch Beavis and Butthead much but knew just enough, and it was clear Heidi Gardner, who rarely breaks, has not seen that makeup. It was hysterical.
All the sketches were great. The engagement sketch also had me in stitches. “You are a key part of this” also had me laughing.
When combined, great writing and superior
talent will always produce outstanding
comedy. Add to that a wonderful and responsive audience surrounded
by the SNL vibe and it doesn’t get better!
We all remember those earlier skits and
fresh talent……. they set the bar pretty high. We know it when we see it!
And We Saw it last Saturday!
Thank you all so much!